McLaren listened to the Crown Prince of France's explanation, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.
He could already imagine countless Irish peasants, crazed to sell their wheat for a higher price, grabbing their hoes and fighting the English desperately.
But before this, when they'd gone to the countryside to give speeches, almost no one responded except for some petty nobles.
He suddenly realized that perhaps their previous revolutionary strategy truly did have some flaws…
Joseph continued to map out the "blueprint" for him: "Once you have the enthusiastic response of the masses, you can begin training your army. To withstand the encirclement and suppression from the British Army, you will need at least a hundred thousand troops."
This number was not one he just made up. Given the mobilization capacity of this era, four million people in Ireland, under extreme circumstances, could indeed raise an army of 100,000.
