The British Isles can be said to have become a pot of porridge at this time. Under Dublin, the British army was unable to win www.biquge.info long siege. After all, Earl Edward's army was very strong and could withstand the attack of the British army.

However, Count Edward's army did not dare to attack it. Why? Because the English longbowmen ......

English longbowmen may not be of much use for siege, but they are quite sharp in field warfare. As long as you don't wear plate armor all over your body, as long as you get shot, you won't be fine. Although several hundred longbowmen were lost, England still had more than 6,000 longbowmen at this time. As long as Count Edward's army dared to go out of the city, it would definitely be shot into a hedgehog by the rain of arrows of these more than 6,000 longbowmen.

So you, the armies of both sides are so deadlocked. If the weather is fine, the British army will not dare to attack. Because, the muskets and artillery of the Irish army are too lethal. However, it is difficult to attack the city in rainy weather. After all, Count Edward's army was not an ornament. Moreover, the most depressing thing for the British army was that when it rained to attack the city, many soldiers often slipped from the ladder and fell down when they climbed the city wall. Just because of the wet and slippery rainy days, there were more than 300 unlucky British soldiers who fell from the siege ladder and were injured, and even a few unlucky people who fell to their deaths.

Richard. Bol was helpless, he had already understood - it was basically impossible to take Dublin by force. Because, it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of troops in the city.

Then he took a new approach - the siege. Richard. Pol believed that since Count Edward's army numbered tens of thousands, the consumption of food must have been astronomical. If the other party's food reserves are insufficient, then their own opportunity will come. As long as the other party is hungry and the soldiers of the army are weak, they can capture Dublin as long as they launch a strong attack on a rainy day. And Henry VII also agreed with Richard. Pol's tactics.

It's just, Richard. Pol waited and waited for a long time, but he did not see the defenders of the city hungry, and the smell of food wafted from the city every day.

Then, Richard. Pol was a bit of a rider and told Henry VII about his predicament......

Henry VII also found it difficult to find it difficult, so he summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

The ministers also felt troubled, so they discussed:

"Why did Edward have so much food? It shouldn't be...... "John, Earl of Oxford. Morality. Wheeler was a little confused. You know, it's not so easy to make up food to feed tens of thousands of troops for a few months. Moreover, the king of England collected all the grain harvested last autumn. There has always been little food left in the Irish Crown's direct territories.

"Obviously, it was the French and the Scots who funded it." Admiral Johnson affirmed.

"However, the cost of supporting tens of thousands of troops to eat food for a few months is very high...... "John Earl of Oxford. Morality. Wheeler said.

Even if a soldier only eats one pound of grain a day, the daily food consumption of 10,000 troops is 10,000 pounds. For more than three months, that's 1 million pounds in 100 days.

A million pounds of rye, that's 1.5 million pence at the price of 1.5 pence a pound in England. Converted into gold coins, that's 25,000 gold coins. This was no small amount, and Count Edward seemed to have more than a million pounds of grain.

"Hehe, the French are very willing to bleed in order to make England unlucky." Henry, Earl of Northumberland. Percy sneered.

"Isn't it Scotland?" Lord of the Seals, Bishop of Winchester, Richard Brown. Fox asked rhetorically.

"No way, Scotland itself is short of food." Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. Howard retorted. Scotland's high lands, combined with its geographical location to the north and relatively poor land, do not produce much food. It is unlikely that Scotland, which was already short of food, would support Earl Edward. Only a large agricultural country like France could afford to support Count Edward with so much grain.

In fact, none of the British ministers knew that it was not France that supported Count Edward's grain, but Marin's North Sea Chamber of Commerce. Of course, the French also supported part of the grain, but not much. And Marlin, because he had too much food, and wanted to see England unlucky, supported millions of pounds to Count Edward. Such a generous gesture made Edward very moved, and promised that once he won the throne, he would give the owner of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, "Mr. Edison", a knighthood.

How did he know that the so-called "Mr. Edison" was the famous Marin in Europe. Hoffman, the man who was given an episcopal state by the Holy See.

Where does Marin care about an earldom? What he wanted was turmoil in England. He even wanted to invade England if he could.

"So Edward's source of food is France?" Henry VII asked.

Several of the other ministers nodded in agreement. Because, there is no more reasonable explanation.

"If that's the case, I have a way to drag Edward to death." Henry, Earl of Northumberland. Percy said suddenly.

"Aiqing, talk quickly!" Henry VII suddenly came to his senses.

"Yes, Your Majesty! The minister thought that Edward's army, although there was no shortage of food now. However, there are certainly not many. Therefore, he must be looking forward to the autumn harvest in the autumn. ”

"Sir Bol's army, though unable to conquer Dublin, is still necessary to stay there. The minister's opinion was that when the autumn harvest came, let Sir Ball's army rob the Crown Domain, the Kingdom of Kildale, and the areas controlled by the MacMorough dynasty, and leave not a grain of grain for Earl Edward......"

"In this way, not only will it cut off Edward's possibility of getting food replenishment, but it will also replenish enough food for the army on the front line!"

"Our army is well fed, but Edward's army is out of food, and when the time comes, victory will be ours!"

Henry VII, after thinking for a while, said happily:

"Sure enough, it's a good idea, Edward's guy doesn't have much to eat. This trick can definitely starve him to death! ”

"I'm afraid not!" At this time, the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas. Howard retorted suddenly.

"Why?" Henry VII asked dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, you seem to have forgotten the Scottish army?" Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. Howard asked rhetorically.

"This ...... Aren't they blocked in Yorkshire? Henry VII asked, puzzled.

"Yes, but the Scottish army just didn't take York. The words of the Earl of Northumberland have reminded me what we should do if it is autumn harvest season and the Scottish army is harvesting our wheat. ”

For a moment, everyone was stunned......

In order to ensure the elimination of Edward's rebels, England allowed Scottish troops to roam the northern part of England. Newcastle, a major northern city, has been conquered and suffered great losses.

Today, the Scottish army of 10,000 marched south and surrounded Yorktown, the capital of Yorkshire, in an attempt to capture York. Once York had been conquered, the Scottish army could continue south into the heart of England.

Before, everyone thought that as long as the Scottish army didn't conquer the city, it wouldn't be a big deal. However, they suddenly realized the danger - the Scottish army did not have to capture the city of York. If they took advantage of the autumn harvest season to rob the countryside of food, England would have no choice at this time.

If too much food was taken away by Scotland, it could bring great famine to England. Once the Great Famine in England was triggered, followed by several serf riots, and the raids of the Scottish army, something could happen to the imperial court......

The most terrible thing is that if the autumn harvest is ruined by the Scottish army, the British finances could cause a huge crisis. If the supply of military rations is not available, it may lead to collapse. When the time comes, everything will be over......

Thinking of these grave consequences, it dawned on those present that the immediate task was to drive the Scottish army out of the country before the autumn arrived.

But where do you find such an army now......

"There is no choice but to recall Sir Ball's army......" Thomas, Earl of Derbyshire. Stanley said heavily.

"But, Edward's side," Henry VII ......was a little depressed.

"It's all right, Your Majesty, we can destroy the crops in Ireland before we withdraw!" Thomas, Earl of Derbyshire. Stanley said with a vicious expression.

"You mean ......"

"That's right, although we can't hold out until the autumn harvest to snatch these grains, before we leave, we can completely destroy these crops that are about to ripen, and let Edward's little cub have no harvest!" Thomas, Earl of Derbyshire. Stanley said with a grim face.

"Oh, what a second!" Everyone exclaimed. If the autumn harvest could not obtain new grain, Earl Edward's army of tens of thousands would be tragic.

"What if the French and Scots gave Edward new grain after the autumn harvest?"

"It's okay, the fleet of England is stronger than that of France. As long as we do not patrol the waters south of the island of Ireland, the French will not be able to bring in food. As for the Scots, we can send ships to patrol outside its western port of Glasgow in case the Scots carry grain to the island of Ireland! ”

"The old earl is clever, this trick is really too powerful. I think that in a few months, Edward, who had no new food to replenish, would collapse first. As long as France and Scotland are not allowed to transport grain to him, his army of tens of thousands will definitely have no way to cut off food. ”

"Yes, in order to starve them to death, the old minister suggests, order Richard now. Bohr sent troops to destroy those crops. At the same time, kill all the livestock, make them into jerky, and take them away, leaving no food for Edward. Then, our army, withdrawing to the port of Liverpool, went to drive out the Scottish army. It would be better if we could destroy this army......"

"Okay, then do it!" Henry VII immediately issued an order ordering Richard. Bol was ready to retreat. However, before retreating, the British army needed to destroy all the rye fields in the area controlled by Count Edward, and at the same time, kill all the local livestock, and take away the meat of those livestock into jerky. After doing this, withdraw the troops back to the port of Liverpool to drive out the Scottish invasion force......