Chapter 259 captures another state

William H. Seward had a bitter face and said secretly, "This is such a beggar, who has taken advantage of the law to become our emperor." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Absurd, funny, ridiculous, William H. Seward used to think so, but now hemp. He stole a glance at Lincoln, and he remembered that the president had said at the time that Norton had no soldiers, no power, no money, and no big mess, so let him play while he could.

Who is to blame for such a big problem now?

But he didn't want to mention it, and only asked, "Then what are we going to do next?" ”

Lincoln didn't speak, sat back, and cast a look, as Secretary of State, William H. Seward understood: "California is currently beyond our reach, the West Coast Volunteer Army Corps are drawn to General Sherman's Western Front Corps, and the Western Front Corps is entangled with North Carolina and Johnston a few days ago.

Now these two regiments are withdrawn and transferred back to their hometowns to quell the rebellion, and they will not be able to rush back until at least a month or two, so I suggest that the New Mexico troops should be combined with the California Army in San Diego to defend Los Angeles and San Diego Bay. Wait for the southern rebellion to end before let's go back to quell the rebellion.

At the same time, the state of Oregon was ordered to organize the current volunteer army to move south to contain Norton's royal guards. ”

Lincoln asked angrily, "Let's not say that the total number of people in Oregon is only more than 100,000, let me ask if they have weapons and other strategic reserves?" Will Cheng be able to stop Norton's ambitions? ”

William H. Seward shook his head, the Eastern Front is so short of supplies now, who cares about the West Coast.

The matter in California is unsolvable for the time being, unless Norton's royal guards are not strong enough to fight and are casually defeated and dispersed by the local militia, otherwise it can only depend on time.

So Lincoln said: "Forget it, California can only do this for the time being, and when the southern rebels are destroyed, there will naturally be time to clean them up, and we haven't fought California, anyway, the population over there is small, and it doesn't matter if it's messed up, as long as our Pacific Railroad is built, everything is fine, you can talk about the rest." ”

"According to the telegram, the army that captured Omaha consisted of only two regiments (one regiment of the American army was basically about 1,000 men), and it was infantry, and it was coming from the west by train, and from the direction, it may be the same formation as the rebels in Denver, belonging to a rebel army, and their goal is obviously to destroy the main and the direction of attack should be to our hinterland, and they must be blocked west of the Missupi River."

Lincoln also agreed with this point of view, and said worriedly: "Although I don't know which general of the Confederate army captured Omaha, but he was able to pass through our defense line and go around my rear, I am sure that this is a very brave and bold fellow, the level of command will not be mediocre, the purpose is certainly not simple, it must be guarded against, if I guess correctly, they are now advancing towards Iowa." ”

"Prepare a telegram to inform the Kansas army to attack Omaha, half of the army defending Indiana to go to the east of Iowa, to prevent the rebels from advancing eastward, and also to order Iowada to mobilize all forces, must hold Des Moines, watch the railroad, do not let the southern rebels break through, drag them to the death, and strive for the arrival of the armies of all sides to destroy them."

"Yes, Mr. President." William H. Seward nodded and walked away.

Lincoln rubbed his temples, always feeling that something was going to happen, and he was uneasy to call the secretary in: "Go and call General Winfield Scott and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and I will ask their opinions." ”

Lincoln was very uneasy, and when he was making arrangements, Yang Dongfang and his team were already roaring into Des Moines City after dark on a train with only one iron wagon, and they were sitting at the governor's house at this time, looking at the telegram Lincoln had just sent, revealing a trace of coldness.

"Well, Washington is finally responding." Putting down the telegram, Yang Dongfang called the regiment commanders and battalion commanders over to ask how the results of the battle were, after all, they had captured another state.

Wang Dake said: "Dashuai, we checked five banks and obtained two tons of gold, ten tons of silver, and paper money worth one million. ”

Xi Yanming said: "More than 2,000 guns were seized, including 120 pistols, 80,000 rounds of ammunition, 86 factories of various sizes in the city, and 4 million catties of corn, 1.7 million catties of soybeans, 500,000 catties of wheat flour, and more than 200,000 pigs, cattle and sheep. ”

"Is it a good harvest?" Digging up another treasure, Yang Dongfang was extremely happy, pointed to the hanging map and said: "Next we are going east, I'm afraid it's not so easy, so we will usher in more and more battles below, how is the training of the soldiers, whether the combat skills in all aspects are mastered, there will be more things that can be grabbed below, you don't drop the chain, then you can't beat the U.S. army, you won't have to rob." ”

Everyone stood up and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely not be strained." ”

Nodding his head, he glanced at everyone before he said: "According to Washington's telegram, the U.S. military has begun to send large troops to our side, and Chicago in front is estimated to be the object of their key defense, and the troops going north from Indiana will definitely arrive in Chicago by railroad first, and then come to Des Moines along the railroad." ”

Wang Dake asked: "The marshal said this, it must be that the US army reached Chicago before us, and we may meet on the railroad tracks halfway to the east." Is it going to be a battle halfway. ”

Xi Yanming stared at the railway network on the map and said: "We don't have to fight with the US army, isn't there a fortress in the middle of the Rock Ailan?" I heard from the captives that this is a munitions production site, and there must be a large amount of munitions in it, so it would be easy to take it. ”

"Yes! How do you know. "Yang Dongfang asked intently, Xi Yanming said that I have recently learned from devils, I accepted a pro-soldier, he grew up in San Francisco, just now I asked him to interrogate a congressman named Jobs, these foreign devils were very loose-mouthed, and they were recruited at once, but he said that I was not benevolent and abused prisoners."

"Hahaha." When everyone heard this, they laughed. Yang Dongfang laughed the most, okay, someone took the initiative to learn English, which is very good, so he praised him, and then said: "Very good, we won't go to Chicago, let's take Rock Alland Fort first, and then we are going south, now I will set off, you are in Des Moines, continue to dismantle the railroad tracks for me, first dismantle the other three directions, especially the southern railroad to Kansas." ”

"Yes!"

It takes more than 300 kilometers from Des Moines to Rock Ayland, and at the speed of Yang Dongfang and others, it will take at least twelve hours, that is, half a day.

At dawn, when the sky was about to dawn, a bearded man with a kerosene lamp, an iron hat, and an iron tong in his hand walked forward.

Slowly approached, only to find that the station was a train with only two iron wagons, I was puzzled, patted the iron sheet and asked: "Where did you come from, why did you stop here, five miles ahead is the station, how can you rush at night, not afraid of crashing to death, let's drink." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure jumped out of the car, startling the railroad worker, and looked carefully with an oil lamp, and found that it was a yellow face, and then, as if he had seen a ghost, his pupils constricted, and he turned his head to leave, and was about to shout, but he was held by a pair of hands on his head, and then with a click, the nerve broke, and he fell to the ground softly. (To be continued.) )