My British Empire

Chapter 317 Joint Operations

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After hearing what Earl Lannox said, the nobles nodded their heads in agreement from the bottom of their hearts.

England's monarch's ambition for Scotland is simply the sun in the sky, hanging brightly and never concealing it.

For this reason, the Scots allied with the French to resist the ambitions of the English.

But England's ambitions still could not be stopped. In the past few years, Scotland finally honored Edward VI and Queen Mary as co-monarchs in name, and Scotland and England became the United Kingdom.

But all of this still did not satisfy Edward.

After all, he is only a monarch in name, and Scotland's administrative power, judicial power, and military power, as well as half of the legislative power, are not in his hands.

Every year, he can only enjoy some tax revenue. As poor as Scotland is, at most tens of thousands of pounds, this king is meaningless.

So, leading an army of 10,000 this time, he is preparing to take Scotland into his arms once and for all.

"Then we can only unite with the church, otherwise it will be difficult to resist the English!"

Earl Allen, who was sitting on the main seat, frowned slightly when he heard the words, and said.

"No, absolutely not!" David Beaton, who had been a silent listener, that is, His Excellency David Beaton, Archbishop of the Diocese of Scotland, was excited like a fox whose tail had been stepped on when he heard that peace was to be negotiated. shouted.

"The group of hypocrites must not be forgiven, even if Scotland is annexed by the English, they cannot negotiate peace with the group of hypocrites!"

As a staunch Protestant among the nobles, David Beaton will never give up this good opportunity to suppress Catholics, even at the expense of Scotland's interests.

There is a reason for this. In addition to dissatisfaction with the Roman Church and the engulfment of the interests of the Church of Scotland, David Beaton is most dissatisfied that he has not been able to marry a wife and has no heirs.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that he has no children. He already has several illegitimate children from illegitimate daughters, but he doesn’t count as having heirs if he doesn’t have legitimate children born to his wife.

Finally, the elder brother died, and he became the patriarch himself, but he has no heirs.

In this way, the earl's title will be passed on to the collateral, which is unacceptable.

So, sweeping away Catholicism and accepting Protestantism is the most important thing for David Beaton.

"Yes, absolutely not, I agree with Archbishop Beaton's proposal!"

Earl Lannox on the side also echoed loudly, very resolutely.

Then, most of the nobles also objected in unison, expressing their opposition to such a proposal.

The Earl of Argyle looked at it strangely when he heard the words, and then he realized it in his heart.

"After the peace talks, we can't continue to embezzle the church property. How can we stop if we haven't made up the shortfall!"

Thinking of it this way, Earl Argyle immediately abandoned the idea of ??peace talks, and his shortfall has not yet been fully made up.

At this time, a guard came in, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly:

"My lord, the English have sent envoys to ask for an audience!"

At this time, the arguing voices stopped immediately, and they all looked outside the door.

"Let him in! Listen to what the young His Majesty wants to say?"

Earl Argyle glanced at Bishop Beeton and Earl Lannox, and after receiving approval, he ordered:

"Let him in!"

After a while, a well-dressed middle-aged man walked in.

"Good day, my lords!"

"Your Excellency, I don't know what orders His Majesty the King has!"

The Earl of Argyle stood up, bowed slightly to him, and returned the gift in a very aristocratic style.

"Hehe! My lords, His Majesty the King is a hundred miles away at this time. He entrusted me with a message for you!"

The envoy looked around, glanced at the densely packed nobles in the tent, and said with a smile.

"Oh? It's my honor to wait, please sit down and talk!"

The Earl of Argyle hurriedly welcomed him in, and said kindly.

The envoy also smiled when he heard the words, sat down obediently, and then continued:

"Everyone, His Majesty the King came here to tell everyone that it's time to choose again!"

Your Excellency the Messenger's voice fell, and the entire tent was suddenly quiet, only the sound of the wind blowing could be heard.

Another choice.

The nobles still remember that the last choice was Edinburgh. At that time, for their own lives and property, the nobles collectively sold the Stuart royal family, and even established it in the form of legislation.

And this time, another choice came.

Whether to unite with the church or unite with the monarch in name, this is the question.

But is this really the problem? Nobles say it's easy.

Just like that, in front of the envoy, the nobles began to discuss each other sentence by sentence.

Half an hour later, the nobles finally made a choice.

"Your Excellency, we are willing to follow His Majesty's suggestion and work together to destroy those hypocrites!"

Earl Argyle represented the opinions of the nobles, stood up and said with a smile.

"Very good, Your Excellency the Earl, and my lords, this is the wisest choice!"

The envoy smiled heartily and shook hands with him.

Neither of them discussed the specific conditions. They knew that this would need to be discussed slowly after His Majesty the King met with them.

As for why Edward chose to unite with the nobles to deal with the church forces, this is almost obvious.

First of all, he only has 10,000 troops. If he wants to annihilate the nobles and the church in one fell swoop, it is wishful thinking and impossible!

Furthermore, if you dry up the parliament, you will get more benefits, which is much better than drying up the current shriveled nobles.

So, Edward immediately chose to join forces with the nobles, and the nobles agreed without hesitation.

This is a smart choice.

Two days later, more than 10,000 troops of the nobles and Edward's 10,000 troops began to make peace. The Marquis of Wellington, who was stationed in Edinburgh, also led 2,000 soldiers to make peace.

Viscount Dio and Viscount Smith each led hundreds of private troops to join forces.

All of a sudden, Edward was almost the same as the army of the Scottish nobles.

And most of Edward's army is mercenaries and guards. It can be said that it can basically completely crush the noble army.

As nobles, especially kings, and to some extent, it is a kind of civil war, so fighting naturally requires a high-sounding reason.

After joining forces with the nobles, His Majesty the King immediately unfurled the banner of exterminating the hypocrites and traitors, and led the united army towards the church army.

Hearing that the English and the Scottish nobles had united, the bishops of the church started cursing mode one after another, and all kinds of curses were endless.

However, nature cannot prevent the decisive battle from coming.

(end of this chapter)

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