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Chapter 1482
"I understand your difficulties. Your Royal Navy can support the parliament, but you cannot blockade Portsmouth. The supplies needed by the king can be transported inland by our merchant ships through Portsmouth." Sun Xu said.

Admiral Pennington was a little surprised. He thought that the Fourth Fleet would force the Royal Navy to join the King's Army, but he didn't expect that the other party would not coerce the Royal Navy to support the King as he imagined.

"We respect your choice, and you also need to leave a way out for yourself. Otherwise, if the king wins, your navy may face the king's revenge." Sun Xuyu said earnestly.

In fact, it was not that Sun Xu had no idea of ​​forcing the Royal Navy to side with the king, but when he heard that Charles I was unable to pay the officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy after the outbreak of the civil war, he was immediately discouraged.That's the military pay for more than 10000 people!
Charles I can't afford the money, is it necessary for the Fourth Fleet to advance for Charles I?If that is the case, it is simply a free aid.

Although the ships of the Royal Navy were built by Charles I, they did not fall into the pockets of low-level officers and soldiers. When these people found that the king could not pay their salaries, it is understandable that they turned to the richer parliament.

You must know that Charles I needs to borrow money from Chinese merchants in order to repay the Scots' 30 pounds of war indemnity, but the Parliament can easily use a monthly commission of 3 pounds to hire the Scots to fight for themselves.It is conceivable that a king is richer than the real ruling class group.

"I know that you Easterners have signed many treaties with the king, so you should be on the side of the king in this war. During the operations in the Mediterranean Sea, the officers and soldiers of our Royal Navy gained a lot from top to bottom. A small benefit, they don't want to be your enemy. If we can maintain such a tacit understanding, then everything will be fine. Our navy doesn't completely block all ports, and we can also reserve a retreat for ourselves." Peng said Sir Neinton.

"Then let's do this. If your Royal Fleet tries to seal off all sea areas and ports, our Fourth Fleet will have to join the battle." Sun Xu said.

"No, no." Sir Pennington was obviously very afraid of his former teammates, and shook his head again and again. After all, he witnessed the horror of the opponent's fleet in the Mediterranean War.

The Fourth Fleet and the Royal Fleet simply negotiated terms.The Royal Fleet can be bought by the Parliament, but it cannot try to block Portsmouth Port. The materials that the King's Army wants to obtain can still be continuously transported from Portsmouth Port to the King's Army.

This scene seemed a bit strange during the British Civil War. Parliament controlled the main ports and trade routes, but Portsmouth, which was close at hand, declared its neutrality. The Parliamentary Army did not dare to attack here. This port shipped to the front.

There is an eastern infantry and a powerful fleet stationed here, and the parliamentary army dare not provoke them, otherwise the eastern army will have an excuse to intervene in their civil war.

The British civil war is getting more and more strange, and there are many things for all parties to contend with.English, Scots, Irish, Chinese, and even French.England was divided into the Royal Army, the Parliamentary Army, and the Navy.There was even an Eastern Alliance army separated from the parliamentary army.

The current situation is that the King's Army, the Irish Legion, and the Chinese are standing under the King's banner, while the Parliamentary Army, the Scottish Covenant Army, and the Royal Fleet are standing under the Parliament's banner, and the two sides have started a new round of bigger battles.

In this cold winter, both camps are accumulating strength, waiting for a full-scale attack in the spring of next year.

Ruan Youjin led 300 naval soldiers to escort a batch of important firearms to Oxford.

The parliamentary army between Portsmouth and Oxford was caught in a dilemma when they heard the news.On the one hand, they definitely didn't want the king to get this batch of important military supplies.On the other hand, they dared to take the initiative to attack the supplies transported by the Chinese, which undoubtedly gave the Chinese Legion stationed in Portsmouth a good excuse to directly raise troops to assist the king.At that time, it will not be as simple as a batch of muskets.

"Let them pass by and try not to provoke them. Their factories are under surveillance in the city of London. The firearms they provided to the king are probably only their spare parts. After all, they will run out one day. So what can a little firearm change?" The officers of the parliamentary army who discovered the naval detachment escorting the munitions opted for a policy of passive appeasement.

So the naval squad led by Ruan Youjin swaggered through the towns controlled by the parliament, and arrived in Oxford without loss along the way.

It was winter at this time, and snow covered the low houses, tall churches and bell towers in Oxford.

Inside and outside the town were the tents of the King's Army, which gradually gathered more than 7000 officers and soldiers as the headquarters of the King's Army.If it weren't for other armies going to other towns to find food, there might be even more people.

The arrival of this team of 300 people, with black hair and yellow skin, attracted the curiosity of many officers and soldiers.

But when they knew that these people were allies of the king, they specially sent them muskets and cannons in the cold winter, and they warmly welcomed the Orientals.

Although the Easterners did not directly participate in the battle, their behavior of sending charcoal in a timely manner can already explain their position-they are also solid supporters of the king!
Ruan Youjin and the others met Sun Chuanting, who served as the king's military adviser in Oxford. At this time, Sun Chuanting had been temporarily awarded the title of Colonel of the Cavalry by Charles I, intending to let him preside over the training of a new army to fight against the increasingly powerful parliamentary army.

"Did you encounter parliamentary forces blocking you on the way?" Sun Chuanting was somewhat surprised to see Ruan Youjin and others arrived in Oxford from the port unscathed.

"They were afraid that we would join the war, so they avoided us all the way. We were safe and sound, and the task was easier than imagined." Ruan Youjin shrugged easily.

"Since you are here, come and stay here for a few days before going back." Sun Chuanting said to Ruan Youjin, the captain of the sailing battleship Soochow.

"Of course, I heard that the king's army almost had a chance to completely defeat the parliamentary army in the battle of Mount Edge. What's going on?" Ruan Youjin asked.

"It's a long story. It's really that the soldiers here are not professional enough and their discipline is lax. They have lost a good chance to annihilate the parliamentary army. I didn't want to go into the muddy water. I really don't see it anymore. We don't want to fight the king again The army was beaten to the ground."

(End of this chapter)