On the Irish island, after capturing the entire McMurrow dynasty, Earl Edward's army repaired for a while and did not immediately attack Dublin. Instead, it was waited for the English royal family's grain collection ship to collect autumn grain from the Irish royal territory (The Pale) before starting the attack.
The British were not very concerned about Ireland at this time. Even if it was a direct territory of the royal family, Henry VII gave the Count Kildale, one of the three local counts left behind after the Norman Conquest on Ireland to fully rule.
Therefore, the royal family of England hardly cared about Ireland. Every year, only when autumn grain was collected, ships were sent to come on a large scale. Usually, unless something big happened, a small boat would be sent to send a message. Then, some merchant ships came to Ireland to do business.
After the British royal family's grain collection ship left, Earl Earl Edward immediately sent a letter to France and Scotland, asking them to start intercepting any ships that wanted to enter and exit Ireland on the sea surface of the eastern Ireland Island. Even fishing boats are only allowed to fish offshore and are strictly prohibited from leaving the coast.
Then, taking advantage of the local inattention, Earl Edward raided Dublin on Christmas Day in 1503 under the banner of the McMurrow dynasty, the newly destroyed Leinster Kingdom.
Because it was Christmas, the Dublin defenders were unprepared. Even the Earl of Kildale ran back to his territory for the holiday because of Christmas.
Even Earl Edward's army did not use the trick of bombarding the gunpowder barrel to blow up the door. He sent people to climb the city wall with a ladder, and easily captured Dublin, the largest city on the island of Ireland.
It is no wonder that the Christmas for Europeans is as important as the Spring Festival for Orientals, and even more important than the New Year. On this day, no one goes to work and shops are closed. Even many soldiers go home on holidays, and there are not many people defending the city walls.
This tradition of giving soldiers a holiday will only be cancelled by the armies of various countries after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Instead, even during major festivals, the army in various places will remain on guard, even at a higher level than usual.
Because he was a time traveler from later generations, Marin naturally realized this. Therefore, in the East Friesian army, every festival, on-duty personnel were arranged to be on duty day and night.
However, other armies belonging to this era do not have this tradition.
When Marin sent "Danish Jonathan" Sahi, who was sent to Earl Edward's army, suggested to Earl Edward that when he raided Dublin on Christmas Day, he was opposed by the entire army, believing that this was a deprivation of soldiers' right to celebrate Christmas.
However, Earl Edward believed that the Christmas raid could indeed be unexpected and reduce the losses of siege. Therefore, he strongly supported Sahi's method.
Sure enough, on Christmas Day, when Earl Edward's army entered the territory directly under the British king, it encountered any resistance at all. Even if the army drove to the city of Dublin, there were no few defenders on the top of the city. In this way, after spending a very small price, Edward's army occupied Dublin.
Then, after controlling Dublin, Earl Edward adopted Sahi's opinion. After leaving some defenders to control Dublin, he took most of the troops to the Kildaleb State not far west of the royal territory, and attacked Nes, the capital of Kildaleb State.
The news that Earl Earl Earl Earl of Kildale seemed to alarm the eighth Earl of Kildale, Gerald Fitzgerald, received a report of Dublin contributions. It seemed that he was gathering troops and intending to retake Dublin.
Perhaps because he was afraid of the British King's punishment, Count Gerald did not send anyone to the ship to ask the British King for help, but planned to do it alone and regain Dublin first to redeem his sins.
In addition, Gerald did not ask for help from his neighbor Ormondberg. Because, when Henry VII appointed Count Kildale alone to govern the Ireland Islands government affairs and replaced the original three Counts' joint rule, the relations between Ormondberg and Desmondberg and Kildale broke down. Therefore, even if Gerald went to ask for help, there would be no good result. Even if he asked for help, it would have to pay an unimaginable high price.
Moreover, Gerald's intelligence also made a mistake. He thought that the remnant McMurro dynasty of the Leinster Kingdom next to Dublin was next to Dublin, so he did not take the enemy seriously at all. Because Gerald looked down on the combat effectiveness of the indigenous troops on the Ireland Island. He believed that the reason why Dublin was lost was because the enemy succeeded without any defense on Christmas. If he fought head-on, the McMurro dynasty's army would not even defeat Kildare's army...
Unfortunately, in fact, it was not the Irish native army considered by Earl Gerald, who attacked Dublin, but the elite French mercenaries, Swiss mercenaries and Scottish Highland infantry...
These armies are also among the best combat power in Europe, and are stronger than the combat power of the main British army. So, Count Gerald suffered a tragedy...
The 5,000 army led by Earl Edward met with the more than 3,000 Kildare army led by Gerald in a village in Kildaleb, who was planning to recapture Dublin...
The army of Kildare is still the most primitive feudal army. It is mainly composed of 300 elite knight attendants, 1,000 regular infantry and 1,800 recruited soldiers led by 50 knights in the Kingdom of Kildareb. Such an army has no combat effectiveness compared to French professional soldiers, Swiss mercenaries, and Scotland's most elite highland infantry. They can bully the indigenous troops on the Irish island and use them to fight against the top European troops...
The battle lasted for half a day and the winner was decided. Two thousand Swiss spearmen lined up in a square formation and launched an attack on the Kildare army. In just two rounds, 50 knights and 300 elite knight attendants under the Earl of Kildare killed 23 knights and 150 knight attendants. After the remaining knights and knight attendants ran away, the Swiss mercenaries did not stop and directly rushed to the 1,000 regular infantry directly under the Earl of Kildare...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The Swiss spearmen are the king of European infantry (not Marin's army). The so-called regular infantry that tortured them in Kildaleb was not enough to capture? One hour later, the regular infantry in Kildaleb lost half of the men, and the rest fled. No matter how much Earl Gerald shouted, he could not stop his subordinates from escaping.
Even the Knights and the regular infantry were defeated, and those recruited soldiers still had the courage to fight? You know, Earl Earl Edward only dispatched Swiss mercenaries, and the French mercenaries and Scottish mercenaries had not been dispatched yet.
In desperation, Count Gerald, with the remaining knights, knight attendants, and recruited soldiers, retreated into the small village on the side, trying to resist stubbornly.
However, there were no solid walls in the village, only some wooden fences. If the enemy attacked was a cold weapon army, it could indeed be held. However, there were artillery in Earl Edward's army...
In front of the iron ball shells, those wooden fences are no different from those made of paper...
Before dark, Earl Gerald saw that the situation was hopeless, so he had to surrender Edward...
In the following period, Earl Edward sent a large army to sweep the Kingdom of Kildaleb and the territory directly under the British king. In this way, Earl Edward owned a large area of ​​land, with a total area of ​​about 15,000 square kilometers.
The next time is to renovate the city and wait for the British army to attack.
As time goes by, the British will definitely discover the changes on the Ireland Island. At that time, Henry VII will definitely not allow Earl Edward to occupy the Ireland Island, and will inevitably send large troops to attack.
What Earl Edward asked for was to defend big cities such as Dublin and Wicklow, repel the British counterattack, and consolidate his rule in Ireland.
Of course, Earl Earl Edward was not fighting alone. When the British invaded Ireland, the French promised to send fleets to the mouth of the Thames to roam and threaten the city of London. At the same time, the Kingdom of Scotland would gather troops to rush to the border between Scotland and England, put pressure on England, and force the British to retreat...
Chapter completed!