Chapter 946: Beating James 4 (Part 1)

Edward strictly enforced Marin's strategy. By asking Margaret and other sloppy tactics, he extended the negotiation time with James IV, and also gave Kahn and others preparation work for enough time.

At the same time, according to Marin's suggestion, Edward also moved in the selection of the Scottish knights who escorted James IV back to the country-he deliberately selected 50 martial arts ordinary Scottish knights. Of course, he did not pick the weakest Scotsman. In that case, it is too obvious. Therefore, he selected 50 Scottish knights with moderate martial skills. Among the strongest martial artists in Scotland, he did not give James IV.

At this point, James IV was so angry. But Edward's reason is also very good-those martial arts strong Scottish knights can get a lot of ransom and are the most precious "collateral". Where can they be returned to Scotland?

On the war horse, Edward also wisely selected the horses that were not powerful enough. Originally, according to the meaning of Marin, just send some horses to James IV. But doing that is too conspicuous. Afterwards, if James IV was really killed, people must doubt him.

Therefore, under the advice of close friends, Edward selected the worst endurance among the horses as the mount of James IV and his 50 squire knights. Moreover, there is no transfer, only one ride per person. In this way, you can force James IV and his party to rush on the road faster.

As for the most important armor and weapons, Edward also wants to pick the worst, but it is difficult to do because of limited technology. He couldn't send a pile of junk to James IV? That's too obvious.

In the end, the task of preparing special weapons and armor fell on Marin's head ...

Then, Marin let his steel factory prepare two special steels-one is high-purity wrought iron, and the other is pig iron added with sulfur and phosphorus ...

The high-purity wrought iron is relatively soft, and Marin let the forging people create French plate armor. Putting on this relatively soft plate armor will certainly not withstand the blunt attack of Kahn and the wolf commando warriors led by him. The weapons made of pig iron with sulfur and phosphorus are two-handed swords and one-handed swords ... that thing is very brittle, and it is easy to break with the enemy's sword ... but from the appearance, you can't see the problem ... …

In the end, this batch looked okay. In fact, the armor and two-handed swords and one-handed swords, which were very problematic, were sent to London ...

At the beginning, Edward was not quite convinced that the armor and weapons that appeared to be problem-free would be problematic. Because, these looking at the new plate armor and sword, I really can't see the problem ...

But after the test, Edward only believed in the reliability of Marin's work-the plate armor made of wrought iron, with a hammer, immediately a pit, obviously not strong enough. Swords made of pig iron with sulfur and phosphorus are generally okay to slash and sharp enough. However, as soon as he ran into a steel weapon, he immediately showed up-it was called a brittle ... quack, broken ...

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In this way, at the end of March, Edward finally gave away James IV and his 50 guard knights.

For safety, James IV and the 50 guard knights all put on looking at the brand-new French plate armor, and wore the cold French two-handed sword and one-handed sword ... This deceptive appearance made James Fourth World was very satisfied, and reduced his vigilance ...

But after seeing the war horses provided by Edward, James IV had a bad look—because, the war horses provided by Edward, at a glance, knew that they were ordinary goods, and each person gave a horse ...

James IV ran to protest against Edward, and Edward looked at him with a caring mentally-impaired look and said without a word:

"Your Majesty, your current identity is the released prisoner of war, not the distinguished guest of England. So, do n’t choose one from the other. At least, the horses given to you are also war horses. It ’s kind of me to give you no horses. ! "

James IV suddenly choked, and then he also reacted-indeed, he was a released prisoner of war, not a foreign monarch who came to England to visit ... but he protested:

"At least, we have to equip us with replacement horses!" Just riding a war horse, and everyone wearing plate armor, you need to stop the horse often to rest.

Edward waved his hand and said:

"No, I'm plowing in spring now, and horses can also be arable. I don't have any horses for you!" This reason is very strong. Spring plowing is a big deal, and James IV can't find an excuse to refute.

Then, under the **** of the English army, James IV and his party went north, crossed Newcastle, and reached the border between England and Scotland ...

At this point, James IV became nervous. Previously, within England, James IV was not worried about safety. Because, Edward will not risk the world, kill him as a genuine king. Did not start in London, it is even more impossible in other parts of England.

However, if you enter the territory of Scotland, it is dangerous ...

Because, after entering the territory of Scotland, if James IV was killed in an attack, Edward can completely clear the relationship.

Therefore, the journey from England to Scotland is arguably the most dangerous. As long as England sends a team of cavalry, takes off the English costumes and puts on the bandits costume, they can completely kill him and push them to the bandits ...

Therefore, after entering Scotland, James IV did not immediately continue his journey, but directly hid in a castle on the border where the Scottish army was stationed, and refused to come out even for a few days.

A few days later ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ James IV finally came out of the little castle on the border, and then asked the local guard to send a guide to take him down the path ...

However, the defender told him with a puzzled face-there are horse bandits on the path ...

"Horse bandit?" James IV was taken aback, which was the thing he was most afraid of. He could conclude that the horse bandits were probably dressed up by the English knights and were specially designed to intercept him.

"Yes, there are several trails nearby, basically with traces of horse bandits' activities, which is very dangerous. If your majesty takes those trails ..."

"Then take the road, and you take the eight hundred defenders in the castle with me to protect my safety!" James IV thought decisively and ordered.

"But ... Your Majesty, the minister also has to guard against the invasion of the British army!" Said the guard weakly.

"I am the country!" James IV said the famous words of the Sun King more than 100 years in advance. He continued:

"If I were assassinated, and if I did n’t leave any heirs and my brothers did n’t survive, the Kingdom of Scotland would be in chaos. At that time, the English would easily destroy Scotland. Therefore, my life is very important , Can't easily die by the hands of the English who are posing as horse bandits! "

"But this border ... has to be guarded ..."

After thinking about it, James IV said:

"Well, you took eight hundred infantry, followed half of my team, and came back to guard against the English. In this way, you did not delay guarding the border. Presumably, by the second half, the English army would be hard to come by After all, they ca n’t kill me near Edinburgh. You know, Edinburgh has thousands of defenders! "

"Your Majesty is wise!" The defender resolutely obeyed the arrangement of James IV, brought out all the infantry in the castle, and escorted James IV all the way north ...