On February 20, 1813, the United States and French forces had already surrounded the British army in Ottawa. General Arthur Wellesley also organized several counterattacks at first, and they were also quite effective, even capturing some valuable munitions from the unprepared German-speaking French.

Overall, although the exchange ratio obtained from these counterattacks was good, it still consumed a lot of supplies, especially ammunition. So General Arthur Wellesley no longer tried to fight back, and he could only hold out in Ottawa as much as he could, hoping that the war would change.

But in fact, everyone, including General Arthur Wellesley, knew that even if the war situation did change, it would be difficult for the British army in Ottawa to support it.

First of all, even if the British army achieved any victories in Europe, it would not be possible to send much more force to North America in the present situation. Even if they send forces, they can't easily send supplies because of Quebec's betrayal, and even if they can do that, well, the British troops in Ottawa are already starving to death before they send their precious supplies.

So at this time, it was really impossible to continue fighting, and the British army led by General Arthur Wellesley began to consider the issue of surrender, and anyway, it was not the first time that the British army surrendered to the American and French forces.

Originally, at this time, everyone talked about it, and then according to the old rules, the British handed over the command knife, and it was over. But this time, two problems suddenly emerged that they had not encountered before.

The first conundrum, of course, is how to divide the spoils. At the time of the American Revolution, there was no question of how to divide the territory. It is certainly impossible for the French to say that one or two of the thirteen independent North American states belong to France. But it's different now, Canada is a big piece.

The Americans felt that the French had already gotten a large chunk of Quebec, that the best ports in Canada, the coastal part, had already been occupied by the French, and that the rest should naturally belong to the United States. Moreover, the Quebecers took advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the American army to attack the British, shouting neutral and neutral, but they quietly ran over and occupied a lot of land that was not within their range. The arithmetic Chinese have really earned it.

But the French said that this was not the case. First of all, Quebec was only independent and not part of France. So Quebec is Quebec and France is France, these are two different things and cannot be confused. As for whether Quebec will join France in the future? In the future, let's talk about it in the future, anyway, Quebec is an independent country now, and it is an independent country that has been recognized by the United States, and it cannot be counted in the scope of everyone's partition of Canada!

Well, even excluding Quebec, there is still a lot of space left in Canada that can be carved up. The large area near the Great Lakes is a very nice piece of land, and it's still good for everyone to share it here.

But the French were quick to act, because in the previous war, the British and Canadians had done a lot of bad things in the United States, so they were very worried that if they were occupied by the Americans, something bad would happen to them. Anyway, Canada and Americans are already familiar with each other, and they both know what kind of goods each other is. So even if the Americans won't pursue them, they won't dare to believe it. What's more, the Americans really dare not say that they want to be pardoned magnanimously. They really dare to say that, believe it or not, the gang in the south was rebelled by the three light states every minute to show you.

At this time, the Canadians also knew that the war must have been lost, and now they had only one way to surrender. And to whom to surrender becomes a matter of fate.

In later generations, when the ** gang was defeated by the woolly bear, they also encountered similar problems. Although the Führer had always hoped that his troops would be able to fight to the death on both the eastern and western fronts. But Santokuko's army still made the choice of desperately blocking in the east and surrendering as much as possible to the west.

Canadians are no more stupid than Sandezi, and they still understand such a simple truth, so they have adopted a similar approach. Except for Ottawa, the other cities and strongholds basically opened their doors and surrendered as soon as they saw that it was French, and if it was American, they fought hard.

One consequence of this was that the French quickly occupied a large number of important strongholds, such as the "Mud York", (which later became Toronto). The British, after losing the New York in North America, built another York here. It's just that the development here is far inferior to that of New York, so the Americans gave it the nickname "Mud York") and surrendered to the French without firing a shot.

One of the problems with this is that the French occupy far more places than the Americans. If the place occupied by the Americans belongs to whom, then the Americans will really fight in vain. And the main cost of this battle is borne by the Americans.

So while the British are still resisting in Ottawa, the Americans are already arguing with the French.

The Americans felt that the French should give up a little bit of what they occupied to the United States. But the French did not hesitate to say that this was occupied by Lao Tzu with his ability, why let it?

The Americans also feel that since we are now allies and fighting the evil British together, can the money we borrowed in the past be reduced a little? I think that when His Majesty Louis XVI fought alongside us, he was very generous.

Today's France is naturally much richer than the France of Louis XVI's time, and if the United States were Ireland, then Napoleon's France would definitely be a big stroke of the pen, saying, these debts or something will be forgiven. But this is the United States.

According to Joseph's classification, the United States and Ireland are not one animal. Ireland is a dog, and America is a wolf. Ireland itself is close to Britain, and in terms of resources, there is no coal and iron, and it is basically impossible to become an independent power independent from France. So, the French didn't need to guard against Ireland.

But the United States is different. The United States is all ruthless, brave and ruthless, and it is also known for its love of expansion. They bullied the Spaniards before the French returned to the Americas – and of course, after the French returned to the Americas, the French bullied the Spaniards even more.

So Louis Bonaparte had long received instructions from his brother Napoleon: "One of the aims of the war, of course, is to weaken England, to seize their colonies, to expand our territory." But there is another goal, if not more important, than important, and that is to weaken the United States. If possible, it is better to divide the United States. ”

With such a goal, the performance of the French is naturally conceivable. The strongholds that have already been occupied will certainly not be handed over in vain. Some of them are not negotiable, of course, but they have to be paid for.

There are also some strongholds, which are guaranteed that France and the Republic of Quebec can have a land border, well, it is not possible to add money, unless the square of the money, ah, no, it should be the cube of the money.

As for the issue of debt, well, we are allies, we don't talk about money, and talking about money hurts feelings, right? In this way, in the name of the state, lend you money to the United States, and we will not have interest. What? You said you were borrowing mostly money from the Louisiana Development Bank. Heck, it's not going to be easy, it's really hard to do.

You see, this Louisiana Development Bank, he's a private bank, it's private property, understand? This is not the money you borrowed from France, this is the money you borrowed from French citizens. Private property is sacrosanct, and that is the most sacred law of our First Earth, ah, it should be the First Republic. Even the French government has no right to forgive the money you owe them.

Therefore, there is nothing to talk about debts, and as for land, there is not much to talk about. In this war, the Americans shed the most blood and suffered the greatest losses, but when it came time to harvest, they found that they had almost nothing.

In fact, it is not all for nothing, and some northern states still get some land to some extent. But the South really got nothing, except for the burned cities and the slaughtered people.

This has two consequences, the first is that the south needs a lot of money to rebuild. The South hoped that the northern states would support themselves, just as in the war, they sent troops to support the North. But the problem is that there is no money in the north either, and they can only count on two things: first, to take down Ottawa, grab a handful, and see how much money they can grab in the warehouses in Ottawa. Second, after defeating the British, let the British government pay reparations.

According to the estimates of the Americans, there should already be not much money left in the warehouses in Ottawa. So that's just a drop in the bucket, and it's not a top deal at all. As for the reparations of the British, it is that far water cannot save the near fire.

Another consequence is the question of what to do with the British troops in Ottawa. General Arthur Wellesley had already sent men to test the terms of surrender. The French, on the basis of the principles of the joint declaration of France and the Holy See, believed that as long as the British surrendered, their personal safety and private property should be protected. Americans, especially Southerners, believe that these people are criminals and that they should all pay for their atrocities in the war. According to the guys in Georgia, after they surrendered, these people should be sent to Georgia to be tried in court and given a fair punishment for their crimes.

The British, of course, would not accept such conditions of surrender. Even the French felt that this was a complete intend not to accept surrender. What kind of "just punishment", who are you coaxing with this thing? When we haven't seen how you give "just punishment" to the Indians? Even if we haven't seen how your courts try Indians, don't we know how the "Revolutionary Tribunals" work? Speaking of which, your courts are more efficient at hanging Indians than our "revolutionary courts"? The British, again, are not stupid enough to accept such conditions.

But the Americans could not budge on this issue, because whoever conceded on this issue would immediately be regarded as a "traitor" by the entire South. As far as the habits of those barbarians in the south are concerned, it is very normal to shout "God will punish the national thief" and then shoot out two revolvers.

Since we can't talk about it, we can only fight.

However, the French showed little interest in continuing the offensive, and they had good reasons to say that the soldiers should not be allowed to continue to die when the general situation was decided. They even advised the Americans not to be in a hurry, to surround them slowly first, to besiege them for a longer period of time, and when they were too hungry to do so, it would be good to attack.

At first, the Americans thought that this proposal of the French was still good. The British army's defense is still quite strong, and if it is attacked hard, I don't know how many people will die. It's better to wait slowly, and wait for them to starve to death.

However, the Americans soon discovered that this idea was not necessarily plausible. Because the British launched a counterattack on the side of the French, and then ...... Then they seized quite a few things from the French and withdrew.

The Americans, of course, were very unhappy to complain about how the French were doing. As for the French, the French said that the area was garrisoned by the Indians who submitted to France, and you can't ask too much of the Indians.

"What? You actually used Indians to garrison your positions? How could the Indians hold on? ”

"But it's cheap to hire them. And soon spring ploughing will begin, and the soldiers are in a hurry to go home and farm. If we delay farming, we have to spend more money to subsidize them. Hell, that's not a little bit of money. The British didn't break through anyway. Afraid of what? ”

Then, in the French army, there were more and more Indians, and the French army came less and less. The reason, of course, is that spring ploughing is about to begin, and the French army in Louisiana is mainly a militia, and the main body of the militia is farmers, and the Louisiana government has limited finances, so it ......

So the positions could only be given to the friendly Indians, who, of course, did not object to the French if they were willing to take over. Of course, to take over this position, the Americans need to continue to increase their army, and it doesn't cost money to increase the army? How can the U.S. government have money?

The Americans protested against the irresponsible practices of the French. But the French retorted: "If it weren't for your insistence on trying the British, the British would have surrendered long ago, and we would have gone back a long time ago." ”

As a result, the besieging US-French coalition army gradually became the US-Indian (Dian) coalition army, and then gradually became a pure American army.

Solving the problem by besieging the city for a long time can of course greatly reduce casualties, but the Americans need a lot of money to maintain a long siege, and today, the Americans have no money. Or the Americans could have surrendered in exchange for promising not to hold the British accountable for their war atrocities, but this is very politically incorrect in the United States. So now the Americans have only one way to go, and that is to storm Ottawa.