As mentioned before, Xun Gang's artillery bombardment of the Hu people was defeated, although it failed to cause great casualties, but it was enough to deter them, so that the Hu people could not form an effective counterattack formation within two hours.

Once he saw the enemy standing together, Xun Zhan recklessly lit the fuse, so that the Hu people's shock phalanx was bombarded into chaos as soon as it was lined up. After going back and forth like this more than a dozen times, Xun Zhan was still happy to do it, but Hu Ren had to choose a tactical retreat because he was tired of running for his life.

With the last cannon shot, Handan City was bombarded into slag, and above the ruins, it seemed that the ancient city had never existed.

"The whole army retreats!"

Immediately behind the 6,000 men were Zhang Liao's three men, and behind Zhang Liao were 10,000 artillery and defensive phalanxes. Although the journey of fifty miles is short, I can only watch the ruins of one village after another pass in front of me, and the mountains of corpses become a sea, which is moving.

"Father, what are we going to do next?" Xun Zhan seemed to be in high spirits, and the round of shelling just now really made him addicted to killing Hu.

Xun Gang bowed his head silently and said indifferently: "Go back to Jingzhou." ”

Xun Zhan didn't seem to believe it, he thought that his father had traveled thousands of miles to Handan not only to rescue, but also to take the opportunity to take Jizhou! He couldn't understand why his father had chosen to retreat when he had won such a great victory.

As if seeing his son's doubts, Xun Gang patiently explained: "Zhan'er, I don't treat you as a child...... This huge piece of land in Jizhou is in the hands of the Hu people, and there are millions of Hu dogs on it, how can we and other 30,000 foot soldiers be opponents? What's more, Jingzhou is thousands of miles away, even if Jizhou is taken, it is difficult to respond to it, just take care of one and lose the other! ”

Xun Zhan didn't seem to understand it, but he couldn't change his father's decision anyway, so he could only sigh secretly that he hadn't been able to kill it.

The building ship is not far away, and each of the ten building ships has 3,000 soldiers, plus 600 civilians, it doesn't affect much. The thousands of people looked at the nearby life, each rejoicing, hugged their heads and cried, thanking God for giving them another chance to be reborn.

Zhang Liao and others commanded civilians to board the ship in an orderly manner, while Hao Zhao and Guo Huai found Xun Gang, who placed the fort; They didn't ask what this cannon was, and they were not qualified to know, so they just knelt down on one knee and thanked him: "The two of us are grateful to Xunhou for his righteousness!" If it weren't for Xunhou, we would have died here! ”

Xun Gang helped the two of them up, and said solemnly: "The two generals are too modest, and I feel the righteousness of General Zhang Liao and support them for thousands of miles...... The two generals led tens of thousands of people in Handan to stick to such a time, which has made Hu Gou break his courage and the Han people in the world are excited! I should thank the two generals below! ”

The two of them didn't even dare to say that they were ashamed, and they said in their hearts that only this person in the world was willing to support, so Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were really Cao Cao's eyes! There is no need to take refuge in these two people when they go back this time, after all, they don't have the talent to unify the world, and they can't even distinguish the national righteousness......

Xun Gang thought to himself that he had given such a great favor, didn't the two of you express anything? Seeing that Xun Gang's eyes were wrong, the two hurriedly said: "If Xun Hou doesn't give up, I am willing to follow the work of dogs and horses!" ”

Xun Gang nodded, this is interesting.

"I heard that there are three generals in Jizhou, Zhang Liao (Wen Yuan), Yu Ban (Wen Ze), Le Jin (Wen Qian), these three generals are very interesting, and they all have a text, which is called 'Wen Guo Xingmin, Wu Jue Han Bang'. I just don't know where these two generals are now? ”

The two looked at each other, both sighed, and said: "General Yu Ban fought Quliang in the battle before last, was captured by the Hu people, and was killed tragically if he swore to die; General Lejin was seriously injured and recuperated in Handan City, and when he heard that we had to feed on women and children, I didn't want to eat the flesh of the Han people, and I didn't want to drag us down, so I killed myself and died......"

"The two of them are really brave, and they are determined to die! In the coming day, I will show the Son of Heaven, show the merits of the two, and let the people of the world know their merits! ”

Xun Gang was relieved to be killed on the battlefield in the forbidden war, as a famous general, or one of the five good generals, but he surrendered to Guan Yu, and his reputation was ruined, which is puzzling. If he dies on the battlefield now, it will not make him ruined in the future......

"You feed on women and children?"

Lu Xun appeared on Xun Gang's side at some point, looked at Hao Zhao and Guo Huai angrily, and scolded: "I thought that the two generals guarded Handan and made a great contribution to my world!" But I don't want to eat human flesh and make the world shameful! For the sake of the generals, it is just that they do not ensure the safety of a county, and they actually feed their hunger with human flesh, how can it be justified? ”

"This ......"

Hao Zhao Guo Huai looked at Lu Xun in shock, they didn't expect to be suddenly insulted, and they couldn't refute these words.

Xun Gang turned around with an unhappy face and shouted, "Bo Yan, what stupid thing are you talking about?" ”

Lu Xun arched his hand and said: "Lord, forgive your subordinates for speaking out!" The two generals have persevered so far, and they naturally admire it, but how can there be animals in our army that feed on human flesh? How did they differ from the Hu people in doing so? ”

The two just wanted to argue, but were stopped by Xun Gang. Xun Gang took a deep breath, he didn't blame Lu Xun, it was really difficult for him to accept the phenomenon of cannibalism at his moral level, it just showed that he was young!

If Lu Xun is three years older, he will definitely be like Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, even if he hears that people eat people, he will not be moved in the slightest.

"Bo Yan, do you really understand what war is?"

Lu Xun said unconvinced: "What does the lord mean by this? Although Lu Xun has not experienced major wars, there are dozens of small wars, how can he not know about wars? ”

Xun Gang shook his head: "No, you don't know, the battles you have experienced are all decisive battles fought when there is enough food and grass, and you don't know what the soldiers use to satisfy their hunger when there is a shortage of food." Tree bark and grass roots can become a delicacy in their mouths. ”

"And when they have no bark or grass roots to eat, they can eat the soil to quench their hunger, but in a few days they will die; And what should they eat when they don't even have dirt to eat? ”

Lu Xun's mouth trembled, and he couldn't speak.

"Human flesh...... You think they want to eat human flesh? They want to eat their own sons? They have long run out of food, and they have nothing else to do to survive! You haven't experienced real war, and you don't understand why they chose to commit suicide when the old people just wanted to consume a little less food; When a woman watches her husband raise a butcher's knife to herself, you don't understand the real world of the so-called 'butcher' in your eyes! ”

"It would be foolish to criticize the cruelty of war in your moral way! If they hadn't survived to defend Handan, the day the city was broken would have been slaughtered! I don't think you can think of a better way to defend the city. ”

"To survive...... Not only the two of them, but the entire people of Handan City are not guilty. ”

Lu Xun is a smart person, so he hurriedly lowered his head, whispered "his subordinates are guilty", and apologized to Hao Zhao and the others one by one. Because he had not experienced the cruelty of that battle, it was natural for him to criticize the cannibalism; And if he encounters this kind of thing in the future, he will only laugh at his stupidity back then.

Xun Gang turned his head and said to Hao Zhao and the others: "You don't have too many concerns, I can understand you; When Cao Cao was hungry and had no food to eat, didn't Cheng Yu send a bunch of people to him? ”

The two thanked them, and then Lu Bu walked up to the boat and arched his hand: "Dead Star, all 6,000 people have been transported on the ship, are they going to be pulled?" ”

Xun Gang nodded: "Let's go back to Jingzhou...... I want to see if Sun Ce and Liu Bei have a start! ”

Zhang Liao suddenly said: "Xunhou, that Jizhou ......"

"Didn't you say that Cao Zhang's refuge in Kebineng was just for Jizhou? Now that Jizhou has fallen into the hands of the Hu people, I want to see what he does with this empty state! ”