Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 64 Got the news
Thanks to Tianjiao for becoming the first disciple of this book, and thanks to Youzisi's hometown for the reward
A sea battle widened the distance between the Victory and the Jenny. The Jenny covered five merchant ships and fought and retreated. By the time the black pirates retreated, the frigate Jenny was more than ten nautical miles away from the Victory.

After successfully repelling the pirates' attack, the frigate Jenny organized a fleet of five merchant ships to meet up with the Victory, but they didn't know that the danger was just approaching.

The number of personnel and firepower configuration of the Jenny were inferior to those of the flagship Victory. Without the cover and cooperation of the Victory, the Jenny was just a fat duck in Hou Taiyuan's eyes, tempting him to capture it.

"Li Han, you lead two small boats to intercept the merchant ships, and the rest of you listen to my command and capture the warships in front." Hou Taiyuan gave an order, and four pirate ships, three small and one large, immediately set sail and headed straight for the Anne and the five merchant ships.

Hou Taiyuan and his gang of pirates had been entrenched in the Caribbean for four years and had rich combat experience. They took advantage of the Anne's slackness and quickly approached the other side. In a short while, the two pirate ships were connected to the hull of Anne.

The captain of the Jenny was shocked when he encountered pirate attacks again, and hurriedly ordered his sailors to fight.

The collision between the pirate ship and the Jenny caused the Chinese pirates on the ship to shake. Hou Taiyuan held the reins of the ship and, with the help of the force of the collision between the two ships, jumped onto the deck of the Anne.

After being hit by the pirate ship, the sailors on the Anne had not yet stabilized themselves when they saw a tall and strong man with a yellow scarf on his head jumping onto the boat.

Hou Taiyuan kicked down two sailors who stepped forward to stop him, then drew the big knife from behind and slashed at the sailors who attacked from the side.

"Shoot quickly." More and more pirates boarded the ship, and the situation was very unfavorable for the sailors on the ship. The captain of the Jenny shouted anxiously.

After a round of shooting, the sailors need some time to reload bullets, but Hou Taiyuan did not give them this opportunity.

Hearing the loud orders from a bearded officer in front of him, Hou Taiyuan immediately aimed at him, clenched his sword with both hands, and quickly killed the two sailors who were standing in front of the bearded captain. In his frightened eyes, a flash of sword light appeared, and the bearded captain's head flew up and landed in front of a group of resisting sailors.

The captain of the Jenny was killed, and the disadvantaged sailors on the ship suddenly lost the will to resist and laid down their weapons in surrender.

Before the Victory arrived to reinforce, the Chinese pirates resolved the battle cleanly and neatly, which made Medellin on the Victory so angry that he stomped his feet.

"Major, quickly order the warships to meet the enemy and rescue the captured ships." When the Victory arrived at the battle area, the Jenny and two merchant ships had already been controlled by Chinese pirates.

That's why Manuel is so anxious.

"No, the situation has changed now. The pirates are more powerful than us. If we rush forward rashly, I'm afraid we will be caught in it." After Medellin calmed down, he sensed a hint of conspiracy.

"I suspect the previous group of pirates are in cahoots with them. They first made a feint attack to separate us from the Jenny, and then took advantage of our absence to capture the Jenny and the merchant ship," Medellin analyzed.

Manuel was concerned about whether he could complete the mission, but he cared more about his own life. If he was killed by pirates while rescuing the Chinese workers on the two merchant ships, it would be a loss.

"Then what should we do now?"

"Gather the remaining merchant ships and evacuate this sea area immediately." Medellin was worried that there were more pirates lying in ambush than the ones in front of him, so he made a decisive decision to prevent possible dangers.

Together with the remaining three merchant ships, the Victory quickly evacuated under the surveillance of Chinese pirates.

"General, I thought there would be another fierce battle, but I didn't expect them to just run away."

"Maybe they thought we were in the same group as Babu, and they were afraid of an ambush so they ran away early." Hou Taiyuan speculated.

"It's a pity that the other three merchant ships were not captured, otherwise we could have rescued more Chinese workers." Wang Youtian said.

"Our ability is limited. It's good enough that we can save the brothers on two boats." Hou Taiyuan patted Wang Youtian on the shoulder.

Wang Youtian nodded to show his understanding. …

Feilong Island, the lair of Chinese pirates, Hou Taiyuan and others who returned victoriously were drinking in the simple wooden house on the island. "General, this time we seized two merchant ships, a warship, 42 guns, and some food supplies." Wang Youtian was not only the person in charge of gathering intelligence, but also the chief steward of Feilong Island.

He reported the supplies seized in this battle to Hou Taiyuan.

"With one warship and two merchant ships, our strength has more than doubled."

"Yes, there are a total of 617 Chinese workers on the two merchant ships. With their joining, our number will reach about 1,000." Wang Youtian said.

"A thousand people. I remember when I was under King Mori, I also had a thousand people under my command." Hou Taiyuan recalled.

"All the brothers of the Heavenly Kingdom were killed or wounded, and the rest either sold themselves as laborers or hid everywhere." The demise of the country they had fought for in the past is an indelible pain in the hearts of the remaining Taiping Army. Whenever they have free time, they will inadvertently recall the past.

"Let's not talk about these sad things. After dinner, let's go and interrogate the captured prisoners and find out why they bought Chinese workers." Hou Taiyuan said. ...

There were more than twenty Peruvians on the captured merchant ship. From them, Hou Taiyuan learned the news of Li Mingyuan's uprising.

"What? Chinese workers rioted and occupied the southern region of Peru?" Hou Taiyuan stood up in disbelief.

"We didn't dare to deceive the leader. The Chinese workers occupied southern Peru. Releasing all the Chinese workers led to a shortage of labor in the country, so we went to Cuba to buy Chinese workers to fill the labor gap." The Peruvian being interrogated did not know about the transaction between Pedro and Li Mingyuan, so he said what he heard.

"Li Mingyuan?" Wang Youtian repeated the name doubtfully, but he had no impression of it in his mind.

"Your Highness the Prince of Attendant's eldest son is called Li Mingyuan. I wonder if they are the same person?" In the late period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there were a large number of princes, and the princes had even more sons, so Hou Taiyuan was not very familiar with Li Mingyuan.

"The rebellious Chinese workers called their leader the Prince, who should be the same person you are talking about." Some of the Peruvians who were chosen to trade the Chinese workers this time understood Chinese. After understanding Hou Taiyuan's words, the Peruvian being interrogated took the initiative to answer.

"I remember that the Prince of Shiwang was only sixteen years old. How could he lead the Chinese workers to successfully revolt?" Hou Taiyuan still found it hard to believe.

"General, no matter whether the one who occupied southern Peru was the Prince of Shi, he is still a member of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. We should contact our Taiping brothers in Peru and find out about the situation there." Wang Yongtian interrupted.

"Brother Nagata reminded me that I forgot about the important things in my excitement." Hou Taiyuan said with a smile.

The successful uprising of hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers in Peru gave Hou Taiyuan hope of rebuilding the kingdom of heaven.

He walked around the table excitedly and said excitedly, "Li Han, Youtian, we will set off immediately tomorrow and rush to southern Peru to support the brothers in Heaven to fight the enemy."

"General, no, there is no sea route from here to Peru. We can't get through at all."

The Panama Canal was not opened, and traveling from the Caribbean Sea to Peru required bypassing the Atlantic Ocean and entering the Pacific Ocean, which was almost impossible for Chinese pirates who were not fully prepared.

Hou Taiyuan realized his mistake and asked Wang Youtian, "Youtian, how do you want to go to Peru?"

"It's impossible for all of us to rush to help the brothers in Peru, so I suggest sending some of the brothers to contact them and then decide what to do next."

Although Hou Taiyuan wanted to help the Taiping Army in southern Peru, he could not lead all the Chinese pirates away, so he ordered, "Li Han, you lead 30 brothers and set off early tomorrow morning to southern Peru."

"Yes"……

I've been having some writer's block these days. It took me three hours to finish this chapter of 2,200 words, so I can only update once. I'm very sorry.

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