Saqqara, full of anger, went to the backyard of Edinburgh Castle to interrogate the palace ladies. It turned out that as early as dawn, the queen had retreated from the residential area to the northwest corner of the city with a dozen French knights. And poor John. Stewart, who didn't know about it. Because, he took people to guard the backyard gate.

"What? She's been running for most of the day? "Saqqara was filled with despair. If you just run, you might be able to catch up. However, the other party has been running for most of the day and still doesn't know the direction, so it's troublesome.

Annoyed to see Saqqara there, Isaac, the commander of the musket battalion, reminded him:

"Legionnaire, it's too late to pursue Margaret. At the moment, the most important thing is to put the puppet king John. Stewart's body hangs in the town square, extinguishing the Scots' revolt! Without the king, their rebellion would be meaningless! ”

"But Queen Margaret has run away, and with a queen, the Scots may elect her to take the lead in continuing the rebellion!" Sakara said in chagrin.

Isaac thought for a moment and said:

"It's easy, look at me!" Then, with a kind face, he asked the ladies in the backyard of Edinburgh Castle:

"Which of you looks most like Queen Margaret? Especially the hair color or something. ”

The palace maids thought about it and pointed to a beautiful palace maid with long maroon hair.

"In that case...... Isaac said with a sudden change of face:

"Then lend your corpse to use!"

Then, with a cold face, Isaac ordered the maid who looked like Queen Margaret to be taken down and strangled.

"What are you doing here? Why kill innocent women? Saqqara asked dissatisfiedly.

Isaac nodded with a heavy face, and replied:

"I know she's innocent, but the most important thing at the moment is to break the will of the Scots to resist. You know, His Majesty Edward wanted the entire Kingdom of Scotland. So, I'm going to use the body of that maid to pretend to be Queen Margaret......"

It dawned on Sakara that although he couldn't bear it, he still supported Isaac's approach. Because, this helped to quickly quell the Scottish revolt.

"Put John. Hang out the bodies of Stuart and the palace maid, and remember to dress that palace maid in Queen Margaret's daily clothes! Also, it is better to keep the body of the palace maid with her head down, and it is better to have her hair scattered to cover her face, so as not to let people see the flaws. Also, send guards to guard it, so that people don't get close to it and identify it carefully. ”

"Yes, sir!" The guards took the order and left.

At this time, Saqqara's adjutant questioned:

"Commander, it's August, the weather is hot, corpses are easy to decompose, and if you're not careful, it's easy to cause a plague!"

Saqqara thought for a moment and said:

"Well, the body will only be hung for three days, and it will be buried after three days! In addition, the gates of the city were opened to allow the people to leave Edinburgh freely. I will tell all of Scotland through the mouths of those people that their kings and queens are dead! ”

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Although he got a body double for Queen Margaret, Saqqara would not give up the hunt for the real Queen Margaret. All the scouts of the Fourth Legion were scattered in order to track down Queen Margaret. You know, a princess who died in England and is also a former Queen of Scotland. Such an identity is too much of a threat to Edward.

Saqqara didn't know that Marlin planned to let Edward "get the boxed lunch" at the right time, but he knew that his young master, Caesar, was engaged to Edward's daughter, Princess Margaret. Perhaps, in the future, the whole of England will be the home of its own young master. Therefore, it is best not to leave the hidden danger of Queen Margaret.

In addition, this time, he may not have a chance to be promoted to the earl. Originally, Edward promised that if he could capture John. After Stewart and Queen Margaret, he was given the title of hereditary earl. However, he only completed half of the task, and even less than half of the task. Because, he let Queen Margaret, who was the greatest threat to Edward's throne, go. Therefore, this time his credit has been discounted so much, I am afraid that he can only change the title of a viscount.

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At this time, Queen Margaret, who had made Saqqara depressed, was riding horses with a dozen French knights and galloping on the country road to Glasgow. Their horses were forcibly collected from villages outside Edinburgh and were originally pulled by the villagers. But Queen Margaret and her party could not take care of it, because they had no horses at all as they descended from the top of the hill, so they could only snatch the horses of the villagers.

"Queen, why should we go to Glasgow on a boat? We have our ship in the port of Edinburgh! When we arrived in Glasgow, there was no decent ship to carry us! The leading French knight, Renaud, asked puzzled.

Queen Margaret, riding her horse, replied:

"Knight Reynolds, the Falss Bay, north of Edinburgh, is full of enemy ships. We're on your ship, and we're sure we'll be intercepted. Even, I am afraid it will not be easy to go to the North Sea. Because, the other side must have warships patrolling the North Sea. You know, England is a maritime power, and there are more ships than ......."

In fact, Queen Margaret guessed correctly. Outside the Gulf of Forth at this time, dozens of English warships were roaming. If Queen Margaret and her entourage had really gone to sea on the same ships that had been carrying the French army, they would have been intercepted.

As a former princess of England, Queen Margaret was obviously aware of England's naval strength. Under the pressure of England, Scotland did not even have a decent navy. It's not that Scotland doesn't want to have it, but if it does, it will attract the encirclement and suppression of the English fleet. Because, once Scotland has a strong navy, it will be able to bring the powerful French army to Scotland to land. Then, from the north, a mortal threat was posed to England. Or, a direct transport of French troops to England. Therefore, England did not allow Scotland to have a strong navy.

Therefore, Queen Margaret, who knew the mentality of the English, never thought of escaping from the North Sea by boat. As for retreating to the Scottish Highlands to the north to continue the resistance, Queen Margaret did not think about it. Because she knew that there was no resistance in Scotland now. The population of Scotland was too small, and most of the able-bodied men were imprisoned in England. Therefore, even if we continue to resist, we will only survive. And once she fails, Edward will definitely not let her go.

It was with these in mind that after being roped down from Edinburgh Castle, Queen Margaret didn't even think about it, and directly took the dozen or so French knights who were willing to run with her, went to a nearby village to rob the villagers of the ploughed horses, and then galloped directly in the direction of Glasgow.

Glasgow is only 75 kilometres from Edinburgh, and Queen Margaret and her entourage spared no expense. By the time Saqqara discovered that Queen Margaret and her party were missing in the afternoon, they had arrived in the port of Glasgow.

At this time, Glasgow was not a prosperous port like later generations, but just an ordinary fishing port. When Queen Margaret arrived, she did not even repair it, but forcibly requisitioned the largest fishing boat on the pier, and ordered the fishermen and sailors on the fishing boat, who had planned to call it a day and go home, to sail overnight. Before embarking the ship, Queen Margaret also asked the French knights to forcibly requisition a lot of food and fresh water from the city of Glasgow for the needs of the voyage.

Then, under the watchful eyes of many in Glasgow's fishing harbour, the large fishing boat carrying Queen Margaret left Glasgow Harbour and turned down the Clyde River towards the southern Irish Sea...... ()

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