Chapter 377 North-South Negotiations

The United States, the great battle that decided the fate of the governments of the North and the South, ended in a lose-lose situation in the end.

Tactically, the southern government won, and they suffered fewer casualties; strategically, the northern government won.

If there is no interference from foreign forces, then the northern government can slowly gain the upper hand by virtue of its human and industrial advantages.

Sadly, this is not possible. This civil war, from the very beginning, was fought under the intervention of the European powers.

There are many nurses, and the industrial advantages of the northern government have not been brought into play at all. In the era of great voyages, maritime trade between Europe and the United States developed. No matter how hard the northern capitalists tried to produce, they couldn't compare to continental Europe.

Moreover, the longer the war went on and the more debts the governments of the South owed, the more governments could not let go.

The power of the butterfly effect is powerful. Now the southern government has not only issued cotton bonds, but also owed huge loans to various countries. The three major creditor countries of Britain, France and Austria have been kidnapped.

It is worth mentioning that a large part of the war funds of the northern government was borrowed from the Three Kingdoms. No matter which side of the north and south is destroyed, the three major creditors will suffer heavy losses.

If the financial circles of the three countries joined together to do things, this war would not have come to this point.

President Lincoln said helplessly: "We can't fight anymore. Let's negotiate with the southern government as soon as possible!"

It really can't go on. The war has been going on until now, and the northern government is exhausted. If the consumption continues, they will be almost done when the southern government is dragged to death.

There are a pack of wolves around, and if you really want to defeat the south, you will become the meat of others.

It is not in their interest that the capitalists who support Lincoln do not want to kill America yet. Everyone is a very realistic adult. Since it is doomed to fail, it is better to stop the loss in time.

If we don't solve the problem while the powers are focusing on Europe now, once the countries turn around, things will not be so easy.

Secretary of State Safar thought for a while and said, "Your Excellency, will it be too fast? We have a lot of work to do, and the public opinion campaign is still in progress."

Lincoln took out the telegram he had just received for redemption: "It's too late, this is the latest information from Europe, take a look!

Those crap are more useless than we thought. Not to mention subversion of the regime, and even a new wave of revolution has not been set off. "

Safar glanced at it briefly, but didn't say anything. Judging from this information, the performance of the revolutionaries still reached the pass line, but it was still far from Lincoln's expectations.

Even the Hungarian independence group, which was on the verge of collapse, kept the Vienna government busy for months. Other revolutionary groups did not give in too much, and bought precious time for the federal government.

It's just that in Lincoln's view, these few months are too short, so short that he has no desire to continue the war.

After fighting for so long, he already knew the strength of the southern government very well, and it would be difficult to win without a few years of hard work.

Obviously, this is not possible. Once the European countries come back to their senses, let alone defeating the South, the rest of the federal government's control area will be subject to prying eyes.

Lincoln had expected the Revolutionary Party to set off a new wave of revolution that would disrupt the European continent, leaving countries without time to care about the American Civil War, thereby creating an opportunity for American unification.

Now the uprising initiated by the Hungarian Independence Organization has failed; the independence movement led by the Irish Independence Organization has also been suppressed by the London government; the French Revolutionary Party is still fighting for a free France, but they are not good at fighting and are fighting with the Paris government.

The only one who has completed the task is the Spanish Revolutionary Party, which is still fighting with the government and cannot be over in a short time.

However, Spain is the weakest of the intervening alliances, and as long as the three major powers decide to intervene by force, they will follow suit.

The Italian revolutionary organization is also fruitful. At least Gapoli has occupied half of Sicily and is working hard to seize the whole island.

It is a pity that this is not what the United States needs. What they want is the Italians to launch uprisings in Sardinia and Lombardy Venezia to contain the energy of France and Austria.

Obviously, the Italian Revolutionary Party is not stupid and has not gnawed on hard bones. After the success of the Gapoli uprising, everyone turned around to support the Sicilian revolution.

If things go on like this, the three countries of Britain, France and Austria can solve their internal problems in at most half a year. At that time, the federal government that started this chaos will definitely not have any good fruits to eat.

Lincoln did not think that countries would be unaware of their roles. Political evidence is often not needed, only pros and cons are enough.

Compromise now, and the federal government can also gain a favorable position in the negotiations. If it drags on, and all countries have the energy to retaliate, the situation will be completely different.

There is no need to think about it at all to know who the European countries will support. Wouldn't the federal government be worse off if the southern government swallowed a few more states?

There are now several free states occupied by southern governments that need to be taken back. If he can't do this, the behind-the-scenes financial masters can't spare him.

Not only the northern government could not hold on, but the southern government could not stand it either. Now the casualties on both sides of the North and South far exceed the historical period, and the military expenditure is even more astronomical.

Long before the outbreak of the Great War, the southern government proposed peace talks with the northern government, but Lincoln and others pinned their last hope in the Great War and did not give an answer.

Until now, everyone has to admit that there are European powers as wet nurses, and they fight

is human life.

The population of the northern government is larger, but the population of the southern government is also quite large. Coupled with the stronger combat effectiveness of the southern army, the strength gap between the two sides is not large.

This is a sequelae of the butterfly effect. Without the intervention of various countries before the outbreak of the Civil War, the southern government would not have been able to attract so many states to participate.

Politics has always been the weak point of the southern government. Otherwise, as long as the anti-war banner is held high, many federal states will choose neutrality. Even if the Lincoln government wants to use force, the people will not support it.

Historically, most states in the United States were initially neutral, and many Americans believed that the independence of the South was legal and opposed the use of force.

It was not until the southern government fired the first shot that these people changed their positions and sided with the northern government.

The reality is cruel. The war that lasted for several years has awakened many people, and the political level of the southern government has also been improved during the war.

While the European countries were dozing off, the North and South began secret negotiations.