Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 147 Unexpected Visitor
After the internal meeting in Argentina ended, Ferner rushed back to Corrientes with his guards.

The province of Misiones was ravaged by war, but Corrientes, which borders it, was stable and peaceful and was not affected by the war at all.

"General, Sarmiento is going too far! He doesn't take our northern provinces seriously at all. I can't swallow this!"

In the courtyard closely guarded by soldiers, Fellner complained to an old man in his fifties or sixties in front of him.

"Mitre lured provinces such as Huiy, Mendoza, and Cordoba controlled by Sarmiento to support Sarmiento and oppose the collapse of the Buenos Aires Alliance. The province of Corrientes alone could not deal with Sarmiento and Mitre behind him.

The situation is stronger than people, Ferner, you have to learn to be patient. "

"Be patient, be patient. I have been patient for six years since the general stepped down. I don't know how long I have to endure this kind of life." Ferna became more and more angry. "During the meeting, Sarmiento, with the support of Mitre, forced Corrientes to send 2,000 people to join the reinforcement force, commanded by a general designated by the federal army.

General! Sarmiento is going to take away two thousand troops as soon as he comes to power. If he stays in power, Corrientes will fall into his hands, and we won't even have the strength to resist!
General, aren't you in a hurry at all?"

The old man's face darkened, and he was obviously dissatisfied with the way Ferner spoke.

"General, I was overexcited and said something inappropriate. Please don't be angry, but you are my old superior and the backbone of the local province. The Federal District (referring to Buenos Aires) is too much. What to do is still up to you!"

"How can I be considered the backbone? The provinces of Huiyi and Mendoza were bought by Mitre, and now they recognize Misaento. I am just an old man who was used and thrown away. I have no intention of participating in national affairs."

The old man spoke in a flat tone, with no sadness or joy on his face. If Fellner had not seen his slightly trembling right hand, he would have believed what he said.

"General, you are highly respected. As long as you take the lead in opposing Misaento, many provinces will surely support your proposal. Then we will unite the forces of the provinces to hold Mitre and Misaento responsible for the failure of the war and force them to give up power, so that you can take office and perform the duties of the president instead."

The defeat in the Paraguayan War affected the domestic political situation in Argentina. Mitre was forced to resign from the presidency under pressure and pushed Misaento, the representative of the oligarchs of Cordoba Province, to power, while he continued to control the military command of Buenos Aires. The two of them, one in control of political power and the other in control of military power, united to overcome the crisis of failure in the war. This result was not what Ferna and other representatives of forces from other provinces wanted, so Ferna kept persuading the old men around him to take the lead in opposing it.

The old man next to Ferna is not an ordinary person. He is Urquiza, the previous president of Argentina before Mitre. In the battle between local oligarchic forces and federal centralized forces in 1861, Urquiza's troops were defeated by Mitre. As a result, Urquiza was driven out of the presidency and succeeded by Mitre.

After losing the presidency, Mitre did not let Urquiza go. He secretly supported Urquiza's old rival Delqui and took advantage of the fact that Urquiza's troops were tired and demoralized to capture Antillerios Province in one fell swoop, causing Mitre to lose his base and completely lose the power to confront the government.

Having lost his territory and control of his troops, Urquiza retired in Antillerios Province on the surface, but secretly contacted his subordinates to make a comeback. However, an incident that happened more than a month ago forced him to leave his hometown, which he had worked so hard to build, and live in Corrientes.

More than a month ago, Urquiza was assassinated by more than fifty assassins armed with rifles in his country estate. He escaped thanks to the desperate protection of a group of soldiers who had followed him for more than ten years in the estate.

After the assassination, Urquiza smelled danger and dared not stay in Antilles Province anymore, so he had to leave.

Urquiza has held power in a country for many years, and the experience he has accumulated in political and military struggles tells him that now is not the time to step forward to deal with Mitre. He has been waiting for the opportunity. Therefore, no matter how Ferna persuades him, he will not easily promise.

Fellner's persuasion was ineffective for more than ten minutes. At this time, a guard came in to report the news.

"General, there are three Indians outside who want to see you. He said he wants to make a big deal with you."

"Where did these natives come from to cause trouble? Can't you see that General Urquiza and I are discussing important matters? Get them out!"

Felner was in a bad mood and shouted at the guards who entered the room. "Wait."

The guard turned around and was about to leave, but Urquiza, who rarely spoke, spoke up to stop him.

"It's a bit strange that Indians come here, so it's a good idea to meet them."

Urquiza spoke, and Ferna couldn't refuse, so he nodded to signal the soldiers to let them pass.

Walking into the room, the three Indians removed the camouflage on their faces, revealing their true faces.
"My two generals, I am Sun Qisheng, a colonel of the Southern Rio Grande National Defense Force. I have been ordered by the Crown Prince to come and make a deal with you two."

"You are Chinese and you come to Corrientes. Aren't you afraid that I will catch you and shoot you?" Fair threatened in a cold tone.

"I'm here to make a deal with the general. As for how the general wants to deal with us, you should read the terms of the deal before making a decision."

Sun Qisheng spoke calmly and did not take Ferner's threat seriously at all.

The Chinese uprising troops reorganized and established a troop system in Arequipa, Peru. Although the Intelligence Department under the General Staff was established early on, the Chinese troops had no opportunity to arrange personnel to obtain intelligence during the thousands of miles of expedition.

By occupying Rio Grande do Sul, the Chinese in South America had a stable base. Intelligence work was rapidly carried out with the support of Li Mingyuan. The first batch of intelligence personnel were mainly selected from the special forces. The selected special forces soldiers and a part of the Ming Dynasty survivors formed an advance team, disguised as Indians and went deep into the mountainous area in northern Argentina. They were responsible for establishing a base in the mountains, absorbing Indians to expand their strength, and making advance preparations for the future actions of the Chinese troops.

In addition to developing his own intelligence personnel, Li Mingyuan also instructed the Intelligence Department to use bribery and other means to develop foreigners as intelligence agents and obtain intelligence from them.

Brazil and Argentina are the main regions where the Chinese develop intelligence personnel. In order to conduct intelligence work, the Chinese pay large sums of money to bribe small Argentine businessmen and ordinary people doing business in the border areas. After several months of screening and investigation, the Intelligence Department identified more than 20 Argentines as long-term intelligence personnel, from whom they obtained basic information about the main forces in Argentina and the conflicts between the various forces.

Based on the intelligence obtained, Li Mingyuan secretly instructed Sun Qisheng to meet with Ferner to seek cooperation between the two parties.

Sun Qisheng was not afraid of Ferner's threat. He turned around and signaled the two men beside him to take out the letters they carried with them.

The letter was written in code on two pieces of paper. Two disguised Chinese officers took out the letter, processed it with a special pen they carried, and then changed the code into plain text and wrote it on a piece of paper.

In the eyes of Ferna and Urquiza, it was not too surprising that the Chinese used secret codes to deliver letters. After the invention of the telegraph, countries with the conditions had begun to use telegraph codes to transmit information, and recording secret codes on paper was just a traditional way of transmitting intelligence, which was not considered very advanced.

After receiving the translated letter, Ferner took a few glances at it and handed it respectfully to Urquiza.

There were only a few hundred words on a thin piece of paper, but Urkina spent five or six minutes reading it.

Slowly putting down the paper in his hand, Urkina turned his gaze to the window, staring at the sky outside the window without saying a word.

Fellner looked at the papers on the desk, struggling to make a decision.

(End of this chapter)