Rebirth of South America as King

The next day, Li Mingyuan and Liu Pu cooperated with each other to explain the disadvantages of Balanga. The senior officers present, including Chen Guozhu, who was originally inclined to Baranga, also changed their views and agreed with Li Mingyuan in southern Brazil. National plan.

出发 From Baranga, three thousand miles to the south of Brazil, which requires passing through Bolivia and Paraguay,

I transferred to southern Brazil. In addition to some distance, we need to bring enough living supplies, and other difficulties can be overcome.

Bolivia has a small population and has been a part of the war in South America. As long as the Chinese defeated the main force of the Peruvian army and transferred to Bolivia, even if the Bolivians had the courage to intercept it, Li Mingyuan was also confident that they could not eat Go for a walk.

As for arriving in Paraguay, it will be more convenient. Now Paraguay is fighting with Brazil and Argentina. It is too late to meet the reinforcements, how can it proactively provoke the Chinese army.

And there is another benefit after entering Paraguay, that is, you can use the Parana River that runs through Paraguay and Brazil to transport troops and then go straight to southern Brazil.

After reaching a consensus on the choice of the founding country, the objectives of the subsequent military operations have become clear. The main goal now is to collect the horses and food supplies needed by the Chinese troops.

Second is the main force to annihilate the Peruvian army, creating conditions for transition.

After discussing the objectives of the next stage of the battle, Li Mingyuan ordered Wang Linshan and Li Sandou to lead 10,000 people to raid the cities and towns around Baranga, and rescue the miners scattered in various plantations and search for supplies.

After everything was arranged, Li Mingyuan only had a little free time to check the gains of this battle.

The muskets seized on the battlefield have been temporarily issued to the soldiers participating in the battle. After the captives of the 1,000 garrisons were captured, the Chinese army received about 1,000 muskets, plus the 3,000 rifles stored in the Baranga arsenal. In total, more than 9,000 firearms were seized in this operation.

And because Baranga, as a port city, is prosperous and rich, Li Mingyuan also seized 34 Peruvian seaboats and a large amount of cargo. Although Peruvian seaboats are not as good as Western warships, with these ships, the Chinese After annihilating the main force of Peru, the army can use sea vessels to transport some soldiers to land from the rear of Peru, and cooperate with the main force to occupy the coastal areas of Peru.

There are fifty or sixty British and French merchant ships in the port of Nambalanga. Li Mingyuan ordered the soldiers not to move their ships because the Chinese forces were too small and premature conflicts with Western powers were not good for the Chinese Independent Army.

Most of the fifty or sixty merchant ships were British ships. Although Americans proposed Monroeism decades ago, preaching that America is the land of the Americans, warning European powers not to colonize the Americas, but less than one hundred nations. The United States of America has not developed into a behemoth of later generations. Its words did not work very well.

Not to mention that the world hegemons British colonies such as Jamaica and Guyana on the Caribbean Sea, that is, the original American sovereign, Spain now holds Cuba and other places,

The United States fought the Civil War for four years from 1861 to 1865. Although the North finally won, but three years after the end of the war, the Americans were still licking wounds in their nests and had no power to interfere with the future of South America.

South America has not yet become the back garden of Americans, and Li Mingyuan has just caught up with the good times of crossing. The forces of all parties have not yet controlled South America, which has just given Li Mingyuan a chance to exploit the chaos and vacuum of power in South America and occupy a piece of development Land, and then brought the remnants of the Taiping Army that fled the South Ocean to South America, and immersed in development for a few years, we can take root in South America.

After the rescue of more than 20,000 Chinese workers in Baranga, the Chinese Independent Army added another 20,000 soldiers. In addition to the captured troops and a large number of weapons and equipment, in addition to the 20,000 people sent by the Chinese Independent Army to grab supplies and land, other troops At the same time as the trimming, tension expansion and receiving equipment began.

The number of people increased by 20,000. The total number of Chinese troops reached more than 86,000. Among them, there were 78,000 soldiers. The remaining 8,000 Chinese were not idle. According to the previous Taiping Army system, Li Mingyuan took them It is organized as a rear camp and engages in some simple transportation assistance work. In this way, more than 80,000 Chinese laborers can effectively operate like a large machine according to precise arrangements.

More than a thousand war horses were distributed to more than one hundred middle- and senior-ranking military officers as a reward, and the remaining more than nine hundred horses. Li Mingyuan formed them into a cavalry regiment, under the command of Zhang Ansong's deputy head Li Dawei Master, Li Dawei is a Nian Army active in the Huaibei area. Nian Army is a peasant uprising army at the same time as the Taiping Army.

However, unlike the Taiping Army, the main force of the Nian Army is the cavalry unit. Taking advantage of the vast area of ​​the Huaibei Plain, the Nian Army is comparable to the Qing Army. Even the famous monk Gelinqin died under the Nian Army. If not, Because surrounded by the Qing army on all sides, Li Dawei would not follow the Taiping Army to South America.

While Li Mingyuan was worrying about various things in the army, Wang Linshan and Li Sandou were doing their best to sweep the surrounding Peruvian towns.

After Wang Linshan and Li Sandou led their troops, they originally led 10,000 troops. But later, they found that the surrounding towns did not have much Peruvian armed forces. The larger towns were only five or six hundred militia, and the small plantations were only dozens. People, they thought that 10,000 people were too slow to move together, so they split the army into more than a dozen units, each of which was led by a battalion commander. They met during a raid, then the two teams joined together and acted together.

"Brother Wang, this raid is like an armed march. In two days, the squad I led broke through more than a dozen towns. Presumably your subordinates did a good job." Li Sandou riding on the horse asked.

"Like Brother Li, yesterday's news came from their subordinates that they had occupied Moquegua and rescued five hundred Chinese from there."

"The task that Shizi entrusted to us is almost completed, and we can go back for business tomorrow." Li Sandou said.

"We have rescued many Chinese workers this time, and the troops can expand again when we go back." Wang Linshan Road.

"Before I set out, I heard that 24,000 Chinese brothers were rescued in the city of Baranga. I guess this sweep will bring back 10,000 Chinese workers." Li Sandou said.

"Shizi is wise and savvy. Considering his thoughtfulness, he led us to fight two victories in succession. Now the brothers below are very morale. Seeing Peruvian soldiers look like wolves and sheep."

"I haven't seen my brothers fight so high in morale for a long time, the last time this was when I followed the servant king to defeat the Qing Army." Li Sandou remembered.

"With the wise leadership of Shiko, we will not fail like the Central Plains did."

"Well, at the beginning of the kingdom of heaven, it was a thriving scene at the beginning, but the King of Heaven and the King of the East killed the 20,000 Taiping Army elite and broke the hearts of the old brothers in Guangxi. Otherwise, the King of Wings would not leave Tianjing." Road.

"Now, Shizi said the day before yesterday that we built the country based on southern Brazil. I heard that the climate there is mild and livable, and it is almost the same as the south of the mainland."

"Shizi has a well-planned plan, we just do the subordinates' execution as planned." Li Sandou nodded.