The last three kingdoms

Chapter 889
After repelling an attack by the Shu army, Liu Qin couldn't help but complacently said to Zhao Gu, "General Zhao, this Baodu village is dangerous and difficult, let him do what Liu Yin can do for a long time. No matter what, don't even think about setting foot on Baodu Mountain!"

Zhao Gu was really afraid of the firearms of the Shu army before, and the Weize Pass did not last long for such a solid defense. Baodu Mountain has a radius of more than ten miles. It is indeed not easy for the Huns to defend such a large place. Zhao Gu didn't have much confidence in defending Baodu Mountain beforehand, but after this battle, Zhao Gu couldn't help but have a refreshing feeling that if the Shu army's firearms were not available, it was equivalent to lame a leg. The decision to choose to build a village on the top of the mountain is still admirable from the bottom of my heart.

"It's still General Liu who is wise, condescending, defending himself against danger, and exerting the advantages of Baodu Mountain to the limit. It is indeed high!"

Liu Qin laughed loudly and said: "Everything in the world is one thing, and Liu Yin would never have thought that even if he wins Bingzhou, he may not be able to win this Baodu village!"

While the two were laughing heartily, suddenly a Hun soldier hurried up to report: "My two generals, the Shu army seems to be moving eastward."

Liu Qin was startled for a moment, then his face suddenly changed, he screamed inwardly, and immediately took a few steps forward, looking down.

The weather is fine today, and you can clearly see the situation in a radius of dozens of miles. From the top of the mountain, it seems that the Shu army the size of ants is no longer besieging Baodu Mountain, but along Baodu Mountain. The trails on both sides of the mountain head towards the east.

After crossing Baodu Village, you will reach the Great Plains of Central Hebei, and the first to bear the brunt is Zhending City in Changshan County. Obviously, the Shu army gave up the siege of Baodu Village and turned to attack Zhending.

Liu Qin also did not expect that the Shu army would give up attacking Baodu Village. It stands to reason that it is impossible for the Shu army to explain its logistics supply line like this. At least there is no such precedent in the military art of the past dynasties, but the Shu army did so. Unable to attack Baodu Mountain, he simply chose to give up and turned to the east to attack Zhending.

Although Liu Qin saw it clearly, he was powerless to stop it. Although the two trails were close to Baodu Mountain, just as the catapults of the Shu army could not throw their firearms up the mountain, neither could the arrows of the Huns shoot down the mountain. If Qin wanted to solve the problem of insufficient range, he had to rush to the middle of the mountain or even down the mountain, but in this way, it gave the Shu army a chance to counterattack.

So Liu Qin could only watch the troops of the Shu army march away in groups, but he had nothing to do on the top of the mountain.

This time it was Liu Qin's turn to be depressed. He thought he could hold back the Shu army by occupying Baodu Mountain, a natural and dangerous place, but the result was far beyond his expectations.

what to do?Liu Qin thought about it, but he couldn't think of a perfect solution. It is meaningless to stick to Baodu Mountain now. If the Shu army took Zhending, Liu Yuan would be extremely angry. Now Liu Qin is very regretful Well, if I had chosen to be the head of the Taoist village, I wouldn't be in such an embarrassing situation now.

There was an endless stream of soldiers and horses from the Shu army. For two or three days in a row, they crossed Baodu Mountain and headed eastward. They turned a blind eye to the Huns on the top of the mountain and ignored them.

Liu Qin has been staring at the Shu army for the past few days. The advantage of standing on the top of the mountain is that you can see all the situation below at a glance, but Liu Qin's neck is sore and his eyes are sleepy. For some reason, he looked gloomy and gloomy all day long.

Of course Zhao Gu didn't rest, he thought over and over again, and said to Liu Qin: "General Liu, it is meaningless to defend Baodu village now, if we continue to attack, if we can destroy the food and supplies of the Shu army in one fell swoop, This will cut off the retreat of the Shu people, and they will die when they enter Jizhou."

Liu Qin shook his head and said, "The supply of food and supplies is the lifeblood of the army. How can Liu Yin be unprepared? Now we are alone and alone. If we rush down the mountain, we can only die."

Zhao Gu smiled disapprovingly, and said: "General Liu also values ​​that Liu Yin too much. Liu Yin thinks that we are guarding the top of the mountain and dare not fight, so he is very reckless. Come and see, the cavalry of the Shu army and The infantry had already passed Baodu Mountain for a long time, and the food, grass, and supply battalion of the guards had just arrived at the foot of Baodu Mountain. From here, we can clearly see that there are not many combat troops guarding the supply battalion. This time it is ours. God has given me a great opportunity, as long as I can destroy the food and supplies of the Shu army in one fell swoop, the outcome is still uncertain."

Liu Qin said with some concern: "Liu Yin is by no means Yi Yu's generation. Maybe he has already dug a hole at the foot of the mountain and waited for you to jump. As soon as our army leaves Baodu Village, the advantage will be gone. General Zhao Courage is commendable, but if you take one wrong step, you will lose everything."

Zhao Gu smiled and said: "It is useless to stick to Baodu village at this time. It is better to fight to the death. Maybe there will be a miracle. In the past two days, I have also secretly observed that the number of troops in the Shu army has already passed ten Eighty-nine, presumably Liu Yin also thinks that we will only stick to the top of the mountain and not fight, so we are completely unprepared, this is our great opportunity, we must not miss this opportunity, and it will never come again!"

Liu Qin thought about it, what Zhao Gu said was not unreasonable, instead of waiting foolishly on the top of the mountain, it is better to take the initiative to attack, as long as they take down the food and grass of the Shu army in one fell swoop, why worry that the Shu army will not be destroyed?
In the end, Liu Qin agreed that Zhao Gu would take 5000 troops to attack the Shu army's supply camp, leaving only a few thousand people to guard the mountain.

Zhao Gu decided to sneak attack at night. After all, the action in broad daylight would be discovered by the Shu army as soon as he left the mountain, so he was prepared. Therefore, the action of the Xiongnu army was to leave quietly under the cover of night. Going down a narrow path in the mountains, he launched a surprise battle against the Shu army.

It was night, the moon was dark and the stars were shining. Zhao Gu led [-] Xiongnu soldiers quietly left Baodu Village, and walked down the mountain step by step along the trail that went up and down the mountain.

It is indeed a difficult thing to walk the small trails in the mountains at night, and the Xiongnu army did not dare to light torches, so they could only walk slowly on this kind of dark and blind mountain roads until they reached the foot of the mountain. , It is already close to the fourth watch.

Zhao Gu looked at the brightly lit Shu army's heavy camp not far away, and he could see clearly that the whole heavy camp had just arrived at the foot of Baodu Mountain, and it was just a simple camp, and there were not many soldiers and horses stationed there. Zhao Gu sneered, and immediately led his army to cover up and kill them.

(End of this chapter)