The last three kingdoms

Chapter 827
For Liu Yin, this is a huge turning point.

After the spring siege ended hastily, Liu Yuan began to plan the autumn siege early in the morning. In spring and summer, the mountains are full of green, and the Huns' three-light tactics are useless at all. Only in autumn, when the grass withers, When the moon is dark and the wind is high, that is a good time to kill and set fire.

More importantly, the Huns had to go into the mountains and burn all the grain and grass of the Shu army before the Shu army harvested the grain. In this way, the Shu army would freeze and starve to death without the grain and grass for the winter.Last year's autumn encirclement was almost a success, but because Liu Yin suddenly jumped out of the encirclement and won three consecutive victories on the outside, Liu Yuan's operation fell short, but the food and grass of the Shu army were still destroyed Quite a few, it is already a miracle in itself that the Shu army can survive this winter.

This year Liu Yuan will not give Shu people another chance. Since summer, Liu Yuan has already prepared an action plan for this autumn.It is better to cut off one than to injure his ten fingers. Liu Yuan suffered from the equal distribution of troops last year. The measures taken to slow down the attack concentrated all the main forces in the southern part of the Shangdang, and in one battle, Liu Yin, the Shu army, was completely wiped out.

Liu Yuan realized that Liu Yin was the real soul of this Shu army, and only by eliminating Liu Yin physically and mentally could he completely defeat the Shu people.

The Huns made full preparations and waited for Liu Yuan's order.

But Yang Hu's sudden attack disrupted Liu Yuan's strategic plan. The Jin army besieged Gaodu, and the situation was critical. Liu Yuan also had to change his plan and send troops to support Gaodu to relieve the urgent need.

Qi Wannian and others were defeated in Hanoi, and Liu Yuan was actually very helpless. It was indeed difficult for Liu Yuan to fight against Yanghu's Jin army with the Di people, Hexi Xiongnu, Lu Shuihu and other miscellaneous troops. There was no other way, the people of Shu made such a mess in Shangdang that he couldn't even get out of his hands to go to Hanoi.

Liu Yuan originally hoped to eliminate Liu Yin and send troops to Hanoi after clearing out the Shu army in the Shangdang territory, but after the failure of the encirclement and suppression last autumn, the Huns had already delayed their opportunity. Qi Wannian and others were attacked in Hanoi. The fiasco, with seven or eight out of ten troops lost, retreated to Shangdang in embarrassment, and handed over the entire Hanoi County to Yanghu.

When the Shangdang's encirclement and suppression of the Shu army had no results, Liu Yuan dared not mobilize troops to go south. He could only hope that the encirclement and suppression this winter would be a great success, so that he could send troops to Hanoi again.

But Yang Hu took the lead in attacking Gaodu, which was beyond Liu Yuan's expectation.Originally, Liu Yuan thought that Yang Hu would not easily attack Shangdang due to the natural danger of Taihang Mountain, but he still underestimated Yang Hu's ambition.

If Gaodu falls, it means that Shangdang's door is open, so it is impossible for Liu Yuan to sit back and watch Gaodu be lost, and immediately transfer the Xiongnu army who is preparing to participate in the encirclement and suppression operation to Gaodu.

The autumn encirclement and suppression plan was finally declared aborted.

For Liu Yin, this news is undoubtedly the best.

In order to deal with the encirclement and suppression of the Huns, the Shu army also made full preparations, carried out grain harvesting in advance, deployed troops and defensive facilities at important passes, and all the soldiers and civilians in the base area were mobilized. The people moved to the deep mountains, and everyone was preparing for the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign.

However, although the Shu army is waiting in full force, the Huns have not arrived for a long time. Liu Yin is suddenly surprised. It stands to reason that Liu Yuan cannot let the Shu army harvest this year's grain anyway. The attack has begun, but nothing has happened this year.

Of course, there was nothing more gratifying than the fact that the Huns did not come. Liu Yin ordered to seize the time to grab the grain, and at the same time sent scouts to inquire about the news to see what caused the Huns not to attack.

Although the road was blocked, it did not prevent Liu Yin from getting the real news. After Liu Yin received the report, he suddenly realized that it was Yang Hu who led the army to attack Gaodu. Attacking the Shu army, the autumn encirclement and suppression plan was completely bankrupt.

Upon receiving this news, the entire Shu army was overjoyed. The originally prepared battle turned into nothing. This is really great news.

"It seems that Yang Hu has done us a great favor this time." Fu Zhu said with some emotion.No matter what purpose Yang Hu had in attacking Gao, objectively speaking, it was indeed a great favor to the Shu army. At least this winter, the Shu army would no longer have to be hungry.

Liu Yin chuckled and said, "Yanghu reciprocates, so it's still a bit loyal."

"Reciprocate?" Fu Zhu asked suspiciously, "Have we never helped Yang Hu before?"

Liu Yin smiled and said: "On the surface, we didn't help him, but think about it, if we hadn't entered Bingzhou and Shangdang, would all the Huns who besieged us stay in Hanoi County? , then it will be many times more difficult for Yang Hu to defeat the Hu people in Hanoi County. In other words, did we help him?"

Fu Zhu suddenly said: "It turns out that Yang Hu still bears such a big favor from us. I dare say that he came to Gaodu this time to return the favor to us."

Liu Yin shook his head, smiled calmly and said, "Repay favors? That's not necessarily the case. Yang Hu's attack on Gaodu naturally had his strategic purpose, disrupting the strategic deployment of the Huns is not in his consideration. But no matter what How should I put it, this time is a good opportunity for us, the mantis catches the cicada, the oriole follows behind, the crane and the clam compete, and the fisherman wins."

As soon as Fu Zhu heard that there was a battle to be fought, he immediately became excited, eager to try and said: "Great, we can teach the Huns a good lesson, brother-in-law, which city do you think we should fight first, Tunliu or Huzhou?" close?"

"Don't worry, the battle of Gaodu is estimated to take a while, and it will be difficult to see the outcome within the year. Our top priority now is to make sure the autumn harvest and ensure that the grains are returned to the warehouse." Liu Yin said.

Fu Zhu was a little discouraged. He liked fighting, but he didn't like farming.

Liu Yin said with a smile: "Before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first. If we can't harvest the food, we will suffer from famine like last year. Don't worry, when the food is harvested, you will naturally fight your battles."

(End of this chapter)