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After capturing Umato, Li Mingyuan asked his soldiers who were proficient in interrogation to prepare a complete set of interrogation methods for Umato.
There is no Geneva Convention for treating prisoners kindly in future generations. In order to extract useful information from Umato, Li Mingyuan directly used the ancient Chinese interrogation method.
Umato, who was stubborn on the battlefield, revealed the information he knew about Cusco's reinforcements after being greeted by a set of interrogation equipment.
It turned out that the three groups of defenders were headed by Umato. Thomas ordered in a telegram to the other two groups of reinforcements to arrive at the battlefield, and the three troops were under the unified command of Umato.
This news was very useful. Li Mingyuan asked Umato to write a letter to Codiat, the commander of the reinforcements in Cusco.
The letter ordered Kodiat to attend a meeting in his army in the name of Umato.
After Umato wrote the letter, Li Mingyuan called a dozen Peruvian prisoners to authenticate it. After confirming that the letter was OK, Li Mingyuan called Luo Linshan and Li Dawei and asked them to lead 20,000 Chinese soldiers and cavalry regiments to replace them with Peruvian soldiers.
Wearing military uniforms, he pretended to be Umato's army and called a meeting between Kodiat and his officers.
Before Luo Linshan and his men were about to set off, Li Mingyuan was worried that Kodiat would find out, so he sent a thousand Peruvian prisoners to follow them.
After Luo Linshan and Li Dawei set out, based on the intelligence provided by Humato, they first sent three returning Peruvian soldiers to deliver false orders. Then they ambush at the location specified in the letter, waiting for Kodiat to take the bait.
After receiving the letter, Kodiat had no doubts and ordered his troops to rush to meet Umato.
After marching at full strength for two hours, they arrived at the pretended Peruvian military camp in Luolin Mountain. Codiat walked into the military camp with more than a hundred troops.
In order to prevent Kodiat from discovering the abnormality, a thousand surrendered Peruvian soldiers stood in the military camp. In addition to the 1,000 ambushed Chinese soldiers, other troops had quietly surrounded Kodiat's army.
"Sir Umato, did you summon me in such a hurry because something happened in Arequipa?" Kodiat asked as soon as he entered the tent.
"Haha, not only the city of Arequipa can't be saved, but you can't save yourself either." Luo Linshan, who was sitting on the chair, laughed.
Although Kodiat could not understand what Luo Linshan said, when he saw that the person sitting in front of him was a Chinese, he immediately understood that he had been deceived. Just as he was about to take out his pistol, he was captured by Chinese soldiers who were ambushing around the tent.
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"Commander Luo, we captured all the Peruvian officers without any effort. The mission entrusted to us by the Crown Prince will be completed soon."
"The Peruvian army outside has not been dealt with yet. Commander Li, lead them to recruit the Peruvian soldiers."
Luolinshan Road.
The 10,000 Peruvian soldiers brought by Codiat ran for two hours. When they sat down to rest, they found that they were surrounded by 20,000 Chinese soldiers. They were physically exhausted and were persuaded to surrender by the captive commander. The 10,000 soldiers became prisoners obediently.
All three Peruvian reinforcements were destroyed. Except for the 2,100 casualties suffered by the Chinese Independent Army during the siege of Hermodut, the other two reinforcements had no casualties. Li Mingyuan was worried about annihilating the three reinforcements and the Chinese Independent Army lost five to six thousand.
The human condition did not occur.
With the surrender of the last reinforcements, Arequipa became a completely isolated city. Li Mingyuan only needed to repair it overnight, and he could launch an attack on Arequipa the next morning.
Iquidoc returned to his home in the city, but did not find a stranger hiding in the courtyard.
Ijidok took off his military shoes, hugged his young wife and fell asleep for a while.
Sun Qisheng hid in Ijidok's house for two days. During the day, they would leave the room and hide around Ijidok's courtyard to observe the environment. At night, they would hide in an inconspicuous place in the yard and wait for Ijidok to return.
"Captain, after waiting for two days, this old boy is finally back." Wang Chenglin whispered in a dark corner by the wall.
"The battle on the Crown Prince's side should be almost resolved. As long as we control Ijidok, the Crown Prince and the others can enter the city early."
"It's a pity that I didn't participate in the ambush of the Peruvian reinforcements, otherwise I could have killed at least a hundred Peruvians in two days." Wang Chenglin said with regret on his face.
"Is killing a hundred Peruvian soldiers worth the city of Arequipa? Once we capture Iquidok, the city of Arequipa will fall quickly. You kid, don't pick up the watermelon and miss the sesame seeds." Sun Qisheng taught him a lesson.
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"What the captain taught me is that I will capture Ijidok alive soon." Wang Chenglin said with a smile.
The night was dark and an hour passed quickly.
Sun Qisheng felt that Ijidok was already asleep, so he quietly walked out of the darkness with his special forces,
There were one hundred and fifty people in the guard force under Iquidoc. Except for two groups of sixty people who kept vigil, the other ninety people slept in the room next to the gate.
Sun Qisheng divided the special forces into three groups. The first group of 200 people was responsible for killing the guards at the gate, the second group of 20 people was responsible for killing the 60 patrolling soldiers, and the third group of 15 people held Ijidok hostage.
After the tasks were assigned, the three groups took action separately.
Sun Qisheng quietly entered the Peruvian soldiers' bedroom with twenty-five soldiers, each responsible for three to four people. He pulled out the dagger he carried with him, covered the sleeping Peruvian soldiers, and stabbed them one by one. There were less than two dozen Peruvian soldiers out of ninety.
All died on the bed within minutes.
The Peruvian soldiers standing guard at night were not so lucky to die. Some had their necks broken, some were shot to death with hand crossbows, and some had their throat bones broken with a palm and suffocated to death.
It took the special brigade a total of ten minutes to deal with one hundred and fifty guards. At this time, Ijidok was also dragged off the bed, and his face was swollen from the beatings of Wang Chenglin.
"Captain Sun, this bitch tried to resist when I caught him, but I beat him up." Wang Chenglin said with a smile.
Sun Qisheng didn't care how Ijidok was beaten. What he cared about was how to cooperate with the outside army to capture the city of Arequipa.
"Send someone to inform the Crown Prince that we have captured Iquidok. Now Arequipa is leaderless. We hope the Crown Prince will attack the city as soon as possible."
The number of people in the special brigade was too small. It was impossible to capture Iquidok and use him to trick him into opening the city gate. Because the Chinese troops outside had been attacking the city for two days, and the commander of the city defense ordered the door to be opened, it was undoubtedly an act of surrender to the enemy. The Peruvian officer guarding the gate did not
I would also believe that Igidok would do such a thing.
Therefore, Iquidoc was held in hand so that when the Chinese army outside attacked the city, he could be displayed to shake the Peruvian defenders' will to resist.
When he received Sun Qisheng's report, Li Mingyuan had already rushed to the gates of Arequipa. When he learned that the Peruvian defender general had been captured, Li Mingyuan immediately ordered an attack on the city.
The main general disappeared, and the enemy's firepower was fierce. The Peruvian defenders soon could not support it. Finally, when Sun Qisheng took the captive Iquidok to persuade him to surrender, the Peruvian defenders gave up their last will to resist and surrendered in Kaicheng.