Vol 2 Chapter 1: , Pit allies

On February 20, 1813, the United States and France had already surrounded the British army in Ottawa. General Arthur Wellesley organized several counterattacks at the beginning, and the effect was not bad. He even seized some precious arms from the weakly guarded German-speaking French.
In general, although the exchange ratio obtained in these counterattacks is good, it still consumes a lot of materials, especially ammunition. So General Arthur Wellesley is no longer trying to fight back. He can only persist in Ottawa as much as possible now, hoping that the war situation will change.
But in fact, everyone, including General Arthur Wellesley, knew that even if the war situation really changed, it would be difficult for the British army in Ottawa to support it.
First of all, even if the British army has achieved some victory in Europe, under the current circumstances, it is impossible to send much force to North America. Even if they sent forces, because of Quebec’s betrayal, they would not be able to send the supplies easily. Even if they could do this, well, the British troops in Ottawa were starving to death before they sent the precious supplies. .
Therefore, at this time, it is impossible to continue the fight. The British army headed by General Arthur Wellesley began to consider the issue of surrender. Anyway, it is not the first time that the British army surrendered to the US-French coalition forces.
At this time, everyone had a talk, and then according to the old rules, the British handed the commanding knife and it was over. But this time, two problems that I hadn't encountered before suddenly appeared.
The first problem is of course how to divide the spoils. During the War of Independence in North America, there was no question of how to divide the territory. It is certainly impossible for the French to say that one or two of the thirteen North American states that are in independence will go to France. But it's different now. Canada is a big piece.
The Americans feel that the French have already gotten a large portion of Quebec. The best ports and coastal parts of Canada have been occupied by the French, and the rest should naturally belong to the United States. Moreover, the Quebecers took advantage of the opportunity of the American army to attack the British, shouting neutral, but silently ran over to occupy a lot of land that did not belong to them. The Chinese people have really made money.
But the French said that this is not the case. First of all, Quebec has just become independent and has not been included in France. So Quebec is Quebec, and France is France. These are two different things and cannot be confused. As for whether Quebec will join France in the future? What's going to happen in the future, let's talk about it in the future. Anyway, Quebec is now an independent country, and it is an independent country that has been recognized by the United States. It cannot be counted as part of the division of Canada!
Well, even if Quebec is eliminated, there are still a lot of places left in Canada that can be divided. The big piece of land near the Great Lakes is very good land. Everyone here is divided into one point and it is still good.
But the French move fast, because in the previous wars, the British and Canadians did a lot of bad things in the United States, so they are very worried that if they are occupied by the Americans, the same will happen. What a bad thing. Anyway, Canada and the Americans are very familiar with each other, and they all know what each other is. So even if the Americans would not pursue them, they would not believe it. What's more, the Americans really dare not say that they want to pardon them magnanimously. They really dare to say that. Believe it or not, the gang in the south was rebelled by the Sanguang State every minute to show you.
At this time, Canadians also know that this war must have been lost, and now they have only one way to surrender. And surrender to whom has become a matter of destiny.
In later generations, when the gang was beaten down by the bears, they also encountered similar problems. Although the head of state has always hoped that his troops can be desperately blocked on the east and west fronts. But San Dezi's army still made the choice very wisely, desperately blocking it from the east and surrendering to the west as much as possible.
Canadians are no more stupid than San Dezi. They still want to understand such a simple truth, so they have adopted a similar approach. Except for Ottawa, other cities and strongholds basically opened their doors and surrendered as soon as they saw Frenchmen. If they were Americans, they would resist.
As a result, one consequence of this is that the French quickly occupied a large number of important strongholds, such as "Mud York" (later Toronto. After the British lost New York in North America, they were here again. A York was built. It’s just that the development here is far less than New York, so the Americans nicknamed it "Mud York") and surrendered the French without letting go.
One problem with this is that the French occupy far more places than the Americans. If it is directly attributed to whoever occupies the place, then the Americans really fought this battle in vain. And the main cost of this battle was borne by the Americans.
So although the British are still resisting in Ottawa, the Americans are already arguing with the French.
The Americans felt that the French should give a little bit of the area they occupied to the United States. But the French did not hesitate to say that this was taken by Lao Tzu by his ability, why should he let it?
The Americans also feel that now that we are allies and fight against the evil British, can we reduce or exempt the money we borrowed for war? At the beginning, when His Majesty Louis XVI fought side by side with us, he was very generous.
Today's France is naturally much richer than France at the time of Louis XVI. If the United States were Ireland, then Napoleon's France would definitely have a big swipe, saying that these debts would be reduced. But this is America.
According to Joseph's classification, the United States and Ireland are not an animal. Ireland is a dog, America is a wolf. Ireland itself is close to the United Kingdom. In terms of resources, without coal and iron, it is basically impossible to become a powerful country with independent power without France. Therefore, the French do not need to guard against Ireland.
But the United States is different. The U.S. is a spoiler, all brave and relentless, and it is famous for its love of expansion. Before the French returned to the Americas, they bullied the Spanish-of course, after the French returned to the Americas, the French bullied the Spanish even harder.
So Louis Bonaparte had long received instructions from his brother Napoleon: "One of the purposes of the war is of course to weaken Britain, seize their colonies, and expand our territory. But there is another, if not more important, at least. The equally important goal is to weaken the United States. If possible, it is better to divide the United States."
With such a goal, the performance of the French can naturally be imagined. The already occupied strongholds would certainly not be handed over in vain. Of course, some of them are not non-negotiable, but you have to add money.
There are also some strongholds, which guarantee that France and the Republic of Quebec can have a land border. Well, it doesn’t work to increase money, unless the square of the money is added, ah, no, it should be the cube of the money.
As for the issue of debt, um, we are allies, we don’t talk about money, does it hurt feelings when we talk about money? Well, in the name of the country, if you lend you American money, we don't need interest. What? You said that you mainly borrow money from the Louisiana Development Bank. Oh, this thing is not easy to handle, it is really hard to handle.
You see, this Louisiana Development Bank, he is a private bank, is private property, understand? This is not the money you borrowed from France, this is the money you borrowed from French citizens. Private property is sacred and inviolable. That is our first earth, ah, it should be the most sacred law of the First Republic. Even the French government has no right to reduce or exempt the money you owe them.
So there is no talk about debts. As for the land, there is not much to talk about. In this war, the Americans shed the most blood and suffered the greatest loss, but when it came time to harvest, they found that they had almost nothing.
In fact, it's not all nothing. Some northern states still get some land. But the South did not get anything, except for the burned cities and the massacred people.
This has brought two consequences. First, the reconstruction of the South requires a lot of money. The South hopes that the northern states can support itself, just as they sent troops to support the North during the war. But the problem is that the North also has no money. They can only count on two things: First, they will take down Ottawa, grab a hand, and see how much money they can get from the Ottawa warehouse. Second, after defeating Britain, let the British government pay compensation.
According to American estimates, there shouldn’t be much money in the warehouses in Ottawa. So that's just a drop in the bucket, not worth it. As for the compensation of the British, it is that the distant water cannot save the near fire.
Another consequence is how to deal with the British army in Ottawa. General Arthur Wellesley has sent men to test the conditions of surrender. According to the principles of the joint declaration between France and the Holy See, the French believed that as long as the British forces surrendered, their personal safety and private property should be protected. The Americans, especially those in the southern United States, believe that these people are criminals and should pay the price for their atrocities in the war. According to those guys in Georgia, after surrendering, these people should be sent to Georgia to be tried by the courts, and they should be given fair punishments for their crimes.
The British will of course not accept such conditions of surrender. Even the French feel that this is not intending to accept surrender at all. What "just punishment", who do you coax this thing? When we haven't seen how you gave Indians "just punishment"? Even if we haven't seen how your court tried Indians, don't we still know how the "revolutionary court" works? Speaking of it, how efficient is your court in hanging Indians than our "revolutionary court"? The British are not stupid and will accept such conditions.
But the Americans cannot make concessions on this issue, because anyone who makes concessions on this issue will immediately be regarded as a "traitor" by the entire South. In the habit of those barbarians in the south, shouting "Tianzhu Country Thief" and then lighting both revolvers are very normal behavior.
Since we can't agree, we can only fight.
However, the French lacked interest in continuing the offensive, and their reasons were very good. When the overall situation is settled, the soldiers should not be allowed to continue to sacrifice. They even persuaded the Americans not to be anxious, and to surround themselves slowly, and besiege them for a while, and wait until they are too hungry to attack.
At first, Americans thought that the French suggestion was good. The defense of the British army is quite solid. If you attack hard, you don't know how many people will die. It is better to wait slowly and wait for them to starve to death.
However, the Americans soon discovered that this idea may not be reliable. Because the British launched a round of counterattack against the French, and then...then they seized a lot of things from the French and withdrew back.
The Americans are of course very unhappy complaining about what the French did. As for the French, the French said that the place is stationed by Indians who submit to France. You can't demand too much of the Indians.
"Huh? You actually use Indians to garrison your position? How can the Indians hold it?"
"But it's cheap to hire them. And spring plowing is coming soon, and the soldiers are in a hurry to go home to farm. If the farming is delayed, we have to spend more money to subsidize them. Hell, it's not a little money. . Anyway, the British did not break out. What are they afraid of?"
Then, in the French army, more and more Indians, and fewer French troops. The reason, of course, is that spring ploughing is about to happen. The French army in Louisiana is mainly militia, and the main body of the militia is farmers, and the government of Louisiana is limited, so...
So we can only give the position to friendly Indians~EbookFREE.me~ Of course, if the Americans are willing to take over, the French will not object. Of course, in order to take over this position, the Americans need to continue to increase the army. Does it cost nothing to increase the army? How can the US government have money?
The Americans protested against the irresponsible practices of the French. But the French retorted: "If you hadn't insisted on trying the British, the British would have surrendered long ago, and we would have gone back long ago."
As a result, the US-French coalition forces that were besieged the city gradually became the US-India (Dian) coalition forces, and then gradually became purely American forces.
Solving the problem through a prolonged siege can of course greatly reduce casualties. However, it takes a lot of money for Americans to maintain a prolonged siege. Today, the Americans do not have any money. Or the Americans can also promise not to pursue the atrocities of the British in exchange for their surrender, but this is very politically incorrect in the United States. So now there is only one way for the Americans to go, and that is to attack Ottawa.
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