Chapter 333: The Last Battle (3)

Killing the 6,000 Northern Army in one go, Yang Dongfang asked Wang Dake to lead the guard regiment to cross the river with the 1,000 Southern Army, sweep Newburgh and other places on the west bank of the Hudson River, and return to the south, pick up the naval soldiers of the Alliance, and then command the warships to kill directly to the upstream city of Castleton. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hudson was defeated by the Southern Army, losing 6,000 men in succession, and the Northern Army here became unstable.

There was no fighting for supplies and ammunition, and panic began to permeate the interior, at which point Robert Lee launched a series of attacks to seize the opportunity like a wolf.

With less victory, he broke through several defensive lines of the northern army one after another, and directly hit South Shodak, and at the same time, Orbarni, who received the order, also sent 2,000 northern troops to attack the east of the city and began to counterattack.

Castleton's Northern Army, though outnumbered, suddenly changed from offensive to defensive, and became cautious, sending frequent messengers to ask Hancock to come and join him, bypassing Orbarney.

It was also at this time that Yang Dongfang's warship appeared on the Hudson River outside the city, which first attracted the cheers of the northern army.

"Our battleship, ironclad! Look at the ironclad? ”

"Why did they come back, didn't they say that Hudson was destroyed by the Southern Ghosts?"

Just when Castleton's Northern Army was confused, the Union military flag that was originally hung fell and was replaced with the military flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

"Fack! It's a southern ghost! Be prepared. Get out of here. ”

As soon as the exclamation came out, the shells on the battleship smashed over, and the side facing the river, which was already undefended, almost undefended, was suddenly hit.

The Northern Army also suffered heavy losses, the most important thing was that they had no means of countermeasures, and the only artillery was transferred to the east to control Robert Lee.

Even now, they don't have rice to cook, and they can't just have cannons and no bullets.

Several rounds of shelling of the battleship soon left Castleton covered in wounds, the already small reserves of supplies were further blown up, and thousands of people were killed and wounded, and the hope of victory for the Northern Army became more and more diminished.

Attacking Castleton, Yang Dongfang continued to gallop upstream with the warship, and then encountered a few warships of the Northern Army, and sank them all, and then directly captured many transport ships and merchant ships.

In order to speed up the war, Orbarney's 5,000 southern troops directly crossed the river and launched an attack on Castleton from the north and south, giving the empty city to Hancock, while Yang Dongfang led naval warships to block the water.

"General! The southern ghosts of Orbani have withdrawn to the east bank of the river. ”

Hancock soon received the news, and immediately sent people into the city to recover Orbarni, and at the same time there was a faint uneasiness in his heart, he had frequently received requests for help from the east bank of the river in the past few days, and the coalition forces in the east were no longer able to cooperate with him in attacking Orbarni.

Now that Orbarni's southern army has suddenly withdrawn and cedered this big city, there must be demons in everything.

"Send more people to reconnoiter the east coast, I want to know the situation on the east coast." Snuffing out the cigarette in his mouth, Hancock moved into Orbani with a large army, and was blinded by the sight before him when he couldn't come in.

What a hemp! There are no houses in the city, everything has been demolished, let alone food, and it is really an empty city.

Coming from afar, in fact, he was also under great pressure, the nearby cities had been swept by the Southern Army, and food and everything had to be raised from outside Yutika and others, and ammunition was even more difficult.

"General, something is wrong, the southern ghosts launched a crazy attack on the coalition forces on the east bank, they blocked the river, our people can't cross the river, the river is full of their warships, we can't get the specific situation on the other side."

"Oops! Castleton is finishing. Hancock realized something, and hurriedly asked people to organize troops to cross the river and erect a pontoon bridge, but soon his actions were discovered by the Southern army, and the crossing failed, so he could only run upstream to Troy to cut wood and build a bridge.

However, the bridge has not yet been built, and bad news has come.

"General! Castleton was finished, and the southern ghosts were besieged on all sides, first from the waterway docks, and then from the north, and Castleton's Federation army was defeated, with more than 7,000 dead and wounded, and the others surrendered, and only 2,000 escaped. ”

This news was like a bolt from the blue, and in less than two days, more than 10,000 people in the East Coast Federation were wiped out.

Castleton!

"Special envoy, in this attack, we have killed and wounded more than 3,000 people, and our troops are not too many, so it is better to value peace, and try to get the Federation to agree." If it was before, Robert Lee didn't blink his eyes if he died three thousand in a battle, but at this time, he was extremely heartbroken, there are not many soldiers in the alliance who can really fight, and three thousand is also very precious.

"Good! I see, now we're going to meet President Lincoln, and hopefully he'll come to his senses. Yang Dongfang nodded, still a big victory to coerce Lincoln and the others.

After the elimination of these 30,000 Northern Army, it was obvious that the psychological defense line of Lincoln and others was loosened again, and most of them said that they could accept Western America, just as they could accept the independence of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

After all, strength is the key to everything.

"It is impossible for Ximei, although you defeated 30,000 people in my Federation, it is impossible for you to defeat General Hancock, he has 10,000 elites, and you have suffered a lot of losses after this battle."

Get! Or hope for the last straw!

Yang Dongfang hooked a lonely line and smiled: "In fact, Hancock has been defeated by me once a long time ago. ”

"Ugh!"

It's okay not to mention it, but when it comes to it, everyone's faces are red, and they don't dare to make a sound, at that time, there were 10,000 people in Hancock, Kentucky, and Yang Dongfang only had 5,000 people, and Hancock was defeated by the north and south.

Now Yang Dongfang has more soldiers and horses in his hands, better weapons, and famous generals such as Daniel and Robert Lee to help.

The hope that had just been summoned by the crowd seemed to be extinguished again.

Just came out of the place where Lincoln and the others were held, and the signal soldier of the guard regiment ran to him: "Commander, the regiment commander has urgent information." ”

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"It turned out that Grant came to New York State, and I said how Baltimore reported that this guy's troops were gone."

After figuring it out, Yang Dongfang showed a sudden sense of enlightenment, it turned out that after Grant took over Washington, he took the initiative to withdraw George from Richmond and the Potomac Corps in his hands out of Virginia and returned to Washington.

Since the independence of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is no longer inevitable, and it still occupies Richmond, there is no point in fighting in the south, but it is necessary to increase logistical support, which is undoubtedly a stupid thing for the federation, which has already suffered a heavy economic blow.

So while Grant pulled back the army, he bypassed Baltimore and came to New York State, and minimizing the losses on this side became the first priority.

The Irish in the cities became more and more violent, so they had to go north and east, otherwise it would be a catastrophic loss to the Union, because once someone also established an independent state in the northeast, the Union would be shattered.

"Let people go and talk to Lincoln, and if they don't agree with the Western American Empire, I don't mind supporting a New England nation in the Northeast states." Yang Dongfang thought for a while and said: "By the way, now start in major cities, give me propaganda, the federal bill that does not allow blacks to become independent is not a good bill, and the emancipation of slaves that does not allow blacks to establish a country independently is a hooligan, and blacks want to be truly free, so they should be independent from the federation and be their own masters, not another form of dog for white people in the federation." Well, that's all for now. ”

Not to mention Lincoln and the others, Yang Dongfang knew that he had to make a ruthless attack, and immediately asked people to recruit Wang Dake and the others back, so that they didn't have to sweep downstream, and at the same time desperately re-selected the four thousand most elite Southern troops, and on the second night, they parachuted back to Orbarni.

"Da Da Da Da .!"

"Boom!"

At this time, Orbani only had 7,000 troops, of which 3,000 remained in Troy upstream, and he would attack himself after only two days of annihilating the Union army on the east bank.

And unexpectedly appeared directly in the city, almost unprepared, and the incident happened too suddenly.

By the time Hancock heard the news, there were gunshots all over the city, and in the dark night, cannons, gunshots, shouts of killing, and fires were blazing.

"Fack! How did the southern ghosts appear in the city again, who was on duty, how did the southern ghosts come from the other side of the river, and didn't anyone find their warship? ”

No one was answering the lieutenant general's words, for soon their troops were scattered.

"General! There are too many southern ghosts, and they are coming to our side. ”

"Hold on, the valiant Federation army is invincible, give me a countercharge and send them back."

When the danger came, Hancock showed excellent command ability and courage, and did not flee because of the night attack, but sent his own personal guards, took the best weapons, and repelled the southern ghosts who had just rushed up, causing a burst of cheers.

Seeing that the situation was stabilized, Hancock said: "Go and inform me that all the troops who are still insisting on fighting are coming closer to me, even if the southern ghosts enter the city, the number will not be too many, as long as they hold out until dawn, they will be finished, and the soldiers of Troy will come to reinforce us, and then the southern ghosts will be unable to fly." ”

After a turn of encouragement, the Northern Army, which was originally not very high, really lifted its spirits, and there were fewer people who fled, and more and more people gathered on his side.

"Envoy! Hancock's men were really not easy to fight, and although we had the upper hand at first and eliminated many of them, their resistance was also very tenacious. ”

The commander at the front came to report that more than 800 people had been killed in this sneak attack, and the casualties were not small.

Yang Dongfang looked at Robert Lee, the commander-in-chief and said: "Hancock is making the last resistance, he doesn't plan to run away, he must be waiting for Troy's troops, we have to be prepared, we can send battleships to attack Troy on the one hand, let General Daniel take a thousand people who have just crossed the river to ambush the Northern Army that came to reinforce them, as for the envoy, you will use your mobility ability to take a thousand people to Hancock's rear, and attack his back with artillery bombardment, I don't think Hancock will be able to support it for long." ”

Yang Dongfang said: "Just do what General Li said, I hope this is our last battle." ”

"I hope it's the last fight, too!" Robert Lee glanced at Yang Dongfang deeply, his heart was a little complicated, and he ordered his subordinates: "Stop the attack first, organize the firepower, advance the artillery a little, find Hancock's headquarters, and strive to bombard it with one shot." (To be continued.) )