In Cork City, on the island of Ireland, after two or three months of preparation, the Earl of Edward was finally ready to attack the MacMorough dynasty in the southeast of the island of Ireland. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Previously, Edward sent people to contact Scotland and France. The two countries were also very happy when they heard that Count Edward was going to rise to prominence. Because, Earl Edward said that after taking the McMurrow dynasty, the next step was to attack the direct territory of the British crown (The Pale) and the kingdom of Kildare. It's all about making things bigger, and it's a big beating, which makes Scotland and France ecstatic.

Earlier, Louis XII had been angry that Count Edward was disobedient and unwilling to attack Calais. This also led to a sharp decrease in French support for Count Edward in the past two years, far less than that of the Scots.

However, at this moment the Count of Edward suddenly rose up and said that he was going to attack Dublin, much to the delight of Louis XII. After all, Dublin is no less important than Calais in the British, if not more so than Calais.

After all, since the end of the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, France has grown into a hegemon-level power on the European continent after the baptism of war. Calais is said to be a nail and a foothold planted by Britain on the European continent, but in fact it has lost its significance. Because, now Britain, it is impossible to have the national strength to compete with France. At most, it can only act as a spoiler and make France uneasy, but don't want to repeat the situation that swept through France during the Hundred Years' War.

Therefore, Calais is now more of a British idea, but it is not very practical. But Dublin is different, Dublin is the main British stronghold on the island of Ireland. Although the British had long claimed the island of Ireland as their territory, the king also insisted that he was the Duke of Ireland. However, the British royal family's territory on the island of Ireland is only "The Pale" with Dublin as the center. And, at its core, it's in Dublin. The British Crown's control of the island of Ireland revolved entirely around Dublin.

If Earl Edward conquered Dublin, not only would he be able to greatly expand his own territory, but he would also lose the British royal family's only stronghold on the island of Ireland, thus losing control of the entire island of Ireland. Therefore, the importance of Dublin is more important than that of Calais.

When he heard that Count Edward was going to attack Dublin, Louis XII immediately instructed the Chancellor of the Exchequer to allocate funds to help Count Edward hire another 2,000 mercenaries. Moreover, according to the request of Earl Edward, a fleet was sent to prepare to blockade the coast of The Pale area after the war broke out to prevent the leakage of news.

At the same time, on the side of the Kingdom of Scotland, James IV also greatly appreciated the plans of the Earl of Edward. Scotland is different from France, they face England head-on, and the pressure is much higher than that of France. They were even more supportive and pleased with Earl Edward's attempt to drive English power out of the island of Ireland. Because, England will certainly not be willing to lose control of the island of Ireland. When the time comes, the British will have to fight. And Scotland, too, could happily watch the English unlucky.

Therefore, King James IV of Scotland, from among the Scottish Highland warriors, drew a thousand elites, in the name of mercenaries, to join the side of Earl Edward. At the same time, Scotland also sent a fleet, intending to blockade the eastern coast of the island of Ireland together with the French after the war.

However, for the sake of safety, Count Edward planned to launch a formal attack after the autumn harvest was over......

The reason why it is set as the end of the autumn harvest is because The Pale area is a direct territory of the British Crown, and every year after the autumn harvest, several boatloads of grain will definitely be transferred from The Pale area as taxes. And these grains were collected and transported by the Earl of Kildare, who is in charge of The Pale area.

However, in normal times, England and Ireland have very little contact. If there were a lot of contacts, the British king would not have entrusted the Earl of Kildare to the Pale region. Except for sending ships to Dublin after the autumn harvest each year to haul away the grain and taxes due, England and the island of Ireland have relatively little connection. Except, of course, for some local merchant ships. After all, there are also merchants who pull goods to the Irish region to sell.

Therefore, if the Earl of Edward rashly launched an attack before the end of the autumn harvest, then the British royal transport ships that came to transport tax grain would definitely bring back to England the news of the events that had happened on the island of Ireland. In this way, Henry VII had the opportunity to prepare.

However, Count Edward's power is still relatively weak, and he cannot withstand the full attack of Henry VII. So, Earl Edward heeded Marin's advice through the North Sea Chamber of Commerce - he disguised himself as the monarch of the McCarthy dynasty, founded by the descendants of the Munster Kingdom, in order to confuse the British. Even, the flag temporarily used by Earl Edward was changed to the banner of the McCarthy royal family.

When Earl Edward attacked the MacMelite dynasty, the British in Dublin probably thought it was a struggle between the native powers on the island of Ireland. By the time they could react, the army would have surrounded Dublin. At the same time, the fleets of France and Scotland will also blockade the waters east of Ireland for a period of time, giving Earl Edward enough time to conquer Dublin and Kildarebish and complete digestion. In this way, by the time the English reacted, Count Edward had already stood firm and had the ability to confront Henry VII.

Thus, when the spies sent by Earl Edward to Dublin reported that the British royal family's grain ship had left, Earl Edward officially led a large army to attack the MacMelite dynasty.

Edward's army crossed the sea directly to the MacMorough dynasty in the east, and with the help of French and Scottish ships, Edward's 8,000 men and horses boarded the ship directly, bypassing the country of Wexford, and landed directly on the east coast of the McMurrow dynasty. The army then unloaded 20 12-pounder bronze cannons reinforced by Marin from the ship and marched directly towards Wicklow, the capital of the McMurrow dynasty......

And at the same time, on the distant Italian peninsula, Gonzalo. Morality. Córdoba also completed the tactical drill of artillery bombardment + demolition, and the army began to set off towards several important French strongholds such as the city of Naples......

The French army was in a very bad situation at this time, and a very bad news had just come from the Duchy of Milan - Ludovico, the former duke of the Duchy of Milan. Sforza returned with his army.

Ludovico. Now that Sforza has recaptured Milan, it is natural that he will no longer provide food to the more than 30,000 French troops on the Naples front. In this way, the land supply lines of the French were cut off at once......

Although there is still a little stock of grain, there are more than 30,000 troops, and it can be eaten quickly. Originally, the French were counting on the autumn harvest in the Duchy of Milan.

As a result, seeing that the autumn harvest was completed, a large pile of grain was also gathered and ready to be transported to the Neapolitan front. At this time, Ludovico. Sforza suddenly struck out and cut off all the grain in the Duchy of Milan......

This result was something that the French never expected. Therefore, the morale of the French army was greatly damaged. Although, as a power close to France, Genoa expressed its willingness to transport grain from mainland France. However, the temporary change of plans left the French in a panic. It is indeed difficult to get enough food in a short period of time.

Moreover, the French did not dare to divide their forces to crusade against Ludovico at this time. Sforza. Because, at this time, the Spaniards are pressing France to fight. There are too many people to win, let alone divide the troops? Therefore, although they knew that the Duchy of Milan was lost, the French did not dare to divide their forces to rescue them, so as to avoid being taken advantage of by the Spaniards. Moreover, even if the troops are divided, it will be difficult to recapture the Duchy of Milan. A wall as tall and strong as the city of Milan, unless there is an inner wall like the old Lu, the gates of the city should be opened. Otherwise, if you want to capture the city of Milan, you won't be able to do it in a few months......

Gonzalo obviously knew that the French army in Naples was unstable at this time, but as an enemy, he had no sympathy for the French, and only felt that the opportunity should not be missed. Therefore, Gonzalo led an army of 20,000 and took advantage of the unstable spirit of the French army to launch an attack on the 20,000 French troops in the city of Naples. The 10 heavy cannons were lined up in front of the Oak Gate, and began to bombard the south gate of Naples in order to blast out a hole for the powder keg......

In this way, two attacks launched by different forces in different areas, because of Marin, both used the method of artillery bombardment + powder barrel blasting. In the face of an all-oak gate, this method could not have worked better......