For the purple stone, this mysterious stone obtained from the territory of the mastiff, there are too many things around it that people today cannot understand, even if it is modern high technology, it is far less mysterious than these purple stones, Shu Han has a hunch in his heart, these stones, may have an important connection with the changes of the earth, but what it is, Shu Han does not know, so he needs to study it.

In addition, Shu Han did not forget to explore other Warcraft realms in order to find more purple stones, but these are not the end of the day, for the Three Kingdoms, the focus is still on war, and the maintenance of balance needs to be vigilant, otherwise the negligence of either side will cause the balance of victory in the war to slide to the other end.

So Shu Han did not dare to delay in the rear, after arranging all the follow-up actions, he returned to the front line, at this time the market has become a transit agency on the front line of the Black Iron City, about 150,000 people gathered here, making this small market now quite a bit of a town, Shu Han did not choose to live here, but after a night of rest, he crossed the Yangtze River and came to the south bank.

In the rear, Shu Han has also maintained close contact with the front line, and will report to each other almost every day, so Shu Han is no stranger to the battle between the two sides in the past few days.

There is not much breakthrough between each other, soon, the autumn finally left in the reluctance of everyone, followed by a long winter, the winter of this era is far worse than before, in the era of Shu Han lived, the winter in the south is often only minus three or four degrees, and today's winter, it can reach minus 20 degrees, in this era without modern cloth industry, everyone is dressed like a ball, to be able to go out, this war has brought great inconvenience, so with the arrival of winter, The shadow of war gradually faded, but the cold began to envelop everyone.

This is especially true for the people of the Black Iron City, the wide surface of the Yangtze River has been frozen into a huge layer of ice, and the rolling cold is moving from this river to both banks, many people have certain physical problems because of the cold, and the cold also makes the soldiers have to light a bonfire at night, so as not to be frozen to death in the cold winter.

And this gave the Holy Alliance hot air balloon scouts a chance, now although there are hot air balloons on the side of Black Iron City, but the combat effectiveness between the two sides is unbalanced, the Holy Alliance obviously has more superb operating skills, and the Black Iron City side is slightly inferior, not to mention that most of the soldiers of the Holy Alliance are stationed in the city, where there are tight houses, there are warm quilts, and Shu Han's soldiers can only sleep along the trench, if it snows, it is enough to make people freeze their bodies, In this harsh environment, the surrounding environment of Black Iron City has not improved in the slightest, but has taken a sharp turn for the worse.

One of the most critical is still on the Yangtze River, Shu Han's common sense made him misjudge, in modern times, the Yangtze River is a river that never freezes, which is why the Yangtze River will become a golden waterway beyond the Yellow River, so in Shu Han's consciousness, he has always believed that the Yangtze River will not freeze, but the gap between the two eras made Shu Han ignore that this is an era when the winter in the south can reach more than 20 degrees below zero, even the Yangtze River must be frozen by this cold wind, This directly led to Shu Han not going to defend against the Holy Alliance's advancing Black Iron City's water army at all.

When he woke up one night and saw that all the ships were frozen in the harbor, Shu Han realized that it was his common sense that harmed himself and these sailors, and sure enough, the Holy Alliance would certainly not let go of this opportunity, taking advantage of the fact that the ships of the Black Iron City were frozen in the port, from the original tributary, and now on the ice, they killed a cavalry and directly attacked the port of the Black Iron City, destroying an ironclad ship directly, and as for those wooden ships, there were countless casualties.

And this is not over, with the ice blockade of the Yangtze River, the original level of natural danger naturally no longer exists, the soldiers of the Holy Alliance will often take advantage of the time when the Black Iron City is not paying attention, directly let the cavalry rush from the ice of the tributaries, and attack the banks of the Yangtze River on the Black Iron City, the defensive position, which has not been thought of by the Black Iron City before, especially for the defense of the south bank, because the north bank has been occupied by the Black Iron City, so the defenders on the south bank will inevitably be relaxed, so under the sneak attack, the losses are very heavy, At least more than 3,000 people were killed in this battle, and even the cavalry of the Holy Alliance once broke through the defense line on the south bank of the Black Iron City, breaking through the entire defense system of the Black Iron City, fortunately, there was a force in the bazaar to come to the rescue, which did not make the Holy Alliance's sneak attack successful, but this battle undoubtedly made everyone in the Black Iron City break out in a cold sweat, for them, winter is indeed not a good season, which also makes them need to do more preparations.

At the beginning, Shu Han thought about breaking the ice and destroying the ice in these areas, but because the weather was too cold, even if the ice surface was destroyed, it would only take one night, and wait until the next day, a thick layer of ice would reoccupy the plane of the Yangtze River.

Shu Han and the others have all reflected on this, they have always thought that the arrival of winter will make the Holy Alliance let go of their obsession with war, but obviously, this is not a person who will miss the opportunity of war, you must know that the sneak attack in winter, although the Black Iron City has paid a huge price, not only the naval army has been hit hard, but the defense line has been destroyed, and now a lot of money is needed to rebuild, but Qiao Xuan himself is not comfortable, in such a cold weather to carry out a surprise attack, in his cavalry unit, Many people have suffered from very severe frostbite because of the cold weather, and at the same time, many war horses have been injured by the ice and can no longer be used as war horses, although compared with Black Iron City, their losses are not large, but this is a loss they took the initiative to create, which can also be seen that Qiao Xuan is indeed a commander who will do anything for victory, which makes Shu Han very jealous.

If he said that he became a famous general because of his experience and vision ahead of this era, then Qiao Xuan is a real famous general, he will use everything around him, including weather, geography and other factors, to strengthen his chances of winning, for such a person, Shu Han is very afraid in his heart.

As for Guangyuan Kingdom, it is simply more unbearable than the Black Iron City, obviously the troops in his hands are much stronger than the garrison of the Holy Alliance, but on the contrary, the people who were beaten by the garrison troops turned their backs, obviously, the previous war in the autumn made the Guangyuan Kingdom lose the courage to compete with the Holy Alliance, and it also did prove that the army of Guangyuan Country is really vulnerable, in front of the elite troops of the Holy Alliance, often the troops are killed and wounded more than thirty percent and begin to collapse, and like the troops of the Holy Alliance and the Black Iron City, Often, more than fifty percent of the casualties will show signs of shaking and collapse, and for this alone, the Guangyuan Kingdom is still at the level of the agricultural era, while the Holy Alliance and the Black Iron City have entered the era of professional soldiers.

In addition, the lord of Guangyuan Guo Dai Wuxian's own forces were almost lost in the previous war, and now the troops of Guangyuan Country are mainly the troops of the princes, these princes, guarding the house, are very firm, but now let them go outside to fight, none of them want to be cannon fodder, they all want to preserve their strength, so they are often with the enemy is a touch of collapse, basically every war can not die many people.

In Shu Han's opinion, if the war is not going on, I am afraid that Guangyuan Kingdom itself will have to be divided, after all, Dai Wushu at this time has no strength to command the army, for such an ally, Shu Han does not know whether to be happy or disappointed, after all, at this critical juncture, Black Iron City originally planned to attract large-scale firepower from Guangyuan Kingdom, after all, in terms of paper strength, Black Iron City is much weaker than Guangyuan Kingdom, and now it is Black Iron City that has become the main confrontation with Qiao Xuan, which makes Shu Han's pressure very great. Nowadays, any hair is falling out one by one, and the hairline is constantly receding.

As for the place of peace of mind, it is naturally one less shrewd and capable enemy, Shu Han was worried before, Guangyuan Kingdom and Black Iron City are attacked from both sides, Black Iron City will definitely not win, it will definitely lose, and then the question is who can get more land between Guangyuan Kingdom and Black Iron City, which is what Shu Han was worried about before, although from the current situation, this is undoubtedly a ridiculous and generous idea, but at that time, Shu Han thought so.

Now that Guangyuan Kingdom is so vulnerable, this makes Shu Han at least not have to worry about dealing with a Guangyuan Kingdom when dealing with the Holy Alliance, which allows him to concentrate on doing this well, but in the modern situation, the defeat of Guangyuan Kingdom undoubtedly puts more pressure on Shu Han.

Qiao Xuan is a very bold person, after attacking Guangyuan Country twice and winning certain victories, he transferred 20,000 soldiers from the front line of Guangyuan Country to the front line against Black Iron City, this order is undoubtedly very risky, after all, although the entire Guangyuan Kingdom has been defeated repeatedly, the strength is still more than 100,000, and the defensive force of the Holy Alliance is only 50,000, even if he wins a few battles, he should not take nearly half of his troops so hastily, and resist the 100,000 army with 30,000 people, which is in Shu Han's opinionIt's something you never dare to do.

What's more, who knows if Guangyuan Kingdom is a fraud? When the time comes, if 30,000 people resist, Shu Han's military actions are always very cautious, but Qiao Xuan is different from him, his actions are always so imaginative, the use of hot air balloons on the battlefield is so, in the winter with cavalry galloping on the ice for dialysis is so, and now the large-scale change of military deployment is also the same, I have to say that Qiao Xuan is an adventurous spirit, and at the same time has many ideas, to deal with such a person, Shu Han is very difficult, but at the same time I admire him very much in my heart, At least in military command, he was always able to make Shu Han learn a lot.

On the other side, after Qiao Xuan got 20,000 elite soldiers, he took the initiative to attack, whether it was a clear sky or snowflakes, Qiao Xuan's soldiers almost never stopped, as if this was not winter, in the face of the enemy's attack, Shu Han had no ability to fight back at all, the soldiers of Black Iron City were not used to going out to fight in such a cold winter, they could only shrink into the trenches one by one, resisting the enemy's attack, and in the process, many soldiers had frostbite because of the cold. Even a lot of fingers have turned into popsicles because of this.

I have to say that the cruelty in this is something that Shu Han can't agree with and accept, at this point, he hates Qiao Xuan incomparably, with his ingenuity, he wants to rule this place, there is no problem at all, I think that Black Iron City thought about defecting to the Holy Alliance, but his brutality finally blocked Black Iron City in his country, and now, in such a cold winter, the war is still going on, the cruelty is not only the death on the battlefield, but also the fact that the soldiers have become ice sculptures in a place that no one knows, Every time he saw those young soldiers die because of this, Shu Han was very uncomfortable, which also made him even more disgusted with Qiao Xuan.

The long winter, the past is very slow, and during this time, Qiao Xuan is undoubtedly proud, he never drinks alcohol, he rarely drank with the soldiers and generals, and raised more than 10,000 people from the original low-level national status to the high-level national identity, the atmosphere in the entire Qiao Xuan camp is completely different from the side of the Black Iron City, and Qiao Xuan obviously doesn't want to stop there, in the factory in the rear, hundreds of thousands of workers, day and night non-stop production of bullets and guns, the most important of which is a 115-mm cannon, This is also the biggest loss of Black Iron City today.

In the previous battle of Black Iron City, the Holy Alliance destroyed an ironclad warship in Black Iron City, which is nothing, just a ship, but more importantly, a 115 mm main cannon above was directly taken away by the Holy Alliance, in order to take away this main cannon, the Holy Alliance paid the price of more than five hundred people, but for Qiao Xuan, this price is undoubtedly worth it, on the battlefield, the giant cannon of Black Iron City is criss-crossed, which always makes his naval army very embarrassed, and now, he got this giant cannon, Naturally, he wants to amplify his role to the extreme.

The Holy Alliance is not without engineers and related technical experts, but due to the misunderstanding of the understanding of the machine and the inconsistency of time, this has not been studied, and now there is a physical object, the research process will naturally be greatly accelerated, although the Holy Alliance does not have such a high-end machine tool as the Black Iron City, but the technical content of the parts in the giant cannon is not high, as long as it is an experienced craftsman, it can also be manufactured, so during this period of time, the Black Iron City has been increasing the construction of air raid shelters, these giant cannons, It's not something that the trench can resist, Shu Han knows this.

The artillery was enough for the trenches to be razed to the ground, and the work of the great winter undoubtedly put a huge strain on the logistics.