Chapter 358: The Irish War

Coincidentally, when George the Duke of Saxony rallied the army and decided to fight against the army of the Duchy of Geddes, Edward also acted on the Irish island.

Edward's preparations were in a hurry, but he had to speed up preparations for war. Because, he can't wait. After all, he now controls a population of 10 million, and the food is so little, supporting at most two or three months. If the war is not started as soon as possible, it may be dragged down, as the English court hoped to see.

Morris, Earl of Desmond, received Edward's proposal to eliminate Ormond, at first, Earl of Desmond was not very happy. Why? Because the elimination of the Ormond is too big, it is easy to attract the attention of the English court and expose itself.

However, the messenger sent by Edward told him. If you do not capture Ormond, and open up the transportation corridor on the west coast of Ireland, Edward's people may starve to death.

Morris, Earl of Desmond, was an ambitionist and wanted to expand on the island of Ireland, but he was afraid of the mighty power of the English court. The presence of Edward clearly attracted all the attention of Henry VII's court. As long as Edward is not destroyed, Henry VII has no time to ignore him. Therefore, after thinking about it, Earl Morris agreed to a plan to jointly attack Ormond.

However, the cunning Morris modified the plan to enter the army together. Because if he joined forces with Edward's army to attack Ormond, he made it clear that he was mixed with Edward. In that way, Henry VII will not let him go.

Therefore, Earl Morris and his staff formulated a safer plan-first to provoke troubles in Desmond, and attract the troops of Ormond to the south of Ormond and Germany. Go to the border bordered by the State of Smond.

Then, Edward's army took advantage of the situation and drove straight into the hinterland of Ormond, destroying Ormond ...

In this way, although the effect is the same, Morris, Earl of Desmond has reason to argue-it is not that I colluded with Edward, but that he took the opportunity to pick peaches ...

Moreover, once the Kingdom of Ormond was destroyed by Edward, Earl Morris could take the opportunity to collect those Ormond troops who lost their nest and take advantage of it to strengthen themselves. In addition, the conditions for dividing the land of Ormond in consultation with Edward remain unchanged-Edward mainly obtains the northern part of Ormond, and Morris obtains the southern part of Ormond ...

That is to say, the Desmond State does not need to do anything, it only needs to send troops at the frontier to pose, then the main force of the Omunde State Army will be attracted. Then, the attack on the hinterland of Ormond was given to Edward. In the end, Morris was able to gain half of the benefits, plus the annexation of the army of Ormond.

Although angry at the shamelessness of Morris, Earl of Desmond, Edward understood that this was his only option. If this war is defeated, you may be at a dead end ...

To this end, Edward sent a letter to Count Morris, agreeing to the plan, and quickly began to gather troops to prepare an attack on the Ormond.

Although there are 10,000 main forces, Edward dare not send all the troops, but only discharged 6,000 main forces. The other four thousand people stayed in Dublin in case they were attacked by England.

As for whether six thousand people are enough, Edward is not worried. Why? Because, if Ormond is dead, there will be two or three thousand people. In addition, Desmond's initiative to provoke Ormond's attention. By that time, the two or three thousand Mali of Ormond, at least two thousand people will be attracted to the southern border with Desmond to confront the Desmond army.

By then, Edward's army only had to face the block of thousands of people. 6ooo has a good chance of facing thousands of people.

Moreover, in order to expand his strength, Edward also selected 10,000 elites from the 70,000 to 80,000 refugees outside the city to form a conscript.

Although these 10,000 people do not have combat power, there is no problem in helping the strong momentum and helping the main forces wave the flag and deliver materials.

If you encounter some village-level battles, you can even get these recruits to exercise their guts. By the end of this war, there will definitely be some conscription recruits growing up. At that time, Edward may harvest two or three thousand qualified soldiers ...

This idea was proposed by the deputy captain of the blasting team in the Edwardian Marin faction, Sahi (pseudonym Jonathan). At the beginning, when attacking Denmark, Marin used the transportation of the people to defend the city. Sometimes they also command Min Zhuang to attack some villages and towns in Denmark that have very weak defensive strength, so that they can see the blood and exercise their courage. After the downsizing of the regular army occurs after the war, it is better to transfer the outstanding performance from the people to the regular army.

Under the leadership of Edward, Sahi was promoted by Edward Dali because of his outstanding performance, and has become the chief commander of the artillery unit. This time Edward ascended the throne and was also honored as a baron, becoming one of Edward's most trusted men.

I have to say that this idea is very beneficial to Edward who wants to expand his strength. Edward wants to go to England 6 and fight against Henry VII. He must have a lot of troops, at least tens of thousands.

But when the army reached 6 England, not only did they need tens of thousands of troops to fight Henry VII, but their hometown also needed troops. If you fail to compete for hegemony in England, you have to retreat.

Therefore, Edward believes that the number of troops under his command should be at least 15,000. In this way, thousands of people can stay in Dublin when they go on expeditions, so as to give themselves a retreat. In addition, Edward's wife Anna and daughter Margaret are also unable to go to the battlefield ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ They must stay in Dublin. In this way, it is even more necessary to guard the safety of Dublin.

Moreover, it is very easy for Edward to recruit troops at this time. At this time, 70,000 or 80,000 refugees in the Edwardian control area have basically ran to Dublin to beg for food. The reason for this is that when the British army robbed these Irish people of their food, they told them that there was food in Dublin. Then all these refugees came ...

This trick by the British was very shameful. Seventy or eighty or eight hundred thousand hungry Irishmen came outside Dublin and became a time bomb. If Edward refuses to give food to the refugees, it will cause strong dissatisfaction and even anger among the refugees. At that time, the **** conflict between the refugees and Edward ’s defenders is not impossible.

But if Edward really distributes food to the refugees, he won't be able to support himself for long ...

After all, the British are blocked at the northern tip of Hainan, Ireland, and Edward cannot get supplies from outside grain carriers ...

But the British have limited strength, and they have reached the limit to block both ends of Ireland's Hainan. In other directions on the island of Ireland, there is no ability to blockade. Therefore, after receiving the information from Marin, Edward suddenly knew what was going on and began to give food to the refugees. Of course, the food for the refugees will definitely not be too good. At most, I will order some porridge of dark dishes cooked with rye and wild vegetables.

Want to eat bread? Yes, come to be a soldier, have bread ...

Sure enough, after Edward raised the banner of recruitment, many refugees came to sign up. After all, it's uncomfortable to drink that very thin porridge every day. Moreover, not as a soldier, but as an auxiliary soldier, mainly responsible for transportation and other chores. As long as it is full, this is enough ...

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