August was already in 1868, and the entire United States of America was moving, and this huge state machine began to move its "power" to the place where it needed the most, and the railway was like a blood vessel, transporting the power of this country to Vicksburg.

In such a situation, in the opposite direction of the United States, that is, the actions of the United States are concentrated in the east and northeast directions, while on the other side, in the southwest direction of the west, there is also "power" moving!

"Brothers! Work harder! We must arrive at the designated location as soon as possible!"

The old Taoist Wufeng rode on the tall horse. He kept shouting at his troops, but in fact he didn't need to shout at all. Everyone was trying hard to move forward and move forward!

This scene happened near New Iberia in Louisiana, and this area is not the territory of the empire.

However, it shouldn't take much time to get this city down, because the army under Wufeng, the current army, is so powerful!

There are 40,000 people, and the battle is 20,000, while the others are baggage troops. However, these troops basically operate together, because the troops of Wufeng Old Taoist did not abandon heavy weapons.

If you have not abandoned heavy weapons, then this speed...

It should be said that the troops of Wufeng Old Taoist were not asked for any speed at the beginning. As long as they were dressed up, took all their things with them, and rushed to the designated location, that would be fine!

But they also abandoned all the cars and there was no way. That thing really couldn't be used. One was to repair it. Continuously repair it, and the other was that the supply of oil became a big problem. You should know that the previous marching oil was transported from the back to the front, but now it is very far from Mexico.

So, what designated location do you want to go to with the large army of Wufeng Old Master?

"Comrades! The great Emperor is restraining the enemy for us! Comrades! We cannot let down His Majesty's ardent hopes!"

"Comrades! Conquer New Orleans! It is His Majesty the Emperor who gave us death orders! Only in this way can we prevent His Majesty from being in danger anymore!"

"Comrades! Go to New Orleans! Go forward!"

The slogan of the propaganda team shows that the destination of Wufeng’s troops is New Orleans!

The name New Orleans is obviously from France. A free noble who supported the French Revolution was Louis XVI's uncle, the Duke of Orleans. But now no one cares about this name. The soldiers of the empire are staring at the direction of New Orleans!

However, before this, there are still some obstacles that need to be cleared.

"General! There is New Iberia ahead, and to the north of us there is a big city called Lafitte. Are we..."

"Blow me up! What Lafitte? If they dare to come over, we will kill them!"

His combat staff was discussing military information with the old Taoist Wufeng. The map he drew was very accurate, but the old Taoist Wufeng obviously had no time to care about Lafitte. He was just thinking about arriving in New Orleans quickly!

"General, this is not good. In this way, our army will be exposed to the threat of the other party." The combat staff member named Zhang Shijie. He came from the Qing Dynasty and learned some war theories, but when it comes to going to the battlefield, he has little experience. He just looks at pictures, makes pictures, and theories are better.

"Hey! What a threat! Otherwise, you can look for that person. Oh, just pull a group over and destroy the city!" Old Taoist Wu Feng didn't pay much attention to the advice of the staff. There was nothing else. He always felt that those who had been on the battlefield would be able to fight.

"Ah..." Zhang Shijie heard this, forget it, and didn't talk much nonsense to this old general. Since you said that, I'll just go to a group.

Can a group destroy a city?

Boom! Boom!...

"Surrender! Surrender!"

You really don't know. When the old Taoist Wufeng put the cannon outside the New Iberian City and the big bomber was bombing, Zhang Shijie also came to Lafitte with a regiment, and also bombarded with cannons. Of course, they didn't bring a few cannons, but the result was the same.

Just this city of Lafitte, they surrendered after more than ten shellings!

Is this a big fight?

This was what Zhang Shijie thought, but the new howitzer used by the Imperial Army at this time was really terrifying in terms of power compared to the current artillery. It can be said that this thing is something beyond the times. No one can create such a cannon this day. Even in Li Mengyang's eyes, this kind of cannon still feels a bit primitive.

Because of electricity, high-voltage electricity was applied to the steelmaking process, which led to the emergence of a technology called electroslag remelting, and the pressure of the gun barrel became stronger and stronger... Li Mengyang didn't understand these things, and he didn't care about them, but this credit was actually recorded on him, because it was not done in that kind of group comparison test before, so everything in the empire now needs to be tested. And don't forget that I used electricity to create aluminum, so I tried steelmaking with electricity.

However, the enthusiasm for such experiments is simply scary.

Really, many people on the base camp of the Empire were crazy, and all kinds of weird experiments were even Thomson felt that it was a bit too much, but now it seems that the effect is very good.

When Zhang Shijie went back to report to Wu Feng, he said that he had already won the city of Lafitte, and Wu Feng was simply looking "no feeling".

In fact, just like this, the Eastern Army was almost like entering a no-man state. They had a cannon and then hit him. They basically either surrendered or were destroyed. It was simply not difficult at all!

The Imperial Army suffered very few casualties, some were lacking in combat experience and were ambushed by some guerrillas, while others were non-combat-related attributable personnel.

Now, what makes Wu Feng feel most stressful is the speed of the march.

Yes, we destroy the city very quickly, but it is really hard to transport these artillery, these shells, these supplies, supplies, and everything!

Yes, the difficulty lies in transportation. There are no cars and no trains yet, so I can only rely on animals and people to pull them. The weather is still in summer. When it rains, it is impossible to see the ground.

This is why, the more than 40,000 people from Wufeng Path have been here until now, and they only arrived at this place in August, which is almost 100 miles away from New Orleans.

"Your Majesty! You have to wait for me!" Wu Feng's old man would bow to the northeast as long as he had time, and he was muttering, "Emperor Zhenwu bless Your Majesty! God bless Your Majesty..."

As for whether the gods and Buddhas in the sky would be moved by the old Taoist Wu Feng, Zhang Shijie didn't know. But he was a little moved when he saw the general's piety. His Majesty the Emperor is really popular!

There are 40,000 people on the side of Wufeng Dao, but aren’t the Eastern Army of the Empire 80,000?

To calculate the addition and subtraction, Li Mengyang followed Pioneer 5,000 to Vicksburg. Isn’t there still 35,000, right?

This algorithm is correct, but marching and fighting is naturally not such a simple addition and subtraction. However, there are still a large army, now in Arkansas!

"I'm talking to you guys! It's Xiaoshi City ahead. What should we do this time? Should we use big cannons to bombard them or send troops up? I saw that the place was very small, and bombardment was probably not worth the money for shells."

Gao Zhenyu was talking, and his words naturally caused a burst of laughter.

Outside Little Rock City, Arkansas, 20,000 troops were waiting for battle, and on a small hill, three cavalry stood together, namely Song Yulong, Gao Zhenyu, and Yang Weili!

At this time, these three people were leading the Northern Group when they were conquering Mexico. Now, they are leading an army, which is also in the north. It seems that the north direction has a good relationship with them.

"I want me to tell you, this place is a bit like this... Old Yang has many ideas, so what he says." Song Yulong smiled and looked at Yang Willie beside him.

In fact, the combination of these three people is very interesting. Perhaps Yang Weili is not the highest in terms of military rank, but what he says is always acceptable. In other words, he really has many ideas, like a military advisor.

So, now facing Xiaoshi City, how should we capture the 20,000 troops along the way?

"Just let's spend money to buy this city!"

This is what Yang Willie’s trick?!

"..." The other two wanted to laugh, but they were not funny.

Is this trick reliable?

Soon, an "envoy" was sent, and soon the news came over there. OK, you only need to pay 20,000 US dollars and we will sell this city!

"Grass! This is too cheap!" After hearing the news, Song Yulong couldn't help but curse.

Yes, this is too cheap!

But it's still so cheap now.

If you want to talk about Arkansas, it almost has no presence in the American Civil War, but this state is actually a southern state, and their flag is still very distinct, but this state is right.

It's not ordinary bad, it can be said to be dispensable.

There is no way. Arkansas is a state dominated by agriculture, and there are things they have, and there are also other states. Moreover, there are so few people in this place, and there are more cattle than people. Therefore, this state is really not very important. Let’s talk about it now. Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas, has a population of only more than 1,000.

This is the current situation in this state. The economy itself is average, and it is an agricultural state. Then a civil war broke out. The Yankees even came to burn, kill and loot. More than 1,000 people were the largest city. What else should I do?

In fact, there were many black slaves in this city, but the Yankees came and the slaves were liberated. Many people owed a lot of debts and could not pay them back.

So, $20,000 is really not a small amount!

In fact, Yang Weili knew about these situations from the investigation data of the Imperial Intelligence Network, which was what the investigators got. Therefore, he proposed this simple method, just buy it, and buy it, the money...

Money is in the bank of Little Rock City!

Well, this war is definitely the weirdest of the weird ones!

So, where is the destination of these 20,000 people? They are not going to capture Little Rock or Arkansas, or are they?

Destination, Memphis! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!