The large-scale military horse farm discovered by Sun Yanming was the private property of the Peruvian warlord Tomas. When Arequipa was surrounded, Thomas ordered Morabasse, who was responsible for the supervision of military horses, to hide the main large-scale horse farms together.
Thomas and Morabase underestimated the strength of the Chinese Independence Army. They thought that with the help of three Peruvian reinforcements, the Chinese army would be beaten back soon. Therefore, Morabase just moved the war horses to a village three hundred miles away from Arequipa.
In a big mountain, I wanted to wait until the Peruvian reinforcements defeated the Chinese Independence Army before going back.
"Lord Morabasse, there is no news from the people sent to Arequipa. Is the city of Arequipa in danger?"
"The city of Arequipa is well-defended, and General Iquidoc still has 7,000 elite troops. Even if he cannot leave the city for a decisive battle, there is still no problem in guarding the city gate." Morabasse did not believe that the Chinese army could capture the city of Arequipa, but
He had not heard from Arequipa for two days, and he felt a little worried.
"Send two more groups of soldiers all the way to Arequipa to find out the whereabouts of General Umato."
According to the distance from Puno to Arequipa, Umato should have arrived in Arequipa a day ago. Now that there is no news, could it be that it was delayed due to other reasons? Morabase thought to himself.
Six Peruvian soldiers, each with two horses, galloped out of the military horse farm and came directly towards the cavalry regiment.
"Captain Fang, lead a platoon to stop them and remember to catch them alive." At the exit of the mountain, Li Dawei said to the reconnaissance company commander.
"Understood," said Fang Minhong, the commander of the reconnaissance company, pulled his horse and led thirty cavalrymen to outflank the Peruvian cavalry on both sides.
The Cavalry Regiment is the sharp knife force of the Chinese Independence Army, and the Cavalry Regiment Reconnaissance Company is the sharpest knife among the sharp knives.
"There was an enemy. The Peruvian missionary soldiers noticed the Chinese cavalry that were outflanking them from both sides. They sounded a warning and the six of them dispersed and left.
The standard equipment of cavalry regiment soldiers is a rifle and a saber.
Fang Minghong is different from ordinary cavalry. In addition to his sword and spear, he also has a bow and arrow.
Bows and arrows have withdrawn from the historical stage of war after the popularity of firearms. However, as a cavalry officer, Fang Minghong believes that a real cavalry must be someone who knows how to bow and arrow, so he has always carried his own bow and arrows. Even when he came to South America to work as a miner, he
Also bury bows and arrows not far from the mine.
After Li Mingyuan launched the Chinese workers' uprising, Fang Minghong joined the Chinese Independence Army. Because of his excellent riding skills, he was promoted to the commander of the reconnaissance company by Li Daweiyuan.
Fang Minghong rode his horse to chase a Peruvian cavalryman,
The six Peruvian cavalry scattered and fled in vain. Fang Minghong lowered his right hand and made a free fighting gesture. The soldiers around him immediately understood, turned their horses, and chased the six Peruvian soldiers separately.
The soldiers of the reconnaissance company are quite capable, but the Peruvian cavalry sent by Morabasse this time are not mediocre soldiers. Six Peruvian cavalry rushed left and right, constantly mobilizing the encircling Chinese cavalry, and actually fought with thirty reconnaissance companies.
The soldiers fought equally.
These six Peruvian cavalry are authentic descendants of Indians. Unlike the descendants of European immigrants such as Thomas, they still retain some of the blood of the original fighting nation.
"Brothers, leave one or two alive and kill all the others." Fang Minghong was worried that if this continued, he would let the Peruvian cavalry run away, so he ordered decisively.
Concerned about Li Dawei's order to stay alive, thirty soldiers from the reconnaissance company used the tactic of encirclement and encirclement. Five reconnaissance companies formed a group to surround a Peruvian cavalry.
After hearing that there were only one or two survivors left, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company stopped circling the Peruvian cavalry and sat on their horses and opened fire directly.
The accuracy of shooting immediately is not as high as aiming and shooting on the ground, but if five or six Chinese cavalry fire together, one or two will always be able to hit.
The Chinese soldiers took real action, and the Peruvian cavalry immediately became unable to support them. Six Peruvian cavalry went through two rounds of shooting from the reconnaissance company, and only two Peruvian cavalry were still on their horses.
Surrounded by firepower from the reconnaissance company on three sides with rifles, only Fang Minhong was riding a horse to the south.
The remaining two Peruvian cavalry glanced at each other and rushed towards Fang Minghong in unison.
There was a smile on Fang Minghong's lips. He was waiting for the Peruvian cavalry to fall into the trap. Then he whipped the sitting horse and charged at the two Peruvian cavalry at full speed.
The distance between Fang Minghong and the two Peruvian cavalry was reduced to 100 meters. He held the reins in his left hand and raised the rifle with his right hand to pull the trigger. Using the high-speed impact inertia of the horse, he shot the right hand of the Peruvian cavalry in front that was holding the gun, and was hit in the right hand.
The Peruvian cavalry fell off their horses due to pain and were captured and tied up by the soldiers of the reconnaissance company who followed closely behind.
The remaining Peruvian cavalry looked frightened. There were pursuers behind and a strong enemy in front. He couldn't help but hesitate. He raised his rifle and immediately shot at Fang Minghong. The Peruvian cavalry lost its aim because of panic, and the bullet missed Fang Minghong by two meters.
When the Peruvian cavalry raised their guns to shoot, Fang Minghong had already reacted, threw away the rifle in his hand, and quickly hid behind the horse. After the Peruvian cavalry fired, he fully loaded his long bow and shot out an arrow.
Refers to the thighs of Peruvian cavalry cavalry,
With a scream, the Peruvian cavalryman was hit by an arrow in the leg and fell off his horse.
When Fang Minghong shoots arrows, his first target is to shoot horses, because the horses will definitely fall off the Peruvian cavalry riding the horses after being hurt by the arrows. This is much easier than shooting people.
However, Fang Minghong then thought that once he shot the horse, with Li Dawei's temper, he would definitely be scolded.
There was no way, the Chinese Independence Army didn't have many horses, Li Dawei wanted to use all the horses assigned to senior officers by Li Mingyuan as cavalry. If Fang Minghong shot and killed the horses for no reason, it would be strange for him not to be angry.
After defeating the two Peruvian cavalry, Fang Minghong exhaled heavily. The life of horseback riding and archery was the life he liked to live.
"The company commander's sharpshooting took down two Peruvian cavalry at once." The soldiers from the reconnaissance company who came over praised.
"Company Commander, you are so good at archery. When will you shoot down an Andean condor and show it to your brothers?"
"Yes, Company Commander, the condor that the Crown Prince shot a month ago has recovered from its injuries. Last time I saw the Crown Prince training the eagle in person?"
Every man who serves as a soldier wants to own a war horse and an eagle, and Fang Minghong is no exception.
"No problem. When the troops are repaired, I will ask the regiment leader for instructions, and then we will catch the eagle together." Fang Minghong said with a smile.
After taking away twelve military horses and two captured Peruvian cavalry, Fang Minghong returned to the hiding place of the cavalry regiment.
The soldiers of the cavalry regiment interrogated the two Peruvian cavalrymen in different ways, and they immediately told what they knew.
"Captain, they don't know yet about the capture of Arequipa."
"In order to successfully conquer other places, the crown prince put a martial law around Arequipa, so the news did not spread." Li Dawei said.
"The enemy's situation has been ascertained. Let the regiment commander give the order to attack."
While Fang Minghong was rounding up the Peruvian cavalry, the other three detachments successively joined Li Dawei.
With sufficient manpower, Li Dawei did not hesitate and immediately ordered an attack.