As a qualified merchant-type prince, Marin was most shameful. Especially the benefits of territory. Therefore, as soon as Edward promised to another county, Marin agreed without thinking and then organized a large army to go north.
However, halfway through, Marin suddenly realized - Damn, I can't kill Scotland King James IV at will. Otherwise, those German princes would not eat me? Killing the king at will will be hostile to all monarchs.
So Marin found Edward with a bitter face and said:
"Your Majesty, don't cheat me. I am a man who follows the rules and cannot kill the King of Scotland at will. If you cannot kill their kings, you cannot annex Scotland. Isn't a county you promised to be an invalid promise?"
Edward smiled awkwardly. He was impulsive before. Now he thinks about it, it seems a bit difficult...
However, he soon came up with a solution:
"Or what if you get more ships that will sink. We will send James IV back from the sea to let him sink in the North Sea?"
Marling looked at Edward speechlessly:
"Your Majesty, if you let your nephews sink into the sea once, everyone will feel it was an accident. If you let James IV sink into the sea again, everyone in Europe will know that it was yours..." This kind of skill killing can be said to be an accident once, and it will be done again, and it was done by the same person, and the fool knows what's going on...
"This..." Edward was speechless.
However, after thinking about it, Edward decided to destroy the Scottish army. Now, Newcastle has 8,000 defenders, and the assistance of the thieves. If Marin's 20,000 main force arrives suddenly, there is no reason not to destroy the Scottish army.
After destroying Scotland's 10,000 troops, the number of strong men in Scotland was basically gone. After all, the total population of the Kingdom of Scotland was only 400,000 to 500,000. In the future, England would be relaxed if they wanted to destroy Scotland.
However, now, it is not the time to destroy Scotland. At least you have to wait until you control the overall situation of England and then you can eliminate Scotland. Otherwise, England will be unstable and you will endure it.
But this opportunity is too rare, and Edward doesn't seem to let it go. However, if you can't give Marin a Scottish County, you have to take a county from England to Marin. Otherwise, Marin, a businessman-like guy, would definitely not buy it. But if you give it to England's county, Edward wouldn't be willing to let it go. If Marin was given a large size in England, what's the difference between being controlled by France?
After thinking about it, Edward finally made up his mind:
"Marin, the reward for a county remains unchanged. Since the territory of Scotland cannot be given to you, I will give you an Irish county as a reward!"
"Okay, the deal is done! But it must be an agricultural county in the east!"
Edward nodded and agreed to Marin's request. Edward did not value Ireland very much. For the Kingdom of England, Ireland was more like a colony rather than a territory. Because the Irish were different from the English. As Marin said, the Irish were similar to the French Gauls and the Scots, both Celtics, and the English were descendants of Germans. Therefore, it was difficult for the Kingdom of England to control the Ireland, and rebellions there were also frequent. Therefore, giving Marin to a county was nothing.
Marin doesn't care, just have land. As for the national issues in Ireland, Marin thinks that the problem is not big. The reason why there is a problem is not caused by his own people? The English ruled the Ireland Islands, but did not regard the Irish people as humans, but would rather not rebel. Moreover, Marin believes that the European national consciousness of this era has not yet awakened (this thing was mainly awakened during the French Revolution, and it has long been able to fight the French Republic. Because fanatical nationalists are Teme's craziest, second only to the fanatical believers). As long as those Irish people live a good life, use soft means and the combination of the eradication of dead and hard elements, it is not difficult to integrate the Irish people.
After unifying his ideas, Marin no longer hesitated and led his army to head north quickly...
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In Newcastle City on the north bank of the Tyne River, a fierce battle was taking place. The Scottish army surrounded Newcastle and was launching an attack...
The 3300 thieves who supported Newcastle were unable to reach Newcastle before the Scottish army. Because they marched on foot. The south of the Pennines was several days away from Newcastle, Cost's confidant Lescott took 3300 thieves and was still one step behind the Scottish army.
In desperation, Lescott had to stay on the south bank of the Tyne River with his men. It just so happened that England also needed to guard against the Scottish army crossing the Tyne River. Moreover, more than 60,000 refugees camped here on the south bank of the Tyne River. Therefore, Lescott simply led his men to station on the south bank of the Tyne River to guard against the Scottish army crossing the river...
These 3,300-life thieves all had hatred with the Scots. Therefore, they used their greatest enthusiasm to guard the Tyne defense line and imitate the Scottish invaders crossing the river...
As Lescott expected, the Scottish army really sent people to cross the river. The reason why they sent people to cross the river was because James IV was jealous of tens of thousands of refugees on the south bank of the Tyne River - the Kingdom of Scotland was also short of population...
Moreover, James IV was surprised to find that the refugees on the south bank of the Tyne River actually had food in their hands. Every day, they could see smoke rising from the refugee camp on the south bank...
So, James IV thought about sending people across the river, and robbing food while catching people. Looking at the amount of smoke from cooking on the south bank, it seemed that there was a lot of food...
Before, the Scottish army passed through the northern part of Northumberland and did not grab much food. After all, the production there has not been much recovery, and the food that can be grabbed is limited. If the food from tens of thousands of refugees on the south bank can be snatched up, it would be very cost-effective even if the population cannot be grabbed...
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, the Scots' crossing operation was strongly resisted by the Robin Hood thieves. The thieves stabbed the Scottish soldiers who were trying to climb the south shore with a few meters of spears...
If Scottish soldiers are concerned, their quality must be higher than that of the Robin Hood Robbers. If they were replaced with knights to attack, hundreds of knights could defeat these thieves. But unfortunately, the Scottish army was crossing the river... Before the successful crossing, the Scottish army could not form an effective formation, and the knight's horses were abandoned on the ship. Facing the thieves of the 3,300 Robbers thieves who were waiting for the shore, the Scottish people were helpless...
Fortunately, the Scottish army did not lack food, and it is said that there were more food reserves in Newcastle. Therefore, James IV, who personally led the army, simply stopped the plan to cross the south and focused on attacking Newcastle. Anyway, the militia-like thieves on the south bank would never dare to cross the river. Otherwise, the Scottish Knights would definitely let them know what iron hoof trampling is... Although there were few Scottish Knights, there were still hundreds of people. They were wearing plate armor assisted by the French, and their martial arts were guided by the French Knights. Their combat effectiveness was still good, but the number of people was a little smaller...
In this way, a relatively delicate balance was formed near Newcastle - the Scottish army could not cross the river to the south, but the 3,300 thieves from the "Robin Hood Robbers" did not dare to cross the river to support Newcastle...
Chapter completed!