That's it, although these republican militias caused William and his White Legion no small trouble. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But trouble is just trouble. William didn't think that these guys would do anything to him.

In real history, the number of regular troops in the Continental Army was only a few tens of thousands, while the number of people who participated in the militia was recorded as 500,000. But in the end, it was the thousands of French expeditionary forces that decided the outcome of the war......

Therefore, in this era, there is still a big difference between professional soldiers and non-professional soldiers. What's more, William will soon implement a system of concentration in villages, armor protection, and rewards and punishments.

This system, combined with Gothic propaganda, is equivalent to advancing the timeline by hundreds of years. William does not feel that in this national consciousness has not yet been fully generated. In an era when the sense of citizen ownership is completely absent, and the so-called people are also nowhere to be found, William could not have imagined that he could fail.

That's it. Now all the things he was supposed to have done had been done - he explained the essence of nationalism to his chaplains and to civil servants who had graduated from Russian universities. They want to spread these concepts to people anytime, anywhere. He also brought in local priests, clergy, and other people of high prestige to cooperate. In the end, he summoned his officers to them

Then, the specific affairs are what these specific people in charge do. William himself, on the other hand, has more important things.

The Cherokee are a collective term for the Indian tribes scattered throughout the South and North Carolina regions. These natives of the New World, who are said to be related to the Iroquois in some way, are the forces that William most wants to win over at present.

"These Cherokees have very good musketeers. ”

Here are the liaison officers who went to the various Cherokee tribes, unanimously said to William: "Yes, even say, they themselves own a part of the craft of making muskets. Although the quality is not too good. But it's a testament to their own abilities.

These guys are very fond of fighting with muskets. It's just that, very unfortunately, these guys have not mastered line tactics. These people cannot be called soldiers. It can only be called a warrior, or a warrior. They are very unorganized and don't like to be disciplined. ”

"Their war chieftain told us that if we were willing to pay them enough cloth and salt, and if we were willing to keep their tribe from being harassed, then they could provide us with two hundred warriors. These warriors were good at using muskets. And all very adapted to the war. In fact, before that, they had often engaged in low-intensity skirmishes with the colonists. And it is a great pity that ordinary people are not their opponents at all, unless the regular army is dispatched. ”

"I think that if these Cherokees are given enough rifled guns, a very good army of hunters can be formed in the shortest possible time. They have a talent for shooting, and they also have experience in small groups. It's just that I can't be sure of one thing, and that is whether they are of the same mind with us. It is important to know that rifled guns, even in the Old Continent, are expensive and novel weapons. If it were offered to the Cherokees, I don't know if it would make a bad change. ”

Above is the message provided by some of the messengers to William.

Compared to the musketeers, the Cherokees took it as seriously. William received the message that on the other side of the Appalachian Mountains, the Sioux in the central Great Plains of the New World were the best cavalry troops. They had the best war horses, the fastest cavalry, and formidable cavalry units.

"That's not to say the Cherokee cavalry was weak, though. William's message was this: "These men have a very good, very good horsemanship. With a little training, you can assemble an elite light cavalry unit. Even the experience of some cavalrymen allowed them to control the cavalry spear.

If these forces are organized, then we can form an unprecedented Cherokee Lancer unit, which can greatly increase the combat effectiveness of our army. After all, so far, our army does not have a lancer class. They are the most powerful troops I know of to charge up. ”

"Cherokees can shoot on horseback. As if we had hoped for it. In addition, William received this information: "They did not have a cavalry short-barreled carbine, nor did they have the latest short-barreled handguns. But this did not prevent them from forming a non-professional musketeer cavalry unit.

I must say that these men were very skilled horsemen, and they could easily reload ammunition on bumpy horses - I mean arquebuses in general. The kind of weapon that is a little cumbersome even for infantry use. If we can recruit these people as our allies, then we can pull up a force of carbines. ”

Yes, that's it, and in the last part of 1749 the emissaries sent by William to visit the various natives all returned. They all brought with them more or less some information about the Cherokee army. According to their intelligence, the Cherokees had very elite light infantry, as well as very elite light cavalry. At the same time, they were able to provide William with a carbine and lancer unit as long as they were equipped with the right weapons.

"So, now we have two more issues that need to be addressed. ”

On the question of the Cherokees, William summoned all his officers, the highest chaplain of the priesthood, the representative of Hereford General in the New World, and the three administrators of the three colonial states he had now arranged, their deputies, and several local Gothic immigrants who were well acquainted with the mood and character of the Cherokees.

He needed the experience, the wisdom, and the ability to handle the Cherokee for him.

"If I could, I would like these Cherokees to play a greater role in our hands than the Iroquois, the allies of the Britons in the north. William said, "I hope they will assign me more than three thousand soldiers, some light infantry, and, more importantly, cavalry." Ladies and gentlemen, we need them, so I need your wisdom to help me get help from these natives. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, it is our pleasure. "The Gothic descendant who was found by William's subordinates was a middle-aged man who had been thanked. It seems that I have witnessed a "prince highness" with my own eyes, so I feel very excited. His voice trembled a little:

"I'm very familiar with those Cherokees. Yes, very familiar. I know the location of every Cherokee tribe, and I have good relations with quite a few Cherokee chiefs, yes, Your Highness. ”

"So, what do you think we should do?" asked William, smiling, in the gentler tone possible.

"In fact, before that, there were quite a few colonists who were willing to negotiate with the Cherokees or hire them as soldiers. The little merchant said, "They like a few things, cloth, salt, food." Yes, these things are good, of course, but even better are gunpowder and muskets. And then there's iron—yes, iron, metal. The Cherokees were primitive, they didn't know how to smelt, and they didn't know how to mine ore. So they will serve us for the sake of ironwork, my Highness!"

"That's good news. Hearing him say this, William nodded: "It just so happens that my kingdom is a rich country - I mean, our productive forces, great Russia, have enough iron to buy all the Cherokees. ”

"That's absolutely fine. The merchant immediately said, "They will be there for you." ”

"But the problem is, I don't need their service 'like that'. William went on to say:

"You see, sir, that the Cherokee forces are nothing compared to our regular army. What we need is an army that can really fight. I need their absolute obedience so that we can retrain them as if we were our recruits.

I'm going to hand them some new weapons. Lancers, carbines, line infantry, and even rifled guns. Mr. What I want to ask now is how we can go further. Let them obey us, and whether or not we will raise tigers after we have trained them to be stronger. Will a modernly trained and armed Cherokee force become an obstacle to the conquest of the New World by our Goths? ”

"This ...... I really don't know about the previous question. The merchant shook his head and said nervously, "After all, I'm just a businessman." And I'm a Gothic immigrant, not a Cherokee, so—"

Just tell me what you know. William interrupted him and said something that would reassure him.

"Yes, well, yes. That is, they will not be an obstacle to us. There are not many of them. In the Carolina area, the Cherokee people add up to only about 200,000. More critically, these Cherokees are not united. They belong to dozens of tribes. These dozens of tribes are independent of each other and do not belong to each other. There are even some who have a deep hatred for each other. The merchant said, "No one can unite a plate of scattered Cherokees." So, we don't need to worry about it at all. ”

"Yes. William smiled and did not contradict his words. At the same time, he added a few conditions in his heart: "At least for now, we don't need to worry. And after that...... Whatever. ”

"Well, we're left with one last question, my friends. ”