The Rise of the European Emperor

After experiencing the incident exposed by the guard Allen, Marin also began to pay attention to the question of whether there were any enemy spies around Edward. So Marin sent several hundred scouts to monitor the gates of York City and the road going south at night.

After a few nights, I found a few spies. These spies originally planned to go south to report new situations. This new situation is that another 5,000 troops have appeared near York City to support Edward...

These five thousand people were naturally brought into York City by Marin. And the spies who were caught were also beheaded to show the public. In the days that followed, no one left the city and headed south. Marin estimated that there were still spies by Edward's side, but after the previous incident, it was estimated that they would not have the guts to pass on information in the short term. And what Marin wanted was not to kill all the spies. As long as they don't leak the secret of their army's existence to Henry VII in a short period of time, it will be fine. After this period of time, if Henry VII's army is defeated, even if Henry VII knows, it will be too late...

In Paris, France, Louis XII has been ill for ten days and still does not get better. Ten days ago, when the French knights who fled to Calais brought him a great defeat in the fleet, except for most of the knights who escaped, the rest were not spared the bad news, Louis XII was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot, and then fell into a coma. .

The guards hurriedly put Louis XII on the ship back to Paris, and brought in a large group of imperial physicians to treat him. Pity those French imperial physicians, whose level is higher than that of bloodletting doctors. Although it did not make Louis XII's condition worse, it did not make Louis XII's condition better.

Originally, Louis XII had woken up a few days ago and seemed to be getting better. But the British envoy came to demand the ransom, and "unintentionally" revealed that the reason why the British fleet was able to arrive on the battlefield "in time" was because Edward had leaked information to Henry VII...

So, Louis XII, who had just woken up, vomited blood again with anger... Before he fell into a coma, the angry Louis XII ordered an envoy to go to the north of England to inform the seven or eight thousand French troops who served Edward against Edward...

With the connivance of the British army, the envoy quickly arrived at York, where Edward was. But I didn't expect that Edward had already secured those judges and soldiers by "borrowing" the head of the guard Allen. Then, the messenger had to bring back the conclusion that Edward said, "It's all because of Allen betraying me"...

Then, Louis XII, who had just woken up, fainted again...

A group of French imperial physicians were dumbfounded, how could His Majesty fall into a coma so easily? Is it a demon? When they couldn't think of a good way, the group of court doctors found a group of priests, surrounded Louis XII's bed, and danced to the gods...

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In London, Henry VII is also waiting for news. Before, he deliberately let the French envoys land to find Edward's army, just to expect those French soldiers to launch a rebellion. Edward's army was dominated by the French army. If those French soldiers launched a rebellion and killed Edward, then it would be over, and Henry VII would not have to send troops.

But Henry VII waited and waited, and did not wait for the news of the mutiny in York City. However, there was no information about the nails that had been inserted into Edward's army before.

"Oh, it seems that those spies have been cleaned up..." The wily Thomas Stanley sighed after hearing this.

"Why do you say that? Maybe those spies were mistakenly killed by the rioting French army..." Henry VII was puzzled.

"Impossible..." Thomas Stanley shook his head and said.

"With the shrewdness of those spies, if there is a riot,

They obviously won't save Edward, they'll just run for their lives. After these days, there must be one who escaped to report the letter? But no one escaped. So, I think, someone should have exposed. Maybe all of them were killed, maybe some of them were killed, and others were temporarily intimidated. In short, we may not be able to obtain information in a short period of time..."

"Is Edward so shrewd?" Henry VII was in disbelief. Edward was imprisoned by him for more than ten years, and he did not receive any serious aristocratic education at all. Even a little clever, it is difficult to be so shrewd. After all, who would have thought that he would put eyeliner around him? Some of the so-called "anti-Henry VII people" in exile in France were sent there on purpose by Henry VII. But with the level of thinking of Europeans in this era, it should not be obvious. After all, Henry VII and his sinister stepfather were the most cunning combination in Europe of this age.

"Maybe... the problem lies with that French messenger..." Thomas Stanley said leisurely after drinking the legendary "Earl Grey Milk Tea".

"French messenger?" Henry VII was puzzled.

"We may have guessed wrong. The French envoy did not incite the French soldiers under Edward's command to rebel, but to appease them. Moreover, he also informed Edward to find a ghost..." This is Thomas Stanley's speculation .

"The French are so shrewd?" Henry VII didn't believe it.

"Don't underestimate the shrewdness of Louis XII!" Thomas Stanley himself demonized Louis XII in his heart. He didn't know about the existence of Marin, so he could only push on Louis XII, who usually looked shrewd.

Louis XII is usually quite shrewd, but this time the French army almost lost all their underwear in the English Channel, and they were all dizzy. How could it be possible to calm down and think about the problem? It's just that Thomas Stanley thought too much, thinking that Louis XII was so powerful...

Henry VII thought for a while, but couldn't come up with a better explanation, so he could only accept Thomas Stanley's words...

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In York City, Marin and Edward were also deducing the thoughts and intentions of the British army at this time...

"The main force of the British army is about 20,000 people. The commander...it's probably your brother-in-law Richard Ball..." After Marin finished speaking, he also looked at Edward.

Edward nodded and said:

"Indeed, my brother-in-law is also one of Henry's best commanders. Although he's not as amazing as you are, he's one of the best commanders under Henry's fake king..."

"The best commander?" Marin's eyes flashed...

"Yes, it stands to reason that Thomas Stanley's old fox is more suitable to be a commander, but the old fox is old and his body cannot meet the requirements of commanding troops. Therefore, Richard Boll is the number one under the pseudo-king Henry. War general..." Edward said affirmatively.

"Hey, I have a way to make that guy Henry dare not let Richard Bolt be the commander. You said, if Richard Bol was not the commander, would the enemy's combat effectiveness decrease?"

"That's for sure...but how did you make Henry not believe in Richard Pohl? He's Henry's diehard..."

"I naturally have a way...hehe..."

So, Marin came up with one of the "Thirty-six Strategies":

"Although Richard Pohl is Henry's cronie, he is also your brother-in-law, right?"

Edward nodded, everyone knew about this.

"Then, we can write a letter to Richard Pohl, playing the family card, promising that as long as he leads his army to join you, and kills Henry, he will be named Duke of York..." Marin said confidently.

"However, Richard Bohr is Henry's diehard loyalist and will definitely not agree... That letter may be handed directly to Henry by him..."

"I know, so I didn't intend to send the letter to Richard Pohl, but to someone else and deliberately fell into the hands of Henry VII..." Marin smiled wretchedly.

"..."

After half a day, Edward finally came up with a sentence:

"You're so cunning..."