It is not possible for Britain to send troops in just a few days. After all, Britain in this era did not have a standing army. Therefore, if you want to send troops, you must first summon all the troops.

Although there are thousands of soldiers in London, it is impossible for Henry VII to use this force. After all, London is the core area of ​​England. If the entire army is sent out and the French raid on London, Henry VII will be finished.

Therefore, this time, Henry VII used the soldiers and horses of nobles from all over the country to recruit the country and the 7,000 longbow soldiers. The longbow soldiers in England were a very special class. They were not nobles, but they enjoyed certain privileges and belonged to the warrior class between nobles and civilians.

At present, muskets have just emerged. Except for Marin's army, Spanish and Teutonic forces, as well as the supported Swedish and West Friesian Resistance (mostly killed when the city of Leeuwarden was destroyed), the armies of other countries have not had a history of large-scale musket use.

Therefore, in this era, the English longbow soldiers were the largest and most ranged firepower in Europe. Of course, due to the strengthening of plate armor technology, the lethality of the English longbow soldiers to the knights was declining. However, it was extremely terrifying to attack those infantry without armor.

Even if it is the famous Swiss phalanx, if it encounters the English Longbowmen Legion, it will be a kneel. Even if it is the Marin's Marin phalanx, it will not be a good idea to meet the English Longbowmen.

After all, whether it is Swiss mercenaries or Marin's Spanish phalanx, only veterans in the front three rows will wear chest armor and helmets. The soldiers in the back row basically have no armor. As long as the English longbow soldiers shoot and kill the infantry in the back row is a piece of cake.

The only advantage of musketeers is that their training costs are very low. For example, the spearmen and musketeers under Marin can be trained for several months and can be brought to the battlefield. Even if they are gone, recruit and train them.

But English longbowmen are different. They all practice archery since childhood, and they have been practicing for more than ten years. Many English longbowmen's spine have grown and deformed because they often pull their bows in their youth.

If a musketeer dies, at most, you can recruit or catch a farmer to train for a few weeks. But if a longbowman dies, the loss will be great. Because a longbowman takes more than ten years of training to get out of the army. This is very similar to a knight. The training of a knight also takes more than ten years. Therefore, if you spend money, the losses of the longbowman cannot be compensated.

This is also an important reason why England finally decided to abolish the longbowmen class. England abolished the longbowmen system around 1596, that is, in the late period of Elizabeth I. At that time, with the prosperity of religious wars and the Spanish formations, muskets had gradually become the mainstream of European troops. Bows and arrows slowly withdrew from the stage of history.

In addition to the excessive training cost and the inability to afford the loss, the plate armor is getting better and better, making it difficult for longbow soldiers to shoot through, which is also one of the important reasons why longbow soldiers are eliminated.

Although, if a longbow explodes at a very close distance, you can still shoot through the plate armor. However, there is no chance on the battlefield that longbow soldiers can leisurely aim at the plate armor knight at a very close distance? When the plate armor knight approaches the longbow soldiers, this means that the longbow soldiers will be massacred. Therefore, longbow soldiers can only attack the plate armor knights from a distance by shooting. However, with the advancement of plate armor technology, long-distance strikes are ineffective.

However, muskets are different. Even if the distance is hundreds of meters, as long as the lead bullet hits, the huge impact force can still damage the plate armor knight. In this case, countries naturally prefer muskets that restrain plate armor than longbows that are restrained by plate armor. Moreover, training longbow soldiers is too expensive and time is too long.

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Of course, because of the high cost of plate armor, and most of the nobles in this era are very poor, it is difficult for you to find a large number of army equipped with plate armor.

Speaking of which, France is probably the one with the largest number of plate armor knights. In fact, France has so many plate armor knights, but it is actually scared by the British. Later, France's plate armor became stronger and stronger and could withstand the longbow. With the use of artillery, it gradually won the Hundred Years of War between Britain and France. Unlike at the beginning, it was basically shot by the British and became dogs.

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Henry VII ordered the whole country to recruit soldiers, and the movement was naturally very great, and it was impossible to hide it. The news that the seven thousand longbow soldiers were recruited was naturally found out by intelligence personnel from the London branch of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce. Then, this information was quickly sent to Munster City...

After receiving information from the North Sea Chamber of Commerce spies, Malin deduced it in his heart and found that the existence of the longbow soldiers was really amazing.

Because those longbow soldiers can use dense firepower to suppress the defenders on the city wall through ejection. Except for those soldiers wearing plate armor, other ordinary soldiers may be completely suppressed by the arrow rain of English longbow soldiers. Whoever dares to show his head will be easily injured by the arrow rain.

Although Marin supported Count Earl Edward's 2,000 convex guns, which could be used to shoot against the longbowmen. However, the British army had 7,000 longbowmen, and Edward could only take out 2,000 musketeers. If it was shot against, the result would be that the musketeers of Edward, who were relatively small, would be the end of the first.

After all, not only are the number of English longbowmen, but also the speed of archers is faster than that of muskets. After loading a musket, the archers may shoot more than three arrows.

Therefore, the only way is to let the musketeers wear plate armor, and also wear covers on the helmets, and covers the city walls to shoot with the longbowmen. Otherwise, the 2,000 musketeers without armor would definitely deliver food to the English longbowmen.

However, Earl Earl Edward's musketeers, because they have the protection of the city wall, do not need armor on the lower body. Because there are battlements to block it. However, the upper body and head must require tight armor to ensure that they are not injured by bows and arrows.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Therefore, Marin plans to support Count Earl Edward 2,000 pairs of half-body plate armor and equip musketeers, so that those musketeers have the ability to shoot against the English longbowmen, and can protect themselves and not be harmed by the English longbowmen.

However, in a short period of time, Marin could not bring out 2,000 pairs of half-body armor. Moreover, it should be noted that in order to hide his identity, Marin could not take out simple armor in the style of East Friesian army to give it to Earl Edward. Otherwise, it would be exposed...

Suddenly, Marin remembered the plate armor seized from the army of former French King Charles VIII...

That year, Marin ambushed Charles VIII's army and seized 7,000 sets of plate armor and 5,000 sets of horse armor. But in the end, Marin greed for 1,000 sets of plate armor and 1,000 sets of horse armor.

However, these plate armor and horse armor are both French. Now, Maximilian I has developed the stronger Maximilian armor, and Marin also plans to replace the plate armor in the army with more advanced Maximilian armor and eliminate the 1,000 sets of French plate armor.

So, Marin decided to give all the upper body plate armors of these 1,000 sets of French plate armor to Earl Edward. As for the 1,000 sets that were still missing, Marin decided to purchase a batch of second-hand plate armors, which were cheap and were enough to resist bows and arrows...

In this way, Marin arranged for Kohler to acquire second-hand plate armor in the Netherlands and France in the name of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce. At the same time, Marin also collected the 1,000 sets of plate armor from the army. Of course, those officers and heavy cavalry who handed over French plate armor can obtain the latest set of Maximi armor as compensation. Moreover, they can also keep the trousers of French plate armor.

These people naturally want to exchange half a set of old French plate armor for advanced Maximi armor. The reputation of Maximi armor has spread to East Friesland. Because of the adoption of a new convex structure, the protection of Maximi armor has been improved, especially the protection of bows and arrows and bullets is maximized.

In order to hurry up, Kohler instructed the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to purchase the old plate armor from the homes of the Dutch and French Knights at the price of the new plate armor. Many knight families naturally would not miss such a good opportunity.

In this way, Marin quickly gathered 2,000 sets of half-body armor, and most of them were French and Dutch style plate armor. Even if the British saw it, they would not doubt themselves...
Chapter completed!