"The green flag and yellow robe female Yuan Rong, the bead hat and no dragon finish work; Eight hundred female soldiers are barefoot, and they walk like the wind!"

In the Hall of the Protector of the Heroic Hall, Li Mingyuan looked at Su Sanniang's tablet on the altar, and couldn't help but chant the poems made for her by Long Qirui, the champion of the Qing Dynasty.

Su Sanniang is a famous female general in the Taiping Army, in the war between the Taiping Army and the Qing Army, Su Sanniang led the women's battalion under her command to win many victories, and made indelible contributions to the establishment of the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom.

There are many men in the world, all of whom are brothers; There are many women in the world, all of whom are sisters. In order to establish the ideal earthly kingdom in the program, nearly one million male and female soldiers of the Taiping Army fought for tens of thousands of miles, sacrificing hundreds of thousands of young and young people to conquer the city of Nanjing, but after defeating Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing and other kings of the heavenly kingdom regarded it as a small paradise in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the kings of the heavenly kingdom, especially Hong Xiuquan, quickly became corrupted, and engaged in privileged behavior within the Taiping army, from Nanjing, Su, Chang and other places. Forcing a large number of young women for their pleasure, among them, Hong Xiuquan's Tianwang Mansion had thousands of harem concubines, which seriously violated the political program of equality between men and women set in the early days of the Taiping Army.

The rapid corruption of the upper echelons led to the consequences of the fireworks of the Taiping military regime, which swept through most of China in just over ten years, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which had a military strength of up to one million in its heyday, was submerged in the counteroffensive of the Manchu court and the traitor landlords.

On the contrary, revealing the mistakes made by Hong Xiuquan and others in leading the Kingdom of Heaven can not only clarify the responsibility for the destruction of the Kingdom of Heaven, but also highlight the correctness and foresight of Li Mingyuan's efforts to save the Chinese workers in South America and create the Chinese Kingdom in South America.

With Li Mingyuan's tacit approval, criticism of Hong Xiuquan gradually spread within the National Defense Forces, and more and more low-level officers and men learned from the officers in charge of propaganda work that Hong Xiuquan had corrupted and made mistakes in his administration. The perception of Hong Xiuquan's family is also getting lower and lower.

The time to leave for Paraguay is set for tomorrow, but Li Mingyuan cannot spend the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow in China, so the official time to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers has been advanced from the Mid-Autumn Festival to today.

Chen Guozhu, Li Sandou, Liu Pu, Zhang Ansong, and other high-ranking officials and generals stationed abroad all attended the first ceremony to commemorate the fallen soldiers.

Respectfully bowed to Su Sanniang's tablet, and inserted the three lit incense candles on the incense case, Li Mingyuan moved two steps to the right, and picked up the three incense candles again to pay tribute to the many sacrificial generals in the back.

The ceremony of offering incense and worshipping lasted until the end of noon, under the solemn and quiet atmosphere, even if the waist was a little sore due to bowing for a long time, Li Mingyuan did not relax, and arranged some management affairs in the Valhalla to protect the country, Li Mingyuan changed out of the solemn dress of worship, put on a dark black military uniform and walked out of the Valhalla.

Outside the Valhalla, most of the people who watched the memorial ceremony did not leave, and under the command and maintenance of the army, the dense crowd crowded on both sides of the cement road outside the gate of the Valhalla, vying to watch Li Mingyuan and his party.

"Brother, my brother is from out of town, and I haven't seen the demeanor of your king, so please let us see the demeanor of your king."

In the crowd on the right side of the road, a middle-aged man in his thirties, dressed in a Manchu-style cloth robe, tried to squeeze towards the front as he opened his mouth to ask the Chinese people around him.

"What a big king and a little king, my Royal Highness is the son of His Royal Highness the King of the Megatron Jiangnan, I have heard of the Paraguayan War, last year, His Royal Highness the Prince took 100,000 Han family athletes, and wiped out the army of the Brazilian Empire in a war, and the territory we stepped on was snatched from the Brazilians by His Royal Highness the Prince!"

The Chinese who was questioned looked like he was about forty years old, with a long scar on his face, and he looked a little unhappy when he heard the other party's questioning.

"Look at how you dress, you don't look like a local, when did you get to Rio Gran do Sul?"

"My brother has good eyesight, my brother used to live in the United States, and two months ago I heard that a Chinese country had been established in South America and was recruiting Chinese immigrants, so I moved the idea of coming over and taking a look."

"His Royal Highness has mercy on his brothers who are adrift overseas, and has sent a large number of ships to transport immigrants, but I have heard that more than half of the Chinese workers in the United States are reluctant to come, preferring to stay in other countries and be bullied. It's really a waste of His Royal Highness's kindness. ”

When the middle-aged man mentioned the United States, a dissatisfied look appeared on his face.

"What the elder brother said is that the elder brother was originally worried about whether the Rio Gran do Sul side was tricking laborers to come over to work as coolies, but when he arrived here, he realized that he was too worried."

The man echoed, squeezed a step forward, and stood in front of the crowd.

"You don't know Rio Gran do Sul, and it's inevitable that there will be misunderstandings here."

With the support of the other party, the middle-aged man's tone softened a lot, and he felt much more pleasing to the eye when he looked at the other party again.

"In these years, the Manchu Qing Dynasty ruled unjustly, and many people deceived their families and sold them overseas to do hard labor, and the Chinese workers in the United States may have been harmed by their people, and they couldn't help but be suspicious when they heard the news of recruiting Chinese workers. However, Rio Gran do Sul is different, His Royal Highness the Prince is really for the good of the Chinese workers, if you don't believe it, you can ask the Chinese workers from Cuba, each of them is now allocated more than 30 acres of land, believe the words of the elder brother, settle down honestly in Rio Gran do Sul, and a good life in the future is indispensable. ”

"The old brother knows so much about the prince of the king, he must be the old man who follows the prince of the king, right?"

The man in cloth said tentatively.

"Hehe, don't hide it from you, brother, I followed His Royal Highness the Prince of the World during the Peruvian uprising, but because I was too old, I have been working in the logistics army, and I didn't catch up with the big battle between His Royal Highness the Prince and the Brazilians, otherwise, with my military exploits, my brother is now an officer."

The middle-aged Chinese mentioned the past, and there was a look of pride on his face.

"So the old brother is also the first old man to follow the rebellion of the prince, I wonder if the old brother has ever had the opportunity to meet the prince of the prince?"

"Such a noble person as His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, how can ordinary people see it so easily."

The middle-aged Chinese pouted, but the expression on his face changed, and he said with some pride, "But before the expedition began, His Royal Highness the Prince personally saw off the logistics troops, brother, I was fortunate to meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The middle-aged Chinese were proud of having seen Li Mingyuan in person, and began to talk about Li Mingyuan's appearance and heard some things about Li Mingyuan, while on the other hand, the man in cloth carefully sifted through the information needed in the other party's words, "The Battle of Duraya, the capture of Arequipa, and the defeat of the 100,000 troops of the Brazilian Empire on an expedition...... This so-called military command of the prince is indeed extraordinary, but I don't know if he is really the prince of the prince or an impostor. ”

The man in cloth speculated in his heart about Li Mingyuan's true identity, and on the other side, Li Mingyuan walked out of Valhalla on a tall horse under the escort of two rows of soldiers.

In the crowd, the man in cloth rose to the center of the road from the position that he had finally squeezed into, and a few minutes later, the sound of horses' hooves of "stomping" came, and the man in cloth resisted the crowd squeezing back and forth behind him, put his hands on the backs of the two soldiers who maintained order, and finally saw Li Mingyuan's appearance through the gap between the bodies of the two soldiers: eight feet tall, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, handsome and handsome.

"It's seven or eight points similar to Li Shixian, it seems that he is indeed Li Shizi's son."

The man in cloth stared straight at Li Mingyuan, and Li Mingyuan, who was on a horse, walked in the crowd, but the keen intuition he had developed in his previous life and this life made him quickly detect that someone was spying on him.

Turning his head to look to the right, Li Mingyuan's gaze was directly locked on the man in cloth.

"The expression is introverted and the clothes are shabby," although the man in cloth tried his best to disguise himself, Li Mingyuan also sensed the aura of a soldier from him, a battle-hardened person, even if he took off his military uniform and no longer fought, the characteristics formed by more than ten years of fighting would not disappear.

Most of the people with this kind of military characteristics are veterans of the battlefield, and although there are quite a few people in the army of Rio Gran do Sul, Li Mingyuan rarely finds people with this characteristic in the army.

"Liu Pu, send a few nimble soldiers to watch over the man in the thick linen clothes."

Li Mingyuan slowed down and whispered to Liu Pu beside him.

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Pu followed Li Mingyuan's direction, and after discovering the target person, he immediately sent a soldier to deliver the order.

"Your Highness, this person should not be from the army, judging by his dress, he looks like a laborer who has emigrated from other places."

"Well, I think he just arrived in Rio Gran do Sul, and the clothes he wears are still in the style of a Manchu horse coat."

Li Mingyuan nodded, took his eyes off the man in cloth, but there was a doubt in his mind, "Liu Pu, I seem to have seen this person before, could he be a surviving Heavenly Veteran?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince was only eleven or twelve years old when he was on the mainland, and at that time His Royal Highness the King had more than 100,000 troops under him, maybe that person used to serve in His Royal Highness the King's army, so His Royal Highness the Prince had some impressions."

"No, that person doesn't look like an ordinary general, his temperament is like a commander of a party leading tens of thousands of troops." Li Mingyuan shook his head and said.

"Most of the famous generals of the Kingdom of Heaven were martyred, and the few generals of the Kingdom of Heaven who escaped the pursuit of the Manchu court have not been heard from, if he is the surviving general of the Kingdom of Heaven, he should take the initiative to meet the prince, how can he hide his identity and observe us secretly?"

"Maybe he has some concerns in his heart!" Li Mingyuan looked back at the direction where the man in cloth was originally standing, and said in a low voice, "No matter what he plans, when the soldiers find him, if he has any doubts, he can ask in person, and now he should go back first to prepare for the affairs of Paraguay." ”

After Li Mingyuan finished speaking, he clenched his horsewhip and sped up to leave.