Chapter 84 The army crosses the border, and people and animals are shocked
New York, a city that has begun to flourish, slowly begins to fall into silence as the sun sets. This was a fixed law in the past, but today, this law has been broken. At dusk, 10,000 British troops in red uniforms entered New York City. It seems that all the lanes are lined with groups of lobster soldiers. The civilians of the entire New York City put an end to their original plans and hurried home, closing the door and looking out vigilantly.
Even many merchants closed their stalls in advance, for fear of provoking these fierce soldiers. The British army was never a welcome presence in the North American colonies. Every time Britain raised taxes, these troops were the biggest guarantee. For civilians, the British army is synonymous with vampires, robbers, and bandits. Many people were disturbed by the turkeys they fed, and they were directly captured by the lobster soldiers on the street for dinner at night, and the civilians who lost the turkeys did not dare to say anything, but could only watch their efforts in vain.
This army is the Addams family and the Pandey family, which spent a year training to deal with the Yanhuang Trading Company. For the sake of this army, the two families have taken out all the old bottoms. If the Yanhuang Trading Company could not be destroyed and the rich spoils of war from Xiao Lin could be obtained, the two families would continue to decline.
An army of 10,000 men, 500 men were elite cavalry units, armed with flintlock pistols, sabers, and cuirasses. In addition, 1,500 men belonged to the artillery unit, armed with thirty four-pounder guns, twenty nine-pounder guns, ten twelve-pounder guns, and five eighteen-pounder guns. In the end, the remaining 8,000 men were all musketeers. Three hundred of them were elite Hessian mercenaries with weapons purchased from France, and the others were armed with brand-new brown bass muskets.
This is not all the strength of the two families, and since they have decided to take a desperate gamble, the two families have not left their hands behind. The last bit of money in the family was taken out by them, and two thousand Indians who were connected with them joined in, using the muskets and three-pounder cannons they had eliminated, and attacked the Yanhuang Trading Company together.
Speaking of which, the front-loading flintlock pistol also has a benefit that is not good. Because of the lack of accuracy, front-loading guns rely on numbers to kill and damage enemies on the battlefield. No matter how well you practice marksmanship, more than a hundred meters, you will not be able to accurately hit your target. Therefore, musketeers with front-loading guns only need to train the queue and reload, and the shooting ability does not need to be too good at all. This is also the reason why it takes half a year to go out to buy weapons, and in a few months, two families can train an army of 10,000.
The leader of this force is, of course, the person who was elected from the two families. The Pandey family is okay, Clark is still there, and after such a long time of cultivation, Clark has also recovered his mentality. Moreover, after being taught by Xiao Lin twice, he also began to learn the Yanhuang Guard, and used what he had observed on the battlefield to his own personal guards. It didn't take long for the training to surpass the ordinary soldiers and approach the Hessian mercenaries.
And the Addams family, the only Kent who can be compared to Clark, is now serving as a squad leader in the fifth battalion of the Yanhuang Trading Company's escort team. The Addams family chose and chose only one descendant who had learned this subject. It seems that this person has a very deep understanding of the army and can be said to be a military genius. However, just like the famous Zhao Kuo in Chinese history, he is a piece of paper. You ask how you found out, and that's what Clark felt when he was leading the troops with him during this time.
Speaking of which, the head is the way, and every sentence is reasonable, but the execution is too poor. Once you encounter something complicated, you will lose your square inch, and if it weren't for Clarke's help all the way, I'm afraid the army would mutiny. Therefore, now even the part of the army funded by the Addams family is more convinced of Clark. This British Baron Zhao Kuobobi is really angry, and the anger in his chest is unbearable, and he is about to go straight to the sky.
No, as soon as I arrived in New York, I called the management officer of the New York military warehouse over and cursed wildly. The reason for this is that there has been an abnormal reduction in military supplies here. What is an abnormal reduction is that it is not consumed by the army, but stolen and sold. Originally, they were going to resupply here and wait for the arrival of 3,000 Indian auxiliaries before they set out. For this reason, they all paid in advance and ordered all the logistics materials here.
The money is all given, but the things are less, how can Poppy not completely explode. Even Clarke, who was very annoyed by this, did nothing to stop Poppy's behavior. The one in charge of logistics is a down-and-out knight, how could he dare to risk offending the two major families and insist on not speaking. He was not punished at all, so he confessed to Logan.
Why is it Logan, it is because these materials were bought by Rogan for the Yanhuang Trading Company. Of course, all up and down New York are dotted up, as long as the above does not come to check, there will definitely be no problems. Who knows, people who haven't come to check for more than ten years suddenly came and took all the supplies, and the matter was exposed. The person in charge of the warehouse didn't know that the Yanhuang Trading Company knew that Logan was standing on the surface, and of course he would confess him.
Enraged, Bobby directly ordered the cavalry to go out with all their troops, led by the warehouse official, to capture Logan. However, Logan had already gotten the news. Logan can go from a farmer to the present, how can he not be cautious in doing things. Taking over the matter of assisting Yanhuang Trading Company in procurement, it is not only to obtain monetary benefits, but also to plan a good way out for his future. Of course, he was also aware of the hostile relationship between the Yan Huang Trading Company and the British.
Once the matter is revealed and he is caught, there will definitely be no good outcome. So, Logan had been preparing for this day for a long time. He bribed a lot of people, including a few ordinary caretakers in the warehouse. One of them, who lived in the same area as the warehouse officer, became aware of the troops when he saw the warehouse officer being taken away by the new troops. The man went out secretly, went to Logan's house, and told Logan what he saw.
Logan's instincts also told him that things must have been exposed. He did not procrastinate, and after giving a large sum of money to the official who came to report the news, he activated the emergency measures. With the pound sterling given by Xiao Lin, the power in his hands is not small. The entire low-ranking officers in New York were almost bribed by him, and more than 60 of the 300 Hessian mercenaries under his command became his henchmen. These henchmen are usually concentrated in a nearby hotel, and Logan, who has deep pockets, has chartered the entire hotel for them to live in.
Logan didn't have anything to clean up, the money was almost spent, and there was only a little left. I don't have a family, that house, I don't want it, I don't care. In half an hour, he walked out of the city with sixty-three henchmen. At this time, the soldiers sent by Bobbi converged with the warehouse officials and went to Logan's house together.
There is no curfew in New York, but there are patrols on the streets. However, today because of the fact that the armies of the two families entered the city, the number of patrols has decreased a lot. Occasionally, I met one or two, and because Logan belonged to his comrades and had a relationship with money, he said hello warmly and left. However, in order not to show flaws, they can only slowly walk out of the city. Finally came to a small locked house on the outskirts of the city, Logan opened the lock, and a group of people all walked in.
There weren't many cavalry in New York, and Logan and his men only had thirty horses. These war horses are usually placed in the barracks, and Logan can't touch them in a hurry. And if you want to escape successfully, you have to run faster than the cavalry. So, Logan has thirty-three mountain bikes hidden here. In a few months, his henchmen also learned to drive with a few folding bicycles on the surface, and in pairs, they got on their own bikes and immediately rode out of the city.
New York doesn't have a city wall, so there is naturally a gap in such a large area, that is, a place that is unguarded. Sixty-four people came out of here. As soon as he stepped out of New York, Logan found that the whole of New York was lively, with thousands of lobster soldiers rampaging through the city, searching for Rogan. A group of British troops got the location from a civilian who had accidentally spotted Logan's tracks, and nearly a hundred cavalrymen gathered and frantically pursued here.
The two sides began the pursuit and escape journey, one after the other. Although the cavalry pursued them closely, Logan and the others managed to escape. The cavalry has only one war horse, and the war horse is a creature and will get tired. And Logan's bicycle is a machine, and when a pedaler is tired, he will be pedaled by another person. The cross-country ability of mountain bikes is no worse than that of horses, and naturally, the two sides are separated from each other.
To, who had no telegraph benefits, and the British colonies he passed by along the way, did not know that the gang had been captured by the army. By the time the news came, they had already left the place. Logan still had two thousand pounds in his hand, and after more than a month of supplies and some remaining instant noodles and canned food, he finally came to Yanhuang Trading Company.
They were lucky enough to meet the Yanhuang caravan that was about to make one last trade. However, since the matter in New York was revealed, the caravan did not need to go, and took the sixty-four people of Logan back to the town.
After more than half a year of construction, the town has also changed, full of modern and modern atmosphere. The dwellings are beautiful and sturdy, and the style is the same, which looks indescribably comfortable. More than a dozen iconic buildings, which have reached the level of five floors. The fifteen-meter-high factory chimney is not a miracle, but it looks amazing enough. Rogan and his entourage, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, were dazzled.