Wild North America 1846

Chapter 170 The Treaty of Ottawa

"His Majesty, the latest news from Ottawa, the capital of Canada, that the negotiations with the United States have broken down again."

"Brother Qing'an, can't you make me happy for a while longer?"

"Qizou Your Majesty, I dare not conceal such a big event, I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

"Is this the first time the negotiations have broken down?"

"Uh... it should be the fourth time it broke up. It is said that the US representative has already started packing up his things and is about to leave Canada and return to the US. He will not talk about anything."

"Hehe... Acting like the real thing, what is Juan Carlos' offer now?"

"It is the seven northwestern states of the United States. In addition to our established five states, there are also Nebraska and Minnesota. The territorial claim of Iowa has been given up, which is a major concession."

"What's new?"

"Uh... Mr. Jean-Pierre, the representative of France, came forward to put pressure on us, demanding that we must make substantive concessions in terms of territorial requirements. The requested US states cannot exceed 4. Otherwise, once the negotiations break down, France will Would not mind sending an expeditionary force to restore the balance of power in North America."

"Fuck, these shameless Gaul bastards want to sacrifice the interests of the Tang Kingdom to win the favor of the United States, what do the British say?"

"The British representative, Baron Granville-Gower, tended to support our demands most of the time. But in private, he also expressed dissatisfaction with our lion's mouth in London. His influence has won a certain degree of sympathy and some public opinion support. This also puts a certain amount of pressure on Mr. Baron."

"The British are not a good thing either. Seeing that the Tang Kingdom is gaining momentum and wanting to suppress it, this is a "North American version of the European balance". Forget it, we can't afford to offend the British now, and the French are also very troublesome , Telegram Juan Carlos to give up his territorial claim to Minnesota. Tell the British and the French that this is our last line, and if the United States does not accept it, it will continue to fight.”

"I understand, I'm going to draft a telegram and send it out." After receiving the order, Gu Yan, the secretary-general of the royal family, immediately left to do things in a hurry.

It has been more than a month since the Battle of Red Rock Valley ended, and under the mediation of international forces dominated by the United Kingdom, the secret peace talks in Ottawa between the United States and Tang Dynasty have also been held for a month.

Due to the large differences between the two parties in the peace negotiations, the negotiations have broken down four times in just one month. At the beginning of July, the US military on the Hugo Oasis also received reinforcements of tens of thousands of troops and made an attack on the Red Rock Valley. forward momentum.

Li Cha personally led 1.2 cavalry to dispatch, and held a three-day live-fire exercise near the Hugo Oasis, showing muscles to the Yankees, which triggered a full-scale vigilance of the American Western Expeditionary Army.

The two sides are at war with each other, and the situation is extremely tense.

After this
The Yankee obediently returned to the negotiating table, but unexpectedly the negotiation broke down again...

What a long way to go!
Generally speaking, this kind of peaceful negotiation between the two countries involving major territorial cession matters is difficult to negotiate in a short period of time. If it really goes on, it may take three, five, or even ten or twenty years.

Now the Yankees themselves are in a hurry.

According to a recent American newspaper report, Onacombe, a heavyweight congressman from the northern state of the House of Representatives, launched a new proposal to abolish slavery at the end of June. boiling.

The democratic system is like this. There are always some congressmen who want to attract attention, regardless of the overall situation, and jump out to be willing clowns. Congressman Onacombe’s new proposal to abolish slavery has completely intensified the paper-thin false united front of the North and the South.

Now, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives representing the interests of both the North and the South are arguing on Capitol Hill, and newspapers and public opinion from the South and the North have also joined in, exacerbating the bloody differences between the two sides.

Many high-level leaders in the southern slave states have already threatened; "The bullshit federal government can no longer represent the interests of the South. We must establish our own government, elect a new president who can represent the interests of the South, and build a strong military. The above agenda is urgent."

That is
The coffin of President Polk could hardly be overwhelmed. The northern capitalists strongly demanded the abolition of slavery, while the southern slave owners strongly opposed it. The contradictions between the two sides could not be reconciled at all.

under these circumstances
Li Cha keenly saw the possibility of taking one more Northwest state of the United States, and he targeted Nebraska. After all, this is an inland state, and its sensitivity is much less than that of Minnesota.

A sheep is driven, and a group of sheep is also driven, why not increase the appetite?
As Juan Carlos arrogantly declared; "The victor can do whatever he wants, the victor is not blamed, this is the glory bestowed by God."

On the more than 50-kilometer road from Fenghuang City to Taoyuan City, horse-drawn carriages full of crops kept coming. On this scorching summer day, the Colorado Plateau ushered in a gratifying situation of a bumper agricultural harvest.

More than 20 people joined the battle on the plateau where the wheat waves were rolling, and the unprecedented summer harvest work started. It lasted for more than two weeks, and it was coming to an end.

After the summer harvest, straw burning began in the endless farmland. The smoke was so thick that the sun could not be seen for more than ten days, and the strong smell of burning straw was everywhere.

Afterwards, the deep plowing of the land is carried out. After more than ten days of exposure to the sun, the plowed land is broken up, raked evenly, and ridged, and various fruits, vegetables, and autumn crops are planted.

Hugo Oasis
The large fortress under construction by the Western Expeditionary Army has been built to a height of nearly two meters, and gradually reveals the grand and majestic figure of the Western Fortress. This is a Western-style fortress that is not inferior to the Phoenix Castle. The church can be garrisoned by 3 to 4 troops for a long time.

Not far from Fort Hugo, there are two reservoirs under construction, one large and one small. The smaller Beaver Reservoir is only 1.1 kilometers away from the fort, and it is the main source of drinking water for people and animals in Fort Hugo.

7/29

The Kansas Railway from Kansas City all the way west through Burlington and finally arrived at Fort Hugo. After a year and a half of construction, the entire line was finally opened to traffic. This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Western Expeditionary Army.

This railway can connect the mainland of the United States to New York, Philadelphia and other big cities on the east coast. It can provide a steady stream of logistical supplies and completely solve the logistical bottleneck of the army's westward expedition.

say without hesitation
From now on, the United States has the ability to send more than 10 troops to the west for large-scale wars.

As long as the United States is willing, it can even send 20 or more troops to the west to fight a national war.

Of course, this is just a verbal threat from a strong talker. The Kansas Railway came a little later, and it could not restore the United States' disastrous defeat in the Battle of Red Rock Valley, nor could it restore the confidence of the US military.

Fighting one game and losing one game, thanks to the sufficient supply of front-line troops of the US military, otherwise it would have collapsed a long time ago.

The heavy casualties like a mountain of blood and a sea of ​​corpses outside the Red Rock Valley have chilled the hearts of the U.S. troops and cast a heavy shadow deep in their hearts. This kind of fear spread like a plague of war weariness and became the biggest threat to the Western Expeditionary Army. stumbling block.

Lieutenant General Arthur Temple knew this very well. At the beginning of July, the U.S. military made a symbolic feint to attack westward. Not only did it not frighten the Tang Kingdom, it almost collapsed itself.

More than 3700 U.S. military officers and soldiers who did not know the inside story collectively deserted that day, and more than 100 mid- and lower-level officers followed suit, almost triggering a total collapse.

If it really moved westward, it is estimated that more than half of the US troops would have dispersed before reaching the Red Rock Valley.

According to the officers and soldiers of the US military, marching westward is not called fighting, it is purely to die!
Compared with the high morale of the Tang Kingdom, the two are clearly strong and weak.

Li Cha personally led 1.2 cavalry to the outskirts of the Hugo Oasis. They fired guns and fired artillery for three days. The camp was only 12 kilometers away from the fortress. Reinforcement) was stunned and didn't dare to let go of a fart, and became a coward.

For the U.S. military, the storm-type heavy machine gun is an unsolvable killer, and no amount of troops will be enough to fill this deep hole.

The end of March
After 7 negotiations broke down, the foreign minister of the Tang Kingdom, Juan Carlos, resigned and led all the negotiators back by boat. On the boat, he was appointed by the British North American Diplomatic Commissioner who was in charge of the international diplomatic mediation. Lord Granville-Gower stopped him back.

Lord Granville-Gower said;

The U.S. delegation received the latest telegram from Washington, agreeing in principle to cede six states in the northwest of the United States. This is an unprecedented major concession, but the details still need to be discussed.

The detail that Baron Granville-Gower said is that the Americans need a certain amount of compensation, so that the ceded land can be converted into a sale of land.

Although a fool can see that the land was ceded by defeat, the sense of humiliation is too strong, and a veil is always needed to cover it up. Selling the land is a good excuse.

Anyway, the U.S. Federation can't develop that much land, so let's sell some of it!
In 1803, it was able to buy the Louisiana region from France. After the victory of the United States in March 1848, it was able to cede the land of the three states from Mexico. Now that the financial burden is so heavy, can't it sell some land to return blood?
Ever since, the land of the six northwest states was ceded, and the American negotiator Lion opened his mouth and raised an asking price of 1 million US dollars.

The logic inside is simple

Since the land of the six states in the Northwest has been corrupted and has been repeatedly ravaged by the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, then they should simply get rid of it in exchange for some actual economic benefits.

The higher the price, the more it looks like a land sale case, rather than a shameful cession of defeated territory. These are completely two concepts.

Foreign Minister Juan Carlos returned to the negotiating table, and the two sides started a fierce bargaining on the price issue, and their faces were red-faced again.

Nov. 1848, 9

Juan Carlos sent a long-distance telegram to ask for instructions. The price of the land purchase project in the six northwest states has reached 2100 million US dollars. It is really impossible to lower the price. Can I sign a contract?
After thinking about it, Richard offered a buyout price of 1500 million US dollars.

If you can sign, you can sign, if you can't, just forget it.

This is a very symbolic price. In 1803, the United States obtained more than 1500 million square kilometers of land in the Louisiana region from France at a price of 230 million U.S. dollars. This was hailed as a glorious moment in the history of American diplomacy. victory.

Today, $1500 million only includes the six Northwest states, not the central and southern regions, so it should be a good price.

Nov. 1848, 9

Witnessed by diplomatic representatives from Britain, France, Pulau, and Italy, negotiators from the United States and Tang Dynasty formally signed the "Ottawa Treaty" to end the all-out war between the two countries.

The Ottawa Agreement has a total of 17 articles and 22 articles, with four main contents;
First; the United States sells Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska to Datang Kingdom.

Second, Datang Kingdom paid 1500 million US dollars to make up for the losses of the US side.

Third, the United States and Tang Dynasty will achieve peace in an all-round way.

Fourth, fine-tuning the border of Colorado, 10 kilometers west of Hugo Oasis, as the border between the two countries, which is equivalent to moving the dividing line of Colorado more than 110 kilometers west from the Burlington area, and the area of ​​​​Colorado has shrunk by 2.7 square kilometers.

As can be seen from the aforementioned peace agreement;
The United States is unwilling to give up the extremely important Fort Hugo in any case. This is a powerful barrier protecting the densely populated areas of the Great Plains in the central United States and plays an irreplaceable role in national security.

Thinking about the past few years, the Americans have suffered enough from the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. The hundreds of small and medium-sized towns in the Great Lakes region are like the back garden of the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. They come and go whenever they want, and they are simply ravaged I'd rather die than live.

Well now, the peace deal is signed and the nightmare is finally over.

After the signing of the peace agreement, the influential giants of the U.S. military, led by Lieutenant General Arthur Temple and Admiral Taylor, wrote to the White House one after another, requesting to focus on the construction of the U.S. cavalry.

The goal of building an army is [-] cavalry, including [-] cuirassiers, because the best military force against cavalry is stronger cavalry.

If the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom cannot be suppressed for a day, the U.S. military will not be able to hold its head up.

It is a pity that they are all disappointed. After the signing of the "Ottawa Peace Treaty", the Polk government has been caught in a storm of verbal criticism from the states of the North and the South. President Graham and the current cabinet are crazily outputting firepower.

no one is stupid
What the hell is the "Ottawa Peace Treaty"? It's not just an ordinary land sale treaty as the official claims. So it's a naked defeat treaty!

Volker, an old man who is not a son of man, vowed to launch three western expeditions, spent more than 5 million US dollars in huge financial loans, and finally got such a thing?

Old man, why don't you just die?

The boiling public opinion in the United States is actively targeting the Polk administration and the current cabinet. The saliva almost drowned President Polk. Many important members of the current cabinet also took the blame and resigned under tremendous pressure. .

The "New York Post" published a bold line on the front page of the headline; America's Thief... Volker.

"Philadelphia Chronicle" front page headline; President Volcker plays us "The Emperor's New Clothes!!!"

During a public event on September 9, President Polk was shot three times in the back by a policeman, causing serious injuries and was immediately sent to the nearby Washington Mission Hospital for treatment.

in the hospital bed
President Polk shed tears of repentance and said: "I am willing to bear all the accusations and infamy of the defeat. I hope that in the future there will be a president who is brave enough to take back the six states of the United States that we have lost. Then I will Will die without regret."

(End of this chapter)