The Luoyang army made the intention of marching to the west of Gansu and attacking Suzhou (now Jiuquan) and Xining, Qinghai, of course, it was a conspiracy of the drunkard's intention not to drink.

In order to ensure that the communication between the two horses can be smoothly isolated, Luo Yang will also have his main force of more than 20,000 people, divided into several departments, 15,000 people, a long snake formation stationed in Lanzhou to Dingxi, to Tianshui on the road, set up a strict cordon, but also urged Luo Bingzhang's army out of Lanzhou, to the west, to establish a new warning area,

There are many questions, step by step,

Luo Bingzhang is still very capable, especially after the army has a powerful flying thunder artillery unit, as soon as he arrives in Lanzhou City, he will contact with the Qing generals who defend the city, induce, Luo Bingzhang's brand is still quite good, and immediately make the majority of the Lanzhou guards and officials of the Qing court waver, Lanzhou has long been blocked by the Hui army's sphere of influence, which is equivalent to an isolated island, and the surrounding Hezhou, Xining, Suzhou and other Hui forces are eyeing it, and survival is a problem.

However, things did not go so smoothly, and some Qing generals resolutely opposed it, so the matter dragged on.

Luo Bingzhang is not a good stubble, waited for a day, did not see any movement, and immediately issued an ultimatum to Lanzhou City, only giving an hour of time to think, as soon as the time came, immediately urged the troops to attack the city,

Luo Bingzhang's army is full of confidence, because there are a hundred newly cast flying thunder cannons, so to speak, because of this kind of cannon, all the Western Expeditionary Army, are bullish forks, according to the power of the explosion, this simple and feasible earthen cannon, than the Qing army just purchased from Germany The flowering cannon is actually much larger, completely belongs to the type of heavy artillery, if it is not too close, it can really run rampant in the world,

The generals and officials of the Qing Dynasty were also very angry, and Luo Bingzhang's arrogance and unreasonableness inspired the fighting spirit of the Qing army, so the two sides went to war.

Luo Bingzhang was really a ruthless guy, and placed the artillery of the front team of the whole army, two artillery battalions, in the east of Lanzhou City, and at a distance of 200 meters, he bombarded the Qing army in the city.

The Qing army was immediately stunned, they had never seen such a fierce cannon, such a large explosive bag flew up and smashed into the city wall, the city wall was immediately crumbling, a large area of gaps cracked, and hundreds of Qing officers and soldiers who were preparing to defend on the city wall suffered and hung up one after another.

In fact, the most unlucky thing is not the bombardment, but the curiosity of the Qing army, watching Luo Bingzhang's troops throw big braids, but they are playing the military flag of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, working hard for others, really strange, and, what's even more strange is that these guys are fiddling with so many big round barrels, and what are they doing with flat things, well, what kind of cats are playing,

This is a bright and upright attack, under the sudden bombardment, the Qing army collapsed, and several generals and officials in the fierce main battle were blown into spinach leaves, so Lao Luo stopped the war and proudly sent someone to ask the officials of Lanzhou City how they felt, and they could only cover their faces and say that they were not very useful.

Lanzhou City quickly surrendered and was in the hands of Luo Bingzhang,

Within a week, Luoyang's Western Expeditionary Army occupied the central part of Gansu Province, quietly isolating Ma Zhanao in Hezhou and Ma Hualong in Ningxia and even wild horses, laying the foundation for the next calculation and attack.

After the surrender of the Qing army in Lanzhou, under Luo Bingzhang's obscenity, he sent a special envoy all the way to the west, sweeping all the areas controlled by the Qing court into Luo Bingzhang's sphere of influence, northwest to Suzhou, and west to Xining, all of which became the place where the banner of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom fluttered.

When the time is ripe,

After discussing with Luo Bingzhang, Luo Bingzhang lived in Lanzhou, integrated the Qing army near Lanzhou, and organized it as a new unit, although the number of Qing troops here is not very large, but, in a mess, each city and each village, there are actually 20,000 small units, organized as a brigade-level unit, mixed with Luo's army, and then, jointly deal with the north and south horses in Gansu, and at the same time, threaten to enter the Xining Hui army,

Luo Bingzhang's army held its weight and did not move, on the road from Lanzhou to Shaanxi, increasing its strength and bluffing, mainly to cut off the connection between the two horses, and when necessary, to intercept the army that assisted it.

Judging the situation, Luo Yang himself, led 4,000 elite cavalry and 5,000 infantry, secretly sneaked to Guyuan, of course, also carried a lot of artillery explosives,

In the Gansu area, whether it is the Hui region or the Han region, where it passes, the horses are empty, the Luoyang army does everything possible to collect war horses, in order to enhance the strength of the troops, but also let Luo Bingzhang collect more than 3,000 horses from the Lanzhou area, and send them to the Luoyang army at a speed.

Two thousand elite cavalry, two thousand infantry climbing on horseback, and a chaotic army, a total of 10,000 people, rushed to northern Shaanxi, in order to ensure confidentiality, but also unified the clothing of the troops into the style of the return army, led part of the surrender of the army guides, in order to prevent accidents, the return soldiers in the army, all stayed in place, with Han soldiers to monitor it,

Although the attack on Jinjibao was an inevitable action, Luo Yang still had a glimmer of hope for a peaceful settlement, which was not only to test Ma Hualong's bottom line, but also to justify the name, he sent a military envoy to Ma Hualong, saying to Ma Hualong that in order to deal with the rebellion of the Hui army in Qinghai, further expedition to the jurisdiction of General Yili, and for the future eastward expedition to the Manchu Dynasty, Ningxia Ma Hualong needs to make some contributions.

The contribution is not much, 10,000 elites are transferred, and the establishment is divided into 20 battalions, including 10 infantry battalions and 10 cavalry battalions.

Sure enough, Ma Hualong cleanly rejected the request,

Luoyang sent an envoy again, lowered the requirements, and only transferred 5,000 cavalry from the Ningxia Hui Army, which was to be completed within three days.

The messenger returned, disappointed again, although Ma Hualong's refusal was very tactful.

Since he surrendered, he had been nominally incorporated as the governor of Ningxia Province and Region, but he did not carry out the orders of his superiors, and he naturally proved the reliable news of his surrender.

After having an excuse, Luo Yang did not attack directly, but sent two groups of envoys in succession to instruct Ma Hualong that if Ningxia was in difficulty, he could lower his requirements again, and only send 3,000 troops, or only 4,000 war horses.

During this period, Luo Yang has been deploying troops to complete the secret encirclement of Jinji Fort in Ningxia, and he wants to adopt a new strategy to destroy Ma Hualong's core fortress in one fell swoop, and win the crusade battle at the lowest cost.

Of course, there is a conspiracy here, but the fundamental thing is still a bloody war,

Cao Kezhong's army of 3,000 people, was transferred to the north, twists and turns, played the banner of the Qing army, military uniforms, and Lan Chengchun army, Qiu Yuancai's army, from the northwest of Shaanxi, when reached the north, through Yan'an, after arriving at the edge of the Great Wall, divided into two parts, one for the fierce general Qiu Yuancai, commanding 7,000 elites, playing the appearance of the Qing army, along the Great Wall westward, straight to Lingwu, from behind the threat of the Mahualong army, while Lan Chengchun's army and Cao Kezhong's army, played the main force of the Qing army, slowly advanced to Ningxia, and went south in the east of Yanchi, Threatening the east side of Ma Hualong,