Three hundred thousand Cataclysm Corps troops and hundreds of Flying Warships.
They split into three routes and advanced north from the southern bank of the Yangtze River.
The middle reaches of the Han River, beneath Xiangyang City.
Boom! A terrifying Electromagnetic Cannon instantly smashed through the thick city wall. Although dozens of cultivators assisted the Zhong Family Army and Auxiliary Army defending Xiangyang City, they were still routed in a crushing defeat.
On the city wall, Zhong Shifeng watched the black mass of the Cataclysm Corps charge forward. Drawing his saber, he roared, "Loose the arrows! Prepare the golden juice! Aim the ballistae!"
A hail of arrows immediately filled the sky.
But the next instant, Shells concentrated their fire on where he stood.
The collapsing city wall was like the decaying Great Song itself, unable to withstand the Human Reform League's storm-like onslaught.
Faced with the Cataclysm Corps, like gods and demons, the Song army collapsed.
"Run!"
"The bald bandits have broken in!"
"I surrender..."
"Brothers! Kill the dog officials and welcome the southern army!"
"You damned Auxiliary Army bastards, you actually..."
A mere ten thousand Cataclysm Warriors utterly crushed Xiangyang City's Song army. Xiangyang City could not hold out for even an hour before formally falling into the hands of the Northern Expedition Army Group.
The fall of Xiangyang City meant that the Nanyang Basin had lost its southern gateway. The western army of the Northern Expedition Army Group, Corps 605, swiftly advanced along the official road toward Nanyang City.
North of the Nanyang Basin lay the core region, the land of the Four Capitals.
Kaifeng Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, Henan Prefecture, and Daming Prefecture all lay within the Capital Metropolitan Area, with a radius of roughly four hundred kilometers.
The central army crossed the Yangtze River from Ezhou and