In the face of Shu Han's sudden change of strategy, Qiao Xuan was also a little caught off guard for a while, but Qiao Xuan was a veteran after all, and he would not immediately retreat when encountering difficulties, he ordered the rear city to immediately recruit temporary troops to garrison the city, and at the same time rebuild the defense on the rear city belt to slow down the attack of the survival alliance, and he led the army to continue to stay north of the Huai River and launch an attack on the local alliance.

Obviously, his plan has not changed, if the class teacher returns to the dynasty at this time to deal with the problem of the survival alliance, then these Huaihe cities that still have the power to breathe will inevitably renew recruits to retaliate against themselves, and then the holy alliance will face the danger of being attacked on the back of the enemy, so Qiao Xuan will never do this, compared to the survival alliance, the city-states in Huaibei are obviously much easier to deal with, so his strategy is still to take the lead in eliminating these city-states in the north, at least let them not have the strength to accumulate, In order to launch a counter-offensive against the Holy Alliance, he did make some minor changes to this end.

He contacted several city-states in the back of the Huaibei land, the frequency of wars between them and the Holy Alliance is very low because of geographical reasons, mainly relying on the resources of the large rear to help the city-states in front of them fight with the Holy Alliance, so the losses directly involved in the battle are very small, and their hatred of the Holy Alliance is relatively not so strong, Qiao Xuan contacted these people and promised them that if they are willing to attack the Huaibei Alliance, then Qiao Xuan will recognize their rule and sign a contract with them, He did not start a war for three years, and was willing to send his children to the Huaibei city-state as hostages to establish a relationship.

In the past, Qiao Xuan was absolutely unwilling to do this, after all, in his eyes, Huaibei was already in his pocket, and it was obviously not something he should do to make peace with others at this time, but at this moment, Shu Hanbing was in the city, and he had to quickly organize troops to rescue, otherwise there would be a big problem.

The establishment of the Holy Alliance, its root is in Qiao Xuan's prestige, because of his invincibility, coupled with the cruel rule, causing everyone in the entire Holy Alliance to snort and survive, but most people are actually unwilling to survive like this, the reason why this is so is completely out of necessity, and only Qiao Xuan can ensure their interests, so that they will not be disturbed by the war, if Qiao Xuan does not protect them, it will become a manifestation of weakness, and for a tyrant like Qiao Xuan, he would rather others think he is stupid, He must not be considered a coward.

There are many monarchs in the world, whether they are benevolent monarchs or tyrants, there will be people who are loyal to them, whether they love or fear, they can maintain their rule, and the most easily subverted are those mediocre kings, they have no ability to decide, neither considerable wisdom to resolve contradictions, nor courage, the physical destruction of contradictions will eventually bring misfortune to the whole country, this kind of king is the most useless, and Qiao Xuan naturally can't give others such an impression, so he must go back as soon as possible, Therefore, he had to ensure peace in the north, at least for a short time, and for this reason, he chose to return the benefits obtained here to these Huaibei city-states, and at the same time set them at odds with each other.

As for whether this can delay them, let them fight in the nest, so as to let Qiao Xuan go, Qiao Xuan is very confident in this, these city-states, although they have the same culture with each other, but the heart of annexation between each other, is not under themselves, if they arrive a few years later, I am afraid that this place is already full of gunsmoke, after all, the population is growing, but the land will never grow, in the era when the productivity can not progress, in order to compete for greater living space, it is natural to complete it through plunder, which is the inevitability of history, Regardless of whether it is a faint king or a benevolent king, they need to do this, otherwise the population exceeds the limit of what the land can carry, and it will bring riots, and then it will only lead to the complete destruction of their own country, so they naturally know what to do.

It's just because of Qiao Xuan's arrival, so they have to unite together, so as to fight Qiao Xuan, in this process, their unity is actually a last resort, and some people are also very dissatisfied in their hearts, for example, the relationship between the city-states close to the Holy Alliance and those farther away is like this, the city-states close to the Holy Alliance, are constantly sacrificing, while the city-states in the rear can enjoy a peaceful time, and their strength is getting stronger and stronger, while the strength of their own side is getting weaker and weaker, Countless young people in the prime of life died on the battlefield, the population continued to decline, and the city-states in the rear began to develop industries because of the provision of military supplies, and their strength became stronger and stronger, in this context, they were naturally very dissatisfied in their hearts, they paid more, but they got very little, their hearts were naturally dissatisfied, but because of the incompatibility between cultures, and at the same time xenophobia, which made them unable to accept Qiao Xuan, but this does not mean that they like the rulers of the city-states hiding behind them.

When Shu Han announced that these occupied areas would be handed over to these rear city-states, and after leading the army to withdraw, it is conceivable that the relationship between the two sides will inevitably deteriorate rapidly, and the opposition that had been deliberately suppressed because of the existence of the Holy Alliance will inevitably re-emerge.

At that time, I am afraid that the two sides will not have time to compete with the Holy Alliance, who will be the master and who will be the guest between each other in the future, this is the issue they need to argue with each other, in the final analysis, they are just barely united to fight against Qiao Xuan's invasion, and now that Qiao Xuan's people are gone, they naturally aim at each other, to put it bluntly, these city-states, when attacking them, their resistance is very strong, but these forces can only operate locally, if you want them to come out and fight for the world, They don't have this ability, and in the entire Huaibei, there may be people who defend the land, but there are no heroes in the world, Qiao Xuan has a very full understanding of this.

As for the last question, that is, the question of whether those people in Huaibei will want these lands, in Qiao Xuan's opinion, this is obviously not a problem, these fertile lands, who don't want them, as long as they occupy them, they will inevitably become the overlord of this land, even if they know that this is a conspiracy, who will give up?

Just like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Qin took away Shangdang County from the hands of Wei, but Shangdang County is really a little far away from the mainland of Qin, and under the nose of Zhao, the territory is mostly a large plain, which is not a defended city for Zhao in Hufu and cavalry, and Qin wants to defend this place, but it needs a lot of troops, which is a disadvantageous thing for Qin, and finally Qin decided to simply transfer Shangdang County to Zhao State.

In this way, the Qin State can leave this huge burden, and at the same time throw the trouble to the Zhao State, this piece of land, itself is the Wei State, although the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei are separated, but the three families are separated from the Jin State, and the ancestors have affection, which is also the biggest problem of the Qin State, these three countries watch and help each other, which side of the Qin State attacked, and the remaining two parties came to help, resulting in how it was difficult for the Qin State to step into the Central Plains, and now, this piece of Shangdang County, which originally belonged to the Wei State, was given to the Zhao State, Then Wei will inevitably be dissatisfied with Zhao, that is his original land, if it is fought by Zhao, then he has nothing to say, but if it was given to Zhao by Qin, then what is he Wei? Or is there an ulterior secret between the Zhao and Qin states?

In this way, the relationship between Wei and Zhao can be divided, and a seed of discord can be planted in the hearts of the rulers of their two countries, and when necessary, this seed will sprout and bring huge profits to Qin, and at that time, Zhao will face Qin's proposal, what can they choose? This is the same as these city-states in Huaibei today, they have only one choice, which is to take it.

Even though they knew that Qiao Xuan had bad intentions, just like they knew that Qin had bad intentions at that time, the struggle between countries was already very fierce at that time, and the conspiracy and power had developed to the peak, and the Zhao State was at its peak at that time, how could they not see the conspiracy and calculation of this move, but even if they saw it through, they had to take it, without him, this is a very fertile land, if it can occupy it and hold it, then Zhao State can get a new piece of horse breeding land, as well as a population of hundreds of thousands, which is very important for Zhao State. Attacking Yan State at the same time has a very good development, how can he not want it, as for returning it to Wei State, it is even more impossible, this is the mastery of Qin State's strategy, even if you can see the shortcomings, but you will also be attracted by the benefits of it, and now Qiao Xuan is using this trick to drive the tiger and the wolf.

Undoubtedly, he used it very beautifully, and after a very short period of consideration, the other party agreed to Qiao Xuan, willing to sign a contract with him, and exchange hostages with each other, and establish a good relationship with each other, by the way, the Holy Alliance and the Survival Alliance also signed a non-aggression pact at the beginning, and exchanged hostages, at the beginning it was Qiao Xuan's children and Shu Han's children, but then the war between the two countries gradually subsided, and the hostages were too long in their respective countries, plus Shu Han's children were just ordinary people, but Qiao Xuan's child is a Skywalker, so he began to change, and now when the war breaks out, both sides are already relatively marginal hostages.

On the side of the Survival Alliance is Qiao Xuan's other son, who does not have the ability of Skywalker, while on the side of the Holy Alliance, he holds a Skywalker, in the early days of the war, Qiao Xuan killed this hostage, and Shu Han naturally killed this Qiao Xuan's son, the two sides are tied, as for Shu Han's own child, he has already returned to the Survival Alliance.

Having said that, the civil strife in the Huaibei region, at this time Qiao Xuan had no time to take care of it, this campaign, with the power of nitroglycerin, it was indeed so that the people in the Huaibei region no longer dared to provoke Qiao Xuan, and he also took the millions of people plundered from the Huaibei region, went down smoothly, returned to his territory, and distributed the plundered population to the various city-states, he gathered the people and his own troops, a total of more than 300,000 people began to move in the direction of Shuhan, and the war between the two sides was obviously imminent.

Shu Han also got the news that Qiao Xuan had withdrawn from the northern battlefield and began to move to the south the next day, he immediately ordered the navy to speed up the harassment of the surrounding cities, but the army began to shrink, Qiao Xuan had a lot of cavalry in his hands, which was his advantage, and even with those relics, he also formed an electric vehicle unit on this piece of land, with a total of about 6,000 people, moving at an amazing speed, all of them were people riding electric cars, and the equipment was also very sophisticated, so Qiao Xuan's troops had a very obvious advantage, It is that the speed of movement is very fast, it can be said that it is like the wind, if you fight a mobile war with such a force, then Shu Han's side will be very hard, plus Qiao Xuan is a master of tactical command, and if you fight a mobile war with such a person, there is nothing Shu Han's side can do, so Shu Han decided to take back the army, and then concentrate near the city he now occupies, an army of about 300,000, at this time, the continuous reserve troops in the rear are still approaching, gradually accumulating, and laying out along the left and right flanks of this city, It spreads out for a distance of about ten kilometers, and the camps are connected to the camps, and even if you look at it from a distance, you can't see the edge at all.

This is what war really looks like, 10,000 people, this army is already boundless, and if a large army of 300,000 people like this is camped, it is like a moving city, its scale is unprecedented, and it is also very difficult to control such a large army.

To this end, Shu Han imitated the strategy of the General Staff, the Operations Department and the Command Department in his previous life, and set up these three departments, the General Staff Department is responsible for planning, the Operations Department is responsible for the mobilization of the army, and the command headquarters is responsible for the command of the scene, plus the Logistics Department and the support troops, the five major departments constitute the supreme command department of the army, and the personnel of these five departments together have a scale of thousands of people, only in this way can this army be firmly grasped in their hands, if it were not for the previous wars that trained these young people, It is very difficult to control such a large army nowadays.

And with Shu Han's mobilization, Qiao Xuan's side obviously also had obvious movements, their cavalry took the lead in galloping to the position, plus their electric troops, a total of more than 40,000 people, although the number is not much, but it gives the survival alliance a huge pressure, after all, the movement speed of these troops is too fast, it can be said that it is like the wind, many military personnel proposed to simply camp on the spot, and then dig trenches to conduct trench warfare against the enemy, but Shu Han refused.

They are in the enemy's territory at this time, if they play trench warfare, the pressure of logistics supply will be countless times that of Qiao Xuan, and the surrounding people are very afraid of Qiao Xuan, and they are not willing to cooperate with the Survival Alliance's actions at all, which makes the Survival Alliance very passive, if the trench war is carried out at this time, then it will inevitably be more and more beneficial to the Holy Alliance.