Chapter 316: Earl Edward

巴黎 Paris, France, Edward Earl of Warwick fled to France for months. When Edward fled to France with the family token, he was treated as a treasure by the anti-British French and arranged for him to stay in France.
Not only did France regard Edward as an important bargaining chip against Britain, but King James IV of Scotland also regarded Edward as a weapon against Britain. Therefore, Earl Edward did well in Paris.
However, because he was put into the Tower of London by Henry VII at the age of 11 and was kept in prison for 14 years, making the 25-year-old Count Edward difficult to communicate with others.
Also, whoever has been detained for 14 years will not be able to communicate with others without seeing the sun. After all, Edward had been held in solitary confinement as a major threat to Henry VII. The soldiers guarding him were forbidden to talk to him. After getting out of trouble, Edward was a bit uncomfortable with people.
So, during this time, he had been taking etiquette lessons in the court of Paris and learning French. The French sincerely hoped to make Count Edward the French spokesperson for Britain.
You know, even though 25 years old, Count Edward's mind is actually a big boy. Because he had been isolated from other people since he was young, he had hardly dealt with outsiders, his mind was naturally unable to grow, and he even had severe autism.
I happen to be, Louis XII is currently leading an army to attack the Kingdom of Naples and has no energy to deal with the affairs of Count Edward. So, Louis XII ordered remotely to send some court teachers to teach Count Edward etiquette and French. While teaching Earl Edward to learn French, the teachers sent to teach Eduard French were also required to teach Earl Edward daily French-English "friendliness" and France's desire to establish a "North-Western Europe co-prosperity circle" led by France. ...
Earl Edward, though a little autistic, is not stupid. He knew the ambitions of the French. Although both the French and the Scots helped him, neither country was at ease. Their desire is not to help Edward, but to make Britain messy.
However, Edward was not a fool when he grew up in a large aristocratic family. He knew that neither the French nor the Scots were at ease. However, he had no choice. As Britain's more legitimate heir, he could not stay out of the business. Even though he had never participated in activities against Henry VII, he was detained by Henry VII for 14 years. If it wasn't for his sister Margaret who had come up with a way to "drop the bag," he would have been killed by Henry VII.
In order to survive, he had to stand opposite to Henry VII and accept the reality of being a puppet in France and Scotland. And if he dares to refuse to be such a pawn, the French can give him to Henry VII in minutes. The only consequence of Henry VII's arrest was to kill him.
Earl Edward is also grateful for the group of Dutch who helped her sister save herself from the North Sea Chamber of Commerce in the Tower of London. Edison, the nominal leader of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, was also grateful to Count Edward.
Speaking of which, Marin is also very old-fashioned, and I want to come by my name. There was an Einstein in front, and here was the Edison on the North Sea Chamber of Commerce. Count Edward was greatly grateful to Edison who was born more than 300 years ago ...
However, Count Edward also mistakenly believed that the North Sea Chamber of Commerce was secretly supported by the Habsburgs. Because, the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, on the bright side, is the Chamber of Commerce from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. And Amsterdam is under the rule of the Habsburgs. Therefore, Count Edward also regarded "Edison" as the subordinates of the Habsburgs. I have to say, this is a beautiful misunderstanding.
Despite certain restrictions on freedom, the French still treat Count Edward very well. At least, Count Edward was treated as an exiled monarch, not as a prisoner in the Tower of London.
In Paris, Count Edward greedily breathed the fresh air of the wild and basked in the sun that had not been in the sun for 14 years. The French at the Paris court did not quite understand why Count Edward loved the sun so much. How do they understand that a poor child who hasn't seen the sun for 14 years has longed for the sun ...
Apart from finding a teacher for Edward to teach court etiquette and French, the French also support Edward more militaryly. Even though Louis XII was in Italy, he still instructed the country to choose a group of trainees who were not the eldest sons of aristocratic families and followed Count Edward. In addition, Louis XII also ordered the recruitment of Rangers for Count Edward and the formation of plate armour.
This era is no longer the century of British-French war. In this era, due to the great progress of plate armor manufacturing technology, the plate armor's defense force against the England longbow has been very strong. Therefore, it is also very important to bring a large group of plate knights who can resist the "barrage strike" of England's longbow.
Edward IV fled to Burgundy after the restoration of Henry V in 1470, and borrowed 15,000 troops from Burgundy, including a large number of Burgundy plate knights. Under the impact of the Burgundy Plate Knights, Henry V, who had 30,000 soldiers, failed to escape the fate of failure despite having a large number of English Longbowmen. Because the Longbowmen had limited lethality to the plate knights armed to their teeth. Once the plate knight rushes into the longbow formation, he can slaughter the longbow. Because the melee ability of the Longbowmen is too far behind that of the Cavaliers.
At this time, the French's plan was also to allow Earl of Warwick to learn from his uncle Edward IV, and to borrow France's numerous and highly skilled French knights to defeat the British proud proud longbow troops and conquer them. British throne.
To this end, Louis XII also reached a secret agreement with King James IV of Scotland through letters-the two countries agreed that if the restoration of the York dynasty represented by the Earl of Warwick was successful, the two sides would each send 10,000 troops to London for a long time. , Secretly control this powerful country, suppress its power and rise ...
And the creator of all of this, Marin, was nicknamed Edison and secretly hiding behind the scenes ~ EbookFREE.me ~ He knew for a long time that a fake Richard could support France and Scotland, not to mention a real Edward?
When he helped Margaret rescue Edward Earl of Warwick, he sent someone to France. The next thing, the French will come forward to deal with it, and he does not need to participate at all.
The result was not the same. After the French got Edward Earl of Warwick, if they got the treasure, they immediately received Paris to raise them, and began to buy horses for their recruits. Even a lot of money and armor were sent from Scotland.
Although Scotland is not strong, it is not afraid to challenge Britain positively. But when it comes to stabbing England behind the knife, the Scots will never be vague. So, even if you don't come forward to help Count Edward attack Britain, but the necessary support is everything.
Even, many of the money and weapon armors that supported Count Edward were originally intended to be paid to the regular Scottish Army. Seeing that Edward, Count Warwick, was "coming soon," King James IV of Scotland gave these batches of arms and weapon armor to Count Edward, to help it cause great damage to the English.
Under such circumstances, Earl Edward knew that he was just 傀儡, and still couldn't help his blood boiling. Because the French and Scots promised to help them recruit 20,000 troops to help them attack Britain and win the throne. Among them, there will be thousands of trainee knights wearing plate armor. As soon as Louis XII returns, the French will take the support of Earl Edward's landing in England and the throne with Henry VII as an important first priority ...
Of course, the French are also conditional. Except for the requirement to station in London in the future, at present, Count Edward needs to marry a daughter of a large nobleman from France in order to strengthen the marriage with France ...