After experiencing the incident exposed by guard Allen, Marin began to pay attention to whether Edward had any enemy spies. So, Marin sent hundreds of scouts to monitor York City gates and the roads heading south at night.
After a few nights, several more spies were found. These spies were originally planning to go south to report the new situation. This new situation is that 5,000 troops emerged near York City to support Edward...
These five thousand people were naturally brought into York City by Marin. The arrested spies were also cut off their heads and showed them to the public. In the following days, there were no one left the city to the south. Marin probably had spies around Edward, but after the previous incident, they probably wouldn't have the courage to pass on information to the outside world in the short term. What Marin wanted was not to kill all the spies. As long as they did not leak the secrets of their army's existence to Henry VII in a short period of time, it would be enough. After this time, they defeated Henry VII's army, even if Henry VII knew about it, it would be too late...
In Paris, France, Louis XII fell ill for ten days, but still didn't get better. Ten days ago, when the French Knights who fled to Calais brought him a great defeat in the fleet. Except for most of the knights who escaped, the rest of the others were not spared, Louis XII was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and then fell into a coma.
The guards hurriedly sent Louis XII to the ship back to Paris and found a large group of imperial doctors to treat them. Unfortunately, those French imperial doctors were at a higher level than those of bloodletting doctors. Although they did not worsen Louis XII's condition, they did not improve Louis XII's condition.
Originally, Louis XII had woken up a few days ago and was about to get better. But the British envoy came to urge the ransom and "inadvertently" revealed that the reason why the British fleet could arrive at the battlefield "in time" was because Edward leaked intelligence to Henry VII...
So, Louis XII, who had just woken up, vomited blood again... Before he fell into a coma, the angry Louis XII ordered the sending of an envoy to the northern part of England to inform the seven or eight thousand French troops who served Edward to anti-Edward...
With the condolence of the British army, the envoy quickly arrived at the city of York where Edward was. But unexpectedly, Edward had already dealt with the French officers and soldiers by "borrowing" the head of the guard Allen. Then, the envoy had to bring back the conclusion that Edward said, "It's all Alan who betrayed me"...
Then, Louis XII, who had just woken up, fainted again...
A group of French imperial doctors were stunned - Why is His Majesty so easy to fall into a coma? Is it because he is an evil demon? If he can't think of a good idea, the court doctors found a group of priests, surrounded Louis XII's bed, and jumped up to the great god...
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In London, Henry VII was also waiting for news. Before, he deliberately let the French envoy land in to find Edward's army, hoping that the French soldiers would launch a rebellion. Edward's army was mainly the French army. If the French soldiers launched a rebellion and killed Edward, it would be over, and Henry VII would not have to send troops.
But Henry VII waited for the rest of the world, and did not wait for the news of a mutiny in York City. However, there was no intelligence that had been released during this period of time when several nails inserted into Edward's army were inserted into Edward's army.
"Oh, it seems that all the spies have been cleaned up..." The scheming Thomas Stanley sighed after hearing this.
"Why do you say that? Maybe those spies were killed by the rioters..." Henry VII was puzzled.
"Impossible..." Thomas Stanley shook his head.
"With the cleverness of those spies, if there is a riot, they will obviously not be able to protect Edward, and will only run for their own lives. These days, one of them should have escaped to report the news, right? But no one escaped. So, I think, someone should have been exposed. Maybe all the people were killed, maybe some people were killed, and the others were temporarily scared. In short, it may be difficult for us to obtain information in a short period of time..."
"Is Edward so smart?" Henry VII a little disbelief. Edward was imprisoned by him for more than ten years and had never received serious aristocratic education. Even if he was a little clever, it was difficult to be so smart. After all, who would have thought that he would put eyeliners around him? Some of the so-called "anti-Henry VII people" in exiled France were sent by Henry VII on purpose. But with the thinking level of Europeans in this era, it should not be obvious. After all, Henry VII and his sinister stepfather were the most cunning combination in Europe in this era.
"Maybe... the problem lies with that French messenger..." Thomas Stanley said leisurely after taking a sip of the legendary "Earl Milk Tea".
"French messenger?" Henry VII was a little puzzled.
"We may have guessed wrongly that the French envoy did not incite the French soldiers under Edward to rebel, but to appease them. Moreover, he also notified Edward to look for the insider..." This was Thomas Stanley's speculation.
"Are the French so smart?" Henry VII did not believe it.
"Don't underestimate Louis XII's shrewdness!" Thomas Stanley himself demonized Louis XII in his heart. He didn't know about Marin's existence, so he could only push Louis XII, who usually seemed more shrewd.
Louis XII is indeed quite smart at ordinary times, but this time the French army almost lost all their underwear in the English Channel and were so angry that they could not calm down and think about the problem? However, Thomas Stanley thought too much and thought Louis XII was so powerful...
Henry VII thought about it but couldn't come up with a better explanation, so he could only accept Thomas Stanley's remarks...
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In York City, Marin and Edward were also deducing the British army's ideas and intentions...
"The main British army is about 20,000 people, the commander... It is probably your brother-in-law Richard Boer..." After Marin said that, he also looked at Edward.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Edward nodded and said:
"Indeed, my brother-in-law is also the commander who is more promising under Henry. Although he is not as amazing as you, he is also one of the best commanders under Henry, the fake king..."
"The best commander?" Marin's eyes flashed...
"Yes, it is logical that the old fox Thomas Stanley is more suitable to be the commander, but the old fox is old and his body cannot meet the requirements of commanding troops. Therefore, Richard Pole is the first general under the pseudo-King Henry..." Edward said affirmatively.
"Hehe, I have a way to make that guy Henry dare not let Richard Pole be the commander. You said, if Richard Pole is not the commander, will the enemy's combat effectiveness decrease?"
"This is for sure...but how do you make Henry not believe Richard Pole? He is Henry's loyal..."
"Of course I have a way...hehe..."
于是,马林又搞出了“三十六计”之一的“反间计”:
"Although Richard Pole is Henry's confidant, he is also your brother-in-law, right?"
Edward nodded, everyone knows this.
"Then, we can write a letter to Richard Boer, playing the family card, promising that as long as he leads his army to you, he will be named Duke of York after killing Henry..." Marin said confidently.
"But Richard Pole is Henry's loyalty and will definitely not agree... He may hand the letter directly to Henry..."
"I know, so, I didn't plan to send the letter to Richard Pole, but to others, deliberately falling into the hands of Henry VII..." Marin smiled obscenely.
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Half a day later, Edward finally said:
Chapter completed!