The speed is fast, and it takes more than ten days to arrive at Lanzhou City, and Lanzhou is surrounded. The surprise in Songpan's heart will not be less than that of Zhang Zhidong.

Both of them are military generals, what this means and what it represents, only the two of them know best.

"You once asked the old man to send reinforcements, I don't agree, now you see, if we send reinforcements, what will happen?" Seeing Song Pan sitting on the chair depressed, Zhang Zhidong smiled bitterly.

A few days ago, Song Pan once found himself to see if he could draw out one or two towns of troops, go out of Jianmen, and then attack Hanzhong to reduce the pressure in the northwest, but at that time, Zhang Zhidong knew very well that this time the troops sent to the northwest were the troops mobilized from all over Liaodong, and the original troops guarding Shaanxi did not mobilize a single soldier at all, even if the Luo Dacheng Corps was the Shaanxi Corps, but it was newly formed, and it was not the original army that entered Shaanxi at all.

At that time, the first town that was so elite was directly crippled, let alone now, so Zhang Zhidong did not agree with Songpan's idea, but directly ordered to suppress the telegram. Do not send.

This move made Songpan very misunderstood, and even behind his back, he was talking about Zhang Nanpi's intention to destroy the Qing Dynasty. This made Zhang Zhidong feel very uncomfortable, he had never thought about this, and the reason why he did this was because he knew too much about the deployment of troops in Liaodong.

Even the most elite first towns were destroyed in Shandong and Handan, Hebei, not to mention these newly formed troops.

"Nakado is wise." Songpan, who was stunned, looked at Zhang Zhidong decadently, if he had been forced to send troops at the beginning, I am afraid that the news he got now would be nothing more than one, and the whole army would be wiped out.

Who is Dong Fuxiang, he knows that he is a great general under his command, and he has almost never lost a battle, but now, he is being chased so badly by the Liaodong Army.

"Zhongtang, now that the northwest has become a foregone conclusion, do you think you should send a telegram to Pan Xiaosu privately and let him" The latter words, Song Pan did not say, after all, they are all colleagues, since they can't defeat the enemy, then it is better to let him take refuge in Liu Jun, which can also reduce killings.

With a cold snort, Zhang Zhidong stood up, and after looking at the dark clouds in the distance, Zhang Zhidong turned to look at Songpan: "Do you think he still has a chance?" ”

Urumqi Governor Yamen. A man dressed in gray coarse cloth and probably in his thirties, sneaked in through the back door of the governor's yamen, and the road was unobstructed. Even the maid who met him would stand aside respectfully, waiting for him to pass before moving forward again.

Walking all the way, he went straight to Pan Xiaosu's study, this man tidied up his clothes, knocked on the door, and only after getting the order to enter, he softly pushed the door open and entered, and then closed the study door.

Pan Xiaosu glanced at the people who came, and immediately hurriedly put the books in his hand on the table, and stood up suddenly: "You're back, what do they say?" ”

There was no answer, judging from the other party's shaking head and sad face, Pan Xiaosu knew the result.

With a plop, Pan Xiaosu suddenly sat on the chair next to him. Depressed bowed his head.

He didn't expect that the path he wanted to talk about would be rejected by Liaodong.

This person is not anyone, but his own cronies, and at the same time his nephew. Pan Wenlin. After Pan Wenlin was besieged by the Liaodong Army in Lanzhou, he had the idea of peace talks with Liaodong in his heart, and the rapid advance of Zhang Yi's corps in northeast Xinjiang made him even more frightened, so he secretly sent his nephew to find Zhang Yi and tell him his thoughts on peace talks.

"They said that there is an order in Lushun, and Xinjiang is not allowed to negotiate peace again. He also said that there is only one chance. Pan Wenlin lowered his head and said again, these words suddenly made Pan Xiaosu's face pale and his heart was like ashes.

There is no chance. Pan Xiaosu smiled bitterly, he is regretting it now, why didn't he listen to Chang Geng's words in the first place, he had to stand up for the court.

Hey, a sigh came from Pan Xiaosu's study.

Lushun, it's getting late. Liu Jun, who had been busy with green for a day, stretched his waist, and then stood up slowly, ready to go home after moving his muscles and bones. Liu Jun, who was sorting out the documents on the side, stood up, put down the documents in his hand and walked to Liu Jun's side, in the past few days, she has always had a doubt, that is, she does not understand why Liu Jun would refuse to negotiate peace in Xinjiang.

"I don't understand, this is why Pan Xiaosu obviously wants to negotiate peace, why did you order to refuse?"

As soon as he heard Zheng Yiqian's questions, Liu Jun sat down again and glanced at Zheng Yiqian: "Kill the chicken and make an example, if I agree to let Xinjiang negotiate peace this time, then in the future, if I attack other places, everyone will become the grass on the wall, and the side will go smoothly and that side will fall, therefore, I want to use Pan Xiaosu's head to tell others that it is best to have a beginning and an end to be a man." ”

It turned out that this was the case, Zheng Yiqian seemed to understand and nodded.

"Let's go, today, Friday, they are also back, and it is rare to have a reunion dinner in a week." There are still questions when I see Zheng Yiqian. Liu Jun changed the topic, after all, there were other reasons, he didn't want to say.

Boom boom boom boom outside Lanzhou City, the sound of artillery shook the sky. The gunfire continued. Tens of thousands of Liaodong troops were holding up their rifles and rushing towards Lanzhou City.

"Damn, he's back down again." Luo Dacheng of the forward command center angrily smashed the steel helmet on his head to the ground.

Three offenses, three times, from yesterday. He commanded three large-scale attacks on the east gate of Lanzhou, but each time he was defeated.

"What are you angry about, you didn't hear the gunfire on the city wall this time." Wu Peifu on the side looked at where Luo Dacheng was, jumped and scolded, put down the binoculars in his hand and said lightly.

"What does this mean?" Luo Dacheng, who was sitting on the ammunition box depressed, tilted his head and looked at Wu Peifu.

Hehe, Iketanga on the side walked to the ammunition box, blew off the dirt on it, and then sat on the ammunition box and said with a smile: "This shows that the ammunition in Lanzhou City is already insufficient, and it is estimated that they will run out of ammunition and food in one day." ”

It's really fake, hearing what Yi Ke Tang'a said, Luo Dacheng stood up and walked to the bunker mouth, listening to the sound of the Qing army on the wall of Lanzhou City.

Sure enough, the sound of gunfire today is indeed much rarer than yesterday.

It is no wonder that Wu Peifu will not put more than one regiment of troops in the past two days, it turned out that he wanted to consume the ammunition of the defenders of Lanzhou.

Gao, no wonder the marshal wants Wu Peifu to be the commander, so he rushes to this, Luo Dacheng has two words in his heart, and he is convinced.