The plan of the First Division received more support from President Russell and the Military Committee, so the Second Division officially beca a feint and ambush force.
In order to create an appearance of concentrating forces to siege Aslon, the Unified Irishman Association mobilized the strength in their stronghold. County brigades and district squads were all mobilized. These warriors would be responsible for pretending to be part of the main force of the Second Division and surrounding Aslon.
Just like during the Siege of Constantinople in later generations, when the numbers of the concentrated county brigades and district squads were counted, General O'Hara almost really had the impulse to attack Aslon fiercely, because... because he never expected that there would be so many people in the county brigades and district squads!
Yes, the county brigades and district squads of the two major strongholds in all of Ireland were now concentrated, adding up to another fifty to sixty thousand troops. Coupled with the over forty thousand troops of the Second Division, it seed entirely feasible to launch a strong attack on Aslon.
But O'Hara still resisted the impulse. Firstly, it was because of discipline. Since the Military Committee of the Unified Irishman Association had already made the decision to feint attack, he would not arbitrarily change it. Unless the British bastards defending Aslon caused trouble themselves.
Secondly, it was also because O'Hara knew that although the county brigades and district squads had a considerable number of troops, their training and equipnt were significantly inferior to the main force. Their equipnt level was just approaching the recognized "security forces" without combat effectiveness, and their training level was even worse than the "security forces". Of course, relying on sheer courage and determination to fight to the end, they might be able to beat those "security forces
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