Chapter 622 (2/2)

Even in the first half of this year, Gates was only Skyler's deputy. Unexpectedly, Skyler's fortress tekondroga was beaten down by bergoin. Because of the defeat in the battle, Gates was named commander of the New York North army, and Skyler became Gates's deputy.

That's right. The fortress tekondroga, which John bergoin attacked in early July, was captured from Philip Skyler.

At that time, the defeated Philip Skyler fled south with the remnant, met major general Horatio gates and Colonel Benedict Arnold, and then the three parties formed the main force to block the bergoin department, and successfully blocked the bergoin department in Saratoga.

In the eyes of Skyler, Horatio Gates was lucky. He had just become the commander of the New York North army, when he met a battle that was almost doomed to be a big victory - even Skyler didn't think that bergoin could escape from the encirclement of the army.

Once the battle is won, Gates' reputation will be greatly improved.

In order to prepare for the battle, gates brought in troops from Albany and sknektadi fortress, together with some guerrillas, and gathered more than 12000 soldiers near this small Saratoga.

Moreover, as a result of early preparation, the army also occupied a favorable terrain and surrounded seven thousand bergoin soldiers in a small encirclement.

If there were enough heavy firepower, it would not cost much to annihilate bergoin. Unfortunately, the army did not carry enough heavy firepower in order to block the bergoin department.

In addition, the Indian soldiers under bergoin were not afraid of death, so the battle might take a long time.

But that's not a problem. As long as bergoin can't jump out of the encirclement, it's almost certain to eat this army.

William Howe's main force is in Philadelphia, hundreds of kilometers to the south. William Howe is absolutely impossible to rescue the bogoin department. And the other British army that landed in the West had a big army on its way to deal with them.

It can be said that in order to eat the bergoin department, Gates has made the plan to the extreme.

In the eyes of Horatio gates, the bogoin department in front of him is a bear that has fallen into a trap. There are no reinforcements outside and there is a shortage of ammunition and food inside. Sooner or later, the bear will be killed!

But what Horatio Gates didn't expect was that the British West Route Army, which should have been blocked on the way, had already broken through the ambush, and was now quietly killing the flank of the army in the dark.

Saratoga is situated in a valley plain about five or six kilometers wide. To the east of Saratoga are Lake Saratoga and the Fish River, and to the east there is the wider Hudson River. To the west of Saratoga, there are the continuous high mountains of the Adirondacks, in which mount Massey, the highest mountain in New York State, lies.

As long as the north and south ends of the valley and plain are blocked, bogoin will not be able to run.

It's also a carefully chosen siege site for Horatio gates.

But when Horatio gates thought the encirclement was perfect, there was a continuous gunfire in the west mountain area.

The gunfire changed the faces of Horatio gates and Philip Skyler.

In order to prevent the bergoin department from fleeing to the western mountain area, gates deployed a defense force composed of more than 1000 people at the edge of the mountain area. And the sudden gunfire came from that direction