Chapter 1598: The Enemy Comes From the Sea?

But all famous generals have a common advantage, that is, prudence, and Li Jing is naturally no exception.

Since he found something wrong, Li Jing naturally took strict precautions against this, and tried his best to find out Wang Mang's intentions.

What Li Jing did not expect, in the face of his several tentative actions, Wang Mangjun's reaction was normal, and there was no strange and excessive reaction.

Li Jing naturally guarded against Wang Mang's tactics, but the enemy army was just marching in the direction of the battlefield with the whole army, as if he was going to fight to the death head-on, and he did not find that the other party had any performance of using tactics.

"Does Wang Mang really think that if there are more people, he will be able to win? No way. ”

As soon as this idea appeared, it was denied by Li Jing, after all, Wang Mang was not an unwise person, if he was really so simple, he would not have brought so much trouble to Qin Jun.

80,000 Northern Han combined army against 57,000 Qin army, on the surface, Wang Mang's chances of victory are indeed greater, but the war is not just a simple number of people, otherwise Wang Mang would not have lost so badly in the two major battles of Sizhou and Bingnan.

"Maybe Wang Mang has some other hole cards, it is this hole card that gives him confidence, but our army is not without hole cards, so we can only see the tricks when the time comes."

Li Jing is confident that even if Wang Mang really has hole cards, as long as it is not the kind of crushing strength, he will definitely find a way to crack it, so he doesn't really care what Wang Mang's hole cards are.

"But be cautious to prevent the boat from capsizing in the gutter."

Li Jing actively made pre-war preparations, and at the same time sent a large number of spies to find out information, but the result was still nothing.

The pre-war preparations had been made, but for some reason, the closer the day of the decisive battle, the more uneasy Li Jingde became.

"Am I missing something?"

Li Jing's brows furrowed, and after pondering for a long time, he asked the Jintai below, "Is there any movement on the side of Zhu Tianpeng in the Yellow River?" ”

Jintai was stunned, obviously he didn't expect that at this time, Li Jing would ask about Zhu Tianpeng in the rear.

"On the Yellow River news two days ago, it was said that the Qi State Navy was still in the Yellow River for disaster relief."

As soon as Jintai's voice fell, Qin Ming said with a big grin: "Why are you still mentioning the Qi army at this time?" Even if he Zhu Tianpeng wants to intervene, he has to get by. ”

Li Jing nodded silently, although he was not very at ease with Zhu Tianpeng in his heart, and felt that he didn't want his style to retreat so easily, but it was also a fact that the Qi State Navy was still far away on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Now that the Qin army and the Northern Han combined army are about to fight a decisive battle, and the Qi army is still hundreds of miles away from the battlefield, unless the Qi army can collectively put on its wings, it is absolutely impossible to come over in time.

"Wang Mang's hole card, since it's not Zhu Tianpeng, what is it?"

The day before the decisive battle, when Li Jing was inspecting the camp, he accidentally found that the flagpole was floating north, and he couldn't help but ask left and right in surprise: "When is the south wind blowing?" I remember that when I left Beihai, it was still blowing a north wind, why did the wind change when it said that it had changed? ”

"Qi Yu is too guarded, the wind direction only changed yesterday, but this is more beneficial to our army." Ran Min said.

Li Jing immediately heard the intention in Ran Min's words, and said with a smile: "Our army is in the south, the enemy army is in the north, and the south wind is blowing at this time, and with the help of the wind, it can increase the range of our army's arrows, which is really God helping me." ”

"That's right, even God is facing our army, and Wang Mang will lose this battle." Ran Min said with a smile.

Li Jing nodded and didn't say anything, but he wrote down the change in the direction of the wind in his heart, and prepared to change the previous arrangement in the decisive battle tomorrow.

Late at night, after Li Jing handled all the military affairs, he looked at the map in front of him seriously, after all, tomorrow's decisive battle is related to the entire Hebei war, so he can't be careless.

Looking at it, Li Jing glanced at it and saw the location of the Qi army on the south bank of the Yellow River.

"Wait, the direction of the wind has changed, although the position of the Qi State Navy is far away, but with the wind and water, it is enough to reach the battlefield in two days."

As soon as he thought of this, Li Jing's face suddenly changed greatly, and he shouted: "Come on." ”

There will be a decisive battle tomorrow, so tonight all the generals are ready to rest early to recuperate, but they didn't expect to be summoned by Li Jing for a meeting just after falling asleep.

"Ha ......"

Qin Ming snorted and said, "There will be a decisive battle tomorrow, what kind of meeting will there be at such a late hour." ”

All the generals also nodded, and after looking at Li Jing, they found that Li Jingtie's face was blue, and he suddenly felt that a master was about to happen, and his heart couldn't help but froze.

"I have already calculated, the wind direction changes, and the Qi State Navy is smooth sailing, and if you take the Yellow River waterway, you will be able to reach the battlefield in a day and a half."

"What?"

The generals' eyes widened, and at the same time, they suddenly realized that they beat their feet and chests in annoyance.

They only thought that Zhu Tianpeng was dying to save face, and he would definitely not be able to participate in the battle if he was so far away, but they ignored that now that the south wind is blowing, the sailor army is sailing, and the marching speed is even much faster than that of the cavalry.

Just imagine, at the time of tomorrow's decisive battle, the Qin army was fighting with the combined army of the Northern Han Dynasty, and was suddenly attacked from behind by an elite chasing army, so you can imagine how this battle will end.

"But Taishou, if the Qi army really takes the Yellow River waterway, it shouldn't be possible to hide from our army's spies, right?" Ran Min frowned.

Li Jingchang let out a long breath of turbidity and said in a deep voice: "I have already sent someone to contact me, and I believe that news will come soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, a soldier broke in and reported: "The Yellow River waterway has not found the whereabouts of the Qi State Water Army, but the Qi State Water Army has indeed disappeared. ”

Hearing this, all the generals breathed a sigh of relief, and Tai Shici said: "Or let's think too much, the Yellow River waterway is the only way that the Qi navy can go, since there is no whereabouts, it proves that the Qi army has not come at all." ”

"Where did the Qi army go?"

"It may have also been withdrawn to the Qi State."

"No, the Yellow River waterway is not the only way."

Under the puzzled gaze of everyone, Li Jing strode to the map, pointed to the location of Beihai and Liangshan, and said: "Beihai and Liangshan are both close to Haizhou County, and our current location is not far from the sea, so as long as you take the sea route, the Qi State Navy can arrive in time." ”

"By sea?"

All the generals gasped, after all, the sea route and the waterway are not the same concept, the sea is turbulent, and if you are not careful, you can die and the whole army will be wiped out, and the navy in the south may not be able to resist, let alone the navy in the north.

"How is this possible?"

All the generals looked incredulous,

But Li Jing asked rhetorically: "How is it impossible?"

Our army's water attack on the Yellow River drowned nearly 50,000 troops in one fell swoop, but the Qi navy did not suffer the slightest damage, which shows that this naval army personally trained by Zhu Tianpeng is extraordinary, and it may not be able to withstand the storm at sea. ”