Soon, Lincoln, who learned the news, came to the headquarters of the Union Army.

Originally, Lincoln was still happy to keep Guo Ye, but he didn't expect that just half a month later, the situation suddenly changed, and this magical general who helped the United States turn the tide of the war was still leaving!

"General Guo, you are really leaving, is there no room for turnaround? Perhaps, we in the United States of America could send a minister to intervene and mediate between the two sides......"

Lincoln said.

Guo Ye said angrily: "Mr. President, you mean that I can also mediate between your government and the Confederate government?" If that's what you mean, I'm happy to help! ”

Lincoln's face darkened, rubbing, he said the wrong thing, didn't this mean that he was secretly helping the Southern rebels to become independent?

Lincoln said embarrassedly: "General Guo, you know I didn't mean that, I just don't want you to leave the United States, now although the war situation has eased, our federal government has begun to gain the upper hand, but the Confederate army still has a strong strength, you go, we will be difficult......"

Guo Ye shook his head and replied: "Mr. Lincoln, I know you are worried about the war situation in the United States, but now that the Confederate Army has gone through several major battles and suffered heavy casualties, the original elite of the Confederate Army has lost six or seven out of ten, although the soldiers can be replenished quickly, but the elite veterans cannot be quickly replenished, so now the transformation of the strength of the two sides has become irreversible." It will not take too long for your country to complete its unification, and at the current pace, I think that in another year at most, the Confederate army will not be able to withstand the tremendous military pressure and surrender. ”

Lincoln said abruptly: "General Guo, don't comfort me, I know that there will definitely not be such a fast progress, the Confederate army has suffered heavy losses, and our federal government is not struggling?" What's more, if you leave the United States this time, you will also take away the elite of your training army, and the entire Sixth Army will just fall apart......"

Grant's heart is also full of gloom, if Guo Ye doesn't leave, then after the expansion of the Sixth Army, one army can even be used as two or three armies, the combat power is so strong, it is absolutely proud of the United States! Now that Guo Ye has transferred all the elites in one go, the Sixth Army will definitely break its bones......

Guo Ye smiled slightly and replied: "Mr. President, you also underestimate these soldiers, in fact, what the US soldiers lack is not the strength of the war, but the self-confidence accumulated in the war. There has been a qualitative leap in the combat strength of individual soldiers, and their strength can definitely surpass that of the Southern Army, as for the two newly formed divisions, they are also the original Southern Army, and they themselves have strong military qualities, and with a little adjustment, they can become first-class elites, even if they cannot compete with the British and French Army, but against the Southern Army, there will still be no big problem......

Lincoln nodded and asked, "General Guo, since the situation in your country is critical, I have no reason to keep you again, but this Medal of Honor of the United States of America will still be awarded to you, and other high-ranking generals will also receive corresponding medals to show recognition for the contributions of the generals!" ”

"Thank you......"

"General Guo, I have a reluctant request, and I hope you can consider ......"

Lincoln hesitated.

Guo Ye asked: "Mr. President, please speak directly if you have something to say, as long as I can help, I will naturally not be stingy......

"General Guo, I hope you can leave us some of the generals you brought, with them continuing to command the Sixth Army, rest assured, the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army can still be designated by you, you see......"

Lincoln blushed a little, now that people are returning to China to fight, it is really difficult for some strongmen to ask Guo Ye to keep the elite of his lineage......

Grant on the side perked up, and said with a smile: "Yes, General Guo, in the end, you can leave that Chen Hai for me, and even I ......."

Guo Ye said angrily: "Mr. President, General Grant, you must know that I returned to China and lost the war, and it was a bad war, not a play, not a pleasure, and I left my elite to you, how can I still fight?" That's too much, isn't it? ”

Lincoln and Grant looked embarrassed, but this matter was too much, but for the sake of the future of the federal government, they could only make such excessive demands to Guo Ye with a cheeky face.

Lincoln replied: "General Guo, we also know that it is very excessive, but we are also forced to be helpless, the Sixth Army was completely formed under your leadership, you drained all the backbones at once, there are not a few excellent generals to suppress the position, and the Sixth Army is not chaotic?" Don't worry, General Guo, as long as you promise to come down, we are willing to make compensation, what do you think? ”

Compensate?

Guo Ye's face showed a hint of hesitation, and when Grant saw that there was a door, he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and said: "General Guo, we are also old friends, as long as you are willing to leave a group of elites behind, as long as we can do it, you can mention it, we will not be ambiguous!" ”

Guo Ye hesitated: "This, okay, since we are old friends, then I don't want to refute your feelings too much, in a word, I can leave one-third of the elite for you, and all of them will be led by Chen Hai to continue to lead the Sixth Army to support you in the battle, of course, I also have a request, that is, in the next two years, all the goods in our China, especially Shandong and the Liangjiang area under my jurisdiction, will enter the United States, and you must cancel all tariffs, how about it?" You also know that China has no goods to export, and these tariffs are just a drop in the bucket for you. ”

Lincoln and Grant glanced at each other, and Grant nodded fiercely, which means to agree, hurry up and agree! Grant is not stupid, one-third of the elite, and Chen Hai remains, that's amazing, that Chen Hai's ability is not much worse than Guo Ye, just the battle of annihilating the cavalry division is enough to explain the problem!

Lincoln naturally understood that the entire Chinese tariff in the United States is only a few hundred thousand taels of silver in a year, and for the US government, it is indeed just a drop in the bucket, and it is not as much as the loan interest that Guo Ye reduced or reduced for himself.

Lincoln replied, "Good! General Guo, in the name of the President of the United States, I promise you! ”

(To be continued.) )