A soldier who followed Li Cunzhang took the opportunity to hand over a black iron whip. Li Cunzhang dismissed the card and smashed it on the two guards. He picked up the iron whip with one hand. The spearheads that were smashed by the left and right wheels of the tiger and tiger, scratched the hooks and forks, and broke them immediately and cracked them brittlely.

Suisu waved almost unstoppable on the current few enemy soldiers who were retreating and unable to dodge. He immediately collapsed his chest and shoulders, and his bones were beaten and flesh were lying to the ground. The moment he created this short blank space in the city, several Taiping troops climbed to the city, blocking and sweeping away from him, rushing a few chaotic arrows in the distance.

One of the old soldiers with empty hands pulled out bombs from the leather goods on their waists, and their hands and feet quickly led them to the city roads on both sides. They swung straight out one after another; and then rolled and smashed into the defenders who rushed to rush around from other places.

I saw a few "bumps" sounds close to each other and chaotic screams, one after another of the dusty smoke suddenly bloomed on the top of the city; the broken limbs and large pieces of blood that exploded were splashed on the inner wall of the city road and splashed out of the city wall.

In the rolling smoke and dust, Li Cunzhang and others who were just hit were inevitably affected; and the moment he raised his hand to cover his face, the forehead that the helmet could not be protected by fragments was flying around, and a bloody gap was made; fine pieces of flesh and blood and inlays were also splashed on the robe and armor.

However, the more miserable than them were the defenders who were the first to be blasted; just as they exploded several times, they were lying on the ground in a mess of flesh and blood; because the inner side of the relatively narrow earthen city road increased the power of these explosive bombs in disguise, and teared open the crowds densely crowded together.

However, how could Li Cunzhang, who had already fought in the war, let go of such a fleeting change and turning point? He did not wipe the blood flowing down half of his face, but then re-picked the card and whipped the whip and stepped over the defenders who were corpses and pierced, and fought back to the gatehouse.

Soon after, as the breakthrough opened by him became larger and larger, more Taiping soldiers holding sword cards and long and short muskets poured in; under the leadership of Li Cunzhang, they surrounded the two-story gatehouse and continued to resist stubbornly.

However, from the gaps smashed with the gun bar and the gun holder, a few tiny bombs that were quickly put into use, as well as the black smoke and fireworks that rose up later, the tragic whine and roar, and the charred human body that rushed out with the undestroyable flames; it declared that the last little resistance at the top of the city collapsed.

Then, the cross-blocking and stones behind the city gate were blocked and crushed, and were bombarded by prefabricated explosives, and after the influx of armored soldiers, it also means that the Lanzhou Prefecture City has reached its last moment of ending its path.

Therefore, half an hour later, amid the sounds of crying and noise behind the city slope, Li Cunzhang also saw the Lanzhou Governor Dou Lu Zhan, who wanted to set fire and pretended to escape, but was caught in the ditch under the toilet, and was covered in foul smell and filth.

At this moment, Fu Cunshen, the coach of the brigade, who was his temporary deputy, finally let go of his tight face and opened his mouth slightly, saying meaningfully:

"This battle is decided, and General Li will be the first to be the master of the cause... but I will also be clear about the Shangguan and take responsibility with you."

Because this is also the result of Li Cunzhang, who was a foreign general, who joined the army to assist in the war, led his troops independently under the Taiping Army system. Because, Du Hong, the leader of this partial division, now needs to take charge of Didao/Lintao City to monitor and control the surrendered soldiers of the Western Army who surrendered on the spot.

Therefore, he directly controlled the few firearm sequences among the troops who divided his troops to attack Lanzhou. Although he was named Deputy Zuo, he was also the monitor who was in disguise and supervised the battle.

Of course, their original plan was to pretend to be the remnants of the returned Western Army and earn the Jincheng Gate; however, when things were about to come, they were discovered by the defenders for some reason; as a result, the sneak attack, prepared in advance, turned into a powerful attack facing difficulties under Li Cunzhang's lead.

Fortunately, the risk again in this military adventure finally achieved corresponding results in twists and turns and without any danger. Therefore, Fu Cunshen, who was unable to stop the other party in time and suddenly became passionate about military adventure, could finally let go of his distractions.

However, as the person involved, Li Cunzhang only touched the wounds of his face and smiled miserably, but he did not have much pleasure or pride. Because the attack he experienced during this period also gave him enough touch and excitement, or a completely extraordinary feeling.

Because he had realized that in the past, those who were known as the bravest army, or the enemy of ten thousand people and the killing of hundreds of people, no matter how skilled or unstoppable the martial arts skills were, they would inevitably be as fragile as a native of these newly emerging firearm battle formations.

A brave man who has been a general and has been skilled in archery and horse training for many years will not last longer than others in front of a gunner who can be trained and trained in just half a year or even months.

The only thing that can affect and limit them on the battlefield is the financial and material resources used for arming and training, as well as the upper limit of the child medicines that individuals can carry.

However, compared with those crossbowmen who carried arrows in the past who had limited arrows and had to stop returning after several rounds of shooting, even had to become melee reserve teams, the advantages of these gunners were too obvious.

Especially after a long journey, the medicine they carried was still able to emit more frequency than the crossbow, and all they needed was to line up and pull the trigger back and forth.

Once they are allowed to complete civil engineering operations on the spot, they will form corresponding bunkers and chariot arrays; even traditional rafters or vassal cavalry that have the advantage may not be able to fully rush their formation.

As for the time when more well-protected armored cavalry and personal guards are dispatched to deal with them, it means no choice or a forced choice; even if you finally achieve victory and results, it will be a price that will not be worth the cost.

But on the contrary, once these large-scale firearms troops are blocked in front of the formation, even the most powerful Western Liang Iron Cavalry, or sometimes the imperial court's armored cavalry equipment, they will also have to be detested on the spot.

What's more, they also have explosive bombs, sulphur bombs, and cannon cars, which not only can urge the city to break the formation, but also have a natural restraint effect on the mount.

It can also be said that if the Fu Lushou had held the firearm array under the city before and no longer supported or helped, even with his bravery and commanding ability, there would be a high probability that this formation would be out of the city.

Therefore, he also understood why Li Hanzhi, who brought him to his current situation, was originally a general from the North, was so determined that he was willing to attack and kill the Taiping Army in the front.

Because after missing this final situation, there may be no room for these martial artists to show off their courage and ability in the future world.

——I am the dividing line of the times—

In Chang'an City a few days later, Zhou Huaian also asked in surprise:

"That Li Cunzhang actually defeated the Lanzhou capital Jincheng with a strengthened mixed troupe?"

"Reporting to the Lord, of course, it is not only these five hundred Taiping soldiers; there are also one thousand temporary auxiliary soldiers recruited from Didao on the spot, and eight hundred self-service soldiers selected from the Western Army to be surrendered as the momentum of the subordinates..."

Mibao, who was beside him, immediately replied:

"Nevertheless, he is a brave figure who can kill generals and pull the flag. It is also worth encouraging and promoting it as a role model;"

Zhou Huaian continued to sigh: Li Cunzhang is worthy of being a famous figure in the Five Dynasties. Even if he changes the stage and background, he can still play with you. Perhaps some of them can be selected among the surrendered soldiers of the Western Army to command him?

Then his attention turned to the sand table and was marked on several water and land transport routes representing the direction of the strategy, and continued to speak.

"Now our army's transportation capacity can probably be guaranteed at the minimum standard of a partial division on Northwest Road, how far is the distance and extent to which it is?"

"Returning to the king, our army's western front combat now relies on the transportation of Qishan Road and Weihe Valley Road. Based on the minimum demand of tens of thousands of people as the benchmark, it can probably be maintained in Liangzhou, which is the final stop line."

As one of the leaders of the staff on duty, he quickly answered;

"It is initially expected that the final capture of Zhangye guards will be divided; once you enter the Guzang grassland, due to the complex local people's conditions, terrain, road conditions, transportation costs and losses will increase sharply..."

"Therefore, while the number of troops promoted by the Governor's office on the Western Front has been replenished and raised on the spot, it has also somewhat reduced the firearm composition to reduce the pressure of transportation and maintenance."

"It's actually Liangzhou! This is enough."

Zhou Huaian nodded and confirmed: But he remembered many famous poems and works related to Liangzhou that he had learned in his later generations.

". It is great if you can use your power to slam Liangzhou into one go, but if you are not able to catch your strength, there is no need to continue to force it. Everything will be long."

But no matter what, according to the trend shown on the sand table, the four-block system with Guan Nei Road as the core has basically been consolidated. Only some corners of Jiannan Sanchuan and Guan Nei, near Longyou, Hexi, may be some remnants of the official army or Tu tribe forces; but it will not hurt the overall situation.

Therefore, the next goal and phased strategy are not only to maintain and stabilize the Henan Road situation with Zhu Laosan's territory as the intervention point, but also to find a way to remove the final nail that separates the Hezhong Army occupying Tongguan.

And this key point will fall on the Heyang Army led by Zhuge Shuang.
Chapter completed!