A month later

Chicago

Anglican Hospital

Admiral Taylor, who was lucky enough to swim across the Missouri River with his strong war horse, was seriously ill, and his body had just recovered a little, and his face seemed to be more than 10 years old, and even his body was rickety.

In the chapel of the Anglican Hospital on a sunny day in early March, he met Lieutenant General Arthur Temple, former chief of staff of the Continental Army, and Lieutenant General Bob Wingraub, deputy commander, who served as commander-in-chief of the Third Western Expedition, for a private and secret visit.

"Arthur, I can't give you any advice, my legend is over, and my era is over." Admiral Taylor looked up in dismay, his face wrinkled and made him look old.

God testifies that he is only 51 years old this year, but he looks like a 70-year-old man.

Admiral Taylor's hand gently rubbed the expensive cane carved with precious stones and gold, and his words revealed endless depression, as if he had been trapped in that fiasco and still did not come out.

That was the main force of 10,000 cavalry of the American army, not the nearly 20,000 musketeers buried in the nameless valley.

It is far more difficult to train a qualified cavalryman than a musketeer. The United States can equip 200,000 or even 300,000 musketeers at any time, but it cannot come up with 30,000 or even 20,000 qualified cavalry at once.

Cultivating a tacit understanding of cavalry team combat is by no means cultivated overnight.

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked.

For two years

The American cavalry that died in the hands of the Tang Kingdom was not 20,000 but also 10,000, and the United States except for the more than 4,000 experienced cavalry who fought in Mexico, almost all of them were newcomers.

However, the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom is getting stronger and stronger, and the total number of cavalry has now exceeded 20,000, and the cuirassier heavy cavalry regiment has reached as many as six, and its strength is at its peak.

Lieutenant General Arthur Temple glanced at Lieutenant General Bob Wingraub, the deputy commander standing beside him, sighed lightly, and spoke;

"After the Battle of the Missouri River, it was as if there was a terrible earthquake of public opinion in Washington, and public opinion boiled, and the differences between the hardliners who demanded an expanded war and the conservatives who advocated peace talks widened, and a deep rift was created between them.

You have fought against that Eastern monarch, and we need your valuable advice.

General Taylor, the military's general cautious approach to war was ignored, and hawkish lawmakers strongly demanded that this war be fought, Mr. President......"

Speaking of which

Lieutenant General Arthur Temple shook his head helplessly, paused and continued;

"Mr. President has gambled everything, including his prestige, glory and political life, and he can no longer seek re-election, only a victory.

Even if it was a pyrrhic victory, he would have been able to account to the American people and say that "President Polk did his best."

The congressmen, who represented the interests of Southern slave owners, attacked the president in the British tone, portraying him as a "war maniac," a "cold-blooded animal who cares not for the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans," a "hysterical lunatic," and other more nasty invectives.

It's all there

President Polk has endured it in silence, and now all he wants is a fair showdown, nothing more. ”

After General Arthur's words, the chapel fell into a long cold scene, and the air was so heavy that it was breathless.

A moment later

"What about you...... Do you know what you're up against? ”

General Taylor broke the silence and shook his head with a lonely expression, not wanting an answer from the other man's mouth, but continuing with his own questions;

"Lying in the hospital bed, I reviewed the battle process for more than two months countless times, and the result made me more and more frightened, more and more scared, and the fighting spirit gradually melted away.

King Richard was a true military genius and had no last resort.

After the capture of Peel in early January, he has been leading us by the nose, and all our reactions have been calculated by him, without exception.

I tried to regain control, but failed.

He is like an experienced hunter, a skilled dancer, playing with us in the palm of his hand.

He's a demon he knows his heart, and I'm no match at all, Arthur...... Neither can you. ”

"You don't know our difficult situation, the congressmen of the North are pressing us, the president is pressing us, the eyes of Britain, France and even the whole of Europe are watching us, and the expectations of the people of the Commonwealth of America are pressing the military out of breath. We desperately need a face-to-face war to prove ourselves, to prove that the Continental Army is not cowards, to prove that we can give our blood and lives for the sake of our faith. ”

"I'm sure you can do it...... General Arthur, you will bury the lives of tens of thousands of American soldiers with your own hands, but you will not necessarily bring back a victory. ”

"Taylor, you really disappointed me too much, it seems that I shouldn't have come this time, you have lost the bravery and dedication of a soldier, and you have been beaten out of the psychological shadow by the Eastern Demon King."

"No...... I do not consider this a psychological shadow, preferring to call it "respect", which is not inferior to the military genius of Napoleon. ”

"Uh-oh...... Respect, that's an eye-opening novelty. Lieutenant General Arthur Temple scoffed, turned his head to Lieutenant General Bob Wingraub and gestured to leave, stood up and said; Rest well, General Taylor, no one will trouble you when you hide here, including the tens of thousands of cavalry families who have ascended to heaven. You can continue to hide here and be your own Mexican war hero, good appetite. ”

His disdainful tone really angered General Taylor, who stood up with a solemn expression, his thin palm tightly grasping the precious cane, and a sharp light shot from his originally dim eyes, staring closely at Lieutenant General Arthur Temple and saying word by word;

"You megalomaniacal fool is likely to make the unforgivable. As far as I know; You have never commanded an army of more than 1,000 men, how can you command an army of 70,000? This is nothing short of a crime. ”

"You were the same before the Mexican War, and I don't think it's a big deal."

"It's different, the Mexicans are just a bunch of panicked rabbits, while the Tang Kingdom is a ferocious wolf."

"Well, whether it's a rabbit or a hungry wolf, you can't escape the hunter's gun."

"Tell me Arthur, the Tang Kingdom has released more than 7,000 cavalry in Peel City, once the war starts, how are you going to deal with them?"

"This is indeed a big problem, we have rebuilt Iowa City and Davenport, and strengthened the fortification of the villages and towns between Chicago and the former, with no less than 40,000 musketeers and 5,000 cavalry, and we are ready for all precautions."

"I'm not worried about the Eastern cavalry attacking Chicago, but about what they're doing again, breaking through this fragile line of defense deep into the interior of the Great Lakes, and that it will be another disaster."

"No, now the defense of American villages and towns is doing a good job, we have been strengthening our work in this area, and the rest can only be left to God."

"Arthur, there's another important question, you don't know the specific situation on the Colorado Plateau? I wonder what kind of fortress was built there? Don't know what a difficult situation you are facing? It's incredible to send troops in such a hurry. ”

"We're ready for anything, all that's missing now is time, okay...... General Taylor, I think this unpleasant conversation should be ended. There are still 370 officers waiting for me to deploy at the Chicago base, and I can't afford to delay too long. ”

"Watts?" General Taylor was so hung out that he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

But he didn't do much, in fact he couldn't do anything.

He could only watch the two military executives who held real power go away, and Taylor's eyes showed sadness.

Even if these two fools bury the American army on the westward expedition, the American Federation will not collapse easily, which is the strength of the industrial country.

The United States can only be defeated by its own people, such as the division of the North and the South......

General Taylor could also do nothing about this terrible prospect of near-destruction, and this is the sadness of the American military in this day and age.

Under the burden of gain and loss

General Taylor was even suspicious of his refusal to send troops stationed in Chicago to rescue the white people who had been captured by the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom when he was seriously ill.

If we had been defeated and lost at that time, perhaps the war would have ended.

Those hardliners in the U.S. federation don't hit the southern wall and don't look back, they have to meet their heads and break the blood flow to sober up, to speak well, to let go of their high-minded stinky virtues, and to seriously consider the territorial claims of the Tang Kingdom.

Entering March 1848

The population of the Tang Kingdom has reached more than 670,000 people, on the one hand, a large number of captive population, on the other hand, a large number of newborns, and thirdly, the sharp increase in Chinese immigration.

The combination of these three factors has ushered in an unprecedented wave of immigration in the Tang Kingdom.

With the opening of branches of Sequoia Tree Bank in mainland commercial ports, and the remittances worth hundreds of thousands of ounces of gold caused huge shocks in the coastal provinces, the legend of North American gold mines intensified, forming a gold rush to the United States.

Real money is right in front of you, and you can't help but believe it.

In the mainland of China, it has become a trend to call friends and families to go to North America to pan for gold, and the popularity is far beyond Richard's imagination, and the number of self-funded immigrants has increased rapidly, and many people have embarked on a gold rush trip in North America with longing.

Coupled with the chaos of the current situation, the Taiping Rebellion swept through more regions, causing a huge impact on the original backwater social structure and breeding a large number of people fleeing.

In this case

Every steamship bound for North America was crammed with Chinese immigrants, and the 14 5,000-ton steamers on the transpacific route, each carrying up to 3,500 people, were simply overcrowded.

The shipyard equipment ordered from the UK is already in place and is in production.

With the help of British engineers and veteran shipyard mechanics, the construction of 1,500-ton ships has begun at two shipyards in Los Angeles and Chang'an (San Francisco).

It won't take long

The day is not far off when the cargo ships and cruise ships built by the Tang Kingdom will appear on the transpacific route and take on the heavy responsibility of transporting migrants and supplies back and forth.

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