Although the British Army is very disciplined in retreat, it is super researched about retreat, especially when there are allies or servant troops.

But as the troops gradually withdrew, the battle line became more and more difficult to maintain, and at this time, it was the most critical time.

At present, it is no longer possible to continue to shrink the defense area little by little and to withdraw troops little by little, and any small transfer will very well lead to an avalanche of deterioration of the situation of the defense line. Now, therefore, the British were no longer going to carry out a small retreat, but a general retreat, in a very short time, with the fastest speed, before the enemy could react, quickly load as many people as possible, and then leave.

To achieve this goal, the throughput capacity of the port and the organizational ability of the troops are very high. However, Dublin has some natural advantages.

First of all, Dublin itself is the largest and most important port in Ireland, with quite good port facilities in this era, able to berth a large number of ships at the same time, and because it is relatively closed, the sea conditions in the Irish Sea are also better, and ships can carry more people.

In addition, after the war entered a stalemate, the Duke of Norfolk further expanded the port of Dublin, adding a number of docks. The reason at that time was naturally to facilitate the increase of troops, but at that time, the small wharf built for the purpose of rapid increase of troops did not necessarily have no intention of rapid withdrawal.

In this way, the first condition for a quick withdrawal of troops was achieved, and all that remained was how to quickly organize the retreat.

In the past few days, the Duke of Norfolk has been busy meeting with the commanders of the "security forces", addressing them, encouraging them, and awarding them medals.

After Napoleon came up with a system of medals, the British followed suit with a set of their own. And more detailed than Napoleon's. Among them, the main ones used in the army are as follows.

The first is the Royal Cross, which is basically awarded only to members of the royal family who serve in the military, as well as to high-ranking officers. The lower rank is the so-called "Order of Outstanding Valor", which, depending on the name, is supposed to be awarded to those who have shown great bravery in the first line, but in reality, this kind of medal is mainly awarded to officers of the rank of colonel. It's basically impossible for a real front-line soldier and a junior officer to get this thing.

The lower level is the Order of Merit, which is used to reward soldiers and junior officers who are brave in battle. This kind of medal will basically only be awarded to the authentic British army, and there is no need to think about such a miscellaneous card as the "security army".

One rank lower is the so-called "epaulettes", which are a bronze oak leaf adorned on the shoulder. In the British Army, this is a relatively common medal. But in the "security army", it is generally those who are "hardcore lovers" who can get this thing.

In general, the medal system of the British army at this time was quite complete, full of traces of the petty family spirit of this era, that is, the high medal was given to the highest, and the low-class medal was given to the low-class. Unlike a certain country in later generations, the highest-level medals are all given to the most basic and front-line soldiers.

This time, the Duke of Norfolk made a little money and awarded a large number of military merit medals to the captains of the "security army", and the more prominent ones, such as Captain Jarvis, even got a "Medal of Outstanding Valor", which made some authentic British troops not very satisfied.

"Where there is a medal for military dogs, it is still awarded a high-ranking medal such as the 'Order of Outstanding Valor'." Tony Holguin, the duke's chamberlain, said.

"Ah, Tony, aren't they just a few brands? There's a big deal. The Duke of Norfolk shook his head indifferently.

"But the Duke, the issuance of these things requires the approval of the Council and the King. If we keep winning, we can apply for so many medals at once. But we are now ...... They're bound to have something to say. ”

Hearing this, the Duke smiled slightly, "Ah, Tony, you are so young and so cute. Who told you that I was going to apply to the Parliament and to the King? Can you afford to do such a hassle? ”

At this time, the large-scale awarding of medals, seriously, is indeed easy to make people think that this is not eating a severed head. However, when receiving them, the Duke of Norfolk also conveyed to them the plan of retreat very seriously, including the time and order of boarding. Of course, the Duke also demanded strict secrecy, noting that if anyone's troops moved, their retreat would be adjusted to the end.

Basically, the "hardcore lovers" also got a good retreat sequence. Captain Jarvis, for example, has been given a very good pick, and tomorrow morning, the authentic British prince behind him will be the first to retreat. After the princes retreated, it was soon Jarvis' turn. At that time, with the assembly number as a signal, Captain Jarvis can take his men and retreat to the docks. On the docks, there was a boat reserved for Jarvis for them. When they get on board, they can be safe.

"Captain Jarvis, regarding the retreat, it must be kept in the highest order. We suspect that in your troops, there are rebel spies. Therefore, the retreat must not be told until the rallying cry is heard. Until then, it must not be disclosed to anyone. The Duke of Norfolk said seriously.

Jarvis knew that there might not be any of his subordinates who were still in contact with the "rebels" - after all, they were separated by a battle line and barbed wire. But there must be a lot of people who want to get in touch with the "rebels" - this can be seen from the way they look at themselves these days.

But as I said, I spied on important information, and it was the same as stealing his head, and Temeow's was also a major meritorious service. As long as those guys under him know, God knows how many people are going to make a "major meritorious service"? If it weren't for the fact that he had blood on his hands, Jarvis would have wanted to make a "major meritorious service".

"Your Excellency the Governor, I will definitely keep it a secret." Jarvis touched his feet, and one stood right.

"How do you explain if your soldiers see the rest of the troops behind you retreating?" The Duke of Norfolk asked again.

"My Lord, I tell them that they are retreating to the next line of defense."

In fact, behind them, there is a line of defense. Therefore, most of the soldiers of the "security army" also believed that they would first retreat to the last line of defense, and then resist for a while, and then they would always retreat. But in fact, the so-called last line of defense, in fact, the most important role is to make them misunderstand.

"Good, Captain Jarvis, very good!" "When I get to England," said the Duke of Norfolk, "I hope to see you in the service of the United Kingdom." ”

"It is our greatest honour to fight for the United Kingdom." Captain Jarvis said.

Captain Jarvis wore a silver-white "Medal of Outstanding Valor" and triumphantly returned to his defensive position. At this time, it was the time to eat, and the people of the Independence Army also had to eat, which was a rare quiet time in the siege.

Taking advantage of this time, Captain Jarvis had dinner and put his personal belongings in order. He knew that no matter how he arranged, it would always be easy to have all kinds of chaos when retreating. Moreover, he is not going to really stand on the last shift, when the situation is really chaotic, God knows what will happen? If something happens and you can't get on the boat, it's all over.

Captain Jarvis was in his room, checked both revolvers, filled them with bullets, and looked carefully out the window, where there was no one.

Captain Jarvis walked over to the window, opened it, and stuck his head out to look out. There was no one out there. He retracted his head, closed the window, closed the curtains, and opened a locked cabinet. There was another safe inside the cupboard, and Captain Jarvis opened the safe and took out a long leather belt from it, along with a stack of gold coins.

Over the years, Captain Jarvis has relied on collecting protection money, buying and selling important materials, participating in various smuggling and anti-smuggling, and anti-smuggling after being seized. Anyway, relying on these means, Captain Jarvis has made a lot of money over the years. Captain Jarvis has always been distrustful of paper money, even British banknotes, so over the years, he has exchanged some of his earnings for gold coins, and some of it, well, he went to England to buy real estate and houses while he was on vacation. Comparing the current situation, I have to say that Captain Jarvis still has a lot of talent for investment. However, Captain Jarvis was not too happy with himself, and he felt that it would have been better if he had chosen to buy a house in France.

Jarvis picked up the belt, it was a special belt, it was actually a long pocket to fit some small things inside.

Jarvis stuffed the gold coins one by one into his belt, and finally carefully stuffed a few pieces of paper—it was the title deed—into long strips stacked one by one. Then he removed the belt from his waist and replaced it with it. Then he also carefully patted it with his hand. The gold coin or something was stuck tightly in it, and it didn't make any sound.

Jarvis touched the belt with satisfaction, his net worth was all in it. Long before the siege, he sent his mother-in-law to England. They are very satisfied with this and see it as a sign of loyalty to the United Kingdom. But that's nothing to Jarvis. He actually couldn't trust anyone, including the woman who didn't know if it was his wife or his concubine, so his money, his really important things, weren't put over there, they were all here.

Because there are a lot of gold coins in the belt, it is a bit heavy. This heavy feeling made his heart feel particularly steady. He hung up the revolver, which had both loaded bullets, and went out to inspect the position.

In the blink of an eye, it was night, it was a full moon night, and the light was good, so Jarvis had to arrange the defense for the night.

He told his soldiers that tonight they were going to abandon their current positions and retreat to the last line of defense.

"The British, who were next to us and a little behind us, retreated to new support points, and after controlling the key support points, it was about dawn in the early hours of the morning. We can retreat. ”

The first few retreats were basically like this, so most of the soldiers were not suspicious. Even if they were suspicious, what they suspected was whether the British would sell them when the last line of defense could not be stopped, what they didn't expect was that this so-called last line of defense was not to deal with those Irish Independence Army, but to deceive them.

At midnight, from the flank of the "security army" led by Jarvis, there was a sound of rustling, which was the beginning of the retreat of the British army. Jarvis asked his deputy to look at his men, and he excused himself to contact the British, who were retreating, so that he could arrange for the rear defense.

This was also a common occurrence in the past, so the deputy was not suspicious. He went to the back, and sure enough, he saw that the British army was retreating in an orderly manner. Jarvis followed him to the docks. It's just that in the docklands, he was still blocked by the gendarmes. The gendarmes told him that only after the rallying call was sounded could they, the "security forces", retreat.

So Jarvis could only wait there, watching the groups of British people get on the boats one by one, watching one ship after another come to the dock, and then leave the dock, and then another ship docks, and some ships leave the dock.

At the docks, groups of British troops arrived, and then quickly boarded and left. Squad after squad of British troops went on and on, and it seemed that they could go on and on, and on, until the four Knights of the Apocalypse blew their horns and announced the end of the world.

"Ah, Captain Jarvis, you're early." A voice rang out.

Captain Jarvis turned his head to look, only to see several people coming this way. Jarvis took a closer look and knew that they were all "hardcore lovers" certified by the Independence Army like him. Although Jarvis felt that several of them did not deserve to be called "hardcore lovers".

"Why are you here?" Jarvis asked.

"Cut, why you're here, we're here." A "hardcore rape" who has also been looking at Jarvis unpleasantly retorted.

"Okay, at this time, let's not make trouble." Another "hardcore love traitor" said.

"In a moment the gendarmes should be on board. Then it was our turn to get on board. "But you see, how many boats are there on the dock?" This boat is obviously not enough to take all of our people away. If we don't come here now, we won't be able to get on board. ”

This man's statement hit everyone's heart, so everyone stopped talking.

At this time, a group of four-wheeled carriages arrived at the docks, and it turned out that the Duke of Norfolk was preparing to board the ship with a bunch of servants and his pet dog.

As soon as the Duke of Norfolk got out of the car, he saw these "hardcore lovers", he signaled to the others, and then came this way with a few guards.

"Mr. Governor, are you here too?" Jarvis immediately stood right.

"yes, I have to go, too. But Captain Jarvis, believe that we will be back! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor, we will definitely be back." Jarvis replied.

"Well, Captain Jarvis, your troops shouldn't be ready to retreat yet." The Duke of Norfolk took out his pocket watch from his bosom and glanced at it, and his voice became stern, "And you, it's not time yet." You should now go back to your posts. ”

The gendarmes next to them also gathered around.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you misunderstood, we are just to ensure a smooth retreat in the future, so let's come here to investigate the situation first." Captain Jarvis hurried.

"Now that you're done? It's time to go back, right? Get back to your posts right now. "The Duke of Norfolk was very stern.

"We'll go back right away." Jarvis hurriedly said.

Then the "hardcore traitors" winked at each other, saluted the Duke of Norfolk together, and then turned around and ran away.

But they didn't really know how to go with their troops, they just turned a corner and turned behind a house and stopped.

"Shall we go back?" Someone asked.

"Go back to." "Look at the boats left, and there's so many people in there. Bring them aboard, and we may not be able to get on it ourselves! No one is allowed to go back! ”

As he spoke, Jarvis also felt the revolver from his waist.

"Yes, not going back. We're waiting here for the rallying call. Others say the same.

At this time, a little white fish belly gradually appeared in the eastern sky, and the morning star had appeared in the eastern sky, and there were not many British troops on the docks, and a large group of the Governor of Norfolk had already boarded a large boat, and then the ship left the docks. Nowadays, there are many fewer boats on the docks. The gendarmes also began to board.

"The gendarmes are all on board, why haven't the damn rallying calls sounded yet!" A "hardcore lover" said anxiously.

"Oops, oops, those gendarmes are gone! Oops, those boats are getting ready to go, aren't they waiting for us. ”

"It must have been the trumpeter who ran away and forgot to blow the trumpet!" Captain Jarvis said, "Oops, the last boat is also reeling in the cable, let's get over there!" ”

At this time, there was only one ship on the dock, and the other ships were heading towards the open sea, and there were no waiting ships outside the port.

A few of the "hardcore traitors" rushed towards the docks, and there were no gendarmes to stop them. They gasped and ran towards the last boat, which was still unmooring.

"Wait a minute, wait for us." They shouted as they ran.

But they didn't seem to stop waiting for them, and just as they were about to run, the boat had already put away its cables and began to leave the dock.