As Marin had suspected, the thieves became agitated when Coster and Marić returned to the Thieves' station and told them about their march north against the Scottish army.

Most of them have a deep hatred with Scotland, although the Scottish army did not directly slaughter the inhabitants of the northern counties of England, but they robbed all the food, which is equivalent to killing many people in disguise. And these thieves are basically relatives of the victims. In order to survive, they had to join the thieves. But if there is a way to live, who wants to?

At first, the Scots robbed all the inhabitants of the northern counties of food, and killed all the cattle to make bacon and take them away. As a result, the people of the northern counties suddenly became refugees, and they flocked south, hoping to go south to beg for food.

However, in order to prevent the refugees from disturbing the most prosperous southeast of England, Henry VII sent a large army to set up defensive lines in the south of the central counties to prevent the refugees from moving south. In desperation, in order to survive, coupled with the deception of Koster and Marić, these people had to become robbers. Although he survived, he did not forget his hatred for the Scottish.

Now, when Koster and Marić bring it up, their unbearable memories suddenly come to mind. Thinking of their parents, wives and children who starved to death at home, many thieves couldn't help but cry. But soon, they hid their sorrow, and their faces became extremely hideous:

"The Scots must be paid in blood!"

"Yes, kill them!"

"We want revenge!"

……

Such a frenzied atmosphere suddenly permeated the camp......

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Koster and Marić announced the formation of a volunteer army, selecting 3,000 men to enter Newcastle to assist in the defense and resist the Scots head-on.

Sure enough, as Marin expected, many thieves whose families starved to death enthusiastically signed up. According to Marin, this kind of person is revenge-hungry, and it is most suitable for the upper city to fight with the Scottish army. Because of hatred, they don't take a step back.

And those who are not very active in signing up are either not dead in their families, or they don't have the courage to work hard. If such a person goes to the city, it may be bad. But, because they're not so fanatical, they're better suited to harassment warfare. Because, these people will not fight the Scottish army as easily as those fanatics. And in the harassment war, the important thing is to retreat with one blow. If you are eager for revenge, you will fall in love with each other, which will eventually lead to a head-on confrontation. And this group of thieves, in the field against the regular Scottish army, is tantamount to death......

Therefore, as a liberal arts student who has studied psychology, Marin still makes a fairly accurate judgment on this point.

In the end, Coster and Marich selected 3,300 revenge-minded thieves, led by Coste's henchman Lescott, to Newcastle to assist in the defense.

Of the remaining about 4,200 people, Koster left 300 to protect the thousands of family members who accompanied the army. The remaining 4,000 men were divided into two parts, the 900 horse thieves, led by Coster himself, to attack the Scottish army's grain routes. Marić, on the other hand, with the remaining 3,000 men, was responsible for harassing the Scots' camp in batches in the middle of the night, so that the Scots could not sleep well......

After the division of work, the three northbound men and horses went north together to prepare to deal with the Scots. Especially the 3,300 revenge-minded thieves, they exude murderous aura all over their bodies, eager to fly to Newcastle immediately and fight to the death with the enemy......

……

At the same time, Marin sent men north to inform Sivarg to prepare for these friendly forces and to deliver supplies to the thieves via the Tyne.

In the era of cold weapons, there was no need for ammunition supplies, and the main supplies were grain and grass, as well as the replacement of broken swords. Of course, the supply of bows and arrows is also a big head.

Marin has long regarded Newcastle as his home base in England, so he has invested heavily in running it. At this time, in Newcastle City, there was a pile of food, and there was no way to eat it. After all, this is for tens of thousands of troops to prepare for consumption.

However, this also creates a problem, and that is - Newcastle cannot afford to lose ...... If the Scots get their hands on the mountains of grain in Newcastle, they may have the courage to continue south......

You must know that although the Kingdom of Scotland is very large, most of the area is highland. In later generations, the Scottish Highlands were famous. The so-called Scottish Highland Infantry in the British army was actually Scottish hill people. Because of the high ground and the plains only a little to the south, the population of Scotland could not be too large, because there was not enough arable land to feed too many people. Because of this, the Scots have always had the idea of going south to invade England.

But unfortunately, because of the small number of people, in the era of cold weapons, Scotland's national strength has always been weaker than England in the south. I wanted to invade England, but I couldn't beat it. It was only during the upheaval in England that Scotland was able to reap the benefits of the south.

No, I heard that Edward had gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight with Henry VII, and James IV felt that the opportunity had come, so he immediately led a large army south.

It's just that the grain and grass of the southbound army has become the weakness of the Scottish army. Why? As I said before, Scotland has many mountains and few plains, and there is not much arable land, so there is not enough natural food. Often when the army goes south, it needs to be a long time or even two or three years in advance to prepare the grain and grass needed by the army.

Of course, this doesn't have to be. The Scots could also plunder the English and supply them on the spot to obtain enough food and grass. What does it matter to them whether the English people who have been robbed of their grain or not?

But here's the problem – the Scottish army had plundered the northern counties of England the year before, completely destroying the agricultural production of the northern part of England, and the agriculture of the northern counties of England has not recovered to this day. Therefore, at this time, when going south, there is no need to grab the food needed by the army, and can only rely on domestic transportation.

But if Newcastle, where Marin has a grain reserve, is a different story......

Newcastle's food reserves are about 50 million pounds, enough for 100,000 people to eat for 16 months at the ordinary standard of one pound per person per day.

In these years, the most important consumption of the army was food, and if the Scottish army was allowed to grab so much food, then the supply would not be at all worried. Then the Scottish army loved to toss as much as they wanted in the north of England, because they could afford toss......

Fortunately, Marin asked Sivarg to lead his army north to escort the refugees over, and if the Scots accidentally took the 50 million pounds of food stored in Newcastle because of the lack of troops, Marin would definitely cry and faint in the toilet.

Because, not only did it finance the Scottish army, but it also cut off Marin's food routes. You know, he has tens of thousands of people in his hands, and they all expect Newcastle to bring grain by ship. Otherwise, why did Marin choose the route of march by the sea? Without him, it is just convenient for grain transportation......

However, now that Newcastle is at war, it is difficult to safely transport food south. Fortunately, the Humber River valley is now under Marin's control. So, for the sake of the safety of the grain route, Marin personally wrote a letter ordering Newcastle's ships to go south and reach the port town of Grimsby on the south bank of the Humber estuary.

Moreover, Marin intends to mobilize a thousand men from the mainland to defend the small port of Grimsby. After that, this will become the rear of the Marin army.

Newcastle's grain and grass will definitely not be able to be transported because of the war. However, as long as this small port is guarded, Marin can send a ship back to Emden to bring grain. In this way, the supply of food and grass for the army was solved......

Why not move the grain port south, you ask? There are English ships cruising to the south! Marin used Danish pirates to contain England's maritime power in the waters of Suffolk and Norfolk, making British ships temporarily unable to cruise north. Otherwise, this small port north of Lincolnshire would not be suitable as a grain logistics base.

However, Marin did not dare to guarantee that the English ships would go mad, and despite the pirate raids, they happened to arrive at the mouth of the Humber River. Therefore, for the sake of safety, Marin decided to send 10 500-ton capital warships to protect the port of Grimsby from the mainland. At the same time, let the 250-class armed merchant ships take on the task of transporting grain. The 250-class armed merchant ships also had the ability to shell and were not afraid of being intercepted by the Kirk ships of the English Navy...... In this way, the supply of food and grass for the army will be completely safe......

At this time, it was already time to see the poor dagger, and Marin didn't need to hide it anymore. Therefore, his battleship can also be lit up. If you still hide it and accidentally cut off the English navy from the food route, Marin's army will be starved. After all, that's fifty or sixty thousand mouths......