Marin was surprised that Edward's family moved to his camp and did not bring many guards. Although she had suggested Edward, he was also a little puzzled. After all, Edward was no longer the young man who had just been rescued from the Tower of London, and he would not trust others so easily.
So, while drinking at night, taking advantage of the opportunity of being half drunk and half awake, Marin asked tentatively:
"Your Majesty, why did you really come to my camp? I don't want it anymore?"
Edward said with a bitter face:
"I don't want to do it either. Henry, after defeating the French, deliberately told the French that I had disclosed the French information to them. If the French soldiers under my command knew about it, wouldn't they have dismantled me?" Edward and Manchester United said bitterly.
"Is the news reliable?" Marin asked with a serious face.
"Of course reliable!" Edward said without hesitation.
Marin understood in seconds - this must be the information of Edward's real sister Princess Margaret...
However, after thinking about it, Marin became happy:
"Ha, if that's the case, my suspicion will be washed away! In this way, Louis XII will not doubt me!"
Edward immediately said dissatisfied:
"You are no longer suspicious, but I am in trouble! In this way, Louis XII still wants to eat me?"
Marin said indifferently:
"Your Majesty, you will become the king of England in the future. As the king of England, you are born to be a mortal enemy of France. What are you worried about?"
Edward nodded, but soon shook his head and said:
"This is true, but the timing is wrong. I now have seven or eight thousand French soldiers. Originally, they were the powerful helper for me to attack Henry, the regicide. But if the French misunderstood me, they would instantly become my mortal enemy. Even, they might help Henry attack me. Since they are all mortal enemies, Louis XII will definitely hate me, a possible 'traitor' even more..."
After hearing this, Marin nodded and agreed. It seems that Edward has indeed grown a lot over the years. Unlike when he first came out of the Tower of London, he was just a novice. After thinking about it, Marin said:
"Although I did this, I can't admit it. You know, Your Majesty, my Grand Duchy of the North Sea is on land. And France is the most powerful country in the European army. If Louis XII took his anger on me, my Grand Duchy of the North Sea will be finished. Moreover, I did this in fact for the sake of England. After all, if the French really went to the Isle of Britain and wanted to drive them away again, it would be very difficult. I would even suspect that the French wanted to annex England."
After drinking a sip of wine, Edward nodded and said:
"Yes, I'm sure the French have the ambition to annex England. After all, for more than a hundred years, the British king claimed to be the King of France, and the French king also claimed to be the monarch of England. To be honest, I'm not afraid of offending the French. But the time is wrong. If I have occupied London, even if I kill all the seven or eight thousand French soldiers, it's easy to make that French army our enemy at this moment!"
"Or what if my army enters York City, and then attack the French at night and kill them all?" Marin suggested.
Edward shook his head and said:
"Not good. It would be great if we could continue to use that French army to fight against Henry. In this way, I wouldn't feel sorry for anyone who lost the dog-biting battle!"
After hearing this, Malin held his chin and said casually:
"That's it, I'll think of a solution for you..."
...
Ten minutes later, Marin suddenly woke up and asked:
"Your Majesty, have anyone in your guards asked for leave after logging into England to go home?"
"What do you mean?" Edward was a little puzzled.
Marin said confidently:
"You think about whether you have come home to see your family..."
Most of Edward's subordinates were French, and German mercenaries. But many people who opposed Henry VII followed Edward, who were the old and young people of the York family, or the enemies of Henry VII. At the beginning, they were all exiled in France. When Edward was exiled in France, these people gathered around Edward. Of course, many were civilian officials, not combatants. Many of them served as Edward's guards. After all, Edward trusted his compatriots more than those who were obviously sent by Louis XII. There were dozens of English exiles who served as guards for Edward.
After thinking about it, Edward said:
"When I was in Chester County, because I had no intention of going south to fight immediately, at that time, several guards did ask me for leave and said they wanted to go home and see..."
"That's great!" Marin slapped the table suddenly and said excitedly.
"Why?" Edward was a little confused.
So Marin told Edward a story—
The protagonist of the story is Cao Mengde. When this guy was conquering a prince named Yuan Shu, the 170,000 army was short of food...
"What? The army of 170,000? Are you not kidding?" Edward was shocked.
"The 170,000 army is not a fiction. In the country in the East, hundreds of thousands of troops can be mobilized at will."
Edward was stunned when he heard this:
"A 170,000 army can only drag the monarch of a great country like the French king..."
"The East is not short of food!" Marin said, but did not tell the East why the grain production is higher than that of Europe - that is a technical topic and a secret.
Of course, this is not true. In ancient China's agricultural technology was indeed much more advanced than in Europe, but the grain output was also limited. During war, the army's food was often forcibly taken away from the people. Therefore, even if the people planted food during war, they would be plundered, and eventually they would inevitably starve to death. Therefore, when the chaotic times came, the population would drop drastically.
Marin continued to describe—
Seeing that due to the lack of food and the morale of the army was fluctuating, if you were not careful, it would lead to a mutiny... So, Cao Mengde came up with a vicious plan - to borrow the head of the grain and grass officer for the purpose of using it... Then, the unlucky warehouse officer named Wang Wu who was urged to manage the grain was killed by Cao Mengde... Cao Mengde showed Wang Wu's head and deceived the soldiers and said that this guy was corrupt and bribed the army and had already been killed by me... Then, the morale of the army stabilized...
"But if you kill the quarantine officer named 'wang hou', the 170,000 army is still short of food..." Edward said in confusion.
"What do you think you are right. But those soldiers don't understand. They thought that if they killed Wang Ha, they would not be short of food! Also, their resentment will disappear and they will not mutiny again... There are injustices and debts. As long as you find the responsible person and punish them, everyone's resentment can be eliminated..."
Edward nodded and said:
"I understand, you mean, you want me to 'borrow' the head of a guard who went home to visit relatives to calm the anger of the French?"
"Yes, that's what I mean. Especially when the family visiting relatives is in the south, you directly blame him, saying that he was a spy sent by Henry VII, and leaked the plan, resulting in the French defeat. In this way, those French soldiers will not resent you..."
"I understand..." Edward began to bow his head and recall...
After a while, he suddenly raised his head and said:
"I remembered that my guard named Allen was in Worcestershire, south. Before, when our army was stationed in Chestershire, this guy went home to visit his relatives. Moreover, this person was not my absolute confidant..."
Marin nodded - Very good, the scapegoat has been found, and the moment is the attack...
The next day, Marin accompanied Edward back to York City with five thousand elite soldiers. After returning to York City, Edward immediately ordered the arrest of guard Allen and questioned in front of many French officers:
"Alan, why do you betray me?" Edward looked disappointed. Marin gave a thumbs up secretly - his acting skills are good...
Originally, Marin and Edward thought Allen would be confused, and then, they would use the guards to make him crack and create a certain fact before they could react. But what they did not expect was that Allen was actually scared and said stutteringly:
"Your Majesty, how did you know?"
"What?" It was Marin and Edward's turn to be confused. They originally wanted to find a scapegoat, but they didn't expect to catch a spy...
But Marin quickly reacted - looking for someone Alan, although he must have betrayed Edward, he should still be a novice when he confessed so easily. Moreover, such a frustrated person would not really know Edward's real plan.
Marin was right. When Allen went home to visit his relatives, he happened to be caught by Henry VII, the subordinates who went to the countryside to collect grain. Then, Allen, who could not stand the torture, told some secrets of Edward's army. However, because he was not Edward's confidant, he naturally did not know the real secret. For example, he did not know the existence of Marin's army.
Later, the officers under Henry VII held Allen's family hostage and forced Allen to return to Edward's side to continue to be a spy, providing information for Henry VII's army. Unexpectedly, not long after he came back, he was caught out by Edward... And, what's unlucky is that this is purely an accident...
Marin felt that it was enough, and if the interrogation continued, it would probably not be the result they wanted. So he winked at Edward's trusted guard Kaila, and Kaila raised her knife in anger and slashed:
"You bastard, let you betray Your Majesty!"
Then, Allen was hacked to death...
Finally, Edward told the French officers who were still unaware of it in a deep tone - it was all this guy who leaked our army plan to the pseudo king Henry in the name of going home to visit relatives. Then, Henry made preparations and transferred all the fleets on the Irish sea to the English Channel, defeating the French fleet...
The French officers saw with their own eyes that Allen admitted that they had leaked the information, so they naturally had to believe it. Moreover, they didn't know how much the French lost in this naval battle. If they knew that the French army was almost wiped out, they would probably be unable to help but whip the corpse of Allen...
Three days later, with Henry VII's intentional omission, the French envoy landed from Liverpool, crossed the Pennines, and came to York City, informing the French soldiers of the bad news. Originally, the envoy made the French soldiers turn against each other. Edward asked the guard Allen to take the blame, but Allen admitted his betrayal on the spot... So, in the end, the French soldiers did not blame Edward, and decided to help Edward defeat Henry VII, the evil monarch who massacred the French...
After the matter was successfully resolved, Marin hummed a tune that was not tuned in Chinese:
Chapter completed!