Outside the city of Handan, the surging water of the moat made a pleasant sound, but it was drowned out by the earth-shattering shouts of killing, and it flowed weakly.

In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, the land of Jizhou was lost, and the remnants of Zhang Liao, totaling more than 23,000 people, were surrounded by 300,000 troops in Handan City.

During the year, all the princes of the Central Plains stopped fighting, and even Liu Bei, who was preparing for the Northern Expedition, only quietly trained soldiers and horses, and had no intention of going out of the meridian at all. The crazy Cao Pi continued to expand northward, and for a time took back most of the land in the Hetao Plain in the hands of the Xiongnu.

Sun Ce repeatedly attacked Shixie, but Shixie did not have the slightest advantage in the southern terrain, and Sun Ce had no land to expand, so he ordered people to go to sea to find islands, and finally discovered the island of Taiwan east of Jian'an, which was known as Yizhou in ancient times.

But Sun Ce, who got Yizhou, was not satisfied, and he continued to order people to expand into the East China Sea, and moved the best building ships in Eastern Wu out, hoping to deter the countries on the sea; The unit passed through the Ryukyus and was never heard from again, and it is said that their ships were destroyed and they were buried at the bottom of the sea.

But there were also Japanese people who saw a huge fleet of ships drifting from the kingdom of Yamatai to the farther east, and disappeared.

In Jizhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and even Yizhou, most of the barbarians, Di people, and Qiang people were killed, and many tribes were even wiped out, and the death toll was nearly one million, far exceeding the total number of Hu people killing Han people.

Zhang Liao, as the initiator, was naturally hostile to the Hu people from all sides, and hundreds of tribes united, and brought soldiers and horses from his hometown outside the Saiwai, gathering nearly 700,000 strong men to go south. Although Zhang Liao's subordinates were brave and resourceful, they were invincible with two fists and four hands, with only 50,000 soldiers and horses, plus nearly 100,000 rebels, but they were not at all an opponent of 700,000 people.

Moreover, although the number of 100,000 rebels was large, they were untrained, and more than a dozen teams were gathered together, and their combat ability was quite weak, and even Zhang Liao was difficult to resist. Finally, the Hu people, with their powerful offensive means, took almost all the counties and counties in Jizhou, and everywhere they went, they burned, killed and looted, and there was no grass!

This is the revenge of the Hu people for killing Hu Ling, and now they see a Han person, so they kill a Han person.

Sometimes what seems to be a momentary pleasure actually ends up killing you early.

Yu Ban died in the chaos, Le Jin was also seriously wounded, and only Zhang Liao retreated to Handan with the remaining 20,000 people; On the tower of Handan, Zhang Liao could only watch those villages that did not want to move to be killed by the Hu people one by one, but he could do nothing.

"I have the intention to kill the thief, but I can't return to the sky......"

Zhang Liao's mood had never been so heavy, not to mention that there were still 300,000 cavalry outside surrounding the entire city, and he was almost unable to fly!

"Boji, how much grain and grass do we have in the city?" Zhang Liao looked at the Hu people who were demonstrating towards him below, clenched his fists, and said dissatisfied.

Guo Huai arched his hand on the side and said: "Hui Hussar General, the grain and grass in the city are only for three days, and some of the rebels are dissatisfied with the grain deduction and are wantonly plundering in the city!" ”

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly and said sadly: "After all, these people have lost to their own **, and sometimes the Han people treat their compatriots...... It's much more ruthless than treating Hu people! ”

Although they didn't want to admit it, everyone had to nod, what Zhang Liao said was not wrong.

"Only Han people know how to deal with Han people......" Zhang Liao's eyes suddenly became cold, "Pass on my order, and those who disobey military discipline will be beheaded and shown to the public!" The Hu people are just outside the city, and they are good enough to grab their compatriots! ”

"Yes!"

Guo Huai took the order to go down, and at this time Tian Yu walked up and said: "General, the enemy army is strong, and it is only a matter of time before Handan City is broken, all the princes except Xun Gang treat each other coldly, it is better to break through as soon as possible and find another way!" ”

"This Jizhou has become a paradise for the Hu people, I am ashamed of the previous king, how dare I live in the world!" Zhang Liao said indignantly, "I don't want to die at this moment, but I don't want to give up the people in the city, and when the city is broken, I, Zhang Wenyuan, will thank God for death!" Guorang, you are still young, I hope you can lead your troops to break through and go to other states and counties to ask for help. ”

Tian Yu smiled bitterly and said, "General, you are right, Tian Yu is just a young general for three spring and autumn seasons!" The general is a general who resists Hu, how can he die so easily? Moreover, the general died here, I am afraid that the Hu people will have fun with the general's corpse, wouldn't it damage the general's reputation? ”

Zhang Liao's breath was suffocated, he originally thought that he cared about reputation and integrity, but he thought that after his death, his body was cut into several knots by the Hu people, and his head was also used to make wine utensils or urinals...... He can't stand it!

Hu people will not respect you by looking at you and thanking you, they will only try their best to insult you!

"But the people in this city ......," Zhang Liao hesitated.

"If the general doesn't give up, I'm willing to guard here and wait for the general's reinforcements to arrive!"

The person who spoke had an ordinary face, but he was a burly figure, and his white face seemed to have no experience in military strategy, which made people sneer. This person's name is Hao Zhaozi Bodao, a native of Taiyuan, and Guo Huai is a fellow villager, originally a subordinate of Liang Xi, and later dissatisfied with Liang Xi's Huairou policy and turned to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao looked at Hao Zhao, shook his head and said, "Bodao, you are still young, although you have fought more than 30 battles now, you have never defended a place alone. Handan City is big, the enemy army is menacing, how can you hold it? Why don't you abandon this city and break through together! ”

Hao Zhao said: "I feel the righteousness of the general, if this city is broken, the people will inevitably die, and the subordinates can't bear it, but they don't want to see the general die in battle as an insult to the Hu people, so they dare to ask for their lives!" The city must not be lost, the general must not die, although Hao Zhao is young, he also knows the big right and wrong, if the general is unwilling to break through, Hao Zhao petitions to die here! ”

"This ......"

Zhang Liao and Tian Yu looked at each other, although they admired Hao Zhao's integrity, but he was too young, and he didn't know if he could get it when he went to ask for help this time, not to mention that the grain and grass in the city were gone, and it wouldn't be long before people would eat people, how long could he keep it?

However, Zhang Liao still asked tentatively: "How many soldiers and horses do you need to stay?" ”

"Three thousand is enough!" Hao Zhao said a number that suffocated Zhang Liao.

Tian Yu scolded: "Three thousand? There are 300,000 Hu people outside the city, a hundred times more than you, how do you defend it? This is simply gibberish, and Hugh blames the ruthlessness of military law! ”

"Hao Zhao has never thought of living since he asked for his life."

His words once again made Zhang Liaotian and Yu unable to speak for a long time, and finally Zhang Liao sighed and said: "I will leave you 5,000 soldiers and horses, and then leave Guo Huai, you two are fellow villagers, you should be able to stay a little longer, remember...... Be sure to wait for reinforcements to come back! ”

"General, take care!"

……

Zhang Liao led the remaining more than 10,000 people to break through from the south gate, although the Hu people were numerous, but they were afraid of Zhang Liao's prestige, so they fought and retreated, and the encirclement was opened, but it was quickly filled in just a moment. When they saw Zhang Liao break through, they thought that there was no one in the city, so they stepped up the siege and wanted to make a big profit in Handan City.

And Hao Zhao also began his arduous defensive life, and I don't know if he can wait for Zhang Liao's reinforcements.

Zhang Liao escaped from the siege, and the exhausted army marched all the way south to Yanzhou, where Cao Zhi, the Marquis of Juancheng, received them warmly, but said nothing about supporting Handan; Zhang Liao had no choice but to march towards Luoyang, but was blocked from the Bishui Pass.

Cao Pi ordered that the eastern army should not enter the customs, even if Zhang Liao was a hero of the anti-Hu resistance.

Zhang Liao was grief-stricken, and nearly three months had passed, but he had not been able to get the aid of a single soldier, and the city of Handan might have surrendered or been breached......

"In China, no one is willing to resist Hu?"

He wanted to go to Xuzhou and Qingzhou to try his luck again, but the assassins in these two places are only good at political affairs, and I am afraid that they will not send troops to help.

As for the Son of Heaven in Xuchang...... If it weren't for the thin face of his son of heaven, I am afraid that he would have been annexed a long time ago.

Tian Yu was exhausted, he didn't know why these people were unwilling to send troops to fight Hu, and even if he knew, he didn't want to mention the selfish complex of the Han people.

Zhang Liao looked at his tired subordinates, 18,000 people have fled a lot now, and there are less than 5,000 left.

"Could it be...... Is he the only one in the world? ”

Zhang Liao looked in the direction of Jingzhou and muttered to himself.