After the Mexican army retreated, Wang Sheng remained in Acapulco, a city that arose out of China and is now becoming more and more Chinese.

He did take a road to heaven, and Zhu Yong, the newly appointed governor of Acapulco, appointed by the American Company, instructed Wang Sheng to form a new army.

What Wang Sheng did not understand was that the main soldiers of this army were recruited from Peru, mainly local Chinese, Indians and Chinese-Indian people.

Wang Sheng speculated that this may have something to do with Zhu Yong's long-term business in Peru, and he knows Peruvians well, the local Chinese are mainly agricultural immigrants, the Indians are fierce tribal members, and the mixed-race children also mainly work on the farms of the American Company, and Zhu Yong has been in contact with these people for a long time.

However, from a professional point of view, Wang Sheng is barely qualified as soldiers, but they are still not as good as Japanese samurai. The Chinese were too mild, the mixed race was more treacherous, and the Indians were brave and brave, and they were not obedient enough. This cannot be compared to the serious samurai who were trained in the spirit of bushido. Therefore, Wang Sheng was a little incomprehensible, obviously there were a large number of Japanese samurai who could be recruited and were willing to kill people for a living, but instead recruited soldiers from Peru.

But he is just a subordinate, so he doesn't think about it, just help train the troops, he is very satisfied with the current state, Zhu Yong "persuaded" the American company, thinking that the current strength is insufficient, it is difficult to deal with emergencies such as another Mexican crisis, so the board of directors decided to recruit 10,000 soldiers, and now Wang Sheng can lead 10,000 people, this is the pinnacle of his life, and he is considered a general in China.

In addition to training Peruvian soldiers, Wang Sheng also had some special soldiers, Indian soldiers from southern Mexico. They were trained as officers, and there was a serious shortage of qualified officers under Juarez, who had fought Carlos before, and these disadvantages were not obvious, because the other side was also half-hearted, and the morale of the other side was always low, and the Indian soldiers continued to defect.

But now it was the two Sicilian armies from the south of the Italian peninsula that occupied the north, and although the Italians were not famous for their fighting power, they were after all a serious European army, and it was more than enough to suppress the Indians. Juarez found that the Two Sicilian armies, both in terms of professionalism and organizational ability, far surpassed their own troops.

So he asked his backstage, the American Company, to help train a group of junior officers, and he could select a group of Indian tribes living around the big cities, and select a thousand young Indians who had attended church schools or city schools, and these people could speak Spanish to facilitate communication.

But if the scale is too large, it is easy to have accidents.

The training was intermittent, and Wang Sheng received another notice to suspend the training of Mexican officers and send them back temporarily.

He took the order and found Zhu Yong: "There is no point in going on like this, I have only been training for more than a month, and I stopped three times." It's better not to train. ”

Hearing the complaints of his subordinates, Zhu Yong shook his head and pointed to the newspaper: "Who told you to accidentally let foreign reporters enter the barracks?" Still taking pictures and giving interviews? ”

Wang Sheng looked at a newspaper photograph of an Indian soldier holding a wooden statue of Juárez and kissing it, with the American Company barracks in Acapulco in the background. Britain and the United States have put pressure on China for interfering in Mexico's internal affairs.

Wang Sheng sighed: "What the hell do you say they are playing?" It's better to fight a battle with a clear sword, a gun, a car and a horse, is it interesting to put pressure on each other like this? No one is clean, we just help train and train officers, give some weapons and equipment. Britain and the United States do not help with transportation, can the Italians come to Mexico? ”

Zhu Yong smiled: "Don't complain." You think we're at a loss? A ship was intercepted in the Gulf of Mexico with three thousand Italian soldiers on it, and Britain and the United States suffered a loss, can they not ask for it? ”

Wang Sheng sighed: "It's still not happy. Fight with them, what are you afraid of? Two razed countries, wiped out like ants. ”

Zhu Yong shook his head: "It's not a matter of fighting, there are above considerations." The exchange of troops between major powers is bound to be protracted. I wish they had been fighting in such a dark way, and if they did, they would be ruined. Neither you nor nor I will live in peace in America. You care a lot about whether Juarez can win or not. ”

Wang Sheng nodded: "Winning is definitely winning." I've seen the Italian soldiers, Carlos's soldiers are stronger, the training is decent, and the weapons and equipment are all given by Britain and the United States, which is similar to what we gave to Juarez. It is the lack of fighting spirit of the soldiers and the determination to fight to the death. And there is no popular support, Juárez's people are now unimpeded in the north, and when the Italians leave Mexico City, there is a risk of a sneak attack. They could also only control a line from Mexico City to the port of Veracruz along the railway. It won't take a few months for Juárez to get through. ”

Zhu Yong trusted Wang Sheng's judgment: "You mean, the civil war can end in a few months." Three months or five months? ”

Wang Sheng said with a smile: "This is not accurate, the army is impermanent, maybe tomorrow Hu Yarez will launch a general attack." ”

Through the agrarian revolution, Juarez won the support of the middle and lower classes, although he offended the native white class and religious forces, but let the people at the bottom really benefit, he already had the support of the people, sent scattered troops, launched a large-scale guerrilla war throughout Mexico, so that Ferdinand II's government could not collect wealth from the people at all, and completely relied on foreign aid. And without the railway, you can't fight, because the transport will be attacked by sneak attack.

Zhu Yong explained: "It is very important for you to pay attention to the battle situation. ”

Wang Sheng nodded: "If you win, you can still be the king in Mexico?" ”

This is also very important, his future is tied to Zhu Yong, and the higher the status of the other party, he will also rise.

Zhu Yong shook his head and said, "Mexico doesn't have to think about it. ”

Wang Sheng didn't hear anything out of the way, and he was really wooden-minded about politics.

"I heard that the king of Italy ran away?"

He had recently heard rumors that Ferdinand II, after ascending the throne, had waited less than two months before leaving Mexico and returning to the Two Sicilies.

Zhu Yong said: "It's true, but it's not running, Mexico is not his roots." He's probably going to lose all his money. ”

Wang Sheng asked, "What happened to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies?" ”

Zhu Yong nodded: "Italy's redshirts are going south. It seems that the war is not going well, and Ferdinand has to go back to take care of his country. How dare you stay in Mexico. ”

Wang Sheng pondered: "In that case, I'm afraid that Hu Yarez is about to make a move, and success or failure will be within this month." ”

Zhu Yongdao: "Are you sure?" ”

Wang Shengdao: "Do you need to contact them?" If it were me, I would definitely take advantage of the enemy king's abandonment to attack. ”

Zhu Yongdao: "Then contact it, but be careful, don't give people a handle." Don't use telegrams, send someone to an interview. ”

Wang Sheng said: "Why don't I go?" ”

Zhu Yong shook his head: "You can't, there are many people who know you, and they all know that you are a senior officer of the company, so it is inconvenient to come forward." ”

Wang Sheng laughed, he is also a person with a head and a face, and he is still a little unaccustomed.

As Wang Sheng guessed, Juarez was really ready to start a big war, and the grassroots officers who were sent back were quickly inserted into the newly formed army by him, and now Juarez's army has exceeded 100,000 people, and the Italian army has never exceeded 20,000, Juarez decided to launch a major counteroffensive to solve the enemy at one time.

Wang Sheng's contact was timely, and if Wang Sheng didn't send someone, Huarez would also send someone. There is no shortage of weapons and ammunition, the Chinese have sent enough arms, what is lacking is funding, and the relationship between the two countries after the victory.

Juarez doesn't really want Zhu Yong to be the king of Mexico, and after the last time, China has made it clear that it will not support its own people to be the king of Mexico, and Zhu Yong has never made such a request, even if he has sent arms again and again, he has not made additional requests.

This made Juarez feel very unsure, the things of the big country are not so easy to take, and it is abnormal without a little demand.

Juárez wanted to establish a republic in Mexico, and when he was in school, he was influenced by the French Revolution, believing that such a republic was the country of the common people, and that the kingdom would always be the state of the powerful.

To his surprise, Juyong agreed to establish a republic in Mexico, but only in Mexico, and Juyong demanded that Juárez relinquish his domination over Peru and Chile.

Juárez is a 100% Mexican Indian, he has no interest in South America, Carlos's rule over South America in the past has only been symbolic, Peru will provide some financial support, Chile has nothing at all. This kind of nominal rule, he doesn't care.

Zhu Yong only asked Juarez not to turn to Britain and the United States after he expelled the Italians. This Juarez recognizes, at least for now, because Britain and the United States are his enemies. Especially in the United Kingdom, the United States is better, there are a number of political forces in the United States that support him, and they do not want Mexico to become a European-style monarchy, but hope that Mexico can establish an American-style republic. These political forces are even linked to Juarez, who is even able to receive some aid from the United States, and his account in the United States is credited every month.

But these donations are insignificant compared to those given by the Chinese, and he still needs to rely on China's strength, especially after repelling the Italians, I am afraid that Britain and the United States will still not recognize him, and he will need China's political support at that time.

The basic attitude is that both sides agree, so it is easy to reach a consensus on the general direction.

Militarily, Juárez launched a counteroffensive at the end of the month, after his army had already approached Mexico City, and the counteroffensive was already a matter of course.

After just twenty days of onslaught, at the cost of five thousand men, Mexico City was captured by Juárez, and the Italian army retreated en masse to the port of Veracruz, where the transports hired by the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were already waiting, and it was clear that they were ready to abandon Mexico.

Because the kingdom of the Two Sicilies was already too busy to take care of itself, it was urgent for this group of troops to return to the country to resist the Red Shirts, but unfortunately it was still a step too late.