The center of Bolivian rule is in the vicinity of the first-tier cities of Sucre and La Paz, and after the Chinese Independence Army crossed Lake Titicaca, it has already entered the core ruling area of Bolivia, so Li Mingyuan is particularly concerned about the intelligence and reconnaissance of the surrounding Bolivian army.

For half a century after independence, Bolivia adopted the caudillo method, which refers to a group of military leaders or paramilitary leaders who emerged in the Bolivian War of Independence, who exploited the indigenous Indians by uniting the large estate owners and large landowners to obtain benefits, and maintained their rule by force.

In the century after independence, Bolivia had 190 armed coups of various kinds, and 6 out of 40 presidents were assassinated, so Bolivia's political turmoil continued, and it lost a series of foreign wars.

If it weren't for wanting to find a good place for the Chinese Independence Army to survive, Li Mingyuan would like to take root in Bolivia, but Li Mingyuan was just thinking about it in his heart, and it was unlikely that he would really do it.

This is because the most habitable areas in Bolivia are in the central region, while the south and north belong to the highlands, with altitudes of more than 5,000 meters and the highest peaks at 6,000 meters above sea level. Between the east and west cordilles is a vast savannah, and only those who have plenty of red blood cells and the ability to absorb a small amount of thin air can live in this area all year round.

The Indians of Bolivia have lived here for generations and have adapted to the environment, but it is very difficult for the Chinese Independence Army to live here.

And although Bolivia has more than one civil strife, it is only when there is no external force involved that they dare to do so, but if the Chinese Independence Army intervenes, maybe they will target the Chinese Independence Army.

Although the Bolivian soldiers are not equipped with weapons, they have the advantage of being familiar with the local situation, and they can take advantage of the way the Tibetans dealt with the Tang army during the Tang Dynasty to confront the Chinese Independence Army and drag down the Chinese Independence Army.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the national strength was strong, and the Tubo people who were entrenched in the plateau area were not conquered, and Li Mingyuan did not have the ability to subdue the Indians on the plateau.

Therefore, Li Mingyuan stressed that the troops should not take the initiative to provoke the Bolivian army.

But more than a day after the Chinese Independence Army entered Bolivia, Li Mingyuan received a message that he didn't want to see.

The vanguard of the reconnaissance battalion fought with a small Bolivian unit, and after capturing each other, they released three prisoners, one of whom was said to be a mid-level Bolivian officer.

The reason for the conflict between the two sides, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion said very clearly in the message sent back, it was the Bolivian army that took the lead in provoking, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion had to fight back, and Li Mingyuan could not blame them, because under the circumstances at that time, Li Mingyuan would have decisively made the same decision as the commander of the reconnaissance battalion.

Conflict has already occurred, and what is needed now is how to minimize the harm caused by it.

Li Mingyuan thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better to arrive at the scene in person to make an accurate decision, and the large battalion of the army was handed over to Chen Guozhu, Li Sandou, Sun Bin and other generals to stay behind, and Li Mingyuan led a thousand cavalry of the cavalry brigade to the scene to check the situation.

According to the signal left by the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion, 1,000 cavalry arrived in a forest five miles away from the Aymara people, while more than 50 cavalrymen of the reconnaissance battalion saluted Li Mingyuan respectfully under the leadership of Qian Jianyu, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion.

Li Mingyuan rode on the horse, and did not mean to let Qian Jianyu, who was curtsy, stand up, Qian Jianyu, who was coldly watched by Li Mingyuan, turned red, and did not dare to move if he kept curtsimming for several minutes.

"Isn't it hard to be half-squatting?" Li Mingyuan said lightly.

"I don't dare." Qian Jianyu lowered his head and said softly.

"Don't dare? Didn't you have the guts before? How do you stand still like a little now. ”

Li Mingyuan's words sounded in Qian Jianyu's ears, making his face even redder.

When I first met Li Mingyuan, he was still a deputy company commander, and at that time he dared to put forward his ideas in front of Li Mingyuan.

The second time in the military academy, he was even more valued by Li Mingyuan and was appointed as the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, but this time, under his nose, there was an incident of prisoners escaping, and he felt that he was embarrassed this time.

Li Mingyuan's sarcasm did not dare to reply.

"Explain what you know first, and as for the release of the captives, go back and punish them." Li Mingyuan saw Qian Jianyu's appearance and knew that this incident had taught him a big lesson, so he no longer scolded him, but asked him about the situation.

"Let the captives go and be willing to accept punishment." Qian Jianyu first admitted his responsibility to let go of the prisoners, and then introduced: "After suppressing the prisoner riot, he left more than 20 people to guard the prisoners, and then led a platoon of cavalry to chase down the five prisoners who slipped through the net, and finally killed three prisoners, while the remaining two prisoner cavalry companions gave them time to escape to the Bolivian troops in front. ”

"How many Bolivian troops are there in front?"

"When they came with their troops, they found that they were attacking Indian villages, and judging from the scale of their attack, there were about four or five hundred men."

The number of Bolivian soldiers was small, and Li Mingyuan decided to lead his troops to talk to them face to face, explaining that the Chinese Independence Army had no intention of making enemies against them, and as for their refusal, the only way to do so was to subdue them with soldiers, and then discuss a solution.

On the way here, Li Mingyuan had already thought of a solution in two situations, the first is that if the Bolivians know each other and the two sides shake hands and make peace, the Chinese Independence Army will not interfere in their internal affairs and leave Bolivia quickly.

The second is that Bolivia is an enemy of the Chinese Independence Army, in which case the Chinese Independence Army will choose to cooperate with the local Indians and overthrow the forces led by Bolivian President Mel Garejo by supporting the Indian forces.

The two options have their own advantages and disadvantages, and as for which way Li Mingyuan chooses, it depends on the attitude of the Bolivian army for a while.

At the wooden fence in front of the Aymara village, the Bolivian soldiers who were about to rush into the village receded like a tide, and a dozen brave Indians climbed on top of the fence and found that the Bolivian soldiers fled in panic as if they were in great danger, and did not even bring the remaining wounded soldiers outside the fence.

"Patriarch, the enemy has fled, and the village is safe." After discovering the situation, the Indians loudly reported to the people in the fence, conveying the joy of being lucky to escape death.

The old patriarch was ready to die in battle, and the sudden retreat of the enemy made him not react for a while,

It was only when the cheers of more and more people came that he realized that all this was true, and threw away a wooden spear in his hand, and the old patriarch regained the agility of his youth, and quickly ran towards the fence, and the Indians around him made way for him.

By the time he reached the fence, the Bolivian soldiers had already gone a long way, and only the last two dozen or so Bolivian soldiers were still in his sight.

"Great Sun God, you haven't abandoned the people of the plateau!" The old patriarch was filled with joy and sorrow, and he knelt on the ground excitedly and shouted loudly.

The old patriarch's expression infected the other Indians, who believed that the sun god had saved the village, and all of them knelt on the ground and thanked the gods for their salvation.