Marin was surprised that Edward's family had moved to his camp without many guards. Although she also suggested Edward, he was a little puzzled when the other party really moved over. After all, Edward is no longer the chick he was when he was rescued from the Tower of London, and he won't trust others so easily.

So, while drinking at night, taking advantage of the opportunity to be half-drunk and half-awake, Marin tentatively asked:

"Your Majesty, why did you really come to my camp? Yorktown don't want it? ”

Edward said with a bitter face:

"I don't want to, damn Henry, after the victory over the French, he deliberately told the French that I had revealed the French information to them. If my French soldiers found out, they wouldn't have dismantled me? Edward United said bitterly.

"Is the information reliable?" Marin asked with a grimace.

"Of course it's reliable!" Edward said without hesitation.

Marlin understood in seconds - this must be information from Edward's own sister, Lord Margaret......

However, after thinking about it, Marin became happy:

"Ha, if that's the case, my suspicion will be cleared! That way, Louis XII wouldn't suspect me! ”

Edward immediately dissatisfied:

"You're not suspicious, but I'm miserable! In that case, Louis XII still had to think of eating me? ”

Marin said indifferently:

"Your Majesty, you will be King of England in the future. As the king of England, born to be a bitter enemy of France, what do you have to worry about? ”

Edward nodded, but quickly shook his head again, and said:

That's true, but the timing is wrong. I now have seven or eight thousand French soldiers under my command, and they were supposed to be a powerful help for me in attacking Henry's murderer. But if the French misunderstand me, then they will instantly become my sworn enemies. Even, maybe help Henry to attack me. Since they are both rivals, Louis XII must have hated me even more as a possible 'traitor'......"

After hearing this, Marin nodded and agreed. It seems that Edward has indeed grown a lot over the years. It's not like when I first came out of the Tower of London, I was a novice. After thinking about it, Marin said:

"Although I did it, I must not admit it. You know, Your Majesty, my Grand Duchy of the North Sea is on land. France, on the other hand, is the largest land power in Europe. If Louis XII is angry with me, my Grand Duchy of the North Sea will be finished. Moreover, when I did this, I actually did it for the good of England. After all, if the French really came to the island of Britain and wanted to drive them away, it would be very difficult. Even, I would suspect, that the French wanted to annex England. ”

After taking a sip of red wine, Edward nodded:

"Yes, I am sure that the French have ambitions to annex England. After all, for more than a hundred years, the King of England claimed to be the King of France, and the King of France claimed to be the monarch of England. To be honest, I'm not afraid to offend the French. However, the timing was not right. If I had already occupied London, I wouldn't have cared if I had killed all the seven or eight thousand French soldiers. But at this juncture, it is easy for that French army to become our enemy! ”

"Or will my army enter Yorktown, and then, by night, attack the French and kill them all?" Marin suggested.

Edward shook his head and said:

"No, if only we could continue to use that French army against Henry now. So, dog-eat-dog battles, I don't feel sorry for any of them who loses! ”

After hearing this, Marin held his chin and said casually:

"Well, I'll find a way for you......"

……

Ten minutes later, Marin suddenly came to his senses and asked:

"Your Majesty, have any of your guards taken leave to go home after landing in England?"

"What do you mean?" Edward was puzzled.

Marin confidently said:

"Think about whether you have gone home to see your family......

Most of Edward's men were French, and the rest were German mercenaries. But there were also many opponents of Henry VII who followed Edward, who were all widows of the House of York, or enemies of Henry VII. At first, they were all in exile in France. When Edward was in exile in France, these people gathered around Edward. Of course, many are civilian officials, not all combatants. There were also many who served as Edward's guards. After all, Edward trusted his fellow citizens more than those who were clearly sent by Louis XII. There were dozens of English exiles who served as defenders for Edward.

Edward thought for a moment and said:

"When I was in Chestershire, because I had no intention of going south to fight immediately, several of the guards did ask me for leave, saying they wanted to go home and see it......"

"That's great!" Marin slammed the table and said excitedly.

"Why?" Edward was a little confused.

So, Marlin told Edward a good story-

The protagonist of the story is called Cao Mengde, and when this goods were conquering a prince named Yuan Shu, the army of 170,000 was short of food......

"What? 170,000 troops? You're not kidding? Edward was shocked.

"An army of 170,000 is not fiction, in that country in the East, hundreds of thousands of troops can be mobilized at will."

Edward listened bluntly:

"With an army of 170,000, just the grain and grass can drag down a monarch of a big country like the King of France......"

"There is no shortage of food in the East!" Marin said, but did not tell the East why grain production was higher than in Europe — that was a technical topic and a secret.

Of course, this is not true. It is true that the agricultural technology of ancient China was much more advanced than that of Europe, but the grain production was also limited. In times of war, the army's food is often forcibly taken from the hands of the common people. As a result, even if the people planted food during the war, they would be plundered away, and eventually they would inevitably starve to death. Therefore, when the times are troubled, the population will drop dramatically.

Marlin went on to describe -

Seeing that because of the lack of food, the morale of the army is fluctuating, and the slightest carelessness will lead to mutiny...... So, Cao Mengde came up with a poisonous plan - borrowing grain and grass officials to use it for the first time...... Then, the unlucky warehouse official named Wang Yuan who urged the grain to be killed by Cao Mengde...... Cao Mengde showed Wang Yuan's head to the public and lied to the soldiers, saying that this greedy military ration has been killed by me...... Then, the morale of the army stabilized......

"However, after killing the quartermaster named 'Ang Hou', the 170,000 army is still short of food...... Edward said puzzled.

"Whatever the hell, you're right. But those soldiers don't understand. They thought that if they killed Wang Yuan, there would be no shortage of food! What's more, their resentment is gone, and there will be no more mutiny...... As long as the responsible person is found and punished, everyone's resentment can be eliminated......"

Edward nodded and said:

"Understood, you mean that I want to 'borrow' the head of a guard who has returned home to visit my relatives to appease the anger of the French?"

"That's right, that's what I meant. Especially if the family is in the south, you directly put the blame on him, saying that he was a spy sent by Henry VII and leaked the plan, which led to the defeat of the French army. That way, those French soldiers won't resent you......"

"Got it...... Edward began to look down and recall......

After a while, he suddenly raised his head and said:

"I remembered that one of my guards was Allen, and his home was in Worcestershire, south. Before, when our army was stationed in Chester County, this guy went home to visit his family. Moreover, this person is not my absolute confidant......"

Marin nodded—good, the backstabber has been found, and now it's time to use the knife......

The next day, Marin accompanied Edward back to York with 5,000 elite soldiers. Upon his return to Yorktown, Edward immediately ordered the arrest of the guard Allen, and questioned him in front of numerous French officers:

"Alan, why did you betray me?" Edward had a look of hatred on his face. Marin secretly gives a thumbs up - good acting......

Originally, Marin and Edward thought that Alan would be confused, and then, before Allen's guards could react, they would click him with a knife, causing an established fact. But what the two didn't expect was that the guard Alan was actually frightened and stumbled and said:

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, how do you know? ”

"What?" Now it was Marin and Edward's turn to look confused. Originally, I just wanted to find a scapegoat casually, but I didn't expect to catch a spy......

But Marin quickly reacted - looking for an Alan, although he must have betrayed Edward, but confessed so easily, he should still be a novice. Moreover, this kind of frustration will not really know Edward's real plan.

Marin was right, when Alan went home to visit his family, he happened to be caught by Henry VII's men who went to the countryside to collect grain. Then, Allen, who couldn't stand the torture, told some secrets of Edward's army. However, because he was not a close confidant of Edward, he naturally did not know the real secret. For example, the existence of Marin's army, he did not know.

Later, Henry VII's officers hijacked Allen's family and forced Allen to return to Edward to continue working as a spy to provide intelligence for Henry VII's army. Unexpectedly, not long after he came back, he was found out by Edward...... And, unfortunately, it was an accident......

Marin felt that enough was enough, and if the interrogation continued, it probably wouldn't be the result they wanted. So, after glancing at Kayla, one of Edward's cronies' guards, Kayla angrily raised her sword and slashed:

"You bastard, let you betray Your Majesty!"

Then, Eren was hacked to death......

In the end, Edward told the French officers who did not know in a heavy tone that they were all to blame, and that in the name of going home to visit relatives, they had leaked our plans to the puppet king Henry. Henry then prepared to transfer all the fleets in the Irish Sea to the English Channel and defeat the French fleet......

The French officers saw Allen admit that he had leaked the information, so they naturally had to believe it. Moreover, they do not know how much France lost this naval battle. If they knew that the French army was almost wiped out, they probably couldn't help but whip Allen's corpse......

Three days later, on the deliberate inadvertent part of Henry VII, French envoys landed at Liverpool, crossed the Pennines, and came to York, informing the French soldiers of the bad news. Originally, the envoy was to make the French soldiers and Edward turn their faces. Lovely Dehua asked the guard Alan to take the blame, but Alan also admitted the betrayal on the spot...... So, in the end, the French soldiers did not blame Edward, and decided to help Edward defeat Henry VII, the evil monarch who slaughtered the French......

After the matter was satisfactorily resolved, Marin hummed an incoherent minor key in Chinese:

"Which one is stronger, Dongshan Jicheng is looking for (Tang) Guoqiang......"