my british empire

Chapter 170 Chapter 170
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"Russell, my friend, what is the situation now?"

On the side, Donald, who has always been mature and prudent, asked anxiously like ants on a hot pot.

The others also looked at Russell with doubts, and they also wanted to know what was going on now.

Hearing this, Russell was sitting on a chair, feeling the focused gazes of other people, and could only give Donald and the others an embarrassed smile.

"The little king has never evacuated the English army guarding the city gate. The soldiers we have contacted dare not mobilize. After all, there are too few of them!"

After Edward arrived in England, he directly allocated hundreds of people to guard the gates of Edinburgh and the palace, and of course, the original defenders of Edinburgh.

However, there were only more than 1000 defenders of Edinburgh who had suffered the baptism of war, and most of the defenders had been detained in the barracks.

Edward released another 300 people to maintain order in the Edinburgh market. After all, it is more convenient for the locals.

And the rest of the people, Edward, were not idle. He asked some officers in England to train them continuously, and Edward also paid a lot of money to reward them (the money was all from the Scottish treasury), trying to make them obey the command, and again neutral.

These 300 people are all locals, and the situation is not conducive to England. That's why Russell is able to win them over. He is going to take back Edinburgh when the English flee, and make a great contribution. Maybe it's not a mix of nobles.

"Alas!" Hearing this, Donald and the others let out a long sigh, with disappointed expressions on their faces.

"Don't worry, I sent someone to observe on the edge of the naval battle. As long as the English fail, he will come and tell me quickly!"

Russell looked at the faces of the crowd, stood up, and said comfortingly.

"In this way, we can come first, and maybe go to the palace! We don't have many places to go there!"

With Russell's temptation like this, everyone sitting here fell into fantasy, with smiles on their faces.

"There are so many gold and jewels in the palace! Let's take any of them, and they are worth half of our net worth! Hahahaha!"

When everyone fell into the ocean of fantasy, the upright Nigel waved his thick arms and said slobberingly, with gold stars in his eyes, looking extremely eager.

"Rude, savage!" The others were awakened by his loud voice, and they spat in unison, but they didn't know what they were thinking.

Back on the battlefield, the last "Hunter" also raised the white flag, which indicated that the entire French expeditionary fleet had completely surrendered, and the French's attempt to destroy the English navy in one fell swoop was also shattered.

"Haha! Hello, General Ferdy!" Stepping briskly, James boarded the flagship of the French expeditionary fleet, and also met the commander of the expeditionary fleet—Reinaldo Ferdy.

There were several big holes on the deck of the "Hunter", which made Major James, who was about to board the ship, feel distressed for a while. These all belong to the English Navy now. The damage is so serious, how much will it cost to repair it!

In this way, Major James received General Renado while feeling distressed.

"Hello, Major Leo Shesley!" Renaldo was a little embarrassed, but he still bowed to Major James, and Major James returned the salute.

"I didn't expect that Your Excellency the Major would be so young!" General Renardo looked at Major James, who was in his thirties, and said with emotion.

"Your way of naval battle this time, I think it will definitely be the template for the future, and you are still so young, this really makes me feel very emotional!"

Looking at the admiring French commander, General Renardo, Major James couldn't help but feel joy in his heart, but he knew in his heart that these were the little king's ideas, and he was just an executor.

Even so, Major James is still as happy as before, and he will definitely be famous in the history of naval warfare in the future.

"Your Excellency, General, is too much praise. I just changed the way a little bit. After all, you brought me a lot of pressure at that time, so I can only take a risky move!"

With a slight smile, James said modestly, looking at the well-dressed Reynado.

"Please, Your Excellency General, this ship may be a bit dangerous, let's leave!"

Seeing that the 'Hunter' was still taking in water, Major James hurriedly made a gesture of invitation.

"Thank you!" After saying thanks, General Renardo boarded the 'Sovereign of the Sea' unceremoniously.

"Hurry up and pull the 'Hunter' on board the 'Sea Monarch' and tow it away. Don't let it sink."

Looking at the tonnage of the 'Hunter' and the constant water ingress, it feels like a ship can't move.

"Come here too, let's pull together!" Major James shouted as he watched the two passing ships nearby.

Immediately, under the pull of the three ships, the 'Hunter' finally did not sink directly like the other two thousand-ton giant ships.

In this way, on the sea, the English ships salvaged the French sailors who fell into the water, or dragged the French ships that were about to sink. They were busy until noon, and finally finished their work.

And some sunken French ships can only be salvaged after a while.

"Your Majesty, victory, victory!" The little maid Lucy ran over energetically, dripping with sweat, and said to Edward who was sitting on the chair.

"Really?" Edward stood up happily after hearing the news, and asked.

"It's true, Your Majesty, Major James led the coalition forces to beat the French navy to the ground, and won a big victory!"

Lucy nodded in confirmation, looking very cute.

"Great, great!" Edward turned around happily.

An hour later, Major James also ran over, faced Edward, and knelt down on one knee.

"Your Majesty, with God's blessing, our army has won a complete victory, and the French expeditionary fleet has now surrendered."

"Very well, Major, you did not disappoint me!"

Edward walked over and helped Major James himself up, expressing great emotion to him.

Afterwards, Edward suppressed his excitement, sat on a chair, and listened to Major James' detailed description, and then Major James introduced the gains of this victory.

"Your Majesty, after a rough calculation, we have seized a 1000-ton 'Hunter', four 59-ton Galen ships, and [-] other ships of various types."

"Captured the French army coach, General Renardo Ferdi, and more than 2000 Venetians and Frenchmen!"

"There are countless other material cannons!"

"Your Majesty, if the captured ships join the English Navy, the strength of our navy will more than double out of thin air."

(End of this chapter)