Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 248 The End
The incident of incitement by lower-level soldiers was temporarily resolved, but the situation in Brazil did not calm down.

On May 5, two days after the declaration of independence, the black rebel armed forces of El Salvador sent troops to attack northward and occupied Camaçari, which was guarded by only more than 100 police officers in one day. Afterwards, the rebels divided into three groups. One group started from Camaçari and headed north to occupy the northern part of Bahia. One group, with newly recruited young black people as the main force, headed towards the interior of Bahia. The last group started from the city of Salvador and took more than 20 captured wooden boats to attack Ilheus in southern Salvador.

The black rebels in El Salvador quickly sent troops to other places to capture cities and seize territories. In addition to the lessons learned from the failure of the previous uprising, the military commanders sent by Paraguay also made a considerable contribution.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. In order to fight against the Brazilian Empire, Lopez Jr. can cooperate with the Han people in South America, and will not miss the opportunity to cooperate with the Bahian black rebels. Moreover, Lopez Jr., who is familiar with the nature of Brazilian blacks, knows very well that the Bahian blacks will not develop into a force like the Han Kingdom, and will not harm Paraguay's expansion towards Brazil.

It was similar to what Li Mingyuan thought. The blacks of Bahia were used as cannon fodder to consume the strength of the Brazilian Empire. Then various support plans for the black rebels were carried out in an orderly manner.

First, Lopez Jr. took out part of the country's tight finances as capital for the black rebels. Second, he used the occupied state of Magrosso do Sul as a base and transported more than a thousand muskets and supporting ammunition to the rebels via inland waterways.

Finally, with the assistance of Paraguayan officers sent to Saldova, and based on the fact that troops from Bahia State were withdrawn to the south, a strategy was formulated to divide the troops into three routes and occupy the entire Bahia State before the Brazilian army returned to support.

The Paraguayan officers who supported the black rebels had gone through many years of war and had rich battlefield experience. Therefore, in the early stages of the rebellion, the black rebels advanced smoothly and occupied nearly half of the land in Bahia in less than ten days. However, as the area of ​​land occupied by the black rebels increased, their control over their armed forces became increasingly incapable of achieving their goals.

Brazilian blacks come from different regions of Africa, and each region is divided into different tribes. Under the unified goal of establishing a black country in South America, although tens of thousands of blacks have joined the rebel forces, those blacks who divide their spheres of influence based on African indigenous languages ​​and tribes are usually responsible for one region each. The rebel regime center in El Salvador rarely issues compulsory orders to subordinate forces scattered around the country before facing an attack from the Brazilian army.

Weak core and strong branches is a problem that all rebel forces will encounter. If the problem of overly powerful affiliated forces cannot be solved in the early stages, it may bring great harm to the rebel activities.

The inability of the El Salvador insurgent regime to effectively control its affiliated armed forces has created a host of problems.

On May 16, a group of more than 400 insurgents left their base and entered the territory of other black militants, engaging in armed conflict with the other side, resulting in more than 100 casualties on both sides.

On May 18, two hundred black rebel forces entered the small town of Lauro in Bahia State. That night, more than 20 white women in the town were robbed and raped, and more than 100 white people, young and old, were abused and killed.

On May 19, the second massacre against white people occurred in Freitas. More than 300 white people were killed and their bodies were thrown into the river. Some of the bodies flowed along the river to the area controlled by the Brazilian army in the south, causing an uproar in Brazil.

On May 22, when the Brazilian army was engaged in battle with the rebels, more than 120 white refugees were killed in a forest more than ten miles away from the battlefield.

The massacre was like a plague, infecting every black rebel who participated in the massacre. At the same time, the massacre released the tyranny and cruelty in the blacks' hearts, making them more likely to choose to massacre again to satisfy their inner perverted desires.

The sporadic massacres by the rebel blacks gradually affected other rebel forces. When the black leaders in Saldoba discovered the actions of their armed forces, it was too late to stop them. The black leaders opposed their subordinates' massacre of whites not for the sake of civilization, but to use the blacks as hostages to use as bargaining chips in negotiations with the Brazilian Empire when the war went badly.

When the Bahia blacks revolted in 1837, many black rebels used this method to keep themselves alive. However, when they revolted again, several insignificant small-scale massacres aroused the brutality in the rebels' hearts, causing the incident to develop in a direction that was out of the control of the black leaders of El Salvador from the very beginning.

It was too late to mend the situation. The massacres were disclosed by Brazilian newspapers, causing an uproar in Brazil.

Brazilian white people claim to be the superior class in the civilized world. Out of compassion, they abolished the black slavery system. However, within a few years of the abolition of slavery, those obedient blacks actually rode on the heads of the white masters.
As word spread of the brutal massacre of women, the elderly and the weak, the Brazilian people, who had suffered greatly from the defeats in external wars, could no longer tolerate it.

In the eyes of ordinary Brazilians, although the wars with Paraguay and the Han Dynasty failed, everyone at least obeyed the rules of civilized people, and there were no large-scale massacres of prisoners and civilians. However, those blacks who benefited from the emperor's abolition of slavery not only did not know how to be grateful and give back, but also split the country and massacred white people. Doesn't this mean they don't take the Brazilian Empire seriously?
With the economy stagnant and internal and external conflicts intensifying, Brazilians angrily marched to the gates of local governments, strongly demanding that the government retaliate against the massacres committed by the rebels. At the same time, young white people living near the rebel areas took the initiative to join the army to quell the Bahia black rebellion in order to protect the safety of their hometowns and serve the country.

The domestic uproar was not over yet. Within two or three days of the spread of the news of the massacre, the Han government quickly made a statement.

“Although there are some conflicts between the Han Kingdom and Brazil, as a civilized nation with a long history of 5,000 years, the Han government strongly opposes any massacre of ordinary people. At the same time, out of friendship and sincerity, the Han government recommends that His Majesty Pedro II, the Emperor of the Brazilian Empire, reflect on the mistakes made in his administration and correct the wrong policies implemented in the country.

Abandon past prejudices, follow the principles of equality and voluntariness, respect the sovereignty and integrity of other countries, and establish normal diplomatic relations with neighboring countries..."

After the Han government issued a statement, the Paraguayan King Lopez Jr., who had been providing weapons support to the Bahia black armed forces behind the scenes, was not willing to be left out. He stood up and bluntly criticized Pedro II for his faults, and dressed himself up as the protector of South American whites. He enthusiastically called on the Brazilian people to overthrow the corrupt and declining Pedro dynasty, cooperate with the Kingdom of Paraguay, and build a great white country in South America together.

The statements made by Han and Paraguay added fuel to the boiling public opinion in Brazil. The people who had initially clamored for revenge against the Bahia rebels now directed their attacks at Pedro II, demanding that Pedro II cancel the preferential decree on blacks and expel all blacks from Bahia. At the same time, Captain Eberle and others who were far away in Bahia on a square mission were not idle. While they were promoting their ideas in the front-line troops, they ordered members of the "Knights of Brasilia" lurking in Rio de Janeiro to spread the news, trying to get more people to agree with their ideas and demanding that Pedro II fulfill his previous promise to immediately disarm the black army and hand them over to the custody of the Brazilian army.

As one crisis after another arose, the boiling voices of the army and the people forced Pedro II to compromise again. He promoted Garcia to the position of commander of the Brazilian Army and ordered the disarmament of the black legions stationed in various places.

The white Brazilians vented their accumulated dissatisfaction from internal and external conflicts on the blacks. Facing the hateful eyes of the white people around them, the spirits of the black legion soldiers were already very nervous. When Pedro II gave the order to disarm, the black soldiers, who were worried about being persecuted if they handed over their weapons, some fled with their weapons, while others openly rebelled under the leadership of a few low-level officers, and then joined the rebel forces through various channels.

The Brazilian Black Legion was established in accordance with the abolition policy. At its peak, its number exceeded 100,000. However, under an order from Pedro II, more than 20,000 black soldiers either fled to inland areas or joined the rebel forces. The more than 30,000 black soldiers who remained were disarmed under the supervision of the Brazilian army and entered a supervision area specially set up for them. As a result, the Black Legion, which had played a significant role in previous foreign wars, quickly disappeared.

Because the Black Legion was directly under the leadership of Pedro II, it had always been disliked by the Brazilian army. This time, using the perspective of the Bahia black rebellion to disband the Black Legion was in line with the wishes of a number of Brazilian military leaders. Therefore, after taking care of the remaining black soldiers, the veteran Brazilian generals led by Garcia quickly organized their troops to the rebellious areas, intending to adopt a step-by-step strategy to solve the rebellion problems that had repeatedly broken out in Bahia at one time.

Thanks to my old classmate Bishanyao for the reward and support!
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