"Master!Master!"

A Qing army officer rushed over and fell down because he ran too fast. After getting up from the ground, he continued running regardless of his injuries and rushed into the yard.

"Master, I'm not going to be a big deal!" As soon as he entered the yard, he ran into Qingfu, who was about to go out.

"What kind of moral integrity is that!" Qingfu, dressed in military uniform, frowned and scolded. The officer hurriedly kowtowed to Qingfu, and said in a panic: "The Ming army is here, right in the south of the city, master!"

"Call it, call it. You can hear the sound of cannons in the city. Do you need to say it?" Qing Fu had a dark face. At this time, another sound of cannons came from his ears. Qing Fu was also a person who had fought a war. Of course, he knew that the current cannon sound was just the first shot of the Ming army. After calibration, I am afraid that the Ming army's cannons would not be fired like this.

"Go! Go to the south gate!" Qingfu threw a word and walked out of the yard. There were already horses waiting outside. Qingfu turned over the horses cleanly and rushed directly to the south gate with his people.

Lanzhou City is not big. Although it was the center of the Qing court before and it was also an important town in the northwest, Lanzhou City is far from comparable to the Central Plains City. Qingfu arrived in just one quarter of an hour, because of the chaos in the city and the soldiers and people everywhere.

When we arrived at the south gate, the situation was slightly better here. The troops were led by several middle and lower officers of the Qing army, and the city gate had already been closed. Some soldiers were carrying various debris into the city gate hole to block the city gate to prevent them from being directly attacked by the Ming army.

There were also many Qing troops guarding the city, but these Qing troops looked frightened, especially the Ming troops outside the city were still firing artillery. The Qing army hid behind the city wall and did not dare to poke their heads out, for fear that they would come and shoot directly.

"Sir Qing, you are here." Qingfu got a horse and a few Qing army officers came up. They were relieved when they saw Qingfu.

"What is the situation of the Ming army outside the city?" Qingfu asked directly.

"I'm still shooting a gun, but there are still one shot but no one shot. I guess it will be different in a while..." A Qing army officer replied, smiling bitterly at the same time.

Qingfu nodded and said nothing, then walked straight to the city wall. As soon as he took a step, he was pulled by the people around him.

"Master, the danger above..."

"It's all burning, where isn't it dangerous? Let go!" Qingfu glared at him, and the man let go. Qingfu continued to walk upwards. After a while, he arrived at the top of the city. The sound of artillery from the Ming army outside was still ringing. The shells were hitting the city wall and making a burst of creeping sound, or they were whistling from the city to fall into the city.

Qingfu squatted behind the city wall and looked out under the cover of the female wall. When he saw the Ming army outside the city, he immediately gasped and his heart was cold.

"Damn it! How do you fight this?" Qing Fu complained secretly. The Ming army outside looked elite, not only strong, but also carried a large number of firearms, especially the cannons that had been opened were shining in the sun. When ten thousand cannons were fired, Qing Fu had no idea at all with Lanzhou's defense.

Qingfu didn't dare to stay at the top of the city for too long, so he went down after a few glances. When he got down, Qingfu found someone to ask his subordinates to speed up the preparations for the city defense, and on the other hand, he went to the city to quell the riots. The city is in chaos now. If this continues, it will be a mess when the Ming army attacks. If the Ming army does not need to attack him, it will be a mess.

After sending the person out, Qingfu found a place to sit down, held a glass of water in his hand and drank it quietly thinking about how to defend Lanzhou City.

Qing was born in a noble state, and he was the chief commander of the Han army in the Zhengbai Banner. Logically speaking, the Qing Dynasty retreated westwards with people like him should have followed the center, but now he has become the main general who stayed in Lanzhou.

Speaking of which, Qingfu actually knows the reason, it is nothing more than his origin. Because Qingfu's surname is Tong Jia, he is the sixth son of first-class Duke Tong Guowei and Longkodo's younger brother.

It is precisely because of this identity that when Yong Zheng left Lanzhou, he specially promoted him from his original vice president to the governor, and handed over Lanzhou defense to Qingfu. What was the purpose of this? Qingfu certainly knew in his heart that it was clearly because Yongzheng hated Longkodo and their Tong Jia family, and used this method to push him out as a scapegoat.

Although he understood in his heart, Qingfu had to accept this so-called appointment. You should know that although the Eight Kings are nominally discussing politics, Yongzheng is still the emperor, and Yongzheng directly holds two flags. As a slave of Yongzheng, if Yongzheng wants to attack Tongjia, even Longkodo can do nothing.

Now, Qingfu took office before taking office, and then he encountered the Ming army attacking him, and caught him off guard.

At this moment, Qingfu felt sad in his heart. He knew that he could not run away because he ran away would fall into Yongzheng's hands. His family was all in Yongzheng's hands and followed the Qing court to retreat westward. Once he abandoned sincerity and left, with Yongzheng's mean personality, he would definitely attack his family.

Therefore, the only thing left for Qingfu now is to fight to the death. Even if he dies in Lanzhou, it will be better than his family's death by Yongzheng.

There was not much time left for himself, and Qingfu's mouth showed bitterness. He knew very well that it was impossible to firmly defend it with his troops and Lanzhou's defense. Once the Ming army began to launch a large-scale attack, then Qingfu could not guarantee how long the Lanzhou city could block the Ming army under the current situation.

"Maybe, this is my burial place." Qingfu said to himself. When the gust of wind blew, his eyes became a little wet. I don't know if it was the sadness and despair in my heart, or the wind and sand.

Suddenly, Qingfu found that there was still a burst of cannon sounds that had stopped just now. In addition to the noise coming from the city, the direction outside the city was actually quiet.

Qingfu suddenly stood up, and he immediately reacted and shouted: "Be careful! The Ming army is about to fire!"

Before he could finish calling, suddenly there were thunder sounds outside the city, and the whole earth was shaking. Then the overwhelming shells flew over like raindrops, and in a blink of an eye it fell on Lanzhou City.

"Do not to the cannons! Do not to the cannons!"

"Uh my mom...!"

"Oh my god! Run...!"

The artillery fire of the Ming army was extremely fierce. Even Qing Fu never thought that there would be such a fierce artillery bombardment in this world. God knows how many cannons the Ming army brought, and these cannons looked far less powerful than the red-clothed cannons that the Qing army had set up on the city wall, but their power was not inferior at all.

What's even more serious is that the artillery shells of the Ming army are different from those of the Qing army. In addition to ordinary cast iron shells, the Ming army actually had explosive shells. It is not uncommon for explosive shells to be bombed. It is also available in the Qing army, but the production of explosive shells is extremely difficult and the actual combat effectiveness is not good, so the Qing army rarely uses them.

But I don’t know how the Ming army’s bomb shells were built. They exploded with one shot and flew all over their heads. Countless cracked shrapnel were extremely lethal. Even the soldiers hiding in the corner were blown by this shell and cried.
Chapter completed!