There is a cliff not far from the roadside. Although it is not the kind of abyss that makes people dizzy at a glance, it is at least a dozen feet from the bottom of the ditch. If you fall from the cliff, you will be smashed to pieces.

Bloody and bloody.

In order to avoid the huge rolling log, Liu He jumped on his horse to escape in desperation. When he rolled to the side of the road, he realized that there was a deep ditch below. If he fell, he would die. He was so scared that he was covered in cold sweat.

, half of his body was hanging in the air. Fortunately, he grabbed a bush with both hands and managed to avoid falling.

Climbing up in panic, Liu He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He was still in shock. In the blink of an eye, he had already gone back and forth from the gate of hell twice.

Is there an ambush?

Liu He looked towards the top of the mountain of Laoye Ridge, and sure enough he saw many Wei soldiers on the top of the mountain working hard to carry the thick tree trunks. However, they did not throw them down in a hurry, but parked the rolling logs in front of the position.

, waiting for the Huns to charge forward again.

Due to unpreparedness, the first rolling log rolled down from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain. It had killed and injured many Huns and horses, so that when the rolling log came to a stop at the bottom of the mountain, the top of the rolling log was covered with blood.

and meat scraps.

Liu He couldn't help but secretly regret that he had been careless. He just rushed on his way without warning that the Wei people had set up an ambush at Laoye Ridge. This sudden attack caught the Huns off guard and caused them a lot of damage.

There were many Hun soldiers like Liu He who fled to the roadside in desperation. When they saw that the danger was over, they all returned to the road and retreated down the mountain on foot.

When the Xiongnu soldiers at the foot of the mountain saw Liu He trapped halfway up the mountain, they also rushed to rescue him. When the Wei soldiers on Laoye Ridge saw that there were more Xiongnu soldiers, they immediately threw another rolling log down.

Although the enemy-killing effect this time was much worse than this time, this rolling log was extremely long and almost covered the entire mountain road. Many Huns did not want to be crushed to death by this rolling log, so they ran to the side, but they still escaped.

There is no way to dodge or avoid, either he will be crushed by the rolling logs, or he will fall off the cliff and become a meat pie.

Liu He's position happened to be on a bulge, and he was able to avoid it. He was lucky not to be hit by the long rolling log.

In order to avoid being hit by the rolling logs, Liu He could only escape to the foot of the mountain by stepping on the edge of the cliff. Every step was startling. When he reached the foot of the mountain, his clothes were soaked with sweat inside and outside.

After escaping, Liu He immediately organized his troops to counterattack. Because the slope was steep and the road was narrow, the Wei army threw wood down from a high position, so the Huns had no choice but to abandon their horses and climb the mountain and launch the attack on foot.

Of course, not riding horses can reduce casualties to a certain extent, but the efficiency of attacking mountains with infantry is greatly reduced. Although the Wei army can hardly achieve the same effect as before by throwing rolling logs, the Wei army still has bows and crossbows, and the Huns want to attack.

Climbing to the top of the mountain is still difficult.

Liu He organized many attacks, but they all failed due to the steep mountain roads and the strong defense of the Wei army. Instead, many men and horses were injured.

Liu He saw that the frontal attack was unsuccessful, but he sent troops to the left and right to try to detour, but the Wei army seemed to have seen through the Xiongnu's intention, and stationed troops on several small roads. As soon as the Xiongnu soldiers approached, they were shot with a barrage of random arrows.

Went back.

Those small roads were narrower and more dangerous than the main roads, and the difficulty of attacking was no less than the main road in front. After several attempts, the Huns retreated to the foot of the mountain in despair.

The attack of the vanguard was blocked, and the news soon reached Liu Bao, who was following up. Liu Bao was also eager to return home, and immediately rushed to the vanguard camp to ask what the situation was.

Liu He told the truth, and Liu Bao couldn't help but frowned when he saw the corpses of Huns soldiers all over the mountains and fields.

Since Laoye Ridge is not too far from Zishi, Liu Bao is extremely familiar with the terrain in this area. It is precisely because of his familiarity that Liu Bao frowned.

Liu Bao was born and raised here, so he was naturally very familiar with the terrain here. However, when Wei Jun arrived for the first time, he also chose Laoye Ridge as a good place. Liu Bao had to marvel at the precision of the Wei Jun commander's vision.

Laoye Ridge is the only way to get to Zishi, and it is almost irreplaceable. If we really need to take a detour, we have to take a much closer route, which is obviously not feasible in terms of time.

The Zi family was besieged by the Wei army and was in danger. If the Xiongnu army turned around and took a longer route at this time, the Zi family might have fallen into the hands of the Wei army before they returned to Zi family.

The Zi family is the root of Liu Bao. In the Zi family city, there are not only Liu Bao's wives and children, but also thousands of Xiongnu tribes. Those women and children are the hope of the left Xiongnu and the basis for the continuation of their lives.

, there is absolutely no room for error.

Liu He was dejected. He had tried many times, but every time he was disappointed with the result. The more times he attacked, the more frustrated he became. It seemed that what was 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 would not give up easily. He believed that those stationed at Laoye Ridge were just a partial division of the Wei army, not the main force. The purpose of the Wei army's garrison at Laoye Ridge was nothing more than to block their advance and prevent Liu Bao from easily

Return to Zushi.

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

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Relying on the terrain, the Wei army's blocking battle was very easy. There is no shortage of towering trees here at Laoye Ridge. Cao Liang sent some people to hold on to the position, and others to cut down the trees, so that the Wei army could have a steady stream of rolling logs to provide to the Xiongnu.

The soldiers' mountaineering caused great difficulties.

The more opportunities there are for actual combat, the faster the Pingbei Army's recruits will grow, and the more battles they win, the stronger the Pingbei Army's self-confidence will be. Although it only took two or three months, the Pingbei Army has already become a leader.

After a great degree of transformation, both his combat ability and his will to fight have undergone radical changes.

Cao Liang was secretly glad that he seemed to have made the right gamble this time. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a year of training to train a team that has begun to take on combat effectiveness, but Cao Liang did not have time to practice.

The only way to quickly train recruits is to use this method of training through combat.
Chapter completed!