Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 27: The End of the Fierce Battle
The final blow of the Peruvian army failed to change their fate of destruction. The charging Peruvian army suffered heavy casualties from machine guns and a large number of muskets. More than one hundred Peruvian soldiers who managed to capture the position were quickly killed by the bayonets of the Chinese army who were ready for battle.

The fierce attack caused more than a thousand Peruvian casualties. The remaining Peruvian troops faced the insurmountable positions ahead. After calming down from their momentary impulse, they no longer had the courage to attack. Even when Umato ordered the supervision team to point guns at them, they could not urge the Peruvian soldiers to move forward.

The Peruvian soldiers retreated like flowing water, and Liu Pu, seeing the opportunity, immediately ordered the entire army to attack.

The Peruvian soldiers who had lost their will to fight after being hit by machine guns saw the Chinese troops all over the mountains and plains. They wished they had two more legs and ran back desperately.

To make matters worse, not long after the Chinese troops attacked, Li Dawei's cavalry regiment also arrived at the battlefield.

"Brothers, the Peruvians are finished. Follow me and capture the Peruvian general."

When Umato was running away, he was followed by more than 200 people, and the tall military cap on his head was different from others. Li Dawei targeted him at first sight.

The galloping cavalry entered the fleeing Peruvian troops and ruthlessly killed the armed Peruvian soldiers.

With pursuers in front and no way to retreat behind, the Peruvian soldiers, under the threat of death, dropped their weapons and surrendered.

"Captain, the cavalry regiment is here to compete with us for military merit."

"I'm waiting for this battle to turn the tide. I can't let Li Dawei steal the limelight." Wang Xiaoshan looked at Li Dawei riding his horse towards a group of Peruvian soldiers and instantly understood.

"It's bad. The leader of the Peruvian army has been targeted by Li Dawei. Brothers, follow me and capture the Peruvian official."

Wang Xiaoshan shouted loudly, and without caring that the infantry could not run as fast as the cavalry, he called on fifty or sixty soldiers around him to rush forward.

"Kill!" Li Dawei knocked down a Peruvian soldier in front of him with a knife and quickly rushed towards Umato.

The soldiers around Umato were elite soldiers specially assigned to him by Thomas, but these elite soldiers were unable to stop the Chinese troops that surrounded them from all sides.
After more than ten minutes, only about forty soldiers were left out of the more than two hundred. They formed a circle and protected Umato inside.

"Captain Li, it's a bit unkind of you to come pick peaches without notifying us." Wang Xiaoshan ran over in a hurry and said directly without even taking a breath.

"Captain Wang is wrong. These Peruvians were driven here by the cavalry regiment. How come the credit belongs to you?" Li Dawei said without giving in.

"That's right. Our cavalry regiment was the first to break through the enemy's position and drove them all the way here. What did you do? You just stood on the road to stop the fleeing soldiers and it became your credit. Aren't you afraid of getting your tongue blown away by the strong wind?"

"What bullshit are you talking about? You have no right to interrupt the leader when he is talking. Let me teach you how to behave."

"Fight if you want. The men in the cavalry regiment have never been afraid of anyone."

Soldiers from both sides were talking about fighting, but no one from the Peruvian army in the encirclement paid any attention.

"Commander, they have an internal conflict. Should we take this opportunity to escape?"

"It's impossible. We are surrounded by their people. We can't escape." Umato shook his head.

"What are you doing?" Liu Pu came down from the mound and saw two groups arguing with each other.

"Chief of Staff, the people from the Cavalry Regiment are trying to steal the credit from us."

"Who wants to steal the credit from you? They originally belonged to us."

"Don't talk, I will understand the situation myself." Liu Pu stopped the two people's quarrel and learned the cause and effect from the soldiers next to him. He said, "I will not judge your merits, I will report it to the prince for evaluation."

"Chief of Staff Liu, don't tell the prince, otherwise I'm finished." It hasn't been long since Wang Xiaoshan's last mistake. If the fact that he and Li Dawei are arguing over the credit gets to Li Mingyuan's ears, neither of them will get any credit and will be punished.

"Chief of Staff Liu, the Crown Prince is very busy. Don't report this little thing to him. At worst, I can give the credit to Captain Wang."

Li Mingyuan treats people peacefully in private, but he cannot tolerate even a grain of sand in military affairs. Li Dawei does not want to leave a bad impression on Li Mingyuan because of a trivial matter.

"It was Captain Li who first discovered the Peruvian official, so the credit goes to him." Hearing Li Dawei's words, Wang Xiaoshan felt embarrassed to take all the credit alone, so he waved his hand.

"Haha, now you know how to be humble and courteous. Aren't you afraid that I will report you to the prince and let you two get no credit at all?" Liu Pu said with a smile.

Wang Xiaoshan and Li Dawei thought Liu Pu was serious about this and hurried to try to please him.

"You don't have to flatter me. It's common on the battlefield that the credit is not clearly divided. I don't want your future to be affected by a small matter. As for the credit this time, you each get half."

"Thank you, Chief of Staff." The two said happily.

"Okay, now that we've dealt with this, let's quickly clean up the battlefield."

"Chief of Staff, what should we do with this Peruvian official?"

Wang Xiaoshan pointed at Umato in the encirclement.

"Try to catch them alive, they might be useful in the future." Liu Pu glanced at Umato and said.

"Understood," the two men responded, and led the soldiers around them to rush forward. The guards around Umato didn't resist for a few seconds before they were killed by the Chinese soldiers who rushed up. Umato was also taken prisoner in an ignominious way.

The battle of Emodut started in the early morning and ended at 4 pm.

In this battle, 5,000 Peruvian soldiers were killed and 10,000 were captured. Except for more than 100 Peruvian soldiers who escaped, the Puno reinforcements were completely destroyed.

The reason why the death toll in Peru reached 5,000 was because some seriously injured Peruvian soldiers were also stabbed.

The Chinese Independence Army did not have much medicine, and it was not enough for their own wounded, so how could they give it to the Peruvians? Therefore, the seriously injured Peruvian soldiers had no choice but to see God in advance.

The Emmodut ambush was a head-on battle between the Chinese Independence Army and the Peruvian Army. The Puno reinforcements were the elite of the 100,000-strong Peruvian Army. The 15,000 Puno troops were all equipped with muskets and cannons purchased from Britain, France and other countries. Their combat effectiveness was the strongest among the enemies encountered by the Chinese Independence Army.

Not every Peruvian army was as powerful as the Puno defenders. Most of the Peruvian troops were still using old-fashioned flintlock rifles that had been eliminated by European countries.

Because the southern part of Peru where the Chinese workers were located belongs to Peru's mining area, the Peruvian army here is relatively better equipped.

With 45,000 troops fighting against 15,000 Peruvian troops, the Chinese Independence Army suffered 800 deaths and 1,300 injuries, with a total casualties of 2,100.

The reason why the Chinese Independence Army still suffered more than 2,000 casualties despite having an absolute advantage was mainly because of the intensive firepower of the Peruvian army. Most of the 2,100 casualties were caused by the Peruvians' machine guns and muskets during the charge.

(End of this chapter)