Therefore, in this matter, Liu Sanyi did not feel that he would lose, but even so, he was ready to dispatch all the troops that the entire Black Iron City could mobilize, of which there were two main reasons, the first was to end the battle as soon as possible, so as not to increase reinforcements after the Holy Alliance reacted, so that the Black Iron City fell into a stalemate, and now the strength of the equipment corps of the Black Iron City is indeed very strong, but the number of reserve troops is pitifully small, and it cannot support the war to continue, so the battle must be ended as soon as possible, Before the Holy Alliance could react, put an end to this battle once and for all.

The second reason is to use this battle to deter the city, after the Skywalkers of the city came to the Black Iron City, they have seen the construction capacity and industrial capacity of the Black Iron City, which is undoubtedly not possessed by the city, but in terms of military ability, Liu Sanyi has never had the opportunity to show it, after all, the Black Iron City now has six cities, each city has soldiers stationed, and at the same time, they also have to guard against the Holy Alliance, so the army is in the border area, and the headquarters of the Black Iron City is only two or three thousand people, It was not enough to deter the Skywalkers in Picheng, so they hoped that through this huge army, Picheng would know the strength of Black Iron City.

As for the third point and the second point, while deterring the city, it is also to guard against the city, after all, the two sides have only just met each other, and the battlefield also needs the help of the city, if the time comes, after the victory of the war, the city will turn against the city and launch an attack on the black iron city, if the army of the black iron city is too small, then it will leave a chance for the city, so it is necessary to bring enough troops to make the city dare not make small moves behind the back, in order to hurt the interests of the black iron city, Therefore, Liu Sanyi also tried his best to mobilize all the resources in the country, except for the 3,000 people stationed on the border of the Holy Alliance, the remaining army was almost all drawn, and a total of 12,000 troops were gathered to start marching in the direction of Picheng, of course, rations were provided by Picheng, and shells and muskets were supplied by Heitiecheng itself, so that the food problem of Heitiecheng could be alleviated, and at the same time, the sufficient supply of bullets could be ensured.

As for the side of Bicheng, it touched 4,000 regular troops plus 4,000 temporary conscripted soldiers, adding up to 8,000 people, which is the family of Picheng, after all, the city of more than 200,000 people, leaving the old people and children, the rest of the people are only about 140,000, and half of these people are women, and the rest are only 60,000 or 70,000, and now nearly one-fifth of them are withdrawn at once, which will undoubtedly make Picheng fall into a situation of labor shortage, and even farm work will become hurried, and because of this, this war, It had to be done as soon as possible before the soldiers could be released back into the fields.

And the side of the Black Iron City is also very generous, take out a thousand muskets to support the city, help them arm a musket unit as protection, and in the two months of building the road, the Black Iron City will train and modify the troops in the city, and during this period of time, the Skywalkers of the city are staying in the Black Iron City, and the entire city is almost controlled by the Black Iron City, although the officials and managers at the grassroots level are still the people of the city, but the supreme power has been held by the Black Iron City, This also allows Liu Sanyi to deal with this war with more confidence.

And in addition to building roads, the same is true for the equipment of military weapons, in addition to the investigation of Foothill City, although Picheng has told the situation of Foothill City to Black Iron City, but for the report of Foothill City, Liu Sanyi does not dare to believe it all, after all, for Foothill City, Liu Sanyi has never had much trust, he has to go to see it in person, through the understanding of Foothill City, it is found that Foothill City is indeed much stronger than Foothill City, the number of Skywalkers is about forty-five, At the same time, the population is 350,000, which is more than 100,000 more than Bicheng, and this number is obviously not clear about Picheng.

The Black Iron City is surveyed through statistics, and it is inferred according to the number of acres of cultivated land and the size of the city, which is obviously more reliable than the approximate estimate of the city, and the army that can be cultivated by such a huge population of the other party is likely to exceed 10,000, and if the limit is reached, it is not impossible for 20,000 people to be temporarily assembled, obviously, this is not a weak opponent.

But this did not make Liu Sanyi worried, in the face of hot weapons, simple population stacking does not have much effect, after investigation and understanding, coupled with the information of Picheng, there are about 3,000 musketeers in the entire Foothill City, the number is not much, but it is not a lot, and the number of cannons is not clear, because this is a mountainous area, when attacking Picheng, Foothill City will not carry a cannon to attack, and it is very difficult to transport a cannon in the mountain, which is also the same for Liu Sanyi. Unless he can build a standard national road in the mountains, but obviously, he does not have this level of skill, so the attack will have to rely on infantry, which is undoubtedly the difficulty.

Another point is the power of the opponent's Skywalker, Skywalker can change the battlefield to a large extent, especially some Skywalkers who have the power to defy the sky, their strength is sometimes at a critical moment, even if it will give a legion a fatal blow, so this must be understood.

But in this regard, Black Iron City obviously has no way to understand, after all, the foothills of the city gate is heavily guarded, and it is very difficult for the spies of Black Iron City to enter, and they can only understand through Picheng, according to the information of Picheng, among the forty-five Skywalkers in the entire Foothill City, more than 20 of them are bionic Skywalkers, that is, the talent of mutating into beasts, which is related to their ancestors swallowing Neidan for many generations, resulting in their descendants also being genetically changed, so that many of them are born as beast-like Skywalkers.

As for the rest, they are mainly based on the five elements attribute and the power type, as for the space class and weird means, this is undoubtedly good news, at least these attributes are within the range that can be controlled, of course, it does not prevent Picheng from deceiving them, this is not necessarily a thing, and because of this, Liu Sanyi did not dare to be completely assured, this time the march brought more than fifty Skywalkers, almost all the Skywalkers in the entire Black Iron City were taken away, leaving only five Skywalkers to guard the city.

In the end, the road was finally built in two months, it was a very simple dirt road, after all, the level is limited now, and it is too difficult to build a standard road in a short period of time, and they don't have machinery, all of which need to rely on the population, only some places can simply rely on some machines, and these machines are not plugged, so it is not easy to build such a road in two months, which can ensure that the army and the carriage carrying materials can run on it, This is Liu Sanyi's goal. The egg hurts

As for why he didn't wait a few days to build a good road, Liu Sanyi didn't want to, but he was afraid that something wrong with Picheng during this time would make Shanlu City find out, so that the other party could prepare. He immediately ordered the people inside the city not to go out, and at the same time, the people outside the city were not allowed to come into contact with the people inside the city, and cut themselves off from each other, and at the same time held the entire bureaucratic system in their own hands to prevent the leakage of information.

But it's not safe to do this, after all, if the spies inside the city don't report the news to their boss for a long time, as long as it takes a long time, the other party will inevitably notice that there is fraud in it, and the ruler of Foothill City is not a fool, if you contact the Holy Alliance at that time, then the opponent's strength will obviously not be so simple, at least the number of muskets equipped will be more, because of this, Liu Sanyi was forced to directly lead the army to pull out when the road has not been completed, It was also a forced decision.

The 12,000 soldiers have already been assembled, and their grain and grass have been booked in Picheng, which is also the first thing that the officials of Black Iron City need to do after arriving in Picheng, using the matter of collecting grain and grass, so as to find out all the bureaucracy of the entire Picheng, so that they can be arranged calmly.

Now 12,000 people have finally opened up, heading towards the city, as for Shu Han, he temporarily left Joaquin City to go to Asakusa City, stationed on the front line of the Holy Alliance, in order to prevent the Holy Alliance from launching a surprise attack at this time, for the re-entry of this self-established city, Shu Han's mood is still very happy, with his own personal guards and attendants stationed in Asakusa City, after a night of rest on the first day, Shu Han went directly to the front line, inspected the local defense, the defense of 3,000 people, for this long fortress defense line, The number of people was obviously insufficient, so Shu Han temporarily organized a reserve of 1,000 men in Asakusa Castle, and if a war really broke out at that time, they would make up for the shortage of manpower, and at other times they would train in the rear.

For the residents of Asakusa Castle, preparing for war is not an uncommon thing, being on the front line of the war, they don't know how many times a year to prepare for war, they have long been used to it, and Shu Han is their old commander, so they are not afraid, under the command of local officials, they immediately began to assemble, these people usually receive military training, and even many of them are veterans, so compared to people in other places, it is easier to adapt to the strict collective life in the army, which also makes Shu Han feel a lot more at ease, As for Shuhan, he lived directly in a castle in the defensive line to ensure that he could command the actions of the army at any time.

On the other side, Liu Sanyi after two days of marching, has also quickly arrived in Picheng, this road soldiers built for two months, just to facilitate the march of Liu Sanyi and others, plus their baggage is really not much, not even artillery, all are gunpowder and bullets, very light, and after the troops arrived, Liu Sanyi will be the city and the Black Iron City troops sufficient, take out 6,000 Black Iron City soldiers and 4,000 soldiers in the city of Picheng organized together, into a 10,000 brigade, Then the remaining 4,000 people in Picheng are used as vanguards, and the main task is to serve as the vanguard, which is very opposed by Picheng, thinking that Heitiecheng is sending the lives of the people of Picheng to death, but at this time, where can Liu Sanyi control this, he has already accepted the rights of the entire Picheng, and he doesn't care about the opposition of these Skywalkers, and directly transports all the families of these Skywalkers to the rear Black Iron City, as long as they are disobedient, they will immediately understand what will happen to them.

Bicheng obviously didn't expect the Black Iron City to turn around so quickly, in fact, in their hearts, they hoped to use the power of the Black Iron City to defeat the Foothill City, so as to preserve their own strength, if they could, it was best to let the Black Iron City and the Foothill City lose both, so that they could send troops to clean up the mess, and finally drive the Black Iron City away, and then annex the Foothill City to strengthen their own strength.

But after seeing the strength of the Black Iron City, they have changed their minds, after all, the strength of the Black Iron City is not something they can deal with, in this case, it is better to surrender, as for the matter of independence, wait until later, after all, the Black Iron City is so far away from the city and the foothills of the city, and the road is so tortuous, after defeating the foothills of the city, it is not for the city to be managed, at that time, these 350,000 people are in their own pockets, as long as they digest these populations, then what about the Black Iron City, This is the time to turn his face, it can be said that Pi Cheng never thought about real submission, but just wanted to use Black Iron City.

This is also very reasonable, where would the ruler of any country or city-state willingly give up the rights in his hands, but before their idea could be realized, they were ruthlessly interrupted by Liu Sanyi, obviously Liu Sanyi did not believe that these Skywalkers in the city silently controlled the families of these people directly after entering the city, but did not directly twist and send them to the Black Iron City, but waited until they came, and then sent them, in order to delay time and give the bureaucrats of the Black Iron City more time, to control this city, now that Black Iron City has enveloped the hearts of the people of this city in its own hands through tax cuts, salary increases, etc., these Skywalkers' attitudes naturally don't need to be seen.

As for letting these 4,000 people go to death, this is to weaken the strength of Picheng, and these 4,000 people, when the selection was carried out, the people of Black Iron City were also among them, most of these people are the lackeys of Skywalker, the same party, and the people who have different intentions for Black Iron City, Black Iron City can just use this war to wipe out these anti-Black Iron City people, this is Liu Sanyi's plan, obviously, both sides are calculating each other, and Liu Sanyi is obviously more ruthless, looking at these Skywalkers with their heads down, Liu Sanyi patted one of them on the shoulder very seriously, and said: "There is no need for this, as long as this battle can be won, we will be a family in the future, and you can still reunite with your family, which is also a last resort, after all, none of us trust anyone, since this is the case, we can only wronged your family members in a short time." ”

Liu Sanyi looked like I was forced to do it, and he was very unbeaten, and although the people in Picheng knew that Liu Sanyi was telling a lie at all, they could only greet people with a smile, and now all the calculations have become empty, and all the chips have been stacked on Liu Sanyi's table, what else can they say, if the table is overturned, they must be the ones who die at this time, which they know very well.