The guns rang out for a day, perhaps because the casualties were too great, and when night fell, the Pennsylvania militia, who had resisted valiantly for a day, retreated under the cover of night, and the battlefield, which had been fighting to the death for a day, finally fell silent. *Words* Love**

On the battlefield. The smell of gunpowder smoke and blood filled the air, as well as the sporadic ghostly fires and the low moans of the wounded who had not lost their breath.

In a bloody battle, the Northern Virginia Legion suffered three or four hundred casualties, while the Pennsylvania militia paid more than a thousand heavy casualties! More than 800 corpses were left behind.

Obviously, the Northern Virginia Legion's armament was not as sharp in offensive operations as it was in the pit defense. Even if the opponent was only the militia of the Federation, they only achieved an exchange ratio of about 1:4. Such a result does not guarantee the victory of the Southern Union, because the population of the North is almost four times that of the South!

In the night, a group of emaciated and tired Confederate officers were sitting around the campfire, eating delicious food "borrowed" from the Pennsylvanian people and discussing the current situation of the war.

"The Eastern Pennsylvania Legion of the Northern Army behind us doesn't seem to know where to go?"

"Maybe you don't think it's interesting to follow us, go back to Harrisburg to rest, right? When can we take a break......

"These northerners are really, they don't make any sense at all, they are all like this, and they don't want to make peace."

"yes, when is this war going to be fought?"

"I heard that Lincoln has ordered the recruitment of 1oo troops......"

The sporadic news seemed to be bad, although the Confederate army seized the opportunity, defeated Washington and Baltimore, and ravaged Pennsylvania. However, after the Battle of Philadelphia, the Confederate offensive had actually been contained, and there was no longer the strength to seize the large cities of the northeastern United States, and the plan to march into New York was simply canceled. And although many small and medium-sized cities have been captured along the way, they have all been abandoned after some destruction, and there is no way to pocket these territories. It seems that the plan to "go north to reason" has completely failed. All that remains is the maximum destruction of the industrial facilities of the North in order to weaken their war potential. But it's hard to say how much effect such a weakening can achieve. Look at the people of Pennsylvania now clapping their hands and resisting. I'm afraid that the destruction of the Southern Army played the opposite effect on a certain Cheng dù, right?

, although his expression is not moving, but his heart is in a mess.

He seems to have committed a lot of "war crimes" in this time, and if he wins, of course, it will be fine, and it is impossible for the Confederate States of America to hand over their heroes to the United States of America for trial. But if you lose......

, very enjoying eating an old hen that was "requisitioned". The southern army had no logistics to fight this way, and the ammunition was brought from the south, so the food could only be carried with the battle.

When he had almost finished eating, the old man wiped his mouth and began to discuss the military situation with Bored. He smiled and said, "General, it seems that our actions in the northeast region have not achieved the expected results...... But this is nothing, most military plans in history have not been achieved 100%, which is quite normal. If one plan doesn't work, we make another! ”

Chen Yucheng, who was eating roast beef, heard this. I couldn't help but sympathize with Boredard in my heart, this Yankee is good, and he is still French, but how did he meet a fellow with shortcomings and smoke like Old Peel?

"Going to Kentucky?" Boregaard asked rhetorically. In the afternoon of the war, old Peel had already told him the question: since the factory owners and workers in the north-east were unreasonable, the peasant brothers in the middle must have a common language, right? You should have to enlist their support!

"Not just Kentucky, but Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana."

"Pretty much the entire Mississippi River Basin? Duke. What exactly are you trying to say? ”

"What I want to say is that now the South has lost the possibility of winning...... Then we should be prepared for a protracted war. The success or failure of the Mississippi River Valley will determine the success or failure of this war. Because although the United States is a new industrial country, its real foundation is agriculture. And the agriculture of the United States consists of two large parts, cotton and tobacco in the South. Wheat in the middle. The essence of the present war is that agriculture in the south is fighting against industry in the northeast, and wheat in the center will likely play a decisive role. Because the workers and factory owners of the Northeast also have to eat! ”

After listening to this analysis, he said loudly: "Why don't they just eat? Admiral. Do you remember those bills that would grant land to immigrants without compensation? Lincoln was also supportive of this approach. Land ...... in the Central and Western Regions It is quite possible that it will become a tool for him to entrap workers and new immigrants! If these lands are in our hands, we can use them to recruit new immigrants into the army! ”

"We should use St. Louis as a stronghold to form the Mississippi Legion, constantly raid Illinois and Indiana, and induce the states west of the Mississippi River to remain neutral." At the same time, the Mississippi River Fleet should be established to control the Mississippi River channel and transport wheat from the Mississippi River Valley to New Orleans for export so that it does not fall into the hands of the North. If we can accomplish this plan, victory in the war will inevitably be ours. ”

Chen Yucheng's brows furrowed tightly, and the mood that had just gotten better because of the stalemate in the war took a sharp turn again. Of course, he is not worried about the North, but worried about the destruction of the Kingdom of California! Once all the Mississippi Valley states secede from the Union and join the South, is it still possible for California and Utah? There is not even a need for Ming and French intervention......

……

Chen Yucheng, who has become preoccupied again, of course doesn't know that he is worrying about the sky now. , but the American North also has their own plans. And the strength of the south is so weak that although the plan is good, it is difficult to implement, and without the support of the Ming and France, they will not be able to defeat the compatriots in the north in any case.

In the darkness of the night, a fiery dragon still rolls along the flat road at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains. This is the new Potomac Regiment that the Federation has just formed, and it is adapted from the original Eastern Pennsylvania Regiment.

The topography of the Appalachian Mountains, as described above, is fairly gentle, with large tracts of fertile arable land along the low ridges of the mountains, and it is also fairly easy to navigate. It can really be described as "blessed". Together with the Potomac River, this northeast-southwest mountain range now forms the approximate dividing line between the Union and the Union States. Heading southwest along the Appalachian Mountains would take you from Pennsylvania into parts of Confederate Maryland, and across the Potomac River into Virginia, the heart of the Confederate state.

Now the Civil War has just begun, and although the fighting is much more fierce than in history, neither the North nor the South has completed military mobilization, and the forces that can be invested are quite limited, and they are unable to build a long defense system. Even at such a key point as the Potomac River, the Yugoslav Army did not have much strength to defend -- in the case of insufficient troops, it was the best choice to concentrate the main forces to fight a mobile war.

So after the main force of the Northern Virginia Corps moved into Pennsylvania, the Confederate 6th Army Department again formed a new Northern Virginia Corps under the command of Major General Johnston, and the original Virginia Corps was reorganized into the Maryland Corps and the Mobile Corps - of course, these two corps are still the property of Virginia.

The news of the invasion of the Union troops also reached Richmond, the capital of the Confederate States, as soon as possible. [End of Chapter]

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