At this time, it is winter, and the river itself is much narrower than in summer, so if the enemy's ships want to pass through, they must break the river defense line controlled by the Black Iron City, and at this point, the Black Iron City will obviously not let it, and at the same time, the rear ironclad ships will immediately use twelve guns to fire at the enemy after the enemy enters the firing range, although its hit rate has decreased, but because of the large number of guns, and the firing range is very long, so the number of hits is increasing.

And the most critical thing is that water warfare is different from land warfare, fighting on land, the soldiers in front are killed, and the army in the rear can step on the corpses of their own soldiers or enemy soldiers to launch an attack, but surface warfare is different, when the ship is broken by the enemy, even if the ship is hit in the core, it will not be silent immediately, they will often disappear from the water very slowly, so it is very difficult for the ships behind to get close, and when the ship is silent, the personnel on the ship will not be all killed, In fact, most of these people will not die, it is winter now, although the water is very cold, but with the physical fitness of people in this era, most of them will not freeze to death.

In winter, the upstream river freezes, so by the time of this downstream section, the river has naturally become smaller, and the flow rate has slowed down a lot, so in most cases, the sailors on the ships are alive, so that the ships in the rear want to swim over, it will become relatively troublesome, and this is the opportunity for the Black Iron City.

The speed of ordinary wooden ships is very slow, which has nothing to do with the artillery, mainly because the ship itself cannot withstand the continuous fire of the artillery, so the general wooden ship often needs to keep swinging, so that the guns on both sides take turns to shoot to ensure the safety of the hull, but the ironclad ship on Shuhan's side does not need it, these good steels are enough to ensure that the ship is not torn apart by the pull of the artillery, so it is like a gun emcourse that does not understand, sitting in the middle of the water and firing non-stop, And the enemy's artillery needs to keep changing direction, you can imagine how difficult it is, so soon, the enemy's casualty number began to increase suddenly, and it is very difficult to break through the wooden ship array in front of the Black Iron City, after holding on for half an hour, the loss of the Holy Alliance ships has exceeded more than a hundred, by this time, no matter what the general ordered, the Holy Alliance's naval army has reached the verge of collapse, and at this time, the iron ships of the Black Iron City are still firing artillery, There is no sign of stopping, because the power required by the ship itself is not too big, Shu Han is using them as mobile batteries, so there is no plan for how far they can sail, so in these ironclad ships, most of the space is not used to load coal, but a lot of space is used to load batteries, and there are more than 600 shells in the entire ironclad ship, and thousands of shells are enough to wipe out the Holy Alliance's naval army.

And under this kind of bombardment, in the end, the Holy Alliance's sailors can't resist and start to retreat, and in the narrow river, this retreat must be chaotic, the ships in front want to go behind, and the ships in the rear are blocked by the ships behind them, like a traffic jam on the road, you can only go all the way forward, want to go backwards, unless a series of cars knock all the cars over.

The entire Holy Alliance's formation began to appear obvious confusion, and at this time the Holy Alliance's command system on the ships has also collapsed, after all, there is no such advanced thing as radio now, so the continuity between the ships only relies on the flag, this is a very complex action demonstration, just like the traffic police command traffic signals, but it is more complicated, and now the position of each ship is still chaotic, so it is no longer capable of commanding, this is the difference between the army and the navy, It is more difficult for the navy to make contact, so it is actually very difficult to train a strong elite navy.

The Holy Alliance's efforts to spend on this naval army are not small, if it were not for the cross-era thing like the ironclad ship, it would be impossible to defeat the warship of the Holy Alliance, even if the number of the two sides is equal, after all, Black Iron City has only mastered the naval army for three or four years, and it is not an elite at all, and because of this, when Shu Han formulated the plan, he didn't think about using any excellent tactics at all, and the cooperation between ships to win, it was impossible to win, what he thought was very simple, that is, to occupy the entire water, and then use his superior firepower to directly blow up all the other party's calculations, this is Shu Han's plan.

And it turns out that he succeeded, even if the Holy Alliance's naval army is strong and how it can be, it's not all now all in the water to feed the fish, under the absolute firepower superiority, no matter what tactical policy, it's all just a joke, looking at the Holy Alliance army in front of it has fallen into chaos, the Black Iron City's naval army immediately pursued forward, and the six ironclad ships also continued to advance, and soon approached the Yangtze River defense line, the Holy Alliance's garrisons on both sides of the strait watched an extremely chaotic force in the distance retreat all the way back, couldn't help but be dumbfounded, they knew very well that it was their own troops, but they couldn't believe that their elite navy would be like this at the moment.

The entire army has lost the position it should have, and it is more like a fleeing populace than a regular army, how could Black Iron City force its own naval army like this? In their eyes, this was not inconceivable at all, but soon, the unbelievable appeared in front of them, the huge ironclad ship, in the degree of shock, absolutely invincible.

After all, anyone who sees some Iron Kings suddenly appear in the water, and compared to ordinary ships, they are like giants, and the surrounding ships are swimming around them, just like dwarfs living in the giant country, this shock is enough to make people grow their mouths and forget to breathe.

And soon, they really can't breathe, now the Holy Alliance Navy is no longer worth mentioning, they are completely collapsed, that is, the cannibalism is about to let them go out, the two ironclad ships of the Black Iron City at this time naturally no longer aimed their firepower at them, but aimed at the position on the south bank of the Yangtze River, this time, immediately put the originally stable position into chaos, obviously their previous arrangement was very confident in their own navy, so all the defense forces are on the south bank of the Yangtze River near the land direction of the market, Not much defense was laid out in the direction of the water surface.

Obviously because they believe that their naval army can ensure the safety of the Yangtze River, but now, this has undoubtedly become their fatal problem, the shells of the Black Iron City ruthlessly poured on the enemy's positions, granaries, weapons depots, powder magazines, etc. One after another, especially the powder magazine, with a huge roar, like a small earthquake, directly blasted the ground out of a big pit, and almost all the people in a radius of 100 meters around it died, not to mention any position, even the soil turned out.

The soldiers of the Holy Alliance stationed on the south bank did not expect the enemy to come from the river, and the entire defense network on the south bank of the Yangtze River was suddenly torn apart, and at this time, the ironclad ships attacked on both sides, and the shells on both sides attacked the positions on the south bank on the one hand, to win opportunities for the army of Black Iron City, and on the other hand, they launched an attack on the north bank to suppress the enemy's current offensive and reduce the damage to the ships.

At this time, the people of Black Iron City have also seen their own ships, which is impossible not to see, after all, there are no high-rise buildings on both sides of the Yangtze River now, at this time, from their point of view, it is easy to see that the scene on the water surface of the Yangtze River, the huge figure of the ironclad ship, so that everyone can't help cheering, and at this time, the soldiers on the south bank of the Yangtze River hurried from the front to the back, hoping to use the artillery on the shore to suppress the enemy's ironclad ship, but their manpower is too small, and at the same time, in a hurry, it is easy to flow out of the flaws, this, Even the most shrewd generals can't take care of it.

So when the commander of the Holy Alliance deployed troops, Lin Bida quickly seized the gap of the enemy, and Shu Han led a troop respectively, like two sharp swords, tore the enemy's protective net like an iron bucket, this time, the enemy was completely unable to prevent it, the so-called defeat was like a mountain, under the attack from both sides, the enemy did not know which aspect to attack, and the command system was undoubtedly very backward in this era, so when the order could not be issued, chaos naturally broke out.

No matter how elite the troops, as long as there is no square inch, then they will soon be defeated, especially Shu Han and others have also experienced more or less, large and small dozens of battles, at this moment, it is impossible to give the generals of the Holy Alliance any time, dozens of Skywalkers who took the lead followed Shu Han's savage soldiers to rush into the enemy's defensive position first, and then there was a full-scale attack, the war began in just three hours, the south bank of the Yangtze River was recaptured by the Black Iron City, and at the same time, the enemy's soldiers had no place to escape, The entire river has been controlled by the Black Iron City, and it is impossible for the enemy to take it back, so the soldiers on the south bank of the Yangtze River have no way to escape in this case, Shu Han asked the soldiers to shout the slogan "Surrender and not kill", and soon those who lost the will to fight put down their swords and guns.

In this battle, in the end, more than 4,000 enemies were killed, and the remaining 16,000 were all captured.

And Black Iron City in this battle, its own losses are very limited, but only more than 2,000 people, with the loss of 2,000 people, defeated the enemy's 20,000 army, this battle is undoubtedly a big victory, Shu Han ordered these prisoners to be transported to Asakusa City immediately, so that they immediately put into the construction of the railway, and for those Skywalkers captured by the Holy Alliance, there are more than 30 or so, these people are naturally directly imprisoned nearby, after all, these Skywalkers have great powers, if they are killed directly, they will resist desperately, This is also a very tricky issue, not to mention that they have already surrendered, and if they are killed again at this time, it will be tantamount to violating Shu Han's own promise.

Therefore, they were detained, and after conquering the cities of these Skywalkers in the future, they were allowed to serve in the army, and by that time, their families and friends were in their own hands, and Shu Han could also use it with confidence, as for now, Shu Han did not have such a big heart, give them freedom, after simply cleaning the battlefield, Shu Han naturally would not just stop attacking, the south bank of the Yangtze River has been taken, and the north bank will naturally be taken.

Now the remaining troops on the north bank are only 10,000 people, as long as they are conquered, there are a large number of plain cities at their fingertips, how can Shu Han stop, he let the soldiers rest a little, and after eating a simple rice ball bento, he immediately gave up the attack, there is nothing to say about this battle, in terms of numbers, Shu Han has occupied an absolute advantage, and in terms of firepower, there are hundreds of ships to make up for the lack of artillery on Shu Han's side, the two sides are hard to fight, and Shu Han's side has also occupied a complete advantage, The battle lasted for two hours, the north bank of the Yangtze River was successfully taken, and the passage of the entire north bank of the Yangtze River was also opened.

However, Shu Han knew that this time was not the time to cheer, the defeat of the Yangtze River region, presumably Qiao Xuan would soon be able to get the news, and he would inevitably lead the army back at that time, and now the army of Black Iron City was only about 40,000 people left after such a series of battles, and the rest of the people were either dead, injured and needed to recuperate, or guarded prisoners, and the most important thing now was to occupy the nearby cities as soon as possible.

Shu Han divided the army into three routes, two of which were land routes, and occupied them one by one along the roads around the Yangtze River, and now there are not many troops in the Holy Alliance City, most of them are some garrison troops, but there are only a thousand people, and they are not vulnerable to the elite troops of the Black Iron City at all, and even many will fall to the wind.

After all, Black Iron City broke through the Yangtze River at such a fast speed, this alone is enough to make people look sideways, and secondly, most of these cities are not doing well in the Holy Alliance, and they have been discriminated against by the high city-states of the Holy Alliance all year round, and they have been tolerating for many years, but because of the situation, now that Black Iron City is here, their willingness to resist is actually not so strong, so it is easy to occupy, Shu Han gave each person 10,000 horses to occupy the surrounding cities as soon as possible.

The other road is the waterway, along the Yangtze River various ports up, there are Huai River, Qing River and other rivers, there will inevitably be a large number of cities along these rivers, now they must be occupied, this army has a total of 7,000 people, quickly march to occupy these cities, and Shu Han the remaining 15,000 people are rushed to Bishan City located in the northwest of the north bank of the Yangtze River, this city, the population is not much, only 150,000 only, but it is a vital hub in the Holy Alliance to connect the central, southern and western, Very important, but because of the rugged terrain, the main population and rail transportation was in Lanjia City, which was next to Bishan City, a city with a population of more than half a million and one of the top three in the entire Holy Alliance.

However, this city, the economy is important, but in terms of strategic location, it is obviously not as good as Bishan City, it can be said that Bishan City is the north gate of Lanjia City, which is famous for Bishan, Shu Han brought his main force here, the reason is obvious, is to use the rugged terrain of Bishan to organize a defensive line, so as to resist Qiao Xuan's reinforcements, thinking that it will provide time for his subsequent expedition.