Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 29 The Capture of Arequipa
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After capturing Umato, Li Mingyuan asked his soldiers who were proficient in interrogation to prepare a complete set of interrogation methods for Umato.
There is no Geneva Convention on treating prisoners well as in later generations. In order to extract useful information from Umato's mouth, Li Mingyuan directly used the ancient Chinese interrogation method.

Umato, who was tough on the battlefield, told everyone what he knew about the reinforcements from Cusco as soon as he was put under interrogation equipment.

It turned out that the three defenders were led by Umato. Thomas ordered in a telegram to the other two reinforcements that when they arrived at the battlefield, the three forces would be under the unified command of Umato.

This information was very useful. Li Mingyuan asked Umato, who had been tortured, to write a letter to Codiat, the commander of the Cusco reinforcements.
The letter ordered Codiat to attend a meeting in his army in the name of Umato.

After Umato wrote the letter, Li Mingyuan called a dozen Peruvian prisoners to authenticate it. After confirming that there was no problem with the letter, Li Mingyuan called Luo Linshan and Li Dawei and asked them to lead 20,000 Chinese soldiers and cavalry regiments to change into Peruvian uniforms and pretend to be Umato's army to call Codiat and his officers to a meeting.

Before Luo Linshan and his men set off, Li Mingyuan was worried that Codiat would discover their tracks, so he sent another thousand Peruvian prisoners to go with them.

After Luo Linshan and Li Dawei set out, based on the information provided by Umato, they first sent three surrendered Peruvian soldiers to deliver a false order. Then they ambushed at the location specified in the letter, waiting for Codiat to take the bait.

After receiving the letter, Kodiat had no doubts and ordered his troops to rush to meet Umato.

After marching at full speed for two hours, they arrived at the pretend Peruvian military camp on Mount Rolling Hill, and Codiat walked into the camp with more than a hundred soldiers.

In order to prevent Codiat from discovering anything unusual, there were 1,000 surrendered Peruvian soldiers standing in the military camp. Except for the 1,000 Chinese soldiers who were lying in ambush, the rest of the Chinese troops had quietly surrounded Codiat's army.

"Commander Umato, why did you call me in such a hurry? Was there an accident in Arequipa?" Codiat asked as soon as he entered the tent.

"Haha, not only can the city of Arequipa not be saved, you can't save yourself either." Luo Linshan, who was sitting on a chair, laughed.

Although Kodiat did not understand what Luo Linshan said, when he saw that the person sitting in front of him was a Chinese, he immediately realized that he had been deceived. When he was about to take out his pistol, he was captured by the Chinese soldiers who were ambushing around the tent.

"Captain Luo, it will be easy to capture all the Peruvian officers. The mission assigned to us by the prince will be completed soon."

"The Peruvian troops outside have not been dealt with yet. Captain Li, take them to persuade the Peruvian soldiers to surrender."

Rollin Hill Road.

The 10,000 Peruvian soldiers brought by Codiat ran for two hours and just when they sat down to rest they found themselves surrounded by 20,000 Chinese soldiers. Due to exhaustion and the persuasion of their captured officers, the 10,000 soldiers obediently became prisoners.

The three Peruvian reinforcements were all destroyed. Except for the 2,100 casualties during the siege of Emmodut, the other two reinforcements suffered little casualties. Li Mingyuan's worry that the annihilation of the three reinforcements would result in the Chinese Independence Army losing 5,000 to 6,000 people did not happen.

With the surrender of the last reinforcement, Arequipa became a completely isolated city. Li Mingyuan only needed to rest for one night and he could launch an attack on Arequipa the next morning.

Ikidok returned to his home in the city, but he did not find a stranger hiding in the courtyard.
Ikidok took off his military shoes, hugged his young wife for a while and fell asleep.

Sun Qisheng hid in Iquidok's house for two days. During the day, they would leave the room and hide around Iquidok's courtyard to observe the environment. At night, they would hide in an inconspicuous place in the yard and wait for Iquidok to come back. "Captain, after two days of waiting, this old guy is finally back." Wang Chenglin whispered in a dark corner by the wall.

"The battle on the prince's side should be almost over. As long as we control Ikidok, the prince and his men will be able to enter the city earlier."

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

"Can killing a hundred Peruvian soldiers be enough to take down the city of Arequipa? Once we capture Iquidoque, the city of Arequipa will fall quickly. Don't be too picky," Sun Qisheng taught him.

"As the captain taught me, I must capture Ikidok alive soon." Wang Chenglin said with a smile.

The night was dark and an hour passed quickly.

Sun Qisheng felt that Ikidok was already asleep, so he led his special forces soldiers to sneak out of the darkness.

Ikidok's guard force consisted of 150 people. In addition to the 60 people on two night shifts, the other 90 people slept in the room next to the gate.

Sun Qisheng divided the special forces into three groups. The first group of 20 to 50 people was responsible for dealing with the guards at the gate, the second group of 20 people was responsible for killing the 60 patrolling soldiers, and the third group of 15 people held Ikidok hostage.

After the tasks were assigned, the three groups took action separately.
Sun Qisheng and 10 soldiers quietly entered the bedroom of the Peruvian soldiers. Each soldier was responsible for three to four people. They pulled out the daggers they carried with them, covered the sleeping Peruvian soldiers, and stabbed them one by one. In less than minutes, all Peruvian soldiers died in their beds.

The Peruvian soldiers on guard duty were not so lucky. Some had their necks broken, some were shot to death by crossbows, and some were suffocated to death by having their throats broken by a palm strike.

It took the special forces 30 minutes to deal with the 150 guards. At this time, Ikidok was also dragged off the bed, and both sides of his face were swollen from being beaten by Wang Chenglin.

"Captain Sun, this bastard tried to resist when I caught him, but I ended up beating him up." Wang Chenglin said with a smile.

Sun Qisheng didn't care how Iquidoque was beaten. What he cared about was how to cooperate with the outside army to capture the city of Arequipa.

"Send someone to inform the prince that we have captured Iquidoque. Arequipa is now leaderless. I hope the prince will attack the city as soon as possible."

The special brigade had too few people, and it was unlikely that they would capture Iquidok and use him to trick the city gates open, because the Chinese troops outside had been attacking the city for two days, and the commander defending the city ordering the gates to be opened would undoubtedly be an act of surrender to the enemy, and the Peruvian officers guarding the gates would not believe that Iquidok would do such a thing.

Therefore, the purpose of holding Iquitoc in hand was to display him when the Chinese army outside attacked the city in order to shake the will of the Peruvian defenders to resist.

When Li Mingyuan received Sun Qisheng's report, he had already arrived at the city of Arequipa. Upon learning that the commander of the Peruvian garrison had been captured, Li Mingyuan immediately ordered an attack on the city.

With the main general gone and the enemy's firepower fierce, the Peruvian defenders soon could not hold on. Finally, when Sun Qishen took the captured Iquidok to persuade them to surrender, the Peruvian defenders gave up the last bit of their will to resist and opened the city to surrender.

(End of this chapter)