Chapter 266 There is still hope

"Mr. President, I think General Grant must have liked it the most, maybe there will be a sentence about Ou or the President who understands me, I love him to death. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

However, while the two were happy, the Secretaries of War, Edwin M. Stanton, and Winfield Scott came together, and their faces were not very good.

"Mr. President, we have to tell you the bad news, Smith suffered a defeat at Rock Ayland, losing half of his troops, and the rebels have received huge supplies and weapons, and their combat effectiveness has been further strengthened."

"What? Smith lost half of his forces so quickly. ”

Lincoln and William H. Seward's faces froze, and the good mood just now suddenly fluctuated.

"Yes Mr. President, and we also have to tell you that this gang of rebels is not very numerous, only about two thousand, and they are from Denver, no! It was from Salt Lake City, all the way east to Denver, Omaha, Des Moines, and Rock Ailan, and the attack was unprecedentedly fast.

According to Smith's report, after they counterattacked Smith at night, the troops disappeared without a trace, and I looked at the map and found that this force had a peculiarity, almost along the railroad line, and had been attacking the state capital, attacking our big cities, which had a great impact on our Midwest, where people were already panicking, and state legislators were sending complaints. ”

"This...!" Lincoln and William H. Seward could not have imagined that there was only one great victory in the east, and another great situation in the west, two thousand men, one brigade, had captured six states in a row, and they were still invincible, and they had lost 5,000 men in a battle, and this kind of loss had not appeared in the Union Army's battle damage report for a long time.

Therefore, the two of them can't be worried, if this matter spreads in the east, I am afraid that another myth of the Southern Army will rise, which is extremely unfavorable to propaganda.

"General Winfield Scott, what do you think they're going to do next, where they're going to attack, is Chicago? Is it the Great Lakes? ”

Winfield Scott shook his head and said, "As I said earlier, Mr. President, this rebel army likes to capture state capitals because it has the most influence, and most of our northern population is in cities.

Unlike the South, most of them are in the countryside, on the farms. If they guessed correctly, they could go south to attack Springfield, first, because it was the closest and we didn't have any garrisons, and second, it was close to the south, so it would be easy to return to the south, avoid being blockaded and encircled by us, and recapture the southern cities we had captured.

Of course, it is not ruled out that they will continue to attack Chicago, attack the Great Lakes and burn our jade, after all, the situation shows that they are all dressed in our military uniforms, presumably disguised as our troops to sneak attack, by the way, they are all Orientals. ”

"Eastern Legion? How is this possible, where did the alliance come from the Eastern Legion? William H. Seward screamed like a cat on its tail, and like Lincoln, his face was confused.

What the hell is the Eastern Legion?

Where did the Eastern Army come from, when did the alliance invite foreign aid, there are tens of thousands of Chinese workers in California, and I heard that building railways is a good hand.

Could it be.

It's none other than Norton's guy, these people were sent by Norton.

It's a crazy conjecture, and they don't dare to think about it.

How long has Norton been in the Royal Guard, at best, a rabble, fanning the flames while the war in the East is taking advantage of, well, even so, but Nevada, Utah. Towering barren mountains, a golden fire roasting in the desert, barren meadows, how they came here.

Following this speculation, everyone felt that they were going crazy.

However, Winfield Scott, who is good at strategic planning, is very convinced: "Anything can happen miracles, there is never a shortage of crazy and bold guys, no matter what, the decision of this officer to lead the team deserves our attention, I have a hunch that he may bring great disaster to our Federation, and even affect all our wars, and turn the Confederate army over, so I suggest that Mr. President concentrate all his forces to stop it from advancing, and resolutely destroy it, and to restrain him as he did with Robert Lee." ”

Hiss!

Is it so exaggerated?

Robert Lee, what kind of existence is that, the god of war in the south, or even the god of war in the heart of the northern army, an existence that people admire.

War Secretary Edwin M. Stanton said: "We have to trust the vision of General Scott, whose acumen is unmatched. ”

Lincoln thought about it, and finally nodded, which can be regarded as a statement, but William stopped talking and stopped, thinking that he was crazy, as for it?

Orientals, an inferior nation, backward, ugly, ignorant, ignorant, and the sick cats of the Orientals who are slaughtered by others, this kind of army can really win the brave and warlike army of the Federation, it is not that the Smith guy deliberately exaggerates his defeats.

Lincoln affirmed, "General Scott, what do you think we should do next, and it is necessary to draw some troops from the Eastern Front to the north?" ”

Scott pointed to the map and said: "First of all, the telegram ordered all these five states to enter a state of emergency, we can't predict where the enemy will appear, we can only be prepared for full vigilance, the worst plan, let them be on 24-hour alert, railroads and highways, search for the whereabouts of the enemy."

At the same time, the troops of the Frontier State moved northward to form barrels to prevent them from moving southward, and this was the responsibility of Cumberland Commander George Henry Thomas.

In addition, the commander of the Second Corps, Winfield Scott Hancock, and his unit were removed from eastern Virginia, and a division of his troops immediately went north to Columbus to prevent the enemy from hiding and sneaking east.

Then Smith was sent back to Chicago, and the troops of Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin were transferred to it with full authority and temporarily under his command. ”

"No, such a movement, the enemy army has only one brigade, less than 2,000 men, are we making a big fuss, will General Winfield Scott Hancock's transfer from Virginia lead to the resurgence of the local rebels."

"It shouldn't be a big problem, just a division, the Second Army is still in the Sharon Doya Valley, Richmond has been breached, Robert Lee is only at the end of the crossbow, the day is waning, and the other rebels dare not move."

"Okay, just do what General Scott wants, the devil in the East must be eliminated, and we can be defeated by Robert Lee, even in the hands of any Southern army, but we must not be defeated and repulsed by the Chinese army."

The crowd nodded, understanding that they were now carrying not only the American Federation, but the entire West.

Yang Dongfang didn't know that Scott, the bull man who had formulated the python plan, attached so much importance to him, and set up a huge barrier for him in the south and east, and got two famous generals to catch him.

For he had now appeared in Indianapolis, and had received Richmond's Grant Papers, and the streets were full of news celebrating the North's victory.

"This rhythm is getting worse and worse, or is it a step too late?" Looking at the red line from Indianapolis to Richmond on the map, which is 800 kilometers away, Yang Dongfang still has a toothache, he has worked so hard to cross the ocean and boast about the western states, hurry up and hurry, without a day of rest, still did not prevent the southern capital Richmond from being breached.

Once the capital of a country has fallen, there is nothing to fight in this war.

"Well played! Beat the southern dog to death, Richmond has taken it, and the next step is to capture Robert Lee alive! Long live General Grant, you must capture Robert Lee alive! ”

"That's right! Capture Robert Lee alive! And capture Jefferson Hamilton Davis alive, send this damn creature to the gallows, and hang him! ”

"Hang Davis! Kill all the Southern Army! ”

"Hang Davis! Kill all the Southern Army! ”

The northern and southern armies have been fighting for more than four years, you have come and gone, there have been countless casualties, and the two sides have a total of about one million, who has no relatives, relatives died in the hands of the other party, and there are more people killed and injured because of the war.

As a result, the hatred of many parties was unprecedentedly high, and when victory was about to be achieved, the emotions in the north suddenly exploded.

"Robert Lee! Jefferson Hamilton Davis! When Yang Dongfang heard these two names, a glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he realized that Richmond had been attacked, but Robert Lee had not surrendered yet. Davis hasn't been captured yet! The two banners have not yet fallen, and the southern army will not be considered a real loser. (To be continued.) )