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In this regard, Shu Han naturally has some responsibility, after all, the people are not politicians, it is not so easy for them to turn their heads, and the blame is naturally only borne by him, the supreme commander, but at this time Shu Han obviously has no time to think about this matter, but fortunately, the army of Black Iron City is indeed an elite division, and at the same time, it is also very high in terms of ideological consciousness, after so many years of fighting, they have developed the character of obeying orders, although they are also a little confused about the enemy and allies in their hearts, But he still faithfully fulfilled his mission.
On the second day after the Holy Alliance's army retreated, Shu Han led more than 5,000 people to Foothill City to prepare in advance, and among the entire 70,000 troops, only 20,000 people were left to defend the Asakusa City defense line to prevent a sudden attack by the Holy Alliance, while on the other side, Shu Han was ready to transfer all 50,000 people to Foothill City to prepare for the next battle.
This speed must be fast, to rush before Guangyuan Guo found out, to launch an attack on Guangyuan State, for this reason, the troops of Black Iron City did not pass through Black Iron City, but took the mountain road directly to the foothills of the city, because there are envoys of Guangyuan Kingdom in Black Iron City, if they are allowed to see, it will inevitably increase the vigilance of Guangyuan Kingdom, and in addition, there are trade-offs in weapons, those heavy weapons that were originally prepared, now it is naturally impossible to bring, all must be placed locally, all troops are lightly armed, and all must be deployed properly within a week, to counter the enemy's attack.
At the same time, Shu Han also had to guard against Qiao Xuan's calculations, although now that he had withdrawn from his side, Shu Han didn't think that Qiao Xuan would give up so well, so the defense of Asakusa City should continue to be tightened, Shu Han appointed Chang Ke to stay and carry out defensive tasks, while the others all moved westward.
In this process, Shu Han was worried more than once that the Holy Alliance would tell Guangyuan Guo the news from the Black Iron City side and let them prepare in advance, but in the end this incident did not happen, which was somewhat unexpected by Shu Han, after all, in his opinion, although Qiao Xuan's words were beautiful, but the blood feud between the two sides had just been concluded, and it was not so easy to alleviate.
And now the Holy Alliance has not said anything, this undoubtedly gives Black Iron City a great advantage, when the time comes, it will definitely be able to get more land and population, which is not good for the Holy Alliance, after all, after the Guangyuan Kingdom is eliminated, the Holy Alliance will inevitably start a war with Black Iron City, this, Shu Han believes that Qiao Xuan must think so, since this is the case, why not make a stumbling block for Black Iron City at this time?
Shu Han was a little puzzled, which made him a little jealous in his heart, but at this time, the people of Black Iron City were obviously excited, the enemy did not have the slightest defense, and his side could reap the benefits, which was of course a good thing, as for why Qiao Xuan did not report to Guangyuan Kingdom, maybe they forgot about it, obviously, when they were about to get a big bargain, they selectively ignored the criticality of Qiao Xuan.
This also made the people of Black Iron City fall into a kind of inexplicable self-confidence, Shu Han couldn't help it, after all, the war deployment was already in place, this was obviously not the time to think about these problems, in a week, the troops of Black Iron City were concentrated near Guangyuan Country from Asakusa City, and immediately started an offensive.
Compared with the Great Plains battle of the Holy Alliance, the battle with the Guangyuan Kingdom is even more different, the territory of the Guangyuan Kingdom is full of mountains, forests and hills, these lands are sparsely populated, the cities are scattered, and at the same time it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is not for the fact that the Guangyuan Kingdom has not received news at this time, a large number of troops are on the front line, and there are only a few thousand troops on the border with the Guangyuan Kingdom, and they are stationed in different cities, in fact, it is not easy for the Black Iron City to take away the cities of the Guangyuan Kingdom.
As for why Guangyuan Kingdom only has so many troops on the border of Black Iron City, it is not that Guangyuan Kingdom believes in Black Iron City so much, whether it is an alliance or an enemy between the three parties, the defense between each other is always there, and no one regards each other as a true friend, so Guangyuan Country originally had twenty or thirty thousand troops on the border of Black Iron City to prevent a sudden attack by Black Iron City.
However, after the success of the previous Holy Alliance's strategy, the front line of Guangyuan Kingdom was in an emergency, and in the end, Guangyuan Kingdom had no choice but to transfer the troops stationed around the Black Iron City to ensure the safety of the front line, so now there are only so many local troops left, and their combat effectiveness is obviously very poor.
But even so, it was very difficult for the Black Iron City to attack these cities, the muddy ground and bad weather made it very difficult for the soldiers to march, and the supply lines were also very long, and the troops often needed to widen the roads after the troops to help the follow-up supplies be transported.
In addition, in terms of heavy weapons, it is also very backward, often only some forty or fifty mm small cannons can be used, and these cannons, also in rainy weather, soon began to appear patina, I am afraid that in a few days, these cannons will be rusty and can no longer be used, in this case, the advance of the Black Iron City is very difficult, and the price paid is very great.
At the same time, for the foothills and the city, the huge logistical pressure made them tired, and many citizens complained because of this, but the achievements were also outstanding, because Guangyuan Kingdom did not prevent the attack of Black Iron City at all, so its own defense force was not much, Shu Han's strategy also corresponded to the arrangement of Guangyuan Kingdom, with seven or eight thousand troops to attack these cities, in order to gain control of these cities, so that even if the road is difficult to travel, the materials are difficult to transport, but you can directly take materials from the local area, It's also easy to attack.
And these cities in Guangyuan Kingdom have no consciousness of resistance at all, and many of them are even in a state of bewilderment, they obviously don't understand why the Black Iron City, which was an ally before, attacked them and wanted to resist? The leaders of these city-states are almost all on the front line of the Black Iron City, and there are no big people in these cities who can represent everyone, so even a little resistance was quickly suppressed, and in just two days, the Black Iron City took more than seven cities from the Guangyuan Kingdom, with a population of about 800,000.
Such a huge victory made the magnates of Black Iron City more confident, and the pace of the attack was getting faster and faster, although Shu Han wanted to stop it, but at this time, whether it was Skywalker or the grassroots soldiers, they had already been bewitched by huge interests, and they had already regarded Guangyuan Country as a piece of fat to be slaughtered, where did they take into account Shu Han's order, Shu Han ordered three times, the army should behave cautiously, but the officers and generals below all charged forward.
There are a lot of treasures and people in these cities, as long as you rush into them, you can be prosperous and rich for a lifetime, and you can also be crowned with a wife and a son, in this case, what is Shu Han's order? Except for his direct troops who did not follow, the other troops had almost lost control of Shu Han, and in this case, Shu Han undoubtedly had great worries in his heart.
Don't look at the current Guangyuan Kingdom looks like it is about to die, but after all, Guangyuan Kingdom still has hundreds of thousands of troops, and they will definitely not sit still, at this time, Black Iron City should be cautious, how can it be so rampage? Shu Han told the generals to gather together in the form of legions, not to act alone, but in the end only a few people obeyed the order.
At this time, prestige has shown his role again, if Liu Sanyi is there, his orders, no matter who dares to disobey, even if those wealth are at their fingertips, Liu Sanyi can also suppress everyone, so that they dare not act rashly, and Shu Han, obviously does not have such prestige, his words are regarded as wind by these magnates, and his caution is also considered by these people to be timid, now the wealth is in front of him, just need to rob it, you can get more than decades of work to get the wealth, such a harvest and pay, it is completely worth it, and Shu Han's prestige is not as great as Liu Sanyi, so naturally no one listens to him, and the evil consequences will soon appear.
When they heard the news that Black Iron City was attacking their own side of the city, the entire Guangyuan Kingdom was shocked, after all, they were still using Black Iron City to attract firepower before, how could Black Iron City attack Guangyuan Country at this time, at the first time, many rulers of Guangyuan Kingdom felt that this was fake news, but soon the news from the rear proved that their subconscious was wrong.
This undoubtedly made them very angry, originally they used Black Iron City as bait, but now this bait is coming to attack them, this feeling of being deceived all day long and finally being deceived naturally makes many people angry, and secondly, the attack of Black Iron City is indeed very fatal, but the troops of Black Iron City are far less than the Holy Alliance, Qiao Xuan has gathered more than 200,000 troops against Guangyuan Kingdom, and there are only 50,000 people on Shu Han's side, so Guangyuan Country intends to take the lead in eliminating Shu Han's force, Let them know what the price of betraying the Guangyuan Kingdom would be, and in this regard, Dai Wushu asked one of his disciples to rush back with the army of 20,000 southern princes of the Guangyuan Kingdom to regain the land originally occupied by his own side.
In the face of the attack of the Black Iron City, the young general undoubtedly had his own ideas, in his opinion, although his side of the army is small, but there are several advantages that the Black Iron City does not have, through reconnaissance and reports of the local people, the general learned that after the army of the Black Iron City entered the territory of Guangyuan Kingdom, it was scattered in all directions, and the battalion was a unit to plunder nearby, each force did not exceed the size of a thousand people, and at the same time, the military discipline was scattered, and there was no strength to fight.
And their own side is all southerners, hearing that their hometown was captured by the enemy, their hearts are naturally angry, like arrows, this heart, is enough to make morale soar to the peak, and the Black Iron City in the occupied area is even more evil, which makes the army very united, even if the princes who do not deal with it, at this time also choose to temporarily put aside the dispute, together against the foreign enemy.
Another point is that in the local area, Guangyuan Kingdom has a better understanding of the geographical situation, but the Black Iron City is ignorant, through these three points, the young general formulated his own battle plan, that is, to carry out regional encirclement warfare, using intelligence and geographical conditions to divide and surround the army of Black Iron City, and at the same time gather superior forces in local areas to launch an attack on the enemy, in order to quickly eliminate the enemy in a short period of time, and drive the Black Iron City out of the territory of Guangyuan Kingdom.
This set of strategies was undoubtedly successful, in just two days, the fingers stretched out by the Black Iron City to Guangyuan Kingdom were cut off several times, originally occupied eleven cities, now only seven remained, the remaining four were taken away, and at the same time, more than 10,000 troops were lost, and there were still 20,000 people surrounded in two encirclements.
Such a huge loss finally made these magnates of Black Iron City panic, and at this time, the other party's army has grown from 20,000 to 40,000 after replenishment in the local area, and if it continues to fight like this, it is obvious that Black Iron City is going to completely withdraw from this hegemony, and at this time, they finally remembered Shu Han and hoped that he would immediately take over the command and lead them to victory.
At this time, Shu Han can be said to have thousands of emotions in his heart, he really wants to say that at that time, let you be cautious and cautious, Guangyuan Country is not a holy alliance, there are countless trails in a large number of mountainous areas, the enemy knows a lot about this, and his own side does not know anything, so he needs to attack slowly, to be safe, but in the end, the generals rushed forward, and the soldiers were carried away by the victory.
At this time, the army of Black Iron City was divided into three regions by the army of Guangyuan Kingdom, some of which had been withdrawn from the encirclement network, about 20,000 people gathered around the city where Shu Han was located, and the remaining 20,000 people were surrounded by the enemy in the remaining three cities, and they had already lost the range to turn into, and now Shu Han must rescue these people, and the speed must be fast, otherwise the time will drag on, there is nothing for Guangyuan Kingdom, they are fighting locally, and the civil foundation is very good, There is no problem at all in terms of materials, and Shu Han's side is obviously not good, so it is naturally losing and retreating, and it is very difficult to evacuate at this time.
Shu Han was only able to temporarily push back part of the troops to ensure that Guangyuan Guo could not destroy the enemy in the encirclement so comfortably, and at the same time organize a new assault force to allow those surrounded troops to evacuate safely, but after all, at this time, Guangyuan Guo occupied the initiative, and the side of Black Iron City, because of the sudden attack, was already a little stunned at this time, and the combat effectiveness dropped a lot, so when it broke away, it still caused a lot of losses, and 15,000 people died. Black Iron City's troops plummeted from 50,000 to more than 30,000, of which nearly 2,000 were injured and unable to fight.