The last three kingdoms

Chapter 818 The Tough Battle

come out.The southern Shangdang base area occupied by the Tiger Cavalry Army was deliberately taken care of by the Huns. In order to completely wipe out the Shu army led by Liu Yin, Liu Yuan gathered more than 5 troops on the southern line, divided into seven groups, and marched towards Advance in depth.

Since entering Zhanyang, the Tiger Cavalry Army has hardly fought any battles except for the battle of annihilating the Jie people and stone leopards. Seeing that the harvest season of millet is approaching, Liu Yin issued an order to rush to harvest this year's millet. From Liu Yin's point of view, Liu Yuan will definitely not let it go, and will definitely launch an offensive in this season, focusing on grabbing food and destroying the enemy as a supplement.

However, Liu Yin obviously only guessed the beginning. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Huns did lead troops into the mountains and carried out a large-scale raid on the base of the Shu army.But what Liu Yin didn't expect was that the Huns' attack at this moment would be so brutal, brutal and brutal.

Where the Xiongnu soldiers passed by, thick smoke billowed and flames blazed, burning the whole mountain.Autumn is a season when all kinds of grasses are dry. Not only the millet but also the weeds are golden in color and are the easiest to be ignited. The sky is burned into the color of sunset.

If the Huns only robbed food, Liu Yin would not be afraid. After all, Shangdang has a vast territory, and the Huns may not have so much time to attack the mountains one by one, and they may not have time to go to the mountains for food. reward.

But the Xiongnu did not adopt this method, but set fire to the weeds and crops regardless of them.

This move was both poisonous and ruthless. Wherever the Huns went, it was equivalent to a piece of scorched earth. All the resources that the Shu army and the people in the mountainous areas depended on for their survival were all burned and burned. The situation in the base area suddenly became severe.

Moreover, the Huns not only burned, but after they entered the base area, they burned, killed and looted. Dry.

Since Liu Yuan raised his army, he used the slogan of revitalizing the Han people, hoping to win the support of the Han people, but after years of fighting, Liu Yuan's attempt failed, and the Han people in the Bingzhou area did not fly the banner of the Han people because of Liu Yuan But to worship and follow him blindly, other Hu people such as Jie, Di, Beidi Hu and other tribes came to vote one after another.

These Hu people were barbaric by nature, and they crazily killed and plundered the Han people, especially the Jie people who preyed on people, and ruined the reputation of the Huns in the Shangdang area.

Obviously, Liu Yuan's attitude could not be maintained for long. Seeing that the Han people did not support him, Liu Yuan tore off his fake and resentful disguise. The fig leaf was also torn off, and he called himself King Zhao, revealing his murderous and terrifying true colors.

In the base area occupied by the Shu army, the Huns burned, killed and looted, and implemented the "San Guang" policy, which aroused the indignation of the army and the people. Fight the Huns.

But on the whole, the Shu army is at an obvious disadvantage, and the Huns have also carefully prepared for this battle. In order to prevent the Shu army from concentrating superior forces to carry out the strategy of defeating each, the seven Huns can be described as interlocking. Advance layer by layer, tightly hugged into a group, no matter which way the Shu army attacks, the two groups of people next to it will come to reinforce them at any time.

In this campaign, the biggest plan of the Huns is to force the Shu army to fight them. If the Shu army refuses, then the Huns will go back to the next best thing, burn and rob all the survival capital of the Shu army, and cannibalize as much as possible. Lost the base of the Shu people, and finally reached the end of defeating the enemy without fighting.

Facing the aggressive offensive of the Huns, Liu Yin could only retreat temporarily, abandoning Yang'a and other important county towns, and moving to the mountainous area at the junction with Guyuan to the north of Yang'a.

Avoiding the enemy's edge is the first requirement in guerrilla warfare. When the enemy advances, we retreat. When the enemy is strong, we must not compete with it.Although abandoning Yang'a made all the soldiers sigh, Liu Yin understood that if he stuck to Yang'a and was surrounded by the Huns, it would be difficult to escape.

Now the Shu army has voluntarily abandoned Yang'a, withdrew the main force, and can counterattack the enemy at any time.

However, the three-light policy implemented by the Huns did bring great troubles to Liu Yin. Whether it was regular warfare or guerrilla warfare, one of the inescapable elements was food and grass. The soldiers and horses did not move, and the food and grass went first. This is a march. A consensus to fight.

Obviously, the Huns seized the weakness of the Shu army, slaughtered and plundered wantonly in the base area, snatched everything that could be robbed, and destroyed everything that could not be robbed. pointing fingers.

In particular, the burning of everything seriously threatened the situation of the Shu army and the local Han people. The food in many terraced fields was burned by the Huns, and the Huns continued to advance in depth. The flames of war became more and more intense. There is a tendency to burn the entire Shangdang.

In this regard, Liu Yin took active countermeasures. In the places where the Huns had not yet reached, he immediately organized the army and the people to grab the grain and grass, and took back the grain and grass that he got as much as possible to minimize the loss.No matter how far the battle goes, food and grass are the key. After entering the Shangdang, it is no longer possible for the Shu army to obtain food and grass supplies from the outside world. It can only create a new world through its own efforts.

Second, order the troops in the battalion to actively prepare for battle and actively seek opportunities for combat. When the enemy is tired or relaxed, they must attack decisively and attack boldly. If there are no conditions, they must create conditions. If they win, they will fight. Run, everything is based on annihilating the enemy's vital forces.

This was the most arduous battle since the Shu army's eastward march. The Shu army was divided into several parts, and they could not communicate with each other. They could only fight within a certain area. The base area is constantly being eroded, and if it is not dealt with properly, the entire army may be in danger of being wiped out.

Of course, Liu Yin couldn't sit still. He decided to jump out of the outside line to fight, attack the food roads of the Huns, harass the Huns' rear, and let them take care of themselves.

Taking advantage of the fact that the encirclement of the Huns had not yet formed, Liu Yin personally led the 5000 troops of the left battalion of tiger riders to jump out of the encirclement, leaving only the right battalion of tiger riders led by Chen Shou and others to continue to entangle with the Huns on the inside.

(End of this chapter)