In fact, maybe the emperor of the French Empire didn't know that the Prussian side was actually very careful about that painting, and he was looking for the best painter in Prussia, that is, on the German side now, which was really meticulously made, but in terms of art, the French were a little higher than the Prussians.

So, maybe the excuse that Napoleon III used was that you Prussians didn't paint well?

But this matter between France and Prussia is still brewing, and the two sides have not yet wanted to fight so quickly, besides, even if it is fought immediately, Li Mengyang, the emperor, will not know about it soon.

There is a problem with messaging, and even now he has a hard time......

"Why is this Jack so much?"

"Your Majesty, we are all serious about statistics, and besides, Jack himself is a common name, you have to understand this."

Washington's Capitol Building,At this time, it has become a temporary office building in Washington, the New Tang Dynasty Empire of the United States.,It's just that this building is now under military control.,The original white building.,Well,This hasn't changed much.,But there are two Gatling machine guns at the gate.,There are also firepower points in front of the dome hall.,Needless to say, it's a little bit dark and whatever.,This defense is simply closed.。

And Li Mengyang is working here now, and he is now looking at a list, which is a roster similar to a roster, which is actually a rough statistical statistic, and this roster says that there are more than 10,000 people named Jack alone.

What is this statistic?

It is these United States troops captured by the Imperial Army in the previous Battle of Bull River.

"Your Majesty, I think we're going to use these captives now. I'm afraid it's dangerous. "It was Ocassi who spoke. That's what he brought this roster.

Listen to what that means. Now it's time to activate the captive?

That's right, Li Mengyang is now studying the issue of using this captive, you know, there are a lot of whites in these more than 200,000 captives, although the United States has already recruited a large number of blacks to serve as soldiers, there is no way, the source of soldiers is really not enough. But the relative majority is still white.

White people, can they be convinced by Li Mengyang, the emperor? Although he is now a prisoner of the Empire, Ocassi is worried about this.

This is quite interesting, you see, a white person is worried about the problems of white people, which shows that his own people still understand his own people.

"Okashi, I know what you're thinking." Of course, Li Mengyang can't say what kind of 'white traitor' Okashi is at this time. This must be wrong, Ocassi is bent on the Empire. For me, the emperor, Li Mengyang expressed great relief.

"Your Majesty! You're a great idea! Ocassi was very impressed, but not really.

"In our current situation, we have to use these captives, there is no other way." Li Mengyang had no choice but to spread his hands at this time.

Why is that? Isn't Li Mengyang very methodical? Why do you need to take risks at this time?

It's simple, because the situation is that it's moving too fast!

The Imperial Army, having begun the Battle of Bull River on January 28, took Washington in the evening, which was already fast, but it was much faster.

Three days later, Baltimore announced its surrender!

A week later, Song Yulong captured Hagerston, and then three days later Chambersburg was captured by Gao Zhenyu.

At the same time, Wilmington, the old road of foggy wind, the front of the army pointed directly at Philadelphia, which is now the seat of the Lincoln government, but however, the old road of fog and wind turned around, and ten days later, took Atlantic City, New Jersey!

But that's not all, at the same time, Yang Weili led an army, attacked Harrisburg, and fought a battle!

This was a month ago, and now the latest military report is already saying that the Imperial Army has arrived in Newark, and the Foggy Wind has already led the troops further north, not New York, but Newburgh.

Hey, yes, it's called a fort, there is a garrison in that place, and in addition, there should be a military school on the road, called West Point, but Li Mengyang has already said that don't move this school.

Song Yulong and the others were consolidating their gains and rushing left and right in that part of Pennsylvania.

It is indeed too fast to say that the speed of this march is too fast, so fast that it seems a little unacceptable, as if it is unrealistic, but if you know the current situation in the eastern part of the United States, then it can be understood.

There aren't many soldiers left!

Basically, the generals of the Imperial Army now brought their troops to fight and drove to the localities, and some of them had to be bombarded with artillery, but in some places, as soon as they arrived at the locality, they surrendered there.

It's because there are actually no troops, and it should be said that this situation has a lot to do with Grant, because the strategy he formulated was to defend Washington, so almost all the strong troops of the United States were concentrated in the Washington area.

It should be said that there is no point in crusading and attacking Grant now, because from his point of view, there is nothing wrong with his strategy.

You know, Washington's geographical location is very good, let's talk about the American Civil War, Washington is so close to Richmond, and the Southern Army has many times had a huge advantage, but it has not knocked down this 'enemy' capital, which is very revealing.

Moreover, Grant's position is also the most heavily defended in this era, needless to say on the side of the Topomac River, the key is on this side of the Bull River, this is a city called Alexandria, saying that it is a city is actually a larger village in Li Mengyang's opinion, but this place has been turned into a full trench by Grant!

The whole area, or rather, the 25-mile area between Bull River and Washington, is full of defensive positions, and this arrangement cannot but be said to be the ultimate defense of this era, what else can you make him do?

No one expected that this place would fall so quickly, with an army of 300,000 and tens of thousands of dead and wounded, and then more than 200,000 people were frightened. Surrendered directly.

No one expected such a result. Grant had never fought such a battle in his life. It's not just him, but no general or marshal in Europe in this era has ever encountered such a battle, which is really understandable.

As a result, there is the current situation, and wherever the imperial army goes, it is simply a welcome to the king!

There was no way to recruit so quickly. Many places rely on the police, and some ordinary citizens are temporarily recruited, because guns are random in this part of the United States, but their combat effectiveness, let alone really.

In addition, Li Mengyang's strategy is fast enough.

His main emphasis was on speed, and as soon as he had conquered Washington, he ordered his troops to continue their march, and he was very unorthodox to keep Ocasi by his side.

Why?

It's still a matter of reorganization, Ocassi is actually the supreme commander of this army now. But the number of people under him is actually the minimal, and if it is reorganized. It will take time to change the troops, and this will not work.

In order to seize this time gap, Li Mengyang could only let Okashi make some sacrifices, but it was okay, Okashi was very happy to follow the emperor.

Now if you look at the map, that's interesting......

The area north of Washington, the area around the border between Maryland and Washington, was already under control, and on the Temafu Peninsula to the east, the Imperial Army did not go, and there was mainly a Delaware State, and the Imperial Army did not move.

But other places, such as Harrisburg, Atlantic City, Trenton, Newark, these places can already be clearly shown on this map, Philadelphia has been surrounded by Imperial troops!

It should be said that without any intelligence, Li Mengyang can guess where the Lincoln government is going, it must be Philadelphia, there is no other choice, at most it is to run to New York, but it should be too late in time.

And now, Philadelphia is surrounded, and the most important thing is to take a few particularly important points.

Harrisburg was a particularly important railroad hub in those years, and it was all up to Pennsylvania. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania actually took this Harrisburg as his most important target, but he didn't expect to go to Gettysburg to grab shoes.

And Newark is not to mention, Li Mengyang is very familiar with it, as soon as this place is taken, Philadelphia and New York will lose contact.

From this point of view, the strategy of the empire is already obvious, Philadelphia can be said to be precarious, it can be said that the situation on the empire's side is very good, but it is not ......

You know, this is the eastern part of the United States!

The population density of this place is so large, maybe there is a temporary vacuum without the United States army now, but how can you control such a large population?

No one expected that the situation of the entire war would develop so quickly, not only could not be imagined by the Lincoln administration, but also by Li Mengyang, the emperor of the empire.

Now, Li Mengyang is facing a problem, no one!

Wufeng Lao Dao, Song Yulong, Gao Zhenyu, Yang Weili, these individuals basically led 10,000 troops out by themselves, and 20,000 on the Wufeng side, but Zhang Shijie is a good young man, he can also bring his own army, so it's about the same, and in this way, how many people are left in the empire?

How could these individuals maintain law and order in such a large area, as well as the transportation of supplies?

That is to say, in fact, there are many cases now, the Imperial Army has already taken down a certain city, but it can only be a fight and a pass, and after the battle, it will leave, and it will not be occupied, but now that the Emperor has arrived in Washington, you should think about this occupation problem!

So, Li Mengyang thought of using the more than 200,000 captives of the United States.

There's no way, it's really no way, Li Mengyang doesn't know the situation of white people, it's difficult for them to do to themselves as emperors, but now they have formed more than 20 black groups, what else can they do without these white people?

But how do you use it? How to use it well? (To be continued......)

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