Although the Hutuo River was able to bring Xun Gang's troops to Handan as much as possible, the nearest estuary was still nearly fifty miles away from Handan. Even if Xun Gang wanted to support Handan on the river, the effective range of the cannon would not allow it.

"Lord, look, there are reinforcements to Handan in Guangping County!"

Looking at the fingers of his subordinates, he saw a team of 10,000 people appearing in the east, which did not have much impact on Handan, which was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people; But Xun Gang was even more surprised that there was a thunderbolt among them!

"How can there be a thunderbolt in the hands of the Hu people?"

Xun Gang gasped, if there was the help of the thunderbolt, the Hu people would have taken Handan today! Fortunately, I came in time, otherwise it would be too late to regret it!

Zhang Liao looked into the distance, and said fiercely in his heart: "It must be Cao Zhang's advice to Kebi!" Okay, you traitor, I will definitely eliminate the harm for the first king! ”

"Father, how can we send troops?" Xun Zhan realized the seriousness of the matter, and he didn't dare to play with Xun Gang, so he was straightforward.

Lu Bu measured the distance and said in a low voice: "This place is still more than fifty miles away from Handan, and it is already outside the range of the cannon, if the cannon can't be pushed closer to the enemy, our army's advantage will be lost!" However, with 30,000 soldiers and horses of our army, how can it be worth hundreds of thousands of troops and horses of the enemy? ”

Xun Gang thought about it, remembering the superstition of the Hu people, and he had never seen such advanced weapons, and the first bombardment would inevitably collapse! But if they find Xun Gang's weapon, they will inevitably rush to kill them......

"Our army advanced the fort to a place of five miles and bombed it in turns, taking advantage of the enemy's rout to join up with the soldiers and horses in the city...... Handan can't hold it, so he can only rescue as many Han people as possible. Wenyuan, do you have a way to contact the people in the city? ”

Zhang Liao hurriedly responded: "Back to Xunhou, there is a unique banner in our army, and the guards will definitely understand the meaning of breaking through when they see the banner!" ”

"Flags? How come I never heard from you? Xun Zhan looked at Zhang Liao stunned.

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly, Xun Zhan had been sticking to him since he "bowed", but how could he tell him everything?

Xun Gang asked, "Can you carry the flag with you?" ”

Zhang Liao nodded: "This thing is the source of our faith, so it is natural to wear it with us!" After that, he took off the tattered cloak behind him, and behind the dark blue was a white flag, with four big characters written in Lishu - return my rivers and mountains!

"It's magnificent!" Lu Xun saw it and secretly praised it.

Xun Gang looked at the big flag with a strange look, don't you know that there was a national hero in the Southern Song Dynasty who was suspicious of the emperor because he wrote this thing, and finally died on the Fengbo Pavilion! Fortunately, the emperor has no right to speak now, otherwise you will have to be forcibly recalled to Beijing tomorrow and imprisoned.

After all, this world is the world of imperial power and the world of family! Not everyone has power, you say that you still have "I" rivers and mountains, isn't that to grab the world with the emperor?

However, this dirty and broken flag was carried by Zhang Liao, but Xun Gang was extremely moved - he liked this flag very much.

"In that case, let's send a mission! Feng Xian, you, Bo Yan and Wen Yuan together led 20,000 troops to rescue, and you must rescue the people in the city! There are no tactics in this battle, kill the enemy when you see it, but you must not fall into the enemy formation, otherwise everything will be over! I didn't bring out the cavalry this time, the people in the city are not fast, we must take advantage of the first round of shelling to rescue all of them, and rush to here! ”

The three of them took the order, and after half an hour, Xun Zhan pulled Xun Gang's clothes and asked, "Father, what should I do?" ”

"You stinky boy really treat yourself like a plate of garlic?" Xun Gang scolded, "You will advance the fort with me and cover them!" ”

"Don't, the child is going to go into battle to kill Hu!" Xun Zhan pouted and said indignantly.

Xun Gang glanced at him and said softly: "Let you get on the horse and kill the Hu people, you can't kill two or three people and die; If you manipulate the fort, countless dogs will die at your hands, what do you choose? ”

"Father, the child must stay!" Xun Zhan immediately changed his mind.

Xun Gang was not afraid to let his son get blood, because he understood that it was impossible for his generation to dominate the Central Plains; And his children like to fight, so naturally let him get in touch with war early......

But if he could, Xun Gang really didn't want future generations to be exposed to war, because it was just a game for the superiors, but it was the beginning of the destruction and displacement of the people of Limin!

"All the troops are attacking!"

……

With countless earth-shattering cannon shots, the Hu people were instantly overwhelmed, and when Hao Zhao and the others were sluggish, they saw a large number of soldiers and horses moving towards this side in the north; Only a few of the leaders of that infantry had horses, obviously not Hu Bing, but when he didn't know who it was, Guo Huai suddenly became excited.

"Bodao, look at that flag! It's General Zhang! ”

Hao Zhao was surprised and delighted when he saw that it was indeed the banner of "return my rivers and mountains", and hurriedly shouted to the city: "General Zhang is back with reinforcements!" ”

Hearing the news, Handan City was stunned for a moment, and then there were cheers that resounded through the heavens and the earth; They are glad that they survived and will finally be able to see the sun tomorrow!

But Guo Huai said: "Bodao, this Handan is already an empty city, and it is pointless to defend it, and I don't know where General Zhang got his soldiers and horses, so the people should be asked to prepare quickly and retreat with General Zhang!" ”

Hao Zhao thought so, and took advantage of the enemy's efforts to stop attacking the city and hurriedly ordered the people to prepare; However, this Handan has been guarded for more than half a year, and there are no houses in the city, what else can they clean up? They silently lined up outside the south gate, waiting for a breakthrough.

After confirming that no one was left behind, Hao Zhao counted them as carefully as before, and sighed: "There are 38,000 people in Handan City, and now there are less than 6,000 left...... Bo Dao is ashamed of the general, and ashamed of the people of Handan City! ”

After saying that, Hao Zhao knelt down, and he was already silent; But what moved him even more was that 6,000 people knelt down in unison and cried: "We are grateful to the general for saving his life, if it weren't for the general's desperate defense of the city, we would have become the souls of the Hu people!" ”

"The general is righteous, I am grateful, although I have no regrets in death!"

The people in the city all knelt down, and Hao Zhao Guo Huai who saw it was extremely moved, they tried to hold back their tears, and said with a smile: "If everyone does not give up, Bo Dao is willing to be commensurate with all brothers!" Now that the general's reinforcements have arrived, we should break through quickly! Don't say too much here! ”

"Follow the general to the death!"

After that, Hao Zhao personally opened the door, and then saw a horse in the dust, and quickly came to the city, and after seeing Hao Zhao and Guo Huai, he hugged his head and cried. Hao Zhao couldn't hold back his tears anymore, and said: "My subordinates are fortunate not to be dishonored and have defended Handan City!" ”

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "You two have done a good job, now I have reinforcements from the Marquis of Xunhou in Jingzhou, and I have come all the way to the rescue, I can't delay any longer, take advantage of the rout of the Hu army now, and quickly retreat with me!" Friendly forces are in front, they will cover us! ”

The two men responded and directed the civilians to flee north; Most of the 6,000 people are men, the old people and children are long gone, and there are only a few hundred women left, which is quite miserable.

Zhang Liao sighed sadly, he naturally knew that there was no food in the city, and the men had to eat the human flesh of children, the elderly, and women to hold on to it until now. He couldn't bear to look at the city of Handan again, he knew that there must be a lot of corpses inside.

"Bo Dao...... Burn it! Zhang Liao turned his back to Handan and said lightly, "Find a good home for those people!" ”

He is going to set fire to the city......

But Hao Zhao shook his head: "General, there is no wood in the city, and it can't be burned!" ”

"Then I'll ask Xun Hou later, hoping that he will bomb Handan City with cannons...... We can't let the Hu people insult the corpses of our Han compatriots! ”

Although the two of them didn't know what the cannon was, it seemed that it should be the "Heavenly Fire" that frightened Hu Ren, and they nodded when they thought about the great power.

"Withdraw ......"

The three of them followed closely behind the civilians, and if the Hu people chased after them, they were willing to be the first shield for these people.

However, Xun Gang's artillery was really powerful, and the ten artillery pieces burst out with the greatest efficiency, and each shot was dozens of people killed, and hundreds of people were seriously injured and disabled. Although this amount is nothing to the Hu people, there is a deterrent. Those Hu people still thought that this was the punishment of heaven, and they trembled with fear!

Two hours later, 6,000 people stepped on the vast wilderness and successfully retreated to Xun Gang's ship; When passing by Xun Gang's location, Zhang Liao silently whispered a few words, Xun Gang nodded indifferently, and ordered all artillery to target Handan.

There was no concern in his eyes, but his head slowly lowered.

"Fire."

This order is no longer as magnificent and majestic as before, nor has it returned the atmosphere of my rivers and mountains; It's just a directive, without any emotion.