The impact of the economy on war is everywhere.

As the dollar-to-gold ratio began to climb uncontrollably, the morale of U.S. troops on the battlefield in Mexico dropped visibly.

In the past, pensions allowed their wives and children to buy a dozen acres of land in the wilderness of Oklahoma and other wilderness, but now, the pension is only enough to call a mid-priced little sweetheart and spend the night in a shabby tavern mixed with all kinds of pretentious short-lived cowboys!

Zachary Taylor dared to complain about the delay in supplies in front of Winfield Scott, and he was also emboldened.

Since the logistics can't keep up, don't blame the soldiers for finding supplies on their own.

Matamoros and Tampico were both important trading ports, where merchants had money and supplies, and the U.S. military was eligible for local replenishment by wartime decrees.

It's normal to delay for a week or two.

With the support of the soldiers and the low-ranking officers, Zachary Taylor is not afraid of anyone. He understands the power of voting and how to get votes, and at this point, Winfield-Scott acts like an idiot.

The parachuted army commander questioned a large group of officers in Zachary Taylor's army, all of whom said it would take at least a month.

In the end, the army commander became an accomplice of Zachary Taylor, and issued a sternly worded military order to the rear, demanding that supplies should arrive at least by the end of April, otherwise someone would have to eat guns!

The order was swiftly delivered to the desk of the Secretary of War, William Massey.

But William Marcy had just received a notice from President Polk that Congress had rejected a proposal to supplement the military budget - damn the Whigs!

William Marcy cursed in his heart, if all the Whigs were shot, they would definitely be wronged, but if they were killed one by one, they would definitely slip through the net!

But cursing will not solve the problem, and it is obviously impossible to increase military spending.

The only thing William Marcy can do is to veto the next round of Whig proposals, regardless of what the TM proposes, as long as they are put forward by the Whigs, they will be vetoed by the law of unity!

The only good news is that Henry Crane died of illness last week, and the Whigs are now leaderless.

So he rebuked the major general in his reply to Winfield-Scott:

Zachary Taylor has been in Mexico for many years and has never asked for an increase in military spending, so why do you ask for an increase in military spending as soon as you get there? Don't force me to send you an audit team, everyone won't look good then!

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Texas started out with just a workers' strike, which wasn't a big deal, because the state government didn't have an army, but it had police, and it was enough.

But Mirabeau-Lamar's long-time Speaker was not in vain, he just hurriedly made a photo show in front of the crowd on strike, and the strike turned into a demonstration.

Soon after, a 'Power of Texas party' was formed, and although there was no constitution, more than a dozen lawmakers soon defected.

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Some lawmakers suggested that the property of the state government belongs to the people of Texas, and if all the property is divided, each Texan can get $1,000!

As a result, more and more people gathered in Houston, holding signs with various slogans:

"Don't Sam Houston!"

"Old North, get out!"

"Texas has power!"

"$1000 per person!

In the end, even the policeman took off his clothes and mixed in, after all, the extra money of 10 dollars a day does not affect the normal salary.

The Power of Texas party is also said to have intended to invite former Speaker Mirabeau Lamar to be the party leader, but Mr. Lamar did not quickly agree, saying only that he would choose to side with the people of Texas.

The situation deteriorated rapidly.

On April 15, Sam Houston still felt that he was in control of the situation, after all, the printing press and the cannon were in his hands.

But on April 18, a star member of the Texas Power Party was shot dead!

That night, the whole of Houston was filled with crackling gunfire. Sam Houston's printing press and cannons didn't work, and the angry crowd stormed the House and state office buildings, failing to find Sam Houston and Stephen Austin, and finally lit a fire that burned everything they could.

Sam Houston and Stephen Austin made a serious mistake at this point, believing that the American Union Army was their strongest backing, so they chose to leave Houston and flee east to Sanderson, where there was an American military base manned by a captain named Ulysses Grant.

But on the morning of their escape, Mirabeau-Lamar issued a statement agreeing to be the leader of the Power of Texas party, and completed the election that afternoon, swearing in as president of the Republic of Texas!

"Sam Houston betrayed the people of Texas!"

"People of Texas! Texas guns! Power of Texas! ”

"Support Lamar, defend Texas!"

All sorts of slogans resounded in Houston, crowds everywhere were buying at 0 yuan, and the newspapers were full of sensational headlines, saying that the old North wanted to make the Southerners slaves for them!

All of a sudden, everyone was shouting praises to Lamar, asking him to turn the tide and rebuild the republic!

And Sam Houston and Stephen Austin, who have already fled, since they have chosen to abandon the people of Texas, then don't blame the people of Texas for abandoning them as well.

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The Republic of Texas originally had three legions: the Oklahoma Legion, the Alamo Legion, and the El Paso Legion. Before the collapse of the Republic, three legions were not enough to deal with the threat of the United States, but they were more than enough to maintain domestic rule.

As soon as the war began, Texas threw itself into the United States. You can't even use the word 'surrender', after all, 'surrender' means having struggled. Under Sam Houston's operation, Texas was completely proactive in getting the pose.

Naturally, the three legions have their own fates:

The Oklahoma Legion was taken to Mexico by Zachary Taylor;

The El Paso Legion is a legacy left by the original French, belonging to a marginal legion that no one believes in and everyone dislikes, and with the dissolution of the Republic of Texas, this legion was directly disbanded, but because the pension has not yet been issued, the large number of people are still waiting there;

The Alamo Regiment is the founding foundation of the Republic of Texas and a descendant of Sam Houston. Although it has been demoted to the National Guard, it has only changed its name, and it has not even had time to change its uniform.

The day after Mirabeau Lamar was sworn in as President of the Republic of Texas, the Alamo National Guard received an order from Sam Houston to march towards the city of Houston and exterminate the national thief Lamar!

At the same time, President Lamar organized his own supporters to wage war with the Alamo National Guard.

However, the militia gangs that were hastily assembled were the opponents of the Alamo National Guard, and they were defeated and retreated, losing again and again.

Seeing that if this continues, Mr. Lamar's presidency, which has only been sitting for two days, is about to fall—

In this desperate moment, Neville Crockett, the former TIA commissioner and current vice president of the Republic of Texas, has finally made good on his promise:

The Indians are coming!