Chapter 11: The remnants of the army are defeated
In this way, under the final interpretation of the Lord God, Li Jian had no choice but to reluctantly accept the condition that he had to wear it with him.
Finally, the main god also reminded him 'kindly' that the nine-tailed demon fox has a special physique and strong ability to resist cold, so you will not easily feel the cold and suffer from some human diseases, so you can rest assured that you can wear this clothing that exposes more than half of your skin.
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In a huge marching camp, filled with screams and blood-stained gauze, Li Jian sat on his horses and watched as the soldiers of the Independence Army who were carried onto improvised tables and wounded by bullets were directly brought to the injured parts by the 'doctors' with unsterilized knives......
Listening to the miserable screams of the wounded, Li Jian felt pain for him......
There are even many soldiers who need amputation to prevent infection, and they are just pressed by a few people, watching their limbs being roughly cut off, without any anesthetics and painkillers, and some are just a rag or a wooden strip stuffed in their mouths, relying on omnipotent willpower to resist......
"It's better to die than to be treated like this......" Li Jian muttered quietly.
Gabriel Martin, who was sitting in front of Li Jian, did not react when he heard this, and dismounted with his father with a serious expression and walked towards the camp.
A group of dejected soldiers, although they were very curious about the beautiful yellow girl who suddenly arrived, but these defeated soldiers did not have the extra energy to care about other things at this time.
Li Jian looked at the listless soldiers of the Independent Army, and was sure in his heart that it was really a difficult task to rely on these people to defeat those high-morale Red Shirts......
Gabriel Martin saw an American flag thrown on the ground at random, and seriously received his package, Li Jian stood behind him and watched all this, feeling that the Americans of this era seemed to be a little different.
Women, especially a yellow girl, came to a barracks of the American army, and even though these newly defeated American soldiers were listless, it still caused a lot of discussion.
Once again, Li Jian played with the invincible thickness of her face, and followed Gabriel Martin and his son 'in style', completely ignoring those strange gazes.
When Li Jian entered a tent that looked okay, the first thing that caught his eye was a decadent middle-aged man leaning on a table, and the deep bags under his eyes seemed to tell people how much pain the American officer had endured.
The decadent American officer was Benjamin Martin's former comrade-in-arms, General Harry Bouville.
"Benjamin Martin, I don't want to be trained."
General Harry Bouvier said, looking up at Benjamin.
"Where's your General Gates?" Benjamin said, looking into Harry's eyes.
"He was seen riding in a south-easterly direction, and his men were struggling to catch up after a hundred yards."
"Who's in command now?"
"I want to ...... It's me. ”
"What order are you going to give me?"
When General Harry Bouvier heard this, he smiled on his face, walked over and patted Benjamin on the shoulder, and said as he went:
"Benjamin, we almost lost in one breath."
General Harry Bouvier and Benjamin walked over to the battle map, and Harry pointed to it.
"Washington rearmament at the town of Maurice, he is hiding from 10,000 Red Shirts, our army in the South has been crushed by Cornwallis, and he has captured 5,000 of our brethren when he captures Charles Cheng."
"He also crushed the only army standing between him and New York, and we couldn't stop him from coming in to defeat Washington's army."
"Unless we find a way to keep Cornwallis in the south until the French arrive, they promise to send a fleet and ten thousand soldiers."
"When?"
"Six months at the earliest."
"Do you believe that the French will keep their word?"
"Of course!" Next to him, a man in a French military uniform with curly hair and a square face walked over and gave an affirmative answer.
Pointing to the Frenchman, Harry said:
"Benjamin Martin, this is Major Jean Villeneuve, he is from the French 7th Infantry Company, and he has come to help us train the militia."
Major Jean Villeneuve looked at Benjamin and greeted him politely.
"You're the hero of Verdenis, and you've admired it for a long time."
Benjamin glanced at the French major, looked at his friend General Harry, and asked, "Do you really want to use the militia to stop the Cornwallis advance?" ”
General Harry shook his head.
"It's not me, it's you!"
Benjamin smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Harry, they're not soldiers, they're farmers. It would be better for them to let the British army pass. ”
"That's right, but the situation doesn't allow it!"
Benjamin knew his friend was right.
"How many men does Cornwallis have?"
"Eight thousand infantry, six hundred cavalry, I appoint you colonel."
General Harry said as he wrote the letter of appointment.
Benjamin nodded.
"Sir, can you send my son to my troops?"
Gabriel Martin was not happy to hear it.
"Sir, no, I ......"
"That's it!"
General Harry didn't wait for him to finish, and directly settled down first.
Gabriel Martin had no choice but to accept the mandate.
"Thank you." Benjamin was grateful.
Harry glanced at Li Jian, there was no wave in his eyes, and said to Benjamin: "It's better for women not to participate in the war, especially yellow girls." ”
Benjamin and Gabriel smiled, and without further ado, they were ordered to go out of the tent with the French major.
As long as Li Jian can complete the task, the rest doesn't matter, he directly took General Harry's 'advice' as the wind in his ears, and walked out with Benjamin.
General Harry looked at the girl who was with Benjamin and didn't bother to ask about his friend's privacy.
Out of the tent, Gabriel Martin was still chattering about his two years in the army by his father's side, hoping that his father would let him return to the regular army......
Benjamin listened to his son's 'show-off' and asked him a question:
"Where did you learn to ride and shoot?"
Gabriel bowed his head and replied, "It was my father who taught ......"
"Did he teach you how to be humble?"
"He tried, but I wasn't taught......"
After being convinced, Gabriel Martin and his father decided to split up and recruit militia.
"Hey, hey, I'm going to join the militia and fight with you!"
Li Jian obviously didn't want to let go of Benjamin's main line, and she still thought about that perfect opportunity to complete the task!
"Who is this?" The French major frowned and said, this yellow girl is also going to fight? Is there any other use for her besides being pretty?
"Her name is Li Jian, and she is ......"
"I know Chinese kung fu!" Li Jian's words made the three of them look at them in surprise, especially the French major, who was full of curiosity in his eyes.