"Lord Morabase, a group of rebel cavalry is attacking in the direction of the military horse farm." At the base in the mountains, a Peruvian soldier reported urgently.

"Let the defenders block the enemy, military horses are an important strategic material for Lord Thomas, and there is no room for loss." Morabase ordered.

After the Peruvian soldiers left, Morabase was restless in the base, and the military horse farm was in the rear of Arequipa, and it was hidden in the mountains, so it should be relatively safe.

The fact that the enemy is now under a large-scale attack can only indicate that the city of Arequipa is in danger, otherwise it is impossible for the rebels to get here beyond the defenders of Arequipa and the three Peruvian reinforcements.

The more Molabase thought about it, the worse things became, the Arequipa defenders were finished, and there was no news of reinforcements from all sides, could it be that they were all attacked by the rebels? However, with more than 30,000 Peruvian reinforcements and the Arequipa garrison, it is unlikely that the rebels will defeat so many Peruvian troops.

Morabase was conflicted, and three or four more Peruvian soldiers came in, but this time they came in on horseback.

"My lord, the rebels moved quickly, our army was defeated by the enemy by surprise, and now the enemy has invaded the military horse farm, and our army is in critical condition and is in danger of being annihilated."

The Peruvian officer who rushed in did not bother to dismount and salute, and directly reported the current situation of the Peruvian defenders to Morabase.

Morabase was only an official in charge of the management of the military horse farm, and he was not good at marching and fighting, and he did not know what to do in the face of the situation in front of him.

"My lord, please arrange for the soldiers to break through immediately, the enemy has not much time left for us." The horse officer couldn't stand Molabasse's bewildered appearance and said urgently.

"Lord Thomas values the military horse farm very much, and we will definitely be punished if we lose the military horse farm." Mourabasse looked ahead.

"It's all at this time, what do you care about the problem of punishment or not, if we don't break through now, we will definitely be caught by the rebels, which is more important, and the adults still can't tell the difference?"

"If you don't run away, if you escape, at least you don't have to die now." Molabasse thought to himself, and then made up his mind, without saying a word, quickly mounted a military horse brought by the Peruvian cavalry officer, and followed them along the valley, following them for a while, Molabasse felt that something was wrong, and they fled not at the exit of the valley, but towards a steep place at the foot of the mountain.

"Shouldn't you run to the exit of the valley? How do we get into the mountains? Molabasse asked.

"The pass has been blocked by the rebels, and it would be a dead end to walk from that side, and there is a steep path on this side that we can pass through this way."

"I see." Morabase said suddenly. Five or six men rode forward and ran for some distance, and sure enough, they found a path on the edge of a cliff that only allowed one person to pass.

"My lord, hurry up and get off the horse to pass, otherwise the rebels will find out, and none of us will be able to escape."

"I'll come." Morabase got off his horse, looking at the steep cliff and was a little scared, at this moment, the sound of several huge objects falling into the water sounded from under the cliff, Molabasse looked down, and all six military horses fell into the water,

Without waiting for him to ask, the leading Peruvian officer said, "Staying here will leave clues for the rebels, and if you retreat them into the water, they will not be discovered." ”

The life and death of the seven hundred Peruvian soldiers in the military horse farm Molabasse no longer cared, of course he didn't care about a few military horses, looking at the horse corpses flowing under the cliff, Molabase restrained the fear in his heart and took the lead through the path. Then the others followed and left.

The area of the military horse farm in the mountains is not small, and it took Li Dawei and the cavalry regiment two hours to clear the Peruvian soldiers in the valley.

"Regiment commander, according to the prisoner's message, the head of the military horse farm has not been caught." In a cave in the military horse farm, Fang Minghong, the commander of the reconnaissance company, reported to Li Dawei.

"A horse guard, Bi Ma Wen, ran away and ran," Li Dawei said disapprerovingly.

"Have you counted the number of horses seized?" Li Dawei then asked.

"The Peruvians took advantage of our attack and let go of some of their horses, and now our army has captured 4,500 horses."

"The mountain pass is guarded by our men, and the uncaught military horses can't run out, so we immediately send soldiers to search in the valley, on the one hand, to find the lost military horses, and on the other hand, to sort out the remnants of the enemy who have slipped through the net."

"Yes"......

The cavalry regiment spent several more hours searching for the horses, and waited until it was dark to find the scattered horses, and in the process of searching, the cavalry regiment soldiers caught more than a hundred Peruvians who were hiding.

The military horse farm is far away from the Peruvians' sphere of influence, so there is no need to worry about their attack, so Li Dawei sent Li Mingyuan a letter of retribution, and then spent the night in the military horse farm.

When Li Mingyuan received Li Dawei's letter, it was already the morning of the next day, and the troops dispatched in the past two days have been receiving good news, some of them occupying a small city here, and some of them have rescued hundreds or thousands of Chinese laborers there.

However, when he received those good news, although Li Mingyuan was happy, he did not see the excitement of Li Dawei's letter.

When Li Mingyuan gave Li Dawei the goal of 5,000 military horses, it was just to encourage him to work harder, in fact, in Li Mingyuan's heart, he was very satisfied with being able to get 3,000 military horses, but he did not expect Li Dawei not only to complete the task, but also unexpectedly captured 2,000 more horses, which really solved a difficult problem for the Chinese Independence Army to transfer.

From Peru to southern Brazil, and fighting in Paraguay in between, the Chinese Independence Army required a lot of logistical support, and horses were the most convenient means of transportation for long-distance migration.

Li Mingyuan will leave him a little more than 4,000 horses suitable for combat, and 5,000 horses from the previous more than 900 war horses to form a cavalry brigade.

The expanded cavalry brigade has a full strength of 4,000 people, and has four cavalry regiments under its jurisdiction, of which the first cavalry regiment is the main force of the cavalry brigade, each with two horses, which is mainly used to carry out long-distance missions.

Of the remaining 3,000 horses, a thousand horses were left to be distributed to other units as mounts for reconnaissance units. The last 2,000 horses of the worst quality were incorporated into the logistics unit and used to transport heavy loads.

The troops that have now set out to occupy Cusco and other places have only been dispatched for two days, and there is no news yet, and when they transport back the looted materials and the rescued Chinese laborers, the Chinese Independence Army will have to go through a period of repair to digest the results of this campaign.

It will take at least a month for the Chinese Independence Army to repair, and during this time, Li Mingyuan does not plan to fight the Peruvian army again, and the goal of destroying part of the main force of Peru has been achieved, and the excessive energy spent on fighting the Peruvians is not worth the loss.

Two days ago, the result of Li Mingyuan's discussion with Liu Pu was to take the initiative to withdraw from the occupied area and no longer stimulate the Peruvian army, but now Li Mingyuan has found a better way.

Li Mingyuan already knew that Lustuat's participation was not worth much, but it was a good choice to use him as an intermediary to trade with the president of Peru.

Peruvian President Pedro Diez Cancelo is having a hard time, and Thomas and others are eyeing him, and in his original history, he will be ousted by the opposition in seven months.

Therefore, Li Mingyuan was ready to use the occupied Peruvian mining areas to exchange urgently needed materials with him, as well as Chinese laborers in Peru who had not been rescued.

The mining area occupied by Li Mingyuan belonged to Tomás and others, who opposed Pedro Diez Canseco.

Li Mingyuan's occupation of these places is tantamount to indirectly helping Pedro Diez Canseco, there is no conflict of interest between the two people, there is a good basis for cooperation, Li Mingyuan believes that Pedro Diez Canseco will not give up the opportunity to take control of Peru's mining region.

"Go and bring the captive Lustuat."

After thinking about it, Li Mingyuan said to the guards beside him.

"Yes." The guards turned and left.