Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 30 Peruvian Military Horse Farm

After occupying Arequipa, Zhang Ansong led his troops to wipe out the remaining troops hiding in the city. The next morning, he joined 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 the Barranca, the Chinese Independence Army quickly stabilized the order in the city after entering it, and then sent troops to occupy several enemy-empty cities such as Puno, Mollendo, and Cusco.

Li Dawei from the cavalry regiment did not return with Luo Linshan after completing the ambush mission. On the way back, Li Dawei received an order from Li Mingyuan, asking him to lead the cavalry regiment to occupy the Peruvian military horse farm.

Arequipa, Ica and Lambayeque are three famous horse breeding bases in Peru, among which the horses produced in Arequipa are the most famous. The horse farms in Arequipa are distributed on the valley grasslands outside the city, and the general infantry encirclement is inefficient, so Li Mingyuan gave the task of looting military horses to the cavalry regiment.

In a vast valley, more than 500 horses were grazing leisurely, with seven or eight herdsmen on horseback scattered around. The blue sky, green grass, and white clouds made for a peaceful and tranquil scene. However, under the calm, the seven or eight herdsmen riding their horses leisurely 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 the valley entrance. When they were still one or two kilometers away from the mountain entrance, the attacking cavalry suddenly accelerated and pounced into the valley like a tiger descending from the mountain. After entering the valley, more than a hundred cavalrymen immediately split into two teams, one rushing towards the herdsmen who were guarding the horses, and the other rushing towards the horses.

Seven or eight Peruvian herdsmen were unable to react in time, and after two of them were shot dead by the cavalry, they all dismounted and surrendered.

The five hundred horses in the valley, along with their horse herders, became the trophies of the cavalry regiment.

"Take away all the surrendered Peruvian herdsmen. They will need to take care of my military horses in the future." Li Dawei stood at the entrance of the valley and did not participate in the previous attack.

One day after the capture of Arequipa, Li Dawei had occupied almost all the surrounding horse farms.

Because the Chinese Independence Army attacked Arequipa, many nearby Peruvian ranches moved to farther places. So Li Dawei was very dissatisfied with only getting more than a thousand horses after a busy day. This morning, after discussing with the two deputy commanders of the cavalry regiment and the battalion commander under him, the entire cavalry regiment was divided into seven small teams, each keeping a distance of 80 miles from each other, and moving forward in a dispersed manner to search for the Peruvian horse farms. Once they encountered an organized Peruvian army, the dispersed cavalry regiments quickly gathered and used the rapid mobility of the cavalry to besiege the enemy.

"Captain, we're lucky today. We seized more than 500 horses at one time. That will help us expand our cavalry regiment." said a company commander following Li Dawei.

"This is not going to be easy. The Crown Prince requires the cavalry regiment to capture 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 from the goal set by the Crown Prince." Li Dawei said with a wry smile.

"We have seized more than 500 horses. The other six teams should have also gained some. It won't be difficult to gather 5,000 horses."

"Haha, you are in such a hurry to complete the task, do you want to get promoted?" Li Dawei said with a smile.

"Er Gouzi, who joined the army with me, has become a battalion commander this time. If I haven't been promoted yet, I will have to salute him when I see him. I can't afford to lose face like that."

"Even if the war engines we captured don't meet the Crown Prince's requirements, you will still be promoted. The Crown Prince is clear about rewards and punishments. I have already reported the merit of attacking the Peruvian reinforcements to the Crown Prince. After we complete the mission, yours will be promoted."

"With the commander's words, I feel relieved." The cavalry company commander said with a smile.

"You take fifteen people to bring the captured horses and Peruvian herdsmen back to Arequipa." Li Dawei ordered after the more than 500 captured horses were collected.

"Yes, I obey your command." The cavalry company commander responded and was about to go back with his horse when he saw three cavalrymen running out of the valley.

"Captain, they are brothers from our cavalry regiment."

Li Dawei looked forward and saw that they were indeed members of the cavalry regiment.

The three cavalrymen galloped at full speed and soon arrived in front of Li Dawei.
"Captain, Deputy Commander Sun reported that a large Peruvian horse farm was discovered, with about 5,000 horses and 700 Peruvian defenders. In order to ensure the safe capture of the horse farm, Deputy Commander Sun hopes to gather all the forces of the cavalry regiment before launching an attack."

"Well done, Sun Yanming. No wonder I only got 500 horses after searching for such a long time. It turns out that all the big heads were hidden by the Peruvians." Li Dawei said excitedly.

"Captain, we have exceeded the task assigned by the Crown Prince this time."

"Yeah, that's right. My cavalry brigade is set in stone this time."

"Captain, the war is about to start, so I won't go back. I will wait until the war is over and then transport all the horses back." The cavalry company commander who spoke just now said excitedly.

"Okay, I'm happy today, so I'll give you another chance to make a contribution."

"Thank you for your training, Captain." "Don't talk nonsense, Deputy Captain Sun is waiting, the whole army will set off immediately."

After Sun Yanming discovered the Peruvians' large military horse farm, he immediately sent out six groups of messengers. Half an hour later, the team closest to Sun Yanming arrived, led by Zheng Guosheng, who was also the deputy regiment commander like him.

Sun Yanming was cautious when marching and fighting, while Zheng Guosheng liked to take an unconventional approach and use the weak to defeat the strong. When he was a member of the Taiping Army, he often attacked the enemy with strong attacks, so he was known as a desperate pioneer.

Zheng Guosheng is tall and has a fierce face. When viewed up close, he looks like a ferocious god.

"Sun Laosan, you still think of me when you have something to gain benefits. It's worth it that I take care of you in daily life." As soon as the two met, Zheng Guosheng laughed.

Sun Yanming is not the third child in his 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, of course he is the leader, so he calls Sun Yanming Laosan.

"Deputy Commander Zheng, I heard that you are going to be the brigade commander. Is that true?" Sun Yanming did not dwell on the issue of who would be the leader.

"Uh, how come I don't know?" Zheng Guosheng was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "It must be some nosy person who said that. The cavalry regiment is going to be expanded into a cavalry brigade, and the brigade commander will also be the regiment commander. How could it be my turn?"

"I'm not talking about the cavalry brigade, but the newly formed security brigade around the prince. I heard from others that the prince is very optimistic about you and plans to make you the commander of the security brigade."

"I know the prince admires me, Old Zheng, but he can't transfer me to the garrison brigade and not fight. No, I'm going to talk to the prince about it when I get back."

Zheng Guosheng said seriously.

"What are you two talking about so happily?" As 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 talk to the prince. Old Zheng likes to charge into battle and doesn't want to stay in the headquarters."

"Who said you would be transferred to the security brigade? How come I didn't know about it?" Li Dawei said in confusion.

"It's Sun Yanming, oh... I know, you lied to me." Zheng Guosheng reacted and said with wide eyes.

"It's just a joke." Sun Yanming smiled. It was obvious that the two of them often joked with each other.

"That's enough joking, let's talk about serious business now." Li Dawei said.

Once they started talking about business, the two of them immediately became serious.

"Captain, the Peruvian's large horse farm is in a mountain thirty miles away. My soldiers accidentally discovered their traces when they went to the mountain to drink water."

"Are you sure they number seven hundred?"

"Yes, I sent people to investigate. Apart from the Peruvian camp in the mountains, there are no Peruvians within a radius of 20 miles."

"Seven hundred people are not many. The cavalry regiment can easily swallow them all in one gulp. Now we have to wait for the other teams and take action immediately after the number of people arrives."

"Yes"……

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