The Rise of the European Emperor

"Clap-pop-pop-pop..." It wasn't the sound of applause, or anything like that, but Wallace's adjutant Jackson was slapped by Turnbull, the commander-in-chief of the English fleet. Jackson's left and right faces were swollen, but Turnbull still didn't want to let him go...

"You idiot, why didn't you stop the ship carrying the French knights? Huh?" General Turnbull slapped two more slaps and continued to roar:

"I asked you to salvage the war horse! Let you salvage the war horse!"

After the fight, General Turnbull pointed to Jackson's nose and cursed:

"Are you a pig? Are the French knights more important or the war horses? Let the noble French knight master not go after him, but stop the boat to find the war horses. I have never seen such a short-sighted officer as you!"

General Turnbull was furious. Jackson's forty small warships were the only British force on the eastern flank of the French fleet. Had Jackson tried to stop the ships full of knights fleeing to Calais, England would have killed at least a few thousand French knights this time. As long as these thousands of French knights died, the French army would not be able to recover for many years. Because those French knights with high martial arts and literacy are the backbone of the French army. To drown them in the sea was to break the backbone of the French army. It is impossible for the French to regain their strength in ten or eight years. If at this time Spain, the Habsburgs and other French rivals take the opportunity to send troops, it is possible for France to be maimed.

However, this idiot named Jackson in front of him immediately stopped running when he saw the French knight pushed the warhorse into the sea...

A war horse is worth hundreds of gold coins. The French pushed thousands of war horses into the sea, and the sea was filled with the screams of war horses. In the eyes of Jackson, who came from a merchant family, it was not more than 7,000 war horses, but more than 700,000 gold coins...

So, out of the nature of a businessman, in order not to drown the warhorse, Jackson hurriedly directed his men to salvage the warhorse...

When General Turnbull defeated the French fleet led by Earl Valgeri, who was blocking the road, and arrived with the main fleet, he found that Jackson was bringing his ships and was working hard to salvage the horses...

Turnbull was directly mad. At this time, the ship carrying the French knights running to the east had run away and could not catch up. After all, everyone is a Kirk sailboat. The other party ran for so long early, and then got rid of the horses and a lot of luggage and went into battle, the main fleet could not catch up with them.

Before that, if Jackson's fleet, which was already on the east side of the battlefield, could hold back those ships, they would at least kill more than half of the French knights when the main force arrived...

But this unfortunate Jackson had no idea of ​​the overall situation. Seeing the valuable war horses, he went straight to fetch the horses, and he didn't even care about the boat chasing the French knights. By the time the main British fleet arrived, it was too late.

General Turnbull, who was furious, grabbed Jackson, the idiot, and slapped him, but he still couldn't understand the hatred...

Captain Jackson is actually very aggrieved - I got so many "gold coins", why do you still beat me? This is more than 700,000 gold coins...

This is really not to blame for Jackson. Jackson was originally from a civilian businessman family, and he was only Wallace's deputy. He could only be regarded as a low-level military officer. How could he have such a strategic vision as a high-level executive?

Seeing the "gold coins" swimming in the sea, it is strange that Jackson is not moved. Moreover, most of the mercenaries in this era will make the same choice as Jackson.

For example, in the "Battle of Fornovo" fought by Charles VIII and the Italian coalition, Charles VIII did this. In order to keep the army from being entangled by the enemy, Charles VIII ordered most of the treasures seized from the kingdom of Naples to be scattered on the flanks of the French army, and then led the army to retreat. The 6,000 cavalry of the Italian coalition who were originally responsible for outflanking the French flank, saw the treasures all over the ground, and did not care about chasing the French.

They all dismounted to pick up gold and silver treasures... Then, the French army safely evacuated from the battlefield...

Count Valgeri ordered the knights to push the warhorses into the sea. In addition to reducing the burden on the transport ship, he had no intention of attracting the attention of the British army. After all, this is also learning from the previous King...

Unexpectedly, this trick works really well. Jackson's fleet, which was originally responsible for intercepting the French transport ships that had left the fleet, saw the sea full of valuable French war horses, and immediately forgot to pursue them and went directly to salvage the war horses with his men... because his fleet was small. , can't hold so many war horses. After the arrival of the main British fleet, Jackson foolishly greeted friendly war ships to fish for French war horses together...

Not to mention, many English junior officers and ordinary sailors are very tempted...

Turnbull saw that he could not catch up with the French knight transport fleet, which could not be seen by the sails and shadows. After all, this is also a seizure, and it is the bulk of the seizure. It's just that Jackson, the initiator, was inevitably beaten...

Moreover, after the war, Jackson did not even think about being rewarded, whether he was punished or not, it was all luck...

However, the materials seized by the English fleet this time are really rich...

The French lost a total of more than 7,000 knights' horses, hundreds of bronze cannons, more than 30,000 people to supply 20,000 troops and more than 10,000 people, and more than 7,000 war horses. clear grain...

Seeing these boats of grain, Turnbull understands that the French have prepared all the grain needed by the English army for this Northern Expedition, and there is still a lot of surplus...

In addition, Turnbull seized more than ninety large French warships (including those that were hooked), and several hundred French transports.

Originally, there were thousands of French infantry in this fleet, but in the previous battles, most of them were ordered by Turnbull, and the ships were sent down to the sea with people...

Today, in addition to those abundant supplies, there are only less than 2,000 surrendered French prisoners left in the fleet, and more than 6,000 French nationals...

Turnbull originally planned to kill all the French soldiers, but after knowing that the French knights had all escaped, he stopped the slaughter of those French infantry. Because, that doesn't make any sense...

What Henry VII wanted to kill was the French knights who were the backbone of the French army, not the infantry. Infantry can be recruited from the civilian population, and it is good to train for two or three years. The Cavaliers are different, need more than ten years of training, but also a lot of investment.

So, for those infantrymen, it doesn't matter if they kill or not. Because the most important thing in France is people. Just grab some strong men from the common people for training, and it is a large group of infantry. Only killing those knights will hurt France...

So, after counting the results of the battle, General Turnbull returned with the fleet in desperation...

The reason why he was so disillusioned was because he knew that this time he failed to meet the requirements of Henry VII. Although there is a small amount of credit, it is still a lot worse than killing all those French knights. According to Johnson's previous account, if he can kill all the French knights, he may be promoted to earl. Today, that's unlikely. Therefore, he was disillusioned...

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Sure enough, Henry VII was happy, but not too excited when he learned of the victory. For Turnbull, who commanded the fleet to win the battle, Henry VII only rewarded some money and fiefs. As for promotion to the title, I didn't mention it...

As for the unfortunate Jackson, he was still a civilian and did not become an aristocrat because of his military exploits. Because the mistakes he made are enough to offset any of his credit...

It was Wallace, who fought bloody battles with his subordinates, because he entangled the French fleet and got the title of Baron as he wished. It's just that, dragged down by the adjutant Jackson, Wallace's fief is only 600 acres, about the size of a knight's collar...

Because he failed to catch the French knights, Henry VII did not bother to harm the surrendering French infantry. As for the infantry, Henry VII locked them all up, waiting for Louis XII to send someone to pay to redeem them...

On the Hastings side, when Turnbull and his men towed the captured French ships to the Hastings Harbour for a lap, the French commander of Hastings, Abel, knew that the situation was over. It simply surrendered. Because, the 5,000 French infantry he led had become completely alone, without any hope. There is no choice but to surrender...

Henry VII did not embarrass him, anyway, they are infantry, it is good to exchange some pocket money with Louis XII...

As for the captured French military supplies and a large number of war horses, Henry VII was also amused. With so many supplies and more than 7,000 sturdy French war horses, it is definitely a fortune of Chaohao, which is equivalent to the financial income of England for several years. How can we not make Henry VII happy? ) Download Free Reader!!