Obviously, this problem is now the most important thing in front of Qiao Xuan, the supreme commander of the Holy Alliance, he obviously didn't expect that he had arranged so many back-ups, and even when Black Iron City had not had time to prepare, he would be able to be killed by Black Iron City, causing such a huge loss, which made Qiao Xuan, who had hardly faced defeat in his life, very unhappy in his heart, even if he had occupied the south bank of the Yangtze River at this moment, but there was no happiness on his face.

"There are so many people who have died." Qiao Xuan said softly, he is not a person who cherishes soldiers, Blue Pigeon City has developed and grown in his hands, to this point, it can be said that his name is the meaning of this country, with the creation of musket technology, Blue Pigeon City has developed from a small medium-sized city in his hands to today, spanning more than forty cities, with a population of more than four million, this achievement, anyone has to admit that Qiao Xuan is powerful, and in the process, Qiao Xuan has killed hundreds of thousands of people, but now, The casualties of these 40,000 soldiers really hurt him.

The Holy Alliance claims to have 200,000 troops, but most of the troops have to stay in various places, this sudden surprise attack, even if Qiao Xuan is fully prepared, the army he carries is only 90,000 people, and now more than 30,000 people have been killed and captured, and thousands of people have been injured because of this, and the number of the army is already insufficient, which makes Qiao Xuan feel very angry, and at the same time, the contempt for Black Iron City has also decreased a lot.

Originally, in his opinion, Black Iron City is obviously not worth mentioning, which is why he will attack Black Iron City first, that is, he hopes to use his strong power to take the lead in destroying Black Iron City, and then fight to the death with Guangyuan Kingdom, so as to decide who the overlord of this area is, but this first battle was not successful, which made him very entangled, at this time there were too many deaths, and the number of ships was too small, and there were problems with the transportation of grain and grass, although with the strong manufacturing capacity of the Holy Alliance, These ships can be replenished in the next week, but do you still have a week to do so?

What Qiao Xuan is holding in his hand at the moment is the battle report of the front line of Guangyuan Kingdom, this country composed of various princes, in Qiao Xuan's eyes, is not worth mentioning, it is just because of its large size that the Holy Alliance cannot be extended, but through the recuperation of the past few years, the population of the Holy Alliance is only 500,000 less than that of Guangyuan Kingdom, in Qiao Xuan's opinion, victory is already in sight.

But now, this country, which originally despised itself, has begun to attack its own defensive position, which makes Qiao Xuan feel very surprised, Guangyuan Kingdom has always been the first to gather the troops of the city-states around the left and right to fight when it starts the war, and it will definitely not be like now, the princes' troops have not yet arrived, and the central troops have already taken the lead in launching an attack, which is not what Guangyuan Guo's Dai Wuxian person will do.

Dai Wushu is different from himself, the expansion rate of Guangyuan Kingdom is much slower than his own, these city-states are conquered from generation to generation, and now the Guangyuan Kingdom controlled by Dai Wushu wants to learn the system of the Holy Alliance after encountering the Holy Alliance, after all, one person maintains the power of the world, this is naturally the place where Dai Wuxian envies Qiao Xuan, so every time he goes to war with the Holy Alliance, he often lets the princes take the lead in sending troops, so as to consume the strength of the princes, and then invest his own troops to save the armies of those princes. made those princes more convinced that Dai Wuxian himself, and now, he actually took the lead in the war, no longer the same as before, which surprised Qiao Xuan at the same time, but also made Qiao Xuan a little nerve-wracking.

There are about 20,000 defensive troops deployed on the front line of Guangyuan Kingdom, in addition, about 10,000 troops can be temporarily mobilized in the cities in the rear, if it is really not possible, another 20,000 people can be forcibly recruited as reserve troops, a total of 50,000 people, and the central direct troops of Guangyuan Country are about 50,000 people, which should be able to withstand it, but what Qiao Xuan is worried about is not the army of Guangyuan Kingdom, but this time Dai is not injured, the speed of the march is so fast, this is really not like the attitude that Guangyuan Country should have, With Dai's unharmed and cautious character, how could he be the first to consume his own Central Army?

This question made Qiao Xuan a little worried, but at this time obviously did not give him time to worry, with the war between Guangyuan and the Holy Alliance, the Holy Alliance at this time was already a two-front battle, this news is more annoying than the army sending troops, at this moment, many people in the army are worried, afraid that the two-line battle will hurt their hometown, Qiao Xuan's troops, there is also such a problem, this is also the disadvantage of centralization, when other people's troops trample on their own homes, There will always be some people from the surrounding cities in the army, they will worry about whether their hometown is occupied by the enemy, whether their families are still safe, homesickness will naturally arise, although they are all citizens of some servant city-states, undertaking the most menial work, but these people's worries will naturally affect others, Qiao Xuan ordered everyone to kill a few of them, hanging them on the wooden white poles outside the camp tent, in order to set an example, which stopped the spread of worry, but Qiao Xuan's mood was not good, The pace of the war is getting faster and faster, which also makes him a little difficult to support, in the eyes of outsiders, he is an invincible general, but at this moment he is almost seventy years old, in this world, it is enough to be called the age of a living immortal.

And at this time in the bazaar not far away from him, Shu Han did not think about complete defense, when Qiao Xuan learned that Guangyuan Kingdom was at war, Shu Han almost an hour later, he also heard the news, he immediately ordered the soldiers to pack up and array, and launched an attack on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the scale of the attack was not large, but then the number of attacks was constantly increasing, the average number of each attack was two or three thousand, and then after a hasty battle, he withdrew again, four or five times a day, Battles break out in different places and battlefields.

Shu Han's purpose is very simple, that is, to tell the Holy Alliance Black Iron City is not so easy to deal with, at this time, opposite him, it is not a weak army, but a strong enough force, and at this time, the attack of Guangyuan Kingdom will only become more and more intense, because the princes in the rear will inevitably think that the front line must be going well when they see that the central army is taking the lead in launching an offensive unusually, so the central army will abandon the previous tradition and launch an attack without waiting for the arrival of the princes' army, just to get more loot.

There will be such an idea, obviously it is also the way Dai Wuxian treated the princes before, it really made these princes feel scared and jealous, seeing such a scene at this time, it is natural that the troops that will not fall behind one by one, and it originally took ten days and half a month to be able to assemble, but now in order to grab money, it is natural that the speed of assembly has doubled, and the troops are like streams converging towards the Chinese army tent of Guangyuan Kingdom, and finally forming a vast Yunmengze, where there is more time, the pressure of the Holy Alliance on the front line will be one more day.

After all, at the junction of Guangyuan and the Holy Alliance, the Holy Alliance does not have any danger to defend, the geographical location is flat, and the Guangyuan Kingdom occupies a mountainous area, so the Holy Alliance can only build cities and fortresses ten kilometers away from the mountains to establish a defensive line, but such a defensive line, under the influence of artillery, can not hold much on, and ultimately depends on the strength of the army to decide the victory, and at this point, the Guangyuan Kingdom obviously has an unparalleled advantage, at this time, every more day than the day, The pressure on the front line is getting bigger and bigger, and Qiao Xuan's heart is getting bigger and bigger when he wants to leave the front line of Black Iron City, at this time, Shu Han's continuous pressure can make him give up the battle against Black Iron City, which is beneficial to Shu Han, so he gave up his original defensive strategy, but actively launched an attack.

Time unfolded in the fierce tug-of-war between the two sides, and the Holy Alliance did not withdraw its troops from beginning to end, which made Shu Han a little suspicious of the power of Guangyuan Kingdom, but because of the poor information exchange between the two sides, Shu Han did not know the specific details, after all, when the envoys of Guangyuan Kingdom reported the situation, they would not tell Shu Han the unfavorable news of Guangyuan Kingdom, and the Holy Alliance's side was even more strictly guarded, and it was very difficult to get some news.

This also made Shu Han's mood very anxious, and the quality of sleep also dropped sharply, almost only three hours a day to sleep, most of the time was spent studying the next strategy, which made him lose weight very quickly, and there were many wounds on his body, even if Zhao Qingtian and Fu Erdong took turns to serve him, it was difficult to get better quickly, Zhao Qingtian looked at another ulcer on Shu Han's body, scraped off the carrion and blood on it with a knife, and said: "Shu Han, take care of your body." ”

During this period of time, he had said things like that to Shu Han too many times, but whether it was a gentle attitude or an accusatory attitude, Shu Han just smiled, saying that he would follow the doctor's instructions, but when he turned around, he threw himself into the battlefield again, Zhao Qingtian also understood that the defeat in the first battle on the south bank of the Yangtze River, although because of Lin Bida's outstanding performance, did not make Shu Han's reputation decline, but Shu Han himself had a lot of pressure in his heart, and the tug-of-war arranged in the past few days, almost every army was transferred by Shu Han himself.

The calculation and research in this, if it is a famous veteran, it is naturally easy to catch, but Shu Han himself has no military talent, the reason why he can win the battle is that through continuous and repeated calculations, all the possibilities are counted, and he can win, and now these calculations have to be handed over to him to do, every day of calculation and research, Shu Han's health is getting worse and worse, a few days ago he even launched a high fever, was forced by Lin Bida and others, and he was not allowed to continue to deal with official business, until today this is good, But at this time, Shu Han's hands were on military affairs again, Zhao Qingtian knew how much pressure Shu Han had, he didn't want to lose anymore, but at this moment, looking at Shu Han's face like a blank piece of paper, he couldn't help but persuade.

Shu Han was still just smiling, he also knew that his body was very bad now, and the severe pain from the wound could even keep him awake all night, but fortunately, Zhao Qingtian found some castor grass, this herb contains a paralyzing substance, which is harmless to the human body, but it can cut off the pain nerve of the person in a short time, so that Shu Han can at least sleep well.

But even so, his sleep quality is still not good, he knows that his current situation is very bad, let him rest, he really can't do it now, there are too many things, the situation of Guangyuan Kingdom, the reaction of the Holy Alliance and the situation in the country, with the large number of troops going out and dying, compensating and comforting the family, etc., although these things do not need to be done by Shu Han, but after all, someone still needs to deal with it, Shu Han always has to ask.

Now he understands Zhuge Liang, he used to look at the Three Kingdoms, and felt that Zhuge Liang had to bow down to everything, and finally died of exhaustion, and left with a fake hand before he was sixty years old, which is really stupid enough, but now that he thinks about it, a smart person like Zhuge Liang will really not see the problem in this, but in the end, he still has to bow down and do his best, it is because of the Northern Expedition Cao thief, the responsibility of restoring the Han family is too heavy, he must not make mistakes in every step, such as facing the abyss, walking on thin ice, as long as he takes a wrong step, he will be in the abyss, If you go first, you will never recover.

Walking on this kind of road, there is nothing wrong with being cautious, and now Shu Han is thinking like this, he has let more than 10,000 people die on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the remaining 60,000 people in his hands at this time are the elite troops of the entire Black Iron City, the Holy Alliance is not afraid of failure, and the loss of 40,000 people only needs to be recruited from behind him, and Shu Han can't, the population of Black Iron City is not like the Holy Alliance and Guangyuan Kingdom, if these 60,000 people die here, then Black Iron City will have no soldiers to use at all, So he had to be very careful, not to make the slightest mistake.

This game of chess in front of Shu Han is a game of chess with zero error tolerance, just like Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's Northern Expedition, any little mistake may cause the entire country to be destroyed, so even if the body feels very uncomfortable, unprecedented weakness wanders in Shu Han's body, but Shu Han still has to raise his spirit to deal with it, but fortunately, Lin Bida's growth and Chang Ke, these two people now have the ability to take charge of themselves, which makes Shu Han feel at ease, the last few battles, Almost all of them were designed by Chang Ke and completed by Lin Bida, which made Shu Han very pleased, and he could finally spare some time to recuperate his body.

Shu Han doesn't want to die, and at the same time he doesn't think he is a perfect person, Zhuge Cheng must bow down to everything, that's because there is no smarter person in this world, his decisions are always right, and Shu Han is not, he knows that he can win the battle, it lies in prudence, he is not a general, just an ordinary ordinary person, relying on more knowledge than the people of this era, so there are some special advantages of people.