Chapter 652: Nanjing

The Jiangnan navy had also racked their brains over the years to try to destroy the shipyards and finished ships in the north of the river. It was just that these shipyards and ships were built and parked in lakes. It was really too difficult to enter the waterway from the Yangtze River and break the lake mouth pass to set fire. To do this, one had to advance by water and land. The navy was stronger than the north of the river, but the infantry and cavalry on the land really didn't dare to fight against the Northern Army.

Even if the treacherous thief who was unparalleled in the world was not in the Northern Army, the infantry and cavalry of the Jiangnan Army still didn't dare to fight against the Northern Army. And now the north of the river was full of smoke and dust, and the huge White Tiger flag was erected on the camp near the river. The news that came was also that the White Tiger Bai Yuzhu had personally conquered.

The Jiangnan defenders should have fled at the sound of the wind, but the navy gave them courage. "What are you holding on to? Bashu has already been mine. Where can Jiangnan block me if I go down the river from the upper reaches? Didn't Jin destroy Eastern Wu and Sui destroy Chen like this?" Bai Lang also laughed, and couldn't figure out what the Jiangnan Army was playing.

Bai Lang was not prepared to cross the river by boat. He was prepared to build a floating bridge on the Yangtze River—following the story of Song destroying Southern Tang, building a floating bridge at Caishi. Before this, Bai Bao had already led the army from Bashu, directly advancing along the south of the river, which could be called breaking the bamboo. Bai Bao was also a fierce general of the world. If the martial arts Bai Lang showed was 100, then Bai Bao, who could be played with by Bai Lang, had at least 90, Bai Biao also had 90, and the two younger sisters only had 80.

In the world, the strongest martial generals were only in the 80s—90 was a person in the sky for them. So Bai Bao led the army to charge wildly without brains, and the Jiangnan Army couldn't block it, and kept retreating. Bai Bao was much more cautious than Bai Lang in using troops. Although he charged directly when fighting, he was still very careful when marching and forming formations. Bai Lang was reckless, anyway, he was not afraid of ambushes or flanking the rear.

The floating bridge was connected by large ships. The newly built navy only needed to delay time—the Jiangnan navy in the upper reaches was finished, because Bai Bao kept attacking their docks along the river, forcing them to constantly move the fleet, unable to get enough supplies and rest, and the combat effectiveness quickly returned to zero. And the navy coming from the lower reaches against the current, facing the set up towers and strong crossbows and fire cannons, was really not easy to handle.

For three years, Bai Lang had not relaxed the construction of the artillery force. He of course knew that artillery was the god of war, and guys like him who were not afraid of cannonballs were really exceptions—"You have science, I have magic!" It was not something that just anyone could call, and the world was big, and the only ones who could call it a little were Bai Bao and Bai Biao—they had no problem eating those turtle-dove gun bullets, at most they were injured but not dead, with a small bruise.

These cannons were placed on the shore, and they could hit the ships in the water. The range was longer than the bed crossbows on the ships. And the cannons could be deployed forward with the floating bridge, just not letting the Jiangnan navy get close to destroy the floating bridge. And the Jiangnan navy was also simple, trying to use fire ships, but unfortunately they couldn't go down the river.

As long as the floating bridge was built, Bai Lang led his main army across the river, and this battle was over, and the world returned to unification. No matter how high the Southern Dynasty shouted, there was not a single person in this imperial court who dared to fight a field battle with Bai Lang, the master of the Northern Dynasty, and they didn't even have confidence in defending the city. So the only confidence was that when Bai Lang crossed the river, whether it was fire or water, it would be best to kill him in the river, but being able to repel him was also a victory.

The floating bridge was under construction day and night, and the navy in the north of the river blocked the floating bridge regardless of everything—anyway, if they missed the Jiangnan ships, they might all be beheaded. The river here was relatively narrow, and the floating bridge was soon more than half over. And the Caishi in front had Southern troops stationed, and there were also fleets covering. Bai Lang didn't wear armor, held a big saber and an iron halberd, wore a golden helmet, and personally sat on a warship. Beside him were brave men selected from the navy in the north of the river.

The jumping-help battle was like this. Relying on a small number of elites, they could completely produce very terrible results. And after Bai Lang leaned on six Jiangnan navy warships, he also stepped on the land of Jiangnan. Behind him, the brave men kept rowing small boats to the shore, and those slightly larger ships were seizing the time to transport soldiers and warhorses, preparing to land in Jiangnan. This place had its own military camp, but Bai Lang took it down in just one charge.

The Jiangnan Army fought back desperately, but after Bai Lang led the elite small team to counter-attack from time to time, these attacks were shattered like waves hitting reefs, leaving only corpses of people and horses all over the ground. The ships landed one after another, and before the Jiangnan navy could flank again, they sent this many soldiers. Personal guards put on armor for Bai Lang, and the two hundred or so cavalry sent up also began to put on armor for each other, and also put on horse armor for the warhorses.

An hour later, the fully armored cavalry led by Bai Lang, who had been vertical and horizontal in the north, pushed down the camp wall and began to line up. "Ten thousand miles of cars and books are mixed together, how can Jiangnan have separate borders? Bring a million troops to the West Lake, and stand on the first peak of Wushan!" Bai Lang chanted loudly, which was also to boost morale. Of course, it was mainly because he wanted to be cool. Next, the horse hooves were like thunder, directly killing toward the Jiangnan military camp in front...

Later that evening, Bai Lang had already swept the Jiangnan army in front of him, and no one dared to resist in front of the horse, all fleeing at the sound of the wind. Bai Lang hadn't arrived yet, and the four gates of the military camp were wide open, and the soldiers abandoned their armor and fled. Even military school captains, commandants, and generals fled directly. Bai Lang's prestige spread throughout the world, where could he find many people who were not afraid of death and dared to confront him? Since the military camp on land was broken, the water camp could not be kept, and the Jiangnan navy had to retreat.

This allowed more soldiers to land in Jiangnan, and after one night, Bai Lang reorganized the troops, designated the command generals at all levels, and personally led his main elite troops to pursue and kill the Jiangnan army. Three days later, Bai Bao's main army also arrived. They went down the river along the Yangtze River, took over the command of the army other than Bai Lang's main force, and at this time, they had already surrounded Nanjing City. And the small imperial court of the Southern Dynasty had already fled to Hangzhou.

The moment Bai Lang stepped on the land of Jiangnan, they had already fled.

Attacking Nanjing was quite easy. The defenders of Nanjing didn't resist much. Led by the defending generals, nobles, and supervising eunuchs in the city, they almost immediately offered the city, in exchange for their own immortality. ===== CHAPTER 653 =====

Besieging Nanjing was actually quite easy; the Nanjing garrison put up almost no resistance. Led by the city's commanding generals, the nobility, and the supervising eunuchs, they surrendered the city almost immediately in exchange for their own lives.