347.Chapter 347: The Rioters as the End Approaches
Although it is not known what the outcome will be, at least for now, William's plan has been successful and effective. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info This made Victoria a little bit excited.
Since there is no reason why William can't do what William can do, and compared to William's cooperation with the Cherokees, she has been working with the Iroquois for a longer time, and it stands to reason that the foundation should be better. If a few regiments of colonial troops could be recruited from the Iroquois and the descendants of the local colonists, it would also be very helpful for Victoria's plan and for the stability of the colonies in the Northlands.
Thinking of these things, Victoria couldn't help it and wanted to let it go.
Victoria held back, though. At least not now, at least for now, the most important thing is still this war, this war against the rebels.
By the way, there is one more thing, which is the distribution of colonies.
William, who had acquired Virginia and Cuba, naturally made a lot of money, and these two rich colonies were enough to make the Russian kingdom a piece of money. But at the same time, Victoria is not a loss.
She received almost all island colonies in the Caribbean, with the exception of the Cuban archipelago.
Relying on these island colonies, coupled with the world's largest navy of the Britons, Victoria has completely acquired the sea supremacy of the New World.
If there is another war with Asturias, then she can calmly mobilize her forces and easily launch an attack on the central, southern, and northern coastal areas of the New World. Easily occupy a large colony without the other party having time to react.
In other words, although William gained a lot of economic advantages, Victoria obtained the greatest strategic advantage in the New World.
That's it. Asturias and Visigoths left the New World in disgrace. William believed that neither country would have the energy and courage to devote too much force to the New World for a long time to come.
The struggle for hegemony in the Old World will not be mentioned for the time being, at least in the New World, these two countries will be on guard. At the same time, if William wanted to continue and further expand his Neo-Gothic colony, they would also back down to a certain extent.
In fact, the Visigothic envoys had already made representations to William in private, implicitly, asking William if he was interested in buying the Louisiana colony. If he was willing to buy this colony, William was willing to pay as much as he wanted.
William was noncommittal. At least for a short time, William had no desire to continue expanding the colony.
It's just that the current Louisiana area is so desolate that it's of little value. The population problem has always been a major problem for William and the Russian kingdom, and even if he bought this colony, William would not be able to develop it well.
In addition, although the other party is willing to sell the colony, if William wants to buy it, it will definitely cost a lot of money.
William was now overjoyed to see the Visigothic economy collapse and then a series of upheavals in order to profit from it. He didn't want the Visigoths to be stable again because of the sale of the colony, which was not in William's interest.
That's it. The problems of the two countries of Visigothic and Asturias are solved. After that, William had to face only the so-called "American Republic".
Speaking of which, it is very funny that the "New World War", which affected the four kingdoms and involved nearly 100,000 regular troops, was caused by a rebellion in the colonies of the Thirteen States.
But now, this "war in the New World" is theoretically "over". William, Victoria, and the emissaries representing the Visigothic and Asturian kingdoms had signed the peace agreement, and the colonies, indemnities, prisoners, and so on had begun the handover of the settlements.
But at the same time, the rebellion continued. The rebel army, led by Mr. George, still occupies a large part of the territory north of the thirteen states, and still has tens of thousands of troops.
This has to be said, it is a very ironic thing. At the same time, it is very difficult to accept.
Both those who "helped" the rebels, and those who opposed the rebels. In fact, this rebel army did not take this rebellion. The so-called American Republic is regarded as an independent, predictable object of exchange.
All ignored them.
And with the end of this "war in the New World". The nature of military operations in the New World also changed. From "war" to "counterinsurgency".
Although today, the strength of the Independence Army, the so-called Continental Army, has not suffered much damage. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the end of the Continental Army is coming.
They lost the aid of the Visigoths, the aid of the Alchemist League of the Continent. Lost the aid of so many internationalist, liberal, romantic, and stupid fools. They were isolated, and the southern part of the Thirteen State Colonies had fallen to William.
William spared no effort to promote his power and the policies of the neo-Gothic colonial government.
This made many revolutionaries who were not so determined to be suspicious.
If they don't need to fight to die to live and live, then why do they have to fight and die.
And like William said, they helped the Continental Congress, they helped the so-called Continental Army of those republics to overthrow the Bretons colony, and then what did they gain?
Comparatively, it is the Neo-Gothic colony that is also of the Gothic ethnicity that is more convincing.
When you think about it this way, many people become half-hearted. Some even simply laid down their weapons and fled in groups in the direction of the south, the neo-Gothic colony.
This is especially true in the Continental Army in Virginia.
After all, if William's 30,000 allied troops went north, Virginia would bear the brunt. Almost no one in Virginia's garrison thought that Richmond could be held with less than 10,000 lone troops.
Everyone, including General Nascher, the Supreme Commander of the Continental Army in the South, believed they had fallen victim. More than a thousand people who fought alongside them, volunteers from Visigoths were the first to decide to retreat.
After hearing of the defeat of the kingdom and the signing of the peace agreement, the commander of the more than 1,000 volunteer armies, the Count of Lafayette, who was infected by romanticism, collapsed at once. He went from a sunny and enthusiastic young man to a decadent middle-aged man who complained and drank all day long.
And after receiving a letter from the mainland, the family, the Count of Lafayette finally decided to give up. Despite General Nasatcher's retention, he took his volunteers on a ship back to the Old Continent.
With the loss of more than 1,000 elite Visigothic volunteers, coupled with the constant desertion of his soldiers, General Nasarcher was left with less than 5,000 soldiers.
To make matters worse, it's July, and the Potomac River is flooding with the arrival of the summer floods. At William's suggestion, Victoria sent a convoy with a shallower draft into the Potomac River and blocked the river.
In other words, Nasatcher's Continental Army, the Southern Front, was cut off from retreat.
They were trapped in Virginia.
To be precise, they were trapped in Richmond.
It was only because as William's vanguard army moved north, the Virginians naturally changed their political positions.
With the exception of a handful of die-hard Continental Congress loyalists and a handful of wealthy Briton colonists who were destined to be liquidated, the vast majority of Virginians made the decision to support the neo-Gothic colonial government.
It didn't take much effort for William to gain the support of Virginia, the most important, richest, and most populous state in the South.
At this point, the framework of the Neo-Gothic colony planned by William was finally completed. These include Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Cuba. A total of six colonial districts.
In addition, according to William's alliance with Victoria, after the end of the war, William could also get Delaware in northern Virginia
Two colonial states of Maryland.
However, the territory of these two colonial states is not large, and the two together are not as good as any of the six colonial states mentioned above. William planned to merge them in the future and then form a new colonial state.
In this way, the Neo-Gothic colony had a total of seven colonial states with a population of more than two million. If the indigenous people who can join in the future are counted, then the population of the Neo-Gothic will exceed three million.
At the same time, with the integration of the Cherokees, the demarcation line negotiated with the indigenous people will be eliminated. Colonist expeditions could easily penetrate deep into the Appalachian Mountains and then climb over there, encompassing a large empty space between the Neo-Gothic colonial states and Louisiana. Calmly and easily expand the territory of tens or even millions of square kilometers.
"It's really easy to say, it's really casually fought for more than half a year, and a territory that is not small in the old continent has been defeated. If not...... I really want to move Russia to the New World. William thought to himself.
He was ambitious. I feel that I have taken another solid step towards the expected Gothic Empire, and the grand goal of the Neo-Gothic Empire.
"Then there's Richmond. William thought lightly.
He never felt that Richmond would be a threat.
"The demoralized less than 5,000 remnants of the soldiers, as long as they fire a few shots, most of them will surrender. He was very optimistic.