Chapter 295: A Man Who Has Never Led a Soldier Leads an Army!
Soldiers in two ways?!
In the military meeting held by the emperor in Guadalajara, the province of Mexico, Emperor Li Mengyang put forward such a strategy, which made the entire participants in the meeting a little puzzled.
Because there are very obvious problems in this, first, the division of troops naturally means the dispersion of forces, and now the empire is facing the United States of America, which is an opponent much stronger than the empire!
Second, what is the purpose of the way north?
Connecting with the Central Railway under construction? It seems to be difficult, besides, Colorado is a plateau, it is all mountainous, and it is difficult to attack, at least it will waste a lot of time.
Third, I'm afraid the speed of the Eastern Route Army can't be fast, the best way this year is to go by sea and land, because there are at least ships on the sea, and the land route is naturally the fastest by train, but the problem is that there are no railroads on the Texas side, you only have railroads in New Orleans, that is, Louisiana, and more importantly, these railways are now controlled by the United States, and they are all in the hands of the Yankees!
The above three points are all realistic situations that can be clearly seen, so this division of troops sounds a little unreliable, but it's not.
This was proposed by His Majesty the Emperor!
"陛xià! Whatever you say, I'll do! The old man of the fog wind immediately expressed his determination.
"陛xià! Chen Yuan led the Northern Route Army! No matter how high the mountains are and how dangerous the roads are, they will definitely take Colorado! "Okashi has also learned some Chinese.
"陛xià! I would too! ”
"陛xià! Send me! ”
This is followed by everyone coming to make a statement, this situation, it looks good. But there are problems.
"Hehehe......" I only heard Li Mengyang laugh and said: "Everyone." We are a military conference. You don't have to say it, you can do what I suggest, and we can discuss it democratically. ”
That's right, this kind of meeting is actually Li Mengyang wants to listen to other people's opinions, but as a result, everyone else agrees, so it's not interesting.
But not ......
"陛xià! Is your strategy of dividing troops to trap all of us? "The old man of the fog wind asked the real benefit.
Li Mengyang laughed even harder at that time. He's funny, but he has to say, "How can I fool everyone?" ”
That's right, he Li Mengyang is the emperor, according to common sense, the American Empire belongs to his old Li family, why is he pheating himself?
"That's the end of it! Your Majesty is not a pit for us, then of course we respect your orders! "What the fog wind said is very high!
"Your Majesty, the minister is also this heart!" Ocassi regretted this at this time. He didn't see that this foggy wind slapped the sycophants so well. This guy is thick and fine!
"Alright, alright." Faced with this situation, Li Mengyang had no choice but to say: "Of course I am not cheating everyone, but what I am talking about is actually a strategy, to put it simply, two goals, one is Colorado, the other is Atlanta, these are our two recent goals, as long as these two goals are knocked down, then, the first phase of our crusade can be completed!" Of course, I can also tell you that these two goals, as I said, should be achievable. ”
Li Mengyang used the word 'should', which shows that he actually has a bottom in his heart, so the emperor said so, so what else do the people under him have?
“ALL-HAIL-LEE!”
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Everyone is ready to do it......
In fact, the strategy proposed by Li Mengyang is a relatively 'coarse' thing, that is, as he said, at this stage, we have conquered Colorado and solved the siege of Atlanta, and that's it.
But he didn't say exactly how to do it, or rather, it was no longer his turn to take care of this specific matter!
With so many people and such a big empire, is everything in his hands?
Therefore, he, the emperor, is done with the strategy, and as long as the strategy is not too unreliable, then it seems that ......
Yes, Li Mengyang actually has the bottom in his heart, he feels that these two goals can be won with the current situation.
In this meeting, Li Mengyang then explained briefly......
"The Northern Route Army is 20,000 men, but 20,000 men refer to the Imperial Headquarters, and don't forget, Albuquerque is an important place in the quasi-state of New Mexico, and there, our Mr. Jeronimo is very familiar."
Yes, don't forget that we still have one more force, and that's the Indians.
"陛xià! I, the Apaches, have the right to assist His Majesty's army! "Naturally, Jeronimo is going to attend this meeting, he is the president of the Mexican Indian Autonomous State.
However, the Indians had not cooperated with the empire before, but the result was ......
"Your Majesty, please rest assured! We Indians are not the bison of the steppe, just tendons. We also understand now that we must act and obey the command! "You see, this is a lot of losses, and you can grow a little bit.
So. Who will lead this army? You know, the destination of this army is not easy to get, it is a big plateau, easy to defend and difficult to attack!
"Your Majesty, the minister is willing!" Ocassi stepped up immediately.
But however, Li Mengyang has actually been selected.
"Okasi, you follow me with the old fog wind, as for the Northern Route Army, it will be led by Meng Fanyong."
Meng Fanyong?
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Although shouting like this is equivalent to admitting this task, Meng Fanyong is very confused.
Because he is not a powerful general, his Meng Fanyong's characteristic is that he is good at political work, and he is more good at logistics, but you let him go up to fight, this is a ......
"You can come to me and ask in detail about the specific matter, and the meeting will be over." Hey, Li Mengyang's words are blatantly going to give Meng Fanyong a small stove?
However, others have already understood, so to speak. The Eastern Route Army is about to be led by His Majesty the Emperor himself!
"Others. Would you like to come with me to Atlanta? Li Mengyang asked with a smile.
“ALL-HAIL-LEE!”
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Naturally, there was nothing else to say......
Why did Li Mengyang ignore the Northern Route Army so much?
To know. Now the military strength of the empire is about 100,000 on the books, but Li Mengyang knows very well that among these 100,000 people, there can be 50,000 people who can really go to the battlefield and fight!
In other words, he actually attaches great importance to the North Route Army, because the matter in Atlanta is the most critical.
100,000 troops. 50,000 can fight, and the other 50,000 are logistics troops, and this part will not go with the Northern Route Army, yes, these 50,000 people will also be with the Eastern Route Army as logistics.
And the reason why this is done is actually because there are Indians who exist zài!
Li Mengyang asked Geronimo to act with Meng Fanyong, hoping to seize Colorado at the lowest cost, from the current place, that is, the big gap between Mexico and New Mexico in the United States, and to the north is the homeland of the Apaches. There, they can hunt. Although the number of bison in North America is declining, the food of these tens of thousands of people should be enough.
And other things, too, are simple, or seized, or exchanged for money, and what is money?
Dollars, of course!
Li Mengyang has made a lot of dollars this time, as for the origin of this dollar...... Anyway, Li Mengyang broke up again, but it was above board, but he didn't need to be so clear with his generals.
But in fact, the Northern Route Army is not only these, but also has some individual favorable conditions, and these will not be manifested until they get there.
Then, on the side of the Eastern Route Army, Li Mengyang personally sat in charge, and the army was all spread here, and before that, he took out the three disciplines and eight points of attention.
You know, Texas, Louisian, Mississippi, in fact, these states were all Southern!
Just imagine, if the imperial army came to these states, they defeated the Northern Army, and the military discipline of the Imperial soldiers was very good, much better than the Northern Army's burning, killing and looting, what would be the result?
At this time, these states were in a stage of great vitality, Grant and Sherman did a lot of bad things, the famous Battle of Vicksburg, Sherman was almost slaughtered before he was defeated.
Therefore, if our Imperial Army can pass through these places and help the local areas to restore and build, all aspects ...... Anyway, I'm afraid this journey is not as many people see on the surface, maybe our Imperial Army will be very comfortable.
Of course, this qiē is still in the projection, the plan, what the real time will be, that's not easy to say, but this strategy is really not a fool, this is really reliable......
The strategy of dividing the troops of the New Tang Dynasty Empire into two ways was set, and just when Li Mengyang was preparing to attack North America, great changes also took place in Asia!
At this time, it was already 1868, and the French army began to make trouble with Vietnam last year, and after that, after the London Peace Conference, negotiations between China and France broke down, and Bazin in Vietnam was stable for some time, but since they were all broken, he did not wait long.
In fact, there are not many French troops in Vietnam, that is, 10,000 people, but these 10,000 people, but there are 10,000 people with bases, and the previous Vietnamese king cut it.
So, seeing that Vietnam was about to surrender!
No way, I really can't fight, but at this time, the situation of the Manchu Dynasty has changed, Prince Gong went to the field, he was 'stabbed in the back' by his own brother, Prince Alcohol came to power as the military aircraft foreman, and then, the Manchu Qing Dynasty began to take a tough attitude towards France, and also appointed Li Hongzhang to 'supervise the war in Vietnam', so at this time in 1868, how did this war go?
Did Li Hongzhang go to Vietnam?
This one......
I'm sorry, after Li Hongzhang received the appointment, he did get on the boat, but he has been floating on the sea...... (To be continued......)
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