"Hell! What a damn place, it's just winter, and it's so cold! Saigo Takamori looked at the snot that fell out and suddenly turned into ice bumps, and couldn't help but complain, "Fortunately, a lot of furs were found in that town to keep warm, otherwise, the remaining 4,000 people of our Hexi United Army were not wiped out by the American foreign soldiers, but by this damn ghost weather!" ”

Lin Qirong rubbed his hands that were already a little stiff, although he was wearing simple sewn rabbit skin gloves, he was so cold that he couldn't even feel that his fingers were his own, listening to Xixiang Shenglong's complaints, he didn't say anything, his subordinates complained, it was just a means to dispatch pressure. What's more, the weather is so cold that even he wants to scold his mother.

But what he wanted to scold his mother more was the American federal army that cornered him, the American general named McDowell.

Half a month ago, Lin Qirong led 1,000 soldiers from the Capture Army, 2,000 Irish soldiers, 2,000 Indian soldiers, and 3,000 soldiers from the Saga and Mosa domains, a total of 8,000 soldiers of the Hexi United Army.

But when he came to a small town called Lesur, the weather became cold, and Lin Qirong found that the weather in the northwest of the United States was so cold that it was beyond his expectations, and the food supply was insufficient, so he rested in this small town and began to collect food and warm clothes by the way.

While collecting the skins of the surrounding hunters and the town's animals, a large group of American Union troops suddenly surrounded the town along the upper and lower reaches of the river, flanking them on both sides. Lin Qirong led 8,000 soldiers of the Hexi Army to fight back bravely on the spot, however, because of the cold weather, his fingers were frozen so that he couldn't even shoot so sharply, the rate of fire slowed down, and the number of troops in the American Federation was too large, which was too much beyond the Hexi Army, Lin Qirong led the soldiers to fight for several hours, and finally lost the enemy. 8,000 soldiers of the Hexi Army, nearly 4,000 killed and wounded in battle, and finally, under the cover of the suicide of 500 soldiers of the captive army and 1,500 Japanese soldiers and Indian soldiers, Lin Qirong led the remaining more than 2,000 people to rush out of the town of Lesur, cross the frozen river, and turn back and flee north.

Perhaps because they were killed and wounded by the Hexi Combined Army, nearly 9,000 federal soldiers were killed, and the American Federal Army did not give up until the Hexi United Army was wiped out, and the 2,000 or so Hexi troops who escaped were also divided into several places to intercept and pursue them.

In desperation, Lin Qirong had to find a few Indian guides in the local area, and under their leadership, he went straight to the north where there were no enemy soldiers to intercept him.

"Saigo, after marching continuously for more than half a month, I finally left that damn group of foreign soldiers behind! Spread the order to let the soldiers rest well, and hunt around here, the weather is getting colder and colder, burn more fire to warm up the lower body. Lin Qirong commanded.

He hesitated. Although he threw off the pursuers behind him, he also pushed himself into a corner. Who would have thought that the northern part of Minnesota would be so cold, and the 2,000 soldiers who fled from the town would lose more than 100 people along the way because of frostbite injuries. If this continues, I am afraid that if I am not touched by the enemy, I will drag myself down and freeze to death in this unusually cold Minnesota area.

However, Lin Qirong thought that the foreigners who had been chasing him would not be much better. Now they are no longer chasing, it must be because they can't stand the casualties caused by such a severe cold, so they evacuated.

But when he thought of the fiasco of this war, Lin Qirong felt guilty and blamed himself. It's still too careless. Who would have thought that the two countries of North and South America would actually stop fighting and deal with their own Hexi Army together!

The Hexi Legion has only been left with about 1,800 people. In that town, nearly 6,000 soldiers were killed in the attack, and more than 5,000 soldiers were scattered in various important port cities and strategic locations along the Mississippi River.

Before that, the garrison of the Hexi Army stationed in the city of St. Paul sent a report that everything was normal, and it was obvious that this was a fake military report, and it was likely that the city of St. Paul had already been captured by the enemy at that time.

All of this is because I reacted too late.

Regarding this blood feud of the American army in the north, Lin Qirong secretly swore that as long as he had the opportunity to lead the real Chinese Empire to come to this land, he would definitely let them pay for their blood debts.

Lin Qirong was thinking about it, and Saigo Takamori, who was carrying a few American pheasants, came over in a panic, stomped his feet, and said a little impatiently: "General, a few kilometers behind him, a cavalry of more than 1,000 people appeared, and it was definitely the cavalry regiment of the American Federation. More than ten kilometers after them, an infantry force of more than 5,000 men on the east and west sides was rushing towards our army. The situation is a little critical, please make a decision as soon as possible! ”

"What!?" Lin Qirong just thought that he had thrown off the pursuers, but he didn't expect that the American federal army that had changed his death would continue to pursue at the risk of being attritioned by the bitter cold, and he still attacked from the east and west, in this way, his 1,800 or so soldiers had only two choices:

One is to continue to flee north, but in this case, Lin Qirong does not think that there is much chance of letting these soldiers survive. The further north you go, the cooler it gets, and who knows how cold it will be in this damn place. Even if you stay here, I'm afraid that after a while, there will be a lot of reductions. What's more, there were no towns in the north, no supplies, and everything was replenished by hunting, which would be a nightmare.

The second option is to choose a place where the enemy's strength is weak, and directly rush out of the enemy's encirclement and pursuit. But this choice is basically a life of death. Whether it is the enemy army in the east or the enemy army in the west, the number of enemy troops is more than 5,000 men, and the south does not know how many troops, maybe the tens of thousands of soldiers of the main force of the enemy army are guarding around that town, and fleeing to the south, that town is the only way to pass, because the rest of the place is a barren mountain forest, in this cold winter, without supplies, the town will be fatal.

"Fuck! Fight with those foreign soldiers! Kill one, it's a rip-off, kill two, and earn one! Lin Qirong's cronies and guards began to roar!

Lin Qirong saw that his morale was available, so he simply ordered: "In this case, we will attack to the east!" Fight the enemy! ”