Chapter 61: North-South Negotiations

In the United States, the general battle that decided the fate of the governments of the North and the South ended in defeat.

Tactically, the Southern government was victorious, and they paid fewer casualties; From a strategic point of view, the government of the north won the victory.

If there is no foreign force to intervene, then the northern government can slowly gain the upper hand by virtue of its advantages in manpower and industry.

Unfortunately, this is not possible. This civil war, from the very beginning, was fought with the intervention of the European powers.

There are many wet nurses here, and the industrial advantages of the northern government have not been brought into play at all. During the Age of Discovery, maritime trade between Europe and the United States developed. No matter how hard the capitalists in the North tried to produce, they were not as good as the European continent.

Moreover, the longer the war lasted, the more debts the Southern governments owed, and the more they could not let go.

The power of the butterfly effect is powerful, and now the southern government has not only issued cotton bonds, but also owed huge loans to various countries, and the three major creditor countries of Britain, France and Austria have been kidnapped.

It is worth mentioning that a large part of the war funds of the northern government were also borrowed from the three countries. Regardless of which side of the North and the South is finished, the three major creditors will suffer heavy losses.

If it weren't for the financial circles of the three countries uniting to do things, this war would not have come to this point.

President Lincoln said helplessly: "I can't fight anymore, let's negotiate with the Southern government as soon as possible!" ”

It really can't go on, and the war is going on so far, and the northern government is exhausted. If they continue to consume, they will be almost the same when the southern government is dragged to death.

There are wolves around, and if you really want to defeat the south, you will become someone else's mouth.

The capitalists who supported Lincoln did not want to play the United States to death yet, and it was not in their interest. Everyone is an adult is very realistic, since it is destined to fail, it is better to stop the loss in time.

Unless we take advantage of the fact that the great powers are now focused on Europe, things will not be so easy once the countries come back.

Secretary of State Safar thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, will it be too soon?" We have a lot of work to do, and the building of public opinion is still ongoing. ”

Lincoln took out the telegram he had just received to redeem it: "It's too late, this is the latest intelligence from Europe, look at it!"

That bunch of garbage is even more useless than we thought. Not to mention the subversion of the regime, not even a new wave of revolution has been set off. ”

Saffarid looked at it at first glance and didn't say anything. Judging from this information, the performance of the revolutionaries still reached the passing line, but it was still far from Lincoln's expectations.

Even the collapse of the Hungarian independence organization kept the Viennese government busy for months. Other revolutionary groups did not give in, buying the federal government precious time.

However, in Lincoln's opinion, these months were too short, so short that he did not even have the desire to continue the war.

After fighting for so long, he already knew the strength of the southern government very well, and it would be difficult to win the victory without a few years of hard work.

Obviously, this is not possible. Once the European countries come to their senses, let alone defeat the South, the remaining areas controlled by the federal government will be spied on.

Lincoln had hoped that the Revolutionary Party would launch a new wave of revolution that would upset the European continent and leave countries without time for the American Civil War, thus creating an opportunity for American unification.

Now the uprising of the Hungarian Independence Organization has failed; The independence movement, led by the Irish independence organization, was also brutally suppressed by the London government; The French Revolutionary Party was still fighting for Free France, but they were not good at fighting and were fighting with the government in Paris.

The only one who has completed the task is the Spanish Revolutionary Party, which is still fighting the government and will not end it anytime soon.

Spain, however, was the weakest in the Intervention Alliance, and if the three major powers decided to intervene by force, they would follow suit.

The Italian Revolutionary Organization was also fruitful, at least Gapoli had already occupied half of Sicily and was working to seize the whole island.

Unfortunately, this is not what the United States needs, what they want is for the Italians to revolt in Sardinia, Lombardy, and Venesia to contain the energy of France and Austria.

Obviously, the Italian Revolutionary Party is not stupid and did not gnaw hard bones. After the success of the Gapori uprising, everyone turned around in support of the revolution in Sicily.

If this continues, Britain, France and Austria will be able to solve their internal problems in half a year at most. When the time comes, the federal government, which has set off this chaos, will certainly not have any good fruit to eat.

Lincoln didn't think countries would be unaware of their role, and politics often didn't need evidence, just the pros and cons.

By compromising now, the federal government can also be in an advantageous position in the negotiations. If it drags on, when countries have the energy to retaliate, the situation will be completely different.

You don't have to think about it at all, you know who the European countries will support. Wouldn't it be worse for the federal government if the Southern government swallowed up a few more states?

There are now several free states that have been occupied by the Southern government, and these need to be reclaimed. If he can't do this, the financiers behind the scenes won't be able to spare him.

Not only did the government in the north not hold on, but the government in the south could not stand it either. At present, the number of casualties on both the north and the south far exceeds that of the same period in history, and military spending is even more astronomical.

Long before the outbreak of the General War, the Southern government had proposed peace talks to the Northern government, but Lincoln and others pinned their last hope on the Great War and did not give a reply for a long time.

Only now do we have to admit that there are European powers as wet nurses, and they are fighting for human lives.

The population of the government in the north is larger, but the population of the government in the south is also quite large. In addition, the southern army is stronger in combat, and the difference in strength between the two sides is not large.

This is a legacy of the butterfly effect, and the Southern government would not have been able to attract so many states without the intervention of the countries before the outbreak of the civil war.

Politics has always been the weakness of the Southern government, otherwise as long as the anti-war banner is raised, many federal states will choose neutrality, and even if the Lincoln government wants to use force, the people will not support it.

Historically, most U.S. states were initially neutral, and many Americans believed that Southern independence was legitimate and opposed the use of force to settle the matter.

It was only after the southern government fired the first shot that these people changed their position and sided with the northern government.

The reality is cruel, the war that has lasted for several years has awakened many people, and the political level of the southern government has also been improved in the war.

While the European countries were napping, the North and the South began secret negotiations.