Wild North America 1846

Manhattan Town, Temporary Palace

When the news of victory came, Richard waved his fist excitedly, feeling the joy from the bottom of his heart.

We secured this strategic location at a traffic crossroads and revitalized everything.

According to the original battle plan;

After the encirclement, the Colorado Corps would take 2 to 3 weeks to completely annihilate the enemy defenders in Kansas City. Now it only took 11 days to win the battle cleanly. The performance of the Colorado Corps was satisfactory.

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The Colorado Corps has become more mature after being tempered by bloody battles. It still has 34,500 US military prisoners in its hands. The situation is really great, and it has mastered the initiative on the Western Front battlefield.

After capturing Kansas, the nearly 200,000-strong U.S. Army General Sherman's troops, which was more than 1,200 kilometers deep into the south, were cut off from material supplies and transportation arteries returning north, and the battlefield situation they faced took a turn for the worse.

The Tang Dynasty Kingdom and the Confederate Allied Forces ambushing in the Xuefeng Mountain area did not block the 75,000-strong rapid relief force sent by General Sherman, but allowed it to rush north in a hurry.

This was exactly the decision that Richard made himself.

This is because Xuefeng Mountain is only more than 80 kilometers away from Vicksburg. General Sherman's army has just divided its forces, and the U.S. military's rapid return reinforcements are very close to the main force.

Once you act in advance, it is easy to alert the enemy.

By then

After receiving the news of the attack, the main force led by General Sherman will abandon the bloated and slow horse-drawn convoy for rapid reinforcements, and can reach the Xuefeng Mountain battlefield within one day.

Then, this surprise attack may turn into a bad battle.

Although the number of coalition forces is close to 150,000, the main force of the battle is still the 50,000 people in the Southern Military District. The 100,000 old, weak and disabled soldiers of the American alliance are of little use.

The mere 50,000 elite troops of the Southern Military District cannot swallow up the nearly 200,000 troops commanded by General Sherman, and may instead lead to a violent counterattack.

Richard repeatedly considered the comparison of strengths between the two sides, and a mysterious premonition made him uneasy. He always felt that this battle was more likely to be bad than good.

General Sherman's command was the largest field regiment on the Western Front. It had forged a very powerful fighting force through continuous victories. It has always been known for its courage to fight and fight hard. It attacked Vicksburg for more than three months without mercy.

It's a pretty bloody army.

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

Therefore, after careful consideration, Richard suddenly changed his mind and allowed the 75,000 U.S. military reinforcements to pass through the Xuefeng Mountain area smoothly. This gave the U.S. military the illusion that the area was safe and sound, and would further relax their vigilance.

The Allied forces assembled a force of 150,000 to defeat the Northern Army's main force of about 124,000, which was lagging behind.

It is impossible to completely annihilate the US military, but it is more certain to inflict heavy damage.

Just these two days

Richard met with the outstanding officers who had been decorated in the Battle of Kansas, and after giving personal encouragement, he took a special train back to Chang'an City.

The subsequent battle can be controlled by the Colorado Corps.

The army of the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty has rich experience in training prisoners of war. The 34,000 American soldiers captured in the Battle of Kansas City will report to each other, remove all officers, and make other arrangements.

Those who are willing to take the initiative can continue to serve after submitting a certificate of surrender.

Thus

The bones of this surrendered US military unit were removed and turned into a toy that can be rounded and flattened at will. The next step of transformation will be much easier.

The first is hard labor. These 34,000 American soldiers will undertake the complicated work of clearing the ruins of Kansas City and rebuilding the damaged railway lines.

In addition, there is still a large amount of labor waiting for these white captives.

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

The old city of Kansas that had been ravaged by war was in ruins. It was not easy to clean it up. The workload was too great, so we had to choose another place to rebuild the city.

Due to the abundant labor force, these projects can be carried out simultaneously.

The convicts will have to endure 13 to 14 hours of heavy labor every day. They can only eat some black bread mixed with wheat bran and fine sawdust, and drink a few vegetable leaves to wash the pot with water, barely surviving from starvation.

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Those who actively defect and move closer will receive preferential treatment. They will serve as the grassroots boss of the convicts and be responsible for managing more people. Their food and treatment will also be much better.

It only takes a few months, under whips and strict control, to smooth out all the thorns on the white captives, crying and shouting to join the servant army.

Once they go to the battlefield and their hands are stained with the blood of the Yankees, it will be impossible for these servant soldiers to turn back and they will have no choice but to follow their master, the Tang Kingdom, all the way to the dark side.

With a number of measures taken, it won't be long before these newly recruited servant officers and soldiers will become qualified cannon fodder and charge forward to open up territory for the Tang Kingdom.

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

As long as the white American prisoners of conscience still have sense, they will know what to choose. Of course, there are also a very small number of die-hard elements. This is easy to do, just send them directly to the mines and it will be done.

These are all convicts who have committed war crimes. How can they have the right to control their own destiny?

At the end of January 1860

His Majesty the King's special train returned to Chang'an City. At this time, Chang'an City was busy with production and revealed a tense atmosphere. Everyone paid close attention to the news from the battlefield and rejoiced for any victory achieved.

The news of the decisive victory in the Battle of Kansas was tightly blocked. Only the Northern Army continued to send good news about the capture of a certain city. Therefore, the kingdom was even more nervous about the outcome of the battle on the centerline battlefield, and was highly looking forward to it with uneasiness...

Richard hurriedly returned to Chang'an City because an important decision required him to make a personal decision, which was the formal alliance treaty with the Confederate States of the United States, which involved the distribution of many sensitive interests.

For example, the direction of attack, the distribution of territorial and population benefits after the war, who will take the lead in allied cooperation, the transfer of supplies between allies, and the issue of free assistance raised by the Southerners, etc., all need to be decided by His Majesty himself.

In Qinzheng Hall of Daming Palace

Accompanied by Prime Minister Lord Gu Yan, Foreign Minister Lord Juan Carlos and other ministers, Richard met with Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Secretary of State Henry Daniel, Finance Minister Robert Jr. and other senior southern government officials.

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The Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army, Lee, was not here. He was leading the main force of the Confederate Army to fight bravely on the Eastern Front battlefield to protect the safety of the capital, Richmond.

When high-level officials from the southern government met with the king, Richard behaved very generously, and his conversational style was like a breath of fresh air. He spoke highly of the close cooperation between the Tang Kingdom and the Southern Confederacy, and was confident in the alliance between the two parties.

Richard said: "The friendship cemented by the blood of both parties will be the foundation for forging a new political pattern in North America. Only in this way can we usher in a new situation in North America with long-term peace and stability..."

Regarding the material transfer between allies and the free aid issues raised by the Southerners, Richard personally decided on a huge free aid totaling 120 million Tang Yuan, which will be paid gradually in the next two years to support the Southern Confederacy through the most difficult period.

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Among them, 60% of the quota is used for cloth, kerosene and various people's livelihood products, and 40% of the quota is used for military supplies including weapons and equipment, and the prices follow the market.

This is because the Tang Dynasty is a feudal capitalist market. The royal family and the government do not produce any products. All military aid needed must be transferred from the market. You can't rob it openly, right?

But this way

The amount of materials that the southern government could obtain had shrunk greatly. Prices of various commodities had soared during the war. With a total of 120 million in free aid, it was thankful to be able to finally get goods worth 30 to 40 million before the war.

For the greater interests of geopolitics, what must the Tang Kingdom learn to pay? Especially when its allies are in the most difficult time.

It was of great significance to the Tang Kingdom to establish a long-term alliance between the Tang Kingdom and the Southern Confederacy, and to sign a 30-year alliance treaty that would be automatically renewed for another 30 years without objection from both parties upon expiration.

This 120 million free aid was obviously not in the good taste of President Jefferson Davis and others, but they could not express any objections and could only pinch their noses to 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 States is actually a large rural area with pitifully low urbanization. The largest city, Richmond, has a population of only a few hundred thousand, but the Confederate States paid a heavy price of more than 400,000 casualties to protect it.

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It sounds very inconsistent, but this is the cruel reality.

To put it bluntly, these southern country bumpkins felt like they were entering a city when they came to the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty. Looking at the magnificent buildings and beautiful streets in the city, the bustling flow of people, and the tall chimneys standing in the suburbs like a forest, their eyesight was not enough.

Prosperity, wealth and power were the first impression these southern country bumpkins had of the Tang Kingdom.

In their minds they naturally think;

You are so rich, so powerful, and so wealthy, shouldn't you give more aid to 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.

There is no religious, ethnic, cultural or historical connection between the two countries, and there is no natural sense of closeness. The foundation of such an alliance is inherently fragile, more prone to setbacks, and requires careful maintenance.

Once the foundation of the alliance between the two parties no longer exists, such an alliance can easily be shaken...

After meeting with Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his party, Richard put forward inspiring expectations and a bright vision for the future alliance of both parties, and then nothing happened...

As for the bargaining for benefits, His Majesty the King's distinguished status is not appropriate to participate. He only needs to appear at the signing ceremony of the final alliance agreement.

Only then did the quarrelsome struggle for interests between the two sides really begin...