The Blood Wolf did so after confirming that Stephen Carney's army was gone.

In order to stealthily approach Fort New Bent, the Blood Wolf led a thousand cavalry to make a large circle from the south, which is why even the sentinels of White Rock City could not contact him.

It wasn't until last night that they galloped to New Bentburg overnight and hid in this unfinished project, where all the smugglers in New Bentburg fell into bad luck and ended their doomed careers.

As for the negotiation farce on Xiaoqiao during the day, it is all played by the true colors of the actors of both parties, the script is full of loopholes, and the acting skills are slightly exaggerated, but the audience is very satisfied!

……

As the blood wolf took the lead, the Shulotel negotiators behind him all pulled out their muskets from under their coats and threw them forward.

In a few moments, they set foot on the land north of the Arkansas River.

Then, from the castle to the south, a large force of cavalry rushed towards Fort Bent, and the sound of hooves thundered and crushed the calm Arkansas River.

In a few moments, Fort William, at the forefront, was the first to ignite a fire.

Immediately Charles and Lancherburg also burst into flames.

The Shulotel Legion did not meet decent resistance, and the ability of the American army to fight at night was close to zero. Especially after Stephen Carney took nearly eighty percent of Fort Bent's troops, the remaining American troops would rather commit suicide in despair than stand from behind the base of the wall and shoot at an enemy who looked too much in the dark.

Two hours later, the battle was over.

The once famous Bentburg has become a white land. The blood wolf also told little Andre that after dawn, even the new Bengt Fort on the south bank must be demolished, and not a single brick will be left!

In this way, the expeditionary force that Stephen Carney took away was truly a lone army, and the nearest supply place to them was three hundred kilometers away - and this was when reinforcements really came from the east!

"Chase!"

After a short rest, the Blood Wolf headed west with his 1,000 cavalry, targeting the 12,000 U.S. troops that Stephen Carney had taken with him who were intent on a surprise attack on White Rock.

……

It is often said that there are 10,000 soldiers, and there is no boundary.

With 12,000 soldiers under his command, Stephen Carney was definitely the most glorious moment of his military career.

He was a general who rose from the Second War of Independence of the American Confederation in 1812, and in the Battle of Queenston Heights, the Americans were defeated and even the commander Brigadier General Steven van Rensseler was killed by the Canadians.

The only bright spot was Stephen Carney leading his company on a cliff to withstand repeated British attacks. After the war, this became a testament to his ability to fight well, and he was promoted to captain.

In the Second Revolutionary War in North America, people talked about the Canadian army burning down the White House, and it looked like the United States was a victim.

However, the real side is rarely mentioned, and it was actually an American aggression against Canada, mainly against the British, but the target was Canada.

It's just that the Americans got away with it this time, and the war of aggression became a patriotic war.

In the more than 40 years since the Great Patriotic War, Stephen Carney has not been very impressive, and he has participated in many operations to exterminate the Indians, but it has been lackluster.

But 40 years is a long time, enough for a captain who doesn't make many mistakes to grow into a colonel.

On the eve of the start of the Mexican-American War, the War Department began to search for the best candidate for the expeditionary force, and Stephen Carney was not the first choice at first.

But Stephen Carney, who had been busy in the military for many years, finally made the right choice for his life when he was in his late teens, and he became an honorable Democrat by publicly supporting the start of the Mexican war!

So, President Polk, who was desperate to find military support, quickly promoted him to brigadier general, appointed him commander of the expeditionary force, and tasked with a secret mission to make Fremont decent.

Stephen Carney's old tree sprouts and she cherishes this opportunity.

As the so-called martyrs are in their twilight years, Stephen Carney will not allow his military career to end in the long process of waiting for reinforcements.

That's why, when he learns that reinforcements won't come, he's sadder than anyone else.

This is why, even without reinforcements, he had to go west alone and complete the great cause of overthrowing the Indians.

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When you sing about wine, life is geometric!

For example, the morning dew, the day is bitter!

But when an old man is about to die, he behaves more courageously than a young man, most likely because he feels that he is about to die and wants to stud.

Just last year, he only needed to manage 3 company commanders, but now, he needs to manage 3 infantry regiment commanders, 10 infantry company commanders, 2 cavalry company commanders, and 1 artillery company commander, as well as a staff department forcibly equipped with by the Ministry of War, which is either the illegitimate son of a big man or a top student of the West Point Military Academy.

Stephen Carney has a lot of energy, but he can't stand so many people tossing back and forth.

He still prefers to hang out with the soldiers rather than deal with them, kicking a napping sentry in the back, pouring an extra handful of salt into a lazy cook's pot, or patting a soldier in a daze on the shoulder and joking: "Hey! You bz-bred little bastard, if I find out you're lazy again, I'll send you to Tennessee to build the railroad! ”

The soldiers liked him, or so he did.

……

Marching is a chore, especially at night.

Even though the U.S. soldiers wore thick high-leg leather boots on their feet, the cold mud still made their legs cold, and even a trot could not warm them up.

Bullets are plentiful, military rations are available, and American soldiers have always fought only to fight for the rich, which is a happy annoyance - the backpack is too heavy!

"Listen, bunnies! As long as you take White Rock City, you can take all the gold and money there! Indian girls—will you scum who won't even let goats hate Indian girls? ”

The soldiers let out a burst of laughter.

Stephen Carney is a rude LSP, and although he is now 62 years old and can basically only talk to him, the soldiers still like his mouth.

A messenger rode up from behind. "General, the artillery company has asked to slow down the march a little, their artillery is stuck in a mud puddle!"

"Fart! Then bring the damn cannon up! Stephen Carney scolded, "This is a surprise attack!" Surprise! Do you want our cavalry to run as slow as artillery? ”

Stephen Carney's cavalry was not very numerous, only 2 companies of about 300 to ride.

In fact, the expeditionary force still had more than 1,000 horses at the beginning, but when passing through Kansas, the horse yard was burned, and it happened that a big merchant was willing to pay a high price of $50 for a horse, and Stephen Carney's quartermaster took matters into his own hands and sold the horse!

Stephen Carney was angry, knowing that when he led the army to escort the caravan west, a horse could be sold for up to $100!

In the end, however, he rewarded the quartermaster with a clear reward, for he had recouped the expeditionary force with great losses, and he would certainly not have been able to feed them without them.

……

Stephen Carney was a firm believer in line infantry tactics, believing only in muskets and cannons, and less on cavalry, which could only be used to escape.

Across the American continent, the status of cavalry has been greatly reduced since the formation of line infantry tactics. Rather than 'cavalry', it would be more appropriate to call them 'infantry on horseback'.

Even during the Civil War, cavalry rarely appeared on frontal battlefields. In addition to reconnaissance and ordering, the role of cavalry is mainly reflected in attracting the attention of the opponent, and then you have to run quickly to avoid being shot.

In the Third Battle of Winchester in September 1864, Northern General Sheridan commanded three divisions of 8,000 cavalry to charge the Confederate 4,000 infantry, claiming to be 'the largest cavalry operation in American history'. Of course, winning is winning, after all, the strength of the army is more than double that of the other side, and the Northern Army has an overall advantage on the battlefield, but this victory has attracted ridicule from military strategists all over Europe: "Cavalry, it's not used like this!" ”

In terms of the level of military strategy and tactics, the United States during this period was at least an era behind the European powers.

It was not until World War II, relying on massive resources and an almost endless supply of ammunition, that the United States finally developed its own unique tactical style. And this style, until the 21st century, seems to be available only to the Americans - machine guns and tanks are not invincible, but money printing machines can.

But this is also related to the war environment of the US military, who called their enemies for a long time, a group of Indians with sticks and horses?

During this period, every American soldier has in his memory the figure of a shirtless Indian on a horse and screaming. Horses are meant to escape, not to charge, and this has become their stereotype.

All in all, Stephen Carney's contempt for cavalry is not unacceptable to some extent.

Even the U.S. War Department doesn't see anything wrong with this.

So, when he learned that his cannon was stuck in a mud pit, in order to speed up the march, he tied his small horses to the gun carriage!

And the 12,000 infantry under his command are spread out like pancakes on the wasteland.

Stephen Carney will lead this pancake on White Rock and go down in history for his feat of conquering the last Indian force at his death.

John Fremont will do what he screwed, and he will do it!