Grant is also a little helpless now, with the secret support of Britain and France, the strength of the southern rebels is too strong, it is really difficult to compete, since the start of the war for a year, the northern army has been defeated one after another, and there is no way to occupy the righteousness.

The northern government has already lost several important towns one after another, and if Richmond is lost at this time, then the pressure on the northern government will be even greater.

Grant suddenly had a flash of inspiration and replied: "Mr. President, why don't we temporarily agree to cooperate with China's General Guo Ye, as long as they can play a role on the battlefield, it will definitely be worth it even if we spend an expensive amount of money, otherwise, once Richmond falls, it will be really troublesome!" ”

Lincoln hesitated for a moment and hesitated: "General Grant, this is a multi-million dollar deal, not a small amount, if it is more than 1,000 British and French elites, we can accept it, but it is only a weak Qing army, the government will be under tremendous pressure in Congress, and those opposition will definitely spare no effort to attack us!" ”

Grant said urgently: "Mr. President, you must be clear, that is, Guo Ye's army once defeated the Russian army almost completely in northern China with more victories and fewer victories, or in the case of fighting more with less, it went to the capital of China, and even shook the British and French forces, and fought fiercely with the elite divisions of Britain and France for several days, not falling behind, and even beating the British and French forces so that they couldn't raise their heads!" With such a strong army, I thought that we were worth it to cooperate with them! ”

"It's just that, after all, they only have more than a thousand people, and they only have the strength of a regiment, how much effect can such a small number of troops play in such a large battlefield? After all, the strength of both warring sides has reached more than 100,000 people! ”

Lincoln asked.

Grant said in a deep voice: "Mr. President, I don't want this Guo Ye to change the situation between the warring sides now. Instead, we want to use Guo Ye's troops to help us hold Richmond first, Richmond has a population of more than 300,000, has a strong industrial base, and has the largest arsenal in the country, we can't afford to lose, in comparison. Millions of dollars, we can still afford it, which is more important, Mr. President, you should know very well! ”

Lincoln gritted his teeth and replied, "Well, in that case, we can try, but before I do that I have to see Colt once!" ”

Grande nodded. Soon Colt was photographed into the president's office.

"Dear Mr. Colt, it is a pleasure to meet you, and on behalf of the American people, I thank you for your steadfast stand in the midst of the Civil War!"

Lincoln was very direct, and said to Colt.

Colt hurriedly replied: "Mr. President, this is what I should do, I am also a member of the United States, and I am also a believer in the Lord. Our conscience dictates that we cannot sit idly by and watch the existence of black slaves! ”

Lincoln nodded, and continued: "The matter of the Chinese general Guo Ye." I've heard, Colt, this is a matter of the country's multimillion-dollar wealth, I think you have to understand very clearly, Guo Ye's army really has such a strong combat effectiveness? ”

Colt smiled faintly and replied, "Mr. President." We can speak from the facts, I was harassed by the Southern rebels three or four times in the arsenal in Richmond, and when the number of troops was small, there were more than 100 people. When there were many troops, it reached nearly 500 people, but they were all repelled by our arsenal, and the key to this is that at the beginning of last year, I brought back more than 200 Chinese mercenaries from China, these soldiers are Guo Ye's subordinates, and their combat power is far above the southern rebels! Mr. President, the salaries of ordinary soldiers in the government army have now reached six hundred dollars, and if these mercenaries were our soldiers, even if they were worth a thousand dollars, because they were no worse than our warrant officers! What's more, their commander, General Guo Ye, also came to the United States in person and has already led the army to Richmond, if they participate in the war, it may be impossible to reverse the situation on the entire battlefield, but for a certain period of time, there is still no problem in ensuring that Richmond is not lost! ”

Lincoln let out a long breath and replied, "Since this is the case, then I will agree to make this deal with Guo Ye, but this dollar cannot be given to them now, and it must not be paid to them until the war is over." ”

Colt smiled bitterly: "Mr. President, this Guo Ye is not the Chinese with long braids you imagined, he is very shrewd, work first, and then settle the bill, I'm afraid he will never agree......"

Lincoln said unhappily: "Since we are trading, we must inspect the goods before we can pay, if there is a problem with the goods, what should we do?" ”

Lincoln was still a little reluctant, and at this time, a military staff officer hurriedly ran in and shouted: "Mr. President, General Grant, Richmond has sent another telegram that the Confederate army has conquered our emir's town, which is less than fifty kilometers from Richmond, and only forty kilometers from the arsenal!" ”

Grant was shocked, he didn't expect that the Southern Army would march so fast!

"Mr. President, if we don't make a decision, I'm afraid it's going to be too late!"

There are only forty or fifty kilometers left, and at the speed of the southern rebels, this is just over a day!

Lincoln stood up, paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I agreed, but the agreement is in effect, and it is necessary to wait until Guo Ye's army first repels the southern rebels who attacked the arsenal, and I will order the withdrawal of all the troops in the arsenal, as for whether they can do it or not, that's their business, if they want to get a lot of dollars, if they don't show some real skills, then it will definitely not work!" ”

Grant stood up excitedly, finally there was an elite force that could support Richmond!

"Mr. Colt, please contact General Guo Ye immediately and ask him to take over the defense of the arsenal, and must repel the southern rebels attacking the arsenal!"

Colt stood up and replied, "Okay, General Grant, I'll go and send a telegram to the arsenal, at this time, Guo Ye's army is afraid that it has also arrived in the north of Richmond, just so that we can open our eyes and see if this army is as powerful as the legend!" ”

Grandt nodded and shouted: "Order, transfer two majors and three captains in Richmond, and lead a platoon of troops to conduct military observation in front of the battle, Guo Ye, don't let Lao Tzu down, if you don't even have this little bit of money, then what face do you have to stay in the United States, go back to China!" ”

(To be continued.) )