The Rise of the European Emperor

In order not to let Henry Percy know of the existence of the Fifth Army, Marin also suffered a lot. --First of all, he asked Shivag to take the Fifth Legion to travel around the clock, and specially "gate" to the remote road to avoid being seen by too many people.

You must know that there are many people with mixed eyes. If a passer-by accidentally 'reveals' the news to Henry Percy, then the other party will definitely take it seriously. After all, facing 10,000 people and facing 20,000 are completely different concepts.

However, in this way, the marching speed is greatly reduced. Because, during the day, everyone can see the road, but when marching at night, the road cannot be clearly seen, so they can only 'grope' while walking, and the marching speed naturally cannot be improved. They are not guerrillas who are used to walking at night, and their marching speed in the middle of the night will definitely be greatly affected.

Fortunately, Henry Percy was too 'selfish', busy looting population in Nottinghamshire, and was not in a hurry to go north. Otherwise, the Fifth Army would not be able to reach Yorktown before the English army.

Second, Marin must also keep the news of the ambush he led. In order to prevent the news of the existence of his ambush from being leaked out, Marin, every night, he sent scout cavalry to block the road leading to the outside of York City, and intercepted the suspected spies who rode out of the city in the middle of the night. He didn't listen to the advice and directly killed him on the spot... By this means, Marin barely guaranteed that no one would pass the news that he brought 5,000 soldiers and horses into York City...

In fact, among Edward's "guards" there were still a few secret agents who belonged to Henry VII. It's just that because of the interception incident, they didn't dare to 'show'. In addition, after the affair of Allen's "guards", Edward didn't trust his "guards" anymore. Now, Edward's protection work is temporarily taken over by the people brought by Marin. After all, soldiers from Germany would not have anything to do with Henry VII. In order to prevent information from being leaked, Edward's hundreds of English "guards" were all monitored by Marin's men. Those secret agents who are deeply hidden, even if they want to pass on information, they dare not. As long as you move, you may be killed on the spot...

With these two measures, Marin does not believe that Henry VII's people can still obtain information...

However, before leading his 5,000 soldiers and horses to evacuate York City, Marin suddenly remembered that he brought 5,000 soldiers and horses into the city. It seems that from the Pennine Mountains to York City, there are a lot of people he saw. ...

If Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland was besieging the city, he sent his men to the west of York City to grab food and accidentally learned that there were 5,000 soldiers and horses hiding in the mountains to the west, then the other party would definitely be on guard against him. attacked...

In desperation, Marin had to think of a stupid way - kidnap all the people in the villages and towns that his army had seen on the original marching route, and bring them back to the mountains. In this way, no one in the know will know the news of their army. As for the insider in York City? That would have to wait for Henry Percy to take York City. However, Marin could not have given him this chance...

In this way, Marin had no choice but to take his subordinates and coerce two or three thousand local residents along the way.

Go into the mountains together. Together with the seven or eight thousand thieves from the "Robin Hood Thieves Group" who escaped from Nottinghamshire, the camps in the mountains suddenly increased by tens of thousands. With more than 10,000 mouths, the food supply suddenly became tense.

In desperation, Marin had to send people to Newcastle to notify the logistics force there, and transport them in from the Humber River in the south of Yorkshire by boat. Then, let the "Robin Hood Thieves" go to the river to meet you. In this way, there will be no shortage of food. Even if Henry Percy learned of this situation, he would not have thought about his army. Because, the "Robin Hood Thieves Group" will play a banner to take away hatred for their regular army. And Henry Percy didn't bother to pay attention to the thieves hiding in the mountains before taking York City. Because, the important 'sex' of the two is completely incomparable.

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Henry Percy's 20,000 English army was very slow. When Newcastle transported the grain to Marlin through the Humber River, Henry Percy's army ended the looting of the population, grain and property of Nottinghamshire. However, in a blink of an eye, he led his troops to the east of Lincolnshire to "suppress the bandits"...

Lincolnshire is huge, nearly 6,000 square kilometers, twice the size of Nottinghamshire, and has a larger population. Henry Percy pondered - entering Lincolnshire and looting, the population and property must be more...

However, the generals under his command were not happy...

It's possible to make a fortune by looting this "ownerless" county, but Henry Percy ate "meat" and they only drank some residual soup. Not to mention the benefits, but also very time-consuming.

You know, everyone is counting on defeating Edward's army and establishing merits, so that their titles can be mentioned, or some fiefs can be added. Lincolnshire is so big, if the looting is over, the yellow 'flower' vegetables will be cold...

As a result, many officers jointly reported to Henry VII that Henry Percy's "unprofessional" behavior. After being reprimanded by Henry VII in his letter, Henry Percy finally restrained, then stopped the looting in Lincolnshire, and began to organize an army to cross the Humber River and march towards Yorkshire...

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Seeing that the British army finally entered the territory of Yorkshire, Marin had nothing to do, and discussed with Edward how to cheat Henry Percy again, so as to make him more proud and conceited...

"Your Majesty, why don't we write a letter of reconciliation and send it to Henry Percy's camp to make him laugh?" Malin, who was full of bad water, suggested.

"Begging for peace? Grand Duke Marin, what are you kidding? I am the king granted by destiny, how can I beg for peace with the 'chaotic' ministers and thieves?" Edward was a little angry.

Marin quickly reassured:

"Your Majesty, it's not a real request for peace, it's a fake, let Henry Percy relax his guard!"

"Fake? But, it's a bit humiliating..." After all, Edward was a traditional European aristocrat who loved face. Unlike Marin, a transmigrator, for the sake of profit, he might be able to call his father, as long as the profit is too high to break the bottom line...

"It's just a lie, Your Majesty doesn't have to mind. As long as we can completely defeat the 20,000 army, we can directly march south. And Your Majesty, you are the real King of England. So, what are these small actions before? ' Marin advised.

"However, with our strength, it's enough to defeat them, there's no need to pretend to make peace..." Edward said suspiciously.

"My Majesty, the army is mine, of course I feel bad for it. Although we have a lot of soldiers, we also have many enemies! If they take precautions, our sneak attack may turn into a hard battle. Even if we win, we will The loss is huge. When the time comes, what will you use to besiege London? In the end, it will be my 20,000 main force who will go south to besiege London. And the 20,000 horses in York City, the French cannot be trusted, and the new Siwager The army defending the city is fine, but it is impossible to expect them to besiege the strong London..."

Edward thought for a while, and felt that Marin was right. So, I agreed to write a false letter of reconciliation. The letter was "operated" by Marin himself. As for Edward, he felt shameless and did not participate...

In the letter of reconciliation, Marin said: Heng Laoqi, let's not fight, shall we? You see, I also have an army of 10,000 people. If you stick to York City, your 20,000 horses may not be able to defeat it. Didn't you fail to beat Dublin before?

Why don't you give Yorkshire to me, the only male heir of the York family, and then we stop fighting?

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Marin has studied psychology, and naturally knows what tone to use. In the letter of reconciliation, Marin imitated Edward, using a tone that seemed confident, but a little underpowered. And this is very in line with Edward's "real" situation...

When the letter of peace was delivered to Henry Percy's camp, Henry Percy laughed arrogantly—the other party would admit it before the fight, and the outcome was clear at a glance...

Of course, he had no right to call the shots for Henry VII. So he sent someone to send the letter of peace back to London and let Henry VII call the shots. But at the same time, he commanded an army of 20,000 people to continue northward, and he first encircled York City and then...