Marin eventually sent 5,000 reinforcements to England. Originally, he didn't want to send reinforcements, but Edward's idea changed his mind.

It turned out that Edward thought that if all the main forces were sent out this time, then London might not be safe. Why? Because Edward's throne was regained by bloody and violent means. Henry VII was actually a good job and was loved by the people. Therefore, Edward was able to defeat Henry VII and seize the throne because of the violence lent to Marin. For this reason, he killed many people, especially those loyal nobles of Henry VII.

However, the great nobles who were killed at the beginning had a deep family background and must have many missed fish. However, because Marin left the Fourth and Fifth Legions in England, those people did not dare to move around. But what if the strength of the City of London was empty? Edward believed that if London was empty, the remnants of the killed noble families would definitely not be able to help but jump out of rebellion and seek revenge on themselves.

In fact, Edward hoped that those hidden enemies would jump out. In this way, he could catch them all in one place. In this way, he would not worry in the future.

Therefore, he planned to take advantage of this opportunity to deliberately create the illusion of "empty city of London" and lure all the enemies out, so that they can catch them all, so as not to be scared in the future.

As for how to create the illusion of "Empty of London City"? Of course, it was to send all the Fifth Legion of Sivague and the 10,000 Guards Legion recruited by Edward to fight Scotland...

Of course, it was not really to send all the Fifth Legion and the Guards Legion out. Edward's plan was to secretly leave 5,000 elite troops of the Fifth Legion, lying in the city of London, waiting for the remnants of the opposition to emerge and then defeat them all.

How to leave behind 5,000 elite soldiers of the Fifth Legion? Of course, they secretly replaced the soldiers of the Fifth Legion. In this way, when the army set off, it seemed that all 10,000 soldiers of the Fifth Legion had left, but in fact half of the elite soldiers were left, waiting for the rebel party to emerge...

Originally, Edward planned to use 5,000 Minzhuang to pretend to be the Fifth Legion warriors to replace 5,000 elite soldiers. However, Edward suddenly thought that the great nobles who were killed by him still had a lot of remnants. Maybe, there were their remnants in those Minzhuang. Or, if the news was leaked, those remnants would not dare to jump out.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Edward still felt that it would be better to let Marin send people. So he sent a secret envoy to ask Marin to send troops to help.

However, Marin is busy sending troops to Italy now, so how can he have extra troops to Edward? Later, Edward's secret envoy became anxious and said casually, "The militia is OK, too." Then, Marin thought of a solution...

Yes, Marin planned to send 5,000 militias to replace the 5,000 people of the Fifth Legion. It happened that Marin trained about 20,000 militias in order to prevent being beaten by the princes. Originally, these militias were intended to assist in defending the city, but they did not expect to use them as the main combat troops. However, the training level of these militias is not low. At least, it is no worse than the soldiers of Edward's 10,000 Guards Legion. After all, those who serve as instructors for those militias are all veterans of Marin's hundred battles.

Of course, those militiamen have never seen blood, they are not elite, and they are not as elite as Sivague's Fifth Legion. However, their mission is to replace veterans of Sivague's Fifth Legion. They are not going to fight, so there is no such high demands.

According to the negotiations between Edward's secret envoy and Marin, these 5,000 militiamen would take merchant ships from the Thames to enter London from the Thames. King Edward of England would grant ships exemption from inspection to avoid problems being detected by the English Navy at the mouth of the Thames. You should know that there may be remnants of the Tudor dynasty in those English navies. Therefore, others cannot know that there are soldiers entering London.

Then, the merchant ship carrying 5,000 militias would dock at the Fifth Army Battalion west of London in the middle of the night, enter the barracks at night, and complete the replacement of personnel.

Of course, the Fifth Army battalion in the west of the city is large enough and close to the Thames River. Even if these 5,000 militias enter, they can still live. As for supplies, the North Sea Chamber of Commerce can quietly transport more supplies through the dock. In this way, outsiders can't see the problem.

When it comes to sending troops, the 5,000 militias will replace the 5,000 veterans of the Fifth Army to fight for the Northern Expedition. The 5,000 veterans of the Fifth Army will continue to hide in the military camp. At the same time, the military camp will be closed, leaving only a small number of guards to guard, and outsiders are prohibited from peeping at the military camp.

After that, the British government no longer publicly provided food and grass supplies to the military camp. However, the ships of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce would provide food and grass to the 5,000 soldiers hidden in the military camp from the dock in the middle of the night. Of course, the processed food was sent, and fire was not allowed to be made in the military camp, so that no abnormalities could be seen outside. In this way, the 5,000 elite soldiers of the Fifth Legion could be quietly hidden in the military camp, without outsiders knowing it.

As for the city of London, after all the Guards set out to make a northern expedition, Edward would specially select 5,000 new recruits who had not been trained to station in the city of London.

What kind of combat power can the new recruits have? And they still haven't trained much, and they are still stationed in London... All this is clearly not to give the remnants of the Tudor dynasty a chance to take action?

Yes, Edward was to give the remnants of the Tudors a chance to rebel. In the Tower of London, he would only leave 500 reliable imperial guards to guard the palace. Then, the rest of the city of London was full of recruits.

With such a situation, I guess the remnants of the Tudors will definitely be moved. After all, the most people who can fight in London are Edward's 500 guards. If the remnants of the Tudors unite, it will be fine to deal with the 500 guards in the Tower of London.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for the 5,000 new recruits, who cares about them? Even Edward intends to deliberately let others recommend them to control these 5,000 new recruits. Perhaps, the remnants of the Tudor dynasty will take the opportunity to sneak in and gain some military power. In this way, the other party's confidence will probably be greater.

Moreover, in order to give those rebels enough confidence, Edward planned to select the most unbearable 5,000 recruits to station in London. He was not afraid of your setbacks, but he was afraid of your setbacks. How could he attract the remnants of the Tudor dynasty to take action?

In addition, Edward would announce a wartime curfew policy, strictly prohibiting people from going out at night. This would also prevent those remnants of the Tudor dynasty from finding that someone would send supplies to the barracks on the Thames River in the west of the city in the middle of the night.

During the day, the city of London was open, and visitors from all directions were welcomed... In fact, it was to give the remnants of the Tudor dynasty the opportunity to sneak into the city of London...

As for how the elite 5,000 Fifth Legion hidden in the camp in the west of the city, they entered the city to suppress the rebellion? This is very simple. Just ask the Beihai Chamber of Commerce to prepare more merchant ships on the Thames.

Once a rebellion broke out in the city of London, the ships of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce went to the Daying Wharf in the west of the city, loaded the 5,000 elite veterans of the Fifth Legion, and then went downstream to arrive at the imperial dock of the Tower of London Palace to land. Then, enter the palace from the southwest gate opposite the dock of the Tower of London Palace, and then enter the city of London to suppress the rebellion...

(Note: The Tower of London Palace is right by the Thames River, and the palace wall is the city wall. You can also enter the city of London by passing through the palace gate.)

5,000 elite veterans of the Hundred Wars are enough to quell the rebellion of the Tudor dynasty. After all, the elite soldiers of the Tudor dynasty had long been eliminated in the previous wars. How could the remaining ones beat 5,000 elite veterans of the Hundred Wars?

Only when the remnants of the Tudor dynasty were wiped out can Edward truly have a safe sleep...
Chapter completed!