Chapter 1607: Sent to Death? Abandoned son?

Soon after digging up the Yellow River and flooding the Qi army, Li Jing set another fire and burned the entire forest and the Northern Han United Army.

Although they did not do their best this time and only destroyed nearly 5,000 enemy troops, the Qin army still admired Li Jing very much.

The water attack was followed by the fire attack, and it was all successful.

Fleeing for their lives can countercalculate the opponent, and the enemy who is almost completely annihilated, this requires the smartest brain to think of so many strategies in such a short period of time.

Originally, because of the retreat and being chased all the way by Wang Mang, some people in the Qin army were panicked, but after the fire attack, the whole army was not very worried, and they all firmly believed that Li Jing would be able to bring them back to Beihai.

Li Jing was also very touched by everyone's trust, but his heart didn't seem to show that he was so calm, because he knew that the biggest crisis was coming.

Soon after joining the army, Li Jing led the army to continue to retreat, and at the same time, he summoned all the generals, and all the generals were giggling, as if they all thought that the war was over and they would definitely be able to retreat to Beihai safely.

"The war is not over yet, how can you be so scattered?" Li Jing frowned and reprimanded.

The generals were all giggling when they heard it, and Qin Ming smiled and said: "Taishou, there is a fire forest to block it, how can Wang Mang chase it?" By the time the fire was extinguished, our troops had already returned to the North Sea. ”

"That's it."

Li Jing sighed, and then said with a straight face: "The fire forest can't stop Wang Mang." ”

As he spoke, Li Jing spread out the map, pointed to the corner of it, and said: "Although it will take dozens of miles more to take this road, if it is all cavalry to chase it, it can still catch up with our army."

I guess Wang Mang must have gathered all the cavalry under his command, and in half a day at most, the cavalry of the Northern Han Dynasty will catch up. ”

"What?"

The generals exclaimed, they all thought that Wang Mang would definitely not be able to catch up with the fire forest to block it, but they didn't expect that the forest that was less than ten miles would still not be able to stop the pursuit of the enemy.

"Lord Taishou, since you have guessed that Low Ju will catch up, then why don't you set up an ambush on this road?" Qin Ming asked suspiciously.

Li Jing shook his head speechlessly, and did not answer immediately, but Ran Min replied instead: "You look at this terrain carefully, how to set up an ambush in a flat river?" ”

"This ...... Quite right. ”

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Qin Ming's face, and then he seemed to remember something again, and said: "But even if the Beihai cavalry comes, it is only more than 10,000 horses, and our army has an army of 55,000 troops, are you still afraid that this mere 10,000 horsemen will not be able to do it?" ”

"That's right, it's just right to come and wipe out all these 10,000 horsemen." Shi Jin said excitedly.

Tai Shi Ci retorted: "How to eliminate? In this kind of terrain, unless the enemy army takes the initiative to fight a decisive battle with the Qi army, it is impossible for our army to catch up. ”

"Didn't the cavalry of the Northern Han Dynasty chase after them just to destroy our army? How can you not fight a decisive battle with our army? Shi Jin was surprised.

"The cavalry in Beihai does not need to fight our army in a decisive battle, they only need to delay the speed of our army's march until Wang Mang's army catches up." Tai Shi Ci said in a deep voice.

"In this way, our army wants to retreat to the North Sea, but it's still not that simple?"

Qin Ming's face was surprised, while Ran Min and the other generals did not answer, but the meaning was self-evident.

Li Jing saw that everyone said a word, and he had already told the Qin army about the situation he was facing, so he added: "I expected this long before retreating, and this is also the risk that must be taken to carry out a fire attack.

It's just that at that time, I thought that if the 10,000 fire attack could be successful, our army would suddenly turn defeat into victory, and all crises would naturally be eliminated invisibly.

It's a pity that the fire attack failed to complete its success in the end, and now our army must also bear the backlash. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Jing raised his head, but found that everyone was looking at him.

"Lord Taishou, just say what you want to do, we'll all listen to you." Tai Shi Ci said seriously.

"Well, we'll all listen to you." The generals said in unison.

Hearing this, a trace of guilt flashed in Li Jing's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Once the Beihai cavalry catches up, it is almost impossible for our army to successfully retreat to Beihai, so it must be contained before then." ”

"How to contain it? Our army can't catch up with the cavalry. Qin Ming asked.

"Only cavalry can catch up with cavalry."

At this time, a trace of pain flashed in Li Jing's eyes, and then he walked up to Ran Min, put his hands on his shoulders, and said with great difficulty: "General Ran Min, whether our army can successfully withdraw to Beihai depends on your Tiger Battalion." ”

Ran Min was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, the generals exploded.

"What? Let the 3,000 tiger battalions go to fight against tens of thousands of Northern Han elite cavalry? It's like going to die. ”

"Yes, among the cavalry of the Northern Han Dynasty, there are not only Liaodong Iron Cavalry, but also Youzhou Iron Cavalry, how can it be stopped by only three thousand tiger camps?"

"yes, yes......"

"That's enough."

After Ran Min shouted, all the generals immediately stopped, and Ran Min said to Li Jing: "I took this task in the Tiger Camp." ”

Li Jing's eyes were full of guilt, and he said: "This is a tough battle, even if the elite is like a tiger battalion, I am afraid that there will also be heavy casualties, but our army has no other choice."

If the Tiger Camp does not go, the 50,000 troops will not be able to return to Beihai, and may even be wiped out, so for the sake of the whole army, the Tiger Camp can only be sacrificed. ”

Ran Min said very calmly: "As long as the whole army can be saved, any price will be acceptable to the general." ”

The truth of abandoning the car to protect the handsome, Ran Min still understands, the handsome is gone, and this game of chess will be lost, so why do you need the car?

Therefore, in Ran Min's opinion, even if the Tiger Camp is really regarded as an outcast, as long as the main force can be kept, the sacrifice of the Tiger Camp is worth it.

As for your own safety? Ran Min is not worried about this.

It's a big deal that when the time comes, if he Ran Min really runs for his life, who else in this world can leave him?

Hearing Ran Min say this, Li Jing also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, after all, Ran Min was the commander of the Tiger Ben Battalion, and he still had a history of not obeying military orders.

Therefore, if Ran Min is unwilling to go, even Li Jing, who is the main general, cannot force Ran Min to comply.

"General Ran Min, please rest assured that although this mission is dangerous, as long as it is operated properly, it can still minimize casualties and return it."

As he spoke, a gleam flashed in Li Jing's eyes, and he sneered: "If I am not mistaken, Wang Mang should concentrate all the strong generals in the cavalry team, so as to strengthen the combat power of the Northern Han cavalry."

So this time, Tai Shici, Qin Ming, Lin Chong, Lu Junyi, Hu Yanzhuo, Shi Jin, Lu Zhishen, Chao Gai, and you also acted with General Ran Min. ”

"No." The generals shouted in unison.

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