"General Liu, thank you very much for your timely rescue." Price was very polite when he saw Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng also held the rank of major general, so the two had equal status.
In fact, the military ranks of both the North and the South were very confusing at this time, because the North and the South started war and expanded their armies on a large scale.
Many former lieutenant colonels and colonels of the American Federation have now become generals.
The commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army, like General Lee, was only a colonel before the war.
The Kansas Legion used to be the Yangtze River Security Company. They used a mercenary organization, and the officers were not awarded titles.
The current military ranks were only achieved after Liu Qingnan came and reorganized the army.
Liu Cheng had a slight smile on his face: "General Price, I'm glad to see you. Maybe we will continue to cooperate in the future."
"Of course, the Kansas Army is a very strong army, and I saw it today. I think I will be very happy to cooperate with the general in the future," Price said.
Despite what he said, Price still tried to get the arrangements behind the Kansas Army from Liu Cheng.
What if the other party refuses to leave in Missouri?
With so many troops, they could starve the entire state of Missouri just from eating and drinking.
Also, these soldiers are all yellow, and Price cannot guarantee whether these soldiers will cause damage to the local area in the future.
But Liu Cheng is just a striker, how could he tell Price this?
Even if he knew it, he wouldn't be able to say it.
However, Liu Cheng still agreed to take Price's remaining soldiers back to St. Louis.
The Kansas Army did not want to occupy Missouri; their goal was Illinois to the north.
According to the strategy discussed by Wall and the top leaders of the Allied Powers, a sabotage policy was to be implemented there. That is to say, the industrial production facilities there were to be destroyed.
Hua Er has also discussed with Li Kaicheng that he will transfer the things he grabbed from there to Jia Hua.
But Li Kaicheng needs to organize good luck.
Although only the factory equipment can be moved, it is already a great help to Jiahua, which already has a certain industrial foundation.
After this battle, Missouri can basically be regarded as included in the influence of the Confederate States.
However, the North also controlled Kentucky and West Virginia.
Wang Yan, who was leading the army at the rear, heard that the battle in the front had ended and ordered his men to stop.
Instead of letting his men continue to advance, he turned around and headed toward St. Louis.
The Battle of Wilson's Creek was finally over.
The Union army lost a total of more than 11,000 people in this battle.
The federal army's 20,000 troops were almost completely destroyed.
Under the fierce attack of the Kansas Army, many Union soldiers did not even have a chance to surrender.
Because the Chinese and Fusang soldiers of the Kansas Legion did not understand what they were saying.
Even if you can understand, you will pretend not to understand.
Cavalry combat also emphasizes swiftness. Those Kansas legionnaires in black uniforms usually kill Union soldiers in blue uniforms on the spot, regardless of what they are mumbling in their mouths.
Price is still useful, after all, he is from Missouri.
After returning to St. Louis, he prompted the governor to secede from the Union.
Then he used his own power to carry out a large-scale purge of pro-federal forces in the state.
Maybe it was his previous failure that stimulated him. The methods Price used were very drastic.
Many people were arrested by the National Guard, and some were even executed on the spot, eliminating the need for a trial.
Wall had no time to take care of these things. He stationed an infantry regiment at the federal army camp originally located on the Mississippi River.
Then he organized the fleet that had been collected in the city of Merchant Saint-Louis and began to march toward Illinois by waterway.
Presidential Palace in Washington.
Abraham never moved the capital.
After the First Battle of Manassas, Confederate President Davis ordered the army not to pursue.
This was criticized by many Confederate generals.
In fact, Davis did not want to increase the hatred between the North and the South. He hoped to use this victory to negotiate with the North.
However, Abraham did not appreciate it. Davis's kindness actually gave the North a chance to breathe.
Abraham gave up the idea of underestimating the enemy.
McClellan was urgently recruited to Washington to replace veteran Scott as commander-in-chief.
McDowell was responsible for guarding Washington.
Abraham also gave a speech in Congress, expressing that the federation had reached its most critical moment.
He imitated the Republic of China and declared that the country had entered a state of emergency and required all states to prepare for war.
He said he would stay in Washington and live and die with the capital.
The current Congress is completely controlled by northern liberal forces.
Two consecutive defeats made these people aware of the crisis.
It is really possible for the Southerners to invade the North and take away everything they have.
So they were very cooperative with Abraham this time.
The proposal to form a volunteer army of one million people was quickly approved.
Davis did not expect that his good intentions would be trampled on by Abraham like this.
He made compromises but became the laughing stock of others. The Allied military and Congress also held him accountable.
Fortunately, the South won both wars.
Although the results on the Eastern Front battlefield were not great, it did dampen the morale of the northerners and also resulted in a large amount of supplies.
These supplies are enough for the South to arm 50,000 soldiers.
The war on the Western Front not only gave the two Allies the extremely important state of Missouri.
They also successfully eliminated 20,000 federal troops.
It also proved the fighting power of the Kansas Army.
It was the victory of these two battles that kept Davis' position.
In response to Lincoln's tough stance, Davis also raised another 400,000 volunteers with the approval of the Confederate Congress.
In order to reward the outstanding performance of the Kansas Army, Davis gave Wall an additional military expenditure of 5 million meters.
Not only that, Price's Missouri Guards were placed under the command of Wall's Kansas Army.
McCulloch and Raines were also transferred to Tennessee.
Davis ordered Wall to go north to attack Illinois as planned. McCulloch and Raines' Western Army were responsible for attacking Kentucky.
The real bloody war is about to begin. Those white nobles in the east will find that an unprecedented battle like Manassas is nothing compared to the war that will follow.
North of St. Louis, on the Mississippi coast.
Nearly 50,000 troops from the Kansas Army have assembled here.
Days of marching made the soldiers very tired.
The weapons captured on the battlefield were handed over to Price by Wall, and of course they were sold to Price at market prices.
With these weapons, Price organized a National Guard of more than 10,000 people.
Now Price is also a general under Wall. But Price does not feel aggrieved at all.
After all, Wall had more than 50,000 troops. Placing himself under Wall's command gave him a sense of security.
After returning, Price made a lot of money by punishing liberals.
And now the Missouri government is basically under its own control.
Price is not short of money, he is short of soldiers.
Through this failure, Price also realized that he could not rely solely on forcibly recruited volunteers. These volunteers had lax military discipline and a serious lack of fighting will, making it difficult for them to withstand the test of a war.
In the two-story fortress-like building in the military camp, Wall was smoking a pipe.
Standing in front of him was Price.
"General Price, we will attack Illinois soon. When we take Illinois, the battlefield will be far away from Missouri. I hope you can help us raise food and grass for half a year," Wall said.
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Although he purchased supplies from Zhao Sixi, Xinzhengzhou City is still unable to organize enough transportation capacity.
Most of the ammunition that the Kansas Army received from Xinzhengzhou was rations and fodder for war horses that took up a lot of transportation capacity. It is best to temporarily collect it from Missouri.
It just so happened that the Kansas Army had just recaptured Missouri, and its remaining power was still there, so it was a good time to make a good blackmail.
Price's face twitched. Counting the cost of purchasing weapons, he had already given more than one million yuan to the Kansas Army.
You must know that the total export volume of the North and the South at this time was less than 200 million yuan.
At this time, the rice dollar was still relatively valuable.
This Hua Er is now asking for food and grass from himself again.
"Okay, General Wall, I will let Missouri do its best to raise funds."
Price could only agree first. He just hoped that Wall would leave as soon as possible after taking the things.
Then, he changed the topic and began to cry about poverty again: "Commander Wall, you also know that we have just been in war in Missouri, and local production is in decline. It is also difficult to collect taxes now."
"I can understand your difficulty, General Price. When we enter Illinois, I will ask the army to recruit food and grass locally as much as possible, but before setting off, you still have to make preparations." This is what Wall said.
Jean told Price it was a deal.
In the future, she won't always rely on him for things. In this case, Price can grit his teeth and collect the supplies.
"Didn't President Davis also promulgate wartime laws? I think Missouri should also implement the laws. It is a national war now, and no one should think about staying out of it. Everyone should contribute until the Northerners are defeated.
When the time comes, you will naturally be rewarded." Waldo.
"Yes, yes, General Wall, what you said makes sense."
After Missouri defeated the liberals this time, the original liberal assets in St. Louis were divided up by Price and the slaveholding factions.
They have tasted the sweetness of war.
Wall was certain that Price could get him the supplies.
It's because these Missouri plantation owners still have money in their hands.
After sending Price away, Wall found Wang Yan and several generals in the army.
He did not expect that Wang Yan would come back so soon after taking the main force south.
It was almost like an armed march.
Judging from the previous battles with the Southern Army, the Northern Army's combat effectiveness should be okay, at least not that unbearable.
Wang Yan didn't even go to the battlefield, so he couldn't comment on it.
Only the 2nd Cavalry Brigade commanded by Liu Cheng actually fought against the federal army.
Relying on a brigade of four to five thousand cavalry, they killed more than ten thousand federal troops like chopping melons and vegetables.
Wall said to Liu Cheng of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade: "Commander Liu, you have fought against the main force of the Federal Army, what do you think of them?"
Liu Cheng has told many people before about his feelings about annihilating the federal army.
But when it came to the military meeting, he didn't know how to describe it.
It cannot be said that the cavalry happened to encounter the Union army in a wild pursuit of the Union army, and then he led his men along the way to chop melons and vegetables.
Seemingly seeing Liu Cheng's embarrassment, Wang Yan said with a smile: "Commander Liu, please describe to everyone the combat qualities of the federal army. We will go north to fight soon, so that everyone can be mentally prepared. Know yourself and the enemy.
You can fight a hundred battles without danger!"
Liu Cheng touched his head, smiled innocently, and said: "I think the combat effectiveness of this federal army is a little higher than the liberal mercenaries we defeated in Kansas before, but I think this improvement is because their officers are more professional.
.In fact, soldiers should still be the same people. Most soldiers have not received systematic training and cannot carry out the orders of officers well. Their military discipline on the battlefield is also very worrying."
"However, I can tell that the individual qualities of these people are pretty good. At least their marksmanship is very accurate. The strange thing is that they are still using muzzleloader tactics."
After Liu Cheng finished speaking, he looked at everyone, like a student who had just finished speaking in an interview.
"Actually, as Brigadier Liu said, the federal army is indeed a bit immature in terms of combat. But I have to say that these people are born warriors. They do not lack the spirit of adventure and sacrifice. The only thing they lack is combat experience."
"Therefore, it can be said that the federal army is an army that lacks experience but has great combat potential."
Wall suddenly thought of what Dong Shuheng had told him, that the effective strength of the federal army must be eliminated as much as possible in the early stages of the war.
Perhaps the president has already figured this out.
It's hard to believe that this is what is called planning and winning from thousands of miles away.
Wall concluded: "The analysis of Brigadier Liu and Chief of Staff Wang is very accurate, so we must launch a campaign north to Illinois as soon as possible to complete the division of the eastern and western parts of the federal army."
"Brigadier Liu did a good job this time and did not leave any prisoners. I think our next battles will be like this. We will try our best to leave no prisoners and fight for annihilation as much as possible."
"From Brigadier Liu's description, we can see that these federal troops are very good at escaping. We must take this into consideration when formulating the battle plan, and arrange the interception forces in advance. You must know
These deserters will bring back their battlefield experience when they return, and they will become veterans."
"According to the feedback from Washington, these northern veterans are likely to resort to the idea of arming all the people. The proportion of one million volunteers in a population of 20 million is still very high. Between Washington and Richmond in the east,
This period must still be their main battle zone. I estimate that at least 500,000 troops will be contained there. The central Kentucky area can also contain 200,000 people. If we move slower, we may have to face 300,000 enemies."
"So this time we go north to capture Illinois, the main source of troops in the north. According to the information we have received, Illinois has a total population of nearly three million, which is considered a populous state in the western region.
Among them, Chicago alone has a population of nearly one million. Most of those people are factory workers and have strong organizational skills. These people alone can mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers."
"We must fight to Chicago in one go. Try not to leave any young people alive in the towns along the way. Women and children can be transferred to Canada with the supplies."
"This is enemy-occupied territory. I hope that everyone will not be merciful. Everyone we let go now may become our enemy in the future."
Naturally, everyone sitting here will not show mercy. They are all yellow people and are regarded as outsiders by the white people.
However, these words coming from Wall's mouth were a bit strange. Although he was of German descent, he was born and raised in America after all.
As everyone knows, Wall has long regarded himself as a Canadian, and he is now fighting for his own interests.
How much interests Canada can occupy in the New World in the future is closely related to their current war.
Only by weakening the power of the white people in the east can Canada successfully gain independence and occupy more territory in the New World.