The last three kingdoms

Chapter 834 Forced to retreat
up.Liu Yuan wanted to fight the Jin army quickly, but Yang Hu refused him with deep trenches and high fortifications. He didn't give Liu Yuan a chance to fight with him at all, which seemed a bit anti-customer.

Yang Hu's idea was even more ingenious. He reasoned that he had come from a long distance and was limited by food and grass supplies, so he naturally fought for a quick victory. As the defensive side, the Huns were able to take the initiative.

But Yanghu surrounded Gao and did not fight, and used the main force to deal with the reinforcements in the north. Across the Taoshui River, the Jin army had deep trenches and high moats, so the Xiongnu army, which consisted of cavalry in the majority, was useless at all. land.

Yang Hu's anti-client style of play caused Liu Yuan a lot of headaches. The more he wanted to make a quick decision, Yang Hu just refused to give him a chance, and dragged the Huns under the city of Gaodu, unable to advance or retreat.

The reason why Yang Hu adopted this method of fighting was that he was sure that Liu Yuan would be more anxious than him. The sooner the battle of Gaodu was resolved, the better it would be for the Huns, and the longer it dragged on, the worse it would be for the Huns. As soon as they arrived in Gaodu, they set up a strategy of preparing for a long-term siege, not even a tentative siege move.

No matter how strong the city defense of Gaodu is, no matter how complete the defense is, it seems meaningless at this moment, because they didn't come to fight at all, which made Zhao Gu feel a little depressed and wanted to vomit blood, so he took the initiative to fight. , Zhao Gu dismissed this idea, and he even felt that the Jin army had set up a trap, and he was waiting for him to drill in. As long as Zhao Gu took the initiative to strike, the Jin army would probably launch a fatal blow to Gaoducheng. In any case, Zhao Gu did not dare to take the risk.

Liu Yuan was on the north bank of the Taoshui River, unable to advance an inch, and had nothing to do, which made him frown.

Liu Yuan had always been worried about the rear. When the news came that the Shu army had conquered the Hanshan Fortress, Liu Yuan's face turned pale.

You must know that the Hanshan Fortress is the defense center of the entire Shangdang area. The existence of the Hanshan Fortress can separate the three Shu armies. As long as the three Shu armies do not converge in one place, it will be difficult for them to form a climate.

But Liu Yin was aiming at this urgent place. The first time the Shu army made a move, the target was directly at the Hanshan Fortress, and it was taken down neatly. It successfully realized the reunion of the three armies of the Shu army, and the whole Shangdang situation suddenly happened. Variety.

Liu Yuan has always been worried about this. In his opinion, the defense of Hanshan Fortress is strong, and it is hard to say that it will last for a year or so, but two or three months should not be a big problem, as long as the Hanshan Fortress can withstand two or three Yue, then maybe everything has turned around, but it is a pity that the Cold Mountain Fortress still failed to hold, and it was the same as the last time it fell, and it did not last even a day. Such a fiasco made Liu Yuan feel unprepared.

Finished!

Liu Yuan suddenly felt dark before his eyes, and his heart was icy cold. He clearly realized that the situation of the entire Shangdang has become irreversible, and the fall of the Hanshan Fortress is like the last one that crushed the camel. The straw completely crushed Liu Yuan.

Immediately afterwards, Tunliu also declared its fall, and the entire army of Jie people in the city was wiped out, and was given to the Tu clan by the Shu army.

In fact, Liu Yuan has never cared about the life and death of the Jie people. Whether it is Jie people, Di people or other Hu people, they are just pawns used by Liu Yuan to deal with the Han people. Their survival is of no importance to Liu Yuan. Yes, at most it's just a pity that there is one less helper.

But the loss of Tunliu is of great significance. Tunliu is close to Huguan. If Tunliu loses, it means that the Shu army will soon attack Huguan. As the city of Shangdang, Huguan is very important. Nature is self-evident, once Huguan falls, the retreat of the entire Huns will be cut off, and they will fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy.

"Your Majesty, don't hesitate any longer, retreat, Huguan can't tolerate any loss!" Cui You said urgently to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan was indeed hesitating. He had been hesitating whether to retreat or not. Gaodu was the door of the Shangdang.

"Your Majesty, it may not be a wise move to abandon Gaodu. Now the people from Shu have occupied half of the Shangdang. If people from Jin are brought into the Shangdang at this time, Jin and Shu are in the same situation. It may be a bloody battle for the Shangdang. Liu, Your Majesty can reap the fisherman's profit." Cui You said again.

Only then did Liu Yuan wake up to the fact that Jin and Shu were mortal feuds, and he could take advantage of this to advance by retreating and give them all of the southern part of the Shangdang. It is undoubtedly in the best interest of the Huns if they stand up. When they are exhausted from fighting, Liu Yuan will send troops to fight back. This battle is sure to win.

"Doctor Cui is really clever!" Liu Yuan laughed loudly, so he made up his mind to withdraw from Gaodu.

It is not difficult for Liu Yuan's army to withdraw. He is here and can leave whenever he wants. Yang Hu can't help him at all, but the army stationed in Gaodu is a little more troublesome. Obviously, if he wants to break through the heavy siege of the Jin people Not such an easy task.

Since Gaodu was besieged tightly, it was not easy for Liu Yuan to get in touch with the defenders in the city. After a lot of trouble, Liu Yuan's order to retreat reached Zhao Gu's ears.

Zhao Gu was really depressed to the extreme. You must know that since he took the post of Gaodu's defender, he has been busy maintaining Gaodu's city defense fortifications, trying his best to improve Gaodu's defense level, but in the end he was just too busy. In the field, those defensive facilities were useless at all, and Zhao Gu was really reluctant to give up for nothing now.

But Liu Yuan's order is heaven, and Zhao Gu must execute it unconditionally. However, he is also aware of the current situation of the Huns. If Liu Yuan has a glimmer of hope, he will never give up easily. The battle in Gaodu has not been fought yet. Liu Yuan was about to give up the brainchild of the past, and it was obvious that he had encountered severe difficulties, so Liu Yuan had to give up Gaodu, which he had placed high hopes on.

Liu Yuan didn't say what kind of difficulty it was in the letter, but he just urged Zhao Gu to light up the beacon after receiving the order, so that Liu Yuan's army would respond from outside, and the Huns should cooperate with each other to break through.

Zhao Gu discussed with Qi Wannian and others, and arranged the matter of breaking out. Zhao Gu led the Huns to open the way first, and Qi Wannian and other miscellaneous men and horses left the city behind the rear hall, looking to the north to proceed. Breakout.

The beacon fire was ignited on the top of the city tower, and was quickly echoed by the beacon fire on the opposite side. Zhao Gu gave an order and opened the north gate of Gaodu. The [-] Hu men and horses were all ready to go, and Zhao Gu led the army first, filing in. He came out, left Gaodu City in a mighty way, and launched a battle to break out of the encirclement to the north.

(End of this chapter)