"I say, why do you always let a regiment attack, and every time you attack, you make the troops retreat shortly after you launch an attack, it turns out that this is why." Luo Dacheng, who reacted, smiled happily.

"The walls of Lanzhou are strong, and the defenders are the Gan army, and the equipment and strength of the Gan army should not be underestimated. Therefore, we will have to consume their ammunition before we can take it down in one fell swoop when we attack. Wu Peifu walked next to Luo Dacheng, looked at the retreating troops, and said lightly.

"Now, can we launch a general assault on it?" Luo Dacheng doesn't care about these things, he is worried about one thing, then he cares about one thing, when to attack.

Luo Dacheng is an offensive general, he doesn't move his head, he just hopes to be able to meet the enemy on the battlefield in order to show the heroism of the soldiers.

"That's it." After nodding slightly, Wu Peifu sank his face violently: "Tell the attacking armies to launch a general attack in three hours." ”

In Lanzhou City, although the attacking troops did not have any heavy artillery, there were still some shells that fell into the city and blew up some houses.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry." On the streets, from time to time, there would be a group of Qing troops, led by officers, running quickly through the city, these were Gan troops who were ordered to go to the city wall.

The Yamen of the Admiral's Mansion, dressed in a governor's uniform, Dong Fuxiang held down the waist knife in his hand, sat quietly on the chair, and listened to Yang's heartfelt report.

From Yang Xinxin's mouth, Dong Fuxiang got a very bad news, that is, there was a serious shortage of ammunition.

This can't be blamed on anyone, most of the ammunition in Lanzhou City was brought into Tianshui, I thought that Tianshui could resist the Liaodong Army, who would know, from the arrival in Tianshui to the retreat, it was less than three days, in addition to the retreat all the way, a large number of ammunition and materials were discarded, and after returning to Lanzhou, the battalions left behind, the average spread of ammunition was less than five rounds.

"What about the casualties of the troops?" Take a deep breath. Dong Fuxiang asked after slowly opening his eyes.

"The east gate guarded by the rear battalion is the main direction of the Liaodong Army's attack, therefore, the most heavily wounded, moreover, the east gate has received a large number of artillery, and cracks have appeared in the city wall, I'm afraid"

What the? Dong Fuxiang suddenly interrupted Yang's intentions, Lanzhou City was so strong, it made the Liaodong Army blow up cracks, he really didn't understand, how did the Liaodong Army do it.

"Let's go, go to the east gate." Standing up from the chair all of a sudden, Dong Fuxiang grabbed the hat next to him, turned around and walked out of the Admiral's Mansion, got on the horse in front of the Admiral's Mansion, and quickly walked towards the east gate.

Before he arrived at the East Gate, Dong Fuxiang saw that in the direction of the East Gate, billowing smoke was rising, passing through a few streets, and then he saw that several houses near the East Gate were burning, and some soldiers were struggling to extinguish the fires above...... However, the flint rose up like a fire dragon, and it could not be extinguished at all.

Quickly stopped in front of the east gate, Dong Fuxiang went up to the city tower in a few steps, and took the binoculars from the defenders next to him, only then did he see that under the city of Lanzhou, the trenches were dense, and at a few hundred meters away, forty or fifty artillery pieces were revealing their gloomy muzzles, but those muzzles looked a little strange.

Originally, the muzzles were supposed to be lined up, but now from here, it is clear that the muzzles are aimed in one direction.

"Marshal, in these attacks, the artillery of the Liaodong Army has concentrated its firepower and hit the shells at one point." Before the deputy general on one side finished speaking, Dong Fuxiang waved his hand.

He had already understood why there were cracks in the Lanzhou city wall, and the real reason was not because of the fierce artillery fire in Liaodong, but because the Liaodong army concentrated the artillery at one point, and the power of the explosion would be several times that of ordinary shelling.

Putting down these, Dong Fuxiang turned the telescope in his hand, and at this time he saw that in the distance, the dense Liaodong Army was gathering outside the city, and it looked like that, and in the near future, a full-scale attack would be launched.

"Dashuai, let's go back." Yang Xinxin on the side obviously also saw that the Liaodong Army had gathered tens of thousands of troops to attack.

Hey, with a slight sigh, Dong Fuxiang turned around and went down the city wall, without saying anything all the way, after Dong Fuxiang returned to the study, he asked everyone to retreat, and he was alone in the study to think.

Outside the city, time is passing little by little. It has been two hours since the order to attack was given, and after waiting for an hour, the attack on Lanzhou will begin.

Inside the bunker, Luo Dacheng and the others sat quietly on the ammunition box, thinking about a question that Wu Peifu said not long ago.

Soon after giving the order to attack, Wu Peifu thought of a question, whether it was possible to make Dong Fuxiang surrender, or force Dong Fuxiang to surrender. "Do you want me to stop attacking and send someone in to try it?" Luo Dacheng, who was sitting on the ammunition box, raised his head and looked at Wu Peifu and Yi Ketanga who were sitting beside him.

"For Dong Fuxiang, although I don't have a deep relationship with him, I still know this person, he is a very loyal person, therefore, this hope is not great, so I think it is better not to take this risk, after all, the order of the commander is to let us take Lanzhou as soon as possible, and then march into Xinjiang." Iqtanga on one side clearly disagreed with the proposal.

He has been an official in the imperial court for decades, and he still has a certain understanding of Dong Fuxiang.

"I agree, now that we have gathered troops, there is no need to consume them with him," Hearing what Iktanga said, Luo Dacheng quickly changed his words, after all, Iktanga mentioned Liu Jun. For Liu Jun's order, he will carry it out without any conditions.

Seeing that both of them agreed to attack, Wu Peifu could only nod and began to wait slowly for the attack time.

"Someone." A loud shout sounded from the study of the Admiral's Mansion, and Yang Xinxin, who had been outside the door, immediately clenched the waist knife in his hand and walked in when he heard this voice.

"What do you command?" Walking up to Dong Fuxiang respectfully, Yang asked softly.

Taking a deep breath, Dong Fuxiang, who was sitting in the chair, slowly opened his closed eyes and looked at Yang Xinyi, who was standing in front of him, before he said slowly: "Order the troops to open the city gate and surrender." ”

What the? Yang Xinxin obviously didn't hear Dong Fuxiang's words clearly, and suddenly took a step forward in confusion.

Seeing that Yang didn't hear clearly, Dong Fuxiang repeated again: "Let all the armies give up resistance and let the Liaodong Army enter the city." ”

"Understood." Yang Xinxin finally understood Dong Fuxiang's words, and immediately answered loudly, turned around and ran out of the door.

Hey, sighing, Dong Fuxiang looked at Yang who was far away, and slowly pulled out the revolver from his waist