Paris, France. It has been several months since Edward, Earl of Warwick fled to France. When Edward fled to France with his family token, he was immediately regarded as a treasure by the anti-British French and arranged for him to live in France.
Not only did France regard Edward as an important bargaining chip to check and balance Britain, but King James IV of Scotland also regarded Edward as a sharp weapon against Britain. Therefore, Earl Edward is doing well in Paris.
However, because he was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Henry VII at the age of 11, he was imprisoned for 14 years, which made it difficult for the 25-year-old Earl Edward to communicate with others.
Also, anyone who has been locked up for 14 years without seeing the light of day will also have difficulty communicating with others. After all, as a major threat to Henry VII, Edward was held in solitary confinement since he was a child. The soldiers guarding him were forbidden to speak to him. After getting out of trouble, Edward was a little uncomfortable with interacting with people.
Therefore, during this time, he has been taking court etiquette courses in the court in Paris and learning French. The French sincerely hoped to train Earl Edward as the spokesperson of France in England.
You know, even though he is 25 years old, Earl Edward's mind is actually a big boy. Because he was isolated from others since he was a child, and he hardly dealt with outsiders. Naturally, his mind could not grow, and he even became severely autistic.
As it happens, Louis XII is currently leading an army to attack the Kingdom of Naples, and has no energy to deal with Earl Edward's affairs. Therefore, Louis XII ordered by remote control, and first sent some court teachers to teach Earl Edward to learn court etiquette and teach him to learn French. While teaching Earl Edward French, the teacher who was sent to teach Edward French was also required to instill in Earl Edward the "friendship" between France and Britain every day, as well as the idea that France hopes to establish a "Northwest European Co-Prosperity Sphere" headed by France. …
In fact, although Earl Edward became a little autistic, he was not stupid. He knew the ambitions of the French. Although both the French and the Scots helped him, neither country was well-intentioned. Their wish is not to help Edward, but to hope that Britain will be in chaos.
However, Edward grew up in a noble family, so he is not a fool. He knew that neither the French nor the Scots had any good intentions. However, he had no other choice. As Britain's more legitimate heir, he could not stay out of it. Even though he never participated in the activities against Henry VII, he was imprisoned by Henry VII for 14 years. If his sister Margaret hadn't come up with the "swapping" method, he would have been killed by Henry VII long ago.
In order to survive, he had to stand on the opposite side with Henry VII and accept the reality of becoming a puppet of France and Scotland. And if he dared to refuse to be such a pawn, the French could give him to Henry VII in minutes. The only consequence of Henry VII catching him was to kill him.
Earl Edward is also very grateful to the group of Dutchmen who helped his sister rescue himself from the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" in the Tower of London. And Edison, the nominal leader of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, was also the object of Earl Edward's gratitude.
Speaking of it, Marin is also very old-fashioned, and he can come up with any name he wants. There was an Einstein in the front, and an Edison on the side of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce. Earl Edward is very grateful to Edison who was born more than 300 years later...
However, Earl Edward also mistakenly believed that the North Sea Chamber of Commerce was secretly supported by the Habsburg family. Because, the Beihai Chamber of Commerce, on the surface, is a chamber of commerce from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Amsterdam, on the other hand, was under the rule of the Habsburg family. Therefore, Earl Edward also regarded "Edison" as a subordinate of the Habsburg family. It has to be said that this is a beautiful misunderstanding.
Although freedom has been restricted to a certain extent, the French treated Earl Edward very well. At least, Earl Edward was treated as an exiled monarch, not as a prisoner in the Tower of London.
In Paris, Earl Edward greedily breathed the fresh air in the wild and basked in the sunshine he hadn't seen in 14 years. The French in the Paris court couldn't understand why Earl Edward loved to bask in the sun so much. How do they understand how a poor child who has not seen the sun for 14 years once yearned for the sun...
In addition to finding a teacher for Edward to teach court etiquette and French, the French also supported Edward more in the military. Even though Louis XII was far away in Italy, he still instructed the country to select a group of apprentice knights who were not the eldest sons of noble families to follow Earl Edward. Moreover, Louis XII also ordered the start of recruiting wandering knights for Earl Edward to form plate armored heavy cavalry.
This era is no longer the era of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. In this era, due to the great progress in plate armor manufacturing technology, plate armor has a strong defense against the English longbow. Therefore, it is also very important to bring a large group of plate armor knights who can resist the "barrage strike" of the English longbow.
After the restoration of Henry V in 1470, Edward IV fled to Burgundy and borrowed 15,000 troops from Burgundy, including a large number of Burgundian armored knights. Under the impact of the Burgundian plate armor knights, Henry V, who had 30,000 soldiers, failed to escape the fate of failure despite having a large number of English longbowmen. Because the longbowmen have limited damage to the armored knights armed to the teeth. And once the plate armor knights rushed into the longbowmen formation, they could slaughter the longbowmen wantonly. Because the melee ability of longbowmen is far behind that of knights.
At this time, the French plan was to let Edward, the Earl of Warwick, learn from his uncle Edward IV, and borrow the French knights, who were numerous and skilled in martial arts, to defeat the longbow troops that the British were proud of. British throne.
For this reason, Louis XII also reached a secret agreement with King James IV of Scotland through letters. The two countries agreed that if the restoration of the York Dynasty represented by the Earl of Warwick succeeds, both sides will send 10,000 troops to station in London for a long time. Secretly control this powerful country, suppress its strength and rise...
And the instigator of all this, Marin, is under the pseudonym Edison, hiding behind the scenes and having fun secretly. He has known for a long time that a fake Richard can get the support of France and Scotland, let alone a real Edward
When he assisted Margaret in rescuing Edward, Earl of Warwick, he sent him to France. The next thing, the French will come forward to deal with it, and there is no need for him to participate.
Sure enough, after the French got Edward, Earl of Warwick, as if they had found a treasure, they immediately took Paris to raise them, and began to recruit soldiers for him. Even Scotland sent a large amount of money and weapons and armor.
Although Scotland's national strength is not strong, it does not dare to challenge the United Kingdom directly. However, when it comes to stabbing England in the back, the Scots will never be vague. Therefore, even if he does not publicly help Earl Edward attack England, the necessary support is available.
Even, many of the money and weapons and armor supporting Earl Edward were originally intended to be used to pay the regular Scottish army. Seeing that Edward, the Earl of Warwick, was "imminent", King James IV of Scotland simply gave this batch of military pay and weapons and armor to Earl Edward to help him bring huge damage to the English.
Under such circumstances, Earl Edward knew that he was just a puppet, but still couldn't help but feel excited. Because the French and the Scots promised to help him recruit 20,000 troops to help him attack England and seek the throne. Among them, thousands of trainee knights wearing plate armor will participate. As long as Louis XII's class returns to the court, the French will support Earl Edward's landing in England and compete with Henry VII for the throne as an important top priority...
Of course, the French are also conditional. Apart from the conditions for stationing troops in London in the future, Earl Edward needs to marry the daughter of a great nobleman who was born in France to achieve the goal of strengthening his marriage with France...