Look at this group of soldiers, Dong Fuxiang's heart is dripping blood, once upon a time, these were not how fierce they were, in Kulun, Outer Mongolia, although they were not the main force, but that kind of spiritual head, they will still go to reminisce, but look at the present, the hero does not mention his own team back then, and he is actually chased by the Liaodong Army. There wasn't even time to catch your breath.

"The Liaodong Army is up." I don't know who in the rear team shouted, and the Qing army, which had just slowed down, threw off everything that could be discarded again, and began to run in the direction of Lanzhou. On the official road, dense dust appeared again.

Running, chasing, chasing, on the official road leading to Lanzhou, in front of the Qing army is running for life. A few kilometers behind him, the Liaodong Iron Rider was tightly biting behind, and the two sides were very tacitly galloping on this road.

The great pursuit of thousands of miles is nothing more than that, from Tianshui to Lanzhou, although it is not a thousand miles, but there are hundreds of miles. The patrol battalions that received orders along the way also gradually joined the retreating team together with the retreating Gan army. The mighty Qing army began to retreat to the northwest.

Tianshui City, the county office, the plaque at the gate has long been removed, and now it is hanging on the pillar next to it, clearly writing a few big characters of the headquarters of the Western Advance Corps.

The big characters are very clear, and people can see them clearly from five meters away. The surrounding people looked at this group of Liaodong soldiers wearing black steel helmets and carrying rifles or pistols in their hands, and obviously showed a look of fear on their faces, after all, they had been frightened by the propaganda of the imperial court, saying that Liaodong was a monster who killed people without blinking.

Some people believe it, some people don't, and most of the people are still waiting for the Liaodong army to enter the city, and secretly run out to watch.

There are no blue-faced fangs as they imagined, and there are no three heads and six arms, but there are just groups of soldiers sleeping on the street, and in addition to the light rain last night, the clothes of these soldiers are all wet.

Where is this monster, this is the army that loves the people like a son, many families suddenly opened the door and invited these soldiers in, but the answers they got were all politely refused, after all, there was no order from above, even if it was a knife under the sky, it was impossible to enter and leave the people's rooms.

In the headquarters, Wu Peifu, who already had an extra star on his shoulder, stood quietly in front of the map, and in his hand, a blood-red thin line was heading in the direction of Lanzhou.

"War without gunpowder." Wu Peifu, who finished drawing the line, put down the pen in his hand and said lightly to Luo Dacheng and Yi Ketanga who were standing on the side.

After the two of them glanced at each other, they both nodded, they all knew that from Tianshui to Lanzhou, although there was no smoke of war, but it was a comparison of leg strength and endurance.

Now the Qing army has begun to retreat to Lanzhou, and looking at it like that, they are going to deploy in Lanzhou, and once Lanzhou is deployed, the attacking troops will suffer huge losses at that time.

And the only solution is for the army to pursue quickly, and before the Qing army is not deployed in Lanzhou, the forces of the two corps will immediately press up and fight a decisive battle with it under the city of Lanzhou.

Hurry, everything has to be fast, the three of them know that there are only two cavalry divisions pursuing the Qing army now, and the main force is all in the Tianshui area. Speed, only when the army arrives in Lanzhou, can it be completely solved.

Use two divisions to fight Lanzhou, don't talk about Wu Peifu, even Liu Jun is there, and he doesn't dare.

"My opinion is that the whole army should abandon heavy equipment, advance lightly as much as possible, and be sure to arrive at Lanzhou within 10 days." Wu Peifu, who had been pondering for a long time, pointed and bowed his head, looked at the two of them again, and then asked again, "What about your opinions?" ”

"I don't object, but this is all lightly armed, and once the Qing army is ready, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to take Lanzhou City at that time. Luo Dacheng on the side stood up, and after thinking about it, he pointed his finger to the map of Lanzhou.

"Your words are not unreasonable, in this way, all the mortars of all armies are put on, all the horses, all the explosives are consigned, if it really comes to that time, the only way to do it is to dig tunnels and blow up Lanzhou." Wu Peifu turned quickly, and explained the method in two clicks.

Without any objection, Wu Peifu nodded and called the chief of staff, after all, he also had to report to Liu Jun about such a big matter.

Lushun Headquarters, looking at Zhong Lin and Zheng Yiqian sitting in front of him, Liu Jun always felt that he had been fooled, he thought that moving to Beijing, it would take at least a few months, after all, all departments in Liaodong were concentrated here, but what did not make Liu Jun think was that it was only a few days, Zhong Lin reported to himself that the matter of moving to Beijing had been done and could be moved at any time.

"Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the legations of various countries go over first, and the rest of the departments will be in Lushun for the time being, and they will make plans after the northwest settles down." Liu Jun, who didn't want to migrate, began to be sloppy.

Zhong Lin and Zheng Yiqian have no objection to this, after all, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a large ministry, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has passed, so it is only a matter of time before the whole system is over.

"Okay head." Zhong Lin nodded, turned around and stood up from the chair, and just as he was about to go out, he saw the telegraph room staff under his jurisdiction pick up a telegram and walk up to him.

After taking it and taking a look, Zhong Lin walked up to Liu Jun in a few steps: "Head, Wu Peifu telegraphed." ”

Wu Peifu's telegram, Liu Jun, who was sitting in the seat, stood up and took the telegram from Zhong Lin's hand and read it.

"Call back, agree with the deployment of Wu, Luo, and Yi, and in addition, let Zhang Yi take a detour from Xinjiang, temporarily slow down the Xinjiang plan, fully cooperate with Wu Peifu, and take Lanzhou, an important town in the northwest."

"Understood." Zhong Lin nodded, quickly wrote the order in his folder, turned around and walked out.

"Traveling light, isn't that too hasty." After Zhong Lin left, Zheng Yiqian picked up the telegram that Liu Jun put on the table with a steel fork and asked in surprise.

Hastyly, Liu Jun, who was about to drink tea, put down the teacup in his hand, this is indeed a bit hasty, but if he doesn't sit like this, the marching speed will slow down, and once the Qing army is ready in Lanzhou, it will be a difficult bone for the westward marching corps.

Lanzhou's city defense is no worse than Beijing's. If it is attacked at that time, the death will be greater, and instead of preparing the Qing army, it is better to let it stand unheard of and take it in one fell swoop.

If I had an airplane, I could still drop it by air, but now, the airplane made by the Lushun Research Institute can only fly less than 500 meters with 50 kilograms of things, and it is no more than 112 meters high.

"Is there any good way you can't do it?" Liu Jun, who tilted his head, asked Zheng Yiqian, who was standing in front of him.

"Nope." Very straightforward answer.

That's the only way. Liu Jun spread out his hands, glanced at Zheng Yiqian, and began to pick up the tea from the table next to him again, blew the tea leaves on it, and slowly tasted the tea.