After solving the French, the next step was to completely solve Edward's problem. So, Henry VII ordered General Turnbull to lead half of the warships to block the Irish Sea and completely block Edward's retreat to return to Ireland.
Then, it is to completely solve Edward's power on the British Islands...
However, Henry VII was also worried that Edward fled to Scotland north of Hadrian's Wall after his defeat. Edward himself had 10,000 people, and there were more than 10,000 people in Scotland. If the two were combined, it would be difficult to deal with...
As far as Henry VII knows, most of Edward's army was French mercenaries. In order to cheat Edward, Henry VII sent an envoy to France to ask for ransom for prisoners of war, and ordered the waiter to deliberately accidentally reveal that it was Edward's people who told Henry VII the secret of the French's troops...
In this way, the French who suffered huge losses would definitely be furious. If France had sent small boats to the Irish sea at that time, the English fleet would have pretended to turn a blind eye...
This is because the furious Frenchman would send envoys to tell the thousands of French mercenaries who served Edward. Perhaps Edward's army would start to be in chaos first...
Most of Edward's army was French, which was the so-called "mercenaries" sent by Louis XII. But they were actually regular French troops, and Edward had only two or three thousand illegal soldiers. If there were information from France that Edward betrayed France and caused heavy losses to France, then the French soldiers must have been disunited with Edward, and might have had internal conflicts. With those two or three thousand illegal soldiers alone, Henry VII could think that the other party would be done with his toes.
Henry VII's plan is not unscrupulous and vicious. If Edward really relies heavily on French soldiers, if he uses this plan, Edward will definitely be done.
However, Henry VII didn't know that Edward had already taken up the line of Marin. Now, Edward has long taken the army to Marin...
After bloodbathing Lancashire, the old nest of Lancaster, Edward directly led the army eastward to Yorkshire...
Yorkshire is naturally the base camp of the York family. When Edward's White Rose Battle Flag entered Yorkshire, he was welcomed by many Yorkshire people who were still staying here.
Although Yorkshire suffered a severe famine due to the plunder of Scottish troops, more than half of the people went south to flee. But since last year, many Yorkshire people have returned to their hometowns, bought seeds with their savings, and continued to farm.
However, because this is the basic structure of the York family, King Henry VII of England even hoped that Yorkshire would collapse completely. Therefore, the British royal family did not care about the life and death of Yorkshire last year. Of course, they could not care about the life and death of other northern counties, except for the basic structure of the Lancaster faction, Lancashire and Chestershire...
The people of Yorkshire naturally supported the York dynasty, not the Lancaster dynasty, nor the Tudor dynasty. So, after entering Yorkshire, Edward was warmly welcomed by the locals. Then, surrounded by local celebrities, Edward's army entered Yorkshire's center...
Then, Marin, who received the news, personally led an army of 20,000 from the mountains in the south of Northumberland County, along the Penning Mountains, and arrived in the mountains in the west of the York Valley where York City was located. However, he did not show up publicly...
Marin had his own considerations for this. He believed that although his army was not weaker than the British army, after the French were cheated, the French army under Edward did not know whether they would continue to help Edward fight. Therefore, his 20,000 troops must be prepared to take on the task of fighting against the main force of the English army.
Of course, that army dominated by the French is of some use. For example, they can attract most of the attention of the English army...
Marin believed that York City, the capital of Yorkshire, was the key to this war. As the heir to the York dynasty, Edward had no problem staying in York City. After Henry VII had packed up the French army, he would definitely lead his troops north. The York Valley where York City is located is a good battlefield.
If Edward's command of 10,000 troops were stationed in York City, mainly French, and attracted British troops to surround them. And his own army suddenly emerged from the Penning Mountains while the British army surrounded York City and attacked the English army, the probability of victory would be higher...
In addition, when the French were cheated, Marin was very worried about the safety of Edward and his family. Of course, the most important thing was the safety of Edward's daughter Margaret... If the French soldiers under Edward discovered something and finally caused a mutiny, Edward and his family would be very dangerous...
You know, Edward himself was a little disgusted with the French. After leading the army, Edward only brought his wife Anna, daughter Margaret, and some of his confidants. As for the servants from France whom Anna originally accompanied him, Edward did not bring any of them, leaving them all in Dublin...
This move will not arouse the suspicion of the French soldiers under Edward. Because, without those French servants, it becomes difficult for the French soldiers to obtain some private news about Edward.
If the French army defeated the English Channel again at this time, perhaps some French soldiers would react and suspect Edward. Therefore, Edward and his family are in danger now...
So, Marin sent someone to send a letter to Edward quietly, telling him that in order to prevent the rebellion of the French soldiers after discovering something, Edward and his family would be better off coming to Marin's army and accepting the protection of the army of the North Sea Grand Duchy...
After receiving Marin's letter, Edward was a little hesitant, because he didn't believe Marin very much. However, when he received the secret letter from his sister Princess Margaret, he immediately changed his mind and hid in Marin's camp in the Penning Mountains with his wife Anna and daughter Margaret...
Princess Margaret told her younger brother in a secret letter - Henry VII deliberately told the French that it was Edward who leaked the whereabouts of the French army. If the French army in York received this news, wouldn't they chop off Edward's family? They were all sent by Louis XII... So Edward decided to run away...
As for York City, Edward handed over to French commander François. Before leaving, while the French in York City were not aware of it (he had already conspired with Marin), Edward instructed François to continue to defend York City in his name and attract British troops to attack. After the British army besieged the city, Edward would lead a large army to attack the British army from the side and behind in order to achieve the goal of "deciding the world with one battle"...
In order to fool François, Edward promised that if he wins this battle, once he becomes the king of England, he will be crowned François as the earl of England and have the actual fief of a county in England...
The big cake painted by Edward really fooled the French commander Knight François so much that he couldn't find the north. He even had the idea of ​​leaving the Dharma King and following Edward. After all, the Dharma King promised only a baron. Edward was more generous and gave him an earl! Moreover, there was a real-powered earl with a county fief...
So, the Knight François patted his chest and promised Edward that he would definitely guard York City and wait to attack the invading British troops inside and outside...
After fooling the French, Edward took his wife and daughter to hide in the secret camp of Marin in the Penning Mountains, waiting for the arrival of the English army...
Chapter completed!