Manhattan Town, Temporary Residence

When the news of the victory came, Richard also waved his fist excitedly, feeling the heartfelt joy.

Won this important place located at the crossroads of traffic, a little revitalization, everywhere is revitalized.

According to the original battle plan;

After the siege, the Colorado Corps will spend 2~3 weeks to completely annihilate the Kansas City defenders, and now it only took 11 days to take it neatly, and the performance of the Colorado Corps is satisfactory.

Now

The Colorado Corps has become more mature after the bloody battle, and it still has up to 34,500 American prisoners in its hands, and the situation is really good, and it has the initiative on the Western Front.

After the seizure of Kansas, nearly 200,000 troops under the headquarters of General Sherman, which had penetrated more than 1,200 kilometers to the south, were cut off from the main transportation artery for the supply of materials and the return to the north, and the battlefield situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

The allied forces of the Tang Kingdom and the Southern Alliance States ambushed in the Xuefeng Mountain area did not block a 75,000-strong rapid siege force sent by General Sherman, but let it go north in a hurry, which was exactly the decision made by Richard himself.

This is because Snow Peak Mountain is only more than 80 kilometers away from Vicksburg, and General Sherman's headquarters has just been divided, and the rapid return of the US army and the main force are very close.

Once you act in advance, it is easy to startle the snake.

Until then

The main force led by General Sherman, who received the news of the attack, will throw off the bloated and slow horse convoy and quickly reinforce it, and will be able to reach the battlefield of Snow Peak Mountain in one day.

Then, this surprise attack battle is likely to be a bad battle.

Although the number of coalition troops is close to 150,000, the main force of the battle is still the 50,000 men in the Southern Military Region, and the 100,000 or so old and weak soldiers cobbled together by the US allies are of little use.

With only 50,000 elite troops in the Southern Military Region, it cannot swallow the nearly 200,000 troops under General Sherman's command, but may provoke a fierce counterattack.

Richard repeatedly considered the comparison of the strength of the two sides, and the mysterious premonition in the dark made him uneasy, and he always felt that this battle was more than lucky.

General Sherman's headquarters is the largest field corps on the battlefield on the Western Front, and it has forged quite strong combat effectiveness under successive victories, and has always been known for daring to fight and fight, and has not relented in the fierce attack on Vicksburg for more than three months, and is a rather bloody army.

If you underestimate the other party, you will suffer a big loss.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Richard resolutely changed his mind and allowed the 75,000 US troops to pass through the Xuefeng Mountain area smoothly, giving the US military a false impression that the area was safe and sound, and he would relax his vigilance even more.

The Allied forces gathered 150,000 troops to fight the main force of about 124,000 in the Northern Army, which was lagging behind.

It is unlikely that the US military will be completely annihilated, but the heavy damage is more certain.

Just on these two days

Richard met with the outstanding officers who had been awarded meritorious service in the Battle of Kansas, and after personally encouraging them, he took a special train back to Chang'an City.

The subsequent battles can be mastered by the Colorado Corps itself.

The army of the Tang Kingdom has rich experience in training prisoners of war, and the 34,000 American soldiers captured in the battle of Kansas City will report to each other, and all officers will be eliminated and arranged separately.

Those who are willing to take the initiative to take refuge can continue to be appointed after submitting a letter of nomination.

So

This surrendered U.S. military unit has dismantled its bones and turned it into a plaything that can be rounded and flattened at will, and the next step of transformation will be much easier.

The first is hard labor, and the 34,000 U.S. soldiers will do the tedious work of clearing the rubble of Kansas City and rebuilding the damaged railroad line.

In addition, there was a great deal of labor waiting for these white captives.

According to the high standards of urban construction in the Tang Kingdom, a new city will be built out of thin air by digging sewer facilities, building bridges and roads, and building houses and storage areas in the wilderness south of the Kansas train station.

The war-torn Old Town of Kansas was in ruins, and it was not easy to clean it up, and the amount of work was too great to rebuild the city.

Due to the abundance of labor, these projects can be carried out at the same time.

The prisoners had to bear 13~14 hours of heavy labor every day, and could only eat some black bread mixed with wheat bran and fine wood chips, drink a few vegetable leaves and brush the pot water, and barely starved to death.

Those who voluntarily defect will be given preferential treatment, and the grassroots leaders who serve as slave labor prisoners will be responsible for managing more people, and the food will be much better.

It only took a few months, under the whip and strict control, to smooth out all the thorns of these white captives, crying and shouting to join the servant army.

Once on the battlefield, with the blood of the old north on their hands, it will be impossible for these servant soldiers to turn back at that time, so they can only follow the master of the Tang Kingdom to the dark.

Under a number of measures, it won't be long before these newly formed servant officers and soldiers will become qualified cannon fodder and charge forward for the Tang Kingdom.

The so-called man is a knife, and I am a fish.

As long as the white captives of the American army who are still sane know how to choose, of course, there are a very small number of die-hard elements. It's also very easy to do, just send it to the mine and it's done.

These are all hard slave prisoners who have committed war crimes, and where is the right to control their own destiny?

End of January 1860

His Majesty's special train returned to Chang'an City, which at this time revealed a hint of tension while busy with production, and everyone paid close attention to the news from the battlefield and rejoiced in any victory.

The news of the decisive victory in the Battle of Kansas was tightly sealed, and only the good news of the conquest of such and such a city continued to come from the Northern Army, so the victory or defeat of the battle on the battlefield on the middle line within the kingdom was even more tense, and it was highly anticipated with trepidation......

Richard hurriedly returned to Chang'an City because he had to make an important decision, that is, a formal alliance treaty with the United States Southern Alliance, which involved the distribution of many sensitive interests.

For example, the direction of the offensive, the distribution of territorial and population interests after the war, who will lead the cooperation of the allied forces, the transfer of materials between allies, and the issue of free assistance raised by the elders in the south, etc., all need to be personally decided by His Majesty.

In the Daming Palace Qinzheng Palace

Accompanied by Prime Minister Lord Gu Yan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lord Juan Carlos and other ministers, Richard met with President of the Confederate States of the Southern Powers Jefferson Davis, Secretary of State Henry Daniel, Secretary of Finance Robert Jr., and other high-ranking Southern government officials.

Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army, was not here, he was leading the main force of the Confederate Army to fight the enemy on the Eastern Front and protect the safety of the capital Richmond.

When the high-level officials of the southern government met with the king, Richard showed great generosity, spoke and talked like a spring breeze, spoke highly of the close cooperation between the Tang Kingdom and the Southern Alliance, and was full of confidence in the conclusion of an alliance between the two sides.

Richard said; "The friendship cemented by the blood of the two sides will be the foundation for forging a new political pattern in North America, and only in this way can we usher in a new situation of long-term peace and stability in North America......

With regard to the transfer of materials between allies and the issue of free aid raised by the Southern Elders, Richard personally decided to provide a huge amount of 120 million Tang Yuan in free aid, which will be paid in the next two years to support the Federal Republic of the Southern States in surviving the most difficult moment.

Among them, 60 percent of the quota is used for cloth and kerosene and various livelihood products, and 40 percent of the quota is for military supplies including weapons and equipment, and the price is on the market.

This is because the Tang Kingdom is a feudal capitalist market, the royal family and the government do not produce any products, and all the military aid needed must be transferred from the market.

But that's it

The amount of materials that the southern government was able to obtain was greatly reduced, and the prices of various goods during the war skyrocketed, and the total amount of 120 million yuan in free aid was finally able to get 30 to 40 million worth of goods before the war.

For the greater good of geopolitics, what must the Tang Kingdom learn to give? Especially in the most difficult times for allies.

It is of great significance to the Tang Kingdom to establish a long-term alliance between the Tang Kingdom and the Southern Alliance States, and to sign an alliance treaty that will last for 30 years and automatically renew for 30 years without objection between the two parties.

This 120 million yuan of gratuitous aid obviously did not meet the good appetite of President Jefferson Davis and others, but they could not say anything against it, so they could only pinch their noses and express their gratitude.

But from the way they looked at each other in private, it could be seen that they were not satisfied.

Richard was not surprised by these greedy allies.

Today's Confederate Southern United States is actually a large rural area, its urbanization is pitiful, and the largest city, Richmond, has a population of only a few hundred thousand, but the Confederate State of the South has paid a heavy price of more than 400,000 casualties to protect it.

It sounds like a dissonance, but that's the harsh reality.

To put it mildly, these southern townsmen came to the Tang Kingdom as if they had entered the city, looking at the magnificent buildings and beautiful streets in the city, the bustling flow of people, and the tall chimneys like woods in the suburbs, their eyes were not enough.

Prosperous, rich and powerful, this is the first impression of these southern townsmen on the Tang Kingdom.

In their hearts they will naturally think;

You're so rich, so powerful, so rich, shouldn't you give more aid to help your allies?

The alliance between the two sides is based on interests, on mutual needs, and on the basis of jointly dealing with the United States of America in the North.

Without religious, ethnic, cultural and historical ties and a natural sense of closeness, the foundation of such an alliance is already fragile, prone to twists and turns, and needs to be carefully maintained.

Once the basis of the alliance between the two sides does not exist, then such an alliance can easily be shaken......

After meeting with Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate Federation, Richard put forward inspiring expectations for the future of the alliance, a bright vision of the blueprint, and then there was no more......

The rest of the bargaining for interests, His Majesty's honorable status is not suitable to participate, and only needs to appear at the signing ceremony of the final alliance agreement.

The competition of interests between the two sides is only at this time when the real ......

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