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Chapter 1512 Captive Cromwell
Unlike the ten-hour Battle of Edge Mountain and the five-hour Battle of Marston Moor, the largest decisive battle in the history of the King's Army and the Parliamentary Army ended in just three hours.

The large force of the parliamentary army was completely defeated, and the generals of the parliamentary army fled to the city of London. More than 7000 parliamentary soldiers were captured, of which 500 were officers, as well as 100 military flags, a large number of guns, gunpowder, and luggage.

It can be said that the main force of the parliamentary army has suffered a devastating blow here, and is devastated!
Even if the London Parliament wants to organize a new army to fight the king's army again, it is impossible.First of all, it needs to spend a lot of gold and silver to buy arms, and secondly, it needs to boost morale and find a new batch of officers... and these are things that the London Parliament cannot do!

The victorious king's army cheered on the battlefield, they could not have imagined that the victory in the final battle would come so quickly.

The infantry that went into battle were mainly soldiers from the Eastern Legion and the Royal Guards trained by Sun Chuanting. Of the 22000 infantry of the King's Army, 21000 were watching the excitement behind and joining the ranks of the chasing parliamentary army.Otherwise, relying on the number of the Eastern Army, it would not be able to capture 7000 prisoners.

The captives who were captured were dejected, while the soldiers of the king's army were all proud, and victory was at their fingertips like never before.

"Look who we have captured? A big man, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Cavalry of the Parliamentary Army, MP Cromwell!" Prince Rupert ordered a tied-up Parliamentary Army officer to be brought to Sun Chuanting, Astley and others in front of.

Cromwell's face was ashen, and it was a shame for a noble officer to be a prisoner.He wanted to lead the cavalry to attack the cavalry led by Prince Rupert when the infantry of the Chinese army collapsed. As a result, when the parliamentary army completely collapsed, Cromwell relapsed from his old injury when he turned and fled, and became the leader of the knights of the king's army. captive.

He still has wounds left by bullets in his left eye and neck. It is a miracle that he is still alive in this era prone to bacterial infection, but his vision in the left eye has been greatly reduced, and he is almost half blind.

"I heard that he captured the king's banner in the battle of Mount Edge. With his military achievements, he became the deputy commander-in-chief of the cavalry of the parliamentary army from an ordinary member of parliament." Sun Chuanting also learned about this new nobleman who was unknown before. After the beginning of the British Civil War, a group of new nobles such as Cromwell and Fairfax began to step onto the stage of history, which brought tremendous pressure to the king's army in the early days.

However, with the failure of the Marston Wasteland Battle and the decisive battle of the parliamentary army, many of these emerging noble officers became captives.

"Your infantry's firepower and discipline are far superior to those of the militia. This is not a fair battle, but a one-sided killing between professional soldiers and loose militia." Cromwell said unwillingly.

"War, how can there be so much fairness at all. Imprison him temporarily, and deal with him and the opposition MPs after we capture the city of London." Sun Chuanting said to Prince Rupert.

Cromwell seemed to think of something: "Wait, maybe I... I can help you persuade the parliament to surrender..."

As soon as Cromwell finished speaking, Prince Rupert, Astley, Sun Chuanting and others looked at each other.

The city of London is full of officers and soldiers who fled back from the front line, and the whole city of London is panicked.The shops opened by Chinese merchants were afraid of the turmoil in the city, and they were even more afraid that the parliament would spill their anger on them, so they temporarily closed their shops during this turmoil. Even the usually lively teahouses were forced to close, and the merchants hid in the Thames River. Armed merchant ship.

When the opposition members of the parliament heard the defeat, they panicked and their faces were ashes.

After the failure of the decisive battle, what they have to face is how to deal with the crisis brought about by the failure of the decisive battle.

War is an extension of politics, and the losing party has to cede land and pay compensation. This has been the same principle through the ages.

When the London Parliament failed, they realized that they had lost the chance to make a comeback. At this time, they could only negotiate peace as soon as possible to end this meaningless war.

"We should take the initiative to seek peace with the other party. King Charles has passed away. There is no absolute hatred between us and the Oxford Parliament, and the other party supports Princess Sophia as a qualified heir. They are willing to restore the parliament, which has achieved our goal. We Isn’t the purpose of the king to reconvene the parliament and recognize the legitimacy of the parliament? Unfortunately, it was not what our parliament did, but the parliament composed of the king’s army restored the legitimacy of the parliament. We can propose to them Merge the two parliaments and restore peace and stability to England." The Earl of Essex proposed.

The two leaders of the parliamentary opposition, Pym and Hampton, looked ugly, but they had been defeated, and the restoration of the parliament they wanted to fight for was also restored because of the compromise of the king's army. England had a parliament again, and they had no continue Reason and ability to fight on.

"Unfortunately, we did fail. As the Earl of Essex said, we should end this ridiculous civil war. Maybe it is not necessarily a bad thing to let Princess Sophia be king." Pym of the House of Commons did not object The Earl of Essex, who fought passively, supported his idea instead.

The Earl of Essex represented the attitude of the House of Lords, and Pym represented the attitude of the House of Commons. A matter decided by the two at the same time was basically a certainty.

"The Oxford Parliament is almost all royalists. If they are allowed to preside over the merger of the two parliaments, they will definitely increase the seats in the parliament of the towns that support the King's Army, and reduce the seats of London, Cambridgeshire and other towns. This will be a permanent injury to my hometown!"

"We can also call on the citizens of London to surround the city of London. As long as the hearts of the people are still on our side, when Princess Elizabeth returns from the Netherlands, we will become the righteous side supporting the royal family!"

"There are still a lot of towns and cities supporting us, we can't give up so soon!"

Several members of the House of Commons couldn't hold back at this moment, including the leaders of the House of Commons other than Pym and Hampton.

"Everyone, we have already lost the war. You must recognize this fact. This is not something we can decide. If we don't try to negotiate peace as soon as possible, it will be too late." Pym and Hampton had to appease the members of the House of Commons them.

After the parliament that day ended, Pym and Hampton took the initiative to find the Earl of Essex: "I think we may have found the murderer who murdered the king."

(End of this chapter)