East Factory Governor

Chapter 465 Battle of Lanzhou ([-])

On the right side of the official road, there are [-] Xining troops withdrawn from the Xining Guard, led by Lin Yi, the commander of the Xining Guard.

Lin Yi was very troubled when he saw the roar of killing on the opposite mountain.

If they go to rescue at this time, the army will have to go down the mountain and pass the official road. When the time comes, the army of the Demon Cult will rush over, and the consequences will be disastrous.

There are 3 people in the Demon Cult on South Road. He thinks that if 2 people are used to ambush, even if the task given by the superior is just to consume and slow down the Demon Cult and run away, it is already a close call.If the army took the initiative to go down the mountain again, there would be ten deaths and no lives.

These ten thousand Xining troops are all his old subordinates.He didn't want these people to die in a daze.

At this moment, yellow fireworks rose from the opposite side.

This is a signal for retreat.

Lin Yi's heart tightened, and the battle on the other side was pitch-dark. At this time, Wang Zhuozhao did not release the signal for help, but the signal for retreat, which meant that Wang Zhuozhao thought that even if he led an army to rescue, it would be useless.

General Wang, prepare to die for your country!

Wang Zhuozhao is the supreme commander of this ambush operation. Since he has ordered the retreat, he will not be punished for withdrawing now.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi heaved a sigh of relief again, and began to rejoice that it was not a signal for help rising from the opposite side.

He decisively ordered, withdraw!
The lives of [-] Xining Army brothers were saved.

But there was still a thorn in his heart, and he always felt that he owed something to the Changping Army on the opposite side.

He couldn't tell if he was timid to fight, but he kept saying in his heart: General Wang, I hope you can break through safely!

Ten thousand Xining troops retreated in an orderly manner from the back of the mountain.

On the mountain on the left side of the official road, fierce fighting continued.

The armor on Wang Zhuozhao's body was already stained with blood, and it was hard to tell whether it belonged to him or the Demon Cultists.

After the Demon Sect recognized Wang Zhuozhao as the commander-in-chief of this army, they sent nearly two hundred sharp gold banners to charge towards him.

Wang Zhuozhao's personal guards swore to defend the coach to the death, and went forward in the chaos, trying to cover Wang Zhuozhao from the encirclement.

However, there are more and more demon cultists around, and they have already surrounded them tightly.It turned out that in order to force Wang Zhuozhao to ask for help from the opposite army, Jin Gang sent another 2000 people up.

At this time, of the 1 officers and soldiers, there are only three or four thousand left.

Wang Zhuozhao knew that the general situation was over, and the only suspense at this moment was how many brothers would be able to escape and ascend to heaven.

breakout!breakout!
He knew very well that with this order, the army would be defeated like a mountain. Originally, he wanted to fight until dark before organizing a breakout, but now it seemed that the army would not last until dark.

So, count as much as you can run!

Anyway, it has been completely defeated, hasn't it?

With the order to break through, three or four thousand officers and soldiers immediately form their own teams, or hundreds, or dozens, and rampage in different directions!
Wang Zhuozhao led more than 300 horsemen and charged in the direction of Lanzhou City!

However, the Devil's Cult can tolerate anyone breaking through, but they won't let him break through.

Two more battle formations of the Ruijin Banner joined the ranks to intercept him. In addition, there were more than a thousand demon sects screaming and killing him.

The brothers around Wang Zhuozhao fell one by one, and the team of 300 people quickly became sparse, like a small boat floating in the ocean.

Until a soldier who had been with him for many years lay in his arms and died.

Wang Zhuozhao screamed up to the sky, raised the sword in his hand, and wiped it fiercely on his own neck.

Master Changping, how can he bring down thieves?

On May [-]th of the third year of Chongzhen, Wang Zhuozhao, deputy general of the Changping Army and member of the Ministry of War, committed suicide and died for the country!In the Battle of Changwa Mountain, more than [-] officers and soldiers were lost and more than [-] were missing. Only more than [-] people from the Changping Army were lucky enough to return to Lanzhou City!

However, the Demon Cult suffered only over [-] casualties in battle.Among them, Rui Jinqi lost more than [-] people in battle.

At the same time, the ambushes on the North and West Roads probably met the same fate.

The [-] ambush soldiers on Dunwa Mountain in the North Road fought fiercely with the Demon Cult for more than half an hour, losing [-] troops and annihilating [-] enemies.

Fifteen thousand of the ambush soldiers from the Chenguan Camp on the West Road fought fiercely with the Demon Cult for an hour, losing nine thousand and annihilating two thousand and five enemies.

On this day, the official army lost a total of [-] men and horses, while the Demon Cult only lost more than [-] men.

This is the result achieved under the condition that the officers and soldiers occupy a favorable terrain to ambush. If there is a direct confrontation, the ratio of battle losses between the two sides may be even more astonishing.

Cao Wenzhao didn't dare to fight the Demon Sect anymore, and put all the soldiers in Lanzhou City.

On the night of May [-]th, all three armies of the Demon Cult arrived at the city of Lanzhou.

But that night, they did not attack.

The next day, there was still no movement from the Demon Cult.

About [-] Demon Cult troops surrounded Lanzhou City tightly, but they did not attack the city.

They seem to be waiting for something.

At this time, Qin Shuhuai had just arrived in Taiyuan, Shaanxi.

Almost every day, information was sent to him, either from the Bailian Sect, or from the officers and soldiers.

After learning that the Demon Cult had besieged the city for three days, Qin Shuhuai summoned his subordinates to discuss whether the Demon Cult had the possibility of besieging the city and fighting for aid.

Based on a variety of information, after discussing with everyone, it is believed that it is impossible for the Demon Cult to besiege the city and fight for aid.

The Demon Sect claims to have 30 people, but according to the information sent by the White Lotus Sect, there are at most 10 of them. Qin Shuhuai believes that the White Lotus Sect's information will not be false.

They sent 9 people to besiege Lanzhou City. Even if Ma Shouying had [-] of them, the Demon Cult only had [-] mobile troops left.

Even if they don't want other territory and the whole army goes out to ambush the reinforcements, is it possible that they want to ambush Qin Shuhuai and Hong Chengchou's 4 troops with 14 people?

If the Demon Cult is really this crazy, then Qin Shuhuai would welcome it very much!

However, this possibility obviously does not exist.

So what is the Demon Cult going to do?

The reason why they rushed to attack Lanzhou City was definitely because they wanted to capture the city before Qin Shuhuai arrived in Lanzhou, so that they could rely on this most fortified city in Gansu to start a decisive battle with Qin Shuhuai.

As long as he can pass Qin Shuhuai's test, it will no longer be a dream for the Demon Cult to enter BJ.

But why didn't they attack the city?

Qin Shuhuai thought for a while, then suddenly shouted, "It's broken!"

"What's wrong?" the generals hurriedly asked.

"The Devil's Cult has thick soil flags and is good at digging holes. Maybe they are digging a tunnel leading to Lanzhou City at this time! No, it may not be a tunnel, but a place where explosives are placed under the city wall of Lanzhou City! They want explosives to blow down the city wall !"

After hearing this, Lai San'er said incredulously, "Hey, how much gunpowder do you need?"

Leather Dog said coldly, "The area around Kunlun and Qinghai is rich in saltpeter, and there are many warlocks in the Demon Cult. It is easy to make gunpowder."

Qin Shuhuai also nodded and said, "That's right, the Demon Cult's Thick Earth Banner and Raging Fire Banner are both good at making mines with gunpowder. Besides, as long as the hole is dug well, it doesn't take much gunpowder to explode a large piece of it. The city wall of Lanzhou City, Can it withstand the test of subsidence?"

Upon hearing this, Lai San'er hurriedly said, "Then is it too late for us to inform them now?"

Zhang Xiao said, "Lord Lai Xiang, when the Demon Sect and us fought against the Northern Beggars and the Cao Gang allied forces, you know how fast they dug holes. If we only notify them now, it may be too late!"

(End of this chapter)