Originally, the American top brass hoped that the 20,000-strong army would join the northern battlefield and form a large army with the Continental Army, an army that would crush the Britons. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but the plan can't keep up with the rapid change. After learning about the situation in Georgia, the American top brass immediately made a decision to change tactics and hope that the Visigothic army would land in North Carolina in the south, and then continue south to eliminate those damned Goths.

The situation in the northern battlefield is also tense, though. But Mr. George thought he could hold on. For, while the major cities along the colony's coast were controlled by the Briton army, they were unable to control the wider wilderness and countryside. The hearts of the people of these places are towards the Continental Army. The vast majority of them had their own militia - as Mr. George had claimed, that he could raise up an army of 10,000 in any area in an instant to replenish his forces, if the time was right.

Under these circumstances, the Briton army could hardly continue deep into the interior, nor could it really wipe out the main forces of the Continental Army, although they would be victorious each time. The Continental Army, which can fight every time, is disgraced, but when it turns its head, the Continental Army will replenish its numbers in the shortest possible time.

The number of inhabitants of the colony was more than two million, or perhaps as many as three million. They can really concentrate 300,000 militias, if not more.

So, at least for a short time, the Continental Army will not fail.

Meanwhile.

Having consolidated his position in Georgia, William also began to prepare to attack South Carolina northwards and take it under his control.

After South Carolina, there is North Carolina. Then there is the nest of the American high-rise, the center of the thirteen-state colonies, and Virginia, where the plantation economy is most developed.

This is the territory that William has set for himself. The envisaged "neo-Gothic" colony. Of course, Maryland and Connecticut were too small to be remarkable, so William's vision was to merge them with Virginia to form a new colonial state.

These four colonial states are the base camps of William's future struggle for hegemony in the entire New World. At the same time, it will also be the best production base for the Hereford family to continuously transport cotton and provide raw materials.

"That's pretty much it. Georgia has a somewhat smaller population and at the same time ...... In other words, they are more inclined to Breton, and their sense of independence is not too high, so it makes it easy for us to succeed. ”

After leaving behind an infantry battalion, a cavalry battalion, and an army of less than a thousand men in Georgia, William continued his march north. On the way north, William expressed his concerns to Elise and Charlumie:

"To be honest, I don't want to kill too much. But the bad thing is that the troops of the White Legion do not obey me alone, they seem to prefer to obey money. In the past, we had conquered Savannah without sacking it completely, which had already made the soldiers of the Legion unhappy. And then, in the Georgia operation, there was almost no use of force, so that they had no chance of robbing the natives - although I also gave the shares of several plantations to the Legion. At the same time, the amount of the commission was additionally increased, but ...... To be honest, it's not very useful. ”

"Doesn't that also give them enough money?" Hearing William say this, Elise was a little puzzled, "Since we have already paid them enough money." So that they can get rich without fighting, without plundering, what else are they not satisfied with. ”

William didn't answer, and beside him, Charlumie had already given him the answer: "Because they're mercenaries...... Although in the vast majority of cases these guys appear as regular soldiers, we do our best to demand them from them as much as we can when we train them. But at the end of the day, they're still mercenaries. Most...... Well...... It's like the medieval Byzantine Empire, the Varangian Guard. An exclusive mercenary unit belonging to the Hereford family. Maybe a little better than that, because William was their captain.

But in reality there is not much difference. Mercenaries need money, but mercenaries don't just need money. What mercenaries need more is violence and venting. They enjoy both the harvest and the thrill of robbery. The thrill of plundering, the thrill of dominating the fate of others, the thrill of inflicting violence on the enemy at will, etc., etc......., etc.,

"That's pretty bad. Hearing what Charlumi said, Elise couldn't help but shake her head: "So what should we do next? The further north we go, the stronger the sense of independence of the colonists becomes, and the easier it is to join the rebels and turn against us."

At the same time, our mercenary troops, if they don't solve their emotional problems, they can't fight well. The more they are suppressed in this way, the more severe the eventual backlash will be. In the end, it will even destroy all of us......

William, why did you set up a mercenary regiment in the first place, wouldn't it be nice to just have all the armies incorporated into the regular army of the Hereford family?"

After saying so many words, Elise also felt a headache, and she couldn't help but complain to William like this when she didn't have a good solution.

"That's what I thought before...... But in this era, mercenaries are needed, which gives us a camouflage to do things that regular armies can't do - just like now, being hired to acquire these colonies. If you use the regular army of the Hereford family, then it will give people a handle. After all, Briton's relationship with the Gothic Empire was not very good. I don't want to be ostracized by the Goths and reduced to a knife for the Britons. ”

Hearing William say this, Elise also had a headache: "So what should we do?"

"Just kill the Britons. William replied. He looked like he had figured out a solution. And it sounds like the solution is very, very simple.

"Kill the Britons...... Are you really going to wipe out the Brittons in the colony?" Elise felt a little headache, "In this case, we will lose a lot of things. ”

"No, we don't need to wipe them out. William replied, "It is enough to carry out a few massacres and use some means to stain the hands of the local Goths with the blood of the local Britons." ”

William smiled again with a chilling smile: "This will kill three birds with one stone - to provoke the opposition between the Britons and the Goths, and let us gain the support of the Bulgoths." Let my mercenary troops vent their excess energy and make them docile and obedient again. Then, it was for the Britons to go north and join the colonies that were "not mine" in the agreement.

"Drive them to the land of the Britons?"

"Yes. William nodded: "The Britons go to the land of the Britons, and the Goths control the Goths." The well water on both sides does not interfere with the river water, how good. ”

"And after such a thing, the Goths who have come to the New World will never be able to live in the colony of the Britons in the north of the North Continent if they do not want to be torn apart by the Britons. At the same time, the Bretons who came to the New World were the same. Elise seemed to have figured out what William meant.

"Guess what's going to happen next?"

"The number of Briton immigrants was much smaller than that of the Goths. In this way, the Gothic colony would become more prosperous due to the increase in population. In contrast, the development of the Briton colony will become very slow. After a while, Xia Lumi also understood. She said this proudly and happily.

"That's right. In any case, it was a victory for the Goths, and the victory of the Goths, naturally, was also a victory for me. William smiled and said.

And so, the White Army, having made up its mind, crossed the Savannah River and came to South Carolina territory. Because his allies, the Briton Expeditionary Force, had a firm naval advantage, William had no need to worry about any attacks when crossing the river.

After the army crossed the Savannah River safely, William set his sights on Charleston, the capital of South Carolina.

Unlike in Savannah, the Briton army held a firm grip on the coastal city. They laid out fortifications here, and stationed at least two thousand soldiers, concentrated the comfort gate artillery.

Some of these troops were originally colonial garrisons, but more were the New World Expeditionary Force that arrived later, that is, General Cornwally's subordinates. Because their commander led the main force to continue north, hoping to join the northern war, at present, the city is basically in a state of unattended and unattended.

The Supreme Commander was just a lieutenant colonel. And the order he received was only to defend Charleston.

After several attempts to get out of Charleston and expand his territory, only to be ambushed by the local militia and lose part of his troops, the lieutenant colonel lost all his ambitions and rested in Charleston. And decided to rest like this until death.

- If William hadn't come here, he might have been able to get his wish.

In the name of the coalition forces, and at the same time in the name of the heir of the Hereford family, the commander of the White Legion, the lieutenant general of the army, William took over Charleston in the shortest possible time.

Although the lieutenant colonel protested loudly, complained loudly, and even threatened to complain to his superiors. But William was unmoved. In this way, the White Army had a new stronghold.