In Porto Alegre, the senior officers of the two parts of the Chinese Independence Army gathered for several months to share their combat experiences and achievements with the officers they knew well, and the officers below were lively and lively to discuss together, while Li Mingyuan sat with Luo Linshan and listened to his report on the occupation of Rio Grande do Sul.

"Shizi, I won't mention the process of sailing by sea and the occupation of the small town of Palmaris Sul, and my subordinates will tell you about the process of conquering Porto Alegre and the progress of the war in the next month or so."

Lorraine raised his eyebrows, fiddling with the captured map of Rio Grande do Sul, said, "After the capture of the town of Palmaris do Sul, his subordinates divided the attacking force into two detachments, one passing through the Patus Lagoon and attacking from the sea, and the other by the land under the leadership of the lowly himself.

In the evening, after a five-hour march by land and water, the troops reached the city of Arequipa, and at this time it was just dawn, and I thought that the prince had used his captives to open the enemy's gates when he was in Peru, and I had more than fifty intact captives in my hands, and that I might succeed in using them to deceive the defenders of Porto Alegre, so I sent half of my men dressed in the uniforms of the Brazilian army, and mixed behind the Brazilian captives, and told them to lie that Palmaris do South had been attacked by an unknown small group of enemy troops, and that they had come to report the enemy.

The soldiers defending the city did not doubt the claims of the Brazilian captives under the city, and it was obvious that South Palmaris was attacked by pirates and other armed forces not once or twice, and the Brazilian soldiers guarding the gate opened the city gate, and the Chinese soldiers mixed in with the captives rushed up, killing more than 20 Brazilian soldiers behind the city gate and controlling the city gate. Then he led the troops outside the city to break into the city of Porto Alegre and take the entire city. ”

Luo Linshan said that he had successfully defrauded the city gate, his eyes flashed with joy, and he used a strategy to seize the gate of Port Alegre, avoiding the casualties of the soldiers who stormed the city gate, and conquering Port Alegre at the lowest cost, which was a relatively perfect record he had achieved since joining the Chinese Independence Army.

"Rio Grande do Sul is the foundation of the Chinese Independence Army, and the local cities and transportation facilities are the property and development of the Chinese.

"Xie Shizi reward." Luo Linshan was not modest, and generously accepted Li Mingyuan's encouragement, and continued, "All parts of Arequipa City have been controlled by his subordinates, and the captured gunboats and boats have been handed over to the brothers of the naval division troops, and the Brazilian soldiers who were originally captured and the Brazilian civilians in the city have been concentrated in the small town in the western suburbs outside the city, waiting for the prince to dispose of them. ”

"How many Brazilian soldiers and civilians were captured?"

"The number of soldiers is not large, more than 1,000 in all, and there are 20,000 civilians." Luo Linshan said and looked at Li Mingyuande's reaction, as if he was worried about something.

"There aren't so many civilians in Porto Alegre, are they? How do the extra civilians get back? ”

Li Mingyuan's tone was flat, and he couldn't see his emotional changes.

"Son, to tell you the truth, there are only 10,000 civilians in Porto Alegre, and the other 10,000 people have moved from other places to settle with the civilians of Porto Alegre."

Li Mingyuan took a sip of tea, and did not show any anger, Luo Linshan breathed a sigh of relief, and explained, "After the occupation of Porto Alegre, the lowly officials originally did not plan to move the Brazilian civilians in the city out of the city for centralized management, but within a few days of the occupation of Porto Alegre, there were successive incidents of Brazilian civilians attacking Chinese soldiers in the city, and the lowly officials had no choice but to move them out of the city for unified management. After settling the matter of Porto Alegre, he remained in the city and commanded a part of the soldiers to guard the city, and sent seven or eight small units to occupy other important areas of Rio Grande do Sul,

The main forces of Rio Grande do Sul were gathered in Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre was taken, all the soldiers defending the city were dumplings, and the defensive forces in other parts of Rio Grande do Sul were empty and scattered.

According to the soldiers who came back to report, the Brazilian militia troops defending in Rio Grande, Bage, Santa Maria, Erehin and other places are not large, and the German-Chinese soldiers sent out can easily occupy four important areas, but after the occupation, the Brazilian militia who escaped took advantage of the opportunity of the night to constantly harass and attack the Chinese detachment stationed outside, and the commander of the garrison detachment could not bear it, and led the army to attack the Brazilian militia who attacked, but because the Brazilian militia was familiar with the local terrain, the Chinese detachment stationed often had just sent troops. And they fled without a trace.

The Brazilian militia attacked the Chinese detachment stationed in Rao several times, and the leading officers below complained to me many times and asked for more reinforcements, but I had no extra soldiers to send to them, Cassias do Sul, which is close to Santa Catarina, needed to garrison troops to defend against the attack of the Brazilian side, and the main force of Porto Alegre had to prepare to receive the main force into Rio Grande do Sul, so I could only concentrate and imprison a part of the disobedient Brazilian civilians to prevent them from cooperating with the Brazilian militia to sabotage. ”

Luo Linshan considered it very comprehensively, the main force led by Li Mingyuan advanced into Rio Gro Gran do Sul by land It was difficult, with the coordination of Luo Linshan's troops, the difficulty of the transfer of the large army would be reduced a lot, and it was able to suppress the resistance forces in Rio Grogland do Sul, Luo Linshan led most of the troops to advance in the direction of Paraguay, wanting to meet the main force on the road, but he did not expect that the main force had robbed the ships of the Paraguayans, Brazilians, and Argentines in the Paraguayan War. The captured ships could not only supply more than 30,000 field troops, but also carry a lot of rear troops, and with enough ships, Li Mingyuan temporarily changed his relocation plan from a land march to a more secure water migration, with the result that the Lorraine Mountain, which was going to the Paraguayan border to meet him, was left in vain, and it was not until the first batch of field troops arriving from the sea delivered the news that Lorraine Hill led the troops back to Porto Alegre.

The news was inconvenient, Luo Linshan did not know that the main Chinese force had changed its migration route, and there was nothing wrong with him doing so, but the Brazilian militia troops that frequently resisted were a big problem for Li Mingyuan.

Immigrants from Germany, Italy and other countries have not yet frantically poured into Rio Gro Sul at present, and the total number of people in Rio Gro Grande do Sul is only 50,000 or 60,000, and compared with the number of more than 100,000 people in the Chinese Independence Army, 50,000 or 60,000 people cannot make a big wave, but the fact that they cannot make big troubles does not mean that the Chinese Independence Army can farm and develop in Rio Grande do Sul with peace of mind.

Most of the 50,000 or 60,000 Brazilian residents are descendants of the Portuguese, and Rio Gro Sul has property and land that belongs to them, and the Chinese Independence Army entering Rio Gro Sul will inevitably infringe upon their land and interests, and facing the most realistic conflict of interests, there is an irreconcilable contradiction between the Brazilian civilians and the Chinese Independence Army, and it is difficult to solve the problem of expecting them to bow their eyebrows and accept the rule of the Chinese Independence Army.

Li Mingyuan lowered his head and thought about the problems brought about by the resistance of the Brazilian militia, and the occupation of Rio Glan Sul was only the first step for the Chinese Independence Army to gain a foothold in South America. The most urgent thing at the moment is to use the limited time to digest the 281,000 square kilometers of land in Rio Gro Grande do Sul and make it the most stable base of the Chinese Independence Army, but the local Brazilian residents do not cooperate and refuse to be the people under the rule of the Chinese Independence Army.

There are only 50,000 or 60,000 Brazilian civilians in the local area, and the number of young and strong militia is far less than the number of Chinese troops, but Li Mingyuan does not dare to underestimate them, the descendants of European colonizers have cut off the possibility of returning to Europe, and hundreds of years of fighting with the local natives and the test of the primitive environment have created their tenacious and unyielding combat effectiveness, these people regard themselves as the masters of the South American continent, and in the name of the revolution, they drove away the suzerainty and became the masters of the invaded land.

These people's professional combat skills may not be good, but in terms of being familiar with the local terrain and landforms, and fighting guerrilla warfare with the Chinese Independence Army, the Chinese Independence Army, who is not familiar with the place, suffers very much.

There is no shortage of useful talents for the local Brazilian civilians, Li Mingyuan originally planned to leave them for the use of the Chinese Independence Army, but their resistance changed Li Mingyuan's mind, and it is a huge disaster for unstable Brazilian civilians to stay in the country that is about to be established, in the current situation of a small number of Chinese, the local Brazilian people are likely to be linked with the counteroffensive Brazilian army, and the internal and external attacks and all-out attacks on the Chinese troops are likely to be seized by the Brazilians. Li Mingyuan could not tolerate this happening, and since the local residents did not cooperate, he had to use drastic means to persuade them to leave Rio Grande do Sul and leave a new land for the Chinese Independence Army and later immigrants to build a safe house.

Deciding on the resettlement of 50,000 or 60,000 Brazilian residents, Li Mingyuan began to arrange ways to deal with Brazilian residents.

His eyes were once again focused on the map spread out in Lorraine Mountain, and he pointed to several important places marked on the map and arranged, "The remaining residents of Rio Grande do Sul are mainly gathered in the four locations of Rio Grande, Baje, Santa Maria, and Erecín, and the Brazilian people who control these four locations, plus the civilians of Porto Alegre who are centrally managed, eighty percent of the inhabitants are under our control, so your task is to transfer an additional thousand soldiers to each of the above locations, and then transport them to the vicinity of Cassias do Sul, and finally I will deal with them in a unified manner." ”

"Shizi, do you mean to drive all the local residents out of Rio Gro Sul and hand them over to the Brazilians?"

Luo Linshan asked in an uncertain tone.

"I guess what you think in your heart, the prince is strict in governing the army, and soldiers are not allowed to loot the local people when he raises troops in Peru, why did he suddenly change his personality when he arrived in southern Brazil?"

Li Mingyuan looked at Luo Linshan with a little playfulness, and it was easy to confirm that the conjecture was correct from the expression on his face.

"I don't dare to be lowly, but I don't understand why the prince of the world has changed his way of treating people of different races."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I can explain it to you slowly." Li Mingyuan withdrew his attention from the map and said, "When I was in Peru, the Chinese Independence Army had just revolted, we were still very weak, if we didn't strictly demand soldiers, the whole army would gradually collapse when it expanded, on the other hand, my purpose was not to take root in southern Peru, looting and depriving them of their land and property was of little significance to the Chinese Independence Army, therefore, strictly requiring soldiers not to invade the local people could reduce their hostility towards the Chinese Independence Army, and now it is different, we and the residents of Brazil have become opposing enemies, Leaving them alone will only add a group of potential enemies who are not of the same mind as us, so why not just do the bad guys to the end, and directly drive them all out of Rio Grande do Sul to solve the trouble once and for all. ”

After hearing this, Luo Linshan's face suddenly changed, it turned out that the prince was not a benevolent monarch who was treated leniently by anyone, and the foreign people were unreliable in the heart of the prince after all.

For the first time, Li Mingyuan really explained to others his attitude towards white South Americans, so he spoke very cleanly and thoroughly: "Lao Luo, the foreign people are outsiders after all, and we can express our sympathy when they encounter war suffering, but it is not a wise choice to agree to leave them on their own land because of sympathy for foreigners, if you leave them on your own land, they will not appreciate your kindness in taking them in, they will only hate you for robbing them of their land, so the best solution is to move them out, Going back to where they need to be is the right solution. ”

"Shizi, it's simple and neat to drive them away, but after all, they are white-skinned foreign devils, will we incur retaliation from other foreign countries by doing so?"

"It's not as complicated as you think, it's the middle of the war, we announced that the local Brazilian residents are patriotic and enthusiastic, all the people are involved in the rebellion against the Chinese Independence Army, and the Chinese Independence Army can't bear to punish them after catching them, so they are driven out of Rio Grande do Sul, and at the same time they are allowed to carry some of their property and materials, and the land they leave behind will be sold to the Chinese Independence Army at a good price.

If their property is not confiscated, the money from the sale of the land is also handed over to them, and with this money, they can buy enough land in other parts of Brazil, we are all so good to them, what else can anyone say? ”

Li Mingyuan's idea is a little unreasonable, but his real purpose is to give Brazilians and Western countries a face-saving statement, otherwise do you really think that Western countries are so united and loving?

The Haitian black uprising killed tens of thousands of whites and killed many British and French soldiers.

After the rise of Britain, France, Germany and other countries, the Ottomans slaughtered white believers who believed in Christianity, and no country sent troops to seek justice for the dead Christians, so even if there were many dead powers, they didn't bother to care. (There are too many such examples to list one by one.) ）

The Chinese Independence Army only expelled them and allowed them to carry their belongings, which was much better than the above countries, and if the British and French powers still wanted to intervene, they wanted other interests.

After some explanation, Luo Linshan understood the meaning of Li Mingyuan's words, moved all the local residents away, and distributed the land left to the Chinese soldiers, Li Mingyuan explained the task, Luo Linshan thought about completing it as soon as possible, got up to say goodbye, and was stopped by Li Mingyuan.

"Not all Brazilian residents have to be driven away, and women of school age who are willing to stay are still very welcome in the Chinese Independence Army."

What is the most lacking Chinese Independence Army? It's not food, after most of the food looted in Peru was consumed by long-distance migration, a lot of it was captured from the Brazilian army, and then the food left behind in the Argentine camp was replenished, and the food hoarded by the Brazilian army in Rio Grande do Sul also fell into the hands of the Chinese Independent Army.

There is no shortage of food, and a large-scale war cannot be fought within two or three months, and now the Chinese Independence Army lacks women the most, and after the long-distance transfer and war losses, after arriving in Rio Grande do Sul, there are less than 135,000 people left in 150,000 people, and more than 15,000 people do not survive to Rio Grande do Sul and die on the road, the dead Chinese cannot be resurrected, and the more than 130,000 people who are still alive still have to live.

There are 12,000 Paraguayan women who came to Rio Grande do Sul with the Chinese Independence Army, and the gender ratio of their South American Chinese is still quite different, so it is a pity that all the local school-age women are driven out, and selecting a few thousand of them to stay is also of great benefit to improving the demographic structure of the South American Chinese.

Li Mingyuan proposed to recruit school-age women among Brazilian residents, and Luo Linshan nodded in agreement, "Shizi, are all school-age women among Brazilian residents staying?" ”

"If you have children and families, try to persuade the single women there to stay, telling them that as long as they stay, they will get a lot of land, and at the same time, they can also choose the Chinese they like to be their husbands."

With enough land, the freedom to choose the marriage of Chinese soldiers in Paraguay, and some necessary means, Li Mingyuan believes that many Brazilian women will choose to stay.