After Marin arranged the Scottish prisoners of war, the army finally made room for the south. This time, Marin decided to still take a boat to go south.
Newcastle was originally an inland port, and the Tyne River was full of docks. The fleet that had carried the army to Ashenton before also entered the Tyne River and arrived at the docks of Newcastle. At this time, just load the army again and transport it to the Port of Grimsby at the mouth of the Humber River.
Soon, Marin and Edward followed the army and headed south by boat. Of course, there were hundreds of captured Scottish nobles who were traveling with them. They were all precious meat tickets, so it would be more at ease to keep them with them...
...
Just when the north was overthrowing the sky, there was no idle in the city of London. Henry VII and his men were discussing countermeasures. The news of the defeat in the north had been passed back to London. Henry VII was so angry that he vomited blood that day, and then he regretted replacing the experienced Richard Boer with the inexperienced Henry Percy.
But the big mistake has been made, and now it is useless to regret. Henry VII is also a very courageous person. He is not afraid of being slapped in the face. He invited Richard Bohr, who was sent to negotiate with the French, to help him find a way to deal with the crisis.
For Henry VII and his men, the stage of life and death has reached the stage of life and death. If they fail completely, the consequences will be unimaginable.
You should know that the banner Edward used to punish the regicide. Who is the regicide? The first culprit was Henry VII, but Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby County, John De Weiler, Earl of Oxford, and others would never be pardoned. Because it was precisely because of their betrayal in front of the formation that the York family was defeated and lost to Henry VII. As important accomplices of the regicide, their only fate was to be hanged.
As for Sir Richard Boer, Bishop of Winchester Richard Fox, Baron John Deinham, the second Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, and Secretary of the Navy Johnson, although they did not directly participate in the Battle of Bosworth, which was a confidant of Henry VII. If Edward wins and ascends to the throne, they will never have a good harvest. The best result is that they will be expelled. If they are not lucky, they will be hung with the previous bosses...
Therefore, in order not to lose wealth and honor, they are even more afraid of being hanged, so these people have to unite and fight hard. After all, they are not at the end of their lives.
"Tell me, where did this bastard Marin Hoffman come out? Why did he help Edward that rebellious?" Henry VII said angrily.
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, but they didn't stand up and talk. In fact, Marin was a German, so how could they know about them?
Only Richard Boer cleared his throat and said:
"Your Majesty, I know this Marin. He was from the Kingdom of Markber in Germany. He was originally just a wandering knight without inheritance. However, by ambushing King Charles VIII at night in Fornovo, Italy, he almost captured Charles VIII. From then on, he became famous and became a famous person in the Holy Roman Empire. He was also named a nobleman. Later, he seized the Kingdom of East Fries and became the Earl of East Fries..." As a capable general under Henry VII, Richard Boer naturally heard of the reputation of Marin, who was "very capable of fighting" and had roughly studied Marin's "Marin Square", so when it comes to Marin, he naturally talked endlessly.
"Seizing the Eastern Friesland Kingdom? The German region is so chaotic that the Beginning Kingdom can be seized at will? And become an earl? Without noble bloodline, he can usurp the throne at will?" Henry VII felt unbelievable.
"No, although Marin Hoffman's father was just an ordinary knight, his mother was a descendant of the Brock family, the ruler of the East Frieslander country decades ago. The Brock family was replaced by the Thoxner family's rebellion. Therefore, Marin Hoffman's capture of the East Frieslander country is strictly a revenge... "
"Okay, I don't care about his legal status. I just want to ask, how capable is his military?"
"It's very strong. Last year, he led 40,000 troops to defeat the 50,000 warrior coalition formed by the Brandenburg Electoral and the Saxony Electoral. More importantly, among these 50,000 coalitions, 20,000 people are powerful Swiss mercenaries!" Richard Bohr said seriously.
"Nee--" Everyone gasped. Everyone knew the strength of the Swiss mercenaries. In recent years, every time the French fought, they would bring a large number of Swiss mercenaries and cooperate with the French heavy cavalry. This combination is quite powerful, at least England could not defeat it. However, Marin led 40,000 people to defeat the 50,000 enemy troops with 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. How powerful is this?
"No wonder the Earl of Northumberland lost. It turned out to be such a fierce man!" Bishop of Winchester Richard Fox sighed. He was not worried that he would be ruined, after all, he was a member of the church. When Edward won, he lost power at most, and had no worries about his life.
"No, the reason why Henry Percy was defeated was that he was attacked by that guy at night." Henry VII learned this detail from his intelligence personnel. This detail was found by the scouts under Henry VII infiltrated near York City.
"Night attack? Oh, by the way, this guy is indeed good at night attacks. When he defeated King Charles VIII, he used night attacks!" said Richard Pohl.
"We are not afraid of night attacks. We can send people on duty day and night. But the problem now is that we have severely lack of soldiers and it is difficult to defend London..." Thomas Stanley sighed.
"So, how many troops are the other side?" asked Richard Pohl. He was sent to Calais to negotiate with the French during this period and knew very little about domestic intelligence.
"According to his subordinates' reports, he had about 20,000 people. As for Edward's ten thousand people, it seemed that the French had already picked up their seven thousand French soldiers with a ship..." Henry VII said. In fact, the French deliberately disclosed this information to Henry VII to give him confidence.
"The French soldiers are gone? What's going on?" Richard Pohl became interested. Moreover, this was also good news for them.
"It seems that according to the information revealed by the French, the Scots sent an army of 10,000 from the north and had a conflict with Edward's rebellion. The French wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so they withdrew their seven thousand people, wanting to see Edward and James IV bite the dog..." This was the information Henry VII got from the French.
"What Scots invaded?" Richard Pohl was startled, but quickly said:
"It's so great. It will be of great benefit to us when we fight these two forces!"
"But our troops are really limited! Even if Edward and Marin Hoffman's army suffered great losses after the conflict with the Scots, we are still no match for us! There are only more than 3,000 veterans in London now. If we train new recruits, we may not have time to go..." Henry VII said in frustration.
But Richard Pole thought about it and said:
"No, Your Majesty, we still have troops, but no one noticed it!"
"Where are there any soldiers?" Henry VII asked in confusion.
"Your Majesty, you have forgotten what country we are in England? Ocean country! We have many warships on the sea..."
"You mean..." Henry VII seemed to have caught something.
"Yes, we can recruit those sailors. They are all people who are used to fighting at sea, and many of them are simply cruel pirates..."
"But... those people are fierce in combat on the ship, and it may not be possible to go to land..." Navy Secretary Johnson questioned. As Navy Secretary, Johnson knew very well that these people were very powerful on the shaking deck of the ship, but when they arrived on the shore, they were not so fierce.
"You are right, Lord Johnson. If you are in the wild, these sailors may not be able to fight ordinary regular infantry. However, we do not want those sailors to fight against the enemy in the wild. At present, what we need is to defend the city of London. Those sailors have good sword skills and may not be able to use them in the field, but it is still okay to guard the tall and strong city walls. After all, they have very rich fighting experience!" Richard Bohr said confidently. These days he took a boat to Calais to negotiate with the French, and naturally he has seen many fierce sailors and knew their temperament.
"It seems...it makes sense..." Henry VII's eyes lit up.
It is undeniable that the English sailors who are good at fighting on the deck are still good at fighting. Although they are not very suitable for land battles, Henry VII does not need them to fight in the wild. It is not a big problem for them to defend the enemy on the top of the city with their tall and strong London walls. Moreover, because of their excellent fighting skills, their ability to defend the city is definitely much stronger than those temporary recruitment people...
So Henry VII immediately ordered with confidence that all the sailors who knew fighting in England would land, and then, with sailor scimitars, went to the London recruiting office to report...
Chapter completed!