Chapter 29: The Capture of Arequipa

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After capturing Umatto, Li Mingyuan asked his soldiers who were proficient in interrogation to prepare a complete set of interrogation methods for Umatto.

Now there is no Geneva Convention that treats prisoners well in later generations, and in order to extract useful information from Umato's mouth, Li Mingyuan directly used the ancient Chinese interrogation system.

Umato, who was hardened on the battlefield, was greeted by a set of interrogation equipment and told the news he knew about the reinforcements in Cusco.

It turned out that the three-way defenders were led by Umato, and Thomas ordered in a telegram to the other two reinforcements to arrive at the battlefield, and the three troops were under the unified command of Umato.

This news is very useful, Li Mingyuan asked Umato, who was tortured, to write a letter to Kodiat, the chief general of the reinforcements in Cusco,

In the letter, in the name of Umato, Kodiath was ordered to come to a meeting in his army.

After Umato wrote the letter, Li Mingyuan found more than a dozen Peruvian captives to come over for certification, and after confirming that the letter was correct, Li Mingyuan brought Luo Linshan and Li Dawei and asked them to lead 20,000 Chinese soldiers and cavalry regiments to change into Peruvian uniforms, pretending that Umato's army called a meeting of Kodiat and his officers.

Before Luo Linshan was about to set off with his people, Li Mingyuan was worried that Kodiat would find the horses, so he sent another thousand Peruvian prisoners to follow them.

After Luo Linshan and Li Dawei set out, according to the information provided by Umato, they first sent three Peruvian soldiers who had surrendered to deliver false orders, and then they ambushed the place specified in the letter, waiting for Kodiat to take the bait.

When Kodiath received the letter, he did not suspect it, and ordered his army to hurry up and make peace with Umato.

After marching for two hours at full strength, before reaching the pretended Peruvian military camp in Rollin Mountain, Kodiath walked into the barracks with more than a hundred troops.

In order to prevent Kodiat from discovering the anomaly, standing in the barracks were a thousand Peruvian soldiers who had surrendered, and the Chinese soldiers, except for the 1,000 people who had been ambushed, had quietly surrounded Kodiat's army.

"Chief Umato, is it an accident on the part of Arequipa to convene me in such a hurry?" Kodiath asked as soon as he entered the tent.

"Hehe, not only Arequipa City can't be saved, but you can't protect yourself." Luo Linshan, who was sitting in the chair, said with a smile.

Although Kodiath could not understand what Luo Linshan said, when he saw that there was a Chinese sitting in front of him, he immediately understood that he had been deceived, and was about to take out the pistol on his body, when he was captured by the Chinese soldiers who were lying in ambush around the big tent.

"Division Commander Luo, it will be effortless to capture all the Peruvian officers, and the task assigned to us by the prince will be completed soon."

"The Peruvian army outside has not been solved yet, Commander Li, take them to recruit Peruvian soldiers."

Rollin Mountain Road.

The 10,000 Peruvian soldiers brought by Kodiath ran for two hours, and only then did they sit down to rest and find that they were surrounded by 20,000 Chinese soldiers, physically exhausted, and persuaded by the captured commander, the 10,000 soldiers obediently became prisoners.

All the Peruvian reinforcements from the three routes were wiped out, and the Chinese Independence Army suffered no casualties except for 2,100 casualties during the siege of Emmodute, and the other two reinforcements suffered no casualties.

With the surrender of the last reinforcements, Arequipa was completely isolated, and Li Mingyuan only needed to repair overnight, and the next morning he could devote himself to the attack on Arequipa.

Iquitok returns to his home in the city, but he doesn't find strangers hiding in the courtyard.

Ikidok took off his military shoes and fell asleep with his young wife in his arms.

Sun Qisheng hid in the house of Iquitok for two days, during the day, they would leave the room and hide around the courtyard of Iquitok to observe the environment, and at night they would hide in an inconspicuous part of the courtyard and wait for Iquitok to return.

"Captain, after two days of waiting, this old boy is finally back." In a dark corner by the wall, Wang Chenglin whispered.

"The battle on the prince's side should be almost resolved, as long as we control Ikidok, the prince and they can enter the city early."

"It's a pity that I didn't participate in the ambush of Peruvian reinforcements, otherwise I could have killed at least a hundred Peruvians in two days." Wang Chenglin said with regret on his face.

"Killing a hundred Peruvian soldiers is worth the city of Arequipa? Once we capture Ikidok, Arequipa isn't going to fall anytime soon, you kid don't pick up the watermelon and worry about the sesame seeds. Sun Qisheng said.

"The captain taught me that I'll capture Ikidok alive right away." Wang Chenglin said with a smile.

The night was deep, and an hour passed quickly.

Sun Qisheng felt that Iquitok was already asleep, and quietly touched the darkness with his special forces.

Ikidok's guard force numbered one hundred and fifty men, and ninety of them slept in the room next to the gate, except for the sixty men who were on the night watch in two shifts.

Sun Qisheng divided the special forces into three groups, the first group of twenty or fifty people was responsible for solving the guards next to the gate, the second group of twenty people was responsible for killing the sixty soldiers on patrol, and the third group of fifteen people was responsible for holding Ikidok hostage.

After the task is assigned, the three groups act separately,

Sun Qisheng quietly entered the bedroom of the Peruvian soldier with twenty-five soldiers, each of whom was responsible for three or four people, pulled out the dagger he carried with him, covered the Peruvian soldier who was sleeping, and stabbed one by one, and all the ninety Peruvian soldiers died in their beds in less than two minutes.

The Peruvian soldiers who stood guard and kept vigil were not so lucky, some were directly twisted and their necks were broken, some were shot with crossbows, and some were suffocated by a single blow to their throats.

It took a total of ten minutes for the special brigade to solve one hundred and fifty guards, and at this time, Ikidok was also dragged off the bed, and his faces on both sides were swollen by Wang Chenglin.

"Captain Sun, this dog wanted to resist when he grabbed him, but I beat him up." Wang Chenglin said with a smile.

What kind of Iquidoc was beaten into, Sun Qisheng didn't care, what he cared about was how to cooperate with the outside army to take Arequipa City.

"Send someone to inform the prince that we have captured Ikidok, and now the Arequipa group of dragons is leaderless, and I hope that the prince will attack the city as soon as possible."

The number of the special brigade is too small, and it is unlikely that he will use him to deceive the city gate, because the Chinese troops outside have been attacking the city for two days, and the commander of the city defense orders to open the door is undoubtedly an act of surrender to the enemy, and the Peruvian officers guarding the gate will not believe that Iquitok did such a thing.

So holding Iquitok in his hands was to put him in the position to shake the will of the Peruvian defenders to resist when the Chinese army outside attacked the city.

When he received Sun Qisheng's report, Li Mingyuan had already rushed to the city of Arequipa, and learned that the Peruvian defenders would be captured, and Li Mingyuan immediately ordered the siege of the city.

The main general disappeared, the strong enemy firepower was fierce, and the Peruvian defenders soon could not support it, and finally when Sun Qisheng persuaded the captive Iquitok to surrender, the Peruvian defenders gave up their last will to resist and surrendered Kaesong.