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More than 400 muskets of Bolivian troops were collected, and more than 1,000 Chinese cavalry turned around and walked back, passing through Indian villages attacked by Bolivian soldiers on the way.

The wooden fence used by the Indians for defense was destroyed, and hundreds of wounded lay behind the fence, while the lucky unwounded Indians walked back and forth to care for the wounded.

The shock of more than 1,000 Chinese cavalry was much greater than that of 4 or 500 Bolivian soldiers, and the Indians behind the fence gathered vigilantly, ready for a possible battle.

Li Mingyuan sent two cavalrymen to explain his intention to the Indians with weapons in hand.

When the two Chinese cavalry approached the front of the Indian village, Bernardi, who led the young men of the tribe on guard, recognized the two Chinese cavalrymen, who were strangers who had traded with the tribesmen yesterday.

Bernardi motioned to the tribesmen to put down their bows and arrows, not to be nervous, and to let the two Chinese cavalry approach.

One of the two horsemen, who understood the language of the Aymara, showed the Indians behind the wooden fence the goodwill of the Chinese troops, and conveyed that Li Mingyuan wanted to invite their patriarch to meet.

Bernardi asked the two horsemen to wait outside the fence, and he ran behind to tell the old patriarch the news.

"Do you believe they drove away the Bolivian soldiers?" After listening to Bernardi's introduction, the old patriarch was a little skeptical.

"What they said should be true, I saw seven or eight wagons in front of the cavalry outside, piled with muskets,"

The old patriarch nodded slightly, and most of them believed what the Chinese troops said.

When the Bolivian soldiers came to attack, they robbed the Aymara men of the wagons they had placed outside the village, and the wagons in the hands of the troops outside were supposed to be the trophies they had taken from the Bolivian soldiers.

"Benadi, you go to the back to look after the people, and I'll go outside to meet their leader." The old patriarch commanded.

"Patriarch, let me go with you, with me by my side, I can protect your safety."

"No, if they want to do something bad to us, they can send troops to attack the village, and they can't arrest me." The old patriarch waved his hand and refused.

The old patriarch made a lot of sense, after the Indian village was attacked by Bolivian soldiers, the defensive fence and the young and strong people in the tribe suffered serious losses, and if the Chinese troops were hostile to them, they only needed one round of cavalry to occupy the Indian village, and the remaining Indians could not pose a threat to the Chinese cavalry.

After instructing the affairs of the village, the old patriarch took the two elders of the clan to meet Li Mingyuan.

The old Indian patriarch walked up to Li Mingyuan with a wooden cane, bowed down and saluted: "Friends from afar, thank you for rescuing my people, the Aymara people will always remember your kindness." ”

After listening to the words of the translator, Li Mingyuan jumped off his horse and said with a smile: "The Han people are a peace-loving nation, and we will not let go of unfair things. ”

Li Mingyuan's demeanor was gentle, and the Chinese cavalry around him did not show a domineering posture, and the old patriarch's mood was much more relaxed, and he was no longer worried that the Chinese would be unfavorable to them.

Li Mingyuan exchanged a few words with the old patriarch with the help of the interpreter, and then pointed to a carriage road: "We are here today to be friends with the Aymara people, and the muskets on the three carriages over there are our gifts to the Aymara people." ”

There were about one hundred and fifty muskets on the three wagons, equipped with enough ammunition to greatly enhance the defenses of the Indian villages.

Zhao Erlang acted as a translator and told the old patriarch Li Mingyuan's words, the old patriarch excitedly took Li Mingyuan's hand and said something for a few minutes, without Zhao Erlang's translation, Li Mingyuan also knew that the old Indian patriarch was saying some words of gratitude, Li Mingyuan slowly let go of the old patriarch's hand, and said with a smile: "These muskets already belong to the Aymara people, and the patriarch can let the warriors of the clan transport them to the village." ”

The old patriarch looked excited, and greeted the two old Indians beside him, and the two immediately walked back, and then the fence was removed, and more than a hundred Indians were neatly arranged on both sides.

At this time, Zhao Erlang reminded loudly: "Shizi, they are welcoming you to the village. ”

In order to deal with the possible hostile behavior of the Bolivian army, Li Mingyuan made a special trip to the village of the Aymara people to develop good relations with them as potential allies in the future.

The Chinese troops came into contact with the Aymara twice before and after, this time not only helping them drive away the invaders, but also taking out more than 150 muskets as gifts to them, and the Chinese troops made a series of acts of goodwill that won the friendship of the Aymara people, so they were wary and welcomed the Chinese troops into their villages.

Li Mingyuan let most of the cavalry be stationed outside the village, and he brought more than 100 cavalry and followed the old patriarch into the village.

The Aymara villages were built along the valley, and at the narrowest point of the valley, a fence of seventy or eighty meters was built as a fortification, separating the villages in the valley from the outside.

Different from the traditional Chinese wooden buildings, the Aymara people's living rooms are low, circular buildings made of clay and bricks, and the whole building has only one doorway, similar to the cave on the Chinese Loess Plateau.

Inside the doorway, Indian children bared their heads and stared curiously at the strangers riding tall horses outside.

When asked the Indian patriarch around him, Li Mingyuan learned from him that the building where the Indians lived was called Chulpa, which could not only withstand the bad weather on the plateau, but also serve as a burial chamber to cover the dead.

However, with the centuries of European colonization, the Aymara gradually abandoned the practice of burying the dead in Churpa and turned to burial.

Walking to the center of the village, there were more than a hundred wounded Indians sitting in the surrounding clearing, and eighty or ninety corpses were placed next to them.

Li Mingyuan ordered the cavalry to dismount and slow down to walk into the wounded Indians.

"Old Patriarch, I have Langzhong in my troops, and I can ask them to help heal the wounded Aymara."

The injured Aymara people were simply treated and bandaged with herbal medicines, and Li Mingyuan couldn't stand it, so he offered to let the Chinese Langzhong help heal.

The old patriarch has not seen the effect of the Chinese Langzhong in curing diseases, but from the sophisticated weapons and equipment of the Chinese cavalry, it can be seen that the development of Chinese civilization is no worse than that of the white people, and the white doctors and missionaries, the old patriarch has seen that their effect in treating diseases is much better than that of the priests in the village, so in order to make the tribesmen recover faster, the old patriarch promised to let the Chinese Langzhong treat the wounded.

Among the three Chinese Lang who set out with the army, one of them was Lao Lang selected from the remnant village of the Ming Dynasty, and two Chinese Lang Lang did not understand the language of the Aymara people, they first followed Lao Langzhong to help the wounded clean their wounds, and then after treating seven or eight wounded, they dispersed to bandage the wounds of the other wounded.

The old patriarch followed Lang Zhong as he moved, asking the wounded Indians a few words from time to time, and only after the wounded answered that the discomfort was much lessened, the old patriarch relaxed a little.

The Chinese Lang Zhong was busy for more than an hour, bandaging and treating nearly half of the wounded, when an eleven or twelve-year-old Indian boy suddenly ran to Lang Zhong and pointed eagerly to the side,

Lang Zhong followed the boy to the edge of the clearing, and saw an Indian with an injured right abdomen lying on the ground, his face was pale, and beads of sweat continued to fall from his forehead because of the pain.

Lang Zhong quickly took out the medicine box he carried, took out the medicine to stop bleeding, then threw away the rags on the wound, cleaned the wound with potion first, and then carefully applied the medicine.

The situation of the Indians was not optimistic, after treating the wounds, the sweat on his head was still dripping, and his face was getting paler and paler, Lang Zhong shook his head helplessly to the old patriarch who asked, indicating that the wounded man could not hold on.

The Indian wounded realized that he was about to die, but he endured the severe pain and did not make a snort, and although he did not have much strength in his body, he raised his right hand, took the boy's hand with great difficulty, and looked at his child with reluctance.

The old patriarch lowered his head and said a few words to him softly, before his hand was slowly lowered, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he slowly closed his eyes.

The Indian boy shook his father's hand and wept for a while, then shouted "Badu" (meaning death). ）

His face returned to his composure, and he knelt in front of the corpse and prayed in a low voice.

The Aymara people believe in the sun god Inti, they believe that in the human body, there are two souls, once a person dies, the first soul flies to the distance and enters heaven,

The second soul gathers all the good and evil causes and effects of the flesh and stays near the place where the deceased lived.

Because of the severity of the wounded, a total of fifteen Indian wounded died one after another.

In the afternoon, the Indians held a traditional funeral for the deceased, and then buried the dead in the place where they fought in front of the village, so that their second spirit would guard the safety of the village.