By the time Guo Ye finished dealing with the affairs in Philadelphia and returned to Richmond, it was already the fifth day, and Guo Ye was really tired all the way.

At this time, the personnel of the Sixth Army had been fully formed, large-scale training was underway, and the Confederate Army could attack again at any time, which was absolutely not to be careless.

It's just that while the Union Army is desperately expanding its army, the Confederate Army is also expanding the size of the army at the same time, and both sides are desperately expanding their armies to prepare for the next big war.

Moreover, Grant didn't plan to give Guo Ye such a long time to prepare, because he couldn't stand the ravages of the Southern Rangers anymore!

On Grant's desk, there is a war report, from the Battle of Richmond to now, in less than a month, the Southern Rangers in Virginia and Delaware have carried out wanton looting and invasion, a large number of railroads behind the battlefield have been destroyed, the baggage of the Union army has been destroyed in batches, not only that, but also some villages and towns have been looted, and the more and more arrogant Rangers have not only looted, but also massacred a large number of federal people, arousing public anger.

Grant was so angry that he slapped the table loudly, "No, I can't wait any longer, fight, I must annihilate the southern rangers!" Be sure to annihilate them! ”

McMullen has now been transferred to the General Staff Headquarters as Grant's Chief of Operations, and after hearing Grant's words, he smiled bitterly: "General Grant, how easy is it to annihilate the Rangers?" Their mobility is far above ours, we lack a large number of cavalry, how to annihilate them? ”

Grant gave McMullen a fierce look and shouted, "Have you forgotten the strategy that General Guo Ye offered to us at the beginning?" Lure the snake out of the hole. This time. We put a bait that they absolutely could not refuse. Annihilate them all in one fell swoop! ”

McMullen suddenly realized that General Grant was going to use Guo Ye's strategy!

Grant came to the front of the map, carefully studied the military map, and chose a place to encircle.

It's not that easy to find.

Grant thought for a long time before he said: "We are in Fairfax, and we are on a high and low level with the Rangers, and there is an important railway hub in Fairfax here, so let's release the news." 10,000 new rifles, 10,000 boxes of ammunition, 100 tons of rice, including a million dollars worth of medicines, were shipped from Philadelphia to Fairfax, via the train station in Fairfax, to Richmond! With such a huge amount of supplies, I don't believe the Rangers can sit still! Fairfax was located right halfway between Richmond and our Eastern Corps, hundreds of kilometers away, and was the most difficult place for us to defend. At the same time, it is also one of the places where the Rangers are most rampant. The herald sent a regiment of troops as bait to attract all the surrounding rangers! ”

McMullen hurriedly nodded in agreement and asked, "General Grant, then how do we deploy our battle plan?" I think that if we send a regiment of troops to accompany the protection, we should be able to attract at least three or more cavalry regiments of the other side, plus the corresponding troops, how can there be four cavalry regiments, at least 5,000 people, such a force, if we want to annihilate the rangers, we must send enough troops. ”

Grant sneered: "Since this plan was proposed by Guo Ye, then hand it over to his Sixth Army to solve the problem, and hand over the most difficult bones to him; ordered the 19th Brigade of the 7th Division to advance from the northeast and to the southwest; Order the Twentieth Brigade to set out from the direction of due north and advance due south, order the twenty-first Brigade to take the bread from the east, and the three brigades only need to tie the fence tightly, do not let the Rangers rush out, and squeeze all the Rangers to the south! ”

Grant's idea is very clear, that is, once the strength of a division is pressed up, the other side's rangers will definitely not collide with him, but will retreat to the south, seeking the support of the Confederate army behind him, and Guo Ye in the southwest direction can just mobilize the army and tie up the last pocket, at least four brigades of troops, together to launch an attack on the rangers, the strength is several times that of the enemy, as long as Guo Ye can hold the last line of defense and resist the rangers, then it can definitely be annihilated!

McMullen frowned and asked, "General Grant, where is Guo Ye going to deploy his army?" Loudoun City? ”

Grandt nodded and replied: "Well, if you say the most suitable place, it is obviously Loudoun City, this is hilly terrain, and it can form a certain delay for the cavalry that is rapidly impacting, as long as Guo Ye insists on the last day, our three brigades will surround and besiege on all sides, and the rangers will not be able to stop us!" ”

Grant slammed his fist on the map, gritted his teeth, and said: "This time we have to show the most powerful strength, teach the Rangers of the Confederate Army a hard lesson, and cut off the sharp blade of the Confederate Army first!" ”

Indeed, in order to annihilate thousands of Rangers, Grant mobilized at least four brigades of troops, almost nearly 20,000 people, if they could not destroy them, then the Federation Army would be too humiliating!

McMullen hesitated for a moment and replied: "General Grant, I feel that the strength of our three brigades seems to be a little insufficient, although we do not seem to be weak, but if the Rangers look in one direction of us, go the opposite way, and attack one of our brigades, we will definitely not be able to stop the other party, and it is very likely that they will jump out of the encirclement......"

Grant frowned and asked, "You say, our three brigades can't stop their cavalry counterattack?" ”

McMullen nodded, and replied, "Yes, the Rangers of the Confederate Army are very powerful, and they are the most fierce troops in the Confederate Army, and we can'......t afford to guard against them."

Grant was a little unhappy in his heart, what do you mean, three brigades can't stop thousands of cavalry? Then our army is too sloppy, right? However, at this time, Grant's emphasis on cavalry has been raised to the extreme, and he is determined to deal with the opponent first.

Grant was silent for a few minutes, and said fiercely: "Okay, send me the 26th Brigade to move closer to the 19th Brigade, and behind the 19th Brigade, you can meet the Federation Army in three directions at the same time, so it's okay!" ”

There should be no problem with four brigades and one brigade to respond, that is to say, in three directions, it is possible to form two brigades at any time to defend and block the cavalry's counterattack and breakthrough......

McMullen nodded and replied, "General, I think we can be foolproof!" If this still misses, it can only be Guo Ye's loss! ”

"Alright, let's go!"

(To be continued.) )