In order to produce more military equipment and prepare enough resources, people from the countryside were sent to the city to engage in industrial work, not only in Yeba City in just a few days, the population expanded from 3,000 to 15,000.

Black Iron City, a city with a population of 60,000, has also expanded to about 80,000 in a short period of time, a large number of military production orders, so that a large number of peasants into the city, so that the city can further develop, of course, this also brings huge hidden dangers, that is, the total population of Black Iron City and Yeyu City together is only about 300,000, and now nearly 100,000 people are in the city, and the rural population is only 200,000.

These 100,000 urban people are not engaged in any agricultural production, and their rations need farmers to produce in order to be able to feed, which is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing for an area where there are no large agricultural machinery and no chemical fertilizers.

In addition, the Black Iron City is surrounded by thousands of square kilometers of forests, if you want to find something to eat, it is not too much of a problem to replace it for the time being, but if it encounters a disaster year, then the rations of these 300,000 people will become a very serious problem, it is precisely because of this, everyone knows that in this battle with the Holy Alliance, they must go all out, and if they win, they will be able to get huge development, but if they lose, the consequences will be unimaginable.

With the huge population base, the feather people and the wild people can never be the attacking side, but if the battle with the Holy Alliance is lost, then the opponent's army will come in in an instant, and then the black iron city will really be finished, it is precisely because of this, this time the families, although they have their own little Jiujiu in their hearts, but at this moment, after Zhang Ruoming sent back more detailed news, they all thought, This battle must be won, so there are no major problems in the production and recruitment of troops on all sides.

On the other hand, after Liu Sanyi and Shu Han discussed, they urgently recruited 2,000 people as a reserve corps, and their main responsibility was to control Black Iron City and Yeyu City in the rear, because there are still hundreds of savages on the run in this area, this time, they are bound to go all out, and when the rear is empty, it is very likely that the savages will take advantage of it, and relying on a few hundred people alone is not safe, so it is necessary to form a new force.

In addition, the troops on the front line are only 6,000 people in total, which is not a lot in itself, and the Holy Alliance's troops are 20,000 people, and in terms of numbers, they are not superior, so in order to ensure that in the process of fighting, if they encounter defeat, they still have the ability to protect themselves, they must recruit some soldiers in advance.

But in today's Black Iron City, a large number of men have been put into production work, and there are not so many people to recruit, and finally Liu Sanyi and Shu Han decided to include women in the recruitment of the army, and the age is from fifteen to forty years old, including almost all age groups after coming out of the nursing home, it can be seen that the current situation of Black Iron City is indeed poor.

Through this model, 2,500 soldiers were finally recruited to join the army of Black Iron City, and the commander of this army was finally served by Yang Yi of the Yang Wangdi family, after all, as the second family, and Yang Wangdi's eldest son Yang Ding died in this battle, which needs to be compensated anyway.

Therefore, although Liu Sanyi was not so willing to give part of the military power to the Yang family, the second family of the Black Iron City, he also chose to agree after considering the factors of all parties, as for Shu Han, he had no opinion, but at the same time, considering that Yang Yi himself had combat experience but no command experience, he said that several experienced commanders should be arranged to help Yang Yi flexibly mobilize the army.

Yang Wangdi naturally agrees with this, this army is established by the entire Black Iron City, and other families are already eyeing the military power, so it is naturally impossible to let the Yang family eat alone, Yang Wangdi has been in this position for so long, and naturally understands the truth, so a large number of children of the family were mobilized to the position of officers, and Liu Sanyi also sent some commanders as auxiliaries, Shu Han's side is to let Bo Rilang go to Yang Yi's troops, and the staff officer of the army is served by Dati. The commander is Shu Han himself, and the special task force is Lin Bida.

Compared with Bo Rilang, Shu Han obviously trusts Dati more, after all, the two have lived and died together for so long, and they have been together for a longer time, and the relationship between the two is also too popular, and the relationship between Bo Rilang is not so eager compared to Bo Rilang, plus Bo Rilang's tactical command tends to be conservative, which is not the same as Shu Han in many battle rules, which also makes Shu Han sometimes be obstructed by Bo Rilang when he judges and gives orders on the spot.

In general, Bo Rilang is a relatively mediocre general, otherwise he would not have been arranged by Wang Lie to work in the mining area, and was not brought back after resuming work, it can be seen that Bo Rilang is indeed in the military, his talent is mediocre, and Dati is different, although he is the same as Bo Rilang, he has no talent in tactics and strategy, but the key is that Dati is absolutely loyal to himself, in addition, he dares to obey orders and implement plans, which is where he is better than Bo Rilang.

So in the end, Shu Han chose Dati between Bo Rilang and Dati and kept him, as for Zhang Song, Shi Ping, Chang Ke and others, they continued to train as officers, especially a group of people led by Chang Ke, Shu Han let them follow Dati's side, learn combat tactics and technical guidance, hoping that they can grow up, so as to become generals who can take charge of themselves.

All in all, as the battle approached, the entire Black Iron City began to develop rapidly around the military industry, and on the other side, Zhang Ruoming and others have always maintained a relationship with the lonely village, inquiring about the situation in Yangcheng, obviously although the Holy Alliance has mastered the manufacture of guns, there is not much breakthrough in the design and manufacture of artillery, so the means taken to attack the city are still to climb, throw stones, etc., and use the power of Skywalkers. schoolbag

But there are also Skywalkers in Yangcheng, and the offensive surface of the city wall itself is not much, even if the number of Skywalkers in Yangcheng is not much, it is enough to resist the attack of the Holy Alliance Skywalkers, especially since Yangcheng knows that the Holy Alliance has sharp firearms, it no longer lets the Skywalkers leave the city to fight, but waits for the enemy to attack in the city, so as to avoid letting Skywalker face the enemy's firearms and cause casualties.

In this way, it is not so easy for the enemies of the Holy Alliance to take down Yangcheng, after all, this city has been established for a very long time, almost the same as the Black Iron City, and it is very strong in itself, and it is not easy to capture him, so the main direction of attack of the Holy Alliance today is not in Yangcheng, but in the villages around Yangcheng, killing these people living in the countryside, in order to provoke the people in Yangcheng, if you can't provoke it, it doesn't matter, kill all the people in these villages, Destroy all these farmlands, so that after the Holy Alliance is gone, Yangcheng will not have anything to eat at all, and there will inevitably be a huge famine, so that when Yangcheng attacks again, Yangcheng will no longer have the power to resist.

Anyway, the Holy Alliance's food reserves are very sufficient, and they are not afraid of waiting for such a little time, so now the Holy Alliance has not launched any large-scale impact on Yangcheng, but has adopted the method of waiting, trapping Yangcheng, so as to wait for Yangcheng's self-destruction.

This is undoubtedly a very cunning plan, but it is indeed very useful, as long as you wait any longer, the food stored in Yangcheng will not be able to eat much time, and there will inevitably be a large-scale famine at that time, and the order within the city will collapse with the consumption of food, at that time, the people of the Holy Alliance can take down the city with a casual wave of their hands, and there is no need to worry about what action Yangcheng will make.

But it's a pity that what they didn't expect was that there was still a city in the rear of Yangcheng, which was also the benefit of Yangcheng not telling the Black Iron City to the Holy Alliance by mistake, so after the Black Iron City learned this, it was able to prepare for war without hurrying, and there was no need to start a war with these fierce enemies before it was ready, so the preparation plan was constantly extended backwards, and the original month was obviously not good, even if Peng Sanhe's armament speed was fast, It also takes two or three months to produce equipment to get it.

Of course, this time is not able to be extended indefinitely, because it is impossible to communicate with the inside of Yangcheng, so Heitiecheng can not be sure that Yangcheng can hold out for a few days, so they do not dare to extend the time indefinitely, after another two months, Liu Sanyi finally decided that the army will march in the direction of Yangcheng, and its vanguard is Shu Han, a already armed army, with a total of 3,200 people, including 2,500 infantry, each of whom is equipped with a musket. At the same time, it is also equipped with twenty rounds of ammunition, in addition to a hundred other people equipped with more advanced bullet warheads, gunpowder bullet conjoined warheads, for Shuhan's guards, to protect Shuhan's safety, and at critical moments, as a special force.

Among the remaining 700 people, 300 of them are artillery units, controlling ten cannons, of course, the range of these cannons is not high, mainly short-range guns, the firing distance is about one kilometer to two kilometers, the range of accurate fire is about 750 meters, the radius is within 20 meters, and it is not particularly accurate, the size of the muzzle is forty-five millimeters, which is not large, but in the Black Iron City, this is already the most mature technology that can produce cannons, there are only thirty in total, and several of them are hung on the city wall, Now it was finally dismantled and equipped for Shu Han's troops.

The number of its controllers is also very large, an average of fifty people need a cannon, of course, the real control of the cannon is actually only ten people, the rest of the people are a reserve, the other is the protection team, after all, the cannon is always the first thing the enemy wants to attack on the battlefield, otherwise if the cannon is constantly shooting, it will bring a very serious disaster, so as long as the trace of the cannon is found, it will be targeted by the enemy, so as to get rid of it, you must send someone to defend.

In addition, the remaining 400 people are cavalry, of which Shu Han's cavalry is 200 people, and its commander is Chang Ke, each cavalry is equipped with two single-shot short guns for shooting, and is also equipped with a long knife, which can shoot twice, and at the same time the loading can also be very fast, which is the sharpest blade, and the remaining 200 cavalry are the private soldiers of each Skywalker.

As the vanguard force, it is naturally impossible to rely on Lin Bida alone, in addition to Lin Bida, the Zhang family father and son, Liu Yangkai father and son, and the remaining Skywalkers A total of ten people joined Shu Han's team, and the private soldiers with them were two hundred, and they were also included in Shu Han's jurisdiction, totaling an army of three thousand two hundred people.

And to provide logistics for this army is a logistics brigade of more than 3,000 people, supported by Noba City, such a large-scale march is rare in the Black Iron City, and the location of the battle is eighty kilometers away from the Wild Feather City, it is the first time in the Black Iron City, so everyone is very excited.

Especially looking at this brand-new army, no one's mood is not excited, the original long knives and short swords, shields, bows and arrows, all have been replaced by reloaded rifles, the rows of guns with bayonets, flashing under the scorching sun with a terrifying silver light, but in the eyes of everyone, the light is so bright, this army is all armed with firearms, before this, no one dared to imagine, and now, this team, is in front of their eyes, not only Liu Sanyi, including all the sons of the family, At the time of seeing this army.

A thought suddenly rose in their hearts, with such a strong army, Black Iron City should not be huddled in a small place, they should go farther away to see, to see this world, the beautiful world recorded by the ancestors.

This is the people of Black Iron City since three hundred years, once again feel the call from the times, at that moment in front of this army, the heart was suddenly shaken, they are not shrinking and seeking perfection, in order to be safe, this change of mood, no one noticed at this time, but in the future this different mood, will bring great changes to Black Iron City, and at this moment, they just want to use this army to defeat the enemy of the Holy Alliance.

Yes, the enemy, after having this army, many people silently left the two options of surrender and cooperation behind them in their hearts, if they can defeat the enemy and make the enemy bow down, then why surrender, they have such a strong army, why can't they conquer them, just like the Blue Pigeon City!