The last three kingdoms

Chapter 888

After all the troops set up camp, Liu Yin did not return to the camp, but went around Baodu Mountain.

Compared with the surrounding peaks, Baodu Mountain is significantly higher than the surrounding peaks. It really feels like it stands out from the crowd. Baodu Mountain is also huge, with a radius of more than ten miles, and it takes at least an hour to circle the mountain.

Liu Yin carefully looked at the terrain of Baodu Mountain. There are thousands of walls standing on all sides, like chiseled chisels, and he didn't find a suitable attack route around the mountain. Except for a few trails, he couldn't find any hiking path.

After asking a few local mountain people to inquire, Liu Yin learned that the top of the mountain is as flat as a hill, with hundreds of acres of fertile land, and several clear springs with flowing water all year round. Nima, Baodu Mountain is simply a paradise. Without knowing it, the tactics of long-term siege were adopted. On the top of the mountain, they cultivated the fields comfortably and self-sufficiently. It would be no problem how many years they wanted to guard.

Fu Qian, Huang Chong, and Qianhong accompanied Liu Yin to inspect Baodu Mountain all the way. Qianhong sighed and said: "Baodu Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is really not easy to take it down."

Fu Qian also said with a little worry: "Indeed, if the firearms are not used, our army will lose one of the most favorable innate conditions. In such a dangerous terrain, there is almost no hope if we only rely on a strong attack."

Liu Yin did not express any opinion, but waved his hand and said, "Everyone is tired after marching for a day, so go back to the camp and rest. As for the rest, let's talk about raising the account at Maoshi tomorrow."

Fu Qian and the others also thought that Liu Yin had nothing to do, so they didn't say anything, so they dispersed and went back to camp.

At Maozheng the next day, all the generals gathered in the tent of the Chinese army to discuss major plans.

The focus of today's discussion is naturally still around how to fight this tough battle. Not beyond Liu Yin's expectations, all the generals were silent. Obviously, everyone stayed up all night trying to think of a good strategy, but in the end it was still No one can come up with a strategy to defeat the enemy.

The special geographical location of Baodu Mountain made all the previous tried and tested attack methods of the Shu army fail. The general pass is set between the two mountains, which will not be higher than the mountain. The Shu army set up catapults at the foot of the mountain. , you can easily throw stone mines and cluster grenades into the pass fortress, or attack the high ground that occupies a higher position in the pass, and throw firearms condescendingly. Any strong pass fortress cannot withstand powerful firepower.

But Baodu Mountain is different. The Huns’ camp was not set up at the bottom of the mountain but on the top of the mountain. In this way, the firearms battalion of the Shu army could not play its due role. The offensive power will be greatly reduced, coupled with the dangerous terrain of Baodu Mountain, so this tough battle seems to have become an impossible task.

Seeing that none of the generals spoke, Liu Yin looked at Zhang Le and said, "Second brother, you were the only general who fought against Baodu Mountain yesterday, and you should have the most say. If we attack Baodu Mountain, we are almost certain."

Zhang Le shook his head like a rattle: "Brother, don't taunt me anymore. Yesterday I was just impulsive and wanted to test the defensive strength of Baodu Mountain. In fact, you can see the result very clearly. Even if all the abilities of the Feijun are put up, it may not be possible to take them down, big brother, you don’t want to wipe out Wudang Feijun, do you?”

Zhang Le was still full of confidence yesterday. Even if the first attack failed, Zhang Le was still very unconvinced and wanted to attack again. If Liu Yin hadn't stopped him, he might have already sent troops to rush up, but after resting for a day, it was obvious that Seeing that Zhang Le is languishing, could it be because of his words yesterday that he was exhausted again and again?
Liu Yin smiled and said to the generals: "Zhang Hujun is helpless, I wonder if any of the generals has a clever plan?"

The generals remained silent as usual.

Liu Yin glanced at the generals, and said: "Since you have nothing to do, it proves that Baodu Mountain is really not easy to fight. Since it is not easy to fight, then let's not fight!"

"No more fights?" Zhang Le said in surprise, staring at his round eyes like copper bells, "Then we have to go back to Bingzhou. Isn't the battle we fought earlier wasted?"

Liu Yin said with a half-smile: "Who said we have to go back to Bingzhou?"

"Since Baodu Mountain can't be taken down, is there another way not to return to Bingzhou?" Zhang Le was puzzled.

Liu Yin pointed to the spread out map and said: "Baodu Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack, but it is not necessarily necessary. There is a small road leading directly to Zhending on both sides of Baodu Mountain. We can give up Baodu Mountain and go straight. To get true determination, there is no need to get Baodu Mountain.”

After hearing Liu Yin's words, the generals gathered around one after another and looked at the map on the case carefully, but soon Huang Chong raised an objection: "If the general abandons Baodu Mountain and takes the truth, then Baodu Mountain How to deal with the enemy? They are stuck in our army's logistics supply line, which is always a great hidden danger. If they echo and flank the real Xiongnu army, won't our army suffer from the enemy?"

The faces of the generals were also full of doubts. According to the requirements of the Art of War, the enemies on the marching route must be cleared away, and no hidden dangers must be left behind. Doesn't Liu Yin give up the rear to the enemy and give himself nothing? Create many dangers.

All the generals looked at Liu Yin in unison, as if they were waiting for Liu Yin's further explanation.

Liu Yin smiled slightly and said: "The defenders of Baodu Mountain are only 2 people, and there is no threat at all. What's more, it is not the first time we have fought without a rear. In Jizhou, not only The Right Army Corps led by our Governor Luo, and the Jin Army led by Yang Hu, as long as we bypass Baodu Village and attack Zhending to take Changshan County, we don’t know who will be the real enemy.”

Liu Yin's idea is actually very simple, Baodu Mountain is so difficult to attack, if the Shu army attacks by force, it will lose a lot of troops, and Baodu Mountain is not a pass that must be conquered like Weize Pass , Baodu Village is just a camp set up by the Huns on the top of the mountain, and the two roads at the bottom of the mountain can lead to Changshan County. Although it may not be easy to go, it is also a way. I can't keep him either.

So Liu Yin came up with a bold idea, to abandon the logistics supply line of the entire army, and the whole army entered the Jizhou battlefield and invested in a wider area. As for the defenders on Baodu Mountain, if they are willing to defend If so, let them guard for life.

(End of this chapter)