Chapter 1608 The fire burns the forest
Chapter 1606: Fire burns the forest
This time, Li Jing was fleeing on the surface, but in secret, he was also plotting against Wang Mang.
Li Jing knew that Wang Mang was very cautious about him, and general strategies did not work for Wang Mang at all, so if you want to make the scheme, you must completely anger him and make him lose the correct judgment.
Li Jing deliberately left a wooden sign on the valleys that were not suitable for ambushing and on the roads that were suitable for ambushing, and clearly told Wang Mang that there were no ambushing because he knew that even if he told the truth, Wang Mang would not believe it, so he still went back to investigate.
Wang Mang sent troops to investigate, but he got nothing at all when he did, so he naturally realized that he was fooled.
With the first two wooden boards playing tricks, even if Li Jing still said the truth for the third time, Wang Mang still would not believe it, but because he was afraid that the Qin army would run away completely and that there were indeed birds in the forest, this was not a sign of ambush.
Therefore, Wang Mang may not be able to wait for investigation and led the army through the woods.
At that time, if Li Jing''s ambush in the woods directly attacked with fire, he could defeat all the 80,000 Beihai troops in one place.
The fire attack plan was in a hurry, and Li Jing actually knew that there were many flaws. After all, he didn''t have more time to improve the details, but if it succeeded, the Qin army could turn the tables directly, so Li Jing decided to take a gamble.
The final result disappointed Li Jing. Although his plan went smoothly, he still underestimated Wang Mang''s prudence.
Wang Mang did not lead the army directly into the forest because he was in a hurry to rush, but chose to send some troops to explore the way.
This was indeed the safest way for the Northern Han Joint Army, and it also made Li Jing''s plan to wipe out the 80,000 Northern Han army in one fell swoop, becoming the thousands of soldiers who could only eliminate the way.
"Forget it, no matter how small the mosquito is, it''s still meat."
Li Jing sighed lightly, and then ordered: "Send the order and carry out the fire attack."
"No."
It was midsummer at this time, the climate was hot and dry, and there were many dry plants in the woods. In addition, the south wind was blowing and the strong wind kept blowing, which was the best time to implement a fire attack.
With Li Jing''s order, nearly a thousand archers hiding in the forest immediately ignited the rocket and shot towards the fire point that had been arranged in advance.
Swish, swish, swish…
Squeak, squeak, squeak…
The flames grew rapidly as soon as they were burned by electricity. Under the help of the wind, the fire suddenly became a prairie fire.
“Ahhhhh…”
The fire was too big, and most of the five thousand soldiers entering the forest had no time to escape, so they were buried under the fire dragon and were directly burned into ashes. Only hundreds of people, led by the sand roller shutter, escaped from the fire forest with great luck.
As for Li Jing, who was also in the forest and the Qin army ambush, the fire spread south very slowly because it was located in the south and the south wind was blowing to the north. After setting off the fire, the Qin army retreated out of the woods very calmly.
Wang Mang looked at the fire forest in front of him, and he had already evolved towards the sea of ??fire, and was both shocked and angry and glad.
What was shocked and angry was that in order to deal with him, Li Jing even used such a ruthless trick to set fire to the mountain.
Fortunately, he was very cautious enough, and the United States and Europe easily led the troops into the woods because there were birds in the forest, otherwise the losses would be more than just five thousand new recruits.
"Li Jing is too cruel. A fire burned the entire forest. Looking at the fire, it will not be extinguished in a few days, and it will even spread to the surrounding mountains and rivers."
After saying that, Gongsun Shu looked at Wang Mang and asked, "Are you still going to pursue me now?"
Wang Mang did not answer, but Zhou Yafu rolled his eyes and said, "You have said that the fire cannot be extinguished in a few days. With this fire forest blocking it in front, how can you chase it?"
Hearing this, Wang Mang''s face suddenly became extremely gloomy. Even if he passed this forest, there would be no danger ahead. At that time, no matter how good Li Jing was at the time, he still had no choice but to do anything, but this fire forest blocked the army''s pursuit. "Get the map." Wang Mang shouted.
Soon, a marching map that is about one meter wide was sent. After staring at the map for a long time, Wang Mang''s eyes suddenly lit up and pointed to the map and said excitedly: "Walking here is a bit far, you can bypass this forest."
Zhou Yafu frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Even if you bypass it, can you still catch up with Li Jing after taking such a long way?"
"So we must also delay Li Jing''s marching speed."
A glimmer flashed in Wang Mang''s eyes and he ordered: "Zhou Yafu, Gongsun Shu, you will lead 5,000 light cavalry in our headquarters, totaling 10,000 cavalry. Let''s go this way to chase the Qin army first.
You can definitely catch up with the speed of the cavalry, and you don’t have to go to war with the Qin army after catching up, but remember the word “Sixteen”. ”
"What sixteen words?" Zhou Yafu asked seriously.
"If the enemy advances, I will retreat, if the enemy is stationed, I will disturb you, if the enemy is tired, I will fight, if the enemy retreats, I will chase you."
Wang Mang said slowly: "Just delay Li Jing''s marching speed. After our army catches up, we will attack and annihilate the Qin army on both sides."
Wang Mang did not concentrate his cavalry to chase him before, mainly because the terrain was not suitable for cavalry combat. In addition, the Qin army also had cavalry and its combat power was extraordinary. If he sent cavalry to be surrounded by the Qin army, he would not have time to rescue him in the rear.
The situation is different now. As long as you bypass this forest, there is a flat river behind you, which is very suitable for cavalry to launch guerrilla warfare.
"The enemy advances and we retreat, and the enemy stops and disturbs us..."
Zhou Yafu couldn''t help but murmur, his eyes flashed constantly, and he said excitedly: "In just sixteen words, it tells the essence of cavalry war, and the right prince is a talent of the world. I just don''t know if such a tactic is named?"
“I call it guerrilla warfare.”
Wang Mang was very shameless and forced to naming guerrilla warfare.
There is not without tactics such as guerrilla warfare before, but no one has proposed the specific sixteen-character policy.
Although Qin Hao knew it, he deliberately proposed it. After all, if everyone knows the essence of guerrilla warfare, it will also be an obstacle to his unification of the world. Therefore, Wang Mang is the first person in this world to propose the theory of guerrilla warfare.
“Guerrilla warfare?”
Zhou Yafu''s eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "It''s so appropriate..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wang Mang.
"Okay, hurry up and act. Whether Li Jing and Qin army can be kept this time depends on you."
After saying that, Wang Mang looked at the generals behind him and continued to order: "Sha Rolling Cloud, Dan Tai Yu, Xia Luqi, Ju Wuba, you and the four other people act together."
"No." The four generals responded in unison.
Xia Luqi, under Zhu Tianpeng''s command, had already joined the army and was incorporated into this cavalry by Wang Mang.
Wang Mang smiled when he saw this and thought to himself: With Zhou Yafu, a general who led the troops, accompanied by four war god-level generals and sand roller shutters, this operation will definitely be foolproof.
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(This chapter ends)