Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1608
Chapter 1606: Burning Forest
This time Li Jing was fleeing on the surface, but secretly he was plotting against Wang Mang.

Li Jing knew very well that Wang Mang was very wary of him, and general schemes would not work against Wang Mang at all, so if he wanted to be tricked, he had to completely irritate him and make him lose his correct judgment.

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

With the first two wooden board games, Wang Mang still wouldn't believe Li Jing even if Li Jing was telling the truth the third time, but because he was afraid that the Qin army would run away completely, and that there were indeed birds in the forest, it was not unreasonable. Signs of an ambush.

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

At that time, if Li Jing's ambush soldiers hidden in the woods were to attack directly with fire, they would be able to wipe out the [-] Beihai army in one go.

This fire attack plan was carried out in a relatively hasty manner, and Li Jing actually knew that there were many flaws in it. After all, he didn't have more time to perfect the details, but if it succeeded, Qin Jun would be able to turn the tables. Decided to take a gamble.

The final result made Li Jing very disappointed. Although his plan went smoothly, he still underestimated Wang Mang's degree of caution.

Wang Mang did not lead the army into the forest directly because he was in a hurry, but chose to send some troops to explore the way.

This was indeed the safest way for the Northern Han coalition army, and it also made Li Jing's plan to wipe out the [-] Northern Han army in one fell swoop go to waste, and turned into a few thousand soldiers who could only wipe out the pathfinder at most.

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

Li Jing sighed softly, and then ordered: "Send the order down, and carry out the fire attack."

"promise."

At this time, it was midsummer, the climate was hot and dry, and there were a lot of dry vegetation in the woods. In addition, the south wind was blowing non-stop, so it was the best time to launch a fire attack.

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

huh, huh, huh...

Squeak, squeak, squeak...

As soon as the flame is ignited by electricity, it grows rapidly, and the wind helps the fire to make the fire appear like a prairie fire.

"Ah ah ah..."

The fire was so intense that most of the [-] soldiers who entered the forest had no time to escape. They were buried under the fire dragon and burned to ashes. Only a few hundred people, led by the sand curtain, escaped with great luck. fire forest.

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

Wang Mang looked at the forest of fire in front of him, which had a tendency to evolve into a sea of ​​fire, and he was surprised, angry and grateful at the same time.

To his surprise, Li Jing even used such ruthless tricks as setting fire to the mountain in order to deal with him.

Fortunately, fortunately, he was cautious enough, and Meiou led the army into the forest easily because there were birds in the forest, otherwise the loss now would not only be [-] recruits.

"Li Jing is too ruthless. 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, "Should we continue to pursue now?"

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

Hearing this, Wang Mang's face suddenly became extremely gloomy. Obviously, as long as he passes through this forest, there will be no danger in front of him. No matter how good Li Jing is at that time, there is still nothing he can do, but this forest of fire But it blocked the way for the army to pursue.

"Bring the map." Wang Mang shouted.

Soon, a marching map with a length and width of one meter was sent. After staring at the map for a long time, Wang Mang's eyes suddenly lit up. through the woods."

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

"So we also have to delay Li Jing's marching speed."

A gleam flashed in Wang Mang's eyes, and he ordered: "Zhou Yafu, Gongsun Shu, each of you take five thousand light cavalry from your headquarters, a total of [-] cavalry, and go this way first to chase the Qin army.

With the speed of the cavalry, they can definitely catch up, and after catching up, there is no need to fight the Qin army, but remember the word sixteen. "

"Which sixteen characters?" Zhou Yafu asked seriously.

"When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy camps, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue."

Wang Mang said unhurriedly: "Just delay Li Jing's marching speed. After our army catches up, we will attack Qin's army from both sides."

Wang Mang didn't concentrate his cavalry to chase him before, mainly because the terrain was not suitable for cavalry to fight. In addition, the Qin army also had cavalry, and their combat power was extraordinary. It was too late to rescue.

The situation is different now. As long as you bypass this forest, you will have a flat river behind you, which is very suitable for cavalry to launch guerrilla warfare.

"When the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy garrisons, we harass..."

Zhou Yafu couldn't help muttering, his eyes were flickering, and he said excitedly: "In just sixteen characters, the way contains the essence of riding and fighting, and the truth of the right side is an outstanding talent. I just don't know if such a fighting method can be called?"

"I call it guerrilla warfare."

Wang Mang shamelessly overtook the naming rights of Guerrilla Warfare.

Such tactics as guerrilla warfare have not existed before, but no one has proposed the specific sixteen-character policy.

Although Qin Hao knew it, he deliberately brought it up. After all, if everyone knew the essence of guerrilla warfare, it would be an obstacle to his unification of the world. Therefore, Wang Mang was 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, let's act quickly. It's up to you whether you can keep Li Jing and Qin Jun this time."

After saying that, Wang Mang looked at the generals behind him, and continued to order: "Sha Juanlian, Tantai Yu, Xia Luqi, Ju Wuba, you and the other four will act together as a cavalry force."

"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 army by Wang Mang.

Seeing this, Wang Mang also showed a smile, and thought to himself: With a general like Zhou Yafu leading the army, supplemented by four warriors at the level of God of War, and the sand curtain, this operation must be foolproof.

　Guaranteed one more...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)