The Rise of the European Emperor

As a qualified merchant-type prince, Marin is the most embarrassed. In particular, such a benefit of territory. Therefore, as soon as Edward promised to give another county, Marin agreed without thinking, and then directly organized the army to go north.

However, halfway through the road, Marin suddenly reacted - Nima, I can't just kill King James IV of Scotland. Otherwise, those German princes have to eat me? Killing a king at will is to be hostile to all monarchs.

So, Marin found Edward with a bitter face and said:

"Your Majesty, don't cheat on me. I'm a law-abiding person, and I can't just kill the king of Scotland. If you can't kill their king, you can't annex Scotland. You promised a county, isn't that an invalid promise?"

Edward smiled awkwardly, he had been impulsive before. Now that I think about it, it seems a bit difficult...

However, he quickly thought of a way:

"How about you get another sinking ship. We will send James IV back home by sea and let him sink in the North Sea?"

Marlin suddenly looked at Edward speechlessly:

"Your Majesty, if you let your nephews sink into the sea once, everyone will feel that it is an accident. If you let James IV sink into the sea again, everyone in Europe will know that it was you..." This kind of skill Murder can be said to be an accident if you use it once, but if you do it again, and it is from the same person, a fool knows what happened...

"This..." Edward was at a loss for words.

However, after thinking about it, Edward decided to destroy the Scottish army. Now, Newcastle has 8,000 defenders, with the help of bandits. If Marin's main force of 20,000 suddenly arrives, there is no reason why Scotland's army of 10,000 cannot be wiped out.

After destroying the 10,000-strong Scottish army, there are basically no strong men in Scotland who can fight. After all, the total population of the Kingdom of Scotland is only 400,000 to 500,000. In the future, it would be easy for England to destroy Scotland.

However, now is not the time to destroy Scotland, at least until you take control of the overall situation of hungry England, you can destroy Scotland. Otherwise, England is still unstable, go to annex Scotland, and you will die.

But this opportunity was too rare, and Edward didn't seem to let it go. However, if you can't give Marin a Scottish county, you have to take a county from England and give it to Marin. Otherwise, Marin, a businessman-like guy, would definitely not buy it. But if it was given to a county in England, Edward would be reluctant. What is the difference between letting Marin grow up in England and being controlled by France?

After thinking about it, Edward finally made up his mind:

"Grand Duke of Marin, the remuneration for a county remains the same. Since the Scottish territory cannot be given to you, then I will give you an Irish county as payment!"

"Okay, deal! But it has to be an agricultural county in the east!"

Edward nodded, agreeing to Marin's request. For the island of Ireland, Edward did not value it very much. For the Kingdom of England, the island of Ireland is more of a colony than a territory. Because the Irish are not the same as the English. As Marin said, the Irish are similar to the French Gauls, as well as the Scots, all Celts, while the English are of Germanic descent. Therefore, it is very difficult for the Kingdom of England to control the island of Ireland, and there are frequent rebellions there. So, giving a county to Marin is nothing.

Marin doesn't care, as long as there is land. As for the ethnic issue in Ireland, Marin doesn't think it's a big problem. The reason why there is a problem, is it not my own? The English ruled the island of Ireland, but they did not regard the Irish as human beings, but regarded them as human beings. It would be strange if they did not rebel. Moreover, Marin believes that the national consciousness of Europeans in this era has not yet awakened (this thing was awakened mainly during the French Revolution, and it has long been able to fight the French Republic. Because fanatical nationalists are the most powerful Crazy, the degree of madness is second only to the fanatical believers), as long as those Irish people have a good life, use the means of tenderness and the method of eradicating the combination of diehard elements,

Integrating the Irish was not difficult.

After unifying his ideas, Marin no longer hesitated and led his army to the north...

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In Newcastle City, on the north bank of the River Tyne, fierce fighting is taking place at this time. The 10,000-strong Scottish army has surrounded Newcastle and is attacking...

The "Robin Hood Thieves" supported Newcastle's 3,300 thieves, and were not able to reach Newcastle before the Scottish army. Because they march on foot. The southern Pennines were several days away from Newcastle City, and Coster's henchman Lescott, with 3,300 thieves, hurrying to catch up, was still one step behind the Scottish army.

In desperation, Lescott had to stay with his men on the south bank of the Tyne. As it happens, the English side also needs to prepare for the Scottish army to cross the River Tyne. Moreover, there are more than 60,000 refugees camped here on the south bank of the Tyne. Therefore, Lescott simply took people to station on the south bank of the Tyne to prevent the Scottish army from crossing the river...

These 3,300 thieves all have hatred with the Scots. Therefore, they used the greatest enthusiasm to guard the Tyne River defense line and imitated the Scottish invaders to cross the river...

As expected by Lescott, the Scottish army sent people across the river. The reason why he sent people to cross the river was because James IV was jealous of the tens of thousands of refugees on the south bank of the Tyne - the Kingdom of Scotland also lacked population...

Moreover, James IV was also surprised to find that the refugees on the south bank of the Tyne actually had food in their hands. Every day, smoke can be seen rising from the refugee camps on the south bank...

So, James IV thought - to send people to cross the river, and at the same time to arrest people, they also grab food. Looking at the amount of smoke from the South Bank, it seems that there is 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 over there has not recovered very much, and the food that can be grabbed is limited. If you can grab the food of the tens of thousands of refugees on the south bank, even if you can't grab the population, it will be very cost-effective...

However, the Scotsman's river crossing was strongly resisted by the Robin Hood thieves. The thieves stabbed the Scottish soldiers in boats and rafts trying to get to the south bank with spears several meters long...

Speaking of Scottish soldiers, the quality must be higher than the thieves of the Robin Hood thieves. If replaced with knights, hundreds of knights can overwhelm these thieves. But it is a pity that the Scottish army is crossing the river... Before the successful crossing of the river, the Scottish army could not form an effective formation at all, and the knight's horse was useless on the boat. In the face of the thieves of the 3300 Robin Hood thieves who are waiting on the shore, the Scots are helpless...

Fortunately, the Scottish army is not in short supply of food, and, in Newcastle, it is said that there are more food reserves. Therefore, James IV, who personally led the army, simply stopped the plan of crossing the south and concentrated on attacking Newcastle City. Anyway, those militia-like thieves on the south bank would never dare to cross the river. Otherwise, the Scottish knights must let them know what is trampling with iron hoofs... Although there are few Scottish knights, there are hundreds of them. They wore plate armor assisted by the French, and their martial arts were also instructed by French knights.

In this way, a relatively delicate balance has been formed near Newcastle - the Scottish army cannot cross the river, but the 3,300 thieves of the "Robin Hood Thieves" dare not cross the river to support Newcastle...

The other two groups of the "Robin Hood Thieves", after seeing that the Scottish army had reached the north bank of Tyne, went directly west, planning to bypass the upper reaches of the Tyne from the mountain forest area, go around to the rear of the Scottish army, and launch an attack... …