Chapter 187: North or South Although in the end, the meeting did not discuss a practical way to deal with the Russians, but this did not prevent a group of high-level rebels from leaving the conference room with their heads held high, mainly because the number of Russian troops is a little smaller after all, even if the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is very strong, but the high-level leaders believe that with the advantage of the rebel army's crowds, even if it is consumed, the Russian army can be consumed to death, and the second half of this meeting is also around the theme of who will consume the Russian army.
After being the leader for a while, even the people who were once the most worried about the country and the people have now become extremely powerful, and it is clear that Poland is now in a very chaotic period, and the men and horses in their hands are the basis for them to be able to settle down, as long as they have the men and horses, they can enjoy the luxury life that they could not enjoy before, so none of them are willing to take their men and horses and consume them with the Russians.
And seeing this scene, Yevisky has no good way, from Yevisky's heart, the thoughts of these leaders, he is very clear, because at this time, like everyone present, he regards the men and horses in his hands as the root of life.
If he were allowed to meet Kulichkov again, he would not be as bold as the previous one.
But things always have to be done, and in the end, the proposal proposed by Yevisky, which was agreed by everyone present, was adopted, and Yevisky proposed that a special force of 100 to 1,000 be drawn from the various insurrectionary teams, and one of the reasons for the existence of this special force was to constantly cause trouble in the vicinity of the enemy, as Yevisky did with Kulichkov, and at the same time to monitor the enemy's logistics lines and roads.
Of course, there is also a significance that if the Russian army attacks any rebel team, this special force must rush to the scene to support and assume the task of firefighters at the first time.
Such a proposal was of course approved by the majority of the people, and since no one was willing to lead all his men and horses to fight the Russians well, it was necessary to set up such a special force.
If the Russians take advantage of the fact that the big guy is defenseless and take the initiative to attack a certain uprising team, it will not be difficult to ensure that other uprising teams will die and will not be saved, so everyone is very happy to draw a little strength to form a team that can save their lives at a critical time.
While the rebels were busy with an unknown fate to come, William also received news from the North American continent.
In March, the last Prussian expeditionary force sent to the North American continent landed on the North American continent, and the arrival of this support force greatly encouraged the Anglo-Prussian army on the North American continent, and the arrival of this support army brought the number of troops at the disposal of the Count of Bruneke to nearly 16,000 men.
Even with the arrival of Prussian reinforcements, the situation on the North American continent is still not optimistic.
Before the reinforcements arrived, the strength of the Southern Continental Army, supported by the French and Spanish coalition forces, jumped to 20,000, while in the north, the main force of the Continental Army led by Washington was still playing hide and seek with Clinton, but because of this, Clinton's more than 10,000 British troops were completely dragged in the north.
Under the pressure of 20,000 enemy troops, the total number was only more than 12,000 Anglo-Prussian troops, and the battle was very difficult.
But it persevered, but it came at a cost, such as the fall of North Carolina.
The fall of North Carolina had an enormous impact on the entire battlefield, because after the Continental Army captured North Carolina, the north and south of North America had been divided, and the land passage between the British forces in Bruneke in the south and the British forces under Clinton in the north had been cut off.
Although Count Brüneke had the intention to organize a battle in the hope of inflicting a heavy blow on the Continental Army, but helplessly, the Continental Army, with the assistance of the judicial officer, understood the truth of no longer marching blindly, and the cautious Continental Army made Count Breneke helpless.
The situation did not improve until the arrival of reinforcements, after the arrival of reinforcements, the Anglo-Prussian army finally surpassed the Continental Army, of course, this advantage is not so obvious, but it is clear that this has given the Anglo-Prussian army hope.
Later, in response to the current situation, Bruneke formulated a method of concentrating forces to eliminate the Continental Army, but in the North American War, the Continental Army has been greatly developed, but there is still a certain gap with the army of the first-class European countries, so in order to expand this Continental Army unfavorably, in the subsequent war, Bruneke's spearhead was directed at the French army.
It is undeniable that the French ** team is indeed relatively strong, and several attacks by Brunec have been resisted by the French ** team, and after that, the North American Continental Congress convened an emergency meeting, and the result of the meeting was to gather 5,000 militia in the North American colonies again and send them to the south.
However, although the Prussian and British forces did not attack enough, the defense was still quite comfortable, and in several battles the two sides ended in draws, so that the Continental Parliament saw that it could not open the situation in the south, so it turned its attention to the north again.
Washington's headquarters in the north had been playing peek-a-boo with the British army led by Clinton before, and his peek-a-boo was also quite successful, not only dragging Clinton's British troops in the north, but also more commendable was that Washington also seized several towns from the British army when the advantage of troops was not obvious, and this move also made Washington prestige in the Continental Congress.
Previously, Washington was quite dissatisfied with the policy of the Continental Congress towards the South, and after seeing that the Continental Congress had thrown most of its forces into the South, but the South was unable to open up the situation for a long time, and even after Green, as the American Army in the South, suffered a big loss at the hands of Prussia, Washington made a speech in the Continental Congress.
In this speech, Washington believed that the reason for the delay in the South was the intervention of the Prussian army, and he believed that it was entirely possible to temporarily drag the Prussians through diplomatic means, and then throw the entire continental parliament on the northern battlefield.
Washington firmly believed that as long as the Continental Congress could give him 10,000 reinforcements, then he would be sure to completely wipe out the British army in the north, and this idea also made some members of the Continental Congress who lived in the north heartbroken.
But Washington's opinion was influenced by another patriarch of the Continental Congress, Benjamin Brown.
Franklin's objection.
Moon Benjamin.
Franklin was born in Boston, North America, and Franklin was elected secretary of the Pennsylvania Legislature, serving as deputy postmaster of Philadelphia, and several times he negotiated with Great Britain as a representative of the North American colonies.
After the outbreak of the North American War, he participated in the drafting of the Second Continental Congress and the Declaration, and Franklin, who was already 70 years old, traveled to France to win the support of the French and European people for the North American struggle.
The opposition of such a respected senator was not expected by Washington, but Washington was not discouraged, and he explained to the Continental Congress: At present, the North American war has entered the most critical moment, after many years of conquest, whether it is under the control of the British army or under the control of the Continental Congress, the area has been dragged into the abyss by the war, and the people are bruised.
Then maybe the support of the people will go far from the continental parliament.
For the time being, a decisive victory is needed to improve the situation, and the situation in the south is unlikely to improve anytime soon, and the only way to break the current impasse is to win in the north and then sweep the south with a big victory.
Washington's opinion is not unreasonable, but where did the reinforcements he asked come from?
There is no doubt that it is impossible for the Continental Congress to recruit another 10,000 militia at the moment, so it is necessary to draw troops from the south.
And Franklin also put forward his point of view: At present, the Prussian army in the south has become a big problem for the Continental Congress, and now the two sides are trying their best to wrestle in the south, if the Continental Congress now turns its focus to the north, it is difficult to guarantee that the situation in the south will not have major changes, so in Franklin's view, in order to improve the current situation, then it is necessary to continue to increase troops to the south, and after defeating the Prussian-British coalition army in the south, then together with Washington's Northern Army to besiege Clinton's department.
Franklin's opinion was also supported by some of the parliamentarians, and seeing this, Washington was extremely anxious, if the parliament struggled too long over the question of whether to choose the south or the north, it was difficult to guarantee that the British would not take the opportunity to turn the tables, so the continental parliament must make a decision immediately.
And at this moment, another important patriarch stepped forward, and this patriarch was John.
Adams, who was born in Adams, was a young man in the Continental Congress, but this did not affect his great popularity in the Parliament, and as a member of the Franklin Constitution, Adams undoubtedly had many supporters in the Parliament.
Because of the influence of William's butterfly, the north, which had been occupied by the American army, has not yet been determined, and as a Massachusetts, Adams naturally hopes to save his hometown from the clutches of the British rulers.
So on the day Adams did not hesitate to make a choice, he supported Washington's northern strategy, and his choice did affect some of the congressmen, in the case of Jefferson's abstention, Washington's proposal was passed, of course, it was also because of this matter Franklin's dissatisfaction with Washington, Adams and other young Zhuang factions almost reached its peak, after the meeting, Franklin walked to Washington's side and scolded Washington, he thought that Washington's move was completely picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.
Washington, however, was still good in the face of Franklin's scolding, saying to Franklin: God will prove that we are right in our choices today.