Chapter 1431: Franois I was accidentally captured
Haidongqing is the king of the sky, and catching a few carrier pigeons is simply a little bit. Since Marin discovered Haidongqing's ability, he has been very happy. Having Haidongqing, which specializes in catching carrier pigeons, means that it can destroy the enemy's delivery of carrier pigeons that quickly convey messages. In fact, the specific information transmitted by the enemy can be obtained through the carrier pigeons caught by Haidongqing.
This is very important for message blockade. Before, Marin had used the Cossack cavalry to intercept messengers to block messages. But that was also good luck. In the past few times, if the enemy used carrier pigeons on a large scale, this interception would become meaningless.
Mainly, pigeon breeders are currently in Europe with high-paying technical jobs, and pigeon breeding is not so popular. The most important thing is that Europeans currently do not attach so much importance to intelligence work, which has made Marin lucky to have not been exposed in the previous few times.
However, European powers, such as France and Spain, still have special pigeon delivery teams. Without professional pigeon interception methods, it will definitely be difficult to stop the transmission of messages.
In order to win the intelligence war in the future, Marin decided to contact the old relationship of Yehe's troops next time, and buy them a batch of Ewenk eagle-training slaves. At the same time, a batch of falcons were introduced, specially cultivated in the local area to deal with other pigeons.
This practice later achieved miraculous results. Wherever Haidongqing appears, other pigeons’ communications are basically paralyzed. Only when their own pigeons are released, they will be instructed to keep the eagle from entering the sky for the time being, and they will be able to pass smoothly.
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After Louis XII led the army south to Italy, Marin sent a team to come to Paris quietly, preparing to make a big move...
What big moves are you doing? Of course, it was to assassinate the Tudor family Margaret and her "son" and "Henry VIII"...
The existence of this little prince Henry had a great influence on England. With this boy, a large number of Edward's opponents quickly gathered under the Tudor family.
Not only England was threatened, but even Scotland also gathered a group of exiled Scottish nobles because of this "Little Henry" "having the blood of the Stuart royal family".
So, whether for the stability of England or for the stability of Scotland, this little Henry must die...
Now, Louis XII has led his army to Italy, and Paris is under guard. As for the garrison that the French have made 20,000 militias, they can hide it from the English, but they can't hide it from Marin. After all, this strategy was made by Marin's spies.
There are only 4,000 real garrisons in Paris now, but 3,000 people need to be stationed in the palace and several key locations of the city of Paris. The remaining 1,000 people also need to maintain the safety of the entire city of Paris. As for Margaret in Tudor, it is said that there are only 20 guards left. As long as people are sent to raid once, you will be very confident that you will kill this uneasy pair of "mother and son".
In fact, Margaret of Tudor originally lived in a military camp of thousands of people, and was very safe. However, Louis XII, who was in southern Italy, took away most of the soldiers in the military camp and left her only 20 guards. Such a great opportunity, how could she miss it? So, Marin sent a 30-man assassination team to professionally assassinate Margaret of Tudor and her so-called son.
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"Are you sure it's here? Why is it empty?" Hansel, the captain of the special forces team, frowned. He was the leader of the assassination team and the proud disciple of Nicholas Cage, the commander-in-chief of the special forces in the North Sea Kingdom.
Originally, Marin planned to let Cage lead the team this time. However, Cage could not speak English. So, he had to let Hansel, who is a Friesian, lead the team.
The reason why these 30 people spoke English or Friesian similar to English was to turn the blame on the British. Anyway, it is reasonable for the British to kill Margaret of Tudor. As for Marin, it is better to hide behind him and make a fortune in silence.
In the middle of the night, the spy from the Paris branch of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, who was the guide, replied:
"It's right here. This place was originally a barracks in the northwest of the city, with thousands of soldiers stationed in it. Because of this, it was not convenient for us to assassinate that woman before. However, this time, Louis XII led his troops south, and the French troops in this barracks were basically transferred away. Therefore, it seemed so empty."
"Oh, so that's it..." Hansel nodded and asked again:
"Is it easy to attract French defenders here? It takes some time to deal with 20 guards. The French shouldn't come so quickly, right?"
The guide shook his head and said:
"No, there are only 4,000 defenders in Paris now, and there are 3,000 people to guard the palace and several key points, and only 1,000 people are mobile. However, this is the edge of Paris, so the 1,000 mobile troops will not appear here so by chance. What's more, it's midnight now, who will come here in the middle of the night without any trouble?"
Hansel nodded and ordered:
"Brothers, prepare for action!" After saying that, he took the lead in bringing a black mask for the assassin...
Afterwards, nearly 30 special forces from Beihai Kingdom behind him, including the guide who led him, all brought black masks. They were also wearing pure black clothes and looked like assassins. However, in this dark night, this outfit just hides itself...
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In addition to the clothes of men in black, each of these 30 special forces soldiers also took a sailor scimitar, and the left hand was holding a very simple wooden shield, which was obviously temporarily processed...
There is no way, Paris is checked very strictly, and it is difficult to transport standard shields in. As for armor, special forces are not used to wearing them. The only rhino leather armor they are used to wearing cannot be worn. Once they wear it, the origin will be exposed. After all, other European countries do not wear this thing these days. Last time they went to Italy, Marin's soldiers wore a lot of rhino leather armor. If the special forces wear rhino leather armor this time, it will definitely reveal their true origin.
In order to cover up their identity, the weapons they even used were sailor scimitars commonly used by English sailors. This scimitar is very suitable for sailors' melee battles, and is also suitable for these North Sea special forces who often practice close-up killing. As for the shield of the deputy, it is purely used to resist the weapons of the escorts of Margaret of Tudor. After all, having a shield in your hand is better than not.
However, these shields are too broken. At first glance, they are like a small wooden shield after being sawed and nailed the handle. They are very sloppy...
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When he arrived outside the barracks where Margaret lived in Tudor, Hansel saw that the time was almost over, waved his hand, then took the lead in holding a shield in his left hand and waving the British sailor scimitar with his right hand...
The two guards guarding the gate of the camp were soon cut into meat sauce by the special forces, and then Hansel and his men continued to rush forward...
However, the previous slashing alarmed the inside, and the guards inside seemed to be awakened. Then, the gate of the internal camp was closed. At the same time, the barking of dogs and shouting from people came from inside...
"Damn it, there are dogs?" Hansel frowned. However, thinking that this was a remote location in Paris, the Paris defenders probably did not come so quickly. So he ordered his subordinates to attack. In addition, some people even pulled out flying knives from their waists and threw them inside, which quickly injured several enemy guards.
Just when Hansel was planning to launch a general attack, something that surprised him happened - countless torches suddenly appeared on the street, and it seemed that a patrol team of two or three hundred people appeared...
"Fuck - it's too heartless!" After cursing, Hansel looked at the guide angrily - didn't you say there was no patrol team at this time? Where did this team come from?
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It was just a coincidence that this 300-person patrol team would not have come out in the middle of the night, but today a new commander came. The new officer took office for three reasons. So, the young commander came to the night after a hot head tonight and brought his men to patrol...
Looking at the hundreds of fully armed enemies, Hansel suddenly felt a little depressed. If they were all powerful people from the special forces, even if the number of people was ten times smaller than the other party, they could defeat the other party. After all, they had many ordinary soldiers with high martial arts skills.
However, the special forces sent to assassinate this time are not masters among the special forces who are good at fighting battle formations, but skillful people who are good at assassination.
The power is good at fighting formations, while the agile is good at assassination. Faced with enemies with little difference in number, the agile may be able to crush them with martial arts. However, facing ten times the enemy, it is still a regular army... At this time, Hanser had 100,000 MMPs in his heart...
"What should I do?" Everyone turned their eyes to commander Hansel.
And at this moment, the young officer in the French patrol rode on his horse and shouted:
"Follow me to take down these guys of unknown origin!" After saying that, he actually took the lead in rushing over...
A glimmer of light flashed in Hanser's eyes - a good opportunity...
Then, Hansel went straight to meet him, and took advantage of the moment when the young officer swung his knife and cut it down, his body suddenly twisted and avoided the knife. Then, he threw away the shield in his hand and smashed the French soldiers rushing up from behind.
Then, he turned around and grabbed the young French officer on the horse's back and pulled him down...
The young French officer was pulled off the horse and was immediately knocked to death. When he woke up a little, he saw a sailor scimitar on his neck...
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Seeing this, the French patrol soldiers who were originally planning to rush up immediately did not dare to rush forward...
Hansel immediately realized that this was a big fish...
Sure enough, soon an officer dressed as an adjutant called out:
"Boy, let our highness go quickly, or you will die!" Of course, this is in French.
"What did he say?" Hansel asked the guide next to him in English. The guide lurked in Paris for many years and understood French. Moreover, he was also a Friesian, so he naturally understood English. Moreover, Hansel also deliberately spoke English.
"He said, let their highness go... Could it be a prince?"
"Your Highness? Which Highness?" Hansel suddenly asked in Latin, a noble common language.
The young French officer said stinkingly:
"I am the side branch of the Valois royal family of the Kingdom of France, François of Angoulem!"
"Damn, Prince François!" Hansel was so scared that he almost sweared in German. Fortunately, he held back.
As the leader of the assassination team sent to Paris, Hansel had learned about the general situation in France. He knew that the Prince François in front of him seemed to be the fiancé of Princess Claude, the only living daughter of King Louis XII of France, and the future King of France...
Chapter completed!