In addition, Shu Han ordered the whole city to be on guard to prevent the other party from launching a surprise attack, although there is a Yangtze River between the Black Iron City and the Holy Alliance, plus surrounded by mountains, it is very difficult for the other party's troops to come over, but this can only trap the large army, if the other party sends some elite small troops to the rear of the Black Iron City to harass, then it is still possible to break through this limit, especially those Skywalkers, if they form a small team to enter the territory of the Black Iron City, it is very likely that there will be problems.

Although the other party may not be able to destroy any city, but if it is destroyed around the village, it will undoubtedly make the people of Black Iron City panic, so Shu Han ordered to build beacon towers everywhere, and at the same time take ten villages as a group, establish a armor protection system, ten villages, ten people from each village, establish a force of about 100 people to defend, and build a beacon tower in each village, as long as there is an enemy situation, light the beacon, so that the surrounding villages can be seen, Ten villages can build a team of 100 people, which can be quickly rescued, even if the enemy team attacks.

At the same time, these hundred-man teams can also become the reserve force of the regular troops, there are more than 400 villages in the entire Black Iron City, and each village has ten people, which is a team of more than 4,000 people, and these people will be issued with muskets.

In the city, all production systems are given priority to military production, and all production potential is put on the production of military industry, Shu Han asked the military factories of Black Iron City to solve the problem of bullet production capacity as soon as possible, especially the production of guns and bullets, and it is necessary to ensure that in the fastest possible time, the bullet system of Black Iron City will be separated from backward bullets and ammunition into one, which is undoubtedly a big task.

In addition, for the modification of ironclad ships, after a year's time, now the technology of Black Iron City on ironclad ships has tended to be perfect, but it can only build civilian ironclad ships, after all, Shu Han did not expect the war to break out so quickly, and compared to warships, civilian ships are simpler, so after the manufacture of civilian ships, Shu Han did not immediately improve it into a warship, after all, this requires a large number of engineers, and at that time, Black Iron City has been somewhat divided. It's not so easy to mobilize other people's engineers, and Shu Han needs to work on other projects, and after all, he has too few talents and resources to do anything.

And now, as the consul of Black Iron City, he controls all the military and political power of the entire Black Iron City, although there is a council behind him to evaluate, but he always has the right to mobilize all the forces of the entire Black Iron City, and his order is indeed reasonable, if you want to gain an advantage on the Yangtze River with ordinary ships, it is simply whimsical, the Holy Alliance has a total of more than 300 ships of all colors in the Yangtze River Basin, and the number of naval troops has reached 20,000, while the ships on Shu Han's side are only more than 50 only, The number of naval troops is less than 3,000 people, not to mention the Yangtze River Valley, the Holy Alliance has already been in operation for a long time, unlike the Black Iron City, which only built a few pillboxes and ports on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The Holy Alliance has built a large number of batteries and positions on the north bank of the Yangtze River, if it only relies on wooden ships, even if the Holy Alliance does not have a naval army, it is enough to make it very difficult for the Black Iron City to attack and land, the gap between the two sides is simply worlds apart, only by using the epoch-making weapon of the Iron Armored Ship, it is possible to break through the defense of the Holy Alliance, so at this point, the people of the Black Iron City also agree that a large number of resources and engineers are all mobilized in the direction of Joaquin City.

This is the rear of the Black Iron City today, no matter how powerful the Holy Alliance is, it is difficult to penetrate into the scope of Joaquin City, so a large number of research projects are all carried out here, which also injects new impetus into Joaquin City, with the workers and various service industries that come with the engineers, so that Joaquin City has increased the urban population by more than 20,000 in a short period of time, making Joaquin City already have the style of a big city, but at this time, Shu Han no longer cares about the scene of Joaquin City, Leading the army, he adjusted the policy of Black Iron City while directing the army to Asakusa Castle.

It was still morning when we set off from Black Iron City, and it was already three o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at Asakusa City, and the march of the large army was not like the charge of small troops, it had to be organized, so the speed was naturally not fast, but the railway between Black Iron City and Asakusa City had begun to be built, and as long as this railway was successfully built, it would be possible to ensure that the transportation of materials from Joaquin City to Black Iron City and then to Asakusa City would no longer have any obstacles.

However, this will take time, on the other hand, in order to strengthen the control of the foothills and the castle to prevent them from doing something unfavorable to the Black Iron City during the war, Shu Han broke his previous promise and forced the relocation of 50,000 people from the foothills and the castle to Asakusa Castle in the form of a government order to ensure the supply of grain and grass in Asakusa Castle.

In the past few years, the population of various cities has changed, such as the population of Black Iron City and Joaquin City has been growing, and now the population of Black Iron City is about to break through the 500,000 mark, while the population of Asakusa City is declining, after all, it is close to the front line, it is very dangerous, and the development potential is limited, so the population has been declining, and the original fertile and fertile fields are now a lot of wasteland, and now the Black Iron City needs nearby support, and it cannot completely rely on things transported from the rear, Otherwise, the cost of transporting materials would have become very high since the train had not yet been opened, so the relocation of these 50,000 people to Asakusa Castle was mainly engaged in the production of some basic military supplies, such as the fine processing of rice and flour transported from the rear, or the production of quilts, clothing, shoes, soap, tobacco, alcohol, etc., which needed to be processed by hand.

At the same time, this also made the population of Foothill City and Picheng decline again, and now the combined population of the two percent is less than 500,000 people, in the past few years, it is equivalent to the migration of nearly 300,000 people from the two cities, and it is precisely because of this that Shu Han can rest assured, otherwise a large number of troops are concentrated on the northern front, and Foothill City and Picheng are so far away from the Black Iron City, before there is no communication canal, Shu Han is really not at ease, he trusts his intuition even more. Search the e-book

After doing all this, Shu Han didn't have time to rest, and immediately called all the Skywalkers to hold a meeting in the City Lord's Mansion in Asakusa City to discuss the next action, because now Guangyuan Country has not yet started a war, all parties are planning, and Shu Han still has some time to continue to adjust his plan, among the three kingdoms, there is no doubt that Shu Han is the most hasty, after all, Liu Sanyi formulated the policy of war with Guangyuan Country before, so the previous deployment was related to Guangyuan Kingdom, and now the combat strategy has been changed, Some preparations are naturally going to change.

This meeting was held from morning to night, but before Shu Han could sleep for long, a messy footsteps woke up Shu Han, who was already asleep, Shu Han opened the door and saw Chang Ke standing outside the door, and said with a serious face: "Shu Han, there is an urgent electricity along the Yangtze River ahead, and the Holy Alliance is gathering troops and horses on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and it seems that there is a tendency to send troops!" ”

"What! Immediately convene the princes to discuss the matter, and quickly order the defenders of the Asakusa City defense line to quickly move to the south bank of the Yangtze River to supplement the omission of the troops on the south bank, and at the same time order the naval army to withdraw from the camp on the south bank of the Yangtze River, follow the Zhejiang River, and go to the Fuchun River, temporarily avoiding the troops of the Holy Alliance, in order to preserve strength, by the way, how are the warships on the side of Joaquin City manufactured? Shu Han asked as he walked, the Holy Alliance's sudden offensive posture made Shu Han tense for a moment, but he was not nervous, he had already imagined this result.

In the face of two enemies attacking at the same time, if the Holy Alliance wants to win, it will naturally have to strike first, and among them, the Black Iron City is obviously better to deal with, just like Shu Han chose to form an alliance with the Guangyuan Kingdom and start a war with the Holy Alliance, the terrain of the Guangyuan Kingdom is really the biggest problem in the march, if you want to take it in a short time, it is simply a fantasy, so the Holy Alliance is likely to directly attack the Black Iron City, and after the Black Iron City is subdued, it is a better choice for the Holy Alliance to attack the Guangyuan Kingdom.

This possibility, Shu Han had already guessed, after all, from the perspective of the Holy Alliance, this was undoubtedly the best choice, but what he didn't expect was that the Holy Alliance's decision would be so fast, originally in his mind, the Holy Alliance would take time to gather troops and mobilize manpower, and it would take at least half a month to be able to act, but he didn't expect the other party to act so quickly, and from the telegram information received by Chang Ke, the other party was not a sudden attack, but had been prepared, the troops marched, and the weapons and equipment were readily availableObviously, the other party was prepared.

Could it be that the other party had already guessed that Black Iron City might change course? Shu Han couldn't help but have this thought in his heart, thinking about it carefully, it was not impossible, after all, the best choice of Black Iron City was to cooperate with Guangyuan Kingdom and start a war with the Holy Alliance, and then the reason why this strategy would be changed was entirely because of the Holy Alliance's bold assassination and at that point in time, Liu Sanyi's judgment and decision were wrong, the Holy Alliance obviously did not think that Black Iron City would really go all the way to the black, so it was possible to take precautions a long time ago, otherwise how could it be possible to assemble the army in just a few days, It's not an easy thing to do.

But at this time, Shu Han was not panicked, after all, he was already mentally prepared, the defense line on the south bank of the Yangtze River must not be lost, otherwise the Black Iron City will lose more than 10,000 square kilometers of land north of Asakusa City, which is absolutely impossible, and the other point is to immediately relocate the bazaar on the south bank of the Yangtze River, whether it is the people of the Black Iron City or the people of the Holy Alliance, all of them must be moved to the rear to avoid the flames of war, and it is also to prevent the merchants of the Holy Alliance from doing anything unfavorable to the Black Iron City at this time.

Chang Ke immediately said: "The emergency power from Huajin City tonight, in another half a month, the first warship can be refitted, but now, it is not enough." He obviously had these data in his mind, Shu Han immediately said: "We don't have so much time for them to transform, tell them, if I give them a week's time, I will send me three warships, no matter what they do, as long as they ensure that the warship is equipped with amplified guns, to ensure that the cannons are fired, and the warships are not sunk, just such a request, let them do it, otherwise I will deduct their year-end bonus!" “

"Yes." Chang Ke didn't dare to refute, these warships all weigh thousands of tons and want to be transformed, even if they are placed in modern times, it will take a lot of time, not to mention the scientific and technological capabilities of this era, but obviously Shu Han is also in a hurry, the other party is still fully prepared, if there is a mistake at this time, it may cause great danger.

Shu Han said at the same time: "Call Shanlu City immediately, ask them to send a letter to Guangyuan Kingdom immediately, asking them to send troops as soon as possible, otherwise we will not be able to resist for long, if we do not send troops within three days, our Black Iron City will surrender immediately, let them do it themselves." The expression on Chang Ke's face was very surprised, but Shu Han had to do this, who knows if Guangyuan Guo would have the idea of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight at this time, if this is really the case, then Black Iron City will have to face the storm of the Holy Alliance alone, Shu Han asked himself that with the strength of Black Iron City, it is absolutely impossible to stop the pace of the Holy Alliance, Guangyuan Kingdom must send troops, for this reason, coercion and temptation, he must let the other party send troops as soon as possible.

As for calling Shanlu City instead of directly to Guangyuan Kingdom, it is because there is no direct telephone line between the two countries, so the telephone is naturally impossible, and now this era is not like the later generations, relying on antennas or satellites to receive signals, these novelty things do not exist in this era, people mainly rely on wires to transmit, so if you want to call people in another city, you must connect the telephone line, and now Black Iron City obviously has no ability, in the wilderness, The phone connecting the Black Iron City and Guangyuan Kingdom, so you can only call Foothill City, and then let Foothill City expedite six hundred miles to immediately transmit the information to Guangyuan Kingdom.

At this time, Shu Han had also arrived at the city hall, and a lot of people had gathered here at this time, Shu Han asked Chang Ke to convey the telegram sent from the front line to them immediately, and then said his own arrangement, at this time, the people in the city hall had basically arrived, Shu Han was not polite, and said directly: "Now the Holy Alliance has obviously been prepared, in this case, we must also continue to move forward, everyone go back and pack up now, we will immediately go north to assist the front-line troops, this morning, let's spend the night in the market." “