"Why are you eating sweet potatoes? I think you look like a sweet potato!"
The boss glanced at Li Qiufan angrily, then took a sweet potato and started chewing it.
"Hey, boss, why did you ask me to come? Why didn't anyone from the other troops come?"
Li Qiufan smiled at the boss, and then asked about the whereabouts of the others.
"It's not your fault, I postponed the meeting."
When Li Qiufan mentioned this, the boss glared at him angrily.
"Well, what does this have to do with me!"
Li Qiufan felt a little unfair, and immediately shouted at the boss.
"Stop talking nonsense. I've been thinking about your plan all night. I asked you to come over and tell me how to plan your actions."
The boss didn't argue with Li Qiufan, he got up directly and came to the map.
"Come on, tell me what you're going to do!"
The boss looked back, pointed at the map and said to Li Qiufan.
"Lanzhou is the second largest city in the northwest. The city borders the Yellow River to the north and mountains to the south. The terrain is difficult and easy to defend but difficult to attack."
"The Nanshan Mountain surrounds the city wall, and there are permanent fortifications built over the years. The mountain-ring road leading to the city is connected to the main positions, forming a complete defense system."
After Li Qiufan heard what his boss said, he immediately came to the map, but he did not say how he planned to attack Lanzhou. Instead, he first introduced the situation in Lanzhou.
"Yes, that's why it's called Iron City!"
The boss nodded when he heard what Li Qiufan said about the situation in Lanzhou City. This analysis was very close to the reality.
"As for the path of attack, the first thing I want to say is, boss, you have to help me contain the old fox's troops, and I can't let him steal my ass!"
Before Li Qiufan talked about the path of attack, he first talked about the conditions he needed.
"Keep talking!"
The boss was not surprised by the conditions Li Qiufan said, and nodded and said to him.
"I plan to follow the troops going south to Fuxian County, and then turn westward from Fuxian County to Qingyang."
"After arriving in Qingyang, we will divide our forces and launch an attack in the direction of Guyuan Haidian with one column in order to contain Ningma and ensure the security of the right wing."
"Then the large force marched to Dingxi and split up again. One column entered Linxia and pointed directly at Xining to contain Qingma's troops."
"After ensuring the safety of both wings, the remaining two columns of our unit are directed towards Lanzhou and launch an attack on Lanzhou City!"
Li Qiufan told the boss about his plans, and the boss nodded after listening.
"There is no problem with your deployment, but there is one problem you have ever thought about. The garrison of Lanzhou City is about 40,000 to 50,000 people."
"Faced with such a large number of troops and the city defense of Lanzhou City, can your two columns get in?"
The boss very much approves of Li Qiufan's plan, but there is currently a very important issue, which is the issue of Lanzhou City defenders and city defense.
"In addition to the two columns when I attack Lanzhou City, I also have a heavy artillery division and a security brigade. The total strength can reach nearly 90,000 people. Coupled with the presence of heavy artillery, city defense is not a big problem for me."
After hearing the question raised by the boss, Li Qiufan immediately explained the configuration of his troops to attack Lanzhou City. This explanation made the boss's eyes widen in an instant.
"Did you expand your army again?"
When he heard that Li Qiufan's two columns plus one division and one brigade had nearly 90,000 people, the boss immediately asked him.
"Well, it was slightly expanded some time ago. I haven't had time to report it to you, old man."
Li Qiufan scratched his head in embarrassment. He had not reported to his boss about the expansion of the army, or he had planned to secretly expand it.
Now that he had to expose his strength because of the fight against Lanzhou, this made Li Qiufan very embarrassed.
"You brat, you really have strong wings. You don't even say hello to me when you expand the army!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, the boss raised his leg and kicked him.
"Tell me what's going on in the army now!"
After giving him a kick, the boss calmed down a bit and then asked Li Qiufan to report on the situation of the troops.
Reluctantly, Li Qiufan could only tell the boss about the total strength of the army and the situation of each column.
"Damn it! You've got 150,000 idiots?"
After hearing Li Qiufan say that his total military strength had reached 150,000, the boss started scolding him.
"Well, it's still a little bit short, not quite there."
Facing the boss's shock, Li Qiufan carefully explained.
"Thousands of people are called a messenger. Are you and I playing modesty here?"
Seeing Li Qiufan still playing tricks, the boss raised his leg and kicked him again.
"Boss, can we please stop taking action? After all, I am also the commander of the corps."
Li Qiufan, who was kicked again, rubbed his butt and protested to the boss.
"Hmph, I'm going to kick you two more times while I still can. I'm not sure who will kick whom in the future!"
The boss snorted at Li Qiufan's protest, and then said to him angrily.
"How can this be possible? How could I possibly start a fight with you? If you want to kick me, just kick me twice."
After hearing what the boss said, Li Qiufan was a little panicked. He thought the boss was really angry, so he hurriedly said to the boss.
After all, along the way, not only did he respect the boss a lot, but the boss himself had given a lot to him, and he didn't dare to let the boss feel cold.
"Okay, I just kidded you and you took it seriously. If you dare to kick me, be careful I kill you with a gun!"
Seeing Li Qiufan's appearance, the boss smiled happily, and then joked with him.
"So as long as I solve your worries, there is still a high chance that Lanzhou City can be captured!"
After the joke, the boss continued to talk about business. After some analysis, he felt that the plan was still feasible.
"It's hard to say too much, but I'm 70% or 80% sure!"
Li Qiufan didn't dare to be too full. After all, plans couldn't change as fast as they did. No one dared to say whether there would be any changes.
"Seventy to eighty percent is already very high. I will send you another column to replace your troops to protect the flanks."
"This way you can lead three columns to attack Lanzhou City. Not to mention being very sure, there is always nine points!"
After the boss heard what Li Qiufan said, he immediately decided to dispatch a column to help Li Qiufan to ensure that the plan to attack Lanzhou City would succeed.
"Deploy a column to help me? What about the old fox?"
Hearing that the boss wanted to allocate a column to him, Li Qiufan hurriedly asked him.
Without Li Qiufan's first regiment, the strength of the entire Northwest Field Army would be inferior to that of the old fox. Unexpectedly, the boss would have to allocate a column to him in this situation.
"Haha, if we use this amount of troops to conquer Xi'an, it will definitely not be enough!"
"But if you only need to contain the old fox's 200,000 troops, it will be very easy!"
The boss waved his hand towards Li Qiufan, and then said to him very domineeringly with his hands behind his back.
