Liu Jun dared to do this in his heart, in fact, there was another reason, and only he knew this reason

The world war is not far off, and the one named Lenin, with his own support, has been mixed up in Tsarist Russia over the years, and, according to local intelligence, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy have formed a loose alliance, and Britain, Tsarist Russia and France also have an agreement in this regard at the same time.

Sooner or later, even if Japan pokes out these things before its demise, what can Tsarist Russia do.

"Okay, I won't ask, you can decide for yourself." Seeing Liu Jun bowing his head and saying nothing, Zheng Yiqian let go of Liu Jun's neck, turned around and walked out.

In the huge room, Liu Jun was left alone.

Seeing that both of them were going out, Liu Jun walked to the map in a few steps, slowly moved his gaze from the east to the west, and then shifted to Lanzhou in the northwest.

From the time of time, it has been more than ten days since receiving Wu Peifu, Liu Jun squinted his eyes, he estimated that Lanzhou City, after waiting for a day or two, will start fighting.

Boom, boom, boom, bang

On the outskirts of Lanzhou City, rows of mortars smashed down on the heads of the Qing army like torrential rain. The Yellow Dragon Flag, which was hung in front of the most position, in less than two minutes, pointed to where the remaining flagpole was.

With a shout of rage, thousands of Liaodong troops raised their rifles in their hands, and under the cover of artillery fire, they began to rush towards the Qing army's position.

Riding the horse's hooves and galloping, the earth trembled, and immediately after, a regiment of the Liaodong cavalry launched an attack on the flank of the infantry.

"Attacked." On the bare mountain top in the distance, Luo Dacheng excitedly put down his binoculars, pointed to the Liaodong soldiers and cavalry who had rushed up and were fighting hand-to-hand with the Qing army, and shouted to Wu Peifu standing beside him with a smile on his face.

Without any excitement, Wu Peifu just nodded slightly. He didn't have Luo Dacheng's naked officer, a small forward position, from yesterday to now, launched five attacks, and each time more troops were invested to take it, this does not seem to be something to be happy about.

"Commander, have you noticed that the Qing army guarding the position does not seem to be the 500 troops of a battalion as stated in our intelligence, from yesterday to now, the other party's gunfire has become more and more dense every time, and it sounds like it should be about 5,000 people." Yi Ketanga didn't notice Luo Dacheng's excitement next to him, but listened to it for a while, and then raised his head to look at Wu Peifu and said what he thought.

Wu Peifu also noticed this.

Two days ago, after a long journey of nearly 10 days, the main force of 70,000 troops of the Western Advance Corps finally arrived near Lanzhou and exchanged fire with the front of the Qing army, which had arrived in Lanzhou for three days.

At the beginning, everything was going well, but in the later stage, especially when entering less than five kilometers from Lanzhou, he was met with stubborn resistance, and soldiers would die before he could move forward.

"I can see how this Qing army is the same as the inexhaustible fight, it is endless, you know, we used to fight with the Japanese, and we didn't have such a hard time." Luo Dacheng on the side obviously also saw the problem.

"According to our investigation, the Qing army on the periphery is the strength of one battalion of the Gan army, but now you see, this is not just one battalion, at least three battalions." Luo Dacheng saw that the two of them did not speak, and immediately spoke again.

Regardless of the strength of several battalions, now that the defense line has been broken through, the rest of the matter can only be known after taking Lanzhou.

"Order, after the armies break through the position, they must not rest, they must surround the four gates of Lanzhou City, and they must not give the Gan army a chance to leave Lanzhou and break through into Xinjiang" Faintly, Wu Peifu issued an order to completely annihilate Dong Fuxiang's Gan army in the Lanzhou area.

In Lanzhou City, in the Gansu Governor's Mansion, Dong Fuxiang sat on the chair with his brows tightly locked, looking at the map hanging on the wall in a quiet daze.

In three days, he finally fled back to Lanzhou under the pursuit of the Liaodong Army, but only Dong Fuxiang himself knew that this time, his own losses were very large, the 6,000 Gan troops who went to Tianshui at the beginning have now withdrawn to Lanzhou City, and there are less than 2,000 people in the area from Lanzhou to Tianshui in Gansu, and there are at least 40,000 patrol battalions in various places, but less than 20,000 people have really entered Lanzhou City, which means that half of the troops have escaped or been wiped out by the Liaodong Army on the way.

Standing up slowly, Dong Fuxiang walked to the map, looked at the schematic map of the peripheral position, and after finding that there were no loopholes, he returned to the position with confidence, he knew that with his strength in the peripheral position, it would be very easy to resist the Liaodong Army for four or five days.

This time, according to Yang Xinxin's suggestion, he defended Lanzhou and did not fight in Lanzhou, that is, the main forces were concentrated in a radius of five kilometers outside the city, while Lanzhou City only had a strength of 3,000 people. And on the periphery, he concentrated his own forces of almost thirteen thousand people.

In addition, according to Yang Xinxin's suggestion, when he spoke to the outside world, there was a battalion of troops in the outer positions, all of which was to confuse the Liaodong intelligence officers in the city, after all, it was very easy to mix in one or two Liaodong spies in a huge Lanzhou.

From yesterday afternoon to now, the gunfire in the outer positions has stopped for less than half an hour in the evening, and then there has been a fierce battle, so Dong Fuxiang has a little more confidence in his heart to defend Lanzhou.

With a creak, the door to the study of the Admiral's Mansion opened. Dong Fuxiang, who was sitting in the position, looked up and saw that the person who came in was actually Yang Xinxin, who was commanding the peripheral operations.

It's just that Yang Xinxin, who is coming in now, is obviously a little pale, and his walking pace is a little weak, and he looks like he has been hit by something important.

"The outer positions of the Great Marshal and the Great Marshal were broken through by the Liaodong Army."

"What?" Dong Fuxiang was taken aback, and stood up from his position all of a sudden, he absolutely didn't believe that the news was true, it was only less than two days, less than two days, even if his position was made of paper. Even if the Liaodong Army is stabbed, it can't be pierced in such a short time.

However, looking at Yang's attentive expression, this doesn't seem to be a lie.

Silence, there was silence in the study, and after a long time, Dong Fuxiang reacted and took Yang Xinxin's hand, "It's not that they don't have heavy artillery, how can they break through, how can they break through." ”

Dong Fuxiang is indeed powerful, from the speed of the Liaodong Army's march, he already knows that the Liaodong Army that came did not bring heavy weapons at all, and in response to this matter, he concentrated all the artillery on the periphery to block the Liaodong Army without artillery.

"Yes, they have the kind of artillery that comes out without any sound,