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On a small island near Puerto Rico, shopkeeper Wang and the dark-skinned man walked into a simple wooden house.
When I saw a strong man with a yellow scarf on his head, he was the general Hou Taiyuan in the mouth of shopkeeper Wang. He was a subordinate of the Taiping Rebellion's naval commander, Prince Mori Hou Yutian.
After the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hou Taiyuan fled to Hong Kong with five to six hundred Taiping sailors. As a result, he was hunted down by people sent by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Hong Kong. He had no choice but to sell himself to Cuba, and then killed him when he was about to reach his destination.
He overcame the guards on the ship, robbed five or six merchant ships, and started piracy in the Caribbean.
"Brother Nagata, why are you so anxious to see me?" Hou Taiyuan asked.
"General Hou, in the past few days, there have been ships transporting Chinese workers from Cuba to Peru. I feel that they are doing something unusual."
"I know something about what Brother Nagata said. Four Peruvian ships full of Chinese workers passed through the Caribbean Sea in a week. However, the fleet's defenses were tight and we had no way to rescue them."
“I found out from Sun Liande that the Peruvians spent a lot of money to get these Chinese workers to be released by the Governor of Cuba.
I don’t believe that the Peruvians were good people and rescued the Chinese workers for no reason. There must have been a major accident in Peru, so they couldn’t wait to transport these Chinese workers back." Wang Yongtian speculated.
"Li Han, is there any news from Peru?" Hou Taiyuan asked the swarthy man standing with Wang Yongtian.
"Peru and the Caribbean are not adjacent to each other. Except for transporting Chinese workers this time, the Peruvians have never made such a big move in the Caribbean, so we don't know what happened in Peru." Li Han, who was responsible for inquiring about the information, said.
The Panama Canal has not yet been opened, and there is no direct waterway from the Caribbean to Peru. It will take a long time for the situation in Peru to spread to the Caribbean.
Moreover, coupled with Pedro's blockade of the news, Hou Taiyuan and others did not know about Li Mingyuan's uprising in Peru.
"General Hou, I have a way to not only find out what's going on in Peru, but also to rescue some compatriots." Wang Yongtian said after learning that Hou Taiyuan had no news from Peru.
"If you have any good ideas, please tell Brother Nagata."
"Today the grocery store clerk and I discovered that there are only five merchant ships and two small wooden sailboats in Boqueron Port. We can gather our forces to ambush on the path that the Peruvian fleet must pass, and then launch an attack when they are not prepared.
Seize the merchant ship full of Chinese workers."
"We can still handle two small frigates." Hou Taiyuan thought to himself.
"Just do what Brother Nagata said." Hou Taiyuan's group of pirates now only has more than 300 people. Capturing the merchant ship will not only increase their manpower, but also obtain the weapons and supplies on the ship. Hou Taiyuan decided to take action without much consideration.
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"Li Han, gather the brothers, we are going to make a big deal tomorrow."
"Yes" Li Han responded and turned around to gather people...
After the inspection of the military factory, Li Mingyuan, Liu Pu, and Sun Bin rode horses and wandered around the city of Arequipa.
"Director Sun, your legs and feet are not convenient, but you are very stable when riding a horse, which is admirable." Li Mingyuan looked at Sun Bin, who was riding a horse like him, and praised him.
"Your Majesty, it's funny. Although my right leg is a bit defective, I still have no problem riding a horse." Sun Bin said with a smile.
"Was Director Sun's leg injured in the battle some time ago?" Li Mingyuan asked.
"No," Sun Bin shook his head. "Before coming to America, I served as a staff member in General Liu Jianye's army. Later, during a night attack, my right leg was injured and I was separated from the rest of the army.
To America." Sun Bin briefly introduced his experience.
"Director Sun has a deep understanding of justice, abandoned literature and embraced martial arts to fight against the Manchus. He should be regarded as a great man of China." Li Mingyuan said sincerely.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry. I was dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty's oppression of the Chinese Miao people, so I joined General Liu's subordinates."
"What happened to General Liu?" After the Taiping Rebellion, peasant uprisings in other places did not end well.
Better yet, he went into hiding and went into exile overseas. Unfortunately, he was caught by the Manchu Qing court and executed by Ling Chi. Therefore, Li Mingyuan was very worried about the fate of General Liu mentioned by Sun Bin.
"After I separated from the troops, I learned that General Liu led the troops to Annan."
Annan is the Vietnam of later generations. Now Vietnam is facing the invasion of the French. Soon Annan will be completely reduced to a French colony.
"Annan, Vietnam," Li Mingyuan slowly chewed these four words, and suddenly a name flashed in his mind.
"Director Sun, among the troops transferred to Annan, is there anyone named Liu Yongfu?"
Liu Yongfu was the leader of the Black Flag Army in the late Qing Dynasty. After the failure of the Chinese uprising, he led his men to Vietnam. With his 3,000 troops, he defeated the French attacks many times.
Later, when the Sino-Japanese War broke out, Liu Yongfu led the Black Flag Army to Taiwan to fight against the Japanese invaders. Although he was forced to withdraw from Taiwan because he was outnumbered, he also made a significant contribution to China's territorial integrity. Li Mingyuan admired such a person very much.
So after thinking of Liu Yongfu, Li Mingyuan immediately asked Sun Bin for information about him.
"Besides General Liu, there are not many generals named Liu among the troops transferred to Annan." Sun Bin recalled carefully and said.
"I heard that Liu Yongfu's army uses a black flag as its military flag. Think carefully about whether there is such a team?" Li Mingyuan reminded.
"Black flag?" Sun Bin whispered to himself.
"Your Majesty, I remembered that before I left, I heard that after General Liu Jianye's troops and another rebel army reorganized, they used black pennants as their military flags. I wonder if they are the troops you mentioned?" Sun
Bin raised his head and said.
"Black pennant, Liu Jianye." Li Mingyuan read these two words together.
"Yes, Liu Yongfu is the name he was given after entering Vietnam, and Liu Jianye is Liu Yongfu." Li Mingyuan understood and said excitedly.
Sun Bin and Liu Pu felt a little baffled as they watched Li Mingyuan reciting unknown names.
"Ahem." Li Mingyuan coughed to cover up his gaffe.
Liu Yongfu led hundreds of defeated soldiers to gain a foothold in Vietnam and expanded his troops to several thousand men. Then, relying on several thousand soldiers armed with crude and outdated weapons, he defeated the well-equipped French army several times.
It shows that Liu Yongfu has an outstanding military mind. Li Mingyuan is in great need of such military talents who can stand alone.
"Director Sun, I will give you a task. After we have a solid base, you can take my letter and go to Vietnam to invite General Liu."
Sun Bin didn't understand why Li Mingyuan fell in love with Liu Jianye, who was thousands of miles away, but after all, Liu Jianye was his old boss. After the Chinese established their country in South America, they could bring him over to use his talents, so he nodded and agreed.
There are not enough senior generals in the Chinese Independent Army. Except for Zhou Guozhu, Li Sandou, and Zhang Ansong, the three of them who used to follow the servant Li Shixian and have experience in leading an army are all promoted from the front line. Although there is no problem now, it will not be a problem for the future development of the army.
It will also have an impact.
Therefore, Liu Yongfu, a general who was experienced in jungle warfare, was the talent that Li Mingyuan urgently needed. Southern Brazil and southern Argentina were densely covered with mountains, and the environment was similar to that of the mountainous areas of Vietnam. Liu Yongfu came just in time to be useful.
As for whether Vietnam would be occupied by the Vietnamese faster without Liu Yongfu, Li Mingyuan didn't care at all.
China has been relatively good to Vietnam both in ancient times and after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Without China's support, Vietnam would not have been able to defeat the American soldiers and unify North and South Vietnam so easily.
However, soon after the unification of Vietnam, more than one million Vietnamese Chinese were deprived of their property and then deported. Some of these overseas Chinese returned to the mainland, some were accepted as refugees by Western countries, and a large number of overseas Chinese died at sea while fleeing.
The Vietnamese are ruthless and use the money stolen from overseas Chinese to develop their own industries.
Ungrateful and extremely shameless. Li Mingyuan hated them before it was too late, so how could he care about whether they would be occupied by the French.
Just when Li Mingyuan and his party were about to go back, a cry for help suddenly came from the street. Li Mingyuan did not pause and immediately rode towards the source of the sound.