Occupying Arequipa, Zhang Ansong led the troops to clear out the remnants of the army hiding in the city, and the next morning, Huihe ambushed Luo Linshan and others who had returned, and Li Mingyuan led the main force of the Chinese Independent Army into the city.

With the experience of capturing Balangca, the Chinese Independence Army entered the city, quickly stabilized order in the city, and then sent troops to occupy Puno, Moyendo, and Cusco several cities where the enemy was empty.

Li Dawei of the cavalry regiment did not return with Luo Linshan after completing the ambush mission, and on the way to the meeting, Li Dawei received an order from Li Mingyuan to lead the cavalry regiment to occupy the Peruvian military horse farm.

Arequipa, Ica, and Lambayeque are three well-known horse breeding bases in Peru, among which the horses produced by Arequipa are the most famous, and Arequipa's horse farms are distributed in the valley and grassland outside the city, and the general infantry is inefficient to surround them, so Li Mingyuan handed over the task of collecting military horses to the cavalry regiment.

In a vast valley, more than five hundred horses were grazing leisurely, and seven or eight herdsmen on horseback were scattered around. The blue sky and green grass, the white clouds are misty, and it is a quiet and peaceful scene, but under the calm, the seven or eight herdsmen who are riding horses freely do not know that they have become fat sheep in the hands of a group of people. More than a hundred horses quietly surrounded the valley from the mouth of the valley, and when it was still a kilometer or two away from the mountain pass, the attacking cavalry suddenly accelerated and pounced on the valley like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain. More than a hundred cavalry entered the valley and immediately divided into two groups, one rushing to the herdsmen who were guarding the horses, and the other to the horses.

Seven or eight Peruvian herdsmen could not react, and after being shot and killed by the cavalry, all of them obediently dismounted and surrendered.

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

"All the Peruvian herdsmen who surrendered were taken away, and Lao Tzu's military horses will be taken care of by them in the future." Li Dawei stood at the mouth of the valley and did not participate in the attack just now.

In the past day of the capture of Arequipa City, the surrounding horse farms were almost occupied by Li Dawei.

As the Chinese Independence Army attacked Arequipa, many of the nearby Peruvian ranches moved farther afield. This morning, after consulting with the two deputy commanders of the cavalry regiment and the battalion commanders under his command, the entire cavalry regiment was divided into seven small detachments, keeping a distance of 80 miles from each other, and scattered to search for the Peruvian horse farms.

"Regiment commander, today's luck is good, more than 500 horses have been captured at one time, and the expansion of our cavalry regiment has been settled." A company commander who followed Li Dawei said.

"It's not easy to do, the prince of the world asked the cavalry regiment to capture at least five thousand horses this time before it can be expanded into a cavalry brigade, so far, we have captured less than two thousand horses in total, and we are still far from the goal set by the prince?" Li Dawei smiled bitterly.

"More than 500 horses have been captured on our side, and the other six detachments should also have gains, and it is not difficult to get 5,000 horses."

"Hehe, you kid is in such a hurry to complete the task, do you want to be promoted?" Li Dawei said with a smile.

"The two dogs who joined the army with me have become the battalion commander this time, if I haven't been promoted, wouldn't I have to salute him when I see the two dogs, I can't afford to lose this face."

"Even if the captured war horse does not meet the requirements of the prince, your kid will be promoted, the prince has clear rewards and punishments, and I have reported the credit for attacking the Peruvian reinforcements to the prince, and when we complete the task, you should come down."

"With the words of the head of the regiment, I will be relieved." The cavalry company commander laughed.

"You take fifteen men and bring the captured horses and Peruvian herders back to Arequipa." After the more than 500 horses captured were put away, Li Dawei ordered.

"Yes, obedience." The commander of the cavalry company answered, and was about to go back with his horses, when he saw three cavalrymen running outside the valley.

"The regimental commander is the brother of our cavalry regiment."

Li Dawei looked forward, and sure enough, it was someone from the cavalry regiment.

The three cavalrymen galloped with all their might, and came to Li Dawei after a while,

"Regiment commander, Deputy Commander Sun reported that he found a large Peruvian military horse farm, which contained about 5,000 war horses, and 700 Peruvian defenders.

"Sun Yanming is good, no wonder Lao Tzu only got 500 horses after looking for a long time, it turns out that the big heads were all hidden by the Peruvians." Li Dawei said excitedly.

"Commander, the task assigned by the prince this time can be exceeded,"

"Well, yes, Lao Tzu's cavalry brigade is a sure thing this time."

"Commander, if there is going to be a war, I will not go back, and when the battle is over, I will transport all the horses back together." The commander of the cavalry company who had just spoken leaped.

"Okay, I'm happy today, and I'll give you another chance to make meritorious contributions."

"Thank you for the cultivation."

"Don't talk nonsense, Deputy Regiment Commander Sun is still waiting, and the whole army will set off immediately."

After Sun Yanming discovered the large military horse farm of the Peruvians, he immediately sent six groups of messengers, and half an hour later, the nearest detachment to Sun Yanming arrived, led by Zheng Guosheng, who was the deputy commander of the regiment like him.

Sun Yanming's march and battle are mainly steady, while Zheng Guosheng likes to take the sword to the front, to attack the strong with the weak, in the past when the Taiping Army, he often did things to attack the enemy, so he is called the vanguard of desperate.

Zheng Guosheng is tall and fierce, and he looks like a fierce god up close.

"Sun Laosan, if you have a benefit, you can still think of my brother and me, and I don't lose my care for you on weekdays." As soon as the two met, Zheng Guosheng laughed.

Sun Yanming's family is not ranked third, 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 is called Sun Yanming's third child.

"Deputy Regiment Commander Zheng, I heard that you are going to be a brigade commander, is it true?" Sun Yanming did not dwell on the question of who was the leader of the two.

"Uh, why don't I know," Zheng Guosheng was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "It must be some kind of troublesome nonsense, the cavalry regiment is going to be expanded into a cavalry brigade, and the brigade commander is also the regiment commander, how can it be my turn." ”

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

"I know that the prince admires our Lao Zheng, but I can't transfer us to the garrison brigade and not fight, no, I want to talk to the prince when I go back."

Zheng Guosheng said seriously.

"Why are you two so happy," the two were chatting, and Li Dawei arrived with more than a hundred people.

"Regiment commander, the prince wants to transfer me to the garrison brigade, you tell the prince, Lao Zheng likes to charge and fight, and he doesn't want to stay at the headquarters."

"Who said that you were going to be transferred to the garrison brigade, how come I don't know." Li Dawei said with a blank face.

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

"Just kidding." Sun Yanming smiled, it was obvious that there were often jokes between the two.

"Just joke and talk about it, now let's get down to business." Li Dawei said.

As soon as they talked about business, the two of them immediately became serious.

"Commander, the large military horse farm of the Peruvians is in a large mountain thirty miles away, and my soldiers only found their traces by chance when they went to the mountains to drink water."

"Are you sure their number is seven hundred?"

"Yes, I have sent people to reconnoitre, and there is no trace of Peruvians within twenty miles, except for the Peruvian camp in the mountains."

"Seven hundred people are not many, the cavalry regiment can swallow them in one bite, now we will wait for the other detachments first, and act immediately when the number is full."

"Yes"......