In York, the French commander, Knight François, was puzzled by Sivag's insistence that the French army should not be allowed to enter the war in full. After all, the walls would have been more solid with the presence of a seasoned French army to defend the city.

But Sivag never agreed, and only asked the French army to go to the city wall to help at a critical moment. In addition, Sivague asked the knights of François to send 4,000 French troops on duty every night to guard against a night attack by the British army.

After following Marin for a while, Sivag took night raids and preparedness for them very seriously. Of course, the French also pay more attention. After all, their predecessor, King Charles VIII, was defeated by Marin's night attack. And the French army, also after that battle, added a mechanism to prevent night attacks.

However, the anti-night attack mechanism needs to divert many people to reverse the day and night to be on duty at night, which is very detrimental to the overall combat effectiveness. Sivarg, on the other hand, arranged half of the French army to help with the occupation, so he did not need to send his own recruits to watch the night. In this way, with all the soldiers of the Fifth Legion having no biological clock disorder, everyone's combat effectiveness was maintained very well.

And the French are also happy to be idle. Because, there is no danger in being on duty at night. Replace it with Henry VII or Thomas. A sinister man like Stanley came to lead the troops, maybe there was a night attack, but Henry. Percy is such an impulsive young man, with a more serious chivalry mentality, and prefers to defeat the enemy with dignity.

As a result, the 7,000 French men were divided into two shifts - one of 4,000 men for the night, and the other for 3,000 men to help defend the city during the day. If you see a loophole, go and help.

A few days ago, the French had helped the Fifth Army quite a few times, but after a week, the French were getting more and more idle, and they couldn't find any opportunities.

The other French soldiers didn't care, because they weren't very happy to fight for Edward. Wouldn't it be better if someone helped defend the city, and they weren't needed?

But the Knight François was a little unhappy...... Why? Because he remembered Edward's promise......

Edward had promised to reward him with an earl for the knights of François to help him defend the city of York. If the French army under his command didn't have a chance to show his face, he would be embarrassed to ask Edward for the title of count. The matter was done by Sivarg's people, and he was worried that the title would also be robbed by Sivarg......

As a result, the François knights began to discuss rotation with Sivaguel. But Siwag did not agree, but prevaricated and said that he would talk about it for two days......

"General Sivarg, your soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, why don't you let us help defend the city?" François asked curiously.

"According to His Majesty Edward's orders, I am training!" Sivag had already thought of a solution, and when he answered, he naturally opened his mouth.

Sivag did not tell François that he was a Frisian, and the French did not know that Sivag's Fifth Army was a Marin man. This point was specially explained by Marin. Marin wanted to make the French think that this new army was prepared by Edward. In this way, when these Frenchmen returned home, they would tell Louis XII that Edward had prepared a new army of 10,000 men. Edward would then be suspected by Louis XII of premeditation, and Marin himself would have been whitewashed by the French.

After all, Sivarg's army of 10,000 people, although they are all recruits, looks like they are trained. If Louis XII had known that Marin had 10,000 English recruits, and that he had prepared them a few months ago, he might have guessed that Marin had a bad idea......

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"Training?" The Knight François was puzzled for a moment, but soon his eyes lit up......

"This is indeed a good way to train soldiers! It's a good idea to defend the city and not collapse easily! No, I have to report to Your Majesty! Knight François said excitedly. The Majesty he spoke of was naturally not Edward, but Louis XII.

But Sivarg poured cold water on him:

"General François, it's not that simple......"

"What's not easy?" François was puzzled.

Sivarg raised a finger and said:

"First of all, these 10,000 recruits are used to defend the city, and if there are no veterans to suppress the formation, it is likely to collapse...... The reason why I dare to train in York City is because there are 10,000 of you veterans behind the city walls. Even if we crumble, you can help drive the enemy forces back......"

The Knight François thought for a moment, nodded his head, and agreed. But he soon excited:

"That's fine, let's let the recruits defend the city in the future, and the veterans will press the battle under the city. In this way, using brutal siege warfare, you can indeed quickly train new soldiers! "He can see the improvement of the soldiers of the Fifth Army these days.

Sivag shook his head, raised his second finger, and said:

"That's not the case, we train like this, there is a second prerequisite......"

"The second condition? What is that? Sivag asked eagerly. If you sum up a good way to train your troops and report it to King Louis XII of France, your title will definitely increase......

"The second condition is that the enemy army outside the city does not know that there are 20,000 troops in the city...... If they had known that there were 10,000 veterans and 10,000 recruits in York City now, they would never have dared to attack the city so confidently......" Sivag said slowly. To put it bluntly, it was the lack of intelligence of the British army. After all, the British army has lost control of Yorkshire for almost two years, and the intelligence work is naturally not in place. Moreover, the Fifth Legion traveled day and night, picking small roads to come to Yorktown, which was very hidden.

The Knight François thought about it, and it was indeed so. If you lead your troops to attack the city, you must be much more cautious if you know that there are as many enemy soldiers and horses defending the city as you do. The British army outside the city probably didn't know that there were also 20,000 troops in the city at this time, so they were so relieved to storm it......

"No wonder you didn't let our army go up to the wall together, because we were afraid of scaring each other......" Knight François suddenly realized.

"So, General François, if you want to train new recruits, and let them train by defending the city, you must pay attention to secrecy, so that the other side does not know about the existence of new soldiers. Otherwise, the other party will know that you have a lot of troops, so they will not be willing to play with you. Or, something else will be done...... Sivague did not hide his secrets, enthusiastically sharing his experience with the Knight François.

But if you think Sivag is selfless or stupid, you're wrong. It's not that Sivag is selfless and generous, but Sivag understands that this knight named François will not return to France alive......

As a middle-aged veteran and politically veteran, Sivague knew that this promise would be difficult to fulfill, when he heard that Edward had promised to make François count. However, it is unlikely that Edward will be a future king. Therefore, the best thing to do is to let the knight François die a reasonable death after success...... In this way, Edward could save an earldom and a large fiefdom......

Sivarg didn't know if Edward was a ruthless monarch, but he at least knew that his monarch, Marin, was absolutely ruthless...... Even if Edward didn't make a move, Marin probably would have helped take care of this stunned French knight......

You know, the Fifth Army began to be quietly formed last year. Edward didn't even discuss it with Marin at the time. It can be seen that Marin has long been plotting against England.

Moreover, Sivag had a terrible instinct - he felt that his master, Marin, might not be plotting to settle for Northumberland and the Isle of Wight, as negotiated with Edward, but for the whole of England......

Marlin secured the right to marry Edward's only daughter, Princess Margaret, for his son Caesar, and Sivarg knew about it. While it's not clear why Marin would bet that Louis XII wouldn't have a son and Edward wouldn't have a son, his gut told Sivag that Marin must have some way to do it...... And this intuition is also the biggest reliance that Sivag can live well after the eight former masters are all dead......