"Lord Morabasse, a group of rebel cavalry is attacking in the direction of the military horse farm." A Peruvian soldier reported urgently from the mountain base.
"Let the defenders block the enemy. Military horses are important strategic materials for Lord Thomas and cannot be lost." Morabasse ordered.
After the Peruvian soldiers left, Morabasse was restless in the base. The military horse farm was located behind Arequipa and hidden in the mountains, so it should be relatively safe.
The large-scale enemy attack now only shows that the city of Arequipa is in danger, otherwise the rebels would not have been able to get here past the Arequipa defenders and three lines of Peruvian reinforcements.
The more Morabasse thought about it, the worse things got. The Arequipa defenders were finished, and there was no news from the various reinforcements. Could it be that they were all attacked by the rebels? But the three Peruvian reinforcements plus the Arequipa defenders totaled three
With more than 10,000 people, it is impossible for the rebels to defeat so many Peruvian troops.
While Morabasse was conflicted, three or four more Peruvian soldiers came running in, but this time they came on horseback.
"Sir, the rebels moved quickly, and our army was caught off guard and defeated by the enemy. Now the enemy has invaded the military horse farm. Our army is in a critical situation and is in danger of being annihilated."
The Peruvian officers who rushed in did not bother to dismount and salute, but directly reported the current situation of the Peruvian defenders to Morabasse.
Morabasse was only an official responsible for the management of the military horse farm. He was not good at marching and fighting, and he did not know what to do when faced with the situation at hand.
"Sir, please arrange for soldiers to break out immediately. The enemy does not have much time left for us." The horse-mounted officer couldn't stand the way Morabasse was at a loss and said urgently.
"Sir Thomas values the military horse farm very much. If we lose the military horse farm, we will definitely be punished." Morabasse said hesitantly.
"It's already this time, why should we care about the issue of whether the crime should be punished or not? If we don't break out now, we will definitely die if we are caught by the rebels. Can't you tell the difference between what is more serious and what is more serious?"
"If you don't run away, you will die. At least you won't die now." Morabasse thought to himself, and then made up his mind, without saying anything, he quickly mounted a military horse brought by the Peruvian cavalry officer and followed them along the way.
After running with them for a while, Morabasse felt something was wrong. The direction they fled was not to the exit of the valley, but to a steep place at the foot of the mountain.
"Shouldn't we run towards the exit of the valley to escape? How do we go towards the mountains?" Morabasse asked.
"The mountain pass has been blocked by the rebels. Going over there is a dead end, but there is a steep path here, and we can pass through it."
"So that's how it is." Morabasse suddenly said. Five or six people rode forward and ran for a while, and sure enough they found a path on the edge of the cliff, only allowed for one person to pass.
"Sir, please dismount quickly and pass, otherwise we will be discovered by the rebels, and none of us will be able to escape."
"I'll come." Morabasse dismounted and looked at the steep cliff with some fear. At this moment, several sounds of giant objects falling into the water were heard from under the cliff. Morabasse looked down and saw that all six horses fell.
into the water,
Before he could ask questions, the leading Peruvian officer said, "Leaving the army horses here will leave clues for the rebels. If they are withdrawn into the water, they will not be discovered."
Morabasse no longer cared about the lives of the seven hundred Peruvian soldiers at the military horse farm. Of course he would not care about a few army horses. After looking at the horse carcasses flowing under the cliff, Morabasse suppressed the fear in his heart and took the lead in passing through the path. Then others
The people followed and left.
The military horse farm in the mountains was quite large, and it took Li Dawei and his cavalry regiment two hours to clear out all the Peruvian soldiers in the valley.
"Captain, according to the prisoners' oral information, the person in charge of the military horse farm has not been caught." In a cave at the military horse farm, Fang Minghong, the commander of the reconnaissance company, reported to Li Dawei.
"Bi Mawen, who was guarding the horse, ran away," Li Dawei said nonchalantly.
"Have you calculated the number of horses seized?" Li Dawei then asked.
"The Peruvians took advantage of our attack and let go of some of their horses. Now our army has captured 4,500 horses."
"Our people are guarding the mountain pass. Uncaught military horses cannot escape. Immediately send soldiers to search in the valley. On the one hand, we are looking for the lost military horses, and on the other hand, we are sorting out the remnants of the enemy who have slipped through the net."
"yes"……
The cavalry regiment spent several hours searching for the horses, and it was not until dark that they found all the missing horses. During the search, the cavalry regiment soldiers captured more than a hundred Peruvians who were hiding.
The military horse farm was far away from the Peruvian sphere of influence, so there was no need to worry about their attacks, so Li Dawei sent a letter of retribution to Li Mingyuan and then spent the night at the military horse farm.
When Li Mingyuan received Li Dawei's letter, it was already the next morning. The troops dispatched in the past two days continued to receive good news. Some of them occupied a small town here, and some of them rescued hundreds or thousands of Chinese workers there.
There have been dozens of similar good news reports.
However, although Li Mingyuan was happy when he received the good news, he was not as excited as when he saw Li Dawei's letter.
When Li Mingyuan gave Li Dawei the target of 5,000 military horses, it was just to encourage him to work harder. In fact, in Li Mingyuan's heart, he would be very satisfied if he could get 3,000 military horses. Unexpectedly, Li Dawei not only completed the task, but also unexpectedly captured more
Two thousand horses really solved a problem for the Chinese Independence Army to move in.
From Peru to southern Brazil, with fighting in Paraguay in between, the Chinese Independence Army needed a lot of logistical support, and horses were the most convenient means of transportation for long-distance migration.
Of the horses captured by Li Dawei, Li Mingyuan will leave him a little more than 4,000 horses suitable for combat, and they will be combined with the more than 900 horses previously to form a cavalry brigade with 5,000 horses.
The expanded cavalry brigade has a full strength of 4,000 people and has four cavalry regiments under its jurisdiction. Among them, the First Cavalry Regiment is the main force of the cavalry brigade. Each man has two horses and is mainly used to carry out long-distance raids.
Of the remaining three thousand horses, one thousand were assigned to other troops as mounts for the reconnaissance troops. The last two thousand horses with the lowest quality were incorporated into the logistics troops and used to transport baggage supplies.
The troops that are now setting out to occupy Cusco and other places have just been sent out for two days, and no news has come back yet. When they return the looted materials and rescued Chinese workers, the Chinese Independence Army will still have to go through a period of repair and digest this battle.
's results.
It will take at least a month for the Chinese Independence Army to renovate. During this period, Li Mingyuan does not intend to fight with the Peruvian army again. The goal of wiping out part of the main force of Peru has been achieved. Spending too much energy on fighting the Peruvians is not worth the gain.
The result of the discussion between Li Mingyuan and Liu Pu two days ago was to voluntarily withdraw from the occupied areas and no longer stimulate the Peruvian army, but now Li Mingyuan has discovered a better way.
Li Mingyuan already knew that Lou Stuart's volunteer service was worthless, but using him as a middleman to trade with the President of Peru was a good choice.
Peruvian President Pedro Diez Canseco is having a difficult time now. Thomas and others are eyeing him. In the original history, he would be ousted by the opposition in seven months.
Therefore, Li Mingyuan planned to use the occupied Peruvian mining areas to exchange with him urgently needed supplies and the Chinese workers in Peru who had not been rescued.
The mining area occupied by Li Mingyuan belonged to Thomas and others who opposed Pedro Diez Canseco.
Li Mingyuan's occupation of these places is equivalent to indirectly helping Pedro Dies Canseco. There is no conflict of interest between the two and they have a good basis for cooperation. Li Mingyuan believes that Pedro Dies Canseco will not give up control of Peru's mining areas.
Opportunity.
"Go and bring the captive Lou Stuart."
After thinking about it, Li Mingyuan said to the guards beside him.
