The next day, Li Mingyuan and Liu Pu cooperated with each other to tell the disadvantages of using Balangca as a base, and the senior military officers present, including Chen Guozhu, who was originally inclined to Balangca, also changed their views and agreed to Li Mingyuan's plan to establish a state in southern Brazil.

From Barangca, it is a three-thousand road to the south of Brazil, which requires passing through Bolivia and Paraguay.

Moving into southern Brazil, except for the long distance and the need to bring enough daily necessities, other difficulties can be overcome.

Bolivia has a small population, and it has always belonged to the existence of five scumbags in all the wars in South America, as long as the Chinese defeat the main force of the Peruvian army, when they turn into Bolivia, even if the Bolivians have the courage to intercept them, Li Mingyuan is also confident that they will not be able to eat and walk around.

As for reaching the territory of Paraguay, it will be more convenient, now Paraguay is at war with Brazil and Argentina, and it is too late to be happy when it encounters reinforcements, how can it take the initiative to provoke the Chinese army.

And after entering Paraguay, there is also the advantage of being able to use the Paraná River, which runs through Paraguay and Brazil, to transport troops, and then go down the river to the south of Brazil.

After reaching a consensus on the choice of the location for the founding of the country, the objectives of the subsequent military operations became clear, and the main goal at present was to collect pack horses and food supplies needed for the transfer of Chinese troops.

The second is to annihilate the main forces of the Peruvian army and create conditions for the transfer.

After discussing the objectives of the next stage of the operation, Li Mingyuan ordered Wang Linshan and Li Sandou to each lead 10,000 people to sweep the towns around Balangka, rescue the miners scattered in the various mines and plantations, and loot materials.

After everything was arranged, Li Mingyuan had a little free time to check the harvest of this operation.

The muskets captured on the battlefield had been temporarily issued to the soldiers participating in the battle, and after capturing the 1,000 defenders defending the city, the Chinese army received about 1,000 muskets, plus the 3,000 muskets stored in the Barangka arsenal, for a total of more than 9,000 muskets were captured in this operation.

Moreover, because Balangca, as a port city, was prosperous and wealthy, Li Mingyuan also captured 34 Peruvian sea ships and a large amount of cargo, although the Peruvian sea ships were not as good as the warships of the Western powers, but with these ships, the Chinese army could use sea ships to transport some soldiers to land from the Peruvian rear after annihilating the main force of Peru, and cooperate with the main force to occupy the coastal areas of Peru.

There were still fifty or sixty merchant ships from Britain and France in the port of Balangka, and Li Mingyuan ordered the soldiers not to touch their ships, because the Chinese forces were still too small to clash with the Western powers too early, and it would be detrimental to the Chinese Independence Army to clash with the Western powers too soon.

Most of the fifty or sixty merchant ships were British ships, and although the Americans put forward the Monroe Doctrine several decades ago, preaching that the Americas were the land of the Americans, and warning the European powers not to colonize the Americas, the United States, which was founded less than a hundred years ago, had not yet developed into a behemoth for later generations, and its words did not work very well.

Not to mention the world hegemon Britain's colonies in Jamaica, Guyana and other colonies in the Caribbean Sea, that is, the original suzerainty of the Americas, Spain still holds the Cuban Islands and other places,

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

South America has not yet become the backyard of the Americans, Li Mingyuan just caught up with the good time of crossing, and the forces of all parties have not yet controlled South America, which just gave Li Mingyuan an opportunity to exploit loopholes, take advantage of the chaos and power vacuum in South American countries, occupy a land for development, and then bring the remnants of the Taiping Army in South China to South America, bury their heads in development for a few years, and then they can take root in South America.

After more than 20,000 Chinese laborers in Balangka were rescued, the Chinese Independence Army added 20,000 new soldiers, plus captured military horses and a large number of weapons and equipment.

The number of Chinese troops increased by 20,000, and the total number of Chinese troops reached more than 86,000, of which 78,000 were soldiers, and the remaining 8,000 Chinese were not idle.

More than 1,000 war horses, as a reward, were distributed to more than 100 middle and senior officers who had made meritorious contributions, and the remaining more than 900 horses, Li Mingyuan formed them into a cavalry regiment, with Li Dawei, the deputy head of Zhang Ansong, as the chief officer, Li Dawei was the twist army active in the Huaibei region, and the twist army was a peasant rebel army at the same time as the Taiping army.

However, unlike the Taiping Army, the main force of the Twist Army is the cavalry force, taking advantage of the vast area of the Huaibei Plain, the Twist Army and the Qing Army are on par, even the famous monk Greenqin died at the hands of the Twist Army, if it were not for the Qing army surrounded on all sides, Li Dawei would not have followed the Taiping Army to South America.

While Li Mingyuan was worried about various things in the army, Wang Linshan and Li Sandou were sweeping the surrounding Peruvian towns with all their might.

After Wang Linshan and Li Sandou set off with their troops, they originally led 10,000 troops to move, but later, they found that there were not many Peruvian armed forces in the surrounding towns, and the larger towns were only five or six hundred militiamen, and the small plantations were only a few dozen people.

"Brother Wang, this time the sweep is like an armed parade, in two days alone, the detachment led by me has broken through more than a dozen towns, presumably your subordinates have done a good job." Li Sandou, who was riding on a horse, asked.

"It's similar to Brother Li, yesterday there was news from his subordinates that they had occupied Mokegua and rescued five hundred Chinese from there."

"The task given to us by the prince is almost complete, and we can go back tomorrow." Li Sandou said.

"This time we rescued a lot of Chinese workers, and after we go back, the army can be expanded again." Wang Lin Mountain Road.

"Before leaving, I heard that 24,000 Chinese brothers had been rescued in the city of Balangka, and I estimated that this sweep would bring back 10,000 Chinese workers." Li Sandou said.

"The prince is wise and thoughtful, and led us to two victories in a row, and now the morale of the brothers below is very high, and the eyes of the Peruvian soldiers are as bright as a wolf sees a sheep."

"It's been a long time since I've seen my brothers fight with such high morale, and the last time I did this was when I followed the king to defeat the Qing army." Li Sandou said nostalgically.

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

"Alas, at that time, the Kingdom of Heaven was also a prosperous scene at the beginning, but the King of Heaven and the King of the East fought among themselves, killing 20,000 elites of the Taiping Army, which broke the hearts of the old brothers in Guangxi, otherwise the King of Wings would not have left Tianjing." Li Sandou said.

"Well, the day before yesterday, the prince told us that the country should be based in the south of Brazil, and I heard that the climate there is mild and livable, similar to the south of the mainland Jiangnan."

"The son of the world has a careful plan, and we can do the subordinates according to the plan." Li Sandou nodded.