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Chapter 1437 Honor and Disgrace
Earl Robert received bad news from the left wing in the evening.

When the well-organized Scottish Legion was robbing local supplies and supplies, it was hit by a sudden thunder from the Ming cavalry, killing more than a thousand people on the spot.

The direct loss was not large, but the consequence was that the remaining five companies of the Scottish Army on the left and the four companies supported by the rear refused to continue fighting.

The nine companies followed the infantry regiment of the European Army Corps, and each company was full of three hundred or so soldiers. But at this time, their deserters ranged from dozens to hundreds, not to mention there were more than 800 lightly and seriously wounded soldiers.

Such a casualty report means that the entire army will lose its combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

The troops going south are the property of the six nobles of Scotland. Although Scotland and England have been at war for a long time, the nobles have been married for a long time.

It's like the commander of the left-wing Scottish Legion. In terms of blood relationship, he should be Earl Robert's distant uncle. The idea of ​​​​returning the army to the north.

Of course, the last point was guessed by Earl Robert. Even if my uncle really wanted to do this kind of thing, he would not say it.

The Scottish troops going south are the darlings of the great nobles, and no leader can bear the fact that his troops are consumed like livestock being stuffed into a slaughterhouse. For the Scottish nobles, of course they hope to win the battle in the south.

If they win, they can take over England smoothly, but if they lose, it will not hurt their vitality. At most, the king cannot be the king of England and Scotland.

But if anyone's soldiers die, this family will be erased from the history of Scotland.

The old and new enmities of the six families have not been completely resolved. Regardless of whether this battle is won or lost, there will be civil strife in Scotland within three years.

Earl Robert saw all this in his eyes and was at a loss what to do--what's the use of seeing everything?Didn't he risk offending England's last remaining northern nobles to find their families to raise cosmetics for the Queen?
During the bloody battle between the Scottish Legion on the front line and Yang Ce's Spanish phalanx, Earl Robert was discussing with the northern nobles who now hold real power how to provide the queen with some of the best cosmetics.

He himself thought this kind of thing was funny, but there was nothing he could do.

That is a feudal ruler, she may have all the excellent qualities of a feudal ruler, and at the same time may have all the stinky problems of a feudal ruler, and she also has her indispensable character flaws.

Elizabeth was an elderly woman who had suffered from smallpox.

If she was still living in Richmond Palace in London, and the battle report from the front was not that the Ming army had entered the city of London, but that the Irish governor had pacified the entire territory of Ireland and sent a fleet to the New World, naming the most extensive land New York, then Everything may be fine.

She could show her pockmarked and wrinkled face because she was England's greatest king.

But at this moment, her country has fallen to the enemy, her country is only ruined, and even the heir to the throne will not be able to let her control her. There is no glory to dust the crown, and she is at the most vulnerable and sensitive moment.

Anyone, noble count or lowly farmer, could make her look more like a witch than the thousands of teenage peasant women who had been drowned, burned, and executed on this continent.

It even made Robert Dudley feel that this was not the Elizabeth he loved and was familiar with.

All of this is now like a heavy burden on his shoulders. In the daytime, the front line against the Spanish phalanx barely took advantage of it can not make him happy. A thousand melancholy clogged his heart.

Behind him, is the extremely sensitive queen who smacks everyone's confidence in a strange manner; on his left and right, are the great nobles in their hometown who have their own thoughts, while the enemies in front of him are united despite traveling across the ocean.

Earl Robert was defeated by the Ming army many times. In the general battle alone, he has been defeated four times.

He dared to fight for the fifth time because he was not afraid of losing to the Ming army again, but on this night when he used [-] troops, divided into three groups, and the main force surrounded the Spanish phalanx that was flying the imperial flag. Scared.

The first time he lost, he thought the Plymouth incident happened suddenly; the second time he lost, he thought the nobles underestimated the enemy; the third time he lost, he thought it was just decisively missing the opportunity; marching speed.

There will never be sudden incidents every time. If you underestimate the enemy, you will take the enemy seriously. If you miss the opportunity, you will have another chance. If you don’t react in time, you must step up your defenses.

But this time, he felt the backbone of the country's resistance to the Ming army, the northern nobles who held military power and had fiefs.

The hearts of the people are not in harmony, and Robert believes that even if the battle can be won by a small one, it will be difficult to continue.

It's not the fault of the nobles that people's hearts are not in harmony. No one can stop the [-] six Scottish legions who went south to ask for food and loot along the way. England can't afford their expedition, and Scotland can't afford it.

The fiefdoms of the nobles of the country were plundered, and all hopes were pinned on the Scottish Legion. This is the appearance of losing hope.

He even somewhat hoped that in this night, the Ming army blocking the way ahead could see them rise up and once again use their miraculous foot power to escape without a trace.

The sky slowly dawned, and the knights in the rear informed the barracks that the artillery had been transported ten miles away, and that they could be stationed at the front line with gunpowder and shells at noon. Earl Robert was not at all relaxed.

He clenched his fists tightly, pulled down his helmet to cover his tired face, looked at the Spanish phalanx slowly coming to life in the distance of the corpses in the faint morning light, and gave orders to his subordinates one by one, asking them to gather hundreds of people to his military tent.

Those were gentlemen whom he could absolutely trust and who would remain loyal to the Queen.

There are rich merchants and new aristocrats with super-wealth in the past, jazz who used to take part in the tournament instead of the queen, and even equestrians with modest backgrounds.

For him, this battle, which was originally underestimated by him, has now become a key battle in the entire English battlefield, and the victory and defeat are all honor and disgrace in this battle.

He expressed his thoughts to these people and got everyone's support. They will each stand behind the nobles who lead the army. Once anyone wants to lead the army to retreat, he will be killed immediately and seize the command to ensure the safety of the army. The morale of the army is not disturbed.

At the same time, they also agreed that before the siege of London, once the offensive is blocked and the situation is too bad to recover, they will give up hope of returning to the north, gather all the forces they can muster, and launch a final charge against the Ming army before the battle to preserve everyone. personal glory.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)