Ma San's merchant guards certainly don't have a mass base in Colombia, but they are very familiar with the terrain, and they know more about some strategic points than the Colombian government army. The United Food Company has also been operating in Colombia for four or five years, and the Oriental peoples, who are struggling to eat, are much more sophisticated and tough than the romantic southern Europeans and mixed-race peoples.

The United Grocery Comptoir previously owned a large number of plantations and mining industries in Colombia, which were either large or located on major transportation routes, so the staff of the comptoirs in charge of these places were well aware of the geography of Colombia. Now these employees have also taken up arms, forming a group of homecoming regiments and leading the way, guiding the main force of the merchant guard, and running rampant in Colombia.

These homecoming groups were all driven out by the Colombians before, and their beautiful estates and comfortable lives were all ruined by the Colombians, and some of the unlucky relatives were killed in the riots, so they naturally hated the Colombians to the core. This time I came back with my brother, of course, I had to settle the score with the Colombians. It was not clear who had made him bleed at the beginning, and the homecoming group couldn't figure it out, but they all remembered very clearly what the skin color of these people was. If you can't find the owner, you will be bled according to the color of your skin, and the return to the hometown group has chosen the most simple and straightforward way of revenge, and almost all the places where the merchant guards go are the routines of devils entering the village in the memory of Guoxing's previous life. Colombia's Caribbean region was left empty by the merchant guards, and some of the infrastructure that had been easily built was demolished.

By the time Botun arrived with the main force of the Manchurian expeditionary force, two of the nine provinces on the Caribbean coast of Colombia had been occupied and four of them had been disabled. Ben Chandi's North Sea escort detachment also established two forward bases in Panama City and La Palma in the province of Panama. Bian Chandi did not move his army to further capture the four provinces of Colombia's Pacific coast, firstly because of his own lack of troops, and secondly, to get closer to the merchant guards attacking from the east and provide some support to the guards. Although these merchant guards were well-equipped and well-trained compared to the Colombian army, they were not regular troops after all, and if they lost the war, they might not be able to fight a tough battle. Moreover, the strength of the merchant guards is not much, there are only more than 10,000 people in total, and the commanders are mostly veterans of the regular army, and the specific tactical actions are okay, but they are much worse in the overall pattern. Now that the merchant guards had also stopped their momentum, and in Barranquilla in the province of Atlantique and Valledupar in the province of Cesar were locked in positional warfare, and Benchandi had to be ready to send troops to support them at any time.

The arrival of Botun solved all the problems. As soon as Botun arrived, the Colombian Navy gathered all its forces and wanted to have a decisive battle with Botun, regain sea supremacy, and completely cut off the supply lines of the Manchurian Army. However, more than 30 wooden battleships equipped with front-loading guns could only fail miserably if they went to touch more than 20 ironclad ships. After the destruction of the main force of the Colombian Navy, the Manchurian Army became the Anglo-French alliance that invaded China that year, and established its invincible status in one step.

After the main force of the 50,000-strong expeditionary force landed in Tumaco, Colombia was gone. The Colombian army totaled only 300,000 men, and it was scattered on three fronts, so it was simply unable to form a troop superiority over the main force of the Manchurian Army. Moreover, the equipment level of the Colombian army is generally similar to that of the Gu'an army in the middle period, but the tactical style of play is far inferior to that of the Gu'an army of that year. The Colombian army inherited from its former suzerain, Spain, and although the equipment has been updated, the tactics are still the same as those of the Spaniards decades ago. The Colombians themselves have fought a civil war for nearly 20 years, and have also explored some new methods of warfare based on experience, but their experience is mainly based on weapons such as pre-loading guns, and cannot be matched with the rear-loading guns in their hands. The Colombian army was also considered a strong army in the closed space of South America, but when it met the Manchurian army, which was an era ahead of them in equipment and tactics, they died miserably.

In the face of the fierce offensive of the Manchurian Expeditionary Force, the Colombian army built a large number of fortifications, preparing to pull the expeditionary force into a positional war, and drag down the supply lines of the expeditionary force with a war of attrition. Then Cao Meng, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, taught the Colombians another lesson, guns are important for soldiers, and artillery is important for the army. After the Manchurian heavy artillery was put into battle, all the Colombian officers knew that they had lost the war, and if the war continued, they would have to go up to the mountains to serve as guerrillas.

After a month of fierce fighting, almost all of Colombia's eleven provinces north of the Cordillera Mountains had fallen, and the Manchurian Expeditionary Force, the Marine Corps, and the Merchant Guard were also joining forces in Ibague, and the troops were directed at Santa Fe Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The expeditionary force did not have the strength to fully occupy the eleven provinces, they also occupied some strategic points, and there were still large numbers of Colombian troops fighting guerrilla warfare in various places. However, these guerrillas have all lost their organization and coordination, and apart from being able to cause a little trouble to the expeditionary force in the rear, they will not be able to make any waves.

The José government is open-minded and tough, but in the face of such a situation, no amount of fire can be hardened. Colombia's plantations, minerals, and industries are almost all concentrated in the coastal plains, and most of the vast areas south of the Cordillera are only suitable for grazing, which means that the good places in Colombia are now lost, and if they continue to resist, they can only go to the south to become nomads. Moreover, on the part of the Manchurian Army, except for the relatively high-quality marines, who will not use their hands on civilians, the army and the merchant guards all use Colombian civilians as targets. The Army's claim was to sweep away Colombian guerrillas, while the Merchant Guard said it was to punish the rioters again and recover the looted property. The words are very good, but when they start to attack, they attack indiscriminately, killing people when they see them, robbing things when they see them, and all the places they pass through have become no man's land.

"We have gone too far in dealing with the Manchurian merchants, and all the Manchurians have been summoned for strong revenge, and now we must stop this senseless war!" José wanted to hold on, but the members of the parliament all gave up on continuing the fight. If it continues to be consumed, they don't know whether the Manchurians' supplies will be overwhelmed, but the population north of the Cordillera will be exterminated, for sure.

It is not easy to want a truce, and the entry and exit control is not very strict in this era, except for countries that are closed to the country, or countries with strict entry management like North Manchuria, most places are casually walked. Ma San and others all wandered into Colombia casually, and after the United Non-staple Food Company became bigger, they directly connected with the Colombian government, and Colombia and North Manchuria did not have formal diplomatic relations before. Whether the Jose government was implementing the confiscation policy or expelling the Manchurians, it was directly written to Ma San's non-staple food firm, and even the documents declaring war in North Manchuria were forwarded to the Jose government by Ma San.

The two sides are now fighting in full swing, and the Jose government is unable to get in touch with Changchun, so the hope of peace talks can only count on the mediation of other countries. Colombia's friendly neighbors are really neighbors, and they have good relations with their neighboring countries, but these South American countries, like Colombia, all only know Ma San, and they have no formal diplomatic relations with North Manchuria, so they can't mediate at all, and the Jose government can only count on the help of Western powers. France and Prussia are at a critical juncture when they are competing with each other, and there is no time to take care of such idle things. The British attitude is more ambiguous, Panama is geographically important, and the British have long wanted to intervene, but the British have no reason to help Colombia. This time, the confiscation policy of the José government was not aimed at Ma San's family, but all foreign invaders in Colombia, Ma San was the first victim, and the British were the second victim. If it weren't for the Manchurians taking the lead, Britain would have been ready to teach Colombia a lesson on its own, and Britain would not have been able to be a peacemaker. Goxinga has recently started a war on multiple fronts, and it certainly does not dare to swallow the interests of Panama on its own, so the British are ready to come out to pick peaches at the end.

The Jose government, which had no choice but to find the Americans, was unfortunate that the United States was worse than them at this time. The Eastern Commercial Republic is honestly staying on the West Coast, but the showdown between the North and the South has come to the final critical moment, and President Lincoln has made people plot, and the Americans want to come to South America to make peace, but they are also powerless. In the end, the José government found the old family Spain, and Spain found the Netherlands, so that there was a mediator who could speak.

Guo Xinga didn't want to destroy Colombia, of course, he accepted it when he saw it, and Spain and the Netherlands gave a lot of face in Nanyang, and North Manchuria also had to repay people's family favors. So as soon as Spain and the Netherlands came forward, North Manchuria, and Botun became a part-time negotiator in North Manchuria.

"In addition to restoring the original industries of the Manchurian United Food Firm in Colombia and compensating for the losses and military expenses, the Panamanian region shall be independent and self-governing and become an open economic zone exclusive to North Manchuria and the United Kingdom, and Manchuria shall have the right to garrison troops in Panama, to do business, to have consular jurisdiction, to dig canals, and so on. The plantations and minerals north of the Cordillera will henceforth be exclusively owned by the United Agriculturals Firm, and the newly discovered minerals will also have the right of first refusal. "Botun is not very good at negotiation, he just memorizes the texts, and recalls all the terms that the cabinet has negotiated with Ma San. Of course, the Cabinet also had a long secret discussion with the British before giving these demands.

"Shame on you, this is all banditry!" With such harsh conditions, José said that nothing could be accepted.

"The above clause is a resolution after the referendum of various countries, if your country refuses, our British Empire will also respond to this incident, and it is only a matter of time before we send troops to Colombia!" The British, who refused to come forward during mediation, were very active in the negotiations, and the Manchurians gave them great benefits, and of course they worked hard.

"This treaty is only for you to sign, not to discuss with you!" Ma San ceded part of Ecuador's rights to the Spaniards, and Spain of course had a clear banner.

With José signing his name to the humiliating treaty, South America entered the era of imperial partition. Stimulated by the huge interests of South America, after the conflict in Southeast Asia, North Manchuria and Britain, which had not been dealing with each other well, resumed their relationship as strategic allies, and they sharpened their butcher's knives and aimed them at South American countries.