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Under the Chinese Independence Army (CIA) under El Alto, they formed a frontal suppression posture against La Paz, but because of the isolation of the Real Mountains, the Bolivian troops in La Paz could calmly retreat from the back city without being known by the Chinese Independence Army.

The next morning, when Li Mingyuan met with the two Bolivians, Melgarejo and his 5,000 soldiers had already set off for nearly eight hours.

Upon learning of Adolfo's capture of Sucre, Li Mingyuan speculated that Melgarejo would most likely return to quell the rebellion in person.

So he sent troops to launch a tentative attack on El Alto and La Paz, and sure enough, he found an anomaly.

The generals left behind by Melgarejo once again looted the inhabitants of the city to defend the city, although the number of people was a little more than before Melgarejo left, but the overall defense capacity of La Paz City decreased a lot.

"I'll tell you bad news, your president left tonight with his troops, and should be on his way to Sucre by now."

After making sure that Melgarejo was not in the city, Li Mingyuan said to the two Bolivians who sent the message.

The purpose of the two Bolivians contacting the Chinese Independence Army was to hold down Melgarejo and buy time for Adolfo to integrate the Sucre army.

And now that Melgarejo suddenly led his troops to Sucre, the pressure on Adolphus increased dramatically.

"General, Melgarejo has been on the road overnight, and he will definitely not be able to go far, so I implore the general to send troops to intercept and destroy Melgarejo's army."

"Your Excellency has come from Sucre, you should know the terrain around La Paz, and if you don't take the city of La Paz, it is impossible for our army to send a large force to pursue Melgarejo's troops."

Due to the terrain around La Paz, if you want to bypass La Paz City, you have to turn more than 300 miles and cross the Real Mountains to find the road to Sucre.

Before attacking La Paz City, Li Mingyuan sent 500 soldiers to inspect the surrounding terrain and look for a way to attack La Paz City from behind.

Unfortunately, although a mountain road was found to bypass the city of La Paz, this mountain road was too steep, the road was narrow and only allowed one person to pass, and the mountain road was located on a cliff face, and if you were not careful, you would fall off the cliff, and there was no chance of survival.

After discovering this mountain road, Li Mingyuan personally led a hundred special forces soldiers to check it, whether it was from the mouth of his special forces officers, or Li Mingyuan based on his own experience, the final conclusion was that it was impossible for the large army to go around the back of La Paz from this road, and although the special forces soldiers could use temporary mountain ropes and other tools to pass the mountain road, the number was limited, and the special forces soldiers who could safely reach the opposite side were conservatively estimated to be no more than 100 people.

It is too dangerous to pass through the mountain road, and even if a hundred special forces soldiers are sent over, without the help of heavy weapons such as machine guns and artillery, the 100 special forces soldiers will not be able to take La Paz City, so after the field investigation, Li Mingyuan rejected the special forces commander's plan behind bypassing La Paz through the mountain road.

Adolfo took the initiative to contact the Chinese Independence Army to seek cooperation, which was beneficial to both sides, and Li Mingyuan didn't want to watch Adolfo be defeated by Melgarejo, so he spoke again: "If you want to help General Adolfo relieve the siege, the first thing to do is to take La Paz City, and I need General Adolfo to show sincerity in this regard." ”

It is not easy to attack La Paz from the outside, but it is much easier to attack Krabas from inside and outside with troops from inside and outside.

Since the Chinese Independent Army entered the city of Cabas, the Bolivian army in La Paz has closed the city gates, and the various paths leading to the outside of the city are also very strictly supervised, and the two Bolivians can get out of the city safely, they must have the secret permission of the military leaders in La Paz, so Li Mingyuan speculated that there were Adolfo people in La Paz.

Li Mingyuan's intention was to let the two Bolivians act as messengers again, get in touch with the Bolivian officers in the city who gave them permission, and cooperate with each other to take La Paz.

Li Mingyuan's speculation is very close to the truth, but it is a little far from the truth.

Before the departure of the two Bolivians, Adolphus not only verbally explained that they would cooperate with the Chinese Independence Army, but also gave them a drawing wrapped in vellum, and Adolphus told them to hand it over when they met the leader of the Chinese Independence Army.

Just now Li Mingyuan said the news that Melgarejo led his troops to attack Sucre, because they were nervous that Sucre was captured, they did not hand over the drawings immediately, and now they heard Li Mingyuan ask Ah Zhifu to show sincerity in cooperation, so they thought of the drawings, carefully took out the drawings that were close to them, and respectfully handed them out: "General Adolfo asked us to hand over this drawing to the general, and we should be able to help your army." ”

The two Bolivians misunderstood what Li Mingyuan meant, but Li Mingyuan didn't care, took the drawings and looked at them directly.

This drawing is a map of the fortifications of El Alto and La Paz, and the structure of the fortifications and the deployment of troops in each place are carefully marked below the drawing.

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Mingyuan's mouth, with the complete fortification map of La Paz and El Alto, coupled with the cooperation of the city, the attack on Krabas City would be ninety percent certain.

"Thank you, General Adolf, for me, I am very satisfied with the drawings he sent." Li Mingyuan chuckled lightly and said, "However, these should not be all of General Adolfo's chips, there should also be his internal response in La Paz City, otherwise you wouldn't have successfully arrived here, I'm right!" ”

"The general is wise, the guard officer of La Paz South was previously a subordinate of General Adolfo, and we only passed the inspection with his tacit approval."

"Yes, with the cooperation of the city gate guard officer, it is easy to take La Paz City, tonight, I will send two squads of soldiers to escort you into La Paz City, and then get in touch with the city gate guard officer to make an appointment to let our army enter the city."

There are Adolfo's subordinates in La Paz City, and Li Mingyuan guessed well, but what happened later was different from his imagination.

"General, the guard officer of the southern city is indeed a subordinate of General Adolfo, but when we left the city, he had already received the task of going out to collect food, and now that he has also left La Paz City, it is difficult to contact him."

A Bolivian explained.

"Going out of the city to collect food?" Li Mingyuan couldn't help but feel a burst of amusement, the guard officer of the southern city helped the two messengers out of the city and betrayed Adolfo a favor, and at the same time, he used the excuse of going out to collect food to leave La Paz, a place of right and wrong, staying out of the matter and currying favor with both sides.

Heroes emerge from troubled times, in the chaotic period of warlords in South America, a middle-level defender knows how to pacing the time and find his own interests to maximize, Melgarejo and Adolphus are at war, if Adolphus wins, he will remember the favor of the defender to help him, and if Melgarejo wins, he will also reward the southern city guard officer who raises food for the garrison, no matter who wins and who loses,

The guards of the southern city will not suffer, and sure enough, those who can survive in the troubled times are not fuel-efficient lamps.

The abacus of the Nancheng guard officer clanged, but Li Mingyuan's calculation fell through.

Without internal cooperation, even if the fortification map is obtained, the Chinese Independence Army will have to pay a certain number of casualties if it wants to quickly capture El Alto and La Paz City, so Li Mingyuan now has to consider how to minimize the casualties of the Chinese Independence Army when he knows the configuration of the opponent's fortifications.