Although Anson Pu had doubts about Lincoln's current mental condition, President Lincoln's willingness to protect himself from being sent to trial was a good thing after all, so Anson kept silent and obeyed Lincoln's arrangement with peace of mind.

Probably because Pu Anchen's obedience and behavior made Lincoln quite satisfied, plus contact with the Chinese also needed a liaison, so Lincoln simply sent Pu Anchen again, asking Pu Anchen to continue to return to the Chinese Expeditionary Force as a special envoy for the purpose of central liaison.

Of course, Lincoln did this out of a kind of protection for Anson Pu, because even if Lincoln had ordered the news to be blocked and not allowed to spread the contents of the "Smithland Treaty", he also knew that this news could not be hidden, and the people would sooner or later know about this humiliating treaty, and sooner or later they would become dissatisfied and resentful.

When the people have grievances, they need someone to vent, and Lincoln himself is unwilling to bear this anger, at least not to bear it all, so Anson is destined to become the unlucky person who bears the anger of the people, which is a fact that Lincoln cannot change.

It's just that if Anson Pu is not in the United States, then his safety will be guaranteed enough, at least he will not have to worry about being assassinated by radicals.

Some people may say that Lincoln ordered Pu Anchen to be arrested and sentenced, or even executed outright. Won't that calm the anger of the people?

Of course, it was not so simple, because Anson was a special envoy for negotiations at that time, negotiating on behalf of the United States of America and China, and the armistice treaty signed was also a representation of the will between the two countries.

Therefore, the anger of the people is mainly focused on the humiliating treaty itself, and the demand for punishment of the traitor who signed the treaty is only incidental, even if the traitor is killed, if the treaty still exists, and the United States of America continues to fulfill the treaty. The anger of the people will not end, and it will eventually be pointed at Lincoln.

After all, Lincoln was the president of the United States of America, and the Smithland Treaty could only go into force if he nodded, otherwise it would be no different from a piece of waste paper.

In fact, at this time, whether or not to abide by the so-called treaties between countries depends fundamentally on the top decision-makers of each other's countries, and the highest decision-makers. It often depends on the strength of each other's countries.

In other words, if the top decision-maker rejects the treaty, then the agreement signed by the negotiator is a piece of waste paper, and conversely, if the top decision-maker of the country endorses the agreement, then the agreement can enter into force.

Thus, since the anger of the people was focused on the unequal treaty, once Lincoln refused to implement the contents of the treaty, or openly denied it. Everyone's anger will subside a little, otherwise, the anger will only continue, and the spearhead will eventually be directed against Lincoln, the top decision-maker.

Didn't Lincoln want to tear up the treaty? Of course he wanted to. But at least for now, he can't tear up this treaty, because once it is torn, the Chinese who stay in Smithland have not gone far. They were likely to be enraged and continue eastward, thus breaking a series of Lincoln's strategic ideas.

Opposite. At this time, if Pu Anchen is kept, then Pu Anchen will act as a negotiator and attract firepower in the name of a traitor, just like the Manchu Qing in another time and space, the Li Hongzhang who signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki".

At that time, Li Hongzhang didn't want to refuse to sign, and was he really tough? He thought very much, but there was no way, but the Qing Dynasty at that time was in a difficult situation at home and abroad, and if China did not sign that treaty, China might not perish, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty would inevitably perish, as a loyal minister loyal to the Qing Dynasty, as an old man who had lost his courage, and as a short-sighted conservative Westernist, he had to sign this treaty for Cixi.

Sure enough, after the incident, Li Hongzhang became a traitor that everyone shouted and beaten, and Cixi avoided this trend, and it is conceivable that Cixi still kept Li Hongzhang, in addition to being afraid of his strength, there was also a plan to keep him to continue to attract firepower, if there was no Li Hongzhang, everyone would really scold Cixi.

Having said that, Lincoln's current thoughts are the same, although Pu Anchen himself wants to die, but Lincoln can't let him die, he also needs Pu Anchen to continue to be a scapegoat and bear the anger of the people, at least, at this critical juncture, in this period when the Chinese have not completely left the United States, the traitor Pu Anchen can't die.

Not only could he not die, but he had to be reused so that Lincoln's plan could be realized.

To be honest, don't look at Lincoln always looking like he will never say die in front of people, and our side will win, but in fact, he is already afraid of the Chinese, or the Chinese army.

If you think about it, the four main elite regiments have been completely annihilated by the Chinese, with losses as high as more than 700,000, and the entire western theater has fallen, so it can be said that the US military has suffered a great loss of vitality.

And what about the Chinese army that caused this result? According to the intelligence, they basically have no losses, no loss of personnel, no shortage of weapons and supplies, and still have a strong offensive capability.

Others don't know, but Lincoln knows quite well that the four troops that were completely annihilated on the western battlefield are all the absolute main force of the US army, and even these four corps cannot stop the attack of the Chinese, and they have been completely annihilated one after another, and there are not even many survivors, which has proved that the Chinese army is not easy to mess with.

Once the Chinese continue to advance east along the Ohio River and really break Pittsburgh, then the United States of America will really be finished.

You know, today, Pittsburgh has replaced several other cities as the absolute rear, and it is also the general logistics base of the United States of America, and more than eighty percent of the weapons manufacturing is placed in this city.

Even, Lincoln had a plan, that is, if things don't go well, he will give up Washington, retreat to Pittsburgh, and continue to rely on Pittsburgh to fight each other.

Therefore, once Pittsburgh is defeated by the Chinese, the United States will lose the ability to fight again, and it will only meet defeat.

In this way, the United States of America, despite its vast territory and large population, was in fact not difficult to conquer, and as long as a few important cities were defeated and their war potential was eliminated, it would basically lose its ability to resist.

To put it bluntly, although the United States is already a modern industrial country, because it is an open federal immigration country, the ethnic composition of the internal population is complex, and it is not a country dominated by a single nation. So there is no strong sense of national pride, just patriotism, but even that patriotism, to be honest, is not strong.

To put it bluntly, the centripetal force of the United States of America is not strong, although their system can more easily integrate other peoples and cultures, but in the face of foreign aggression, it also appears to be a little weak, belonging to a civilization suitable for progress, but not enough defensive resilience.

In the history of another time and space. For example, in the two wars against Britain, that is, the War of Independence and the Second War of Independence, although the United States was the final winner, in fact, if you count it carefully, it can only be said that the United States has prosperous national fortunes and bursting luck, and it is not that it can fight by itself.

For example, in the First Revolutionary War, Washington's Continental Army was the face of the war. It can only be described as miserable, being beaten all over the ground by the British army, even if the so-called Saratoga is a success, it is just the US military itself putting gold on its face. The combined number of war dead on both sides, totaling no more than a thousand, is worthless, both in terms of tactical and strategic significance.

Other words. In the War of Independence, if it were not for France's strong intervention, it would have competed with the British army on all fronts. Yan zhòng dragged down the British army, and the British army did not want to waste time and energy on the North American colonies, and if they temporarily negotiated peace with the US military, if the British army was allowed to attack, the American dream of independence would have been nipped in the bud.

In the second war of independence, in the final analysis, the United States was too greedy to swallow Canada, and they chose a good time, which happened to be a favorable time for Britain to be dragged down by the Napoleonic Wars and send a large number of British troops to Europe.

In this way, taking advantage of the favorable opportunity when a major war was breaking out in Europe, the American chicken thief stretched out its claws to Canada, but as a result, the fierce American army was once again beaten by the only remaining Canadian British troops and could not find the north, and finally even occupied Washington, the capital of the United States, and burned down the White House.

It was also the only time in another time and space that the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C., was occupied and destroyed by foreign troops.

In short, in the Second Anglo-American War, if Britain's main energy at that time was not in Europe, on defeating Napoleon, and was not interested in the war in the Americas, if the British army was pressed by the whole army, even if a few main forces were drawn out, it was very possible to completely kill the United States, and perhaps the United States would become a British colony again.

But it's a pity that the British army at that time didn't care about the United States, and even the British army only regarded this war as a skirmish, and everyone's eyes were on Europe, on the Napoleon who was able to pull hatred, and as a result, the United States escaped a catastrophe again, and even burst with self-confidence because of this war, which is a bit of a strong country.

In short, throughout the history of the development of the United States, we have to praise that this is a country favored by God, and all kinds of good conditions make people blush, even if there are several crises, they always get through in an amazing good luck.

After experiencing the two so-called wars of independence, the United States has completely embarked on the fast track of frantically bullying others, except for the main accident that does not dare to continue to fight Canada, it has expanded its territory in all other directions, and has fought the Indians who were originally allies not to be wanted, and has gradually grown up with the blood and land of the Indians.

However, in the final analysis, the United States is a country of immigrants who are not a single ethnicity, and the foundation for maintaining this country is cooperation and interests.

At this point, those American soldiers captured by the Chinese Expeditionary Force have made a good interpretation, that is, most of them, although they fought quite bravely with the Chinese at the beginning, but once captured, they were actually willing to give up their American nationality and join the Chinese nationality that was originally the enemy for a better life and a hope of survival.

This kind of behavior should be placed on China in another time and space, it is simply incredible, and it is definitely a representative of traitors, but for Americans at this time, this is not a problem.

After all, for most Americans, changing nationality is like changing jobs, as long as you can live better, you can't live anywhere.

By the same token, don't look at Lincoln's United States and the Confederate States and the Anglo-French alliance now, but that is mainly at the national level, and for the people at the bottom, most of them are tired of this kind of war.

In the early days of the war, due to various propaganda in the north, most people thought that the southern rebels would lose sooner or later, after all, the southerners were numerous, military and weaponry. They were far from being the opponents of the Northern Army, and even if they achieved some partial victories at the beginning, they would not hinder the overall situation.

This, coupled with the fact that Lincoln offered various advantages at the time, lured the Northerners to support the war with the lure that they could legally plunder the land of the South and the assets of the Southern rebels, made most Northerners eager for the war.

As for the emancipation of slaves, it may be useful to blacks, but it is not attractive to the whites, who are the main force of the army, but it is still an obstacle. It's a pity that the blacks are quite limited in their combat power. A rash increase in the number of black troops can only hinder the combat strength of one's own army.

However, with the progress of the war, especially after China, Britain and France began to intervene in the war, the balance of victory in this war, the Southern Army had more and more weights, and the Northern Army was defeated in successive battles, coupled with Lincoln's dictatorial methods, which made the people cry bitterly, and the people's attitude towards the war changed from the original to the original. It turned into disgust and fear.

Suffice it to say that in the present perilous situation, especially after losing 700,000 troops in succession, the United States of America did not surrender at once. Thanks to Lincoln's iron-fisted rule before him.

If it weren't for Lincoln's resolute iron-fisted rule, he controlled the government and Congress, and used the Guò Patriotic Association and the Federal Intelligence Agency to conduct terrorist surveillance of the people in his jurisdiction. And with the help of the army and some strong-willed hard-line supporters, they will crack down on any opposition with iron and blood, forming a de facto personal dictatorship. It can be expected, then, that under the current pressure of this intensity, the US Federal State may have surrendered long ago.

However, the United States is now on the verge of extinction, because the country seems to have many troops, but the morale of the army has been shaken, and the war-weariness in the heart is getting heavier, and if it does not achieve a few decisive victories, it is likely that Lincoln's rule will be shaky.

To win, you must choose the right target, which Lincoln is quite clear, relatively speaking, whether it is in the face of the British and French forces, or in the face of the Southern Union Army, Lincoln has a certain degree of certainty that he can defeat, and the commander-in-chief of the Union Army, General Mead, is also full of confidence, but in the face of the Chinese army, everyone shook their heads.

As Commander-in-Chief Mead said to Lincoln in private, the Chinese army is a monster, an invincible monster, which can only make peace, but cannot fight, if it continues to fight, let them defeat a legion, and the American army will be completely finished.

The reason is very simple, with so many victories of the Chinese army, especially the undefeated record of total annihilation every time, no one can stand it, when the US army faces such an army, just that kind of undefeated coercion can make the morale of the soldiers plummet, plus the Chinese's weapons are indeed somewhat incomprehensible, and the fierceness of the firepower is completely unreasonable, so there is no chance of winning a war with the Chinese.

It was precisely because of the bloody defeats, especially after the New Virginia Legion, on which Lincoln had high hopes, was completely annihilated, that Lincoln faced up to the fact that the Chinese army was invincible and sent Pu Anchen as a special envoy to seek cooperation with the Chinese.

On the surface, Lincoln was a stopgap measure, but in fact, in Lincoln's heart, he was afraid, afraid of the attack of the Chinese.

It's just that Lincoln didn't want to admit this, so this made his mind a little distorted, from the original cautious and strong, to arrogant, to put it bluntly, it was too much pressure to guide.

However, it must be admitted that although Lincoln was somewhat arrogant under pressure, some of his strategic deployments were still not very wrong, such as collusion with the Chinese in the west, defense of the invasion of the Union army in the south, and concentration of forces in the north to break the Anglo-French forces, which is still quite feasible on the whole.

It can be said that Lincoln has already realized half of this strategic plan, because he has successfully achieved fornication with the Chinese and stopped the eastward invasion of the Chinese army.

The rest is to secretly deploy troops, and when they completely assemble their million-strong army, they can launch a fatal blow to the Anglo-French alliance in the north, and once the Anglo-French alliance is defeated, the whole situation will survive.

However, as the so-called plan could not keep up with the rapid change, although Lincoln effectively prevented the continued invasion of the Chinese army and temporarily removed the most terrible enemy, the sudden attack of the Union army interrupted his entire deployment!

The latest news is that in the early morning of April 15, 1864, the reinforced Northern Virginia Corps of the Southern Army suddenly launched a large-scale diversionary attack from the direction of Robert Line, that is, Fredericksburg, and firmly pinned down the Potomac Corps in front of it.

Then, on April 16, 1864, the Union army dispatched 400,000 troops, led by Stonewall Jackson himself, with the support of the huge navy of Britain and France, and with the help of the federal army, on April 15, 1864, forced landing in Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, using an unprecedented large-scale landing battle, it took half a day to occupy Baltimore.

After that, Jackson's 400,000 troops did not stop, handing over Baltimore to the Anglo-French forces who came in a hurry, and he himself led a total of 400,000 main forces of the Coalition Army from Baltimore to Washington!

Baltimore is only sixty kilometers away from Washington, and the forced march can be reached in only three days, and the most terrible thing is that due to Lincoln's order, the main forces of the Union Army are concentrated in the north, and the remaining forces are mainly concentrated in Fredericksburg, and Washington itself has not many troops now, even if you add the police, there are only more than 60,000 troops in total.

For Lincoln, it was no longer a question of how to attack Boston, but how to hold Washington. (To be continued......)