dusk.

At the water stronghold in Fancheng, the Chinese army's tent and all the generals gathered.

Bang!

Glancing around at the generals, Yuan Fang pounded his fist on the table, with fighting intent blazing in his razor-like eyes.

"Cao Cao, do you think that a mere piece of Han River can stop me from unifying the world? It's not that cheap. I have decided that tonight the whole army will forcefully cross the Han River, and I will attack the south bank in one fell swoop.

Take Xiangyang."

The mood of everyone in the tent immediately became solemn.

They knew that their emperor was angry and a bloody storm would start again.

"Your Majesty, I must be frank. Although our troops are numerous, they are not used to the water, and our boats and rafts are not strong enough to fight. If we forcefully cross the river, I am afraid there will be disadvantages." Gao Shun, a calm man, added.

Yuan Fang asked back: "Does Boping not know that our navy has arrived?"

"Of course I know this, but although we have 30,000 naval troops, we don't have combat ships such as fighting ships and stern ships. It seems a bit difficult to defeat Cai Mao's naval forces on the other side..."

Before Gao Shun could say anything, Yuan Fang waved his hand and said, "There is absolutely no need for you to worry about the battleship. I have my own way. All you need to do is go down and make preparations. Do your best tonight to help me cross the Han River."

Seeing that Yuan Fang was so confident that he dared to claim that he had conquered the Han River without warships, Gao Shun couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Although there were doubts, the holy order had been issued, and Gao Shun and other generals did not dare to have any more doubts and had to go down to prepare.

Before I knew it, it was getting dark.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the night was dark. Except for the campfires of the enemy and our water villages on both sides of the Han River, it was completely dark.

Yuan Fang issued the holy order for a general attack and ordered the troops to assemble on the shore.

Late at night, 250,000 well-fed soldiers came out of camp one after another, like rivers, rushing towards the shore.

On the beach, thousands of simple boats and rafts were ready. The generals commanded the troops and horses, boarded the rafts, and prepared to launch a full-scale river crossing operation.

Yuan Fang is sitting on a red rabbit horse, Fang Tian is holding a halberd horizontally, standing on the river beach like an iron tower, scanning the line along the river. His endless soldiers.

Xunxun's murderous intent circulated crazily on Yuan Fang's face.

Next to Yuan Fang, Guo Jia and Fazheng still had serious expressions on their faces.

The two of them looked at each other, with a look of worry flashing in their eyes.

There is no doubt that they all feel that Emperor Yuan Fang's decision to attack by force was indeed a bit hasty.

Even if there are 30,000 naval troops trained by Lu Meng, how can they fight against Cao Jun's strong ships with just these broken boats and rafts?

"The emperor is acting on his own initiative. In this battle, our army will probably have to suffer a huge defeat..."

Fa Zheng sighed secretly in his heart, but couldn't express it openly.

Behind him, the Qi army arrayed along the coast suddenly seemed to have waves. Lü Meng and other generals led groups of navy soldiers to the shore.

The appearance of these people immediately aroused confusion in the army, and the officers and soldiers seemed to have suddenly seen something strange.

Fazheng turned his eyes and when he saw the navy soldiers approaching, he was stunned for a moment, and then his whole face showed a strange look of sudden realization.

"Your Majesty, are you going to..." Fazheng looked at Yuan Fang in surprise, with an unexpected look on his face.

Guo Jia looked back, suddenly realized, and couldn't help but laugh happily.

Gao Shun, who had already boarded the boat, couldn't help but realize when he saw the appearance of the sailors, and said in surprise: "So that's it, that's it."

Yuan Fang was as calm as water, with only a faint smile on his heroic face.

"Your Majesty, I and the five thousand sailors who died in the navy are ready. Your Majesty, please give the order." Lu Meng stepped forward and said with a sigh of relief.

Yuan Fang glanced at Lu Meng and saw that the young water general was not wearing ordinary armor, but——

Vine armor!

That's right, it's the invulnerable and water-resistant rattan armor of the Southern Barbarians.

These five thousand rattan armors were captured from the barbarians after Li Yan pacified the seven counties in Nanzhong. Zhuge Liang thought that these rattan armors might be useful to Yuan Fang, so he sent Wu Yi to secretly transport them along with the war elephants.

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The reason why Yuan Fang did not retreat was because he had already had a plan to use Teng Jia in his mind, and was just waiting for the arrival of Lu Meng's navy.

Yuan Fang's purpose in this battle was to have Lu Meng command these water pawns who were proficient in water properties. By using the unsinkable properties of rattan armor, these five thousand water pawns could float across the Han River and unexpectedly break into the enemy's water camp.

As long as these five thousand vine-armored sailors can successfully disrupt the enemy camp, restrain Cai Hao, and prevent him from dispatching warships in time, Yuan Fang can take the opportunity to send his thousands of troops across the river and march to the south bank.

Without battleships, I would still have to cross the Han River!

This is Yuan Fang's plan.

At this moment, Fazheng, Guo Jia, Gao Shun, and even the suspicious civil servants and military generals suddenly understood and their doubts were cleared away.

The doubts were lifted and the morale of the soldiers was immediately boosted. They were all surprised by Yuan Fang's fantastic ideas.

"Ziming, this battle depends on you, go ahead." Yuan Fang waved his hand and gave the order without hesitation.

"I'll go and wait."

Lu Meng, Tai Shi Ci, Xu Sheng and Jiang Qin, four generals who were proficient in water-based generals, led five thousand sailors in rattan armor and stepped down the river beach without hesitation into the Han River.

Five thousand water soldiers, relying on the buoyancy of the rattan armor, quickly disappeared into the night and swam silently towards the enemy camp water village on the other side.

These thousands of sailors are elite sailors who have followed Lu Meng and trained along the Qingxu coast for many years.

These warriors who have experienced the storms of the sea are much stronger than the water pawns trained by the Cao and Sun families in the Yangtze River.

Relying on the super water properties and the ability of the rattan armor to remain unsinked when exposed to water, thousands of people floated all the way. In less than half an hour, they approached Cao Jun's water camp on the other side.

In the darkness, the enemy camp was dimly lit, and it was almost difficult for the soldiers on patrol ashore to notice that there was a special "frogman" unit of the Qi Army swimming across the entire Han River and approaching them silently.

Taishi Ci was very good at water, so he swam at the front of the team with a pair of halberds on his back.

The edge of the trestle in front was less than ten steps away from him. He could clearly see a Cao Jun sentry walking back and forth on the trestle, yawning.

"Today, it's finally time for me, Taishi Ci, to make another meritorious deed." Taishi Ci gritted his teeth secretly, with murderous intent in his eyes.

Although he was trusted by Yuan Fang and guarded Chenliu to guard against Cao Cao for many years, he could only watch the other generals helplessly for so many years. As Yuan Fang conquered the east and west and made achievements, he felt a sigh of relief in his heart.

But this time, Yuan Fang took a fancy to his all-around strength in water and land warfare, and sent him to work with Lu Meng to train the navy army.

He has been dormant for many years. Today, it is finally time for him to become famous as Taishi Ci.

With an explosion of blood, Taishi Ci quietly stepped onto the trestle, and a group of iron halberds swayed out like the wind, instantly beheading the sentry.

"The enemy camp has arrived, please come ashore." Taishi Ci raised his bloody iron halberd and shouted to the soldiers in the water.

Hundreds of vine-armored sailors climbed onto the shore one after another and approached the warships docked at the water's edge.

"There are enemies lurking from the water, please sound the alarm!"

Paper could not contain the fire, and Cao's army was not blind. After nearly a thousand vine-armored sailors reached the shore, an alarm was finally sounded in the enemy camp.

Dang! Dang! Dang!

The warning sound of gongs suddenly sounded loudly, and the rapid and high-pitched sound instantly spread throughout the camp, tearing apart the silence of the night.

Inside the water camp, the enemy soldiers who heard the news were awakened from their sleep and hurriedly picked up the guy and carried it to the shore.

Thousands of enemy soldiers on duty on various battleships and trestles also lit torches one after another under the general's scolding. By the light of the fire, they fired arrows at the approaching Tengjia soldiers in the water.

For a moment, the firelight illuminated a line of water along the coast, and arrows rained down like locusts.

At this time, the rattan armor that Yuan Fang equipped them with finally produced another miraculous effect at a critical moment.

Invulnerable!

Although Cao Jun's arrows were dense, how could they penetrate the vine armor? The arrows that came towards him were easily bounced away, just like scratching an itch.

"What's going on? Why can't the shot penetrate the enemy's armor?"

"What are these dogs wearing? Why are they invulnerable?"

"Oh no, the enemy is coming, we can't stop it."

Amid screams of terror, three generals, Lu Meng, Jiang Qin and Xu Sheng, each led more than a thousand vine-armored sailors and rushed into the water camp. Their swords roared and slashed at the astonished enemy soldiers.

A bloody battle started along the coast.

At this time, after hearing the news, Cai Mao also led more than 7,000 Cao troops in the camp and rushed to the shore in a panic.

Looking around, Cai Hao was surprised to find that nearly five thousand Qi troops wearing strange armor suddenly appeared on the shore like magic soldiers descending from the sky.

And if we look at the Han Dynasty from afar, we can't see the shadow of the Qi army's ships.

"What's going on? How did the enemy come to the south bank without a ship? Could it be that Yuan Thief's army has wings?"

Cai Mao was shocked and puzzled, but he didn't care much. He had to lead 7,000 soldiers and horses to the shore, hoping to use the large number of people to drive the 5,000 Qi troops ashore into the water.

But Cai Mao soon discovered to his horror that his sword could not cut through Qi Jun's rattan armor!

The Qi army, which was inferior to swords and guns, relied on the superiority of armor to kill his troops, with ghosts crying and wolves howling, and rivers of blood flowing.

"Hurry, go to the dry camp and ask for help from the lord, hurry up~" Cai Hao, who was completely frightened, shouted in horror.

On the north bank, Yuan Fang opened his distance vision pupil and clothes vision pupil, but he could clearly see the battle situation on the south bank.

His five thousand sailors were fighting fiercely with the enemy on the shore. Cai Mao's hundreds of warships were dragged into the water camp and could not sail at all.

This is what Yuan Fang wants.

Five thousand sailors were far from enough to take down the enemy camp. Yuan Fang's purpose was just to kill Tai Shici and others so that Cao Cao could not dispatch his warships.

In this way, he could lead an army of 250,000 to cross the river and fight to the other side.
Chapter completed!