Soon, under the leadership of Bruneck, the 10,000 Prussian Army took advantage of the Continental Army's shrinking defense line to detour along the Greensboro line to the back of the capital of North Carolina, and immediately launched an attack on the city of Rolle when Green did not react.
Although Green deployed heavy troops in the city of Luolie, because of the suddenness of the Prussian army's attack, the Continental Army was caught off guard, and after two days of fierce fighting, the city of Luolie changed hands, and Green could only retreat to the countryside with the remnants of the Continental Army to engage in guerrilla warfare.
After the capture of the city of Lorje, Bruneke left 3,000 men to defend this important town, and then Brüneke led 6,000 Prussian troops northward, because of Green's retreat, so the Prussian army went very smoothly along the way, except for sporadic battles, the Prussian army basically did not encounter decent resistance.
Of course, Green is not a vegetarian, and in the rear of the Prussian army, the Continental Army led by Green is also constantly causing trouble for the Prussian army.
But Bruneke didn't think so, in his opinion, as long as he could hold on to important towns such as the city of Laulie, it didn't matter if the rest was left to Green, anyway, sooner or later it would return to the hands of the Prussian army.
Under the city of Philadelphia, watching the Continental Army surging up like a tide, Clinton was extremely anxious, after so many days of fighting, although there was naval artillery support, but the British army still suffered a lot of casualties, and the British army was not as strong as the Continental Army.
Under these circumstances, there were already different voices among the British army, and some officers thought that they should either abandon Philadelphia and withdraw to Canada by sea, or break through to the south to join the Prussian-British forces in the South, but Clinton rejected the suggestion made by his men.
Clinton knew very well that if he abandoned the South now, then even if he joined up with the Prussian army in the South, the Prussian and British forces would be in a very bad situation, and the Continental Army, which unified the North, would definitely take advantage of the victory and sweep away to the South.
And some of the colonies that vacillated between the British and the Continental Army would also change their previous attitudes, after all, beating the water dogs was something everyone liked to do, so Clinton firmly did not agree to give up Philadelphia.
"Your Excellency, the casualties of our army are too great, and if this continues, I'm afraid everyone will die here."
"Dallar.
What do you mean, our soldiers are guarding British territory, they are loyal to the British king, even if they die in battle, they will die a well-deserved death, a glorious death!
” "But Your Excellency .........
General" "Dallar.
You don't have to say it.
My mind is determined, I will not retreat from Philadelphia, and the warriors of the King will give those shameful thieves, liars, and traitors a taste of defeat!
” Because the original inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies were all exiled criminals or heretics, Clinton said this.
"Your Excellency, General.
Reinforcements, reinforcements are coming!
” A British soldier brandished his military hat and quickly ran towards Clinton's location, and Clinton and Dalral, who were in a stalemate, looked pale.
"What do you say, where did the reinforcements come from" Clinton hurriedly asked the British soldier, and the soldier ran up to Clinton and took a few breaths before saying: "Your Excellency, the Admiral, the fleet, our navy send a flag.
They had General Cornwallis on board from the South, but because the harbor was under attack by the Continental Army, the Navy wanted us to provide a safe harbor and drop off the men on board."
"Quick, Dalal, you personally go and bring two battalions to send me the Continental Army in the port back, we must let these reinforcements land as soon as possible, and give flags to the navy, so that they can bombard the Continental Army in front of the right for five rounds" When Clinton heard this, he immediately turned around and gave the order, and Dalal changed his sad face after hearing the news of the arrival of reinforcements.
He immediately answered with a loud yes and ran away.
"Great" Clinton slapped his hands fiercely, of course, he knew that the reinforcements this time would not be too much, after all, the British naval strength in North America, Clinton still knew in his heart, and the size of the reinforcements this time was at most a few thousand people.
However, this is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the current precarious situation of the British army.
Sure enough, an hour later, an unexpected figure appeared in front of Clinton, and it was Cornwallis.
"Oh, Cornwallis.
You're finally here, how many people did you bring this time" As soon as they met.
Instead of greeting Cornwallis, Clinton went straight to the point "Your Excellency, I have brought three thousand five hundred soldiers this time" "Great" The number of people is not very large, but it is not a lot, and 3,500 troops is enough for Clinton to launch a small counteroffensive against the opposite Continental Army in a local battlefield, and I believe that the Continental Army must not know the news of the arrival of British reinforcements at present.
"By the way, where did our Prussian allies go?"
Clinton suddenly remembered an extremely important question, without the support of Prussia, even if he received 3,500 reinforcements, he would not be able to completely hold Philadelphia, and he must be supported by the Prussians.
"Your Excellency, before I came here, the Prussian Count Brüneke had a communication with me, and the Prussian army planned to take the city of Lørje and then march north."
"Oh, what's going on" Clinton frowned, obviously he was very eager for the arrival of the Prussian army, and it was best for the Prussian army to appear in front of Clinton the next moment, believing that the commander would show a happy expression.
Cornwallis glanced at Clinton's face and finally decided to tell the truth "Your Excellency, it is so, there is the main force of the Continental Army of the South in the city of Laure, and the Count of Bruneke thinks that this nail must be pulled out, otherwise it will be disastrous for our situation in the south to keep this Continental Army" This answer made Clinton relax for a while, but then he became worried again, Luolie City has the main force of the Southern Continental Army, so how long will it take for the Prussian army to take Luolie City, you must know that the current war situation is a race of life, if the Prussian army is dragged under Luolie City, what will happen to the British army in Philadelphia.
"Send someone to contact Governor Hockley of the West Indies immediately, I need his assistance, remember to ask him for help this time in my personal name, otherwise that damn Hockley will definitely refuse under various excuses, and bring all those things in the warehouse, I think Hockley will agree to my request" Clinton said to an officer next to him, and that officer was undoubtedly Clinton's confidant.
At present, the strength of the British army in the entire North American continent is still slightly insufficient, except for the British army under Clinton, the British army in Canada is less than 3,000 people, and the troops sent to the North American continent by France alone are more than 20,000.
Now, in the face of the unfavorable situation, Clinton must bring in reinforcements as soon as possible, and there is only one place where there are enough troops, and that is the West Indies.
Because Britain and France clashed several times in the West Indies, the British army deployed extremely strong forces in the West Indies, and this army had more than 20,000 men.
It's just that Clinton has asked for help from this army several times before, but the commander of this army, Governor Hockley, refused, and at the parliament, the Governor Hockley said innocently in the face of parliamentary questioning, because of the threat of the French army, the garrison of the West Indies cannot be dispatched at all, otherwise the French army will definitely seize the loophole and attack the West Indies.
Although Parliament questioned Hockley's words, the many battles between Britain and France in the West Indies last year had proved France's ambitions, so Parliament decided not to draw troops from the West Indies to support North America.
But that Hawker only used very polite words to describe his helplessness in response to Clinton's anger, and then in the words, this Hawker hinted to Clinton that if Clinton could come up with the interests that made him happy, then Hockley could make some appropriate contributions to the friendly forces.
Now that the extremely dangerous war situation has made Clinton hate that fat man Hockley, if North America is lost in his hands, then Clinton can conclude that his political career will be over.
"But, Your Excellency, there is a ........... in the warehouse."
"Don't say it, do as I say, don't care how much it costs, even if you promise more conditions, you have to bring me reinforcements!"
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Although the flesh hurts, Clinton has to do so.
The reason why the officer said so much was that there was a priceless treasure in Clinton's warehouse, and that treasure was the famous painting "Mona Lisa's Smile" The painting fell into the hands of the Clinton family ancestors in the last century, but because they were afraid of the treasure, the treasure has been treasured by the Clinton family, and no one except the owner of the family knows the secret.
But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and by the time it reached Clinton's hands, the entire British upper class basically knew the ownership of this famous painting.
"Wait, tell Hockley that if he wants the painting, then he must send me more than 10,000 reinforcements, or I'd rather this painting be reduced to ashes with me!"
Clinton's resoluteness is impressive, in fact, Clinton also knows that not only Hocker, but the entire British upper echelons are eyeing the famous painting in his hand, and the Clinton family has already declined, and he alone cannot keep this treasure.
If he fails in North America, Clinton believes that he will not end well when he returns to London, and this treasure will definitely not be saved.
In this case, it is better to use this treasure to maximize his own interests, as long as the rebellion in North America can be quelled, Clinton believes that he can take advantage of it to gain a greater future, and the Clinton family will return to the British House of Lords.