A few days later, Marin's army was also approaching the south bank of the Tyne River. But the scouts at the front also brought back bad news - the army may not be able to cross the Tyne without a hitch......

Although Marin's men and horses were twice as large as the Scottish army, the Scottish army was on the north bank of the Tyne River, and if they defended the north bank of the Tyne River with all their might, Marin's army would surely suffer heavy casualties if they tried to force it over.

After thinking about it, before the army reached the south bank of the Tyne River, Marin ordered the army to halt its advance......

"Grand Duke Marin, why did you let the army stop?" Edward asked.

"Your Majesty, though we are numerous, it is difficult to cross the Tyne. The Scottish army is on the north bank of the Tyne, and will certainly not allow us to cross the river. ”

"That'...... What should we do? "For military affairs, Edward really doesn't know much.

"I'll think about it......" Marin then pulled out a map of Newcastle's neighborhood that his men had mapped......

Half a day later, Marin finally found a way......

"Send the signal troops, hurry up and return to Grimsby Harbor, and ask them to mobilize dozens of transport ships!"

"What do you mean?" Edward was puzzled.

Marin pointed to the map and explained:

"Your Majesty, our army is here now, about half a day's journey from the Tyne. There was a small fishing village called Sunderland near our base (which would later be a city, and a mixed Premier League team, of course, the elevator kind), and I was going to send a fleet of ships to transport the troops. Transporting the army to a small fishing village called Ashington to the north. That small fishing village was a dozen miles (about 30 kilometers) north of Newcastle, and after our troops landed, they could reach Newcastle outside Newcastle in a day, and suddenly appeared to the north of the Scottish army, and took them by surprise......"

"Hmm...... That's a good idea, you're a military genius! Edward had to approve of Marin's plan. The point is, he can't come up with any good plans......

However, it will be a few days before Grimsby's ship arrives to transport the people. So, Marin first led the army to the small fishing village of Sunderland.

Because the small fishing village has a long bridge pier for the village's small fishing boats to dock, Marin has to send troops to build a temporary dock. Thinking of the small fishing village called Ashington, Ma Lin suddenly had a big head. As a result, it is estimated that it will take two weeks to complete the flank and rear outflanking operation.

And during this time, Marin also hopes to cause a little trouble for the Scots. So Marin sent messengers on horseback to the south bank of the River Tyne, and informed Lescott that he should select a few thousand young men in the refugee camp on the bank of the river, cut down trees to make improvised sticks and spears, and train by the river every day to frighten the Scots......

The Scots must have been nervous when they saw a few thousand recruits training on the South Shore. With the previous 3,300 thieves, the total number has exceeded 10,000, so it's no wonder that the Scottish army is not nervous......

In fact, Marin just let these people bluff and won't really let them cross the river to fight. A group of farmers really crossed the river to fight, and they definitely gave the Scottish army their heads.

However, their bravado was able to attract the attention of the Scottish army greatly, leaving the Scots with no time to look north and ignore Marin's army.

At the same time, in order to keep it secret and prevent the Scots from noticing the traces of Marin's army, Marin also made changes to the arrangement of the two groups of Coster and Marić - he sent people to the west along the south bank of the Tyne River to find Koster and Marić's troops. For the 900 horse thieves led by Koster, the task arranged by Marin has changed, and these horse thieves no longer go to sneak attack the food routes of the Scots, but to protect the news near Ashington from being leaked...... Once a Scottish scout approached the area, the 900 horse thieves were responsible for intercepting and killing them, preventing the news from leaking and protecting the news of Marin's landing from leaking......

As for the 3,000 thieves led by Marić, Marin no longer asked them to attack the Scottish military camp at night. Because, this matter was taken over by Marin's main force. Their task was to capture the scattered Scottish folks as Marin's main force stormed the enemy camp......

Scotland's army of 10,000 men accompanied him with 7,000 men. According to the spies, their garrison was not in the same camp as the Scottish soldiers, but separately. When Marin's army stormed the camp of the Scottish soldiers, he feared that the Scottish people would run wildly. Therefore, it would be better for Marić to take 3,000 thieves to control the Scottish people. Moreover, they are also capable of ......

A few days later, Port Grimsby sent dozens of transport ships. According to Marin's request, the ships that came were not large. As for the 500-ton warships, they all remained in the Grimsby. Because, whether it is Sunderland or Ashington, they are small fishing villages by the sea, and there is no good harbor nearby. Send too big a ship, Marin is afraid of running aground.

When the ships arrived, Marin did not immediately let the soldiers board, but first photographed a ship and loaded 200 soldiers first. These soldiers are adept at water, and they are skilled in building long bridge docks. Marin had selected them to arrive at Ashington early to build a dock on the Long Bridge suitable for the fleet. Otherwise, dozens of "big" ships of one or two hundred tons suddenly poured into a small fishing village like Ashington, and they would definitely not be able to dock......

When the 200 soldiers who were skilled in building the temporary Long Bridge Pier boarded the ship with their tools, Marin did not immediately let the other soldiers board the ship, but waited a few days. After all, when the soldiers arrived in Ashington, they needed to cut down the timber and build a temporary longbridge pier, which could not be done in a few days. Moreover, this is in the case of the requisition of local labor to help. If these 200 people were to do it on their own, it would take more than a month to do it......

Over the next few days, Marin led his army to Sunderland to build the Long Bridge Pier and train his soldiers. Among them, there is also a mixture of training for wading and landing. It's July and August, the hottest time of the year. Therefore, wading into the water and landing, it is nothing, but it will feel comfortable. Of course, a real landlubber is better off playing like this.

The two legions in Marin's hands, one was the First Legion, which was composed entirely of Germans, and most of the soldiers came from the Württemberg Mountains and Alsace, and most of them were landlubbers. Therefore, Marin is ready to let these people all land formally through the Long Bridge Pier.

As for Saqqara's Fourth Army, it consisted of Frisian officers and English soldiers. Both the Frisians and the English were seafaring peoples, and the soldiers were mostly familiar with the water. Therefore, Marin decided to let these soldiers who are familiar with the water nature wade and land in Ashington in the case of the shortage of Longbridge Wharf, so as to speed up the landing tempo......

A week later, Marin estimated that Arshington's side was about the same, and Grimsby had dozens of ships from the Grand Duchy of the North Sea. Among them, there are also a number of 250-class armed merchant ships. After all, it is an army of 20,000, and there are no more than 100 ships, which cannot be transported at one time.

Marin took the army with him and began to board the ship and head to Ashington. In order to speed up the efficiency, this time on boarding, Marin did not bring the people who carried the grain, nor did he bring most of the baggage, but just asked the soldiers to bring ten days' rations, and then set off with their boarding.

Anyway, when the Scottish army is defeated, there will be no shortage of food when they enter Newcastle. Moreover, after fighting the Scottish army, Marin's army still had to turn back and head south to London. Therefore, Marin simply asked those people to take their baggage and grain and grass and stand by in Sunderland, waiting for the army to come back and join them......

Feeling apprehensive and excited, Edward also boarded the ship and accompanied the army on a "maneuver at sea", rounding behind enemy lines and striking a fatal blow......