The lord hunted down by the game

Chapter 56
Yuri knew that his father really couldn't pull his hand this time.

Although the Sauron family won the civil war in Georgia, the victory was not complete. Many die-hard resisters who believed that the Sauron family would be suppressed by the British Empire were still fighting guerrillas.

Many places in Georgia, which has just ended the civil war, need garrisons to maintain rule and law and order, and to establish the prestige of the Sauron family.

Therefore, the seemingly large number of Sauron's legions are now unable to gather a mobile offensive force at all, and it is not easy to hold Georgia.

It was only when Yuri really rebelled that he discovered that any uprising is not easy. Not only is there suppression from the suzerain state and government forces, but also internal enemies.

Who told the Sauron Legion that apart from the righteousness of "pleading for the people", the reason for the rebellion was simply untenable in the eyes of high-level officials.

Just look at the South Carolina Governor's Mansion.

After hearing the news of the rebellion in Georgia, South Carolina immediately united as one, and assembled more than [-] regular troops with unprecedented efficiency.

This mobilization efficiency is almost catching up with the Sauron family who rebelled.

Therefore, the only external power that the Sauron family can count on now is Yuri.

Naturally, Yuri would not refuse such a reasonable request from his father, since he led troops out to fight anyway.

So, Yuri led his troops back to the city of Savannah, and led his troops aboard various captured coastal warships and transport ships.

Thanks to the contribution of British ships in the port of Savannah, Yuri now also has a good offshore fleet, the largest of which is a sail cruiser.

As long as these coastal warships do not encounter the main force of the British Navy, they are sufficient to ensure safety along the coast from Georgia to South Carolina.

This is why Yuri chose to attack Charleston by sea.

One is because Yuri's safety period is running out, and the other is because the army led by Yuri is very small.

The security regiment + artillery regiment + half of the steel guards have a total of less than 3000 soldiers, and even with logistics personnel and sailors, it will not exceed 5000.

With a small number of people, it is naturally more convenient to take the sea route.

Another reason is that taking the sea route can avoid the chaotic militia regiments on the South Carolina border.

A few days later, the army led by Yuri landed on a beach on the outskirts of Charleston.

The landing in this era was very sudden, and the Governor General Jackson of South Carolina was not aware of it at all.

It wasn't until all Yuri's people landed and marched towards Charleston that Jackson in Charleston learned about it!
Jackson never expected that the rebellious Sauron family would dare to take the initiative to attack!
After all, the news he got was that Earl Sauron was busy suppressing and clearing up the rebellion in Georgia, and the Sauron Legion couldn't spare much troops.

When Charleston's spies learned that the invading troops only had about 3000 soldiers, Jackson's expression became very exciting...

"Could it be said that the Georgia commander is a fool?

Lead a corps of 3000 people to attack a big city where tens of thousands of regular troops are stationed? "

Jackson confirmed in disbelief.

Subsequently, after many verifications, Jackson finally came to a conclusion.

He did meet a commander with a brain hole...

Of course, the lion fought the rabbit with all its strength. Jackson didn't intend to give this enemy army that penetrated into South Carolina any chance. He directly mobilized all the South Carolina colonial regular troops to face Yuri's troops and prepare to fight in the wild. Annihilate the opponent.

Due to the widespread use of artillery in this era, the role of fortresses is declining day by day, so the significance of defending the city is not great.

What's more, Charleston is not a purely military fortress city, and does not have much advantage in defending the city.

What's more, the enemy's strength is less than one-third of our own, so is it still necessary to defend the city?
Relying on the superiority of troops, Jackson resorted to the traditional mode of gathering and annihilating in a satisfactory manner.

Divide the more than 1 South Carolina regular troops (not the British standing army) under his command into three groups.

The one with the most troops advanced forward, and the remaining two groups, one on the left and one on the right, prepared to outflank Yuri's troops in a pliers position.

Of course, Jackson now does not know that the commander of the other party is Yuri. He only knows that this is an army under the Sauron family.

Generally speaking, there are only two ways to figure out the commander of the enemy army on the opposite side.

Capture a soldier of the opposing army and interrogate the name of the commander.

Or simply have a mature spy network in the enemy's heartland city, which can sniff out the information of the leader of the expedition.

Obviously, these two lines are a bit difficult for Jackson, so he doesn't know who the enemy commander is.

This is more difficult than scouting enemy forces.

After all, the detection of the enemy's strength and the number of artillery can be roughly estimated based on some information such as the traces of the opponent's march and the feces left during the march.

People need to eat and drink, especially when a large army passes by, even if it is cleaned up specially, it will leave traces.

For the same reason, Yuri didn't get any news about the commander of the enemy army on the opposite side. He didn't know that the army was led by Governor Jackson himself, but Yuri learned through the scouts that the enemy army on the opposite side was divided into three groups, and planned to divide his troops into three groups. Annihilation.

The other party has a big heart...

In addition to the enemy's absolute superiority in strength, the morale of the security regiment was generally not high. Many soldiers knew when they got off the ship whether their troops were going deep alone, or just a few thousand people going deep alone!

The destination turned out to be Charleston, the capital of South Carolina!
Therefore, most of the officers and soldiers of the security regiment feel that this attack is likely to fail again. Many soldiers have even thought about how to quickly and safely surrender to the opposite side after stepping on the battlefield...

At this time, if Yuri asked the security team to line up with the enemy to shoot, he would definitely get a surprise.

Of course, Yuri never used the security regiment as the main force. The reason why he took them was only to have enough troops to control the city and its subordinate villages and towns after occupying Charleston, and to establish an effective governing body in the shortest possible time.

After all, Yuri is fighting across the sea, there is no logistics on land, and the supply depends entirely on the offshore fleet from Savannah. After a long time, the main British fleet will inevitably rush to cut off the supply line of Yuri's troops.

By then, Yuri will be self-sufficient in South Carolina.

As for losing the battle?

At least in land battles, Yuri has never worried. All he needs to do is to choose a high point with a good view before the battle begins, and drop the test soldiers!

In this way, two armies full of belief in victory met in a small plain.

It's just that Yuri's troops are commander-in-chief with the belief that they will win, while the South Carolina regular army on the opposite side feels that they will not be defeated from top to bottom!

(End of this chapter)