San Antonio, Texas.

Peng Yulin sat in the city hall majestically, beside him, there were several officers of the captive army in military uniforms, and among them, the dark-skinned Shi Zhen Gao Haoran was in the column, and next to him, there were two others. An Indian was Sanchez, the chief of the Shiroki tribe, but at the moment he was also wearing the uniform of the Raiders, and if you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell the difference between him and the other Raiders; The other, however, was an Irish officer, none other than Philip Henry Sheridan, a cavalry major of the Irish Independence Army who had been transferred from Missouri.

Peng Yulin lit the secret report that he had read in his hand, and said to Shi Zhengao: "The matter has been showdowned. The Hexi Army led by General Lin had occupied Iowa and Minnesota and formally announced the establishment of the United Kingdom of Hexi to the United States. And most of California is already under our control, and now it's time for a complete showdown to realize His Majesty's plans for the west of the River.

Throughout the region west of the Mississippi River, General Lin's Hexi Corps, which had captured Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota, now led part of its forces westward to occupy the sparsely populated Dakota and Nebraska regions; And the town is now in control of Texas with Chief Sanchez; Jingil led the commander of the National Guard in Kansas and took control of Kansas.

In this way, our layout has been basically realized. To the north, to the south, to the west, to the vast western part of the Mississippi River, with the exception of Oregon in the northwest, Arkansas and Mississippi in the southeast, are basically under our control. Even if we haven't officially sent troops to control Nevawa, Utah, Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, etc., these free areas are vast and sparsely populated, and sending a few thousand troops into them will be enough to make tens of thousands of residents there change their minds and join our camp! ”

Peng Yulin did not shy away from the chieftain of the Shiroki tribe, Sanchez, and the Irish cavalry major Philip Henry Sheridan.

First, Sanchez sincerely submitted to the Chinese Empire, he was proud that he and the entire Shiroki tribe could become comrades of this Chinese country that was also yellow-skinned, and he was glad and proud of the efforts made by the Chinese Empire; Second, Sanchez still doesn't understand Chinese, but only knows a few simple words, but he is not afraid of being overheard by him, and discussing in front of him gives him a feeling of being trusted and valued, although he doesn't understand, he still pretends to be very useful, so that Peng Yulin can't help but sigh: Honest Indian chief!

Sheridan didn't know Chinese at all, and he only listened to the orders of Jackson, the former Governor of Missouri and the current Commander of the Irish Independence Army, and Lu Ernan, the Chief of Staff.

Shi Zhen Gao said: "Commander, you give an order." The officers and men of the 21st Infantry Division of our captive army have long been ready! The major towns of Texas, the capital cities of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, and Arlington, have sent an infantry regiment to secretly garrison them, and the capital Houston even has 3,000 prisoners, more than 2,000 Indian soldiers, and more than 1,000 Irish soldiers. As long as I give the order, in less than half a day, I promise, the whole of Texas will belong to our Chinese empire. ”

"Zhengao, on the surface, it does not belong to our Chinese Empire, but the United Kingdom of Hexi, which was established by Chinese compatriots, Indians and Irish living in the Americas!" Peng Yulin said with some seriousness: "Although this is the case, it must be said so." After all, we have to consider that the Americas were first occupied by foreigners, especially the descendants of these British, who think they are the masters of the United States, and regard this land that was originally Indians as their territory. Even if our Chinese Empire is already strong and is not afraid of any European and American powers, if they all unite against us, it will still be quite deadly! ”

Shi Jingao nodded, indicating that he understood.

Peng Yulin was about to call Sanchez, the chief of the Shiroki tribe, and Sheridan, a major officer of the Irish cavalry, to discuss the dispatch of troops in English, when a messenger rushed to report: "Commander, the Northern American Confederation and the Southern Confederate States have signed a peace agreement on the armistice between the North and the South, and quickly formed an alliance to declare our United Kingdom of Hexi as a rebel area, and the Hexi Army as a rebel army, ready to jointly send troops to suppress and attack us!" ”

"What?" Peng Yulin was taken aback: "How can this be!" When did it happen? ”

After Peng Yulin heard the news of Lin Qirong's announcement of the United Kingdom of Hexi, he thought of the reaction of the Northern Federation, but he did not expect that the Southern Union would be so decisive and directly declare war on the United Kingdom of Hexi. You know, in the name of the Hexi Army, he originally helped the Confederate States attack Missouri and other states to help the Southern rebels reduce the pressure, and he thought that at least the Confederate Congress would question him or wait for his explanation, but he didn't expect the other party to directly announce the United Kingdom of Hexi. It seems that he still underestimated the degree to which the Hexi plan stimulated both the north and the south.

"Just two or three days ago, the Secretary of State of the Northern Union and the President of the Confederate States met in Washington to discuss. By the way, they also directly announced the plan to send troops, according to the news, the northern federation announced that it would mobilize 100,000 troops to attack General Lin Qirong and them from the north, as well as the newly occupied Minnesota and Iowa and other places; The Confederate states in the South claimed to have mobilized 70,000 troops to attack Missouri and Kansas, and were preparing to cross Texas to California to regain it. ”

"So many troops?" Peng Yulin was a little worried about Lin Qirong's Hexi United Army. Although he knew that the troops of the two countries had not undergone much training, and even most of them were directly recruited from ordinary peasant workers and directly converted into soldiers, after all, the number was huge, and after a year of war, these recruits on both sides slowly began to grow in the war, which was equivalent to preliminary training.

Although Peng Yulin knew that the elite of the Capture Army in his Hexi United Army was better trained than these American soldiers, after all, the number was small, even if the Japanese Japanese mercenaries, Indian tribal soldiers, and Irish Independence Army soldiers were added, the number was still far behind. After all, when the Hexi Combined Army was formed, he informed Lin Qirong that in order for the Chinese Empire to fully control this legion, 1,000 elites selected from the original 11th Infantry Division, 5,000 Saga and Mosa soldiers led by Saigo Takamori, and the other Indian tribe soldiers only recruited 5,000, and the 3,000 Irish soldiers were only 3,000 local soldiers.

Moreover, with this amount of manpower, the Hexi Army led by Lin Qirong still has a wide area to garrison, and it is simply difficult to defend that vast territory, and reinforcements must be discharged as soon as possible.

If the Northern Federation Army is sending 100,000 troops to attack Lin Qirong's Hexi Legion, with only 14,000 troops in the Hexi Legion, if it is still scattered and defended, it will be dangerous!

Thinking of this, Peng Yulin became a little anxious.