General Rothschild did not expect that he would receive news of the chaos in Lima without waiting for reinforcements.
What a great help from the Lima authorities!
His own family members are still in Lima. The same is true for most of the soldiers in the army.
At this time, a fleet of ships had quietly approached Chiclayo, a port city in northern Peru, after several days of sailing.
This is a merchant fleet flying the Peruvian flag.
The port staff didn't pay any attention.
In this way, this extraordinary force of the Donghua Army entered the port.
This place is far away from the battlefield, and people never thought that the Donghua Army would use a fleet to sneak attack here.
The headquarters of the Crinio family is right here.
Two regiments of the Donghua Army soon took control of the city.
They controlled the main members of the Clinio family, and through these people, they did not need to continue to attack surrounding towns.
Because the surrounding towns were all under the control of this family. In this way, the Donghua Army quickly took control of several surrounding small towns.
This place is located in the desert area of northern Peru and is sparsely populated. After removing 30,000 troops, there is not much guarding force here at all.
In this way, the Donghua Army was equivalent to controlling the gateway to northern Peru.
After discussing with the young Clinio, the southern Rohirrim finally decided to withdraw their troops.
At this time, after continuous losses, the two men had less than 20,000 troops left.
But the Donghua Army still has cavalry in their hands, and they can't withdraw just because they want to.
But it won't work if we don't retreat. The morale of the army has been weakened.
Many soldiers have their families in Lima, especially those who volunteer.
While the two were discussing, some of the legions in the array fled.
This rout had a chain reaction.
Donghua Army took the opportunity to increase the intensity of its attack.
Now the two of them don't have to discuss it anymore.
The two men also began to escape northward under the protection of the guards around them.
"Don't stop, fight all the way to Lima, let's rest in Lima." Tian Fang kept encouraging his tired men.
This battle has been going on for so long that the soldiers below are very tired.
But everyone thought about going to Lima.
This meant that the war was about to end, and everyone's hearts were suddenly filled with pride, and their strength seemed to have returned a bit.
It is better to chase the poor bandits with courage!
Tian Fang could not recite poetry, but he understood the truth, and he always followed the soldiers.
It has been more than half a year since this war began.
Unable to delay any longer, he received news from Dong Shutong: Several surrounding countries seemed to be preparing to form a coalition to support Peru at Peru's request.
Among them, Peru's ally Bolivia is the most active. Originally, they had prepared troops and stationed troops in La Paz, ready to attack at any time.
But at this time, the Chileans colluded with General Rustu, the original warlord in southern Peru. One occupied the Iquique area, and the other occupied the Antofagasta area.
Rustu also nominally changed his family, pledged his allegiance to Chile, and became a warlord in northern Chile.
Immediately afterwards, Chile declared control of both areas. Bolivia lost its coastal strip.
Although it is a barren desert area, it is Bolivia's outlet to the sea.
Therefore, Bolivia is prepared to solve the problem there first, and its support for Peru can only be postponed temporarily.
In addition, some of the original manor owners in the Hedong area fled to Brazil.
They lobbied everywhere, preparing to ask Brazil to send troops at the expense of the entire La Montaña region surrendering to the Brazilian Empire.
Brazil's Emperor Pedro II seemed intent on agreeing.
It's just that there are some conflicts between the Brazilian Congress and Pedro II, and the two sides are still arguing.
The current Brazilian Empire is a constitutional monarchy, and the parliament has considerable power.
Several areas in northern Bolivia, east of the river, are also already mobilizing.
As long as they solve the problem of Iquique, they will definitely fight over it.
Bolivia and Peru are allies in themselves. They were originally a confederacy and only separated not long ago.
Moreover, there are more Indians in Bolivia and the proportion is also higher.
They were worried about the impact that an Indian victory in Peru would have on Bolivia.
At the same time, they were also worried that the Donghua Army would use the same slogans to incite rebellion against the Indians in Bolivia.
Once these surrounding forces in Peru unite, then the real test of the Donghua Kingdom will come.
Therefore, Tian Fang must find ways to end this war and get the Donghua Kingdom back on track as soon as possible.
Ahead is the city of Lima.
The Donghua Army chased the defeated army all the way into Lima City.
To Tian Fang's surprise, the Donghua Army entered Lima City without encountering any resistance.
They seemed to have entered an empty city, an undefended capital.
All the white people in the city fled north in panic.
The robbery activities in the city ended automatically due to the sound of gunfire from the Donghua Army.
The white people in the city fled out of the city in panic like a herd of frightened wildebeests, leaving only some old, weak, women and children abandoned in the city.
Naturally, Tian Fang had no intention of letting these people escape.
He only left some people to clean up the law and order in the city.
There are still some old and weak people in the city who cannot escape, as well as greedy thugs.
Some people even set fire to the city. This was something Tian Fang could not tolerate. Now all the houses in the city belong to the Donghua Kingdom.
At this point, the war is basically over. All that's left is some finishing work.
Tian Fang was fighting bravely. On the eastern battlefield east of the mountain range, Zhumu women fought bravely and fought several good battles.
She first led her troops to attack the city of Huanuco and eliminated the three thousand government troops who stayed there. Then she led her troops to continue north along the road on the east side of the mountain range and entered the San Martin area where the enemy had few troops.
Then he moved eastward from San Martín and captured the port of La Paz on the lower reaches of the Ucarlia River.
At this point, the Iquitos local army trapped in Pucallpa was completely blocked from retreat.
There is no need for the Donghua Army to attack them, as those people will soon run out of food.
Surrounded by dense hotland rainforest, in such an environment, this army had no other way out but to surrender.
The Donghua Army under Zhumu and the Donghua Army that invaded Chiclayo blocked the roads outside and west of Peru.
Those who escaped from Lima could not escape even if they escaped the pursuit of the Donghua Army.
President Jose and his cronies boarded a Peruvian Navy ship in Casima, a small city in the north, and fled to the neighboring country in the north, Ecuador.
He formed a government-in-exile in Guayaquil, Ecuador, trying to use the power of white people in Latin America to make a comeback.
He is very confident that he can connect these white countries.
Because the Donghua Army's policy of liberating the Indians was naturally contradictory to them.
On the fifth day of March in the third year of Fuxing, Dong Shutong, Zhumu and other Donghua senior officials came to Lima from Cusco.
Here they summoned envoys from various countries and officially announced the establishment of the Donghua Kingdom.
Zhumu served as the queen of Donghua, and Dong Shutong served as the consul. This was a joint kingdom of Indians and Chinese.
However, the ruling class of Donghua Kingdom is not white, which is rejected by most European countries.
In their hearts, they are resistant to this yellow country.
Only Cai Qiming was the first to stand up and recognize the Donghua Kingdom on behalf of the Renaissance Army.
Then Prussia, Austria and some German states also recognized Donghua.
As for other countries in Asia, they have not yet adopted the habit of sending envoys abroad.
In fact, as long as Dong Shutong sends people to visit China, he can attract a lot of countries that have diplomatic relations with him.
But nothing else matters. As long as the Renaissance Army recognizes them.
This is just a situation.
Next, Dong Shutong announced a series of Donghua Kingdom's decrees.
First, they do not recognize all treaties signed by the Peruvian government with foreign countries, which means they do not recognize their debts. Naturally, some countries will be unhappy.
But they were unhappy, and Donghua didn't care. Originally, Britain, France and other countries were not prepared to recognize Donghua.
Second, Donghua will redistribute domestic land. Each citizen recognized by the Kingdom of Donghua will be allocated a certain amount of land based on head count. The remaining land will be owned by Donghua and controlled by the state.
This can capture the hearts of the Chinese and Indians in one fell swoop.
Originally, a large number of Peruvian Indians' land was expropriated by white people. They could only struggle in the barren mountains or work for white people and accept exploitation.
Now that they can acquire land, they are naturally willing to stand up and protect the property they have acquired.
Third, all the mines in Donghua will be nationalized and mined by state-organized companies or contracted out. This will be Donghua's main source of income, and Dong Shutong will definitely grasp it.
Fourth, Donghua will establish a standing defense force of 100,000 people. Any country that dares to interfere with the correct choice of Donghua people will suffer iron-blooded revenge.
The number of 100,000 is the highest among South American countries. For Donghua's size, it can also be said to be a military force.
The surrounding countries that were preparing to join the coalition to attack Donghua were shocked. They felt that Donghua was going to fight them to the death.
Donghua Kingdom naturally cannot afford to support such a large standing army based on its own strength.
But Dong Shuheng was rich. Cai Qiming signed a series of treaties with Donghua on behalf of the Renaissance Army according to the previously decided plan. The first was a military alliance treaty.
According to this treaty, the Renaissance Army will provide a series of military assistance to Donghua. It can even directly mobilize troops to support Donghua when it is attacked.
Then there is a rich economic aid treaty.
The Renaissance Army will help Donghua mine mineral resources, and then Donghua will use these mineral resources to mortgage the Renaissance Army to obtain a huge loan worth 50 million silver dollars.
This loan will be used for Donghua’s domestic post-war reconstruction, reconstruction and expansion of ports, roads and other infrastructure.
The guano mines, saltpeter mines, copper mines, silver mines, gold mines, etc. that Donghua currently controls are all scarce resources for the Renaissance Army.
As long as Donghua is still there, the Fuxing Army will not lose the money it borrowed.
In order to enable Donghua to have the ability to protect its own maritime borders.
Donghua also transferred all the two ironclad ships "Fuyuan" and "Zhenyuan" built in Prussia to Donghua.
Moreover, this fleet has already set off from Prussia. Under the leadership of leader Nie Dahua, they are heading south along the Atlantic Ocean.
They just returned home along the route provided by the country, not knowing that many of them would stay and serve in a Chinese country called Donghua Kingdom.
After their service period expires, they can choose whether to stay in Donghua.
Originally, they were just planning to return to China via Donghua.
Now they have become members of the Donghua Kingdom on the way.
Of course, these two warships are all elites who were sent to study abroad in the early days. Not all of them will stay in Donghua, and many will return to China.
Ordinary sailors on the two warships will be replenished through other means.
Suddenly, he passed by two more armored warships, which made Liu Dahai feel a little disappointed. Originally, these two warships belonged to his Nanyang Navy.
Of course, this was something Dong Shuheng had decided from the beginning.
Because Dong Shuheng felt that these two warships did not match the warships of the Renaissance Army.
Keeping the warship models unified can provide great convenience for the maintenance of warships.
Now the Renaissance Army is at the forefront of the world in manufacturing ironclad ships.
There is no need to build another Wanguo brand fleet.
Dong Shuheng strives to make the Fuxing Army the standard setter for ironclad ships and lead the future development of ironclad ships.
Instead of following others and engaging in an arms race.
He knew that the replacement of ironclad ships would be very fast in the future, and their costs would also become higher and higher.
He does not want the future Renaissance Army to be dragged down by the huge shipbuilding plan, but wants to lead the shipbuilding trend to bring down others.
The current shipbuilding competition between Britain, France and other countries also includes Dong Shuheng’s influence.
Dong Shuheng's golden finger has opened several historical valves in advance.
This time he pointed to the arms race, which will directly lead to a war in Europe in the future.
He first made everyone realize the superiority of ironclad ships through the Battle of Manila.
Then he helped Prussia advance the ironclad ship plan, allowing the ironclad ship to officially debut in Europe, which greatly accelerated the construction speed and scale of ironclad ships in Britain, France and other countries.
The construction of ironclad ships consumes more resources than wooden warships and involves a wider range of industrial sectors. Large-scale construction will inevitably become a burden for many countries.
In the era of ironclads, the performance of battleships had a greater impact on the success of naval battles.
Therefore, in the future, everyone will definitely continue to increase the tonnage of their warships, enhance their protection, and increase the power of their artillery.
Just like the relationship between spear and shield, it can never be reconciled and has no end.
After this batch of eight destroyers is built, the Renaissance Army will not start building so many warships at once, and may only produce one or two at a time.
With these sixteen ironclad ships and artifacts such as torpedoes, the Renaissance Navy is enough to defend against any attack at sea.
Of course, there are still shortcomings if the expedition is to be carried out. After all, the tonnage of these warships is not large enough.
He will also free up some production capacity to help the vassal countries build their own fleets.
For example, those small Chinese countries in Nanyang, and vassal states such as Siam, Burma, the Kingdom of Korea, and the Japanese Shogunate.
They can also have their own ironclads.
In this way, the Renaissance Army will no longer have to maintain so many warships.
If a war really breaks out, the warships of these countries can be united to form a combined fleet.
This is equivalent to asking the vassal country to help you raise warships.
He can also help these vassal states to support their naval officers and soldiers, so that they no longer have to worry about inconsistent command methods.
With these two ironclad ships, even all the fleets of white countries in South America combined can easily crush them.
This is definitely not alarmist. Two ironclad ships are enough to compete with all the navies of South America.
Therefore, the affairs of these two ironclad ships must be kept strictly confidential.
Dong Shuheng had long thought that the establishment of Donghua would turn the surrounding areas of Peru into a powder keg in South America.
It's like the restoration of the Jewish nation in the Middle East. It's like planting a tiger in the territory of a pride of lions.
These lions must attack the tiger together.
Fortunately, the government efficiency of these Latin American countries is relatively low. The main reason is that each country is under the control of warlords and big forces, and it is impossible to form a strong government.
What's more, they don't have heroes like Bolivar and San Martín who respond to everything.
The remaining people are all profit-seeking, short-sighted capitalists and estate owners.
If we expect these people to do something, unless the Donghua Army bullies them now, they will have to wait.
After order was restored in Lima, the concentration camps that originally held Indians were also recovered.
All the Indians imprisoned inside were also rescued.
Dong Shutong also summoned representatives from various countries to go to the scene to examine the crimes of the Peruvian government.
Recently, newspapers from countries around Donghua have been deliberately blackening Donghua.
It mainly means that they massacred white people and carried out racial liquidation.
These reports will also reach Europe.
Dong Shutong is no longer the small businessman under the Qing Dynasty. In recent years, he has been studying white people's books and newspapers.
He knew that he could not allow such rumors to spread. Otherwise, there might really be hot-headed white Europeans coming to South America to participate in the jihad.
At that time, even with the support of the Renaissance Army, the Donghua Kingdom would be difficult to deal with.
So after thinking again and again, he decided to release the ordinary white people after review and return their property if they were willing to swear allegiance to Queen Zhumu.
Let them continue to live in Donghua, especially those with professional skills.
He even allowed Catholicism to continue to exist in Donghua, allowing those white people to retain their own beliefs.
But those Indians who were deceived or forced into Christianity must be re-indoctrinated by the priests.
This is limited to ordinary people. Those mine owners and manor owners will definitely fail the review, and their properties will definitely be confiscated.
This is already a fait accompli. After all, Dong Shutong was not prepared to give back what he had received.