Chapter 205: 2 similar offenses

In Cork City, Ireland, after two or three months of preparation, Count Edward is finally ready to attack the McMurrow dynasty on the southeast side of the island of Ireland.

Earlier, Edward sent people to contact Scotland and France. The two countries were also very happy when they heard that Count Edward was going to rise. Because, Earl Edward said, after winning the McMurrow dynasty, the next step is to attack the British direct territory (ThePale) and the Kingdom of Kildare. This is entirely a rhythm to make things big, which makes Scotland and France ecstatic.

Earlier, Louis XII was angry that Earl Edward was disobedient and unwilling to attack Calais. This also led to a sharp decline in France ’s support for Count Edward in the past two years, far less than the Scots ’support.

However, at this moment Count Edward suddenly rose and said that he was going to attack Dublin, which made Louis XII very happy. After all, Dublin is no less important than Calais among British people, and even higher than Calais.

After all, since the end of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, France has been baptized by the flames of war and has grown into a powerful power over Europe. Calais is said to be a nail and a foothold for Britain to insert on the European continent. In fact, it has lost its important significance. Because, in Britain now, it is impossible to have the national power to contend with France. At most, it can only act as a spoiler, making France uneasy, but don't want to repeat the situation that swept France during the centuries-old war between Britain and France.

Therefore, now in Calais, it is more of a British thought, but it is not very practical. But Dublin is different. Dublin is Britain's main stronghold on the Irish island. Although the British had long claimed that the island of Ireland was their own territory, the king also declared himself a duke of Ireland. However, the British royal family's territory on the Irish island is only the "ThePale" centered on Dublin. Moreover, the core is in Dublin. The King ’s control of the Irish island revolved entirely around Dublin.

If Earl Edward conquered Dublin, not only would he be able to greatly expand his own territory, it would also make the British royal family lose their sole stronghold on the island of Ireland, thereby losing control of the entire island of Ireland. Therefore, Dublin is more important than Calais.

After hearing that Count Edward was going to attack Dublin, Louis XII immediately instructed the Chancellor of the Treasury and allocated funds to help Count Edward hire another 2,000 mercenaries. Moreover, in accordance with the request of Earl Edward, a fleet was dispatched to prepare for the blockade of the coastal area of ​​ThePale after the war to prevent the leakage of news.

At the same time, on the side of the Kingdom of Scotland, James IV also greatly appreciated Count Edward's plan. Scotland and France are different, they face England, the pressure is much greater than France. They are even more supportive and happy about Earl Edward ’s attempt to oust the forces of England from the island of Ireland. Because England will certainly not be willing to lose control of the island of Ireland. By then, the British will have to fight. And Scotland, can also happily watch the English people unlucky.

Therefore, King James IV of Scotland, a thousand elites from the Scottish Highland Warriors, joined the Count Edwards in the name of mercenaries. At the same time, Scotland also sent a fleet, intending to join the French after the war to block off the east coast of the island of Ireland.

However, for safety reasons, Count Edward intends to formally launch an attack after the autumn harvest ...

The reason it is set after the end of the autumn harvest is because the ThePale area is a direct territory of the King. After the autumn harvest every year, it will definitely transfer several ships of grain from ThePale area for taxation. These grains were collected and transferred by Earl of Kildare, who was in charge of ThePale.

However, in peacetime, there is very little exchange between England and Ireland. If there are many contacts, the King of England will not entrust the Earl of Kildare to take charge of ThePale. Apart from sending ships to Dublin after the autumn harvest to take away the receivable food and taxes, there are relatively few links between England and the island of Ireland. Of course, some local merchant ships are excluded. After all, there were also merchants who brought the goods to Ireland for sale.

Therefore, before the end of the autumn harvest, if Earl Edward hurriedly launched an attack, then the British royal ship that came to transport taxes and grains would definitely bring the news of the incident on the Irish island back to England. In this way, Henry VII had the opportunity to prepare.

However, Count Edward is still relatively weak and cannot withstand the full attack of Henry VII. Therefore, Earl Edward followed the advice of Marin from the North Sea Chamber of Commerce-he disguised as the monarch of the McCarthy dynasty established by the descendants of the Munster Kingdom to confuse the British. Even the flag temporarily used by Earl Edward was changed to the flag of the McCarthy royal family.

When Count Edward attacked the McMurrow dynasty, the British in Dublin would have thought it was a battle between the local forces on the Irish island. By the time they responded, the army had surrounded Dublin. At the same time, the French and Scottish fleets will also block off the eastern waters of Ireland for a period of time, giving Earl Edward sufficient time to conquer Dublin and Kildare and complete digestion. In this way, when the British responded, Earl Edward had already established his footing and had the ability to fight Henry VII.

In this way, when the spy sent by Count Edward to Dublin returned to the British royal family, the forage ship had left, and Count Edward officially led the army to attack the McMurray dynasty.

Edward ’s army crossed the sea directly to the McMurray dynasty in the east. With the help of the French ship and the Scottish ship, Edward had a total of 8,000 people. He boarded the ship directly, bypassing Wexford, and directly in McMurray. The east coast of the Luo Dynasty landed. Then, the army unloaded 20 12-pound bronze cannons reinforced by Marin from the ship and went directly to Wicklow, the capital of the McMurrow dynasty ...

At the same time, on the distant Italian peninsula, Gonzalo de Cordoba also completed a tactical drill of bombardment + blasting.

The situation of the French army was very bad at this time. Just bad news came from the Principality of Milan-Ludovico Sforza, the former Duke of the Principality of Milan, returned with the army.

Since Ludovico Sforza has recaptured Milan, he will naturally no longer provide food to more than 30,000 French troops on the front line of Naples. In this way, the French land supply line was cut off at once ...

Although it is said that there is still a little inventory of grain, but more than 30,000 troops are also fast to eat. Originally, the French were counting on the autumn harvest of the Duchy of Milan.

As a result, as the autumn harvest was completed, large piles of food were gathered to be shipped to the front line of Naples. At this time, Ludovico Sforza suddenly killed and cut the grain of the Duchy of Milan ...

This result was unexpected by the French ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Therefore, the morale of the French army was greatly affected. Although Genoa, as a force close to France, expressed its willingness to transport food from the French mainland. However, the temporary change of plans caused the French to panic. It is really difficult to get enough food in a short time.

Moreover, the French did not dare to divide their troops to fight Ludovico Sforza at this time. Because, at this time, the Spaniard is pressing against France. There are too many people and you can't win, let alone divide the troops? Therefore, despite knowing that the Principality of Milan was out of control, the French did not dare to divide their troops to rescue and avoid being taken advantage of by the Spaniards. Moreover, even if the troops are divided, it is difficult to regain the Principality of Milan. Tall and strong walls like the city of Milan, unless inside like Lao Lu, should open the gates in the city. Otherwise, if you want to capture Milan, you can't get it in a few months ...

Gonzalo clearly knew that the French army in Naples was not stable at this time. However, as an enemy, he had no sympathy for the French and only felt that the opportunity should not be missed. So Gonzalo, with 20,000 troops, took advantage of the unstable French army and launched an attack on 20,000 French troops in the city of Naples. The 10 heavy guns were lined up in front of the oak city gate, and began to bombard the south gate of Naples City, in order to blast a hole, so as to put a gunpowder barrel ...

In this way, two offensives launched by different forces in different regions, because of Marin, both used the method of bombardment + gunpowder blasting. Facing the whole oak city gate, this method can't be better ...