Chapter 31: Smuggler Rhett Butler

"What do you mean by this? This plan was discussed between Petey and I."

Scarlett Hao asked strangely.

"I don't know how closely the witches cooperated with the Southern Army. It's just that it's a bit wrong to leave such a big thing to you. No matter how I think about it, it feels a little wrong. You also said that the two Southern Army Corps, the Virginia Army and the Tennessee Army They all rely on the city of Atlanta for communication. Don’t they have their own agents and channels in the city? Do they have to rely on the power of your witches to take back this central city? "

"The city of Atlanta fell suddenly..."

When Scarlett Hao said this, she finally realized something was wrong. The city of Atlanta was indeed lost too quickly. The Tennessee Army Corps, which was originally responsible for the defense, only resisted for a while and then evacuated Atlanta on the grounds that the transportation line was cut off, and destroyed the ammunition and supply reserves in the city.

"You mean there is a traitor in the legion? Impossible. There is no room for compromise between them and the North."

"Okay, let's not talk about the Southern Army for now. You said that you and Petey discussed this plan. I think this answer is a bit untenable. If you had such a plan from the beginning, how could you bring it with you? Is your sister hiding in Tara Manor? It was Pete who sent someone to inform you later, right?"

Paine felt he had grasped the key.

"There's no way Petey would betray me or betray the South."

Scarlett Hao evaded Paine's question, but still seemed a little unwilling to give up.

"I'm not doubting Petey, I'm saying that if it was a Yankee or someone working for the North who gave Petey this idea, let her think that by creating chaos in the city and cooperating with the outside, she could retake Atlanta, and use this to lure out the city. What about the armed forces of the Old World? Have you ever asked Pitty who she has been in close contact with recently? I heard from a wounded captain that the Confederate army outside the city was mixed with a strange group of people. , the situation is very confusing now, you'd better be honest with me."

Paine looked into her eyes and said, "I already regret getting involved in this matter, so for your own sake, you'd better think about it carefully."

Paine's assumption frightened Scarlett. She instinctively wanted to deny it, but she hesitated for a moment and said it anyway.

"Pete has been very close to that smuggler Rhett Butler recently."

Hearing the familiar name, Paine suddenly realized that in Blue Star's "Gone with the Wind" in his previous life, the main plot was actually the story of Scarlett Hao and Rhett Butler, a pair of crazy men and resentful women.

"Rhett Butler is a notorious smuggler. If it weren't for the war, he would never have been accepted by the people of Atlanta. But after the war, he became very important. He grew up in Charleston and was familiar with every small port and small port on the Carolina coast near the harbor. Bays, sandbanks and fringing reefs, so when other smuggling ships are intercepted, only his ship can sneak away from the New World to the Old World carrying cotton at night, and then transport back the supplies we need from the Old World.”

At this point, Scarlett Hao's woman suspicion emerged, because Rhett Butler, a smuggler who crossed the blockade, never behaved like a southerner who loved the South. He once publicly stated that running the blockade was one of his business, and I don’t have a good relationship with people in Atlanta. If Atlanta hadn't needed this smuggler, he would have been kicked out long ago.

"Then have you ever thought that Mr. Butler's ability to cross the blockade may not be because of his superb sailing skills, but because someone in the Northern Federation gave him convenience?"

Paine proposed a conspiracy theory hypothesis.

Just thinking about this idea made Scarlett Hao shudder. The armed forces of the Old World were indeed dispersed and hidden by Petey. Rhett Butler did know that there were some soldiers of the Old World in the arsenal in Atlanta. But only Petey knows where they are specifically. If Rhett Butler is really the nail buried in the north, then the plan will be all over once it is implemented!

"No, I have to go see Petey quickly!"