Cai Mao's decision, Cao Cao and Liu Cong, who were fighting in Fancheng, did not know for the time being.

Seeing that it was late October, Cao Cao finally sent a naval army to start the trial.

The navy was the soldiers who had participated in the training in Yecheng, and the warships were built in Xinye.

After two days of catapult bombardment, Cao Cao sent a navy down the Baihe River on the third day, and 30 warships loaded with more than 5,000 soldiers were transferred to the navy as commanders.

And the attack on land, Cao Cao also began to change his strategy.

Due to the shortage of stones, only a small part of the stones thrown by Liu Cong's catapult can continue to be used. Cao Cao used the plan of his strategists to tie up the wood, sawdust, and wood residue left over from the previous manufacture of catapults and other siege equipment with straw ropes, set them on fire, and threw them at Fancheng with catapults.

Sure enough, as Liu Cong expected, this time Cao Jun's catapult targets those bed crossbows on the walls of Fancheng.

Although the hit rate was very low, the blazing fireball still gave a great shock to the defenders. Fortunately, Liu Cong made arrangements in the evening. Despite this, there were combustibles everywhere on the walls, so the defenders on the walls were busier than in wartime, although they did not have combat missions.

The four catapults on the city wall finally began to fight back, and the targets were aimed at the catapults on the other side of the moat.

Coupled with the sixteen catapults in the urn city, Liu Cong has an absolute advantage in the number of catapults, and the stone reserves are also very sufficient.

The two sides fought in a catapult melee, and Cao Cao's troops could only watch the play for the time being.

As for the navy, Yu Ban set off from Xinye and went all the way down the White River. chose to be in command of the naval army, Cao Cao was also out of helplessness, and his fierce generals were like clouds, but Cao Ren and Xiahoudun, who were able to take charge alone, had already suffered a loss, and Zhang Liao was the main force of the infantry attack.

Yu Ban also led the naval army for the first time, so he was very cautious at first, but the strange thing was that he did not encounter the enemy army along the way, and Yu Ban's estimate was that the Jingzhou naval army might transfer most of the main force to the south of Xiangyang to guard against Cai Mao. The rest may be concentrated around the moat of Fancheng.

So Yu Ban led the army across the Bai River, then through the Tang Bai River, and soon came to the Han River.

The vast Han River is still the same as the White River, very calm, and there is nothing as far as the eye can see. The legendary tens of thousands of Jingzhou sailors and hundreds of warships did not even see a shadow.

Yu Ban then sent six more warships from the confluence of the Tangbai River and the Han River to test in the east and west directions.

An hour later, the six ships were back in place, and they sailed far away without finding the enemy!

According to Cao Cao's prior arrangement, Yu Ban's troops only learned from Liu Cong and adopted harassment tactics against Fancheng and Xiangyang. Coming to the Han River so smoothly, Yu Ban was overjoyed, but always felt that something was wrong. However, the results of the trial were surprising to find that at least the Jingzhou naval army was not found on the more than ten miles of the river near the north bank of the Han River.

Cao Ren had previously been ambushed and severely damaged at the Baihe crossing north of Xinye City, and when Zhang Liao crossed the Baihe, Liu Cong's sailors also appeared at the Baihe River to meet the cavalry.

Now that he is hundreds of miles a day, and he has not even seen the shadow of an enemy, Yu Ban is naturally vigilant. However, legend has it that the Jingzhou Navy was well defended and firmly controlled the Han River, and even the Baihe and Tang rivers had Jingzhou Navy activities.

There are only two possibilities for such quiet today, the first is that the enemy is deliberately hiding, and the second is that he has been transferred to another combat area.

However, since he did not encounter the enemy, Yu Ban chose to believe that the Jingzhou Navy was transferred away and may be used to deal with Cai Mao. Yu Ban temporarily changed his line and prepared to go from the moat of Fancheng to the south gate of Fancheng. It was also very calm along the way.

When the entrance to the moat was found from the Han River, Yu Ban regretted it as soon as the thirty warships entered the fork in the road.

Liu Cong has been fighting Cao Cao for so many days, and he hasn't seen Cao Cao take any advantage.

What's more, the lifeline from Fancheng to Xiangyang, how could Liu Cong be so careless? If he was really harassed by Yu Ban so easily, then Gan Ning, the commander of the navy, was only afraid that he would come to an end.

Yu Ban's hunch was right, but it was too late to react, and the Han River, which originally looked very quiet, didn't know when dozens of warships appeared, and there were many crossbowmen on the warships.

The ships converged in the bifurcated waterway from the east and west, and thousands of infantry appeared on the shore.

Seeing that the opportunity was not good, Yu Ban immediately ordered a retreat.

But where is Gan Ning, originally Huo Jun had been in charge of patrolling the Baihe River, and informed Gan Ning as soon as he learned that Cao Jun had gone down the river.

Since Cao Cao entered Fancheng, the infantry and cavalry stationed in the garrison have been fighting in full swing, but there is nothing to do with Gan Ning, the commander of the water army. Gan Ning is suffocated!

The only one who participated in the battle was the 3,000 naval army led by Jiang Qin. And only responsible for logistics and the transfer and transition of cavalry. Finally, the enemy soldiers came, and Gan Ning was able to hold his breath. The entire Baihe and Tangbai rivers were immediately cleared, and all the warships retreated to the south bank to hide.

Originally, it was thought that Yu Banhui would go south to join Cai Mao, or directly land and attack Xiangyang. If it was down the river, Gan Ning could only intercept it immediately, and Yu Ban would have the opportunity to escape back to the Baihe River, or even abandon the boat and go ashore to join Cao's army. If Yu Ban dared to land and attack Xiangyang, Gan Ning planned to send people to control the warship first, and then lead his team to attack Huang Zu inside and outside.

But Gan Ning didn't expect Yu Ban to be bolder than he imagined. The waterway in the direction of Fancheng is the lifeline of communication between Fancheng and Xiangyang, and a large number of war preparation materials and grain and grass must be transported from Xiangyang to Fancheng every day. Gan Ning naturally placed heavy troops along the way.

Since Yu Ban wanted to drill into a dead end, Gan Ning also repeatedly instructed his subordinates to be patient, and he personally led a part of the warships to follow Yu Ban far away, while sending sentinels on the shore to let Jiang Qin, who was stationed in the upper reaches of the Han River, go down the river. Huo Jun led more than 2,000 people to quietly land and accompany Gan Ning.

Waiting for Yu Ban to find a fork in the road, he ordered the soldiers to appear from the hidden warship and quickly move closer to Yu Ban.

The soldiers of the Jingzhou Navy have also been holding back for a long time like Gan Ning, and they always keep hearing the news of the meritorious service of the soldiers of Fancheng on weekdays.

On the shore water conservancy, the soldiers of the Forbidden Department, who were several times larger than Cao Jun's army, were scared enough, and their water combat level was only ordinary, slightly better than the ordinary infantry, but in front of the Ganning Water Army, it was simply unbearable, and they were ambushed, and they suddenly panicked.

Although Yu Ban tried his best, the team no longer listened to the call.

There was nothing particular about the battle on the water, and once it was in range, the Jingzhou Navy unceremoniously shot the bow and crossbow in his hand.

Originally, if it was only a one-sided attack, Yu Ban's commander-in-chief ability could still form a decent counterattack.

But now it is an ambush on three sides, and the soldiers of the Cao army know that there are tens of thousands of sailors in Jingzhou, but they don't know how many are involved in this ambush now.

Therefore, the thirty warships of the Cao army fought separately at the beginning of the battle, saying that the battle was actually aimed at the empty space and leaning on the shore, preparing to abandon the ship and land and escape. I am afraid that if I run slowly, I will face the fate of Cao Renbu and Xiahou Dunbu. It was Huo Jun who was ambushed on the shore, Huo Jun, who was following Liu Bei on the Han River and almost had an accident before, was trying to atone for the lack of meritorious service.

And Jiang Qin, who rushed over from the upstream, also had itchy hands, and it had been a year and a half since he was thrown into Liu Cong's account, and he had never caught the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. Although Liu Cong asked him to send troops to participate in the harassment tactics of Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and others some time ago, most of the time he only transported grain and grass to Liu and Huang, and at most transported war horses and cavalry from one side of the river to the other side of the river.

And the harassment tactics of Liu Pan and Huang Zhong have also ended, Jiang Qin originally thought that when this war ended, he would not be able to wait for the opportunity, but he did not expect to usher in the fighter plane so soon, although it seems that these enemies are still some rookies, but Jiang Qin does not intend to show mercy to his subordinates.

It was also Yu Ban's bad luck that the achievements of the Jingzhou infantry greatly stimulated the officers and soldiers of the navy, but he led the army to crash in. Cao Cao's original intention was to harass, but Yu Ban also understood that he had to find a target for harassment before he could do it.

If it was on land, Yu Ban would never be as embarrassed as it is now. There will definitely be sentinels and horses, but this is above the Han River, not to mention the soldiers below, even Yu Ban himself is not good at it.