A few days later, Marin's army also approached the south bank of the Tyne River. But the scouts ahead also brought back a bad news - the army might not be able to cross the Tyne River smoothly...

Although Marin's troops were twice that of the Scottish army, the Scottish army was on the north bank of the Tyne River. If Marin's army tried its best to defend the north bank of the Tyne River, Marin's army would have suffered heavy casualties and injuries if it wanted to force the crossing.

After thinking about it, before the army arrived at the south bank of the Tyne River, Marin ordered the army to suspend its advance...

"Duke Malin, why did you let the army stop?" Edward asked.

"Your Majesty, although we have many people, it is difficult to cross the Tyne River. The Scottish army is on the north bank of the Tyne River and will definitely not allow us to cross the river smoothly."

"Then...what should we do?" Edward really didn't understand much about military affairs.

"I think about it..." Then, Marin found a map near Newcastle where he was surveyed and mapped...

Half a day later, Marin finally found a solution...

"Send a correspondent to the horse and return to Port Grimsby and ask them to mobilize dozens of transport ships to come!"

"What do you mean?" Edward was puzzled.

Marin pointed to the map and explained:

"Your Majesty, our army is here now, about half a day away from the Tyne River. Near our station, there is a small fishing village called Sunderland (later in the future, and there is a team that is mixed with the Premier League, of course, it is a lift). I plan to send a fleet to transport the army. The army is transported to a small fishing village called Ashenton in the north. That small fishing village is more than ten miles north of Newcastle (about 30 kilometers). After our army lands, we can reach outside Newcastle within one day. Suddenly appearing to the north of the Scottish army and catch them off guard..."

"Well... it's indeed a good idea. You're indeed a military genius!" Edward had to agree with Marin's plan. The key is that he couldn't think of any good plan...

However, it would probably take several days to wait for Grimsby's ship to transport people. So Marin first brought the army to the small fishing village of Sunderland.

Because the small fishing village has only a long bridge wharf for the small fishing boats in the village to dock, Marin had to send troops to build a temporary wharf. Thinking of the small fishing village called Axington, Marin was a little overwhelmed. In this way, it would probably take two weeks to complete the side-to-back encirclement operation.

During this period, Marin also wanted to cause some trouble for the Scots. So Marin sent a correspondent to the south bank of the Tyne River to inform Lescott, asking him to select thousands of young and strong men in the refugee camp on the bank, cut down trees and make simple wooden sticks and spears, train at the river every day, and scare the Scots...

The Scots will definitely be nervous when they see thousands of new recruits training on the South Bank. With the previous 3,300 thieves, the total number has exceeded 10,000. It would be strange if the Scottish army is not nervous...

In fact, Marin just made these people bluff and would not really let them cross the river and fight. A group of farmers, if they really cross the river and fight, they would definitely give heads to the Scottish army.

However, their bluffing behavior greatly attracted the attention of the Scottish army, leaving the Scottish people with no time to look north and ignore Marin's army.

At the same time, in order to keep confidential and prevent the Scots from paying attention to the traces of Marin's army, Marin also made changes to the arrangements of the two men of Coster and Marich. He sent people to follow the south bank of the Tyne River to look for the teams of Coster and Marich. For the 900 horse thieves led by Coster, Marin's mission arranged by Marin changed. These horse thieves no longer sneaked into the Scots' food route, but protected the news near Ashenton from being leaked... Once Scottish scouts approached here, the 900 horse thieves were responsible for intercepting and killing them to avoid the leak of the news and protecting the news of the Marin's army from being leaked...

As for the 3,000 thieves led by Marich, Marin no longer asked them to attack the Scottish military camp at night. Because this matter was taken over by Marin's main force. Their mission was changed to capture the Scottish civilians who fled in scattered areas when Marin's main force attacked the enemy camp...

The 10,000 troops in Scotland brought 7,000 civilians to accompany them. According to the spies' reward, their garrison was not in the same camp as the Scottish soldiers, but were stationed separately. When Marin's army attacked the Scottish soldiers' camps, they were worried that these Scottish people would run around. Therefore, it was great to let Marich take 3,000 thieves to control the Scottish people. Moreover, they were competent...

A few days later, the Port of Grimsby was indeed sent dozens of transport ships. According to Marin's request, the ships that came were not big. As for the 500-ton warships, they were all left in Grimsby. Because, whether it was Sunderland or Ashinton, they were small fishing villages near the sea, and there was no good port nearby. If the ship was sent too large, Marin was afraid of stranding.

After these ships arrived, Marin did not immediately let the soldiers board the ship, but took a boat first, loading 200 soldiers. These soldiers were all good at water and could skillfully build the Longqiao Wharf. Marin selected them to let them arrive in Ashindun in advance to build the Longqiao Wharf suitable for the fleet to dock. Otherwise, dozens of "big" ships of one or two hundred tons suddenly poured into a small fishing village like Ashindun, and they would definitely not be able to dock...

After these 200 soldiers who were good at building temporary Changqiao Wharf boarded the ship with tools, Marin did not immediately let the other soldiers board the ship, but waited for a few days before talking. After all, after the soldiers arrived in Ashendon, they needed to log wood and then build the temporary Changqiao Wharf, which was not possible in a few days. Moreover, this was still in the case of recruiting local labor to help. If these 200 people alone did it, it would probably take more than a month to complete it...

In the next few days, Marin led his army to build the Long Bridge Pier in Sunderland and trained with his soldiers. Among them, there were also training for wading landing. It is July and August, the hottest time of the year. Therefore, wading landing is nothing, but you will feel comfortable. Of course, it is best not to play real landings like this.

The two legions in Marin's hands, one is the first legion composed of pure Germans. Most of the soldiers came from the Wurttemberg mountains and Alsace, and most of them were landslides. Therefore, Marin was preparing to let these people land regularly through the Long Bridge Pier.

As for the Fourth Legion of Saccarat, they were all composed of Friesian officers and English soldiers. Whether they were Friesians or English, they were all sailing nations, and most of the soldiers were familiar with water. Therefore, Marin decided to let these soldiers familiar with water wade in Ashindon to speed up the landing rhythm...

A week later, Marin guessed that Ashinton had almost done it, and Grimsby came with dozens of ships from the mainland of the North Sea Principality. Among them, there were many 250-level armed merchant ships. After all, it was a 20,000 army, and there were no more than a hundred ships, and it was transported in one go.

Marin took the army and began to board the ship to Axington. In order to speed up the efficiency, this time, Marin did not bring the civilians who transported grain or most of the supplies. He just asked the soldiers to bring food for ten days and then boarded the ship with theirs.

Anyway, after defeating the Scottish army, there will be no shortage of food in Newcastle. Moreover, after fighting the Scottish army, Marin's army will still turn back south to London. Therefore, Marin simply asked the people and soldiers to stand by in Sunderland with their supplies and food, waiting for the army to come back to meet with them...
Chapter completed!