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Chapter 281 Johnson: Lincoln and others who betrayed the country should be killed! Davis: It's bad, the president is in danger
"Surrender to the Southern Army..."

On the platform, Andrew Johnson and others were already dumbfounded. The overwhelming support made their minds completely blank.

They would never have imagined that Lincoln mobilized the entire army for the final time just to join the Confederate Army.

This political joke was so big that no one was mentally prepared.

"No, it's impossible!"

"Lincoln, what are you talking about? God, how could you join the Confederate Army!"

Chief Justice Louis Cass finally shouted in panic: "Stop! Stop all of you! This has to be a joke! It's a joke!"

He tried to grab Lincoln's microphone.

boom!
However, a gunshot broke the chaos and uproar at the moment, and countless eyes gathered on the platform again.

A mercenary beside Lincoln fired into the air.

The loud gunshots left the entire place in dead silence.

"As you can see, nothing is impossible. Soldiers... I know you are also looking forward to a quick end to such a war. You hate this damn war. We are all citizens of the United States. I don't want you to be used by these politicians in the North. From today on, I will completely devote myself to the Confederacy and build a new America!"

"Willing to follow me!"

"Let's go! Let's build a new America!"

"set off!"

Lincoln took the microphone and repeated his political declaration again. Then he looked at Andrew Johnson and others calmly, led the way and left. Jackson, Jefferson, Xu Pengju, Zhu Houzhao and others hurriedly followed.

So, with hundreds of guns pointed at them, a group of high-ranking officials of the Northern Union could only watch Lincoln and his party leave. The key point was that before they left, they dismantled the audio equipment and took it away.

Lincoln and his entourage came before Grant in a mighty procession.

"Grant, Sherman, are you going or staying?"

Lincoln extended a final invitation to Grant and Sherman, who were still confused.

"President, do you think we have any choice?"

Grant and Sherman looked at the guns behind Lincoln in silence. They both believed that as long as they dared to say no, the other side would shoot without hesitation.

They had no choice at all.

"Haha, Grant, Sherman, you will find that you made the best choice in your life today."

Lincoln smiled heartily and gave Grant and Sherman a hug each: "Welcome to join us!"

"Now, I need the two of you to take the lead..."

"President, needless to say, we know!"

Grant and Sherman immediately turned around, picked up the red scarves on the ground and put them on their arms.

"Those who are willing to follow us, put on the red scarf... and go!"

"Those who are willing to follow President Lincoln with us, please go..."

The two men naturally had enough prestige, not to mention that Zhu Houzhao and Cleveland's troops had started the trouble in front of them, so...with almost no hesitation, tens of thousands of soldiers picked up the red scarves, tied them around their arms, and made their choice.

Zhu Houzhao and his men just watched and waited.

After all, they will leave.

After leaving, Lincoln could only rely on Grant and the current army.

"Vote South!"

"Follow President Lincoln! Follow President Jackson!"

Under the call of mobilization, ten thousand people, twenty thousand people, thirty thousand people, the herd mentality played a huge role at this moment, and all the soldiers in the field could only follow the main force and defect.

Of course, it was Lincoln's previous preparations and the appearance of Jackson and others that gave these soldiers enough confidence.

Although he suffered the greatest betrayal from Lincoln...but, as a soldier, doesn't it matter who you fight against?

In a blink of an eye, almost all the soldiers in the square responded.

This made Andrew Johnson and others so anxious that they wanted to speak up, but they were still pointed at with guns by the mercenaries brought by Wilson and could only watch in dumbfoundedness.

"Let's go! Build a new America!"

When the number of people was almost the same, Lincoln no longer waited and led the nearly 50,000 coalition troops straight to Richmond.

On the high platform, Johnson and his men could only watch this large force leave.

After waiting for about half an hour, the troop completely disappeared...

The remaining mercenaries packed up their things and left quickly.

In a short period of time, tens of thousands of troops were abducted by Lincoln. No one would believe it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.

Of course, what was hard to believe was that Lincoln, the president of the Union, led his troops to surrender to the South.

This incident was too shocking, no less than, no less than...

In short, the federal officials tried to find an example to explain this, and they found that there was no precedent for this kind of thing in the short history of the United States. Even if they searched the history of Europe, they found that it was an unheard-of precedent. They didn't know how to describe it.

In short, there is one thing they are clear about.

When today's events are exposed, the world will be shocked.

"What's next?"

"That damn guy Lincoln actually voted for the Confederacy! Davis brainwashed them, or was it the damn Indian black magic!"

"Johnson! You have to come up with an idea now! You are the vice president! Now that President Lincoln has resigned, you are our official president!"

"Next, we want you to hunt down Lincoln! Kill this shameless traitor!"

"Yes! We have encountered the greatest traitor since the founding of the country! Lincoln! He deserves to die!"

"Kill! Kill him! Before the news gets out, tonight... we must kill all these traitors!"

Some people still reacted quickly. The first thing they did was to think about how they had just been threatened and their legs were numb from standing so they dared not move. These pampered high-ranking officials became angry and wanted to take revenge.

And they were always sober and directly handed over the biggest task at hand to Johnson.

After all, he is the Vice President!

Now it's time to become a regular employee.

Andrew Johnson was originally going to succeed President Lincoln, but now he took office almost two or three months earlier.

"Alright! Everyone... let me calm down for a moment! This revenge must be avenged!"

"Are there any guards left?"

"Guards! Have you all surrendered?"

“Come here!”

"Quickly notify Wilson and Montgomery! Tell them to chase these damn traitors!"

Johnson reacted quickly and realized that today's incident had to be resolved quickly and the influence could not be allowed to continue to expand.

If the news gets out, it will be a fatal blow to the entire federation.

……

Richmond.

boom!boom!boom……

Fireworks rose up one after another, and Davis and Robert Lee, who were waiting anxiously, became nervous in an instant.

"Haha, it's finally done! President Davis and General Lee can now welcome President Lincoln and others!"

Grant decisively put out the cigarette and looked ahead expectantly.

Drop, drop, drop…

At a special signal, the first vanguard appeared.

They all wore red scarves on their arms.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Davis and Robert Lee, groups of people appeared.

This group of people had no weapons in their hands. Although there were many of them, they finally put Davis and Robert Lee's minds at ease.

A few minutes later, the crowd made way for them, and Lincoln walked out with Zhu Houzhao and a group of people.

"Davis, Robert Lee, long time no see!"

Lincoln walked forward with a smile on his face and open arms.

"Lincoln... President Lincoln, you, you really surrendered to us?" Until this moment, Davis still didn't believe it.

"Why, President Davis, you don't welcome us?"

Lincoln smiled and said, "I think the letter I wrote to you should have made everything clear. Now, I am appearing before you... Is this true?"

"But...but, no, there's no reason!"

Davis couldn't help but look at the group of people, and the next moment, his pupils shrank and he saw Jackson.

"Jackson, President Jackson!?"

He recognized Jackson. After all, Jackson was the founder of the Democratic Party. How could he, a Democrat, not know Jackson, the party leader!
His expression instantly changed as if he had seen a ghost.

"Davis..."

Jackson looked at Davis with a complicated expression, wanting to say something, but didn't say it in the end.

After all, they were now on the same side. Could he accuse Davis of leading treason?

"President! Something is wrong... Our people have detected that the Northern Army has mobilized troops! A team has approached us! It's obvious that they refuse to give up!"

Just at this moment, young Grant rushed over.

"Ok?"

"Grant..."

"Grant!?"

Davis and Robert Lee were shocked again. They looked at the old Grant and then at the young Grant. They were completely confused again.

Boom!

boom!
But at this moment, bursts of loud noises were heard, breaking the slightly awkward meeting at this moment.

"President Davis, it seems that there are some things that need to be explained to you slowly later... Now, my surrender has obviously angered the North. It seems that they are anxious and want to kill me..."

Lincoln broke the awkwardness and proposed: "Next, do you guys go up, or do we go up?"

"Let us do it! President Lincoln, I think you have a lot of things to discuss with President Davis!"

"Let us help you block what happens next."

General Robert Lee apparently knew the whole story in an instant and made the proposal immediately, with a wary look in his eyes.

After all, he was also afraid that Lincoln would use tricks.

"Okay! General Robert, I'll do whatever you say! Thank you for your help."

Lincoln naturally let Robert and his men go to meet the enemy with confidence, and Davis also came to his senses, suppressed the shock in his heart, and immediately organized Lincoln and his troops to return to Richmond.

The war broke out as soon as their group entered Richmond.

Although Lincoln took away all the logistics they had prepared for several months in one go, it was impossible for him to take everything away.

As a result, Richmond was soon subjected to horrific reprisals from the angry Johnson and others on all sides.

Fortunately, Robert Lee was now in command of the entire situation. Especially after Lincoln took out a large amount of supplies, Robert Lee still blocked the retaliatory attack of the Northern Army.

In order to avoid suspicion, Lincoln and his companions rested for a whole night. Apart from delivering some supplies, they did not worry about anything else during the whole process.

One night passed.

Robert and his colleagues found that the situation was too pessimistic.

"President! The enemy is too crazy right now! They have at least 100,000 troops, attacking Richmond madly, and there are constant reinforcements!"

"Because President Lincoln surrendered to us, they have gone crazy! They need a decisive battle!"

"Right now, it's difficult for us to resist them with only our troops! We need to get President Lincoln and his troops to join the war..."

The next morning, Robert Lee was in a hurry and came directly to Davis.

"This……"

Davis' eyes were red. After not sleeping all night, he finally realized that Lincoln's surrender to him was not a good thing.

Because, given the current situation... they are still in danger.

Not only was his situation dangerous, but even his position as President of the Confederate States was in danger.

As the news of Lincoln's arrival spread throughout the Confederate Army overnight, the Confederate Army received a wave of encouragement.

But because of this, many people placed great expectations on Lincoln.

His position as the legitimate president is in jeopardy.

"Can we hold it? Can we let Lincoln and his men break out of Yorktown?" Davis was completely confused.

"President, it's very difficult for us to hold on! And... given the current situation, we can only ask President Lincoln and others to join in..."

"And to bring President Lincoln into the picture..."

Robert Lee also discovered that with the arrival of Lincoln and others, the Confederacy would not only face military pressure, but also political pressure.

As a local tyrant, they can no longer suppress Lincoln and his men.

"Robert, what should I do now?" Davis was even more worried.

His performance actually made Robert very disappointed in his heart. Compared with the somewhat weak Davis, he actually preferred to let Lincoln lead the Confederacy.

With one more option, all of Davis' previous shortcomings were completely exposed.

"President, actually... you shouldn't worry about President Lincoln replacing you now..."

"We must first survive..."

"Let President Lincoln and his people help us get through this difficult time first... We can have political consultations on what we will face in the future..."

"Also... in fact, most people still listen to you, President. As long as you lead us to break out of Richmond and announce the news that President Lincoln surrendered to our Confederacy to the whole country, these are all your achievements..."

Robert Lee, on the other hand, could see the current situation from the perspective of an outsider, and of course, he also understood Davis's conflicting feelings.

After all, he was once defeated by Lincoln, and now... he is still afraid that Lincoln will replace him.

After all, Lincoln's move also means he is bringing money into the group, and his lineup is very strong. Anyone who faces them will have no chance of winning.

"Let me think about it again, let me think about it again..."

Davis was undecided.

"Let me think about it, Stephens... your president now is President Davis."

Elsewhere, Lincoln said the same thing as Davis and personally escorted Stephens out of the room. Lincoln couldn't believe that the Vice President of the Confederacy came to surrender early in the morning.

"Vice President... President Lincoln, I think you should just stage a coup, replace Davis, and then announce the Confederacy's surrender to the North. This civil war will definitely end."

After closing the door and coming back, Grant flirted with Lincoln as expected.

"That won't do! Our group mission is to let Lincoln lead the Confederacy to unify America... He wants the Confederacy to surrender, so isn't this a failure?" Washington objected.

"I think we should wait. Davis and the others won't be able to hold out for much longer."

Jackson turned to look at Xu Pengju: "Your Majesty Xiao Zhu, has this situation ever occurred in your history? Are there any cases?"

"That, indeed! It was during the Three Kingdoms period, when Liu Biao led Liu Bei and the Wu-Shu alliance existed... But now, President Lincoln, we have a greater advantage than Zhuge Liang and his men. We are a dragon crossing the river. I also feel that Davis and his men will not last long."

Xu Pengju has completely adapted to the role, and after Li Yewei's translation, he also gave an example.

Zhu Houzhao listened silently without interrupting.

Although they came to participate and witness the Civil War during Lincoln's time, they did not officially participate in the war and did not witness the cruelty of the battlefield.

However, he was not in a hurry. Last night, he had witnessed a night of continuous artillery fire and had a general understanding of hot weapons warfare.

Now, he just had to wait for Lincoln to officially take over everything in the Confederate States. He had enough time for this task.

(End of this chapter)