When President Polk received the news, he was stupid, staggered back two steps and sat on his chair dejectedly, his face as ugly as a dead mother.

President Polk was an out-and-out fanatical expansionist who was convinced that the United States had a natural and sacred mission to unify the North American continent and was willing to give everything he could to do so.

It was under the guidance of such a firm ideology that Yin Shi began to launch the American-Mexican-Tang War, burning the flames of war to the western and southern parts of North America.

Half seawater, half flames.

The United States successfully advanced its war plan to invade Mexico in the south and obtained the spoils it wanted, and it can be said that the Mexican-American War was perfect.

Looking back at the US-Tang War, this small country, which the United States looked down on at the beginning, slapped the old American face again and again, until the United States was bruised and swollen......

Now, President Polk no longer fantasizes about the illusory goal of unifying the western part of North America and completely destroying the Tang Kingdom, but is thinking about how to end the war with dignity and less cost.

Let's be honest

The economic and social development of the United States can no longer afford the consequences of the continuation of the war, and the federal government expenditures weighed down by the heavy war debts are out of breath, and the issue of sharing federal government expenditures has become one of the focal points of contention among the states in the north and the south.

In a word, the coffin board is almost unbearable.

At present, the debt burden of the US federal government is as high as $360 million, and the heavy loss of more than 20,000 personnel of the US Second Corps means tens of millions of dollars in pensions and disability expenses.

The loss of more than 180 artillery pieces, enough equipment to arm tens of thousands of people, the loss of countless logistical baggage, horses, carts, and the entire advancing battalion, all of this is money!

Tens of thousands of U.S. troops on the front line have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in war expenses every day, and the cost of fierce fighting will increase several times.

With the current average annual national economy of the United States, which is worth $1 billion, it simply cannot afford such a huge amount of debt.

If the war ends today, the U.S. federal government debt will exceed $450 million, including soldiers' pensions, disability expenses, and severance expenses.

If the war drags on, the federal debt will increase by $15 million ~ $20 million for each additional month, and this is still without major casualties.

Even if it is calculated at 450 million US dollars, it will take 20 years of fiscal tax revenue from the US federal government, which is an overdraft of the future.

President Polk had to admit that he lost the bet.

"Mr. President, I have also seen the latest battle report from the front, General Arthur did not bring us the victory we expected, and I suspect that God has stopped looking at the United States, and we have become outcasts." White House Chief of Staff Harry Hoover pushed the door open and walked in, his face heavy on his face.

President Polk sank into his chair, raised his eyelids feebly to look at him, and said in a muffled voice;

"Now is an unprecedentedly difficult time for the American Union, I am not worried about the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom that is making trouble in the Great Lakes region, nor am I worried about the battle situation on the Colorado Plateau, what I am most worried about is that once the news of the defeat is made public, those southern slave states will take the opportunity to make trouble, and the federal government will have a great danger of splitting."

"Then what do you mean ......"

"Immediately restart the peace treaty negotiations between the United States and Tang in Taihua, we are running out of time, and we must hold down the lid of the pot that is about to erupt. There is no shame in admitting defeat, we won Mexico after all. ”

"But...... On the side of the Tang Kingdom, the lion opened his mouth and wanted to cut off the land of the six northwestern states at once, which almost occupied 1/4 of the territory of the federal government, and now they have suffered a new defeat, and I don't know if their appetite will be further expanded? Oh God, that mad king is greedy beyond imagination. ”

"Then we have to talk about it, aren't the lessons of ancient and modern China and foreign countries profound? It is a principle that the outside must first be at home. As long as the American Federation can share the same hatred, we are not afraid of the strength of the Tang Kingdom. Pity...... The federal government is divided internally, and it is powerless to defeat a strong enemy! ”

"I understand, Mr. President, that I will immediately urge the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send capable personnel to Shotaihua to participate in the negotiation of a war treaty between the United States and the United States."

"Also, for the time being, I will keep the news of the defeat down, and I will first communicate closely with the cabinet and party members, and I will take the main responsibility for the defeat."

"Mr. President......"

"That's it, Harry, I'm tired, help me close the door when I go out, I want to be alone."

"Oh...... All right. ”

White House Chief of Staff Harry Hoover glanced at the president with some concern, sighed secretly in his heart, silently turned around and walked out, and closed the door tightly.

Inside the Oval Office

President Polk was sunk in his chair, as if he had lost all his strength, and the dreams that had sustained him were shattered, leaving him in shambles.

As the sixth president of the U.S. federal government, President Polk is a person with a high sense of responsibility and morality, and he is also a large slave owner from the South, but sitting on the throne of the federal president, he strongly opposes the secession political ideas of the southern slave states.

He will not shirk his responsibilities and throw the mess he has made to the next president.

Now, it's time to think about the big decision to end the war.

Under such unfavorable circumstances, the United States took the lead in requesting peace talks, and based on the fact that the British have always fallen into the well and the Tang Kingdom's unforgiving urine, it is almost doomed to lose the three northwestern states.

That is Montana, the largest state in the US federal government, Wyoming in second place, and Colorado in third place, with a total area of 900,000 square kilometers.

If this condition of the Tang Kingdom is not met, there will definitely be no way to talk about peace, which is almost a sure thing.

Just look at the Tang Kingdom's huge investment in building cities on the Colorado Plateau, reclaiming wasteland, building railways, roads and bridges, developing industry, agriculture and handicrafts, and vigorously developing the local economy.

The fool also knows that this is not a temporary plan, but to occupy this territory for a long time.

Now that the war is lost, what is there to say?

If it continues, the US federal government will be torn apart, and once the Tang Kingdom unites with the southern slave states that are willing to split up, the situation facing Washington will be even more severe and difficult.

If your skills are not as good as others, you must admit it, and you must stand up when you are beaten.

In this regard

President Polk is in the right mind, and now that Mexico has ceded Texas, Tijuana in the north and Monterey in the Gulf of Mexico, the United States has three more states, namely Texas, Tijuana and Monterrey.

Then the war is lost, and it is not unacceptable for the United States to cede some territory.

After all, the northwestern states of the United States have not been included in the federal system for a long time, and although they are large, they are located in high-latitude areas, with forests, alpine meadows, inaccessible areas, and a low degree of development, which has little impact on the overall strength of the US federal government.

The biggest problem is;

The Tang Kingdom was not only Montana, but also Wyoming and Colorado could satisfy the appetite, and after the victory of the Second Northern Front War, the arrogant Tang Kingdom made territorial claims to North Dakota, South Dakota and Inner Las State.

In other words, the Tang Kingdom has made territorial claims to the six northwestern states of the United States, and the focus of the problem is also here.

The result of the fiasco in Hongyan Valley was a big surprise, the side of the US Federation must be gloomy, and the side of the Tang Kingdom must be singing and dancing, celebrating the victory all night.

Now President Polk's concern is that the ambitions of the Tang Kingdom will further swell and make territorial claims to Minnesota and Iowa again, which will be bad.

In this case, whether the United States wants to or not, it will have to fight this war with no hope of victory.

Until the final outbreak of contradictions in the federal government, the states of the North and the South will be completely divided, and the entire American Federation will be plunged into the flames of all-out war, and the enemy is very likely to unite, which is extremely unfavorable to the northern states.

If it gets to this point, the situation will be more than ten times worse than the current collapse, and it may be the end of the American Union.

At the thought of this extremely terrible possibility, with a high probability of happening, President Polk trembled with fear, and could no longer help himself.

He no longer believed that the American generals could bring him the victory he hoped for, and the best outcome was to end it as soon as possible, even if it was to cede the three northern states.

If necessary, you can take one or two more Northwest state territories.

But Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa must remain within the boundaries of the American Union, which is President Polk's bottom line and must not be breached.

There was a deathly silence in the Oval Office, and after an unknown amount of time, President Polk seemed to recover from his deadlock, took a big breath, and then quickly sat up straight and reached out to ring the bell on the table.

There were a few polite knocks at the door, and then the brass handle turned, and a well-dressed white woman walked in and asked in a nice voice; "Mr. President, what are your orders?"

"Peggy, I need to see Admiral Taylor as soon as possible, please arrange it, thank you!"

"Oh...... Okay, Mr. President, the Office of Staff will arrange this meeting as soon as possible. Belch...... Allow me to say more, don't you look so good that you need me to bring you a hot cup of coffee? ”

"Okay Peggy, if it's not troublesome."

"Wait, coffee and snacks will be coming soon, I hope it will make you feel better."

"You're lovely, Peggy, and if those damn soldiers are as sweet as you, I have nothing to worry about."

President Polk habitually took advantage of his verbal advantage, and watching Peggy walk out with her fat ass twisted and in a slightly better mood was really a strange psychological activity!

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