Chapter 624

When bergoin escaped that night, he didn't take advantage of the darkness to escape into the forest, as Horatio gates thought.

In fact, not to mention Horatio gates, even Colonel Barry St. Redge, one of bogain's men, was shocked by what brigadier general bogain had just said.

"Don't fix it. We march north all night. I'll be on the back of Benedict Arnold tomorrow morning!" In the uncertain light of the campfire, bergoin's face looked very ferocious!

"Dare to break the back of Laozi, dare to surround Laozi and fight..." bogoin gritted his teeth, "now Laozi has run out, you don't want to save yourself! Barry, I think that damned Horatio gates would think we're going west into the mountains, but we're not going to. We're going to surprise Benedict Arnold in the north. If Horatio gates dares to divide his forces to block me, we'll take advantage of Benedict Arnold's weakness and do him a good job! Otherwise, when Benedict Arnold and Horatio gates meet at dawn, we won't have such a good chance... "

Although the ruthless bergoin is telling St. Redge about his thoughts and judgments, he is just telling. St. Redge has no right to refuse. Because when bergoin said these words, he had decided to take Benedict Arnold from the North first.

In fact, in terms of physical strength, the soldiers of St. Redge are not as good as those of bergoin.

After all, St. Redge came all the way from the west, and there was hardly any trimming in the middle. Although bergoin was surrounded by Horatio gates, his subordinates were on the defensive these days, and hardly consumed any physical strength.

So, when bergoin decided to march north, the more than 10000 people immediately took action in the mountains.

Fortunately, most of the soldiers of bergoin and St. Redge were Indian soldiers. They were good at moving in the mountains, so the marching speed was not slow.

When the moon goes down, the sky comes to the darkest stage of the day.

However, in the dark, more than 10000 people of bergoin walked in the forest for most of the night, and with the help of the forest, they quietly touched the north of Benedict Arnold.

At this time, Benedict Arnold had just received a message from Horatio gates that bergoin had escaped from the siege with the help of reinforcements.

Of course, along with this news comes the order to quickly retreat south early tomorrow morning.

Benedict Arnold was not surprised by his immediate superior's withdrawal order. Arnold is also a general with high military literacy. When he learned that bergoin had escaped, he almost immediately realized that the 3000 people he led had become a lonely army.

Although he is not far away from general Gates' main force, only a few kilometers away, in this case, it is undoubtedly the safest way to join the main force south.

The most important thing is that Arnold is very clear that the new general Horatio gates does not like him very much. In previous military operations, gates showed his "hostility" or even "malice", which made Arnold a little nervous. If you don't pay a little attention, maybe commander gates will do worse.

This is not Arnold's wild guess at Horatio Gates' mind, because that's the truth.

In the original historical time and space, after becoming commander of the New York North army, Horatio gates showed great hostility to Benedict Arnold, who had made great achievements in the war - perhaps out of jealousy.

In the previous Freeman farm campaign, gates rejected Arnold's proposal twice. If it wasn't for bergoin's escape, Gates would not say a word about Arnold's achievements in the Freeman farm campaign when he reported to the Continental Congress in seven or eight days. Arnold immediately protested to gates and asked him why he had wiped out my achievements. As a result, gates not only did not explain, but also used the power of the commander in chief to directly remove Arnold

Yes, in the original time and space of history, Arnold was so frustrated under gates.

Even Saratoga's victory did not bring Arnold much benefit, because gates swallowed all the benefits.

That's why Arnold defected to the British army at the critical moment of the war of independence and became the most famous traitor in American history

But in any case, Colonel Benedict Arnold, who is only thirty-six years old, is a real military genius.

With his excellent military accomplishment and innate keen judgment, Arnold immediately realized that the 3000 people he led were in a very dangerous situation.

Therefore, Arnold immediately decided to close to the main force at dawn.

Unfortunately, Arnold, who has always been known for his decisive and accurate judgment, made a wrong judgment this time because of the weather.

He really didn't expect that bergoin, a cruel man, would touch himself in the dark immediately after escaping from his life

So, when most of Arnold's soldiers were still sleeping, a short but extremely fierce battle suddenly started.

In order to block bergoin's retreat to the north, Arnold chose to set up a blocking position in a valley. With the help of favorable terrain, three thousand armies were able to resist bergoin's retreat to the north.

Arnold's choice is very correct, but it is under the premise that bergoin is surrounded. Now that bergoyn has escaped, this narrow valley has become Arnold's halberd.

Ten thousand angry soldiers launched a surprise attack on three thousand people, and most of the three thousand people were still sleeping. It can be imagined.

The sound of gunfire, the explosion of grenades thrown by grenadiers, the howling of the wounded, the roaring of the personnel... All interweave together and resound through the world in the darkest period before dawn. The fire from the muzzle of the musket, the fire caused by the throwing torch, and the brightness of the moment when the grenade exploded completely disturbed the darkness here.

In the dark, I don't know how many bullets poured down, how many people were shot and fell to the ground, and how many people were engulfed by the raging fire.

Countless wounded people wail on the ground, countless horses run wildly, countless lives become ghosts in this moment

Anyway, in just a few minutes, when the eastern sky just began to turn white, Arnold's position had completely become a hell.