Coincidentally, just as George, Duke of Saxony, was gathering his army to fight the army of the Duchy of Guedes, Edward also acted on the island of Ireland. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Edward's preparations were in a hurry, but he had to speed up and prepare for the war. Because, he can't afford to wait. After all, he is now in charge of a population of 100,000, and the food is so small that it will last for two or three months at most. If the war is not started soon, it may be dragged down, as the English court would like to see.

Maurice, Earl of Desmond, received Edward's proposal to unite to destroy the Count of Ormond, and at first, Earl Desmond was not very happy. Why? Because the destruction of Ormond was too big, it was easy to attract the attention of the English court and expose itself.

However, the messenger sent by Edward told him. If Omond had not been conquered and the transport route to the west coast of the island of Ireland had been opened, Edward's men would have starved to death.

Maurice, Earl of Desmond, was a careerist who also wanted to expand on the island of Ireland, but he feared the might of the English court. And Edward's presence apparently attracted all the attention of Henry VII's court. As long as Edward was not destroyed, Henry VII would not have had time to pay attention to him. Therefore, after much thought, the Earl of Maurice agreed to a plan to jointly attack the Count of Ormond.

However, the cunning Morris revised the plan to march together. Because, if he joined forces with Edward's army to attack the kingdom of Ormond, it was clear that he would be mixed up with Edward. In that case, Henry VII would not let him go.

Therefore, the Earl of Maurice and his staff devised a safer plan - to provoke the Count of Desmond first, and to draw all the troops of the Count of Ormond to the southern border of the Count of Desmond.

Then, Edward's army, taking advantage of the weakness, drove straight into the heart of the Ormond Nation and wiped out the Omundbe Kingdom in one fell swoop......

In this way, although the effect is the same, Maurice, Earl of Desmond, has a reason to defend himself - it is not me who conspires with Edward, but he takes the opportunity to pick peaches......

Moreover, once the Count of Ormond was destroyed by Edward, the Earl of Morris could also take the opportunity to absorb the army of the Count of Ormond who had lost its nest and take the opportunity to strengthen himself. In addition, the terms of the division of the land of Ormond agreed with Edward remained unchanged - Edward received mainly the northern part of Ormond and Maurice received the southern part of Ormond......

In other words, Desmond does not need to move, only needs to send troops to put up a posture on the border in the early stage, and the main force of the Ormond Nation army can be attracted. Then, the attack on the hinterland of Ormond was left to Edward. In the end, Maurice was able to get half of the benefits, plus the annexation of the army of the Aumond Kingdom.

Although outraged by the shamelessness of Maurice, Earl of Desmond, Edward understood better that this was his only option. If you lose this war, you may end up on a dead end......

To this end, Edward sent a letter to the Earl of Maurice, agreeing to this plan, and quickly began to gather a large army in preparation for an attack on the Count of Ormond.

Although there were 10,000 main troops, Edward did not dare to send out all the troops, but only discharged 6,000 main forces. The other 4,000 men remained in Dublin to prevent a surprise attack by the British.

As for the question of whether six thousand men were enough, Edward was not worried. Why? Because, the kingdom of Ormond was killed, and there were only two or three thousand men and horses. In addition, Desmond took the initiative to provoke and attract the attention of Ormond. At that time, at least 2,000 of the 2,000 or 3,000 men of the Ormond Kingdom will be attracted to the south and the border with the Desmond Nation to confront the Desmond Nation army.

At that time, Edward's army only needs to face the resistance of a thousand men. 6000 elites face thousands of people, and the odds of winning are still very good.

Moreover, in order to expand his strength, Edward also selected 10,000 strong soldiers from the 70,000 or 80,000 refugees outside the city to form a conscription army.

Although these 10,000 people have no combat effectiveness, there is no problem in helping to strengthen the momentum and help the main force to wave the flag and shout and transport supplies.

If you encounter some village-level battles, you can even let these levies train their courage. By the time this war is over, some of the conscripts will definitely grow up. When the time comes, Edward may have gained two or three thousand qualified soldiers......

The idea was proposed by Sahi (pseudonym Jonathan), the deputy leader of the demolition team of the Marin faction in the Edward Army. At the beginning, when attacking Denmark, Marin repeatedly used the people who transported supplies to defend the city. Sometimes he would command the people to attack some villages and towns in Denmark where the defense was very weak, so that those people could see the blood and exercise their courage. When the regular army is attrition after the war, it is better to draw outstanding performance from the people and add them to the regular army.

Sahi was under Edward, and because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted by Edward Dali and became the commander-in-chief of the artillery unit. This time, Edward ascended the throne and was also rewarded with the title of baron, becoming one of Edward's most trusted subordinates.

I have to say that this idea is very beneficial for Edward, who wants to expand his strength. If Edward wanted to land in England and fight Henry VII to the death, he would definitely need a large number of troops, at least tens of thousands.

But when a large army landed in England, it not only needed tens of thousands of troops to fight Henry VII in a decisive battle, but also an army to garrison his hometown. If you lose the battle for hegemony in England, you have to have a way out.

Therefore, Edward believed that the number of troops under his command should be at least 15,000 or more. In this way, when you go on the expedition, you can also leave a few thousand people to garrison Dublin, so as to leave a way for yourself to retreat. In addition, Edward's wife Anna and daughter Margaret are also not allowed to go to war, and they must stay in Dublin. In this way, it is all the more necessary to guard the safety of Dublin.

Moreover, it was very easy for Edward to recruit troops at this time. At this time, the 70,000 or 80,000 refugees in the area controlled by Edward had basically fled to the vicinity of Dublin to beg for food. The reason for this was that the British had told the Irish when they had run out of food that Dublin was available. Then, all these refugees came......

The British were so bad that seventy or eighty thousand hungry Irishmen came to Dublin and became a ticking time bomb. If Edward refused to give food to the refugees, it would cause strong resentment and even anger among the refugees. When the time comes, it is not impossible for the refugees to have a bloody clash with Edward's defenders.

But if Edward really distributed food to the refugees, he wouldn't be able to last long......

After all, the British blockaded the northern and southern ends of the Irish Sea, and Edward could not be supplied by grain ships from the outside world......

But the British were limited in strength, and their ability to blockade the northern and southern ends of the Irish Sea had reached their limits. In other directions of the island of Ireland, there is no ability to block. Therefore, after Edward received Marin's information, he suddenly had a bottom in his heart and began to release food to help the refugees. Of course, it will not be too good for the refugees, at most some mushy porridge on a dark cooking board cooked with rye and wild vegetables.

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

Sure enough, after Edward put up the banner of recruitment, many young refugees came to sign up. After all, it is very uncomfortable to drink that kind of very thin mushy porridge every day, how can you be a soldier and eat food? Moreover, he is not a soldier, but an auxiliary, mainly responsible for transportation and other miscellaneous duties. As long as you are full, this is enough......