After occupying Arequipa, Zhang Ansong led his troops to clear out the remaining troops hiding in the city. The next morning, Huihe and Luo Linshan and others who had returned from the ambush, and Li Mingyuan led the main force of the Chinese Independence Army into the city.
With the experience of occupying Barranca, the Chinese Independence Army quickly stabilized the order in the city after entering the city, and then sent troops to occupy several cities in Puno, Moyando, and Cusco that were empty of enemies.
Li Dawei of the cavalry regiment did not return with Luo Linshan after completing the ambush mission. On the way there, Li Dawei received an order from Li Mingyuan to lead the cavalry regiment to occupy the Peruvian Army Horse Farm.
Arequipa, Ica, and Lambayeque are three famous horse breeding bases in Peru. Among them, the horses produced in Arequipa are the most famous. Arequipa's horse farms are distributed in the valley grasslands outside the city.
General infantry encirclement was inefficient, so Li Mingyuan handed over the task of searching for soldiers and horses to the cavalry regiment.
In a vast valley, more than five hundred horses were grazing leisurely, with seven or eight herdsmen on horseback scattered around. The blue sky, green grass, and white clouds made it a quiet and peaceful scene, but under the calm,
The seven or eight herdsmen riding their horses comfortably did not know that they had become fat sheep in the hands of a group of people. More than a hundred war horses quietly surrounded them from the entrance of the valley. When they were still one or two kilometers away from the mountain pass, the attacking cavalry
They accelerated suddenly and rushed towards the valley like a tiger descending a mountain. After more than a hundred cavalry entered the valley, they immediately divided into two teams. One part rushed towards the herdsmen guarding the horses, and the other part rushed towards the horses.
Seven or eight Peruvian herdsmen failed to react in time. After the cavalry shot two of them, they all dismounted and surrendered.
The five hundred horses in the valley, together with their herders, became the trophies of the cavalry regiment.
"All the surrendered Peruvian herdsmen were taken away. I will need them to take care of my army and horses in the future." Li Dawei stood at the mouth of the valley and did not participate in the attack just now.
One day after the capture of Arequipa, the surrounding racecourses were almost completely occupied by Li Dawei.
Because the Chinese Independence Army attacked Arequipa, many nearby Peruvian pastures moved to farther places. Therefore, Li Dawei, who only got more than a thousand horses in a busy day, was very dissatisfied. This morning, he and the two deputy commanders of the cavalry regiment had a dispute.
After discussion with the battalion commanders, the entire cavalry regiment was divided into seven small detachments, keeping a distance of eighty miles from each other, and dispersed to search the Peruvian horse farms. Once they encountered an organized Peruvian army, the scattered cavalry regiments quickly gathered
, using the rapid mobility of cavalry to besiege the enemy.
"Captain, you are very lucky today. We captured more than 500 horses at one time. The expansion of our cavalry regiment has been settled." said a company commander who was following Li Dawei.
"Things are difficult to handle. The Crown Prince requires the cavalry regiment to seize at least 5,000 horses this time before it can be expanded into a cavalry brigade. So far, we have captured less than 2,000 horses in total. We are still far away from the goal set by the Crown Prince?" Li Dawei
He smiled bitterly.
"We have seized more than 500 horses here, and the other six teams should also have gained something. It is not difficult to collect 5,000 horses."
"Haha, you are so eager to complete the task, do you want to be promoted?" Li Dawei said with a smile.
"Er Gouzi, who joined the army with me, became a battalion commander this time. If I hadn't been promoted yet, I would have to salute Er Gouzi when I saw him. I can't afford to be embarrassed."
"Even if the captured war horses fail to meet the requirements of the Crown Prince, your son will still be promoted. The Crown Prince has clear rewards and punishments. I have reported the credit for attacking the Peruvian reinforcements to the Crown Prince. After we complete the task, your job should come down."
"With the words of the regiment commander, I feel relieved." The cavalry company commander laughed.
"You and fifteen people will bring the captured horses and Peruvian herdsmen back to Arequipa." After gathering more than 500 captured horses, Li Dawei ordered.
"Yes, I humbly obey my order." The cavalry company commander responded and was about to take the horses back when he saw three cavalrymen running out of the valley.
"The commander is a brother of our cavalry regiment."
Li Dawei looked forward and saw that he was indeed from the cavalry regiment.
The three cavalrymen galloped at full speed and came to Li Dawei in a moment.
"Regiment Commander, Deputy Commander Sun reported that they found a large Peruvian military horse farm with about 5,000 horses and 700 Peruvian defenders. In order to ensure the safe capture of the military horse farm, Deputy Commander Sun hopes to assemble the cavalry regiment.
After all the troops are in full strength, we can launch the attack again."
"Sun Yanming is so good. No wonder I only found 500 horses after searching for a long time. It turns out that most of them were hidden by the Peruvians." Li Dawei said excitedly.
"Captain, the tasks assigned by the Crown Prince can be exceeded this time,"
"Well, that's right, my cavalry brigade is a sure thing this time."
"Captain, if there's going to be a war, I won't go back. I'll transport all the horses back together after the war." The cavalry company commander who just spoke jumped up and said.
"Okay, today I am happy to give you another chance to make meritorious deeds."
"Thank you, Captain, for your cultivation."
"Don't talk nonsense. Deputy Commander Sun is still waiting. The whole army will set off immediately."
After Sun Yanming discovered the large-scale military horse farm of the Peruvians, he immediately sent six groups of messengers. Half an hour later, the detachment closest to Sun Yanming arrived, led by Zheng Guosheng, who was the deputy leader like him.
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Sun Yanming focused on being prudent when marching and fighting, while Zheng Guosheng liked to take a sideways approach and use the weak to attack the strong. When he was a member of the Taiping Army, he often attacked the enemy with force, so he was called a desperate pioneer.
Zheng Guosheng was tall and fierce-looking, and looked like a fierce god up close.
"Sun Laosan, it's a good thing that you can still think of me, brother, because I take care of you on weekdays." As soon as the two met, Zheng Guosheng laughed.
Sun Yanming is not the third in the family, and the reason why Zheng Guosheng calls him Sun Laosan is because Zheng Guo feels that in the cavalry regiment, Li Dawei is undoubtedly the boss, and among the two deputy commanders, he is of course the leader, so he
My name is Sun Yanming Laosan.
"Deputy Commander Zheng, I heard that you are going to be the brigade commander, is it true?" Sun Yanming did not dwell on the question of which of the two would be the leader.
"Well, why didn't I know," Zheng Guosheng was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "It must be some meddlesome nonsense. The cavalry regiment is going to be expanded into a cavalry brigade, and the brigade commander is also the regiment commander. How come it's my turn.
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"I'm not talking about the cavalry brigade, but the newly established security brigade next to the Crown Prince. I heard from others that the Crown Prince is very optimistic about you and plans to make you the commander of the security brigade."
"I know that the Crown Prince admires me, Lao Zheng, but we can't be transferred to the security brigade and not fight. No, I will talk to the Crown Prince after I get back."
Zheng Guosheng said seriously.
"Why are you two so happy?" While the two were chatting, Li Dawei arrived with more than a hundred people.
"Captain, the prince wants to transfer me to the security brigade. Please tell the prince that what Lao Zheng likes to do is to charge and fight, and he doesn't want to stay at the headquarters."
"Who said you were going to be transferred to the security brigade? Why didn't I know?" Li Dawei said with a confused look on his face.
"It's Sun Yanming, oh...I know, you lied to me." Zheng Guosheng realized and said with wide eyes.
"It's just a joke." Sun Yanming smiled. It was obvious that the two of them often joked.
"Just joking around, let's discuss the business now," Li Dawei said.
As soon as they talked about business, the two people immediately became serious.
"Captain, the Peruvians have a large military horse farm in a mountain thirty miles away. My soldiers accidentally discovered their traces when they went to drink water in the mountain."
"Are you sure their number is seven hundred?"
"Yes, I sent people to conduct reconnaissance. Except for the Peruvian camps in the mountains, there is no trace of Peruvians within twenty miles."
"Seven hundred people are not many. The cavalry regiment can completely swallow them up. Now we wait for other detachments and take action as soon as the number of people is gathered."