The defeat of Guangyuan Kingdom and the retreat of Liangluo City naturally shocked everyone in Black Iron City, some people scolded the Holy Alliance for being cunning, and some people said that Guangyuan Kingdom was cowardly, but in any case, the defeat of Guangyuan Kingdom was not a good thing for Black Iron City, which made their pressure increase a lot, which can be seen from the resistance of the Holy Alliance on the front line, the previous resistance has always been routine, and there is no appearance of will to fight, but now it is different, during the latest attack, It can be clearly felt that the opponent's will to fight has risen, and obviously, the victory in the war with the Guangyuan Kingdom has made the citizens and soldiers of the Holy Alliance have a better anticipation of the war.

This alone is enough to give Black Iron City a headache, in addition, it is the mastery of hot air balloons, Shu Han did not expect that the Holy Alliance would be able to use hot air balloons to conduct reconnaissance at high altitudes, so as to determine the location of the enemy, to carry out combat deployment, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart, it was he who underestimated the people of this era too much, although he had the experience of his previous life to prescribe the right medicine, but the people of this era are not stupid, using hot air balloons, a tool with low scientific and technological content, So they achieved such a large-scale victory.

And now, Black Iron City has fallen into a passive situation because of this hot air balloon, everyone is not a fanatic at this time, after a little anger, they began to discuss the countermeasures after that, but in the face of the hot air balloon this equipment across space, they have nothing to do at this time, after all, Black Iron City does not have an airplane, and it takes time to create a hot air balloon, so at this time in the air, only the air supremacy can be surrendered, and now the only magic weapon to win in Black Iron City is still the ironclad ship, which makes Shu Han more urgent.

But fortunately, because Shu Han dealt with it in time, at night, ordered all the camps to turn off the lights, so even if the enemy's hot air balloon passed, it was impossible to determine the location of Shu Han's army, as for coming during the day, it was undoubtedly impossible, although Shu Han did not have anything like an airplane, but there was a large number of heavy artillery, the hot air balloon was not an airplane, and the height that could fly was only a few hundred meters, but the speed was very slow, extremely dependent on the wind, and the steering speed was very slow and difficult, Therefore, it is relatively easy to predict their trajectory, if the day comes, it is very easy to see their whereabouts, only need to use artillery to shoot them down, so there is no need to worry about it during the day, only at night, the sky is dark, the enemy's hot air balloon can not be discovered by everyone, and at this time, Shu Han skillfully let the soldiers extinguish the fire in the barracks, which will undoubtedly greatly hinder the enemy's actions at night, Unable to probe the route of military deployment and military operations on the side of Black Iron City, the influence of the hot air balloon is much smaller.

After all, the weight that a hot air balloon can carry is very limited, the combustion technology of this era is not as powerful as modern times, and there is no large amount of natural gas in the Holy Alliance to burn the hot air balloon, mainly using the kerosene obtained from the coal to combustion, which is a heavy oil, which has a certain burden on the weight itself, and at the same time it does not burn like natural gas, there will be a large number of impurities, so it needs to carry a lot to ensure the flight time of the hot air balloon, so that A large amount of space is occupied by these incendiary materials, and there is very little space that can be occupied by personnel, let alone artillery shells, and it is already a large number that a hot air balloon can often be equipped with ten shells, and the flight speed will inevitably drop to a state that is easy to shoot down, so the main role of hot air balloons is not to bomb, but to conduct reconnaissance and panic caused by its unexpected effect.

Now that Shu Han has successfully shielded the two things behind, the role of the hot air balloon is naturally much smaller, but even so, the existence of the hot air balloon still makes the Black Iron City very jealous, after all, the taste of losing air supremacy is not good, and the Yangtze River is vast, the Black Iron City cannot defend the entire sky at all, and their number of cannons is limited, so there will still be some hot air balloons through the Yangtze River and the plain, enter the range of Asakusa City, and observe the movement in Asakusa City, which makes Shu Han's rear is like a map, Spread out in front of the Holy Alliance.

At the same time, the surrounding terrain is crisscrossed, Shu Han can only use people to observe, but the Holy Alliance can sit on a hot air balloon to understand the surrounding mountains and rivers, geography and hydrology, and in terms of geographical advantages, there is no doubt that the Holy Alliance has a great advantage, which makes Shu Han very afraid, and on the other side, Guangyuan Kingdom's fear is more specific than that of Black Iron City.

Originally, it was a situation of victory, but now, the 120,000 army was wiped out, and the army that survived and fled to the rear was only more than 30,000 people, and most of these people had lost the will to fight, and hiding in the city wall was just stealing their lives, in just three days, Guangyuan Kingdom lost a series of cities one after another, and the loss of population reached more than 600,000, and finally retreated all the way from Liangwu City to Meng Shuize City, which can be regarded as re-establishing the defense network with the support of reinforcements and the surrounding complex terrain, Blocked the enemy's front.

But at this time, the people of Guangyuan Kingdom have lost their previous arrogance, from the defeat of Liangwu City to the current Mengze Mountain City, the four cities are under the command of the Holy Alliance, 600,000 people are deeply trapped in fire and water, Dai Wuxian looked at the Chinese army tent in front of him, many people are hiding their faces and crying, these people are Skywalkers in these four cities, just got the news, the Holy Alliance is raising swords in the city, all the people related to Skywalker, family, friends, relatives, etc., all killed, even children will not let go, and those who dare to resist, Together with the slaughter of all the villagers, in just a few days, more than 100,000 people were killed in the four cities, and the smell of corpses caused by the decay of corpses could even be smelled by everyone living in Mengze Mountain City.

Dai Wuxian had long heard of Qiao Xuan's cruelty, but he didn't expect that he would be so cruel that he would be so careless of human life, he directly pulled out the long sword in his waist and shouted loudly: "I am inseparable from the old thief, attack them immediately, we will take the city back." ”

A general next to him hurriedly grabbed Dai Wushu and said: "Lord, don't be like this, our army has suffered heavy defeats one after another, and has lost its fighting spirit, although there are troops coming from afar, but it is already weak, if a large army is dispatched at this moment, it will inevitably be taken advantage of by the enemy, we should take advantage of this time to rest the army, this is the best policy." ”

"Yes, the lord of the country, the fall of Liangvortex City and other cities has already hurt the vitality of my Guangyuan country, if I continue to be defeated, I am afraid that Guangyuan will be empty." Someone shouted loudly, their persuasion made Dai Wuxian finally put the sword back into the scabbard, compared to Qiao Xuan, Dai Wuxian was obviously a benevolent person, in the face of the people being cut down, he said helplessly: "Everyone is right, but at this moment, the enemy is in the east of Mengze, slaughtering innocent people, we are sitting high here, my conscience is really uneasy, I don't know what you can do?" Could it be that tens of thousands of our troops are on the West Bank, watching the slaughter of our compatriots on the other side? ”

"Lord of the country, now that the Holy Alliance is in full swing, blocking at this moment is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, at this moment, there is only patience." An old and serious general said, Dai Wuxian also knew that he was right, the 30,000 army was defeated all the way, only more than 10,000 people remained, of which the central army was only more than 3,000 people, although now there are reinforcements from various cities, about 70,000 people, but only 80,000 people, in terms of number and the enemy's strength is not much different, but in the elite of the troops is far behind.

What's more, with the withering of the Central Army, Dai Wuxian can clearly feel that the princes under him have lost their enthusiasm for the war at the beginning, and at the same time, they can be perfunctory for their own orders, which makes Dai Wuxian very angry, but there is no way, at this time, the troops who are truly loyal to him are only more than 3,000 people, it can be said that the first battle was all lost on the border between Guangyuan and the Holy Alliance, and now the surrounding army is dominated by the princes, at this time, You have to think about their feelings.

Otherwise, if these princes secretly communicate with the Holy Alliance, then the Guangyuan Kingdom that has been built with great effort will probably be completely finished in their own hands, thinking of this, Dai Wu couldn't help but regret a little in his heart, because he loved the people in the city, when he conquered the surrounding cities, he often adopted a non-blame attitude, that is, he hoped to retain the population and talents of these cities, so that they could use them for their own use, and eventually led to the end of the big end.

Later, Dai Wushu actually discovered the danger of this, with the local leveling, the combat effectiveness of the central army began to decline because of the long-term non-war, and the local warlords slowly recovered their strength in the long-term peace, and the number of troops continued to increase, at that time Dai Wushu wanted to reform, at this time the Holy Alliance just appeared, Dai Wushu used the Holy Alliance as a tool to weaken the princes, and finally did achieve certain results, these princes hated Dai Wushu in their hearts, but because morality and the army were in Dai Wuxian's hands, Therefore, they did not dare to resist.

Originally, if it had been like this, maybe more than ten years later, Guangyuan Kingdom would also be able to concentrate all the troops in its own hands like the Holy Alliance, and even if it couldn't be done, it would be able to greatly restrict the actions of these princes, but because of his greed this time, he wanted to take this opportunity to completely eliminate the Holy Alliance, so he simply sent his central army in front, which directly led to most of his current army being wiped out, losing the army as a bargaining chip, and his prestige was naturally reduced in the eyes of everyone. If it weren't for the fact that the Dai family had ruled in the Guangyuan Kingdom for a long time, especially the first few cities, which had ruled for more than a hundred years, had great prestige, and many people loved their lords, so that Dai Wuxian could continue to command the army now, I am afraid that the people who reported to the Holy Alliance at this moment would already be like carp crossing the river, and there are countless people.

However, this situation must not last long, as the Holy Alliance's troops in the territory of Guangyuan Kingdom are getting closer and closer to the hinterland, many princes have the idea of surrendering, but there is still fear of Dai Wuxian in their hearts, and then they are afraid that their status in the Holy Alliance is not good enough, and they are also unwilling to lose their current power, they can arrange manpower, it is simply a country within a country, it is all up to them, if they join the Holy Alliance, their results will obviously not be so good.

Skywalkers will lose all their privileges, transform into ordinary soldiers, and lead their people to charge, their cities and armies will be taken over by the cronies of Blue Pigeon City, even the common people will become the lowest people, bear the most serious taxes, and enjoy the least rights, such a result, unless it is a last resort, they will do so, so at this time, Dai is not injured and can rest assured, but if he loses again, then the result is not easy to say.

After all, the Mengze River is their only barrier now, if they cross this barrier, then there will be the largest basin in Guangyuan country, with a population of more than 2.5 million and more than forty cities, all gathered here, and the danger of the Mengze River is lost, then the Guangyuan Kingdom will be completely unsafe, and the cavalry of the Holy Alliance will sweep here and take away all their hopes.

At that time, surrender is their only way, after all, it is better to surrender than to be slaughtered by the Holy Alliance, so Dai Wuxian is very clear, at this moment, he must not take risks, and the performance just now is just to show those Skywalkers in Cool Vortex City and the other three cities, in the battle, they lost their families and cities, and they must show an attitude, otherwise they will be the first to surrender to the enemy.

"How's going on that side of the Black Iron City?" Dai Wuxian asked, and a waiter said, "There is no news yet." "Dai Wushu knew that he had asked this question in vain, that is, Guangyuan Country had been defeated by the Holy Alliance, let alone Black Iron City? Could it be that it was really wrong to start this war on his own, and the Holy Alliance was already so strong?

Several defeats, so that Dai Wuxian's heart can't help but have a trace of doubt about himself, obviously, the strength of the Holy Alliance has brought an indelible impression to the people of Guangyuan, and after another three days, Shu Han's long-awaited ironclad ship was finally built, looking at the telegram from the rear, Shu Han couldn't help but dance happily, he immediately ordered the navy to transport the two warships, and the original navy was arranged together, and gathered everyone to start the battle plan against the Yangtze River defense line.

The first is how to remove the ropes on the riverbank, now the Holy Alliance has established military pillboxes at both ends of the rope to guard, it is very difficult for personnel to get close, and many people will die, but this place must be taken, no matter how many people die, Shu Han ordered Yang Yi to do it personally, and the other is the arrangement of the whole army on the front line, this time Shu Han is planning to complete the battle with one battle, not only to take the south bank of the Yangtze River, but also to take the north bank of the Yangtze River, as much as possible to put great pressure on the Holy Alliance, In order to give Guangyuan Kingdom a respite, otherwise, if it continues like this, it is uncertain when Guangyuan Kingdom will surrender.

In the past few days, Shu Han has also been reading the battle report about Guangyuan Kingdom, and he can't believe that Guangyuan Kingdom was defeated so quickly, but if you think about it carefully, there are traces to follow, such a patchwork force cannot be forced in its own combat effectiveness, not to mention that the Holy Alliance also has cross-era air supremacy weapons, and it is even more devastating.