"Li Han, the commander of the Taiping Army's sailor brigade, paid a visit to His Royal Highness the Prince." Inside a military tent, Li Han bowed and saluted.

"This brother claims to be a subordinate of King Sen, but as far as I know, His Royal Highness King Sen was killed by Qing army spies in Hong Kong." Li Mingyuan said the news about King Sen, and said lightly: "Say, what are your identities?" ”

"The villain is indeed a subordinate of King Sen, and after King Sen was killed, the villain followed General Hou to the Americas......"

Li Han's account was detailed and credible, so Li Mingyuan dispelled his doubts about their identity and said with a smile: "Recently, Peruvian spies are being examined in the army, so be stricter, and the Li Han brothers should not be surprised." ”

"The prince leads the lone army to rise to a different realm, and he should be cautious." Li Han said respectfully.

After entering the tent, Li Han carefully observed Li Mingyuan and found that although the person sitting on the top seat in front of him had a slightly green face, he acted like a young commander of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, such as King Chen Yucheng of England and King Li Xiucheng of the Loyal Kingdom.

Li Han had never been in contact with Li Mingyuan before, and he subconsciously thought that the reason why Li Mingyuan was young and old was inherited from the servant king Li Shixian, so his doubts and incomprehension about Li Mingyuan also disappeared.

In the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there were many factions within the Taiping army, and each prince had his own independent troops.

Although the king of the forest Hou Yutian has died, but his naval army is still entrenched together, Li Mingyuan is not sure whether Li Han came to see him sincerely surrendered, so after talking a few words, he asked directly: "The kingdom of heaven has fallen, the soldiers of the kingdom of heaven are scattered all over the place, I want to revisit the banner of the whole country, I don't know what General Hou plans to do?" ”

Li Mingyuan's words made it very clear that after the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Chinese Independent Army led by Li Mingyuan was the last large-scale Taiping Army, so Li Mingyuan wanted to reorganize the rest of the Taiping Army and establish a new country headed by him.

After listening to Li Mingyuan's words, Li Han did not immediately make a decision, according to traditional legal theory, the ruler of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom should be the descendant of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan.

After the fall of Tianjing, Hong Xiuquan's son was executed, but several of his nephews escaped, and if Li Mingyuan's Chinese Independence Army regained control of China, Hong Xiuquan's descendants should be made emperors.

And Li Mingyuan's meaning was obviously to put aside Hong Xiuquan's descendants and set up his own door, this choice made Li Han feel embarrassed, and he didn't make a decision after thinking for a while, so he excused himself and said: "The humble position is humble and light, and I can't make a decision on behalf of my general, and I hope that the prince will allow me to go back and report to General Hou and then reply." ”

The Chinese Independence Army was established by Li Mingyuan from scratch, and the high-level of the Chinese Independence Army was also appointed by Li Mingyuan, coupled with the mythological influence of Li Mingyuan in the Chinese Independence Army, in the hearts of the generals and ordinary soldiers of the Chinese Independence Army, only he is the only leader, as for Hong Xiuquan's two nephews who don't know where to run, no one recognizes it at all.

Li Han's euphemistic refusal caused dissatisfaction among everyone in the military tent, and Zhao Yan first stood up and said: "The prince alone supports the crisis, rediscovers and strengthens the Taiping army that has been destroyed, and is the savior of the Taiping army soldiers such as me, and deserves the support of all the Taiping army. ”

As soon as Zhao Yan spoke, the other people in the tent also expressed their dissatisfaction, blaming Li Han for not knowing how to lift.

"Forget it, let's stop talking about it," Li Mingyuan raised his hand to stop the noise of his subordinates, and said: "Since Brother Li Han can't call the shots, let's talk about it after a while, but in a few days, the Chinese Independent Army will be pulled out and leave, and it is not safe for Brother Li Han to go back now, so it is better to leave with our fleet, and wait until the troops settle down, and then leave, what do Brother Li Han think?" ”

One army, one leader, the Chinese Independent Army has more than 100,000 soldiers, and it is no longer as small and weak as when it was first established, so at this time, Li Mingyuan paid more attention to the unity of the troops.

Although Li Han and the hundreds of Chinese pirates behind him are also talents needed by the Chinese Independence Army, Li Mingyuan will not give up his standards because of hundreds of pirates.

Joining a group of troops who are not the same idea as himself into the Chinese Independence Army will only lead to disharmony among the troops, so Li Mingyuan did not rush to recruit them before they officially expressed their support for themselves.

As for not letting Li Han leave now, it is for their safety, and it is not easy for a dozen unidentified Chinese to cross the ocean again and return to a small Caribbean island.

Once they are interrogated by the pirate local military police, it is likely that none of them will be able to escape, and Li Mingyuan does not want the few remaining Taiping troops to die in vain, so he leaves them behind. ……

The deal between the Chinese Independence Army and Peruvian President Pedro was completed step by step, and three days later, the Peruvians surrendered 5,000 Chinese laborers and 2,000 pack horses, while the Chinese Independence Army surrendered Cusco and the surrounding towns.

After the successful completion of the first two-party deal, in the next ten days, the Chinese Independence Army withdrew from all occupied areas except south of Arequipa.

The Peruvian side also delivered 20,000 pack horses, 20,000 Chinese laborers, and 10 large merchant ships, and only 10,000 Chinese laborers were still in their hands to make a final deal with the Chinese Independence Army.

After receiving ten large merchant ships from the Peruvian side, Li Mingyuan ordered more than 1,000 skilled workers forcibly relocated from the occupied areas to board the ships first, followed by the machines in the dismantled Arequipa military factory and 20,000 Chinese.

Of the 20,000 Chinese transferred by sea ship, 10,000 of them were combat, including more than 3,000 Chinese independent army sailors and 6,000 troops under Luo Linshan, who would form an assault force to attack Rio Gran do Sul.

When Li Mingyuan led the main force to fight the decisive battle with the Brazilian army, he occupied Rio Gran do Sul as the base of the Chinese Independent Army, and the remaining 10,000 Chinese laborers with slightly weaker combat effectiveness would also cooperate with the battle of Luolin Mountain, and finally stay as a garrison to defend the occupied new land.

Except for the 20,000 Chinese laborers who left by sea, the remaining 130,000 Chinese set out by land in two parts.

Liu Pu and Zhang Ansong, who had a steady personality, served as the heads of the 90,000 Chinese troops in the rear, ensuring that the troops could reach their destination safely.

And Li Mingyuan personally led Chen Guozhu, Li Sandou, Li Dawei and other generals to command the main force of the 40,000 field army to find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Brazilian army.

On the second day of the departure of the Chinese fleet escorted by Prussian warships, the cavalry brigade and reconnaissance battalion, which were the vanguard of the whole army, set out first to find the way for the march of the large force.