Chapter 22: Commander of the castle

的 It's not just the Chinese army who can't sleep tonight. Iquidok, the garrison commander of Arequipa City, was also woken up by an aide.
"Fuck so late that disturbs Lao Tzu."
"The commander is not good. A large group of unknown troops has come outside and has surrounded Arequipa."
"Anderson does what he eats, and he is surrounded by others. I don't know yet." Iquitok scolded.
"What are you doing here, don't bring Lao Tzu's gun yet." Iquidock scolded and was not relieved and kicked the lieutenant.
Iquitoc was angry, the lieutenant did not dare to mess with him, but Wei Nuo retreated.
Sudden flames did not solve the problem. After Igidok had a fire, he had to face the immediate problem.
The siege army must have been rebellious Chinese workers. Although they did not know the exact number, they dared to besiege the city of Arequipa, with a minimum of 40,000 or 50,000 people.
"Fucky President Black, I reported that the rebels might attack Arequipa two days ago. He didn't believe that the victim was surrounded by the rebels." Iquitoc looked at the map on the wall and cursed.
From the map, you can see that the saltpeter producing areas in southern Peru were all occupied by the Chinese army, and Arequipa is on the front line bordering the Chinese army.
Iquitoc was able to be the supreme military chief of Peru's important town, and he did not understand the military at all.
When he asked the Peruvian president for help, he also mobilized laborers in the city to build fortifications, but the Chinese army moved faster than he thought. The fortifications had not yet been completed and the Chinese army had already fought.
Iquitoc has been paying attention to the movement of the Chinese army. Yesterday, he also heard reports from his subordinates that the Chinese rebel forces ran back and prepared to retreat. However, tonight, they suddenly besieged the city, and there must be something tricky in it.
Iquitoc thought hard, suddenly thinking that Duraya should fall because of the Chinese in the city.
"Is there a Chinese response in the city?"
Arequipa is Peru's industrial base. All Peruvians live in the city. After Chinese workers enter the city, they will be relocated outside the city at night. Therefore, Iquitoc ruled out the city workers to collude with the Chinese rebels. Possible.
既然 "Since it is impossible to be a local Chinese worker, it must be that the spies of the Chinese rebels mixed in the city and got the truth of the city's garrison."
Iquitoc thought more and more that this was possible. He looked away from the map and shouted, "Check to see if any suspicious characters have entered the city recently, and immediately send three batches of commanders to Mo Yando, Puno, The Cusco garrison called for help. "
"Yes" the guard responded, then quickly ran away.
He realized that there might be rebel spies in the city, and Iquitoc left 500 soldiers to maintain order in the city and led 1,500 people to reinforce the city gate.
As Iquidock led the troops marching in the city, Sun Qisheng and others hidden in the corner were looking for opportunities to start.
"The commander of the platoon, are you sure that you will kill the officers riding in front of you?" Sun Qisheng pointed to Iquitok.
"The distance is too far." Wang Chenglin shook his head.
Because there are Cai Jiu and others as guides, the soldiers of All Saints and Special Groups ambush on the way to the city gate, ready to kill Igidok, and take advantage of Arequipa's guardless chaos to give the city Foreign troops create siege opportunities.
I didn't expect Ijidok to have a tough defense around him, and Sun Qisheng and others could not approach him at all.
让 "Let him live a few more days, let's withdraw first."
When the special brigade was established, Li Mingyuan gave them a few days of lessons, telling them that the main core of special operations is to flexibly change strategies to achieve goals.
Therefore, Ikidok could not be killed this time, and Sun Qisheng retreated decisively to prepare for the next ambush plan.
Iquitoc was riding on the horse without knowing that he was almost killed by others.
Just now the soldier reported that he had a group of Indians who bought the injured workers who built the city fortifications. Iquitoc heard the soldier's report and combined with previous speculations, it has been determined that the injured workers were bought by rebel spies who mixed in the city. The spies got some information from Arequipa's garrison through the labor mouth, and then passed it to the rebels outside the city.
I wanted to understand this. Iquitoc assigned two hundred soldiers led by a battalion commander to search the whereabouts of the Chinese spies.
"Captain, martial law in the city, hundreds of Peruvian soldiers are catching Chinese on the street, and some Indians who look like Chinese have been arrested." In a dilapidated residence, Wang Chenglin said to Sun Qisheng.
"Captain Sun, Ikidok must have found us." Cai Jiu, who had lived in Arequipa for a few years, first responded.
"Oh, Arequipa's defender is very vigilant, but if he wants to find us out, that would be too underestimated." Sun Qisheng sneered, and then said, "Brothers, Iquitoc bring After leaving most of the reserve team, the guards in his house must be relatively empty. We dived into his house first and took him down when he returned. "
的 The security forces that defended Iquitoc stayed with him at any time. Iquitoc went to the city gate to support it, and his troops would not stay at home, so now Iquitoc's home is the most empty defense.
The most dangerous place is often the safest place. When the Peruvian army was hunting Chinese spies, they would never think that the spies were hiding in the home of the city defender.
There were countless torches lit up outside the four city gates. Because of midnight, the defenders on the city walls could not see the number of troops outside the city, and they dared not to attack rashly, hiding on the city walls to prevent attacks by Chinese troops.
"Anderson, how did I tell you? Watch the movements of the Chinese rebels closely, but you're better. The enemy surrounded Arequipa. UU read the book www.uukanshu.com. You only know how you said I should punish me. You. "Iquitoc pointed at the gate guard general and cursed.
"The commander did not neglect his duty. He sent five investigative teams before and after his insignificance. None of them returned. When I was about to send someone to check the news, I found that the rebels appeared in front of the city gate. Reported, "Anderson explained.
After hearing what he said, Iquitoc's expression eased a little, and he asked, "Have you sent troops to investigate their reality?"
"You can't see the number of rebels at night.
"Arequipa's defenders add up to only 7,000 men. Sending troops before you can understand the strength of the enemy will only lead to unnecessary losses. This time you are right to not send troops."
"Commander, I'm worried that the enemy will attack the city with heavy artillery, so even if we have 7,000 people, we can't keep the city." Anderson said.
The Tatar Chinese army had the heavy artillery seized, and the Arequipa defenders knew it, so Anderson was worried that the city could not keep it.
"This rebel march should be too late to carry heavy siege artillery. For the time being, Arequipa is safe, but their reinforcements will almost arrive tomorrow. It will be a really difficult time, so we must stand by Are Three days in Kippa until the arrival of reinforcements. "
"Please rest assured that the commander must not let go of a rebel soldier," Anderson assured.
"This battle is the biggest crisis encountered in the city of Arequipa, so I will defend the city with you." Iquitoc did not want to stay on the wall and suffer, but if the city broke, he would not be able to live, so Only then took the initiative to defend the city to boost morale.
"Commander, I'll be at the gate, you can go back and rest,"
"I have decided, you need not say more."
Iquitok waved.