Although he knew that Henry VII planned to play against France, Marin did not know that Henry VII also planned to send Edward to England to fight. Therefore, Marin still sent a fleet according to the original plan, intending to destroy the British warships in the Irish Sea.

And Marin himself began to set off and got on the ship to Newcastle......

At present, spring ploughing has basically ended. Because of the abundance of ploughing cattle, the spring ploughing in the Grand Duchy of Beihai ended early. In normal times, Marin might have arranged for more land to be cleared in the newly controlled provinces of West Friesland, Bremen and Jutland. But now, because he was going to attack England, Marin couldn't care about it.

At the same time as Marin embarked, a fleet sailed west at the same time to attack the English ships in the Irish Sea......

Approaching the narrowest strait of Calais, the narrowest between England and France, Captain Kidd, following Marin's orders, deliberately sailed close to the French. Moreover, no flags were hoisted.

The French did not stop them, because the French navy had already received the news that a fleet from the Grand Duchy of the German North Sea would pass through here.

The British also spotted the fleet, but the fact that the fleet was clearly on the French side and did not fly an identifying flag led the British to mistakenly believe that the fleet was French. After all, if it weren't for the French fleet, the French would have intercepted it.

The fleet was attached to the French side, all the way to the west, and after crossing the Normandy Peninsula, the fleet suddenly raised its flag en masse, and the white rose flag representing the House of York was raised.

Britain had experienced the Thirty-Year War of the Red and White Roses, and the Red Rose was the symbol of the Lancaster family. The white rose, on the other hand, is the symbol of the York family.

In fact, Henry VII was not a descendant of the House of Lancaster, but of the House of Tudor. It was only because there were no male descendants of the Lancaster family that Henry VII, a relative, became the head of the Lancaster family.

After seizing the throne in 1485, Henry VII married Princess Elizabeth of York, integrating the House of Lancaster and the House of York, and using the red and white roses in the red and white as the family crest to signify the unity of the House of Lancaster and the House of York.

However, Edward apparently did not think so. He believed that the House of York had been violently annexed by Henry VII, and that it was necessary to revive the House of York, as the only male in the line of the House of York, and as a former crown prince (Richard III had made Edward the Crown Prince after the death of his son). Therefore, the banners of his army are all white roses.

Kidd's fleet under the White Rose flag was an obvious indication that he was going to play for Edward.

However, here in the Tudor dynasty of Henry VII, playing the banner of the White Rose is absolutely rebellious and a rebellion.

But the strange thing is that after the White Rose flag was raised, Kidd's fleet went smoothly, and after waiting for a while, there were no English ships to pursue......

"As expected...... Kidd let out a long sigh of relief.

Previously, Marin had an explanation - when passing through the Channel Islands west of the Normandy Peninsula, he deliberately raised the flag of white roses to provoke the British. Because, in the Channel Islands, there is a British fleet. In this way, it can also test the attitude of the British.

If the British sent ships out of the nest and pursued Kidd with all their might, it showed that Marlin had misjudged, and the naval battle in the Irish Sea might be more difficult. And if the other party ignores it, it shows that Henry VII is indeed preparing to ambush the French fleet. In this way, the British must be very restrained at this time, and will not encircle and annihilate his fleet. Even, the British in naval battles in the Irish Sea would have been restrained......

Sure enough, as Marlin expected, the British fleet in the Channel Islands was very restrained this time. After listening to his subordinates' report that a flotilla coming from the French direction had waved the white rose flag, Captain Hunter laughed and said:

"Your Majesty is wise, the French are really trying to draw us into hunting down this fleet...... Well, I'll have to say it, or it's too fake......"

A dozen small fishing boats were then sent out to Guernsey and pretended to pursue Kidd's fleet for a while. However, at this time, Kidd's fleet consisted of 30 200-ton Clark galleons equipped with a number of bronze cannons (for the sake of secrecy, Marin did not use his own distinctive warships and armed merchant ships, but used Clark galleons that he had bought from Spain). Anyway, it is not surprising that the French used the Spanish ship type. After all, France shares a border with Spain, and in the southern Mediterranean coast of France, the use of Clark sailboats is also more extensive). The pursuit of a dozen small fishing boats sent out by Hunter looked like they were almost killed...... In fact, the fishing boat that pretended to be pursuing this time was really a fishing boat, and the people on board were all ordinary fishermen...... They were forced to go after Kidd's fleet...... Even if he is eliminated, Commander Hunt will not feel distressed......

However, Kidd did not turn back to destroy the other side, but continued to follow the "script", first directing the fleet to turn north, turn to the coastal side of England, and then slowly go all the way to the west, walking and stopping, as if waiting for someone......

It seems that this is specifically designed to provoke the English navy and lure the enemy to chase after it......

The local army of England on the coast sent the news to London as soon as possible......

"Hehe, that's true! He actually wants to lure us to chase and kill, he really wants to divert the main naval force of England......"

Then Henry VII gave the order:

"You go and send some slower boats to pretend to chase for a while, and deliberately fail to catch ......up" Henry VII was also afraid that the other party would see his intentions, so he planned to send some small boats to pretend to chase after him.

Anyway, the big ships of England were probably bought by the "French" and went to sea. At this time, it makes sense to send some small boats to chase after them. In this way, it is more reassuring to France.

Thus, the fleet led by Kidd, "escorted" by a large group of small English boats, sailed mightily to the Irish Sea......

It's just that the large group of small boats seems to be deliberately unable to catch up, and from time to time there are still small boats that fall behind......

At this time, Kidd took out the "script" given by Marin, and according to the instructions of the "script", he duly separated a Clark sailboat and sailed to the coast of France...... The reason why this is so is to show the British - you see, we sent a ship "home" to report the effect...... It seems that it really attracted a lot of British ships to pursue......

Seeing that the "French fleet" sent a ship to "return home to report the news", Wallace, the commander of the British Navy, did not divide the ship to intercept it, but laughed and showed a smile that the treacherous plan had succeeded......

At this time, a strong wind was blowing from the sea to the west. The English boats sent in pursuit seemed to be too small, swaying from side to side by a strong westerly wind. Even, a small fishing boat was directly blown over......

Suddenly, the British "fleet" was in a hurry...... Wallace, who was in charge of leading the team, had an idea and went directly to the shore with this large group of small fishing boats to avoid the storm...... Then they had a reason to stop the pursuit—you see, the wind was blowing, and the boat couldn't carry it......

Seeing that the English "fleet" had stopped pursuing, and the "French fleet" that was "leading" in front seemed to be in a hurry, it specially stopped and waited for the British fleet to continue the pursuit, but Wallace ignored it. "In desperation", Captain Kidd had no choice but to slowly continue sailing with the fleet towards the Irish Sea......