The last three kingdoms

Chapter 817 Three Light Tactics
During the past few months, Liu Yuan certainly did not rest. Apart from continuing to fight against the Jin army in Hanoi and Jizhou, Liu Yuan devoted all his energy to dealing with the Shangdang Shu army. However, Shangdang is a springboard for the Huns to enter the Central Plains. If this springboard is lost, the Huns will not be able to take this big step of entering the Central Plains anyway.

Continuing to maintain the previous "prison tactic" is Liu Yuan's established policy. Although the Shu army is now divided into three groups, which makes it difficult to implement this prison tactic, but stick to important passes and block the connections of the Shu army in various places. It is still the biggest goal of the Huns at present. Although the fall of the Hanshan Fortress once shook Liu Yuan's determination, Liu Yuan later discovered that if he wanted to completely destroy the Shu army, he had to rely on these pass fortresses.

Now the Shu army is divided into three groups in Shangdang County, and the area they occupy is also among the high mountains. It is quite difficult for Liu Yuan if he really wants to completely wipe out the Shu army. These mountains are natural barriers. The Huns, who are accustomed to galloping across the grasslands and deserts, are naturally very troubled by these mountains. Entering the mountains to fight is the weakness of the Huns.

However, if the Shu army is allowed to develop wantonly in the deep mountains of Shangdang, it will always be a huge threat to the Huns. If the Huns want to expand abroad, if they want to enter Hanoi, Jizhou or even Luoyang, they must have a stable back However, the current situation in the Shangdang made it impossible for Liu Yuan to mobilize troops flawlessly, and his goal of advancing the Central Plains to seize the world would be put on hold indefinitely, which made Liu Yuan secretly anxious.

Originally, Liu Yuan didn't regard the Shu people as a threat at all. He believed that the biggest opponent was the Jin State. However, since the Shu army crossed the Yellow River and entered Bingzhou, it turned the world upside down in Bingzhou. Pay attention to Liu Yin's opponent.

Now Liu Yin's style of play gave Liu Yuan a headache. It stands to reason that Liu Yuan is also familiar with the military books of the Han people, and he has studied the art of war of famous generals in the past, but Liu Yin's style of play is really unprecedented.Since it was unprecedented, Liu Yuan could not expect to find a solution from those military classics.

The only method Liu Yuan can use now is to control the counties and traffic arteries of Shangdang, because the strength of the Huns can only do this. As for encircling and suppressing mountains, Liu Yuan has tried several times, but in the mountains Among them, the Shu army was like a fish in water, and wanted to catch this slippery fish. Liu Yuan asked himself that he didn't have that ability, and if he didn't pay attention, the Huns who entered the mountain to encircle and suppress would be severely bitten by the Shu army. ,lost heavily.

Liu Yuan was at a loss as to how to fight the next battle.

At this time, Cui You made another suggestion to Liu Yuan: "Your Majesty, the autumn harvest is approaching. If the Shu people are allowed to harvest food in the mountains, then the Shu people will surely gain a firm foothold in Shangdang County, and if they want to be expelled from the country, I'm afraid it won't be easy
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It was August, which was the harvest season of millet. Shangdang's millet was famous all over the world, and it came from the terraced fields all over the mountains. If these grains were snatched by the Shu army, it would undoubtedly give the Shu army a foothold in Shangdang. With the capital of the party, it is even more difficult to try to drive the Shu people out of Shangdang.

Of course Liu Yuan knew the importance of harvesting grain, but these terraced fields were scattered among the mountains of Shangdang. Even if the Huns robbed them one by one, they would at least have to grab them all before the end of the year. For a while, it was long enough for the Shu army to collect food calmly.

"This king also knows the importance of food and grass, but at this time the Shu people are hiding in the mountains, and our army will deliberately dodge every time a large army attacks, and we have never been able to find their main force for a decisive battle."

Cui You smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty intends to compete with the Shu people for food, so the progress will naturally be much slower. If Your Majesty sends troops into the mountainous area and only sets fire to the mountain, how can it take so much time?"

Liu Yuan suddenly realized, and said: "Doctor Cui really has a clever plan. This time, when we send troops into the mountain, we only need to set a fire to burn the weeds and forests all over the mountain, including the millet valley. Let's see how the people of Shu spend this winter?"

The reason why Liu Yuan didn't think of this at first was because the Huns also needed food and grass. After all, they were not as cruel as the Jie people to the point of eating people. Obtaining food and grass from the local area can naturally reduce the pressure of transportation a little more than from other places.But it takes a certain amount of time to grab the grain and grass. Even if the Xiongnu soldiers mobilize all their soldiers and horses, they may not be able to guarantee that they will grab all the grain distributed among the valleys.

And after Cui You mentioned a little bit, Liu Yuan suddenly understood that for the Shu army who was in the mountains, these grains and grasses were life-saving grains. Without these grains, they could not survive, and for the Xiongnu army, But it is dispensable. Although it is important, it has not risen to the necessary level. As long as the Xiongnu army sets fire to these grains, the situation of the Shu army will become more difficult.

Cui You continued: "Your Majesty, after several months of preparation, our army has sufficient strength and is ready to go. We can take this opportunity to launch a full-scale attack on the Shu people who are in the south, west and east of Shangdang. Encirclement and suppression, using the tactics of burning, killing, and looting, gradually eroding the territory occupied by the Shu people. Even if they can't wipe out all of them, the Shu people will starve to death in the following cold winter. Freeze to death."

Liu Yuan laughed loudly and said, "This king has exactly that intention."

Therefore, Liu Yuan joined the army transferred from Taiyuan and Hedong to the Xiongnu army, gathered [-] to [-] troops, divided them into three groups, and launched an all-out attack on the three bases occupied by the Shu army. siege operations.

In order to prevent being defeated by the Shu people one by one, Liu Yuan asked the Xiongnu troops who were advancing from all walks of life to maintain contact with each other. Rescue quickly, the whole army will advance in groups, and whenever they go to a place, they will first set fire to the mountain, whether it is the weeds that grow on the mountain or the crops in the terraced fields, they will all be set on fire and destroyed.

At the same time, Liu Yuan ordered that after entering the mountainous area, whether it is the Shu army or the Han people, as long as they are alive and panting, they will all be killed, and no one will be left alive. Even domestic animals such as chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs will be taken away. , Kill everything that cannot be taken away. The goal of the Huns is to create a no-man's land in the Shangdang Mountains.

(End of this chapter)