My British Empire

  Chapter 269 The end of the war

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   Just like that, Marquess William scattered his cavalry and plundered the caravan around Norwich City for nearly a week.

   At this time, Norwich, who had been negotiating for a week, finally discovered a crisis.

   "Your Excellency, there are fewer and fewer caravans coming to Norwich recently. Various commodities in the city have begun to be out of stock, and the food reserves in our army have been declining!"

  A short, fat middle-aged man, in an anxious tone, repeatedly reported to Sir Robert, who was busy with the files.

  William Kate is the logistics manager, but with his physical strength and spirit, he cannot take on this important task.

  So, as an assistant, in fact, it is the short and fat man who has been in charge of the logistics of the army, and this is also recognized by Robert himself.

   "What? What happened?" Sir Robert, who was originally calm, frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, in the past week, all the caravans to and from Norwich have dropped sharply, and almost all the goods in the city have begun to run out of stock, and the number of leather and woolen goods in Norwich is increasing, and there are no more caravans. Acquisition!"

   "Many factories have begun to shut down, a large number of workers have lost their jobs, and the complaints in the city are getting louder!"

  The short and fat man's expression became more and more serious, a deep voice sounded in the room, and the atmosphere in the room also became solemn.

   "And the food in the army is currently only enough for three days. If you don't think about it, the consequences will be disastrous!"

  The more than 30,000 troops consume an astronomical amount of food every day, and the hoarding of food is only rare but not increasing. Of course, they are getting more and more nervous.

"This is bad news!" Sir Robert almost frowned, and the wrinkles on his face accumulated one by one, which made people feel that the Sir in front of him was already fifty-seven years old. .

   "You have to hide it as much as possible, I will solve it as soon as possible, and the matter will be resolved soon!"

  Sir Robert's eyes drifted away. He always felt that this was a hidden conspiracy. If he wanted to solve it in a short time, it would be easier said than done!

   A few days passed by, and the food and various goods in Norwich City decreased more and more, and the prices soared, but the supply was still in short supply.

  The food supply of every household in Norwich has bottomed out, and the resentment in the hearts of the people has begun to boil.

   "Dude, do you have the courage, do you want your family to starve to death? Your hard-working wife, lovely son, do you want to watch them starve to death?"

  A thin man was sitting on a wooden stake. In front of him was a man who was drooling and persuading with righteous indignation. Everyone could see the expression of hatred in his eyes.

   "But, but, Sir Robert has been kind to our family! If it weren't for him, our family might starve to death!"

  Todd sat blankly on the stake of his own house, listening to the words of the man in black in front of him, his heart felt like a knife was being cut, his face was full of tangled expressions, and his mouth was whispering softly.

  The man in black in front seemed to have heard Todd's whispered words, walked up to him, and whispered in his ear: "Didn't you already pay it back?"

   "Don't think I don't know, you participated in the event that night, and you were among the group of people who opened the door, and you were even one of the initiators!"

   "These, can't you return his kindness to you?"

   "Now, it's time to make another choice for your family!"

  The man in black spoke softly sentence by sentence, like a devil, and began to untie his knot step by step, full of temptation.

  When Todd heard these words, the tangled expression on his face gradually calmed down, and his head sank slowly.

  Yes, I am just a small adjutant of the city gate. Your Excellency’s kindness has been repaid, so let’s take care of my family now!

  Looking at Todd who was persuaded by himself, the corners of the man in black's mouth slightly raised and his eyes narrowed slightly.

  It seems that this task is about to be completed, and the guard of the city gate has been persuaded. If you work hard, it seems that you will be promoted to a higher level, and the centurion must be within reach.

   After patiently persuading the city guard to strengthen his belief in rebellion, the man in black walked away quickly.

  His time is running out. The city gate officer is Sir Robert's confidant. He must not be able to persuade him. He can only persuade a few adjutants and a dozen small soldiers.

  The dark night hides nowhere intrigues and tricks, and it is also the place where all kinds of wealth and opportunities are produced. Therefore, there is no way to live safely at night.

The next day, January 25th, 1550, there was no more grain available in the market in Norwich, and all the grain stores were closed, and the residents of Norwich, who had been hungry for nearly three days, seemed to be I can't stand it any longer.

   I don’t know that it was organized and arranged by the people themselves. Thousands of residents shouted the slogan of bread and flocked to the cathedral in Norwich, the command center of the rebel army.

   In this regard, Sir Robert did not dare to act rashly, but arranged for the army to defend, and did not dare to expel the people.

  He knew that Norwich at this time was a crater, and if they were forced to evict, it was very likely to turn into a confrontation.

  How can you defend a city that has no popular support?

   Besides, nearly one-fifth of the people in the army are residents of Norwich. After the evolution will confront, the morale of the army will be broken.

   At this time, it is fully understood that this negotiation is completely a conspiracy, which is to take advantage of their illusionary psychology.

  Responding to this, Sir Robert looked at everything in front of him with a dim face, and he was fully able to guess the ending.

Soon, during the confrontation, the gate of Norwich was closed in the same way as it fell. In less than ten minutes, Marquess William, who had been waiting for a long time, led an army of tens of thousands into the city of Norwich, where the gate was wide open. .

   Facing the sudden arrival of the king's army, the rebel army was in a panic, fleeing, surrendering, and desperately resisting.

   In this regard, Marquis William directly issued an order to kill all rebels who did not surrender.

Soon, blood flowers were floating in the city of Norwich. In the streets and alleys, there were shouts, begging for mercy, and fighting sounds, all kinds of sounds, and the killed bodies were randomly placed on the street, as if A toy is average.

Historically, this uprising also ended in failure, because the leaders were optimistic and blindly believed in the words of the nobles and negotiated with the nobles, so that the government had time to recruit mercenaries and militias, so that the king's army calmly defeated them and was killed Blood flowed like a river.

  Up to now, the northeastern region of England has kept a festival celebrating Kate's uprising every year.

  (end of this chapter)