At about 10 o'clock in the morning of November 11, 1781, on the outskirts of Richmond, the capital of Virginia, Colonel Anderson, who was in charge of defending Richmond in the Continental Army, was lying in a collapsed civilian house with a disgraced face, using a telescope to observe the British artillery position several kilometers away. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The 36 guns of the artillery battalion of the 23rd Brigade of the British Expeditionary Force had bombarded the positions of the Continental Army for more than two hours, and the Continental Army, which had only built the breastwork, had paid huge casualties under the blows of the British artillery。

The Continental Army defending Richmond had only more than 4,000 men, and after two hours of shelling, five or six hundred were killed and wounded, and morale was also very low, and most of the soldiers of the Continental Army were peasant recruits who had just put down their hoes, and in the face of such an unprecedented ferocious shelling, even veterans could not bear it, let alone those who had just joined the army.

Anxious, Colonel Anderson used his brain to come up with a way to deal with it, but after thinking about it, there was never a feasible way for his soldiers to survive the heavy fire.

"Damn!" Colonel Anderson, who was inconceivably remorseful and remorseful, pounded the wall so hard that his skin was shattered by the rough wall.

"My dear fellow, you don't look like the famous wolf of the woods. ”

A young male voice came from Colonel Anderson's side, and the young man who spoke was dressed no different from the average officer of the Continental Army, but the young man's black hair and black eyes and different appearance from the white man all showed that the young man was different.

"Jiang, you're here. ”

Glancing at the visitor, Anderson greeted him with some frustration, he was feeling ashamed of his incompetence.

The war of independence on the North American continent not only attracted the attention of European powers such as France and Spain, but also attracted the attention of other countries, the young man just now is named Jiang Xiaotian, from the North American continent separated by a Pacific Ocean, the royal family of the superpower of the East Chinese Federation, Jiang Xiaotian was ordered by the Son of Heaven of the contemporary Chinese Federation, led 5,000 volunteers to resist Britain and aid the United States to the North American continent, and together with the French and Spanish volunteers, they formed an international anti-British column, standing by the side of the North American people to fight against the evil British colonists。

Because the number of volunteers of the Chinese Federation is too small, and Jiang Xiaotian, who leads the team, has a special identity, Washington has not dared to let him go to the front, so the Chinese Federation of Volunteers was split into the rear to be responsible for logistics, and Jiang Xiaotian followed Washington's side to help him give advice, after all, the "Art of War" and "Thirty-six Strategies" of the Chinese Federation It has long become the focus of study for the major powers in the world, and Jiang Xiaotian is also a disciple of a generation of military strategists Zeng Guofan, and after coming to the North American continent, he has provided many useful strategies for Washington and the international column, and is deeply valued by Washington.

Jiang Xiaotian, who was supposed to stay in the rear, came to Richmond on official business this time, thinking that the British army would not be dispatched on this snowy day, but he did not expect that the 23rd Brigade of the British Expeditionary Force suddenly launched an attack unusually, and Jiang Xiaotian and his 300-man personal guards were involved in the battle.

"Boom......!"

A cannonball exploded near the bunker where Anderson and Jiang Xiaotian were hiding, and the falling dust stained Jiang Xiaotian's clean military uniform, and Anderson, who was awakened by the sound of cannons, immediately reminded Jiang Xiaotian to retreat, but was stopped by Jiang Xiaotian.

"If you want to win the battle and keep Richmond, let me stay. ”

With the safety of his friend on the one hand, and the desire for victory on the other, Anderson hesitated.

Seeing Anderson's entanglement, Jiang Xiaotian continued: "Don't worry about me, Richmond is not surrounded, if the battle situation is unfavorable, I can leave at any time." After saying that, he patted Anderson on the shoulder.

Anderson finally made up his mind and decided to let Jiang Xiaotian, who was famous in the coalition army, stay behind to help him. "Jiang, from now on, my people and I are all under your command, please give orders. ”

Jiang Xiaotian was not polite, smiled and issued his first order, "Immediately let the soldiers withdraw from the front line, all of them withdraw into the city, and not a single one will be left." ”

"Why do you want to do this, Jiang?" Anderson was very puzzled by Jiang Xiaotian's order.

Jiang Xiaotian patiently explained: "The British army is much more advanced and powerful than our army in terms of artillery and muskets, and if we fight with the British army in the wilderness, our army will suffer too much, so we must put the British army in to fight, and use the advantage of our army's familiarity with the terrain to fight a face-to-face close offensive and defensive battle with the British army, so that the firepower advantage of the British army will be greatly weakened." ”

"I see, I understand, I'm going to deliver your order!"

Anderson excitedly ran out of cover, and it wasn't long before the soldiers of the Continental Army quickly retreated to Richmond with the wounded.

Ouyang Yu, who saw everything through the binoculars, felt a little strange, because when the soldiers of the Continental Army retreated, although they were a little flustered, they were still relatively orderly, which showed that the other party was not defeated but a planned retreat, deliberately abandoning the useless external defense line and moving to the city that was not conducive to their own firepower.

"I hope things don't go the way I expected, otherwise even if I take Richmond, the casualties of the soldiers will be too great, the herald, order the third regiment to launch a tentative attack, tell the third regiment commander that if he encounters fierce resistance from the enemy's street fighting, he will be asked to withdraw immediately!"

"Yes!"

The herald rode on a horse and quickly conveyed Ouyang Yu's order, and the soldiers of the three regiments who received the order slowly marched towards the city of Richmond in a line of stragglers with rifles loaded with bayonets. The soldiers of the third regiment advanced smoothly, and advanced all the way to the city of Richmond without encountering any resistance, and the soldiers at the front hesitated for a moment and asked for orders backwards, and when they received the order to continue the advance, they entered the city of Richmond.

A group of British soldiers walked cautiously on the deserted streets with their guns raised, they observed the movement of the surrounding houses, and would shoot immediately if there was any disturbance, but they did not see any movement of the Continental Army after advancing for hundreds of meters, as if they had abandoned the city.

"What's going on? Did the hillbillies really run away?"

As soon as the sergeant leading the team finished speaking, the windows on the second floor of the houses on both sides were opened one after another, and dozens of Continental Army soldiers raised their guns and aimed at them. (To be continued.) )