The defense line is too long, and the army of Black Iron City is not enough to ensure the safety of the entire defense line, evacuating at this time is obviously the best choice, although it is necessary to give up a large amount of territory, as well as Dingbei City, which has just been created, which will undoubtedly fall rapidly in prestige, but now there is no way, at the beginning, Shu Han did not think that the Holy Alliance would do whatever it takes to reach this point, and even at the expense of his own national strength, to win the war, in this case, relying on the Yangtze River to defend is undoubtedly self-defeating, at this time, Retreating a large number of troops to the Asakusa Castle defense line was undoubtedly a better option.

Compared with the Yangtze River defense line, the Asakusa City defense line has several distinct advantages, the first point is that the defensive position is relatively small, with the current strength of the Black Iron City, it is relatively easy to defend, and the second is to be more familiar with the terrain, don't look at the plains everywhere on both sides of the Yangtze River, the terrain seems to be very easy to grasp, but in fact it is not the same thing at all, the flow rate of the water at all stages of the Yangtze River, the dark river, the whirlpool, etc., the Black Iron City is still in a very low-end state for its understanding, It is impossible to fully grasp this river at all, and the mountains of Asakusa Castle, Black Iron City has already understood it in great detail and thoroughly, and in terms of terrain, it is undoubtedly the advantage of its own side.

The second is that it is more convenient in terms of transportation, there are wide roads built from Asakusa Castle and the defense line, which can ensure that materials can be transported quickly, and at the same time, not far away is the Black Iron City, where a large number of materials are gathered, and the front line can be supported anytime and anywhere, which is the second benefit of the Black Iron City.

As for the third point, by giving up this land, it is undoubtedly showing weakness to the Holy Alliance, which will make the Holy Alliance feel at ease in Black Iron City, and the pressure on Black Iron City can also be less, based on the above three advantages, Shu Han made the decision to retreat, and for Shu Han's decision, most people have almost no opinion, after all, during this period of war, they can also see Qiao Xuan's madness, if they stay like this any longer, sooner or later the more than 70,000 troops will be wiped out by the Holy Alliance, so instead of staying here, it is better to move quickly.

And after the decision was made, the action of the Black Iron City was undoubtedly rapid, the front-line troops did not move for the time being, and Dingbei City began to relocate, in this regard, many people were naturally unwilling in their hearts, they had just come here, ready to carry out spring ploughing, and now suddenly announced that they were leaving this newly arrived homeland, and their hearts were naturally dissatisfied, but most of those farmers were from the Black Iron City, so they were very disciplined, although they were dissatisfied, but they were also willing to obey orders, not to mention that Shu Han also assured them, After reaching the rear, they will be able to get more land to ensure their production and livelihood.

As for the Holy Alliance people in those cities, they may be dissatisfied, but there is no way, after all, as prisoners, they have no qualifications to negotiate, under the careful arrangement of Black Iron City, in just one week, 180,000 people were evacuated, and only some institutions to ensure the operation of the army were still in Dingbei City, at this time, Shu Han also knew that it was time to evacuate, so he quietly left the front line one night, and before leaving, Dingbei City was burned, and all the ships escorted the army of Black Iron City to Asakusa City, As for the navy, they continued to cruise the Yangtze River, preparing for a surprise attack on the Holy Alliance anytime and anywhere.

Because the actions of the Black Iron City are very secret, they often don't understand it during the day and move at night, so the Holy Alliance didn't notice it, and when they found out, the entire north bank of the Yangtze River was already empty, and when Qiao Xuan got the news, he was not very happy, as a military strategist, he naturally knew that the shrinkage of the Black Iron City would make the war more difficult for him in the future.

He did not immediately send troops to occupy the land on the north bank of the Yangtze River, but only sent troops to temporarily take over the defense line on both sides of the Yangtze River, and then sent representatives to negotiate with Black Iron City, and at this time there will be negotiations, Shu Han's heart was very puzzled, but he did not refuse the negotiation of the Holy Alliance, so he invited the envoy of the Holy Alliance to enter, and Shu Han and the rest of the family Skywalkers received this Qiao Xuan's representative together.

And his idea also surprised Black Iron City, Shu Han said with some uncertainty: "You said that Qiao Xuan wants to form an alliance with us now?!" He glanced at the many people present at the same time, and many of them had thoughtful expressions in their eyes, and at this time, the representative opened his mouth and said to Shu Han: "Yes, now that the war has come to this point, it is difficult for both the Black Iron City and the Holy Alliance to go further, and my lord is not willing to end the war here, this battle, my lord has been preparing for two years, and now he is willing to rest, and the entire Holy Alliance will not agree, but the Black Iron City, worthy of being a strong country, the command of General Shu Han, also makes my lord admire, a large area of territory up and down the Yangtze River, Say give up, give up, such a spirit, my lord wants to cooperate with General Shu Han, hunt deer in the northwest of the Yangtze River, after this battle, equal share of Guangyuan, this is my lord's handwritten letter, but also ask General Shu Han, more consideration. ”

As he spoke, he handed a letter to Shu Han, Shu Han opened the letter, it was Qiao Xuan's handwritten letter, in the letter, Qiao Xuan believed that there was no need to fight between the two sides, and it was just a waste of money and labor to fight, Qiao Xuan was unwilling, but gathered so many troops, if there was no war at this time, then there would be problems with the food in the coming year, and at this time it was about to miss the spring ploughing, including Shu Han himself, tens of thousands of farmers in Dingbei City had no food for a year, how to survive it, the days would be very hard.

So he proposed, the two sides to deal with the Guangyuan country together, the current Guangyuan country has lost its fighting spirit, at this time to launch an attack, with the elite soldiers of the two countries, will definitely be able to wipe out the Guangyuan country, when the time comes to obtain the land and population of the Guangyuan country, both sides can continue to develop, at the same time Qiao Xuan said in the letter, after the annexation of Guangyuan, the two sides can live in peace, the Holy Alliance will definitely not take the lead in starting a war with the Black Iron City, I hope Shu Han will consider carefully.

Of course Shu Han will not believe Qiao Xuan's rhetoric, I am afraid that after the Guangyuan Kingdom is eliminated, the next one will be Black Iron City, but Qiao Xuan's proposal, Shu Han has to think carefully, Qiao Xuan is right, although there is now chemical fertilizer, which has improved the production of food a lot, but after all, this is an era without mechanization, tens of thousands of people have not farmed for a year, and at the same time, there are more than 200,000 people from the Holy Alliance to the Black Iron City, plus in recent years, the Black Iron City has been accelerating industrialization, As a result, the peasants themselves are very small in number, and now they are burdened with such a heavy burden, and if there is no other way to obtain food, the outbreak of famine in the coming year is almost a foregone thing.

The difference is only that God rewards food or not, if God has mercy and the new year is a good situation, then there will be relatively few people starving to death in Black Iron City, if there is a flood or a drought, or even a locust plague, then the number of people who will starve to death will be a very terrible number, Qiao Xuan's proposal is not wrong, at this time, the pressure and burden of Black Iron City must be transferred to another person.

And at this time, because of their status, the people from Foothill City and Picheng did not come to this meeting at all, only the family Skywalkers of Black Iron City were able to participate in this meeting, at this time, many people's eyes had begun to flash with a shrewd light, obviously, they were already a little moved by Qiao Xuan's proposal, not to mention them, even Shu Han felt excited.

But as the commander, he had to think carefully, and at the same time, he had to balance the wishes of all parties within the Black Iron City, he temporarily let Qiao Xuan's envoy go down to rest, and ordered the people below to take good care of him, and at the same time invited the representatives of Foothill City and Picheng to let them express their opinions.

In the face of the fact that Black Iron City wanted to change its strategic goals, they were unwilling at that time, after all, although Foothill City and Bicheng have been integrated into Black Iron City for more than five years, but because there is no big road, their trade and exchanges are actually a little more with Guangyuan Kingdom, whether emotionally or economically, they don't want to start a war with Guangyuan Kingdom.

However, hearing Shu Han mention this year's difficulties, these two people couldn't help but be silent, after this period of time, they also discovered the weakness of Guangyuan Kingdom and the strength of Black Iron City, if they stand with Guangyuan Country again, Black Iron City is bound to be under more and more pressure, and their people will inevitably be sent to the battlefield in waves, and finally die on it, this period of time, they are also very painful.

Although they have deep feelings for Guangyuan Kingdom in their hearts, but this kind of feeling, after all, is just feelings, in the past five years with Black Iron City, Shu Han asked himself that Black Iron City has not treated them badly, almost equally, and has never increased any harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes to the people in these places, almost enjoying the same treatment as Black Iron City, people's hearts are long, maybe at first there was some disgust with Black Iron City, but now, it is indeed a lot less, not to mention the economic and trade exchanges in recent years, It also made them have a more favorable impression of Black Iron City, and most of them accepted their identity as citizens of Black Iron City.

In this case, the distinction between friend and foe has been formed, but it is relatively superficial, and it has not reached a key and important position, and now, Black Iron City is in difficulty, and these two people have no initial opposition, and with their acquiescence, Shu Han has a discussion with the people of Black Iron City, and finally changing course has become the main judgment direction of everyone.

But there's also the question of whether the Holy Alliance is lying to them. At that time, the troops of Black Iron City were mobilized to the vicinity of Guangyuan Kingdom, but the Holy Alliance did not move much, and when the troops were all withdrawn, they suddenly came, what should they do then?

For Qiao Xuan's madness and rapid action, Shu Han really had palpitations, and at the same time, for his assurance, Shu Han has always disbelieved, this is a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, so for his proposal to deal with Guangyuan Kingdom together, although Shu Han was also very moved in his heart, but he never dared to make a move, Shu Han asked the envoy to send a message to Qiao Xuan, the two sides can cooperate, but Qiao Xuan must take the lead in withdrawing the army from the Yangtze River, and at the same time withdraw the army from the land on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Make the south bank of the Yangtze River a buffer zone between the two countries, and only in this way will he be willing to agree.

Qiao Xuan quickly replied to Shu Han's suggestion and agreed, at this time, Shu Han gradually felt relieved, especially after the fifth day, Qiao Xuan led his main force to leave, and sent one of his children to Black Iron City, this is Qiao Xuan's third child, with the ability of Skywalker, obviously, he is very likely to be a strong contender for the future leader of the Holy Alliance, seventeen years old this year, his name is Qiao Mao, he is a young man who looks very military, his eyes are cold and powerful, He looks very thin, but with such a father, no one will look down on him.

And after getting Qiao Xuan's full belief, there was a prisoner sent by the other party, and Heitiecheng also exchanged courtesies, and gave Shu Han one of his children to Qiao Xuan as a hostage, and then the two began to march towards Guangyuan Country with each other, of course, there were still some people in the army who couldn't adapt.

Like the upper-level people, they don't have too many ideas about changing their ways, they are purely calculated from interests, and now there is no benefit in continuing to fight with the Holy Alliance, and it is undoubtedly more appropriate to change the object of combat at this time, especially at this time, Guangyuan Kingdom does not know the plans and arrangements of Black Iron City, in the case of mental calculation or unintentional, Guangyuan Kingdom is likely to have no fortification of Black Iron City at all, and launching an attack at this time will definitely be able to achieve miraculous results.

But ordinary people are obviously not like the upper echelons of Black Iron City, they can be so cold and calm, in their opinion, the Holy Alliance, which was still an enemy of life and death before, has now become their allies in an instant, and this kind of role change is obviously not acceptable to people quickly.

There are many people's relatives who have been killed by the Holy Alliance, and many people have been hurt because of the Holy Alliance, these people can't accept the alliance between the two sides at all, like the Holy Alliance is a little better, although it can't be accepted, but Qiao Xuan has enough prestige to suppress these people, and Shu Han obviously doesn't have such a high prestige, for this reason, he can only continue to send people to publicize, the benefits and necessity of doing so, in the end, although the situation is under control, but for Shu Han's prestige, it is undoubtedly a decline.

From the perspective of a leader, Shu Han can consider from the interests of the country and not mix personal feelings, which is undoubtedly the quality that a good leader should have, but from the perspective of ordinary people, Shu Han is undoubtedly a standard chameleon, who can do whatever it takes for the sake of interests, and in the eyes of the people, this is obviously not a particularly good image.

This may also be the hope of the rulers of Black Iron City, during the war, Shu Han set very high expectations among the people, and now through this incident, it is undoubtedly a more powerful thing for them to cool down Shu Han among the people.