It can be clearly seen from the march route of the old road and Yang Weili that the Eastern Route Army of the empire was once again divided into two parts, north and south, and these two parts had two targets, one was New Orleans and the other was Memphis.

And if there is a map of the United States now, then as long as you look at it, you can understand what kind of calculation Li Mengyang, the emperor of the empire, is playing, and why he arranged it like this.

The Mississippi River is the mother river of the United States, known by the Indians as the mother of all rivers, the father river, and the lower reaches of the Mississippi River actually start from Memphis and end in New Orleans!

At a glance, Vicksburg is right in the middle of this stretch of the watershed!

Li Mengyang put himself in Vicksburg, and then divided his troops into two ways, this strategy is already very, very obvious, but will the United States know about it at this time?

Capitol Hill ......, Washington

"Gentlemen! According to reliable sources, that tyrant is in Vicksburg! "Secretary of War Cameron began to speak again at a small meeting of Lincoln's cabinet.

"Didn't you hear about it before?" Attorney General Best felt that the Minister of War was taking off his pants and farting.

"It's not like that, I haven't confirmed it before! And now, we can confirm it! Cameron said this with a smug face.

"So how do you know that?" Secretary of State Ward interjected.

"Because our sergeant saw the tyrant, a colonel named Arthur. MacArthur's! The Minister of War spat out his name.

"Oh, I remember him." Lincoln expressed his impression, "It seems like he was the youngest officer." ”

"That's right! That's him. Cameron confirmed.

This MacArthur was sent to Vicksburg. Previously, he had been promoted quickly because of his bravery in battle. Before the age of 20, he was promoted to the rank of officer. He was jokingly called Colonel Babyface, of course, no one knew at this time, I'm afraid he didn't know himself, he would have a son named Douglas in the future. MacArthur.

But why did this MacArthur recognize that tyrant?

Well, because this guy named MacArthur was called a handsome guy by a lot of people, and a lot of people saw what that tyrant looked like. They all said that the tyrant, that is, Li Mengyang, was also a very, very handsome man, so they ...... People always have this kind of mentality, and they need to be compared, so MacArthur is more familiar with it.

"Very well, so what are we going to do after that?" Treasury Secretary Chase said he didn't want to waste time on the news.

"Of course, we have to do our best to kill that tyrant in Vicksburg!" Attorney General Best looked dumbfounded.

"Of course, there is no problem." Sward also knew, "Haven't we been doing this all the time? ”

"Gentlemen! This may well be an opportunity to end the war! "Lincoln looks like he's going to give a speech again, but not so much.

"Gentlemen!" Cameron spoke again. "We should do our best to wipe out all the enemy forces in Vicksburg, but I want to warn you. Our opponent seems to be doing something else, I got the news that in Colorado, the new paradise of the gold diggers, there are enemy troops there! ”

"Oh?"

This thing is very strange, what kind of imperial people are you talking about, what are they doing in Colorado?

For gold?

It seems that there are a lot of them in California, and although the gold rush has passed, it can be smelted, and I heard that the production of gold is still okay.

That's silver?

Yes, there are silver mines in Colorado, and it's a big silver mine, maybe not as good as Mexico, but in the United States, it's really not small.

But that empire has Mexico?

Then this thing can't be explained!

What the hell was that tyrant thinking?

Colorado, the reason why there are gold and silver mines is because that place is a plateau, part of the Rocky Mountains, and this kind of place doesn't seem to have much meaning for the war, as far as the current war is concerned.

Yes, the main society in the United States is actually still in the East, and in the Great Lakes region, Colorado and other places, even if they are defeated by the imperial side, but for the United States as a whole, it is nothing at all, and it has no impact.

You know, in the Protestant world of the United States, they are not so keen on gold and silver, although there is a gold rush, but compared to the population of the whole society, that little bit of people is not enough to see.

So what's going on here......

"Oops!" Suddenly, Secretary of State Ward slapped his head, "I got it!" It's the railroad! ”

Yes, Sward remembered, the Central Railway!

He came to promote such a plan before, and this plan is still the same Leland. Stanford made it, and when Sward heard this Colorado question now, he thought of the plan for the Central Railroad that he knew before, which was completely correct.

"You're talking about the Central Railway?" Chase asked, because he was against the railroad.

It's very simple, at this time, the country is fighting a civil war, and it is protracted, and it is very difficult to build such a railway at this time, which is not very costly and costly?

Although this railway must be built by a private company, it also requires labor.

But after all, the railways are now all privately owned companies, so this proposal was finally passed, and even relevant laws were passed, that is, as long as the railway is repaired, then the United States will give some land around the railway to those companies.

No way, you have to let those companies taste some sweetness, otherwise who will do it?

If you want to talk about this railway, it's actually quite interesting, because the east side is actually quite easy to repair, because it is built from the existing railway.

Before the start of the Civil War, the investment in railroads in the United States was very hot, arguably second only to the telegraph line, but in the long run, it was really crazier than the telegraph line.

Before the outbreak of the Civil War. The Eastern Railroad in the United States is doing very well. But they didn't go east. Now it seems that I regret it. If there had been a big railroad across the United States early on, California would not have been lost, and that tyrant would not have succeeded.

But now it's too late, and the American railroad west of the Mississippi River is in Vicksburg, and of course it is impossible to build it west from that place, it must start with the railroad in the north.

The railroad in the east is easy to repair, but it is not so far away, and it is quite far from Colorado. In addition, Colorado is the plateau, which means that this section will be the difficulty of the eastern side of the railway.

So the question now arises, should the United States come to the rescue of Colorado?

This question really made Lincoln's cabinet a little worried, because this matter is not easy, and the key is that there is no railroad to go up, what can be done?

But in fact, while Washington was thinking about these things, something was already going on in Colorado......

"Comrades! We are responsible for our oath! We can't bring the army of the empire to shame! However, dealing with the masses is one thing. And with the bandits, that's different. Our imperial soldiers must treat the enemy as fiercely as the autumn wind sweeps away the leaves! ”

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

Meng Fanyong was speaking to his subordinates, and the last sentence was naturally Li Mengyang, the 'golden sentence' of His Majesty the Emperor. The soldiers of the empire heard it, so they immediately came up with a slogan.

This is obviously a normal morale-boosting speech, but it can be heard that what kind of gang is mainly aimed at, but where is this gang?

At this time, the Imperial Northern Route Army led by Meng Fanyong had arrived in Denver, Colorado!

After nearly five months of long journey, Meng Fanyong finally came to his destination, which is this place, which is Denver, Colorado.

The previous plan was like this, the capture of Colorado was actually the capture of Denver, because at this time the state did not exist, and the state had not yet been established.

The Spaniards called this place Colorado back then, and now, the most attractive thing is the local gold rush, that is, the gold here in Denver, and a large silver mine was found not far from Denver, so it is also for silver.

There is gold and silver, and it can be said that this is really a good place.

But however, there is no state, which means that there are less than 60,000 people in this place!

This population refers to whites, which is also an important reason why Meng Fanyong was able to capture this state in less than half a year from El Paso, don't forget, he has 20,000 troops at his disposal.

Let's look at Meng Fanyong's way, first of all, he walked from El Paso, then he had to go northwest, New Mexico, but New Mexico Quasi-State, called Quasi-State, has not yet established a state, that is, there are not enough 60,000 people here!

It is also a state of less than 60,000 people, and don't forget that although Meng Fanyong brought few imperial soldiers, the Jeronimo who came with him, he brought a lot of Indians!

Most of these Indians are nomadic, so they are really familiar with New Mexico and Colorado.

And don't forget, when I was attacking Mexico before, didn't a large part of the Indians run north from El Paso for some reason?

Of course, they didn't run away, they went to play with the Americans!

But to say, although these Indians have some decent weapons, they have no organization at all, and their combat methods are still very primitive, so in the confrontation with the US army, they have really been suffering.

Meng Fanyong's coalition forces along the way were simply overwhelming, beating the US troops enough along the way, and also collecting many Indians who had been scattered before.

Now, many Indians have also seen it, and it seems that the previous way of fighting is wrong.

And with the help of these individuals, and the 'intelligence' obtained by Li Mengyang's intelligence network, they can do a little internal work, Meng Fanyong, a general who has never led troops to fight, is also victorious and defeated Denver!

But now, Denver is defeated, but the people here are fierce, and many Americans have gone to the mountains to fight guerrillas, that is, they have become bandits, so this work of suppressing bandits is the top priority.

But however, for now, the whole operation of the Northern Route Army arranged by Li Mengyang is quite good...... (To be continued......)

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