When Wang Linshan's subordinates occupied Mokegua, Sun Qisheng led a special brigade of fifty-three people to reach the city of Arequipa.

Arequipa is located in the Chili River valley in the foothills of Mount Misti in southern Peru, where the land is fertile and well-watered.

It is the largest industrial center in southern Peru, with one of the few small steel mills and military factories in Peru, so Li Mingyuan attaches great importance to Arequipa, and while sending troops to sweep, he also sends the newly formed special brigade to carry out the task of reconnoitring Arequipa to prepare for possible attacks in the future.

"Vice Captain, the enemy's garrison is very tight, and it is difficult for us to enter the city."

A soldier whispered to Sun Qisheng that although Zhao Yongzeng was the captain of the special brigade, he also commanded the reconnaissance battalion and the sniper platoon, and was regarded as the joint commander of several special arms, so the general special brigade combat operations were in charge of Sun Qisheng.

"I thought that the Peruvians would be under martial law, Anthony, Tojes, you two put on Peruvian clothes, and the rest of the brothers are still wearing the clothes of the former miners, let's get in."

Sun Qi Shengdao.

Since the uprising of the Chinese Independence Army, tens of thousands of Peruvian troops have been captured, including many descendants of European immigrants.

After the Chinese Independence Army captured these people, it did not implement the so-called preferential treatment of prisoners, and all the captives, whether they were Indians or white descendants, went to the mines to mine without discrimination.

After Li Mingyuan occupied the Peruvian saltpeter production area, he sent someone to contact Prussia and sell saltpeter and other mineral resources to Prussia at a price one-third lower than that of the Peruvians.

Prussia except for the Ruhr industrial area, there are not many mineral resources in other places, and in the face of Li Mingyuan's initiative to negotiate business, Prussia did not care whether the Chinese were rebels or not, and happily started business with the Chinese Independence Army.

So the captive Peruvians lived a full life, and experienced the life of a Chinese worker in the mine.

Anthony and Tojes, on the other hand, were re-educated by the Chinese army in the mines, and they realized that it was wrong to work for the Peruvian oppressors, and turned to the arms of the Chinese army.

Li Qisheng and the others dressed up in disguise, waited for an hour, and saw a large group of Peruvians coming outside, among which there were more than a hundred miners tied with ropes.

Obviously, this group of people were Peruvian mine owners who were hiding from the Chinese army, and the Chinese miners were laborers they bought with a lot of money, which belonged to their private property, so they also took the Chinese workers with them when they fled.

"Hey, did you guys escape from Mokgua too?" Anthony asked, with fifty miners tied to ropes.

The principal on the opposite side was a white man in his forties, and when he saw Anthony and Tojes, he relaxed his vigilance and replied, "No, Mokegua has been occupied by Chinese rioters, and I am Mo Yanduo." ”

"It's bad news, my uncle Hule is in Mokgua, hoping he can escape the clutches of the mob." Anthony feigned sadness.

"May God bless your uncle," the middle-aged man made a cross on his chest, not doubting what Anthony said,

"Sir, let's get into the city quickly, in case those thugs come here, we will be in danger." Anthony said with a different expression.

"Thank you for reminding me, I've lost most of my property, and if I am caught up by the Chinese army, there will be nothing." The white man nodded in agreement.

Then the two teams went together towards the city gate,

"Vice-Captain, aren't you afraid that Anthony and Tojes will betray us?" Wang Chenglin, the sniper platoon leader who walked behind the crowd, asked in a low voice.

Snipers usually cooperate with the special brigade to carry out tasks, so in this reconnaissance, Wang Chenglin personally led five snipers to act with Sun Qisheng.

"Platoon Commander Wang is too worried, the prince has long considered that these white ghosts are unreliable, so he only organized three hundred soldiers with families in our hands, Anthony and Tojes have families in our hands, and even if they don't care about the safety of their families, they must have the confidence to escape alive from our hands."

Li Mingyuan has not recruited Peruvian prisoners on a large scale,

Because on the one hand, the combat power of Peruvian soldiers is not high, except for a few white soldiers, the others are recruited and waste the weapons and equipment that are not abundant.

On the other hand, Li Mingyuan does not trust them, if the Chinese army has been winning the battle, it is fine, once the army is defeated, those Peruvians who are not of the same heart as the Chinese will definitely attack the Chinese army against the water.

There are countless such examples in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, when Lan Fang perished, the most ruthless killing of the Chinese was the original obedient natives, so Li Mingyuan only organized a very small number of Peruvian prisoners.

Anthony and the middle-aged white man talked and laughed on the surface, but he was very nervous in his heart, and he didn't want to join the Chinese army, but he really couldn't stand the suffering in the mines, so he agreed to do things for the Chinese.

To say that Anthony also wants to make peace with the Chinese army and take the opportunity to escape,

Five days ago, three soldiers who had joined the Chinese army escaped and were captured by the guards and shot in front of all the Peruvian soldiers who had surrendered, and their families were punished to work in the mines.

If Anthony escapes, not to mention whether he can leave alive from Sun Qisheng's men, Anthony feels scared when he thinks of the Chinese army angering his wife Mary because of his escape.

Therefore, even if he had the idea of escaping in the face of the guards at the city gate, Anthony did not dare to take action, only hoping that the reconnaissance would be successful, and then the Chinese army would release himself and Mary.

"Vice Captain Sun, now that we have entered the city, what should we do next?" There was no danger into the city, and a group of people found a place where no one was and discussed.

"The gates were heavily guarded, and we couldn't get close to the garrison camp next to the gates, so we couldn't find out the size of the Peruvian army." Sun Qisheng frowned.

"Vice Captain Sun, if you leave most of the people behind, you and I will disguise ourselves as Indians and go out to check again." Wang Chenglin said.

"Yes, but let's take Anthony with us, he can help us with the Peruvian inspection." Sun Qi Shengdao.

"Anthony, the white ghost, didn't play tricks when he entered the city just now, otherwise the short gun in my sleeve would have killed him." Wang Chenglin is clearly hostile to whites.

People are under the eaves, how can they not bow their heads, and lead a group of people around the city, and Anthony, who has just rested, was called up by the two of them to check the situation in Arequipa City.

"Anthony follow us and work hard, the prince will not treat you badly," for the sake of Anthony's good performance today, Sun Qisheng encouraged him.

"It's an honor for me to work for the Chinese Independence Army, and I don't dare to have any other ideas, I just hope that after the mission is completed, I can be with Mary." Anthony said carefully.

"It's good enough that the prince didn't reward your woman to the Chinese soldiers, and you still want to do ** things with women, it's really a good thing." Wang Chenglin said angrily.

The separation of men and women into camps was the law of the Taiping Army in the past, and the reason why Li Mingyuan still implemented this policy was not because he was in favor of this matter.

It's because the Taiping army in South America is all men, and if soldiers are allowed to seize women, military discipline will be corrupted, and even if an army with bad discipline can win battles, it will be difficult to maintain lasting combat effectiveness.

Moreover, the Chinese army is mobile in combat, and carrying women will affect the mobility of the troops, which is not conducive to future battles.

"Anthony is not our old Taiping Army, so there is no need to criticize him." Sun Qisheng persuaded.

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