Chapter 533: The Impassable Old Man Ridge

The side of the road is not far from the cliff, although it is not the kind of abyss that makes people dizzy at a glance, but it is more than ten zhang high from the bottom of the ditch, if you fall from the cliff, you can't fall into pieces, then you will have to be blurred with flesh and blood.

When he rolled to the side of the road, he realized that there was a deep ditch below, and if he fell down, he would be killed, so scared that he was in a cold sweat at that time, and half of his body was suspended, but fortunately he grabbed it with both hands and grabbed a bush, which was not falling.

Got up in a panic, Liu He wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, frightened, this is the blink of an eye, he has already beaten back and forth from the ghost gate twice.

There is an ambush?

Liu He looked towards the top of the Laoye Ridge, and sure enough, he saw that there were many Wei soldiers on the top of the mountain who were carrying the thick tree trunks hard, but they did not rush to throw them down, but parked the rolling logs in front of the position, waiting for the Huns to rush up again.

Due to unpreparedness, the first log rolled from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and it had killed and injured a lot of Huns, so that when the log rolled down to the bottom of the mountain and stopped, the top of the log was covered with blood and meat scraps.

Liu He couldn't help but secretly feel a little remorseful, careless, he only cared about rushing desperately, but he didn't watch out for the Wei people to set up an ambush in Lao Yeling, this sudden attack caught the Huns off guard, and suffered a lot of injuries.

There were also many Hun soldiers like Liu He who fled to the side of the road in a hurry, and when they saw that the danger had passed, they all returned to the road one after another and retreated down the mountain on foot.

The Hun soldiers under the mountain saw that Liu He was trapped in the middle of the mountain, and they also rushed to the rescue, and the Wei army on Lao Ye Ling saw that there were more Hun soldiers, so they immediately threw another log down.

Although the killing effect this time is much worse than this time, but this rolling log is extremely long, almost covering the entire mountain road, many Hun soldiers do not want to be crushed by this rolling log, so they run to the side, but there is still no dodge, there is no way to avoid it, either crushed by the rolling log, or fell off the cliff, fell into a meat pie.

Liu He's position happened to be in a bulge, and he avoided the past, and he was not hit by the long rolling log, which was considered lucky.

In order to avoid being hit by the rolling log, Liu He could only step on the edge of the cliff and escape to the foot of the mountain, every step was terrifying, and when he reached the foot of the mountain, his clothes inside and outside were soaked with sweat.

Liu He, who escaped, immediately organized men and horses to counterattack, because the slope was steep and the road was narrow, the Wei army condescendingly threw wood down, and the Huns had to abandon their horses to climb the mountain and attack on foot.

Although it is difficult for the Wei army to put rolling wood to achieve the same effect as before, but the Wei army still has bows and crossbows, and the Huns want to attack the top of the mountain, it is still difficult.

Liu He organized many attacks, but they all returned in vain due to the steep mountain roads and the strong defenses of the Wei army, but they suffered a lot of casualties.

Liu He saw that the frontal attack failed, but he sent troops to try to detour from the left and right, but the Wei army seemed to have seen through the intention of the Xiongnu, and stationed men and horses on several small roads.

The small roads were narrower and more dangerous than the main roads, and the attack was no less difficult than the main roads in front of them, and after several attempts, the Huns retreated to the foot of the mountain in disgrace.

The vanguard attack was blocked, and the news soon spread to Liu Bao, who followed up, and Liu Bao was also like an arrow, and immediately rushed to the vanguard camp to ask what the situation was.

Liu He told the truth that Liu Bao couldn't help frowning when he saw the corpses of the Huns all over the mountain.

Since Lao Ye Ling is not too far from Zishi, Liu Bao is extremely familiar with the terrain in this area, and it is precisely because he is very familiar that Liu Bao frowns.

Liu Bao was born and raised here, so he is naturally very familiar with the terrain here, but when the Wei army first arrived, he also picked a good place called Lao Yeling, which had to make Liu Bao sigh at the accuracy of the Wei army's main general's vision.

Lao Ye Ling is the only way to get to Zishi, it has almost irreplaceable nature, if you really want to take a detour, it is a step closer, obviously in terms of time.

Zi was besieged by the Wei army, and it was in danger, if the Xiongnu army turned back and walked another relatively long road at this time, I am afraid that before they returned to Zi, Zi had already fallen into the hands of the Wei army.

Zi is the root of Liu Bao, in the city of Zi, there are not only Liu Bao's wives and children, but also thousands of Xiongnu tribes, those women and children, is the hope of the left Xiongnu, is the foundation of their life to continue, must not be lost.

Liu He was dejected, he had tried many times, but every time the result disappointed him, the more he attacked, the more frustrated he was, it seemed that in front of him was an insurmountable barrier, even if his father Liu Bao came, Liu He still couldn't cheer up.

Of course, Liu Bao will not admit defeat easily, he believes that the people stationed in Laoyeling are just a partial division of the Wei army, not the main force, and the purpose of the Wei army stationed in Laoyeling is nothing more than to block their advance and prevent Liu Bao from returning to Zishi easily.

But in fact, Liu Bao's guess was completely wrong, because Cao Liang's primary target was not Zishi City, or Liu Bao's support army, the encirclement point was just a bait, and sending reinforcements was Cao Liang's ultimate goal.

Relying on the terrain, the Wei army's resistance battle was very easy, Lao Yeling here is not lacking is the towering trees, Cao Liang sent a part of the people to hold the position, and the other part of the people to cut down the trees, so that the Wei army can have a steady stream of rolling wood, to the Huns to climb the mountain, causing great difficulties.

The more opportunities there are for actual combat, the faster the recruits of the Pingbei Army will grow, and the more battles they will win, the stronger the self-confidence of the Pingbei Army will be.

Cao Liang secretly rejoiced that this gamble, it seems that he was right, to cultivate a team that has begun to have combat effectiveness, under normal circumstances, it will take at least about a year of training time, but Cao Liang has no time to practice, so he can only use this way of training with combat to quickly train recruits.

So far, Cao Liang's plan has been relatively successful, and the current achievements of the Pingbei Army are completely unacceptable to drills.