America 1881: Legend of the West.

Harrison's Texas militia did not outlast the Marines.

The tank troops that arrived first and the defenders in the Chinese stronghold cooperated inside and outside, and made a sandwich cake out of the defenders on the west side of the stronghold.

Harrison received news that his troops to the west were being attacked and quickly led his troops to rescue.

But in front of the tanks, his troops were shattered at a touch.

Huntington's troops still had fortifications to rely on, and the Texas National Guard had nothing.

A tank rushed directly into the pile of soldiers and started to crush them. It was rampant and invincible.

At the same time, militiamen from several other directions won a comprehensive counterattack by the Chinese in the stronghold.

With their troops mobilized, they were unable to stop them and all raised the white flag.

The Texas National Guard surrendered en masse and became prisoners along with Commander Harrison.

Without the support of the National Guard, the remaining militiamen at Fort Stockton would lose the capital to resist.

The mayor walked into the Chinese settlement waving a white flag and raising his hands.

"I want to see your commander." The mayor said to the guard holding a gun. "We surrender. Please don't attack us again."

"Our chief is not free. He asked you to hand over your guns and stay at home." The guard said to the mayor unceremoniously.

At this time, Li Sifu and Lin Sanshan were discussing the next step under the iron tower.

"I have already reported the situation here to the boss, let's wait for his instructions." Lin Sanshan said.

Li Sifu nodded.

After a while, Dong Sheng ran over with the telegram and handed it to Li Sifu.

Li Sifu took a look and handed the telegram into Lin Sanshan's hand.

There is only one sentence above:

Without stopping, go straight to Austin.

Austin, the capital of Texas, is more than 500 kilometers away from Fort Stockton.

Not to mention whether the San Antonio militia will stab them in the back, the logistical supplies alone may not be able to keep up.

"What do you think?" Lin Sanshan put down the telegram and looked at Li Sifu.

"Our tanks are not that fast." Li Sifu thought for a moment.

But then, he figured out what his boss meant.

"No matter, let's talk to Austin first." Li Sifu said to Lin Sanshan.

He turned his head and gave an order to the soldiers behind him:

"Gas up, target Austin!"

Washington, Capitol Hill.

"The Chinese are rebelling!"

Congressman Cahill was excited after receiving news that Chinese troops in New Mexico had broken through the state border and entered Texas.

He hurriedly summoned several "like-minded" anti-China congressmen and began to discuss how to make waves in Congress and pass bills targeting the Chinese.

"I think the first thing is to establish the fact that Chen Jianqiu and his Chinese troops are treasonous, and urge the president to take immediate military action to quell the rebellion!"

A congressman from Virginia offered his thoughts.

"In addition, we should let public opinion build momentum and mention the Chinese threat again." Another congressman said, "If people may not have felt the threat before, it is now naked."

"I think it is necessary to tie up the Chinese and Chen Jianqiu and lock them up. I heard that Chen is still in New York. He should be arrested as soon as possible!"

Several congressmen were all talking and expressing their opinions.

As the saying goes, three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang.

These people spent the entire morning putting together a seemingly complete action plan.

Cahill took this action plan and went straight to the White House.

He had to find McKinley immediately and put this plan into action.

The White House today seems a little different from usual.

In normal times, Congressman Cahill can enter and leave the president's office freely.

But today is different.

The door to the office was closed tightly, and the entire White House was under tight security by the Secret Service. There was one man every two steps and one post every three steps.

Cahill waited in a wing lounge for a long time before being told he could enter the Oval Office.

The office was filled with smoke.

McKinley was sitting in his seat thinking about something with a cigar in his hand.

Cahill sniffed.

He remembered that McKinley didn't seem to have the habit of smoking before.

"Mr. President, the Chinese have launched a rebellion, and our opportunity has come! We have enough excuses to deal with those Chinese!"

Cahill told McKinley excitedly.

However, he didn't notice that McKinley didn't look good.

"Didn't you read the newspaper?" He threw a newspaper on the table to Cahill.

Cahill opened it and found it was the New York World. The headline on the front page read:

Fort Stockton under the bloody butcher knife

"The Texas militiamen surrounded the entire stronghold of Fort Stockton and refused to let anyone in or out in the name of preventing the plague. However, I stayed here for more than half a year and, except for the first few cases, I did not see any Any Black Death patient"

".At night, the militiamen from the next town took the lead in launching an attack on the Chinese stronghold. The battle was fierce, and there were casualties on both sides. The demon of war was awakened."

". All the Chinese who can pick up guns have gone to the front line, including women and the elderly. Only the children are hiding in the shelter in the center of the village, terrified."

"The National Guard mobilized artillery and conducted intensive shelling on the Chinese strongholds. The houses where they lived were blown up, many Chinese died in the bombing, and countless others were injured."

"I was also injured, and the local Chinese leader advised me to hide and have people treat me."

The entire report occupies two full pages.

The author uses a more vivid writing style to describe the entire process starting from the siege of the Chinese stronghold by the Texas National Guard.

The emotions flowing out of the text are very full, and it is more like a kind of documentary literature, accusing the atrocities of the militiamen in attacking the Chinese stronghold from the first person.

In the meantime, the author said he will continue to report.

There will be photos later to support everything I say.

Cahill was stunned.

"The New York newspaper from the day before yesterday, Hanna brought it to me this morning." McKinley rubbed his brow with a tired look.

"Is Pulitzer crazy? How can they ignore the facts?" Cahill said frantically.

McKinley said nothing and looked at him coldly.

What are the facts? Don’t you guys have any idea?
I just agreed to surround the Chinese stronghold at Fort Stockton so that Chen Jianqiu could send troops to give me an excuse to deal with him.

Who told you to actually attack? !
Even if they attack, they still use artillery. Even if they use artillery, they haven't defeated them yet!
"How did they know what was going on inside?" McKinley asked.

Cahill was stunned and immediately reacted:
"They must have made this up! It's just to occupy the commanding heights of public opinion in advance. What kind of photo is it? It's really bluffing."

He thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out how the information was transmitted when they were besieged, so he came to this conclusion.

In fact, this report was sent by Dongsheng via wireless telegram.

His hands were almost broken from pressing.

"This is not a problem, Mr. President. We can control and handle public opinion. This is not a problem."

Cahill put the newspaper down and set it aside.

"As long as Chen Jianqiu's troops cross the state border and engage in a battle with the Marines, it will be treason! We can classify him as a rebel!" "We can send troops to wipe him out! The Marines will hold back their main force, and the militias from other states will act in coordination! We will be victorious soon!"

"Ah."

McKinley's expression didn't change much, he just said "hmm" slightly.

He was getting a little tired of Cahill coming into his office and telling him shit he already knew.

As a president who indirectly commanded the Spanish-American War, he would not be as naive as these talkative congressmen.

Chen Jianqiu and his Chinese army are not easy to deal with.

McKinley never expected the Marines to be able to stop Chen Jianqiu's troops at the state border.

He just hoped that this force could delay a little longer.

The President had bypassed the Secretary of War a few weeks earlier and turned to the unemployed Brigadier General Kent.

Yes, it was Brigadier General Kent who was beaten and fled in panic because of diarrhea in the bloody beach outside San Diego.

He signed a presidential order, ordering Brigadier General Kent to lead the 2nd Infantry Division, which had not been disbanded after returning home, to rush to Texas for support.

However, apparently neither McKinley nor Cahill had received news of the defeat in Texas.

Li Sifu and his tanks are already on their way to Austin.

McKinley was in no hurry.

He thinks everything is under control.

No matter how capable Chen Jianqiu is, he cannot withstand the blockade of the US government; no matter how powerful his troops are, they cannot withstand the powerful mobilization force of the United States.

The person who is most anxious at this time is someone else.

For example, Hannah.

The Republican leader does not want to make things worse.

In his judgment, the president stood against Chen Jianqiu on the issue of the military-industrial complex.

Chen Jianqiu was just expressing his dissatisfaction by putting pressure on the president in this way.

At this point, Hanna and Chen Jianqiu are in the same boat.

But this does not mean that he agrees with Chen Jianqiu's behavior.

This is so reckless.

This behavior gave the president a handle to send troops. Not to mention the regular army, the Texas militia alone would be enough to give them a hard time.

If the army is defeated, Chen Jianqiu's military-industrial empire will collapse, and Hanna's beautiful vision of fame and fortune will be shattered.

The first thing Hannah wanted to do was to talk to Chen Jianqiu.

But this Chinese leader who was said to be in New York is nowhere to be found.

The people from the Chen Group couldn't tell where he had gone.

Hannah couldn't wait, so he got on the train to Washington immediately.

He tried to reconcile the conflict between the two.

Unexpectedly, McKinley's attitude was also unusually tough.

"His actions are rebellion! He is challenging the Union! I will not accept any compromise with traitors!" McKinley replied.

Hannah had to give up.

No matter how wonderful the vision is, it is just a vision. He can't give up the present, let alone deviate from his most basic position.

Chen Jianqiu, you take care of yourself.

So, where is Chen Jianqiu at this time?
He is fishing.

After giving orders to Li Sifu who was far away in Fort Stockton, he drove to his old place on the Hudson River to fish.

The Hudson River was calm and sparkling.

Chen Jianqiu was playing the rod leisurely and contentedly.

There were footsteps behind him.

Chen Jianqiu didn't look back and continued to catch his fish.

"Chen, don't you think you went too far this time?"

A man stood behind him.

It was Roosevelt's voice.

"If it was your people who were rounded up and slaughtered like pigs, you would do the same," Chen Jianqiu said calmly.

"But if you really want to integrate into this society, you should not divide each other and should try to communicate," Roosevelt said, suppressing his anger.

"However, the fact is that this country is divided." Chen Jianqiu sighed softly.

"But have you ever thought about the consequences of doing so? Your efforts over more than ten years may be in vain! You will make the Chinese completely opposed to the mainstream group in this society," said Roosevelt.

"Wow!"

Chen Jianqiu suddenly lifted the fishing rod, and a small sunfish was pulled out of the water.

He reeled in his rod, took the fish off the hook and put it into the water tank beside him.

Chen Jianqiu turned around and looked directly into Roosevelt's eyes.

"Teddy, I have indeed worked hard for more than ten years. Not only me, but also the Chinese here have been working hard, and they may have worked harder."

"It is precisely because of these ten years of hard work that we are qualified to stand in front of you and negotiate terms with you."

Chen Jianqiu's tone was calm, but the coldness in his eyes made it difficult for Roosevelt to look directly at him.

"Equality? Equality is based on strength! Think about those Indians! Think about those black people! Do you give them the right to have an equal dialogue?"

"Yes, we are very small compared to you in terms of both numbers and strength. Even if the United States mobilizes a few states, we may not be able to compete."

"Please tell President McKinley that we love peace and are willing to live in this country, but if he and the people behind him try to repeat what happened decades ago, we will make them pay with blood!"

Roosevelt didn't know what to say for a moment.

Chen Jianqiu picked up another pole from his side and handed it to Roosevelt:
"I said the above as a Chinese, but as a friend, I now invite you to continue to enjoy the joy of fishing with me."

In the White House, McKinley's mood improved a lot after several congressmen expressed their support for him.

He even restored Cahill's unimpeded access to his office.

The president began chatting and laughing with the congressmen.

But soon, he stopped laughing.

News of the defeat of the Marines and Texas National Guard reached Washington.

Chen Jianqiu's army used a type of vehicle that had never been heard of or seen before, and they crushed the enemy all the way until they reached Austin.

There was worse news.

The Hawaiian Territory government was taken over by a black man with his army! The 2nd Independent Cavalry Brigade stationed in Cuba is said to have also made changes! Oklahoma declared a state of emergency and the militia began to mobilize! The reason is that the weather is hot and there is a possibility of wildfires, so they are preparing for the drills in advance!

The president felt increasingly critical.

He did not care about much and handed Army Minister Root to the office.

"Where is Kent? Didn't he lead a division of troops to stop the Chinese troops?" McKinley asked anxiously.

Root was quite dissatisfied that the president gave the order to the brigadier general directly without going through him.

He originally did not want to answer McKinley's question.

But the minister considered that his next words might deal a greater blow to the president, so he said:

"Mr. President, Brigadier General Kent had no choice. His soldiers refused to fight those Chinese soldiers because many of them had fought side by side with them in Cuba."

It is true that they refused to fight, but that is definitely not all. As for whether Brigadier General Kent had no choice or just didn't want to fight, that is not certain.