Chapter 802 Shushan Iron and Steel Group

The unexpected fall of the Black Iron City marked the beginning of a new stage in the Battle of Shu.

Swordsman City's garrison in Jiangyang County, apart from the Second Army Corps that had already assembled at Aolong Pass, only the Imperial Guard Division and City Guard Division stationed at Swordsman City remained.

In addition, there are local garrison forces in various places.

In this way, after the fall of Black Iron City, Swordsman City fell into the dilemma of having no soldiers to send.

This made Feng Qingyue, who had just taken over the territory, very embarrassed. She realized that with the fall of Black Iron City, Shanhai City might no longer be satisfied with the price offered before.

The clever Feng Qingyue thought further.

An iron ore base like Black Iron City is only averagely important to Swordsman City, but it is a treasure to Shanhai City, a territory that has mastered steelmaking technology and is vigorously promoting industrialization.

Now that Shanhai City has taken down Black Iron City, I'm afraid they won't spit it out again.

As Feng Qingyue guessed, even if there was no such incident, Ouyang Shuo would find a reason in the near future and take the opportunity to take down Black Iron City.

For Shanhai City, the value of a black iron city is even more than that of a county.

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January 23rd, Black Iron City.

Because of the fighting last night, the people in the city stayed up all night in fear.

When the cold morning light shone over the city again, this previously unremarkable remote city had a new ruler.

In the fight last night, the 5,000 elite led by Shi Hu not only occupied the City Lord's Mansion, but also defeated the Black Iron City Guards in one fell swoop, eliminating all resistance forces in the city.

The entire city has been firmly controlled by Shanhai City.

The fight last night was not limited to the battle between armies.

After the mountain barbarian warriors took control of the situation, hundreds of elite agents from the three major intelligence agencies lurking in the Black Iron City immediately took action, taking advantage of the darkness to complete beautiful assassinations one after another.

All the big figures in the city who prevented Shanhai City from accepting Black Iron City were all killed. Although not many people were killed in the assassination by the intelligence agency, it was the key to completely paralyzing the Black Iron City.

If I had to make an analogy, what the Shihu Department performed was slaughter, while the intelligence agency was a precise surgical operation. None of the people who deserved to be killed were left; none of the people who deserved to die died.

Overnight, Black Iron City changed.

After Shihu took over Black Iron City, his first order was to cut off the supply of grain and grass to Aulongguan. This alone is enough to make the defenders of Aolong Pass uncomfortable.

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At noon on the 23rd, news of the fall of Black Iron City reached Aolong Pass.

The head of the second army of Swordsman City stationed at Aolong Pass was immediately dumbfounded when he heard the news. This army commander is not an unknown person, but Wei Yan, a general of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period.

When Liu Bei entered Chengdu, the generals of the Shu Han line, except Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who died in the battle map, basically followed Liu Bei and served in the Chengdu Imperial Guard.

After Jianxia City came into contact with the Shuhan Dynasty, Liu Bei promised Feng Qingyang a general in order to show his friendship. The general Feng Qingyang chose was Wei Yan.

Wei Yan, a long-character character, was a famous general in the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, and was highly regarded by Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he was appointed as General Yamen because of his military exploits. After capturing Hanzhong, he was promoted to General Zhenyuan.

Wei Yan guarded Hanzhong for nearly ten years, and then followed Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition many times, with remarkable achievements. During this period, Wei Yan repeatedly asked Zhuge Liang to command 10,000 soldiers for him, and he went another way to tackle key problems. Finally, he joined forces with Zhuge Liang at Tongguan, but Zhuge Liang refused, so he felt dissatisfied that he could not fully utilize his talents.

This is also one of the reasons why Wei Yan is willing to work in Swordsman City.

In Wei Yan's view, instead of being constrained by Zhuge Liang in the Shu Han, it is better to take a step back and broaden the sea and the sky. The fact is the same, as soon as he arrived in Swordsman City, Wei Yan was appointed by Feng Qingyang as the commander of the second army.

It's just that Wei Yan didn't expect that the first battle would be so embarrassing.

With the back road cut off, Wei Yan didn't dare to make a claim, so he immediately asked Feng Qingyang whether to continue to hold on to Aolong Pass, or return to the division to retake the Black Iron City, or even withdraw his troops altogether.

It's just that Feng Xiaotian temporarily presided over Swordsman City at this time, and Wei Yan's memorial was naturally submerged in the vast sea of ​​books, without causing any waves.

There was nothing he could do, Wei Yan could only bear it to the end.

It took a whole day to carry this load, and while enduring the wild bombardment in the air, it also had to face the fierce attack of the Mountain Barbarian Division, which was really unbearable.

If Wei Yan hadn't been in charge, the Aolong Pass might not be able to hold it.

Even so, the Swordsman City Second Army suffered heavy casualties.

At night, Wei Yan played Feng Qingyang again, imploring the Lord to make a decision early. Otherwise, he can only act cheaply. To put it bluntly, Wei Yan wanted to withdraw.

Fortunately, Feng Qingyue took over the power of Swordsman City the next day and saw Wei Yan's memorial.

Only in this way did the Swordsman City Second Legion escape unharmed.

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January 24th, Swordsman City.

Feng Qingyue didn't dare to neglect after reading the frontline battle report. She gave Wei Yan an order to let the second army stay at Aulong Pass for the time being; at the same time, she urgently summoned the envoys from Shanhai City.

City Lord's Mansion, reception hall.

"So, is Swordsman City willing to send back my Imperial Guard soldiers and at the same time compensate 800,000 gold coins for the looting of Dongchuan County?" anxiety.

Apparently, the news that the imperial guards captured the Black Iron City had already reached the ears of the envoys.

Feng Qingyue suppressed her anger, nodded and said: "Yes, we accept all the two conditions proposed by Lord Shanhai and are willing to implement them immediately. I also hope that your army will withdraw from Black Iron City and stop fighting each other."

"The wishes of your territory, the lower officials have already understood clearly. After coming down, the lower officials will immediately report to the Duhu Mansion. How to make a specific decision depends on the reply of my lord."

The head of the regiment only agreed to pass on the message, and did not respond at all to Feng Qingyue's request to withdraw troops.

"At this time, fools will withdraw their troops."

Feng Qingyue sighed in her heart, and she knew that the matter was not that simple, so she said helplessly: "Then please reply as soon as possible. An extra day's delay will be a kind of sacrifice for both our soldiers."

"Please don't worry, my lord, I will leave first." Then he turned and left.

Looking at the leaving figure of the envoys, Feng Qingyue frowned, "I hope your appetite is not too big."

At this moment, a man in black entered the hall.

Feng Qingyue asked the man in black: "Is there an answer from Chengdu?"

"Prime Minister Zhuge of the Shu Han replied: The Shu Han Dynasty will never tolerate Shanhai City's reckless actions in Shu. As long as we apply, the Shu Han army can rush to help Jianxia City at any time."

According to the rules of the system, the army of the royal city cannot take the initiative to go out of the city to fight the army of the lord in the wilderness. The only exception is when a wilderness territory applies for asylum in the royal city and voluntarily becomes a vassal of the royal city.

Only in this way can the army of Wangcheng send troops in the name of exercising the "right of asylum". Even so, the scope of the army's expedition cannot exceed the territory of the territory of the asylum application.

For the wilderness territory, once they apply for asylum in the royal city, there is no way out. A vassal for a while, a vassal for life, no more autonomy.

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, no territory would be willing to apply for asylum from Wangcheng.

Another point is that not all of the nine royal cities in China can apply for asylum. Only Xianyang, Luoyang, and Chengdu, the three royal cities where emperors lived, could accept the lord's application for asylum.

The scope of application is also limited to the province where the royal city is located.

Feng Qingyue didn't feel relaxed, she waved her hand wearily and said, "I see, you can go to the afternoon!"

"promise!"

How could Feng Qingyue not know about the ambitions of the Shuhan King City. They are now afraid that they are eager to apply for asylum in Swordsman City, so that they can use this as an opportunity to realize the occupation of Shu.

Therefore, Feng Qingyue would not take this path unless it was absolutely necessary.

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On the same day, Shanhai City.

In the afternoon, the envoy's memorial had already arrived at Ouyang Shuo's desk.

After meeting Huo Qubing in Lingxi City, Ouyang Shuo didn't stay in Lingxi City and returned to Shanhai City immediately. The Spring Festival is approaching, even if there is a big event, he, the lord, has to sit in Shanhai City.

For the people in the territory, this is also a powerful symbolic meaning, which should not be underestimated.

Therefore, even if it was a tour of the three counties in Yunnan, Ouyang Shuo refused until the end of the year.

Before the start of the battle, Ouyang Shuo had no doubts about whether the imperial guards could take the Black Iron City. With Huo Qubing's ability, if he can't even do this well, how can he be worthy of the name of a god general.

Facts have proved that Huo Qubing did a good job.

To be honest, Ouyang Shuo didn't have too much ambition for Swordsman City or the entire Shu area.

From the very beginning, Ouyang Shuo knew very well in his heart that among the land of Shu, Shanhai City's biggest opponent was the Shu Han Dynasty, not any city of swordsmen.

Shanhai City does not yet have the strength to single out Wang Cheng, so Jianxia City cannot be forced too hard.

The dog is anxious and jumps over the wall.

As for when to wrestle with the Shuhan Dynasty, let's wait until after the founding of the country.

The most important thing right now is to quell the war in southern Xinjiang as soon as possible, incorporate Yunnan Province into the governance system of Shanhai City, and make the final sprint and preparation for the founding of the country.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo picked up a pen and wrote on the memorial presented by the envoys:

"The original two conditions remain the same, and only one is added. Black Iron City and its surrounding territories must be ceded to Shanhai City. With the mountain pass as the boundary, the two sides will stop fighting and make peace without aggression against each other."

Ouyang Shuo had long intended to learn from the operation mode of the real steel giants, integrate all the steelmaking plants, coking coal plants and other factories in the territory, and establish a large steel group, laying a solid foundation for the industrialization of the territory.

Black Iron City, which is rich in iron ore and not too short of coal, is undoubtedly the best choice. Ouyang Shuo had already thought of the name of the group, and it was called [Shushan Iron and Steel Group].