Sivague's intuition was indeed very accurate. On the same night when he and the Knights of François exchanged their training methods, Edward discussed with Marin how to get rid of the Knights of François:
"Marin, I didn't know that you had raised another recruit army before. I was afraid that the seven thousand French troops would rebel. So in order to stabilize the French army, I promised an earl to the Knights of François. But I was afraid... It's not that I didn't keep my promise, but that he was a Frenchman. If the French became the real-powered earl with a county in England, they would definitely collude with Louis XII to invade England again..."
After a moment of silence, Malin asked back:
"So, what does your majesty mean?"
"I know you have many ideas, so I want to ask you if there is any way to go back on your word? After all, it is too dangerous to have a French officer become a local Count in England..." In fact, Edward wanted to ask Marin how to kill François. However, he was afraid of scaring Marin, so he used a more euphemistic statement.
Marin lowered her head and thought for a while, and replied:
"Or what if His Majesty will enfeoff him to the Ireland Island? You can abolish the former Earl of Kildale and enthrone this title to François."
"This... I'm also worried... François will collude with the French and annex the Ireland..." To put it bluntly, Edward wanted to completely lose money...
"It turns out that it's not a good thing..." Marin snorted coldly in his heart. However, speaking of it, Marin is not a good thing...
In fact, as the number one conspirator in Europe, Marlin knew very well that Edward had murderous intentions against the Knights of François. As a person who would divide Northumberland and the Isle of Wight from Edward in the future, Marlin also felt sad about this.
However, Marin was not worried that Edward would murder him. Because, for now, Edward could not play with him. If he was killed by him, the soldiers of the Great Duchy of North Sea could chop Edward into meat sauce at any time.
The only thing to worry about is Edward's black-bellied sister. The other party got a very powerful chronic poison. What Marin feared the most was to die of the chronic poison. Fortunately, Marin had already planned to take action first and kill Princess Margaret. Therefore, he was not worried about his safety, at least for now, no problem at all.
Moreover, after helping Edward ascend the throne, Marin did not plan to stay in England, nor would he give Edward a chance to attack.
However, the French are indeed the common enemy of both sides. So Marin finally decided to come up with an idea for Edward:
"So, your majesty, can this Francois Knight swim?"
Edward thought for a while and said:
"No, those seven thousand French soldiers and senior officers are all knights. French knights are basically landslides, and few can swim. Only French soldiers from the bottom and fishermen are good at swimming... How come there is a way?"
"Well... I thought of a way, we can make a special boat..." Then, Marin began to describe in detail...
The method is very simple. It was learned by Marin from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Huang Yaoshi made a gorgeous flower boat to bury himself in the sea and go underground to accompany his dead wife. The outside of the boat looks fine, but it is actually very unstable. When encountering wind and waves, it will soon fall apart.
This is because the ship is glued, not nailed by nails. It is certainly no problem when it is still, but once it encounters wind and waves, it will soon be...
Edward also said that the French knights are all landslides. Then, concentrate those landslides on wooden boats that are glued together, so that the children of fishermen who can swim are not allowed to get into it, and wait until they reach the center of the English Channel... With the wind and wave level of the English Channel, the boat will definitely be disassembled. At that time, all French officers in the boat will have to feed the fish...
"What if French soldiers who can swim on nearby boats come to rescue them?"
"It's very simple. Let our sailors drive the ship. When we were in the middle of the English Channel, let the sailors drive the ship deliberately distance the ship from other ships. When the other ships find something wrong and come over, the French knights and men almost sank... As for our sailors, they all know how to swim and will definitely persevere until the arrival of the rescue ship..."
"This plan...is so poisonous...but it's pretty good..."
Edward suddenly realized that this Marin was really poisonous... He just wanted to rely on the debt to murder the Knight François alone, and Marin directly planned to kill the seven thousand French officers... But it was so satisfying...
Marin sneered in her heart - a ship of officers drowned, and Britain and France would become even more incompatible. And she could smile and watch Britain and France fight...
After Louis XII passed away, the limelight passed, Marin took over Edward and could take over England...
Louis XII died in 1515, almost ten years later. In this ten years, Marin will definitely grow and grow. At that time, even France, Marin will have the capital to confront him. At that time, he will not be afraid of France's pressure when he takes over England. As for Edward, Marin really doesn't care. His balls were kicked out, and even if he was given twenty years, he would not have given birth to another child. As long as there was nothing wrong with Princess Margaret, his son would rule England together, and it would be stable...
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However, Edward has no shipyard now, so he naturally cannot create a pure glue-bonded ship. Therefore, this task has to be put into Marin's hands...
For this reason, Marin sent people to Newcastle and asked them to send a ship back to Emden Port and inform the shipyard to get such a ship out. Of course, the structural wood is processed and glued and paint is prepared. After Edward took London, the materials are sent to England for temporary assembly and bonding. Otherwise, even if they are bonded well in Emden, it will be useless. Once they enter the sea, they will still be dispersed. Only when they are sent to the British port can they be used. Moreover, temporary bonding is even more likely to be dispersed. If they are bonded for a long time, it may be very solid... However, during this period, Emden Shipyard can test how long it will take to dispersed this ship. It is best to stick to the center of the sea before it falls apart. Otherwise, it will fall apart too early. The French knights fell into the sea before leaving the coast of England, and are easily rescued...
After discussing the matter of using glued ships to trap French officers, Marin began to arrange his troops to adapt to the night training. Edward asked curiously:
"Why are you training your soldiers at night?"
Marin replied calmly:
"Because I'm going to attack Henry Percy's army at night..."
"What?" Edward was shocked...
"Your army is so powerful? Why do you still have to attack the enemy at night? Isn't it necessary?"
In Edward's opinion, Marin's army is stronger than Henry Percy's 20,000 British troops. He can win in front of him, let alone a surprise attack from behind? But Marin is a little shameless, and he has won steadily, and he is so shameless at night...
Marin knew Edward must have despised him, but he said without caring:
"Your Majesty, Henry Percy has six or seven thousand elite longbowmen in his hands. If they attack them during the day and their longbowmen rains over several rounds of arrows, my men will definitely suffer a lot of casualties. If they take advantage of the other party's sleep and attack at night, then their longbowmen will find it difficult to form a formation and launch an arrow rain. In this way, my people will also reduce a lot of casualties..."
Edward nodded, but still couldn't let it go:
"But, this will damage your reputation..."
"Reputation? I don't care, I just need to win!" Marin replied firmly. Reputation or something, it's a P...
Chapter completed!