Jubal Anderson-Earley was not an idiot, and when he graduated from West Point in 1837, he was ranked 18th in his class, which was not particularly good, but he could not be called stupid.

Just as he rushed out of the Artemis Tavern with the people, he remembered something, turned around and grabbed Soya, and uncontrollably put him up: "You take us, go to Mr. President and ask for an explanation!" "Soya thus became the leader of this procession, and walked half-pushed, half-on-the-ground towards the 'presidential palace' in Richmond.

The procession started out as a small group, but the residents along the way followed them when they heard that they were going to the presidential palace.

Richmond was full of martial virtues, and the people all carried guns, and some even pushed a field gun out of their backyard.

Within 1 kilometer, the team had already become a large force of nearly 1,000 people, with guns, artillery, horses and carts.

And there were people who shouted the slogan: "Fight, for freedom!" "Just when this team was still about half a kilometer away from the presidential palace, the whole Richmond was in turmoil, and I don't know where the news came from, and the whole city knew that Mr. President was negotiating peace with the North!

Some people lit fires in the streets, causing smoke to billow, others smashed shops and robbed banks, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to take a leap in life.

In this way, starting from the Artemis Tavern, in just half an hour, the riot was like a little spark splashed on a haystack, and the 'pon' burned at the first sound.

…… Jefferson Davis was trapped in a theater in Richmond. When the riot began, he was watching a play in the theater until Robert Lee rushed over in a hurry, grabbed him without saying a word, and rushed outside the theater, not knowing what had happened.

"Robert, what's wrong? Could it be that the Northern Army is coming? Davis asked as he ran after Davis.

"Sir, go quickly! This way! Roberta followed him out through the back door of the theater, where a carriage was waiting, and the highly nervous guards surrounded the carriage, the door of the carriage had been opened, and the chief of the guard shouted at him: "Get on, Mr. President!" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Davis yelled. He was pulled out of his seat by Robert Lee and hurried out as if he were fleeing, and he was still in a state of confusion until now.

"It's too late to say, get in the car!" Robert Lee teamed up with the chief of the guard and stuffed him into the car.

"You have to tell me what happened? Could it be that the Northern Army has already entered Richmond? That's impossible! Davis shouted.

The carriage started and ran as fast as it could. Robert Lee glanced out of the car and quickly withdrew his gaze, before turning back and saying to Davis, "I'm sorry, Mr. President, but this incident is sudden, and we must get out of Richmond as soon as possible, or I'm afraid it will be too late - the soldiers in Richmond have mutinied, and now the situation is completely out of control!" ”

"What?" Davis let out a loud shout, looked at Robert Lee, and then at his chief of guard.

"Yes, Mr. President!" The Chief of the Guard confirmed Robert Lee's words.

"Why? What do they want to do? Davis asked.

"The news of the peace talks between the presidential palace and the north has leaked, and the people of Richmond are now at gunpoint, looking everywhere for Mr. President, they have taken the presidential palace, and the Secretary of State, Mr. Benjamin, has been controlled by them, and the situation is completely out of control!"

"Oh, how so?" Davis was shocked. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, probably because the carriage was on a small road, and there were no soldiers on either side of the street, except for the occasional few people smashing the windows and doors on the side of the street, and occasionally the sound of gunfire from the corner of the street.

It is clear that Richmond is indeed in the midst of riots.

"But we don't plan to make peace with the North at all?" Davis said. Robert Lee opened his mouth and closed it again.

The chief of the guard whispered, "It doesn't matter, Mr. President. Only by escaping Richmond as soon as possible will we have a chance to speak out, and it is useless to say anything now! ”

"Oh my God, who the hell is this rumor!" Davis said. The carriage stopped at a bend, and the soldiers in front came back to report that the road ahead was blocked and the carriage could not pass, so they either dismounted and walked in a different direction, or they had to go back the way they came, and exit at another street entrance.

Davis jumped out of the carriage and looked at the fire that was burning in the middle of the road ahead. It was a ruin of wood, and there were several charred human shapes on the ruins, and I don't know if it was the unlucky guy who had suffered.

It was only at this point that Jefferson Davis finally cleared his mind out.

"Damn, why should we run away?" Davis turned back to Robert Lee and said, "I'm their president, why should I run away?" ”

"But—"

"Robert, the matter of fighting is left to you, but you have no experience in how to deal with these mobs!" Davis said harshly.

Then he jumped into the carriage and ordered the carriage to return the way it came and drive to the presidential palace! Robert's face turned blue and white.

As the commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army, there was a mutiny this time, and he could not escape the blame no matter what.

He had planned to escape from Richmond with the president in tow, so that he would not only have no fault, but would have merit. But if President Davis returns to the presidential palace, his position will be awkward - you know, one of the many demands made by the mutinous thugs is to replace him, the commander-in-chief of the Confederate army!

Damn it! I don't know who spread the rumor that he had no intention of fighting the Northern Army at all, because in the coalition government, he had already booked the post of Minister of War!

This rumor left Robert Lee speechless, and the thugs in the frenzy couldn't listen to any discernment at all!

It's just that, under Davis's strong order, the carriage changed direction again and rushed towards the presidential palace!

Robert Lee followed behind the carriage and sighed. He knew that most of his military career would end after this riot!

…… Jefferson Davis was a fairly mature politician. As a representative of the old political family in the United States, the education and knowledge he received since childhood was how to dance on the tightrope of power.

As for the current riot, after listening to a brief introduction in the carriage just now, not only was he not afraid, but he saw an opportunity in the middle.

In fact, he did not make peace with the north, and he did not even send a secret envoy. It was not easy for him to pull up his team in the south, and how could he hand it over so easily—but that didn't matter now.

For a long time, there was only one reason why he couldn't make up his mind to go to war, and that was that

"Can't beat"! In fact, the balance of power between the north and the south is quite large, and the strength of the north is at least twice that of the south in terms of the number of soldiers and industrial strength.

In order to arm his own soldiers, he even had to procure arms from the north. But now this mutiny has given him an opportunity to solve the problem - he does not need to solve the problem of insufficient strength in the South, this problem cannot be solved in a short time, even if he tries to solve it, and when he sees the results, he will no longer be the president!

The problem he had to deal with was that there was still a duplicitous part of the Southern Union that wanted to protect their private property and did not want to break with the North.

In other words, there are so many people in the Southern Alliance who are not absolutely loyal to him! This question is even more urgent than the question of 'can't be beaten'.