The Imperial Army came to the vicinity of Atlanta by train, so naturally they couldn't get there directly by train, after all, there was Grant there, and the most powerful military force of the United States, a big war......

Nothing!

When the Imperial army got off the car thirty kilometers away from Atlanta, assembled, and then set off as a team, rushing to the outside of Atlanta with two legs, the super battle they expected was completely unfought!

Because there's no more, there's nothing, and even the city of Atlanta is gone!

In front of the Imperial Army, it was not a city at all, but a huge fire that had already burned, and anyone could see that the fire had been extinguished now, and all that was left was black smoke and flying ash drifting in the wind.

It's not yet October, but the autumn wind is already very strong, maybe because this is the highland, and people who blow like this feel cold!

There is such a judgment from top to bottom of the Imperial Army, that is, Atlanta is gone, and it has been captured by Grant, so ......

What happened to the South? Is there still a value in the rescue?

Yes, didn't our empire come here to relieve the Confederacy? But now that Atlanta is like this, isn't the South just a wide open door? Will they ......

"What's going on?! What the hell is going on here?! What's wrong with this place?! "There is a person who doesn't care about such long-term matters at all, he just shouts at this ruin in front of him, and this person is His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire.

"Your Majesty! Please also stop your anger. ”

"Your Majesty!"

Ocassi and the Misty Wind Elder Dao, they saw that His Majesty the Emperor was so angry. There are also some crazy states, they are all numb, and they don't know what to do.

"Tell me! What the hell is going on?! Wasn't Grant still here a few days ago? Isn't Atlanta still not falling? What's going on now?! Say! Li Mengyang's eyes were red. It's so big, it's like eating people.

"Your Majesty! This ......"

"Your Majesty! I'll wait ......"

These generals, who have been studying how to fight Grant recently, have obtained information that is no different from His Majesty the Emperor, everyone is on the train, how much worse can it be?

So, they don't know about it. But this time.

"Your Majesty!" Over there, Yang Willy patted his horse over, "The latest telegram, and there." We found some locals. ”

The expression on Willy Yang's face was a little strange, what happened to this Atlanta and that Grant?

Li Mengyang snatched the telegram and saw that it was written.

"Grant breaks Atlanta. After the burning of the city. Return to the north. ”

Just a few words, obviously this is the latest information, Yang Willy over there saw almost it, and he just talked about the news he just got.

"According to the surviving locals, five days ago, Grant's army broke through the city, and then they started setting fires, burning nothing to this Atlanta, and they drove out all the people who didn't die. The United States troops had retreated three days earlier, and they had not gone east. Instead, it went north, and it was also a train. ”

After listening to what Yang Willy said, Li Mengyang of course understood everything.

The current intelligence speed is like this, it can't be fast, and Li Mengyang's intelligence network, the most important thing is to investigate trivial matters, and this intelligence seems to have come from the railway company, and this speed is considered fast.

"Is it three days late?" Li Mengyang didn't think much about anything else now, in fact, this telegram and the dictation of the locals had already revealed a lot of things.

What is now in front of him is the decision that Grant has made, that is, not only will he not come to fight the Imperial army head-on, but he will not stand by after taking Atlanta.

You know, Atlanta is a high ground, and the Southern Army has built a lot of trenches before, which can be used, but Grant just didn't do this, he just pulled the team back.

So, what exactly is Grant's idea? Or what did he say to Washington?

It's very simple, in fact, after Grant learned of the defeat of Sherman in Vicksburg, he didn't say a word, and directly told Washington that we have to go back!

Yes, in fact, Grant doesn't even want to fight Atlanta anymore because he can't do it.

Looking at the current situation, after the fall of Vicksburg, then the west side of Grant is equivalent to a wide open door, if you want to fight, then you can only get stuck in Appalachian Mountain, which can be defended there, but how easy is it to defend this place?

It takes time to repair the fortifications, right? It takes time to transport troops, right?

But where's the timing?

There are railroads on the Vicksburg side, some of which were destroyed before, but then they were repaired, because they needed to transport troops, and Mead's Topomac Corps had to go over, and the most important thing was that these railroads were not actually in the hands of the military, not even in the hands of Washington.

Blew up the railway?

How to fry? Where to fry? Is the opponent stupid to let you blow them up?

It is easy to think about many things, but it is unrealistic to do it, just say that the railroad is blown up, and those capitalists are the first to refuse.

Therefore, Grant actually knew very well that if he wanted to deal with the Imperial Army, he could only fight in Vicksburg, and because of this, he supported Sherman so much at the beginning, on the one hand, he felt that Sherman's vision was very correct, the same as himself, and in addition, he actually had no other way, it was Grant who withstood the pressure from Washington.

And if he continues to stay here, although Grant has an army of 100,000 in his hands, everyone can see that he is sandwiched between the American Empire and the Confederate States of America!

The enemy on his back naturally couldn't do it, so he wanted to run, and he was going to Washington to fortify, this move, in fact, was considered very comprehensively.

However, Washington does not agree, they want to face!

You'll come back like this, Grant. So how can the current Lincoln administration explain to the people of the North?!

Hand over? I have to explain, because what time is it?

In 1868, it was an election year again. The Civil War is not over yet, and as a result, the American Empire has come again, and it has laid down a lot of land, how can the Lincoln administration explain to its constituents?

Didn't Lincoln serve two terms as president? He's supposed to go down, right?

That's the truth, but now the Lincoln administration is preparing a bill that would keep Lincoln in office as a 'war president.'

Don't say it, Li Mengyang knows all about this. Naturally, his intelligence network would not let go of such information.

But if this bill is to pass, then your Lincoln administration has to give voters a satisfactory answer, right? Gotta give those councillors a reason, right?

So, now on the Washington side. The political pressure is very high, the pressure of the election to be exact, and now it's almost October, and the election is really not long away. If the president's bill in wartime doesn't pass. So Lincoln stepped down, and now the country is at war, a change of leader?

Everyone knows that it shouldn't be changed, and Grant also knows, so what to get.

What to do?

Grant concentrated his superior forces, and they broke through with a thunderous force at a point on the Atlanta defensive line!

In fact, Grant didn't have much hope for this battle plan. Because they've used it before, it's not like they haven't tried it. However, this time it worked!

Why?

The southerners really can't stand it, they have been holding on for too long, and the supplies are okay, but they are really too tired, both physically and psychologically.

This attack was the last straw that broke the camel's back!

Grant was also a little surprised, but this result is good, it can be explained to Washington, and it can also make the lawmakers and voters happy, which is very good.

But is this Atlanta? Shall we take it down?

Burn! Kill! Grab it!

It's all spontaneous, and it's hard to restrain you, but Grant's army doesn't have much time.

100,000 troops, even if the train is fast, how many days does it take to load the train?

Fortunately, because I have to run, I have actually packed a lot of things before, oh it's loaded.

So, in just three days, Grant ran away, if he didn't leave and wanted to defend this place in Atlanta, he would be surrounded, he was not so stupid.

But when it comes to this place, Atlanta, the most important target at this stage, did Li Mengyang just want to lift the siege in the south?

"Come with me into town! Find it for me! Look for that newspaper, Women's Power! Li Mengyang didn't care about it, he only had one goal in his heart now, and that was to find Eleanor!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

"Keep up!"

"Scout! Come on! What are you waiting for? ”

His Majesty the Emperor has taken the lead, so where are the others still sitting?

"Oh God! Jegov! Taishang Laojun! Buddha of the Buddha! Avalokiteshvara! …… I didn't believe you before, but if I could find her this time, if you could keep her alive...... Well, it's okay for me to see a corpse...... I'll give you all the golden bodies, what do you think? ”

Anyone close to Li Mengyang could hear His Majesty the Emperor muttering these strange things in his mouth......

"Found it! This is it! ”

Atlanta was a big city, but after the baptism of war, it didn't take much time for the soldiers of the empire to find the newspaper office of the "Women's Power".

It was a burned sign with only one word left, but the word was the newspaper, and there was no other newspaper in Atlanta.

"Alert!"

"Hurry!"

The newspaper office was underground, so naturally a lot of soldiers rushed in to see if there was any danger.

"Get out of the way!" Li Mengyang doesn't care about other people's pulls, he knows that everyone is for his own good, but he is anxious.

"Your Majesty! Nothing. "The soldiers of the Empire went in first, and they didn't see anything.

Li Mengyang soon went in too, and he didn't see anything, but he smelled a strong smell of burning things, obviously, there was too much fire here.

"Your Majesty, it seems that some manuscripts were burned!"

"Your Majesty, ...... printing machinery"

The soldiers came to report, but Li Mengyang only said a word.

"Find!"

Looking for something? Of course, I found someone, but can someone find it?

"Your Majesty! There's something inside this wall! ”

"Bring it!"

I saw a soldier come over with a book, Li Mengyang was shocked in his heart at that time, and then he had never had a situation, and he took this book tremblingly......

"Fuck off!" (To be continued......)