Marin was still very appreciative of Edward's ability to come up with such a solution. You know, in this era, there are not many monarchs who can have such wisdom.

However, Marin didn't know that Edward was actually influenced by him, so he liked to use his brain so much. After all, when he was conquest of Henry VII, Marin in front of him, all kinds of tricks and tricks stimulated Edward a lot. Then, the European monarch began to constantly think about Marin's schemes and imitate them. Finally, "a fool thinks a thousand times, or there is a gain", which made him think of this way to eliminate the remnants of the previous dynasty, which made Ma Lin also admire.

You know, this attack on Scotland is a battle to destroy the country. Once victorious, England was able to annex Scotland and complete the great cause of unifying the British Isles. If you can also eliminate the remnants of the Tudor dynasty that are hiding in the shadows, it will be a double blessing. At that time, Edward would also become the most famous monarch in the history of England. Even if he was finally killed by Marin, his great achievements in unifying the British Isles during his reign will forever go down in history. Although Marin was the biggest contributor to the unification of the British Isles, Marin did not dare to write his intrigues into the history books. In the end, these credits have to be attributed to Edward......

Honestly, Edward's life was worth it. Originally, he was just a hapless child who should have been beheaded by Henry VII in 1497. Now, he is the king of England, a European power, and will conquer Scotland and complete the unification of the British Isles. Perhaps, in the future history books, Edward will have the title of "Edward the Great". Because, Marin also intends to help him conquer the whole island of Ireland. When the time comes, Edward, who unified the British Isles, is really worthy of the title of "The Great......

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Seeing the conflict between England and Scotland, the French naturally could not sit idly by and watch their ally Scotland being pressed to the ground by England. In particular, the French feared that England would take the opportunity to destroy Scotland. After all, the main Scottish army was still a prisoner on the side of England. At present, in Scotland, the troops that can be mobilized are at most a few thousand people, and most of them are special second-line militias, with little combat effectiveness.

Therefore, King Louis XII of France decided to transport a group of French soldiers by ship and send them to Scotland in the name of mercenaries to help them repel the invasion of the English.

However, since England began to mobilize its troops, the English navy began to make frequent sorties. Previously, French merchant ships could also circumnavigate Scotland from the North Sea. But now, the English have not allowed any ships to go north. As long as there were French ships heading northeast in the port of Calais, the English would have sent warships to intercept and inspect them. If you are not convinced, attack directly......

So, the plans of the French to send reinforcements to Scotland from the North Sea went bankrupt. Then the French began to try to go to sea from the west...... It really allowed the French to escape a few ships and transport hundreds of people to Scotland. Mainly, the French sent ships from the port of Nantes on the west coast, then detoured from the west coast of the island of Ireland and then bypassed the northern part of Scotland to the port of Edinburgh......

The spies sent to Scotland by the North Sea Chamber of Commerce soon spread this information to London. Edward was taken aback, and he then began to send a large number of warships to cruise the west coast of France, eventually preventing France from sending reinforcements to Scotland.

But Scotland doesn't know. They thought that it would still be possible for France to send some reinforcements across the Atlantic. So, eventually, John's faith was greatly increased. Stewart decided to send all 3,000 militia in the royal city of Edinburgh to the southern frontier to use the terrain to defend against an English attack. Then, he also sent 1,000 men from the 2,000 Scottish Janissaries to support the southern front, mainly to let the veterans of the 1,000 Praetorian Guards serve as junior officers in the southern border defenders. After all, the reinforcements sent to the south are mostly unprofessional militias that need veterans to lead and direct them into battle.

As for the city of Edinburgh, John. Stewart left only 1,000 Janissary soldiers, including the 100 French guards he had brought home and the 600 or so French reinforcements he had later supported, leaving only 1,700 defenders in Edinburgh. Of course, these defenders are all elite, and their combat effectiveness is still very strong. Moreover, if France continued to send reinforcements, it would be even more useless. Even, John. Stewart planned to send French reinforcements to the front line to help stop the attack of the English army. After all, for now, the biggest threat is the attack of the English army on the southern border.

As for the cross-sea landing, it seems that the English side did not show such signs. But cautious John. Stewart still sent a militia to garrison the docks in Edinburgh to prevent the British from landing there. If necessary, the militia would burn the docks and deny the British a chance to land there.

But John. Unbeknownst to Stewart, the Fourth Army had no intention of landing on the Edinburgh docks. Because, as the dock of the capital, there will definitely be guards. Therefore, the port chosen by the Fourth Army for landing was the port of Seton, four miles east of Edinburgh. Of course, it is not called Seton Harbor now, and there is no official wharf there, just an ordinary small fishing village, with only one long bridge wharf, which is convenient for the docking of fishing boats in the village.

But Marin's spies, who were fluent in Scottish Gaelic, had infiltrated the small fishing village, bought a large area of open space on the edge of the dock as a Scottish landlord, and funded the construction of several long-bridge piers, and also bought a few fishing boats, as if he wanted to be a fishing tycoon. When the time comes, the fleet will land here, and it will be able to make good use of these long-bridge docks to unload baggage and horses. The soldiers, on the other hand, mainly waded through the water. After all, with those narrow piers of the Long Bridge, God knows how long it would take for an army of 10,000 to land. And the sneak attack on Edinburgh is fast. Therefore, it is the quickest way to let most of the soldiers wade into the water.

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In fact, in Italy, Marin used the same method. On the west coast of the Papal States, Pope Julius II specially selected a remote coastal fishing village and removed all the villagers. Then, this small fishing port in the middle of nowhere was used as a temporary stop for Marin's army attacking Siena. When the war began, Marin's army would use this small fishing port as their home port and sail to the northern coast of the Grosseto region off the coast of the Republic of Siena in search of suitable fishing villages for landing.

Marin would then send his Italian spies to buy land and ships in the fishing village and build a dock in the same way as in the port of Seton...... By the time the army landed here, those docks would be just the right time......

However, this time when he sent troops to Italy, Marin's army was lightly armed, without artillery and other baggage, not even horses. Only some powder kegs need to go to the dock because they are afraid of the tide. As for ordinary soldiers, it is enough to wade into the landing......

Marin's way of landing in a remote fishing village can be regarded as avoiding the enemy's defense. At the same time, it is more stealthy and can achieve the best effect of sneak attacks. After all, who would have thought of sending troops to defend a small fishing village in the middle of nowhere?