The Rise of the European Emperor

A few days later, Marin's army also approached the south bank of the Tyne. But the scouts in the front also brought back bad news - the army may not be able to cross the Tyne smoothly...

Although Marin's troops were twice as large as the Scottish army, the Scottish army was on the north bank of the Tyne.

After thinking about it, before the army reached the south bank of the Tyne, Marin ordered the army to suspend its advance...

"Archduke Marin, why did you stop the army?" Edward asked.

"Your Majesty, although we have many people, it is difficult to cross the Tyne. The Scottish army is on the north bank of the Tyne, and we will definitely not allow us to cross the river smoothly."

"Then... what should we do?" Edward really didn't know much about the military.

"I think about it..." Then, Marin found the map near Newcastle that his subordinates surveyed...

After half a day, Marin finally found a way...

"Send the signal troopers to return to Grimsby Port quickly, and let them mobilize dozens of transport ships!"

"What do you mean?" Edward was puzzled.

Marin pointed to the map and explained:

"Your Majesty, our army is here now, about half a day away from the River Tyne. Near our station, there is a small fishing village called Sunderland (this is a city in later generations, and there is a team that mixes with the Premier League, of course, belongs to I'm going to send a fleet to transport the troops to the north, a small fishing village called Ashington. That small fishing village is a dozen miles (30 kilometers) north of Newcastle. After our army landed, within a day But when they arrived outside Newcastle, they suddenly appeared to the north of the Scottish army and caught them off guard..."

"Well... it's a really good idea, you really are a military genius!" Edward had to agree with Marin's plan. The point is, he can't think of any good plans either...

However, it will be several days before Grimsby's ship arrives to carry the people. Therefore, Marin first brought the army to the small fishing village of Sunderland.

Because the small fishing village only has a long bridge pier for the small fishing boats in the village to dock, Marin had to send troops to build a temporary pier. Thinking of that small fishing village called Ashington might be the same, Malin suddenly felt a little big. In this way, it is estimated that it will take two weeks to complete the action of flanking and flanking.

During this time, Marin also hopes to cause a little trouble for the Scots.

So Marin sent a messenger on horseback to the south bank of the River Tyne and informed Lescott that he would select thousands of young men from the refugee camp on the bank of the river to cut down trees to make simple sticks and spears. While training, scare the Scots...

Scots must be nervous to see thousands of new recruits training on the South Bank. In addition to the 3,300 thieves before, the total number has exceeded 10,000, and it is no wonder that the Scottish army is not nervous...

In fact, Marin just let these people bluff, not really let them cross the river to fight. It's just a group of farmers, who really crossed the river to fight, and definitely gave the Scottish army a head.

However, their bravado can greatly attract the attention of the Scottish army, so that the Scots have no time to look north and ignore the army of Marin.

At the same time, in order to keep the secrecy and prevent the Scots from noticing the traces of the Marin army, Marin also made changes to the arrangement of the two men of Coster and Maric - he sent people to follow the south bank of the Tyne to the west. , looking for the team of Coster and Maric. For the 900 horse thieves led by Coster, the mission arranged by Marin has changed. These horse thieves will no longer attack the Scots food routes, but will protect the news near Ashington from being leaked... Once there are Scottish scouts Approaching here, these 900 horse thieves will be responsible for intercepting and killing them, avoiding the leakage of news, and protecting the news of the landing of the Marin army from being leaked...

As for the 3,000 thieves led by Maric, Marin no longer asked them to raid the Scottish barracks at night. Because, this matter was taken over by Marin's main force. Their task was changed to capture those Scottish civilians who had fled when Marin's main force stormed the enemy camp...

An army of 10,000 people in Scotland, accompanied by 7,000 people. According to the report of the spies, their station and the Scottish soldiers were not in the same camp, but were stationed separately. When Marin's army stormed the camp of the Scots, they feared that the Scots would run wild. So, let Maric take 3,000 thieves to control those Scottish strongmen, it is better. Also, they are capable of...

A few days later, the port of Grimsby sent dozens of transport ships. According to Marin's request, the boats that came were not big. As for the 500-ton ships, they all stayed in Grimsby. Because, whether it is Sunderland or Ashington, they are small fishing villages by the sea, and there is no good port nearby. Sending a ship that is too big, Marin is afraid of running aground.

After these ships arrived, Marin did not immediately let the soldiers board, but first photographed a ship, loaded with 200 soldiers first. These soldiers are proficient in water, and are skilled in building long bridge piers. Marin picked them out to get them to Ashington ahead of schedule to build a Longbridge wharf suitable for the fleet. Otherwise, dozens of "big" boats of one or two hundred tons slammed into a small fishing village like Ashington, and they would definitely not be able to dock...

After the 200 soldiers who were good at building the temporary Long Bridge Pier went north with their tools, Marin did not let the other soldiers board the ship immediately, but waited for a few days. After all, when those soldiers arrived in Ashington, they needed to cut wood and then build a temporary Longbridge pier, which could be done in a few days. Moreover, this is in the case of enlisting the help of local labor. If these 200 people do it alone, it is estimated that it will take more than a month to get it done...

Over the next few days, Marin led the army to build the Longbridge Pier in Sunderland, while training with soldiers. Among them, the training of wading landing is also mixed. Now is July and August, the hottest time of the year. Therefore, wading in the water is nothing, but will feel comfortable. Of course, real landlubbers are better off playing like this.

The two legions in Marin's hands, one was the first legion composed of pure Germans. Most of the soldiers were from the Württemberg Mountains and Alsace, and most of them were landlubbers. Therefore, Marin plans to let these people land formally through the Long Bridge Pier.

As for Saqqara's Fourth Army, it consisted of Frisian officers and English soldiers. Regardless of whether it is Frisian or English, they are all seafaring people, and most of the soldiers are familiar with water. Therefore, Marin decided to let these soldiers, who are familiar with water, land in Ashington in order to speed up the pace of landing...

A week later, Marin reckoned that Ashington was almost done, and Grimsby had dozens of ships from the Grand Duchy of the North Sea. Among them, there are a number of 250-class armed merchant ships. After all, it is an army of 20,000 people, and there are no more than 100 ships, which cannot be transported all at once.

Marin took the army and began to board the ship to Ashington. In order to speed up the boarding process, Marin did not bring the people who were carrying rations, nor most of the luggage. He just let the soldiers bring rations for ten days and set off with their boarding.

Anyway, when the Scottish army is defeated, there will be no shortage of food to enter Newcastle. Moreover, after the Scottish army was defeated, Marin's army still had to turn back south to London. Therefore, Marin simply let the strong people take their luggage and food and stand by in Sunderland, waiting for the army to return to join them...

With anxiety and excitement, Edward also boarded the ship and carried out "sea maneuvers" with the army, circled behind the enemy, and launched a fatal blow...