From the march route between the old Taoist Wufeng and Yang Weiley, you can clearly see that the Eastern Route Army of the Empire was once again divided into two parts, north and south, and these two parts had two goals, one was New Orleans and the other was Memphis.

If there is a map of the United States now, you can understand what the imperial emperor Li Mengyang is trying to do and why he arranged this way.

The Mississippi River is the mother river of the United States. It is called the Mother of the Rivers and the Father River by the Indians. The lower reaches of the Mississippi River actually start from Memphis and end until New Orleans!

Just a simple look, Vicksburg is in the middle of this basin!

Li Mengyang placed himself in Vicksburg and then divided his troops into two groups. This strategy was already very, very obvious, but would the United States at this time know?

Capitol Hill, Washington...

"Gentlemen! According to reliable news, that tyrant is in Vicksburg!" Minister of War Cameron began speaking again at a small meeting in the Lincoln Cabinet.

"Isn't this news before?" Attorney General Best felt that the Minister of War was taking off his pants and farting.

"It's not like this, I haven't confirmed it before! And now, we can confirm it!" Cameron was simply proud when he said this.

"How do you confirm it?" Secretary of State Sward interjected.

"Because our sergeant saw that tyrant, a colonel named Arthur MacArthur!" The Minister of War spoke out his personal name.

"Oh, I remember him." Lincoln said that he had an impression, "It seems that he is the youngest school official."

"Yes! It's him." Cameron confirmed.

This MacArthur was sent to Vicksburg. He was promoted to school officials because of his bravery in combat. He was nicknamed the Baby Face Colonel. Of course, no one knew about it at this time, and he probably didn't know it himself. He would have a son named Douglas MacArthur in the future.

But why did this MacArthur recognize that tyrant?

Well, because this guy named MacArthur is called handsome guy by many people, and many people have seen the appearance of that tyrant. They all say that the tyrant, even Li Mengyang, is also a very, very handsome man, so... people always have this kind of mentality, and they need to compare it, so MacArthur remembers it more well.

"Very good, so what are we going to do in the future?" Finance Minister Chase said he didn't want to waste time on the news.

"Of course we have to do our best to kill that tyrant in Vicksburg!" Attorney General Best looked ruthless.

"Of course there is no problem." Sward also knew, "Aren't we doing this all the time?"

"Gentlemen! This is probably an opportunity to end the war!" Lincoln seemed to be giving a speech again, but that's it.

"Gentlemen!" Cameron spoke again. "We should indeed do our best to wipe out all the enemies in Vicksburg, but I want to remind everyone. Our opponents seem to have made other moves. I have received news before that in Colorado, it is the new paradise for the gold diggers, where the enemy appears!"

"oh?"

This is very strange. What kind of empire do you think, what did they do when they ran to Colorado?

For gold?

There seem to be many in California. Although the gold rush has passed, it can be smelted. I heard that the output of gold is still OK.

That's silver?

Yes, Colorado also has a silver mine, and it is a very large silver mine, which may not be as good as Mexico, but in the United States, it is really not small.

But, does that empire have Mexico?

Then this matter is unreasonable!

What the hell was that tyrant thinking?

Colorado, the reason for gold and silver mines is that it is a plateau and part of the Rocky Mountains. For war, the current war does not seem to have much significance.

Yes, the main society in the United States is actually still in the east, the Great Lakes, and Colorado. Even if it was defeated by the empire, it is nothing to the United States as a whole and has no impact.

You should know that in the Protestant world of the United States, they are not so passionate about gold and silver. Although there is a gold rush, compared with the population of the entire society, that little bit of people is not enough to see.

Then what's going on here...

"Oh!" Suddenly, Secretary of State Sward slapped his forehead, "I understand! It's the railway!"

Yes, Sward remembered, Central Railway!

He had promoted such a plan before, and this plan was created by Leland Stanford. When Sward heard about the Colorado problem, he thought of the plan of the Central Railway he knew before, which was completely right.

"Are you talking about the Central Railway?" Chase asked, because he opposed this railway.

It's very simple. At this time, the country is fighting a civil war and it lasts for a long time. At this time, it is not a waste of money to build such a very difficult railway?

Although this railway must be done by a private company, it also requires labor.

But, after all, the railway is now all private companies, so the proposal was finally passed, and even relevant laws were passed, that is, as long as the railway is well built, the United States will give some land around the railway to those companies.

There is no way, you have to let those companies enjoy some sweetness, otherwise who will do it?

If you want to talk about this railway, it is actually quite interesting, because the east side is actually very easy to repair, because it started from the existing railway.

Before the Civil War began, American railway investment was very hot, second only to the telegraph lines, but in the long run, it is really crazy than the telegraph lines.

Before the Civil War broke out, the Eastern Railway in the United States was well built. But they did not go east. Now it seems that it is a very regrettable thing. If there was a large railway across the United States early in the morning, then California would not have lost it and that tyrant would not have succeeded.

But now everything is late. The American railway west of the Mississippi River is located in Vicksburg. Of course, it is impossible to build from that place to the west. It must start from the railway to the north.

Meng Fanyong and his team were completely unstoppable, fighting the US military along the way, and gathering up many Indians who had run away before.

Now, many Indians have also understood it. It seems that the previous combat methods were wrong.

With these personal help and the "information" obtained by Li Mengyang's intelligence network, they can do some internal work. Meng Fanyong, a general who has never led troops to fight, also won victory after victory and defeated Denver!

But now, Denver has been defeated, but the people here are so tough. Many Americans have gone to the mountains to fight guerrillas, which means they have become bandit soldiers. Then the work of suppressing bandits is the top priority.

But, as of now, the entire operation of the Northern Route Army arranged by Li Mengyang is quite good... (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!