Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 51 Passionate Declaration
After finishing the Infantry Drill Manual, Li Mingyuan walked out of the tent. At this time, a figure appeared on the flat ground in front of him.
When he got closer, Li Mingyuan recognized the man as a mid-level officer in the cavalry regiment.

"Prince, I have something to report." Fang Minghong entered the military camp on horseback at a very fast speed and dismounted immediately.

"Why do you come to me instead of training on the grassland?" Li Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Brothers have been training for more than 20 days and are a little tired. We would like to ask the prince for two days off."

"The entire army just had a holiday three days ago. How come they are tired again so soon?"

"Your Highness has a keen eye. I will not hide the truth from you. I want to take my brothers on a long-distance exercise and see if I can catch a few eagles."

Long-distance exercises were a training plan set by Li Mingyuan. It made sense for Fang Minghong to take his men to catch eagles in the name of exercises.

"Haha, you failed to catch my Kurosawa last time, so this time I plan to catch one myself." Li Mingyuan said Fang Minghong's real purpose with a smile.

"It can be used for both eagle catching and training. I hope Your Highness will allow it." Fang Minghong said.

"The military drill was originally planned to be conducted in two days. Since you proposed it in advance, we will conduct the military drill earlier."

"Thank you, Prince, for your help."

"Don't be happy too soon. This exercise is planned. It's not as simple as a cavalry advance of five or six hundred miles. You'll have to wait for a while if you want to catch an eagle." Li Mingyuan poured cold water on him.

"It doesn't matter if we wait a few more days, as long as the prince agrees to let us catch the falcon."

Military training is no joke. Fang Minghong did not get upset about the delay and replied immediately. …

The emergence of hot weapons did not mean that cavalry was completely eliminated. In fact, cavalry still played an important role in war until World War II. Therefore, Li Mingyuan made arrangements for cavalry training from the beginning.

The next morning, all officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guards Brigade assembled and prepared to conduct a 600-mile long-distance raid exercise.

Outside the camp gate, Li Mingyuan rode a tall warhorse and walked up to the three thousand soldiers of the Imperial Guard Brigade.

After seizing 7,000 military horses, the Chinese Independence Army no longer had a shortage of war horses. Li Mingyuan equipped each officer above the battalion level with a military horse and ordered all officers above the battalion level to learn how to ride horses.

Officers are the core of a military unit. The Chinese Independence Army had to travel thousands of kilometers to enter southern Brazil.
During the transition, a commander who can ride a horse has an advantage over an officer who cannot ride a horse, whether in terms of quickly mobilizing troops or saving his life under enemy attack. That is why Li Mingyuan issued this order.

Standing in front of Li Mingyuan were the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Regiments of the Imperial Guard Brigade. Among the three cavalry regiments, the Cavalry Regiment had the most veterans. Out of a force of 1,000, 500 were original cavalry regiment soldiers, and the remaining 500 were also veterans drawn from various units.

The Cavalry Regiment, consisting of two horses per man, is the main assault force of the Imperial Guards Brigade and is commanded by Li Dawei, who also serves as the regiment commander.

As the commander of the Imperial Guards, Li Dawei did not stand beside Li Mingyuan to review the troops. Instead, as the commander of the Cavalry Regiment, he stood in front of the Regiment, holding a saber and accepting Li Mingyuan's inspection.

"The Valiant Cavalry Regiment, the Flying Cavalry Regiment, and the Cloud Cavalry Regiment." Li Mingyuan rode his tall horse past the three troops one by one.
"Do you know why I gave you this name? Li Dawei, as the leader of the Cavalry Regiment, you answer first."

"Report to the prince, the cavalry is fearless and brave enough to kill the powerful enemy."

"The brave cavalry are fearless and brave enough to kill powerful enemies." After Li Dawei's shout, the soldiers of the Cavalry Regiment immediately burst into a deafening shout. Li Mingyuan nodded slightly and turned his eyes to the Flying Cavalry Regiment. The leader of the Flying Cavalry Regiment, Feng Changqing, understood and immediately shouted the slogan of the Flying Cavalry Regiment.

After the three troops shouted out their slogans in turn, Li Mingyuan rode back to the center of the army and said solemnly, "Killing the enemy is meritorious, and the slogan is good," "But this is not the real reason why I named the unit."

Li Limingyuan spoke in a gentle tone, as if he was narrating a story that had nothing to do with him.

"Xiaoqi, Feiqi, and Yunqi are all famous armies of the Han and Tang dynasties. Back then, the Han army with these names drove out the Xiongnu in the north, pacified the Baiyue in the south, pacified the Qiang Hu in the west, and suppressed the Turks in the east.

They are famous and powerful, and all the barbarians submit to them. Their military trumpets are stained with iron and blood.

What about now? China has fallen, the Chinese clothing has disappeared, the people are numb and ignorant, and we have become pigs and sold in foreign lands. "

Li Mingyuan's voice was low and sad. The soldiers of the cavalry brigade in front of him were silent, with unwillingness and sadness revealed in their eyes.

"The Heavenly Kingdom revolted, and they grew their hair and changed their appearance. The corrupt scholars denounced them as long-haired.

Juntian believes in religion, which they call a heresy.

The great Chinese nation regards us as traitors and evildoers.
We were stranded in a foreign land, barely surviving, and the foreigners and natives treated us like pigs and dogs." Li Mingyuan couldn't help but shed a tear when he was moved.

"The smoke and dust of the Han Dynasty is in the northeast, the Han generals left their homes to defeat the remaining bandits, the low chants of the Han and Tang martyrs who went out to conquer the border are still faintly in our ears, but their descendants have become slaves of pigs and dogs, and homeless dogs."

Li Mingyuan raised his voice and said excitedly, "Brothers, descendants of the heroes of the Han and Tang dynasties, tell me, are you willing to be humble and live like pigs and dogs, are you willing to be cowardly and tolerant and be slaves?"

"No" The silent soldiers were like an erupting volcano, suddenly erupting with a roar that penetrated the sky.

"If you respect yourself, others will respect you; if you despise yourself, others will despise you. A person's self-respect is earned by himself, while a nation's self-respect is achieved with the sword in its hands.

Why did the land of Yanhuang fall? It was because it lost its backbone. A nation without backbone and broken spine would be ruled by less than a million barbarians for two hundred years. A nation that does not take revenge and regards its own people as nothing is a nation without hope.

The barbarians rebelled, burned and killed Han people, but their government treated them leniently. Are the lives of Han people so cheap? Can the government easily resolve the issue with a simple "repay evil with kindness"? Is this the kind of country you want?"

"Do not."

"Yes, we don't want such a country, so we launched an uprising and wanted to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, but we failed and were sold to South America as pigs. Should we give up?" Li Mingyuan said loudly in a high voice, "No, as long as I have a breath left, I will not give up hope. As long as I can still hold the sword, I will charge forward.

There is no fairness in the country, and the great powers will not sympathize with the weak, so we must use the knives and swords in our hands to seize the land where we live, rebuild the Han Dynasty, and awaken the soul of the Yanhuang nation. "

"I am willing to be the sword in the hands of the prince and rebuild the strong Han Empire." Li Mingyuan's ups and downs in his speech awakened the blood in the hearts of the soldiers of the cavalry brigade. All the soldiers shouted to express the enthusiasm hidden in their hearts.

Li Mingyuan stopped the fanatical soldiers and said, "The country we want to build is the country of all Chinese people, the country of the Chinese who have shed blood for him. In this country, you are all the masters of the country. There will be no landlords to collect taxes from you, no harsh officials to torture you, and everything belongs to you."

"Long live!" Listening to the scene described by Li Mingyuan, the soldiers shouted like a tsunami.

(End of this chapter)