Chapter 144: The Battle of Famous Generals, Lincoln's Wail

Lincoln personally sent his son to the island.

By that time Willy was unable to walk and was very weak.

Lincoln asked Dr. Porter for treatment, and if mercury or other drugs were needed, he was able to find a way to provide them.

However, Dr. Potter twisted his beard and said a lot of terms that Lincoln couldn't understand at all, such as the five elements of heaven and man, the three elements and four towers, the yin and yang two instruments, and the sun is too yin and less yang and less yin......

Anyway, Lincoln finally understood what he said, what Dr. Porter meant was that his youngest son, Willie, was short of electricity!

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Electricity is a good thing, both ancient and mysterious, yet new and powerful, representing the most powerful force of nature that man has to grasp.

To put it simply, what the people who drank those nuclear colas and laser soda back then thought, Lincoln also thought at this time.

That being said, when Willy was literally plugged into the electrodes and energized for "wave-modified acupuncture" and let out a horrific scream, Lincoln almost pulled out his pistol and shot Porter.

However, it was at that time that a miracle of medicine happened!

Willy, who was originally extremely weak and needed a spoon from a maid to drink honey water, actually jumped off the operating table and ran away.

Seeing such a miraculous curative effect, Lincoln finally put his mind at ease.

"Confucius said that good medicine is good for the condition, but the process is always painful, Mr. President, you need to be patient."

Facing the fairy wind bone Doctor Potter, Lincoln nodded vigorously.

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Lincoln was worried that his beloved son would be tortured too much, and he was also worried that Dr. Porter would be too light, causing him to recur.

In addition to this conflicting and complicated feelings, another thing that worried Lincoln even more was the war report he obtained through the president's secret intelligence network.

Robert King, a famous general raised by him, led the 7th Army of Maryland, the 54th Corps of Massachusetts, and the 1st Corps of West Virginia, a total of 60,000 people, were defeated by the 30,000 troops of the Northern Virginia Regiment led by Stonewall Jackson at Fredericksburg.

After learning the news, Lincoln immediately sent someone to the stock exchange to sell all his shares.

After all, when the news spreads in New York City, the stock market will definitely crash.

Although several of Lincoln's stocks have not yet been unbundled due to investment mistakes, when will it not be cut at this time?

Immediately after doing all this, Lincoln boarded the train back to Washington.

He swore that when he arrived in Washington, he would fire Robert King as soon as he arrived!

That's 60,000 versus 30,000!

How can that kid ...... How can it be ......

Wait a minute!

Thinking back to the records of those commanders he appointed in the past two years, Lincoln actually found that Robert King had twice as many troops as the other side, and it seemed normal to lose, and even this exchange ratio was not bad?

Lincoln shook his head, feeling that he might be too harsh on the young man.

After all, he was facing Stonewall Jackson.

I should give him another chance.

Of course, don't think about the battle of the big army, continue to go back and play mud with the black slaves!

In any case, the blow to the prestige of Lincoln himself must have been enormous.

Lincoln knew that not only the opposition, but even his appointed secretary of state, William Henry Seward, was becoming increasingly restless.

This arrogant guy, in his "Advice to the President" on April 1, even demanded that he delegate part of the president's powers to him, which is simply a fool's dream.

The current vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, is a hardcore of the Republican Party, but unfortunately his ability is insufficient.

Lincoln has decided that he will ditch Hamlin in next year's presidential election and work with Andrew Johnson, a Democrat.

Johnson, a Democrat, was the only Southerner Lincoln trusted, and with his help, Lincoln's re-election would be more secure.

Thinking like this, Lincoln fell asleep with a slight sense of alcohol.

(Note: Andrew Johnson is Lincoln's second-term vice president, and after Lincoln's assassination, he automatically became the seventeenth president of the United States, and the closest to impeachment and the least successful president in history.) The dude was so drunk at his inauguration ceremony that his assistant helped him raise his hand to complete the ceremony. In short, Mr. Bit is not reliable. )

In the sixties of the nineteenth century, the speed of the fastest train had reached 130 kilometers per hour, which was not much different from the green cars of later generations.

But that's just the latest type of train.

The railroad from New York to Washington was built earlier, and only old trains running at 60 kilometers per hour were used on it.

So when Lincoln had a long night's sleep, the train arrived in Washington.

With the help of the envoy and his entourage, Lincoln cleaned his face with warm water and restored his usual calm appearance in front of people.

He stepped off the train and looked around with confident eyes.

Lincoln was prepared to deal with opponents and unscrupulous media, and never let their cameras capture his panicked footage.

Sure enough, the scene was already full of reporters, as well as the bulky cameras they had set up.

At this moment, a familiar face appeared in front of Lincoln.

Mike Wallace, a journalist for the Washington Post founded by Stirson Hutchins, is a notorious reporter.

Although Mike Wallace has no overt political leanings, he often asks questions that embarrassed Lincoln because of the journalists' tradition of making big news.

Watching Wallace approach, Lincoln cleared his throat and prepared to retort.

After all, he was born relatively early, and he didn't know that there was still a trick of "fake news, next one" in the world.

"Dear Mr. President, what do you think of the defeat and draw with Thomas Jackson, the famous Southern military strategist, Colonel Robert King Jr., a young general you discovered at the Battle of Fredericksburg? Is it all in your calculations? ”

"Mr. Journalist, please pay attention to your wording, I am not familiar with Robert King, there is no promotion relationship, and this draw with Thomas is completely his willingness...... Wait a minute? What did you say? A tie? ”

Abraham Lincoln froze in place.

At this point, a White House official scrambled out of the crowd, whispered a few words in Lincoln's ear, and handed him an update briefing.

Lincoln hurriedly read the briefing in ten lines.

Then he looked up suddenly, straightened his tie: "As we all know, I have a close relationship with Brigadier General Robert King, I discovered him at a glance when I inspected the troops, he did not disappoint, in this battle, he brilliantly completed the strategic deployment I made, heroically repelled the dying counterattack of the Southern rebel army, it can be said that this battle was ......commanded by me."

Lincoln spoke in the flash for about ten minutes, and when all the reporters had left, the White House officials behind him came forward to congratulate Lincoln.

However, at this moment, Lincoln suddenly lost all his strength and fell straight backwards.

"Mr. President!"

"Mr. President! What's wrong with you? ”

"We're tied! A draw is a victory! Are you alright? ”

"Daniel, come ...... Hurry to New York...... Stock...... My stock ......"

Lincoln let out his last cry with all his might, and then rolled his eyes and fainted.

The station was in chaos.

The reporter, who was good at running, immediately rushed back.

If it had been a defeat before, they would probably have had fun writing at this time.

But now that the battle is a big win with more and fewer draws, reporters can only hurriedly take a few photos and write something like "Mr. President is so busy with state affairs that he is physically exhausted" in the news.

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