This kind of blending of soldiers and local people made Liu Sanyi's troops feel like fish in water in the local area, but the rulers in the foothills of the city were very impatient, and they kept sending scouts in the hope of telling the news here to the Holy Alliance, but unfortunately, the mountain road here is very steep, and it takes at least half a month to reach the Holy Alliance from here, and the foothills city does not border the Holy Alliance, and it is obviously a pipe dream to let the other party send troops over.

This point, Liu Sanyi didn't understand at first, and what he was most worried about was that the Holy Alliance would support Foothill City at this time, and then their situation would become very difficult, although Liu Sanyi had almost surrounded the entire Foothill City, but in such a big city, it was obviously impossible to let no one go out, so one or two of the messengers sent by the other party would eventually leave, but as the siege became longer and longer, the reinforcements of the Holy Alliance were never seen, This made Liu Sanyi very puzzled, and he didn't dare to divide his troops to investigate the ins and outs of the matter, after all, the troops in his hands at this time were only 18,000 people in total, and the siege of the city was barely strong, if it was raided by the enemy again, it would probably be a mess.

Liu Sanyi will not make the mistakes made by the Holy Alliance at this time, his own strength is very limited, rather than dividing the troops, it is better to unite together, and after the past month, in the foothills of the city, there are some people who can't hold back, you must know that these rulers themselves are not monolithic, but everyone looks up and doesn't look down on weekdays, so they have a temporary atmosphere of peace with each other, but now, as the city is besieged for longer and longer, the materials in the city are becoming more and more scarce, Several breakouts ended in failure, the other party's firearms are superior to them in terms of sophistication and quantity, Skywalker has more than seventy people, and the gap in combat power between the two sides is not an opponent at all, and it is precisely because of this that opinions within the city began to split, and some people thought that they should surrender and strive for a good condition as soon as possible, so that they could get better development and status after surrendering.

And some people think that they should send a few representatives to talk to them first, to see if there is room for a turn in this matter, for a month, the Holy Alliance has not reacted at all, obviously it is difficult for them to really help themselves, while others think that they should fight to the death and defend the foothills of the city, only in this way, their interests can be preserved, and this last part of them occupies the largest number, because they are all Skywalkers, or the remnants of Skywalkers, and there is a lot of land outside the city, Now that all these lands have been divided by Black Iron City, how can they not be angry, and hundreds of years of accumulation are now in vain.

In their eyes, Black Iron City is an enemy who does not share the sky, there is no second option to choose, as for the first two, most of them are some citizen representatives, as well as some newly rising Skywalkers, they do not have such a large family, and the history is not very long, so the main industry is still in the city, or simply only a salary, and there is no such big interest involved, it is precisely because of this that they are relatively more able to accept peace talks or conditional surrender.

But their numbers are relatively small, no, it should be said that their numbers are large, but they have no voice in the city, and they do not control the army, so their opinions are only for reference, and the final decision is made by the big landowners and the ancient Skywalker families.

It is precisely because of this that Foothill City has not surrendered so far, but because the morale of the army is weak, and the people's support for these Skywalkers is not high, after all, their families are outside the city, and they want to let them fight out, and they are also afraid that the people of Black Iron City will kill their relatives, so they are not willing to move, and they are not willing to cooperate with the actions of Skywalkers, in this case, it can be said that they are in a stalemate.

And as the stalemate lasted longer, the more dissidents in the city naturally increased, and their strength was slowly accumulating, and finally in the midst of a breakthrough, several messengers from Foothill City leaked the news of the city, and also explained why the Holy Alliance had no support until now.

It turns out that the Holy Alliance and Foothill City are not directly bordered, in the middle of them, there is a force called Guangyuan Kingdom, which is not inferior to the Holy Alliance, with a population of more than two million and more than 100,000 troops, it is a big force, and the two sides are fighting for the rights to the northern and central regions of Jiangsu, and Foothill City is an ally of the Holy Alliance.

They hope that by supporting the foothills of the city, they can flank the opponent's army, so that the Holy Alliance can completely defeat the entire Guangyuan Kingdom, so as to spread their forces throughout the entire Northern Jiangsu Plain, which will be a huge victory, but because of this, the two sides are not actually bordering, so their reinforcements have not arrived, after all, there is a powerful Guangyuan Kingdom in between, if the army of the Holy Alliance is coming, it can only come after destroying the Guangyuan Kingdom, and from the current point of view, Apparently impossible.

When Liu Sanyi heard this, he immediately wrote to Shu Han, asking him to pay attention to the fact that Foothill City is an ally selected by the Holy Alliance, and it has a very important position, and now the Holy Alliance cannot directly rescue Foothill City, and it is very likely to surround Wei to rescue Zhao and attack the land directly under the jurisdiction of Black Iron City, and Shu Han will inevitably face danger, of course, this premise is that the Holy Alliance can clearly know that it is Black Iron City that contributes to it, but it is not difficult to understand this, through such a period of time, The people of Foothill City naturally knew that it was the Black Iron City that surrounded them, after all, when Liu Sanyi was dealing with the surrounding villagers, he would tell them the name of his city so that they could remember it.

Now that the war is going on, it is natural to be able to bring this news to the Holy Alliance, and when the other party directly attacks Shu Han's defense area, there will be great danger, and the fact is just as Liu Sanyi expected, after receiving the request for help from Foothill City, the Holy Alliance immediately ordered the Southern Army and the Central Army to attack in the direction of Black Iron City, with a total of 40,000 people, and Shu Han's hands plus the reserve force are only 4,000 people, ten times the difference in strength, relying on the terrain as a resistance, it is really a bit difficult.

But fortunately, Shu Han never relaxed his vigilance from beginning to end, and the intelligence exchange between Liu Sanyi and Shu Han was almost at the level of one letter a day, Liu Sanyi's letter was sent to Black Iron City by expedited, and then immediately arrived at Yeyu City by phone, and then the fast horse arrived directly in Shu Han's hands in two hours, and at this time, the army of the Holy Alliance had just been assembled, and there was plenty of time for Shu Han to make arrangements. Flying

The first thing he did was to gather all the Skywalkers, because Liu Sanyi took most of them, and now there are about fifteen Skywalkers left in Black Iron City, which is the top combat power in Shu Han's hands, and the second thing is to recruit two thousand reserve soldiers from Black Iron City, Yeyu City and Rongcheng as a supplement, so that his military strength will reach six thousand, so as to ensure that the army will not be exhausted in the short term.

On the other hand, it is to bring all the heavy artillery in the entire sphere of influence to the front line, and there is no longer any artillery left in the rear, because Liu Sanyi did not carry any artillery with him when he went to Foothill City, and during this year, the Peng family has been studying the manufacturing process of artillery, so the speed has accelerated a lot, in just one and a half years, Black Iron City now has thirty large-caliber artillery, seventy-five other types of artillery, a total of one hundred and fifteen guns, and more than 20,000 shells of various types are left, Shu Han issued an order, Let the Peng family's factory immediately work overtime to produce, and at the same time leave a maintenance team of 200 people to help Shu Han, as long as there is a problem with the cannon, it will be repaired on the spot on the battlefield, as long as the person is not dead, the cannon must keep ringing.

After doing all this, Shu Han originally planned to stay on the front line, but in the end he was forcibly persuaded by several Skywalkers to leave the front line and go to Asakusa City to command, after all, Shu Han is the main general If something unfortunately goes wrong on the front line, then the entire army will be leaderless, Shu Han didn't insist, although he wanted to stay, but everyone said so, it was a burden for him to stay on the front line, so Shu Han also agreed to them.

As for Liu Sanyi's side, after receiving the news that Shu Han had all been dealt with, the stone in his heart could be regarded as letting go, he believed in Shu Han, just like Shu Han believed in him, with an army of 6,000 people, there was absolutely no problem in blocking the Holy Alliance for a month, and this time, he would definitely not delay any longer, Liu Sanyi continued to besiege the city on the one hand, and at this time there was a serious shortage of food in the city, except for the soldiers who could still eat three meals a day, and the meals were dry, everyone else had begun to reduce the amount of foodMen can only eat two dry meals a day, women can only eat dry and wet meals, and the elderly and children can only drink porridge.

On the forty-seventh day of the siege, a Skywalker from Foothill City left the city as a representative and came to Liu Sanyi's military camp to formally negotiate the terms that they would serve as an internal response in the city, help them open the city gates, and at the same time be responsible for reassuring the people after the war so that they could quickly accept the new ruler.

But on the other hand, Black Iron City must also guarantee their status, even if they can't be on the same level as the Skywalkers in Black Iron City, but they must also be treated the same as the Skywalkers in Pi City, and the other point is that their property in the city must be guaranteed, in addition, they have no requirements, obviously, Liu Sanyi's strength makes these Skywalkers in Foothill City dare not make a mistake, in this more than a month, Foothill City has organized many breakthroughs, but the final result is undoubtedly a failure, Liu Sanyi arrested all the soldiers who escaped from the foothill city, and beheaded them one by one directly under the city gate, because they were cut in half, so when they were cut off, they would not die immediately, but would continue to survive for more than an hour, and even some people with strong vitality could even survive for half a day.

In those few days, the miserable howls of these soldiers were everywhere around Foothill City, which also made the people of Foothill City feel very frightened of Liu Sanyi, because this was not one person, but a team of thousands of people, the entire ground was dyed red, and a heavy rain could not even wash it all away, it was precisely because of this that the people who came to put forward the conditions now did not dare to have any too high conditions, for fear that Liu Sanyi would not be satisfied, and he would follow in his footsteps.

But to his surprise, Liu Sanyi agreed to their request very tolerantly, very refreshingly, almost without any consideration, which almost made the messenger can't help but wonder if there is something wrong with his words, so that the other party has a misunderstanding, but after repeating it again, the messenger understands from ignorance, Liu Sanyi did agree, and then happily went back and reported the situation to his little friend.

As for why Liu Sanyi agreed to the other party's two requests, the reason is also very simple, the first point is that he originally planned to agree, these two points are nothing, Liu Sanyi himself does not want their industry, as for the status, as a Skywalker, it should naturally be respected, as long as he does not betray the Black Iron City, the Black Iron City will naturally not treat them badly.

As for the industry, this is not what Liu Sanyi wants, what he wants is only the population, and those who have knowledge, this is what he must take away, as for whether other people want to live in Foothill City or want to live in Black Iron City, Liu Sanyi doesn't care too much, so he immediately agreed.

Of course, if it was placed in the past, he would definitely take Qiao for a while, so that the other party was anxious, so as to lower the chips in his heart, and after reducing his attitude towards himself, he would agree, so that he would have more chips in his hands and would be convenient for things in the future, but now, Shu Han is facing the threat of the Holy Alliance, for this old opponent, Liu Sanyi does not dare to be careless, although the other party's weapons and equipment are slightly behind his side, but after all, there are many people, and it is a real big country, If one is not careful, it is very likely that various problems will occur, so in this regard, Liu Sanyi also has to speed up to avoid uncontrollable situations.

In the early morning of the fiftieth day, more than a dozen Skywalkers, together with their own clansmen and their own men, totaling more than six hundred, suddenly attacked the city gate of the southern city, and the defenders of the foothills of the city did not realize that there was already an enemy army in the city, they thought that the attack was from outside the city at first, and after they reacted that it was their own side of the ghosts, it was too late.