Ma Yulan is fleeing for his life, in the face of the cruel reality, all the glory, all the dreams, have left him, and now he is thinking about his own horse, why can't he go faster, he never wants to meet the demonic Red Army again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ma Yulan's decision to flee was undoubtedly correct, and if he looked back, then he would definitely find that at this moment, the only cavalry brigade in Ganma was already history. In the Gobi Desert within a radius of several miles, the mountains of corpses and a sea of blood composed of the Ganma cavalry were like hell.

The thousands of remaining people in Ganma were now scattered like birds and beasts, galloping through the vast wilderness, desperately fleeing. Behind them, there were cavalry units of up to five or six thousand men, in desperate pursuit.

Gradually, one by one, the Gama cavalry was knocked to the ground, and one by one surrendered to the Red Army. On the battlefield, the shouts and shouts that had been singing loudly slowly stopped, followed by the cheers and shouts of the Red Army.

In the end, Ma Hongbin's cavalry force escaped only two or three hundred people, and nearly 4,000 cavalry were either annihilated or captured, and one of the most powerful cavalry units ruling the land of Gan Province disappeared.

On April 10, the cavalry division led by Zhang Cheng and the intermediate troops led by the political commissar met in Qingshui City, and then Zhangcheng held a meeting of cadres above the regimental level.

At the meeting, Zhang Cheng made a detailed analysis of the latest enemy situation in the Western Expedition, explaining that the fundamental strategy of the campaign was to fight slowly with speed, and the tactical requirement of the whole army was to emphasize one word, that is, "speed"!

Because Ma Bufang, Ma Hongkui, and Ma Hongbin, the main force of the three horse cavalry led by Ma Jiajun, were annihilated one by one by Shao Zong, at this time the three horses were in an unprecedented weak situation, in order to completely take over the northwest region, our army must not be in trouble, we must take advantage of his illness, ask for his life, and seize their territory as quickly as possible when the three horses are the weakest, and do not give them a chance to resurrect.

In order to seize the speed, Zhang Cheng once again made the decision to divide the troops, and sent a telegram to the Party Central Committee and the Military Commission, asking them to send a large number of political work cadres to take over the new territory, so that the political work cadres could govern the city and form a Soviet power, and quickly establish local garrison troops to reduce the pressure of the division of troops in the small column, so as not to disperse the troops too much and give Ma Jiajun an opportunity.

The commander-in-chief and the Central Military Commission immediately sent a telegram back to the Shaozong, agreeing to Zhang Cheng's request, and the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission will immediately organize a large number of political cadres to follow the Shaozong into the great northwest and establish a grassroots party organization and a Soviet government in the great northwest.

After receiving the call back from the central government, Zhang Cheng immediately made a division of troops:

The Left Route Army, composed of the 1st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade, and led by Zhang Cheng himself, will continue to move south to capture Tianshui, annihilate the defenders of Tianshui, and cut off the military ties between the Central Army of the Kuomintang and the Ma Jiajun.

2. The political commissar led the Right Route Army, composed of the 3rd Brigade and the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, to Dingxi and Yuzhong to take the barrier east of Lanzhou, the capital of Gan Province.

Third, after the Left Route Army and the Right Route Army completed the first phase of their combat missions, they should march under Lanzhou City as soon as possible, encircle Lanzhou City, and cut off the possible assistance of Qingning Erma to Ganma, completely defeat Ganma, and occupy the entire Gan Province.

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On the morning of 12 April, the Left Route Army, equipped with a large number of artillery, laid siege to Tianshui, which consisted of only one regiment of troops, whose commander Ma Dianbang was Ma Hongbin's son-in-law.

The battle of Tianshui ended in only an hour, and the first division fought very unpleasantly, and in Li Yunlong's words, it was like an armed parade to take Tianshui, a key place in the northwest.

In this battle, the Left Route Army suffered less than 100 casualties, killed and captured a whole regiment of enemy troops, and the regiment commander Ma Dianbang was captured by our army. Zhang Cheng knew that this person had led an uprising to surrender to the People's Liberation Army in history, so he treated this person well, and after talking to him, he quickly released him back and served as Zhang Cheng's messenger, sending Zhang Cheng's handwritten letter to his father-in-law Ma Hongbin.

Leaving a regiment to garrison Tianshui and responsible for receiving the political work cadres from the central government to the south, Zhang Cheng led the Left Route Army to advance to Lanzhou, intending to join the Right Route Army.

At noon on April 16, the political commissar led the Right Route Army all the way to the ground and surrounded Dingxi. In the afternoon of the same day, the Battle of Dingxi began. Similar to the battle of Tianshui, although Ganma stationed a brigade of troops here, but it was not the opponent of our army at all, the third brigade steadily opened the way with artillery, and after breaking through the Dingxi city, the cavalry brigade waiting for the opportunity poured in, and the enemy's resistance was quickly defeated by our army.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the right army successfully ended the battle, and our army took the Lanzhou barrier Dingxi City at the cost of 600 casualties, and a whole brigade of the enemy army was completely annihilated by our army, and a total of more than 4,000 defenders of Dingxi were eliminated.

At half past nine o'clock in the morning of April 22, the two armies of the left and right sides of the Shaozong successfully joined forces in Dingxi City, and the troops came to Yuzhong to threaten Lanzhou, the capital of Gan Province.

Lanzhou, the capital of Gan Province, known as Jincheng in ancient times, surrounded by mountains in the north and south of Lanzhou, the Yellow River passes through the city in the east and west, has the reputation of the capital of the Yellow River, is an important industrial base and comprehensive transportation hub in the northwest region, one of the important central cities in the western region, and is also an important city connecting the three horses.

The Red Army pressed Lanzhou, and Ma Hongbin's only cavalry brigade was lost in the vast Gobi, and Ma Hongbin, who felt that the catastrophe was coming, had no choice but to send a brigade to reinforce Yuzhong County, intending to hold the last gate of Lanzhou first, and then he began to ask for help from other Ma Jiajun.

Between the three horses in the northwest, Ma Hongbin's strength was not weak, and the territory under his jurisdiction was also the richest. However, Ma Hongbin capsized in the gutter and was placed under house arrest by Lei Zhongtian during the Leima incident, and was only able to successfully get out of trouble under Wu Peifu's words, but his troops were greatly damaged, and the territory of Gan Province was occupied by the Central Army.

Later, Chang Kaishen elected him as the chairman of Gan Province in order to envelop Ma Jiajun, but unfortunately his strength is not as good as before, except for a cavalry brigade that is acceptable, most of the other existing troops are adapted from recruiting bandits, and their combat effectiveness is very poor, and it is not easy to control.

Now that Ma Hongbin's only hole card cavalry brigade has been overturned by Shaozong, it can be said that Ganma has entered the end of the road, so Ma Hongbin wants to keep the territory of Gan Province, and there is no other way than to ask for help from outside.

Between the three horses in the northwest, Ma Hongkui and Ma Hongbin in Ning Province are brothers, but there have been many conflicts because of the land grabbing before, although now under the threat of the Red Army, due to the cold lips and teeth, they began to deal with the Red Army together, but Ma Hongkui's main cavalry was annihilated by the Red Army under Qingyang City, and he himself was difficult to protect, and he had no ability to send troops to support.

Although Ma Bufang, who is the strongest, has suffered a big loss of strength like Ma Hongkui, Ma Bufang has a deep background after all, and the distance between Xining and Lanzhou is very close, Ma Bufang should know the truth of cold lips and teeth, and he will definitely come to the rescue.

In the end, Ma Buqing, whose strength has not been damaged, Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang are both brothers, stationed in the Hexi area, with a fifth cavalry division and nearly 20,000 troops, if the Red Army takes Lanzhou and Huining, the next step should be Hexi, and Ma Buqing should also come to the rescue.

Thinking of this, Ma Hongbin ordered his subordinates to send a call for help to the Qingma brothers at the same time, pinning his hope on Qingma.