800 Shu Mountain Iron Corporation (1/2)

Chapter 800 – Shu Mountain Iron Corporation

The unexpected fall of Black Iron City signaled that the Battle of Shu Lands had entered a whole new stage. Of the troops that Swordsman City had housed in Jiangyang Prefecture, apart from the 2nd legion that was gathered in Protruding Dragon Pass, only the City Protection Division and the Guards Division were left.

Apart from that would be the local defense troops.

With that, after Black Iron City fell, Swordsman City had basically no troops left that they could deploy.

This made Feng Qingyue, who had just taken over the territory, feel extremely awkward. She realized that along with the fall of Black Iron City, Shanhai City would not be pleased with the offer that they had made.

The intelligent Feng Qingyue had thought even further ahead.

The iron ore base of Black Iron City was of normal importance to Swordsman City, but it was a total treasure to Shanhai City that had the steelmaking technology.

Since Shanhai City had taken down Black Iron City, they definitely would not be willing to spit it out.

Just as she had guessed, even without this matter, Ouyang Shuo would have found a way in the future to take down Black Iron City.

To Shanhai City, one Black Iron City was as valuable as an entire prefecture.

1st month, 23rd day, Black Iron City.

Because of the massacre that happened last night, the people in the city could not fall asleep.

When the cold morning sun once again shone down on the territory, this city that no attention one paid attention to had a new leader.

During the massacre last night, Shihu led the five thousand elite troops to not only take over the city Lord's Manor but to also crush the City Protection Division.

The entire city was now tightly under their control.

The massacre last night was not just limited to soldier versus soldier action.

After the mountain barbarians took control, the spies of the three intel organizations that were hidden there started to move, using the night to complete brilliant assassinations.

Anyone in the city that prevented Shanhai City from taking over was killed. Although not many people were assassinated by them, it caused the entire city to be paralyzed.

If one were to use a comparison, Shihu performed a massacre while the intel organizations performed precise surgery. Those who deserved to die were all killed, and those who did not deserve to die all survived.

Within a night, Black Iron City had changed completely.

After Shihu took control, his first order was to cut off the grain provisions to Protruding Dragon Pass. Hence, it instantly placed all the soldiers there in a tight spot.

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On the noon of the 23rd, the news that Black Iron City had fallen spread to the Protruding Dragon Pass.

When the Legion General in charge of the 2nd legion heard this news, he was astonished.

This Legion General could be considered famous; he was the Shu country general, Wei Yan.

After Liu Bei entered Chengdu, all the generals in Shu Han, apart from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who died in the battle, all followed him and joined the imperial side. They all took up roles in the Chengdu Guards Army.

After Swordsman City came into contact with the Shu Han Regime, to show their closeness, Liu Bei allowed Feng Qingyang to select a general. The one he chose was Wei Yan.

Wei Yan was also known as Wenchang, and he was a famous Shu country general during the Three Kingdoms Era; this general was regarded highly by Liu Bei.

As he had accumulated many contributions, Liu Bei appointed him as Ya Men general. After taking down Hanzhong, he was promoted to Hanzhong Governor and became a general of an entire region.

He protected Hanzhong for close to 10 years before following Zhuge Liang to conquer the north. During that period, he had requested many times for Zhuge Liang to give him ten thousand troops to attack Guanzhong but was denied. Hence, he was unhappy because he felt that he was unable to show his talent.

This was also one of the reasons why he was willing to move to Swordsman City.

In his eyes, rather than working under Zhuge Liang, why not take a step back? Reality showed that his decision had merit. The moment he came to Swordsman City, he was appointed as the Legion General of the 2nd legion.

However, he did not expect his first battle to be such a mess.

With his way out being broken, Wei Yan did not dare take matters into his own hands and immediately sought for Feng Qingyang's instructions. Should he defend, try to take back Black Iron City, or retreat?

However, at this time, Swordsman City was under Feng Xiaotian, and his memorial was buried under a mountain of books.

Helplessly, Wei Yan could only fight to the death.

He held on, bracing both the attacks from the skies and the relentless assault of the Mountain Barbarian Division.

If it were not for Wei Yan leading them, they might have already lost Protruding Dragon Pass.

Even so, the 2nd legion still suffered heavy casualties.

During the night, Wei Yan once again wrote another memorial to request for the Lord to make a decision. If not, he could only act based on the situation. Truthfully, he wanted to retreat.

Luckily, Feng Qingyue had taken over the next day and saw Wei Yan's memorial.

That saved the Swordsman City 2nd legion.