Chapter 1605: Burning the Forest

This time, Li Jing was fleeing on the surface, but secretly he was actually calculating Wang Mang.

Li Jing knew that Wang Mang was very wary of him, and ordinary schemes did not work against Wang Mang at all, so if he wanted to make a scheme, he had to completely provoke him and make him lose his correct judgment.

Li Jing deliberately left a wooden sign in the valley that was not suitable for ambush, as well as on the road suitable for ambush, and clearly told Wang Mang that there were no ambushes, 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 found nothing twice, so he naturally realized that he had been tricked.

With the first two wooden planks, even if Li Jing said the truth the third time, although Wang Mang still wouldn't believe it, because he was afraid that the Qin army would run away completely, and there were indeed birds in the forest, this was not a sign of an ambush.

Therefore, Wang Mang probably couldn't wait to investigate, so he directly led the army through the woods.

At that time, Li Jing's ambush hidden in the woods, if he directly attacked with fire, he could wipe out the 80,000 Beihai army.

This fire attack was carried out in a hurry, and Li Jing actually knew that there were many flaws, after all, he didn't have more time to perfect the details, but if it succeeded, the Qin army could directly turn the tables, so Li Jing decided to take a gamble.

The final result disappointed Li Jing, and although his plan went well, he still underestimated Wang Mang's caution.

Wang Mang did not directly lead the army into the forest because he was in a hurry, but chose to send a part of the army to explore the road.

This was indeed the safest way for the Northern Han Combined Army, and it also made Li Jing's plan to annihilate the 80,000 Northern Han army in one fell swoop, and it became that at most it could only destroy the thousands of soldiers and horses who were exploring the way.

"Forget it, no matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat."

Li Jing sighed lightly, and then ordered: "Pass the order down and carry out a fire attack." ”

"No."

At this time, it was the height of summer, the climate was hot and dry, there were many dry plants and trees in the woods, and the south wind was blowing non-stop, so it was the best time to carry out a fire attack.

With Li Jing's order, nearly a thousand archers hidden in the forest immediately ignited the rockets and shot at the fire point arranged in advance.

Boom, boom, boom......

Squeak, squeak, squeak......

The flame grew rapidly when it was ignited, and the wind helped the fire, which made the fire suddenly show the trend of burning the prairies.

"Ahhh......h

The fire was too big, and most of the 5,000 soldiers who entered the forest did not have time to escape, so they were buried under the fire dragon and were directly burned to ashes, and only a few hundred people were extremely lucky to escape from the fire forest under the leadership of the sand roller blind.

As for Li Jing, who was also in the forest, and the Qin army's ambush, because the location was in the south, the south wind was blowing to the north, so the fire spread to the south very slowly, and the Qin army withdrew from the forest very calmly after the fire.

Wang Mang looked at the fire forest in front of him, and there was a tendency to evolve into a sea of fire, and he was angry and happy in his heart.

What was angry was that in order to deal with him, Li Jing even used such a ruthless trick as setting fire to the mountain.

Fortunately, he was cautious enough, and because there were birds in the forest, the United States and Europe easily led the army into the woods, otherwise the loss would not only be 5,000 recruits.

"Li Jing, this is too ruthless, a fire will burn 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 that, Gongsun Shu looked at Wang Mang and asked, "Do you continue to pursue now?" ”

Wang Mang didn't answer, but Zhou Yafu rolled his eyes and said, "You said it yourself, this fire can't be extinguished in a few days, and there is this fire forest in front of you, how can you chase it?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Mang's face suddenly became extremely gloomy, obviously as long as he crossed this forest, there would be no danger ahead, and no matter how good Li Jing was at using his tactics, there was still nothing to be done, but this fire forest blocked the way of the army's pursuit.

"Bring me the map." Wang Mang shouted.

Soon, a march map with a length and width of one meter was sent, Wang Mang stared at the map for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, pointed to the map and said excitedly: "Go here, although it is a little far, but you can bypass this wood." ”

Zhou Yafu frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Even if you bypass it, can you still catch up with Li Jing after such a long detour?" ”

"So we must also delay the speed of Li Jing's march."

A gleam flashed in Wang Mang's eyes, and he ordered: "Zhou Yafu, Gongsun Shu, you each lead 5,000 light cavalry from the headquarters, a total of 10,000 cavalry, and go this way to chase the Qin army first."

With the speed of cavalry, you will definitely be able to catch up, and after catching up, you don't need to start a war with the Qin army, but you must remember the sixteen words. ”

"Which sixteen words?" Zhou Yafu asked.

"The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase."

Wang Mang said unhurriedly: "As long as you delay the speed of Li Jing's march, after our army catches up, we will attack and annihilate the Qin army on both sides." ”

Wang Mang did not concentrate cavalry to chase before, mainly because the terrain was not suitable for cavalry combat, and the Qin army also had cavalry, and the combat power was extraordinary, if the cavalry was sent out in case it was counter-surrounded by the Qin army, it would be too late for him to rescue in the rear.

Now the situation is different, as long as you bypass this forest, the rear is a flat river, which is very suitable for cavalry to launch guerrilla warfare.

"The enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy is stationed and I disturb ......"

Zhou Yafu couldn't help but murmur, the light in his eyes kept flickering, and he said excitedly: "In just sixteen words, the essence of riding and fighting is exhausted, and the right phase is really a talent in the world." I just don't know if such a tactic can be named? ”

"I call it guerrilla warfare."

Wang Mang was very shameless and stronger than the naming right of guerrilla warfare.

Guerrilla warfare was not uncommon before, but no one had ever put forward a specific 16-character policy.

Although Qin Hao knew, he deliberately put it forward, after all, the essence of guerrilla warfare, if everyone knew, would also be an obstacle to his domination of the world, so Wang Mang was the first person in this world to put forward 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, it's up to you whether you can stay with Li Jing and Qin Jun this time."

After speaking, Wang Mang looked at the generals behind him and continued to order: "Sha Roller Blind, Tan Taiyu, Xia Luqi, Ju Wuba, you and the other four cavalry troops are acting together. ”

"No." The four generals responded in unison.

Xia Luqi, under Zhu Tianpeng, had already joined the army and was incorporated into the cavalry army by Wang Mang.

Wang Mang also smiled when he saw this, and said in his heart: With Zhou Yafu, a general, in command of the troops, supplemented by four god-level generals, and a sand roller, this operation must be foolproof.