Although Qingfu was young, he had a bloody nature in his bones. Moreover, he had already had the will to die in his guardian Lanzhou, so he had long put life and death aside.

The Ming army's artillery fire was fierce. Qingfu shook his head, which was shocked and yelled loudly at the surroundings. With his restraint, the Qing army gradually stabilized, and there were no more casualties as they were at the beginning.

"Master! I'll take people to fire!" An officer gritted his teeth beside Qingfu.

"What cannons are fired? They are just to die. Not to mention whether those cannons can still be fired now, even if they fire, you can hit Ming Jun's head?" Qing Fu grabbed the other party and shook his head.

"But master, we can't be beaten like this, right?" the officer said anxiously.

Qingfu sighed. Isn’t this really just being beaten? But what can he do? This is exactly what the so-called skill is inferior to that of humans. In terms of firearms, the Ming Dynasty was much stronger than the Qing army. What’s even more terrible is that with the Qing court withdrawing from Lanzhou, Lanzhou’s original elite and those firearms that finally got from other places were basically taken away. At present, Qingfu couldn’t take out anything at all.

As for the red-clothed cannons on the top of the city, Qingfu has treated them as decorations from the beginning, and the fact is that, whether it is fierce firepower or range, these master cannons are no match for the Ming army outside the city. They fight each other? It’s just a joke!

"Stay as long as you can." Qingfu said softly.

"Master!" The officer did not expect that the arrogant and arrogant master would say such words.

He patted the other person on the shoulder, Qingfu asked with a smile: "What? Are you scared?"

"Fear? The master is not afraid. Why are the slaves afraid? The head is just a big scar. Eighteen years later, he will be a hero again!"

"Okay! OK! This is my Qing Dynasty man!" Qingfu laughed, with an incomparable sadness in his laughter, and at the same time he had unswerving determination. He pulled out his sword and said loudly: "Qing Dynasty men! It's time for loyalty to the Qing Dynasty. Everyone, please follow me to defend the city!"

Lin Jianzhang originally thought it was not difficult to capture Lanzhou. It took him less than half a day to capture Longzhong. Although Lanzhou is larger and stronger than Longzhong City, and its garrison force is much higher than Longzhong, the Qing court has retreated westward. Lanzhou did not expect that the Ming army would attack so quickly, so it must be insufficient preparation.

From this point of view, Lin Jianzhang guessed correctly. This is also the reason why he rushed towards Lanzhou without waiting for Yue Zhongqi to wait for him.

As the vanguard, Lin Jianzhang held tens of thousands of troops in his hand and carried a lot of cannons. In Lin Jianzhang's opinion, he would definitely be devastating to attack Lanzhou.

The battle situation was just as Lin Jianzhang imagined. After arriving in Lanzhou, he saw chaos in Lanzhou from afar. Although the Lanzhou defenders closed the city gate in time and made a defensive posture, in Lin Jianzhang's view, these defenders were just native chickens and tiles.

Lin Jianzhang ordered the army to launch without hesitation, and set up artillery throughout the army to attack the city. Under the fierce artillery fire, the Qing army in Lanzhou did not even dare to raise its head. In a short while, the solid Lanzhou city wall was bombarded with holes by the Ming army's artillery fire.

Lin Jianzhang saw that under such fierce firepower, the Qing army had already been scared, and the next step was much simpler. Continue to cover the firepower and directly attack the city. As long as you break the city gate, Lanzhou can easily be captured.

But Lin Jianzhang never expected that the next battle would be so difficult. The Qing army in the city would resist tenaciously and defend the city to the death when the city was about to break out.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jianzhang's troops suffered casualties in the attack, and they were directly beaten back by the Qing army.

There were not many firearms used by the Qing army, accounting for only a small part, and the performance of the firearms was not comparable to that of the Ming army. Most other Qing army still used cold weapons such as bows and arrows, spears, etc., but even so, the Qing army relied on the city cover and the Ming army to be in a stalemate for a while, leaving the Ming army helpless in several charges.

From the start of the war until dark, the Ming army still did not capture Lanzhou, but instead lost hundreds of people. This result made Lin Jianzhang, who thought he was able to capture it, screamed in anger. After calming down, Lin Jianzhang's face turned pale, and understood that he was careless and underestimated the determination of the Lanzhou defenders.

On the second day, Yue Zhongqi arrived and was surprised to see the battle situation. Lin Jianzhang apologized to Yue Zhongqi and admitted frankly that his desire to make contributions led to unnecessary casualties. Yue Zhongqi did not blame Lin Jianzhang for this, but instead comforted him kindly and continued to let Lin Jianzhang lead his troops to attack Lanzhou.

After hitting the nail, Lin Jianzhang changed his style of play and began to slow down the pace and siege the city on three sides. He concentrated artillery fire to attack the south gate of Lanzhou. The other east gate and west gate carried out feint attacks, forcing the Lanzhou defenders to retreat from the relaxed north gate.

As for the main attacking South Gate, Lin Jianzhang adopted firepower cover, and sent engineers to blast the city gate while stairs attacking. Although the Ming army's artillery was fierce, Lanzhou's city could not be defeated by artillery alone. There were too many casualties when climbing the city directly. Therefore, Lin Jianzhang decisively used the old method that Zhu Yicheng used to fight, which was to dig and blast.

Two days later, the Ming army used ground digging and blasting to directly collapse the southern gate of Lanzhou. The entire city wall, which was about ten meters long, collapsed under the explosion of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder. In this way, the southern gate of Lanzhou opened wide and the Lanzhou defenders completely lost the last barrier.

When he opened the Lanzhou gate, Lin Jianzhang, who was full of anger, issued an order for the general attack without hesitation. The Ming army, who had been prepared, rushed towards Lanzhou City like a tide.

In Lanzhou City, the Qing army defenders near the South Gate suffered heavy casualties due to the power of the blasting. Even the alive Qing army was dizzy by the powerful blasting and could not even stand steadily.

But even so, the Qing army in the city still resisted tenaciously under the command of its commander. It took the Ming army half a day to completely eliminate the resistance Qing army and control Lanzhou.

In the evening of that day, Lin Jianzhang and Yue Zhongqi entered the city, and rubble and collapsed buildings, corpses and blood were everywhere in the city. These battle traces were seen everywhere.

"Master! Deputy Coach!"

"Is the whole city controlled?" Lin Jianzhang asked.

The commander of the advanced city nodded: "It has been taken down, brothers are cleaning up."

"Where is the commander who guards the city? Have you caught it?"

The division commander hesitated and shook his head and said, "After our troops entered the city, the enemy saw that they could not retreat to the pseudo-imperial palace in the city. Although the humble official sent people to persuade him to surrender, he had no choice but to fight to the death and not surrender. The humble official could only..."

Yue Zhongqi and Lin Jianzhang looked at each other, and both of them showed a hint of loneliness. Although they were enemies, the generals guarding the city were considered respectable soldiers, and the soldiers' destinations were also worthy of their wishes.
Chapter completed!