Valgery was originally one of Louis XII's knight entourages, from an ordinary knight family in Orleans. However, Valgery was loyal to Louis XII and was quite talented among Louis XII's guards.

When Louis XII was lucky enough to become the king, Valgery also followed the "chicken and dogs ascended to heaven". Because of the centralization, Louis XII naturally relied on these cronies more. Even if many great nobles were better, for Louis XII, he valued loyalty more.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let me participate in the battle?" said a 15 or 16-year-old boy next to Louis XII who watched the fleet leave.

"No, Gaston! Child, you are still young, and the war is so cruel. When you grow up, I will let you lead the army alone..." Louis XII turned lovingly and said to the boy.

The young man's name is Gaston de Foova, the son of Mary of Orleans, Louis XII's sister, and is only 16 years old now. This guy is also the commander-in-chief of the French army in the Battle of Lavenna, which originally occurred in history in 1512. However, this unlucky guy was inexplicably killed in that battle. However, the French army won. At that time, he was only 23 years old. But he could lead more than 20,000 French troops at the age of 23, which shows that he was valued by Louis XII. After all, he was the nephew of Louis XII and must be valued. However, at present, Gaston, Duke of Narbonne, was only 16 years old. Although he was named a formal knight, Louis XII believed that his martial arts skills were not yet good and he could not reach the level of going to the battlefield...

No accident happened on the French army's first day's sailing. After all, the British were not stupid. If the French had just gone out to sea, they would send a large number of warships to surround and kill, which would definitely scare the French back.

But on the night of the first day, Henry VII sent a large number of warships, and in the middle of the night, quietly passed through the Strait of Calais...

Logically speaking, in this era, it was very dangerous to sail in the middle of the night. However, in order to achieve the purpose of sneak attack, Henry VII chose to sail in the middle of the night.

At the same time, there was a riot in the city of Calais Fortress in France...

After all, the British had been operating in the Calais Fortress for many years. Although they were occupied by the French, they still left too many hidden stakes. In order to cover the fleet to cross the sea, Henry VII ordered the spies in the Calais Fortress to launch a riot that night, which attracted all the attention of the French army in the Calais Fortress. However, the British also paid the price of losing more than 30 spies' lives. But in Henry VII's view, it was worth it...

Under the cover of night and spy riots, the British had about 150 large ships and more than 400 small boats passing through the Strait of Calais. Among those 150 large ships, there were 10 Kirk sailing ships from the North Sea Chamber of Commerce that forced them to be recruited from Marin... Of course, the captains and most of the sailors on the ship were replaced by English people to facilitate command and unified action...

After the fleet passed through the Calais Strait safely, it continued to sail westward. Even after arriving near Hastings Harbour, it did not stop, but continued to sail westward...

As for why this is the case? Because the English Channel is a prevalent westerly wind zone, and westerly winds are blowing in the strait all year round. If you come from the east to cover the French fleet's rear road, the speed is likely to be insufficient. After all, it is sailing against the wind.

Therefore, Henry VII asked the fleet to sail westward along the British side of the English Channel. After dawn the next day, the fleet did not stop sailing in detail, but continued to go westward...

Moreover, the French did not find this fleet...

Because the English Channel is one or two hundred kilometers wide, and the French sailed halfway, and were also one hundred kilometers away from the coast of England. But in this era, except for the crosser Marin, people in other countries did not have telescopes. The naked eye could only see the blurred shadows more than ten kilometers away, and it was impossible to see 100 kilometers away. Therefore, the French could not find the westward sailing of the British main fleet even during the day...

At the same time, Wallace's mixed fleet, which was originally ambushed in Southampton Harbor, lined out of Southampton Harbor with a fearless spirit and headed towards the southeast - they would intercept the French fleet on the sea...

Wallace was full of uneasiness at this time. His warships had only 54 that could fight against 100 warships of the French main force. As for those dozens of small boats, they could only play an auxiliary role in the battle between the big ships. Of course, it was not a big problem for them to intercept the French transport fleet that they were trying to land. Moreover, Henry VII originally arranged this way - Wallace led 54 large ships to fight against 100 large ships of the French. The other small ships were responsible for intercepting the French transport fleet...

But when Wallace thought of taking 54 ships to fight 100 French main warships, he couldn't help but feel a little upset. In the past, there were also major naval battles between Britain and France. Although England won every time, its advantage was not very big. In every naval battle, the British would not dispatch fewer warships than their opponents. Then, by being more familiar with the advantages of naval battles and archery, they could defeat the French fleet. In other words, the British did not have the ability to defeat the French army with less and defeat the French army. After all, the ship types used by both sides were similar, only the sailors were slightly higher in quality and had the advantage of archery. In other words, the two countries were not very different. In this case, it seemed very dangerous to use 54 large ships to intercept 100 large ships on the opposite side...

However, thinking of Henry VII's promise, Wallace was full of fighting spirit again... Because Henry VII promised that if Wallace completed the mission of this naval battle well and dragged the French fleet on the sea, then after the victory of the war, Wallace would become a hereditary baron and obtain a fertile fief...

Thinking of this, Wallace's heart suddenly became extremely hot...

The Wallace family came from Scotland, and was originally a shipowner's family in Port Romney, one of the Five Harbor Alliances. In 1485, when Henry VII raised an army to fight back to England from Brittany, Wallace's father Old Wallace bets on Henry VII to help Henry VII transport French mercenaries to land in England. Not only that, Old Wallace also gave some of his property and gave Henry VII military expenses.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Therefore, Wallace and his son, as Scottish merchants, were canonized by Henry VII and became jazz. Of course, they are not hereditary. In other words, Wallace's son cannot be hereditary to the throne of jazz...

The title of baron thrown by Henry VII is a fatal temptation for Wallace. As long as he becomes a baron, his descendants will inherit the title from generation to generation and become a standard aristocratic family. As long as he continues to inherit or rebel, he will enjoy wealth forever.

"For the Baron, fight!" Wallace clenched his fists...

At noon, the French fleet had already crossed the middle line of the English Channel and was getting closer and closer to the Port of Hastings. At this time, the commander-in-chief of the French fleet, Earl Valgery, was surprised to find that an English fleet appeared in front of him... It seemed that they were here to intercept...

Count Valgery was nervous for a while. After all, the strength of the English Navy penetrated deep into the hearts of the French. When he met the English Navy fleet, he was definitely a lie to say that he was not nervous...

But soon, Count Valgery was no longer nervous...

Why? Because, the sailors in the fleet had good eyes reported that the opponent's fleet had only about 50 large ships. The rest were small ships...

Although the English navy's combat effectiveness is stronger than France, it is not the difference between heaven and earth, but it is just a higher skill. Now, when the gap between the enemy and us is obvious and our side has a great advantage, the French have no reason to be afraid. Moreover, they are almost approaching the main island of England, and there is no reason to retreat. So, Count Valgery ordered loudly:

"All transport ships are on standby! All warships, gather together, and attack the British fleet!"

Because there was no flag language, the French could only rely on the loudly voiced sailors to call and convey orders. For a moment, the sea was filled with the shouts of loudly voiced sailors...

At the same time, Wallace, the opposite English fleet, also ordered loudly:

"All warships, disperse their formations to meet the enemy! Don't contact them head-only, and fight with your opponents in the form of gamblers and archery!"

The strength of the English is archery, so they naturally have to spread their formation and keep a distance from their opponents in order to fully utilize the advantages of archery. If they fight with France from the beginning, then the English have no advantage...

Moreover, dispersing the formation and fighting with the enemy can also delay time as much as possible. After all, concentrating ships to attack the opponent is a way to determine the world in one battle. However, England is poor in hard power, so it will not foolishly fight with the enemy head-on. Spreading the fleet, fighting with the French fleet, spending time, and using bows and arrows to kill the opponent as much as possible is the best choice for the Englishmen...

On the contrary, the French wanted to concentrate ships, to destroy the enemy's formation in one fell swoop, and to quickly resolve the battle. Therefore, the French gathered the warships and rushed forward.

France is a knight country, and likes to concentrate a large number of plate-armored knights to launch cluster charges. And at sea, they also brought this set. Therefore, their bows pointing are consistent, and they all move forward...
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