On the morning of July 20, 1868, Monroe in Louisiana, this small city is not big, just like the state of Louisiana, but however, there is a West Monroe to the west of this Monroe, it can be said that they are a twin city, but now the Imperial Army is coming, and they don't care about any West Monroe at all!

Monroe, this small town is obviously in honor of the American president, but no one cares about this anymore, just last night, the Empire's vanguard entered Monroe with lightning speed, and the local American people have not reacted, that is, they have not had time to escape, but soon they found out that those new soldiers are so strange, they do not harass the locals at all, but take out a lot of dollars.

But though, there's one thing that's a little unacceptable, those soldiers of the American Empire, they collect their guns!

This...... Fortunately, these guys bought it directly with dollars, so everyone took out their own long guns and short guns, ancestral old guns, and took out all the brains......

It can be said that with the occupation of Monroe, such a thing has now become a very happy situation, which is really a little speechless.

Why?

To put it simply, spending dollars is naturally to purchase supplies, and the current forward force is 3,000 people, which is the old man of the revolutionary army led by Ocasy himself, and these individuals have a lot of benefits to take the lead, they themselves are Americans, but they are also Irish, and everyone communicates relatively smoothly, of course, there are now Chinese in this army. It's not the old foundation of a water. It's a must. And the acquisition of guns. That's for safety, of course.

So what to do with these acquired guns?

Burned directly!

Yes, that's what I did, but that...... It's really a tyrant, isn't this just burning money?!

It can be said that it is to burn money, but Li Mengyang is not bad for money at all now, he has already told Okashi before, as long as he can reach Vicksburg as soon as possible. Then the price of a qiē is acceptable, whatever you do, whatever you spend your money!

Anyway, all those money are mortgaged by 100 tons of aluminum, and this war has been fought until now, and half of the 300 million gold francs have not been spent, and then look at this way, the American Empire has already taken Texas, although there is no control of the whole territory, but Li Mengyang actually left a lot of troops, many of them are recruits. Let them clean up the remnants of the guerrillas, but it's a good deal. Besides, it's really not good, and he, Li Mengyang, is not a guy without money.

The town of Monroe is really small, and there are only a thousand or eight people at this time, so the supply of 3,000 imperial soldiers is really not easy to make, but it doesn't matter, along the way, there are a lot of 'Texan fellows' who have come over, Li Mengyang calls them 'Texans fellows', these 'fellows', they drove their Cornesto caravan and immediately ran to West Monroe to purchase, a large number of purchases......

The whole war has been fought until now, the money spent by the Americans, the Americans used as spies, and the territory of the Americans is occupied, and Li Mengyang, the emperor, is simply 666.

Okasi's troops had been well rested the previous night, and now, the next morning, finally, the emperor of the American Empire, the supreme commander of the entire imperial army, Clint . Meng Yang. His Majesty Emperor Li I has arrived!

"Look to the right! …… Look forward! ”

"Stand upright! At ease! ……”

"Comrades! Keep your voice open! …… Unity is strength! Unity is strength! This power is iron! This power is steel! Harder than iron......"

"Comrades! We can't be compared! Sing along with me! Sunset, sunset, west, mountain, red glow flying! Soldiers shoot targets and return the camp ~ return the camp! ……”

At this time, on the outskirts of Monroe Town, groups of Imperial soldiers in green uniforms sang passionate songs, these songs...... Needless to say, the lyrics and composers are all Li Mengyang's guys.

This is called a speechless person, you must know that many of the people who sing loudly now are blonde and blue-eyed 'foreigners', Li Mengyang, the emperor, is really good at playing!

Well, in fact, these songs are still good, and they play a very important role in stimulating the morale of the battle, and it is acceptable for Li Mengyang to directly take the whole doctrine.

Now the soldiers of the empire are not only singing songs, not only standing neatly, but also holding horses by their side!

Okasi's vanguard 3,000 people, plus Li Mengyang's guards, there are 5-6,000 people, they each have horses, and many of them are still cool, so what are they going to do?

No matter what he does, Li Mengyang, the emperor, has to come out to speak, and the whole team just now, singing, and stimulating morale, are all to listen to the speech of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Hello comrades!" Li Mengyang was dressed in a green military uniform, and he also wore a big steel helmet...... It's green, but there are a few different little decorations on it.

And Li Mengyang, who was in such a state of battle, appeared at the front of this neat team, and he didn't use any loudspeakers, just shouted with his own voice there!

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

In response to Li Mengyang, it was a neat call sign!

"Comrades!" Li Mengyang waved his hand and stretched out a finger to the east, "I won't talk much today!" Front! That's our destination at this stage, Vicksburg! Vicksburg is right on the east bank of the Mississippi River! Vicksburg! It is a key to unlocking the American Confederate! And the Northern Federation, there are also people moving there! Comrades! Can we be slower than them? ”

"Can't!"

"Absolutely not!"

The warriors craned their necks and shouted.

"Of course not! The southerners held on to Vicksburg for 9 months! It can be seen that that place is easy to defend and difficult to attack! And to cross the wide Mississippi River! So, we must get to Vicksburg as fast as possible! Yesterday! Comrades have slept to their heart's content! It's been a long time, and everyone has worked hard! However, less than 60 miles ahead is our destination! Everyone is gritting their teeth at the end! ”

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

The morale is high, but however, Li Mengyang did not finish.

"Comrades! If you can get to Vicksburg one step ahead of the troops of the American Northern Union! Then, your army is the Empire's 'lightning force'! You will have the title of Lightning! Lightning! It's Thunder! This is synonymous with the strongest army in the Empire! ”

"Oooo

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

Li Mengyang, the emperor's words, came to this, and the reaction of the soldiers was like a tsunami, this is an honor, a very high honor, the soldiers must care about this thing, it must be!

And Li Mengyang heard it, saw it, and saw him wave his big hand, "Comrades! Go ahead! Honor awaits you! ”

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

After shouting, without delay, the soldiers got on their horses directly, and then followed the direction pointed by Li Mengyang, moving forward quickly!

Li Mengyang can be said to have invested a very high capital for the sake of Vicksburg, and for the sake of speed, it can be said that he will not hesitate to pay a price, but why is this place so important?

Vicksburg, let's put it this way, in the era when Li Mengyang originally lived, most people were not familiar with this place at all, and it could be said that he was unknown, but now, that is, in the American Civil War, this place is the key to the key.

In 1863, when Vicksburg fell, and Mr. Marx, who got the news, yes, our great mentor, said at that time that the fall of Vicksburg was decisive for the entire American Civil War!

Why did Marx value this place so much?

In fact, it is very simple, from the current geographical situation, Vicksburg is in the middle of the lower reaches of the Mississippi River, and most importantly, there is an important railway line that leads here, and this line can directly extend to Atlanta to the east!

In the early days of the civil war, the south had a certain advantage, and this advantage had a foundation, that is, the economy, and how did the economy work, in fact, the south fought in the east, and the west would send a steady stream of supplies to the south!

How much output does a place like Texas have to produce?

Louisiana is also a good place, although it is a little smaller, but everything in these places has to be transported to the core area of the Confederacy through Guò, the middle point of the lower Mississippi River, Vicksburg!

In other words, in the original history, in fact, Vicksburg was the real turning point, after it was taken by Grant, there was a big problem with the supply of materials in the south, the economy collapsed step by step, and finally they lost the war!

And now it's different, the trade routes in the southern part of America have become sea, and they go through Florida, so they can hold on all the time.

But in terms of the current geographical environment, only by opening this place can we solve the siege of Atlanta!

Now, from all sides, it is known that there is an army from the northern part of the United States that is moving towards Vicksburg, and they are still taking the sea route, you know, although the sea route seems to be farther in a straight line than the land route, but in fact the sea route is fast!

Taking the Mississippi River directly from New Orleans is faster than the overland route, no matter how you look at it, so will the Imperial army cross the Mississippi River first, or will the Sherman's troops reach Vicksburg by boat first?

It's going to be a thrilling and very fun game! (To be continued......)

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