After the party that night, most of the heroes from all walks of life were drunk and were arranged to rest in the wing room on Lujiazhuang.

No matter how big Lujiazhuang is, it can hardly accommodate thousands of guests, so most people have to squeeze a few or even a dozen people into a room.

Zhang Yang, as the leader of this alliance, gave him preferential treatment, and only then did he change to a larger room, where he and Xiaolongnu lived together.

Under the run-in agent of Xiao Zhang Jing, Xiaolongnu's attitude towards Zhang Yang has also changed a lot, she is no longer cold and indifferent to him, her face is expressionless, she will occasionally say a word or two to him, and even show a rare smile in front of him.

Zhang Yang was satisfied, but he was not in a hurry to try to pull her into bed again and do the things of husband and wife, anyway, he didn't have that need for the time being.

Fortunately, the little dragon girl doesn't sleep in the bed, and she doesn't need to think about sleeping, just put a rope on her to let her sleep peacefully.

After living in the ancient tomb for more than a year, although Xiaolongnu did not witness it with her own eyes, she naturally knew the relationship between Zhang Yang and Li Mochou's master and apprentice, and saw that the three of them were lying on the same bed, and she did not show any surprise.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yang, as the leader of the alliance, was called by everyone to hold a heroic council.

This time, the people attending the meeting were all leaders of heroes from all walks of life, and there were about fifty or sixty people sitting in the hall, some old and some young, and most of them stood up and bowed their hands when they saw Zhang Yang enter the door.

The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss how to deal with the Mongol army, and it was chaired by the Guo couple.

Among them, Huang Rong suggested that heroes from all walks of life in the rivers and lakes should come to Xiangyang together to help the Song army fight against the Mongols.

In her words, she introduced that Xiangyang was a dangerous place in the Great Song Dynasty, and if it was captured by the Mongol army, then the attack on the Central Plains in the future would be irresistible.

Although Zhang Yang knew nothing about these things, as a person who had come over, he first agreed with Huang Rong's opinion.

The heroes have little say in the military. Convinced that the Kwoks and his wife were human beings, and only a few people made different suggestions, most of the other heroes agreed to assist the Song army in defending the city.

After more than half a day of discussion, the heroes gathered in Lujiazhuang finally decided to leave for Xiangyang on the same day to assist the Song army in defending the city.

The conference lasted for nearly half a day, and after the end, the heroes from all walks of life returned to their places of residence, informed the men to pack up, and set off for Xiangyang City after lunch.

When Zhang Yang returned to the house. I saw a down-and-out figure in Mongolian costume kneeling at the door of his room, who was Huo Du!

Originally, Zhang Yang asked him to come over in the afternoon, this guy is also a ghostly character, of course he won't come in the afternoon honestly.

"Zhang Daxia, the villain has been kneeling here for a long time, you have a lot, please forgive the villain for being disrespectful to you, and give the villain an antidote to the ice spirit silver needle!" Huo Du's face was full of sincerity, and he looked obedient.

If Zhang Yang is not a traverser. I'm afraid I was really deceived by his pitiful appearance.

"Since you are here, I will give you the antidote...... But I have one more small request, unless you promise me to get the cure. Zhang Yang said with a slight smile.

When Huo Du heard the first sentence. His face immediately showed joy, but when he heard the latter sentence, his face turned into a look of doubt.

"Follow me first." Zhang Yang took Huo Du into the room.

This room is large and is divided into two rooms by a wall. The outside is the master bedroom, and there is a small wing room inside, and the little dragon girl slept on a rope in the wing room last night.

Zhang Yang first asked Li Mochou's master and apprentice and Xiaolongnu in the house to pack up and prepare to set off. Then he entered the small room next to the room.

Li Mochou's master and apprentice were clear about Zhang Yang's purpose, so he was naturally not surprised. However, the little dragon girl was very surprised by his behavior, but she had always been pure-hearted, and even if she was surprised, she would not inquire about anything.

When Zhang Yang closed the door of the wing, Huo Ducai, who was very suspicious, couldn't help but ask: "What does Zhang Daxia want me to do, please just ask, even if it is up the knife mountain and the oil pot, I will definitely do it for you." ”

Although Huo Du's mouth was very generous, his face was still full of suspicion, for fear that Zhang Yang would let him do something risky.

"Don't worry, there's nothing dangerous about what I want you to do, and it's simple, as long as you sign a contract with me." Zhang Yang had a faint smile on his face.

"Sign the contract?" Huo Du exclaimed, he didn't expect to get such an answer if he wanted to break his head.

"Yes, it's a contract." Zhang Yang suddenly turned his back, and when he turned around, there was already a palm-thick book in his hand.

"After signing this contract, I promise to give you an antidote!" Zhang Yang's voice calmly handed the book with the black cover into Huo Du's hands.

When he saw the four gold-inlaid characters of 'Slave Contract' on the cover of the book, Huo Du's face was cloudy, and he was as cunning as a fox, and he couldn't understand Zhang Yang's intention for a while.

"He wants me to sell myself as a slave to him, is he delusional to want to bind me with a paper covenant, this person is also whimsical!" Huo Du thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of anything wrong after all.

"All you have to do is bite your finger and put your handprint on the last page." Zhang Yang struck while the iron was hot.

Huo Du opened the book, and sure enough, he found the location of the signature on the last page.

"If you don't follow his method, I'm afraid you will never get an antidote. Anyway, let's stabilize him first. With such thoughts, Huo Du bit his fingers without hesitation and pressed in the direction of the signature.

After a tea time, the little dragon girl who had already packed her luggage was teasing Xiao Zhang Jing, and suddenly saw the wing room open, Zhang Yang walked out first, and then walked out of it A person in a green coat and a green hat, dressed like a small girl, the down-dressed Mongolian just now was gone.

"Let me introduce you to you, he is Xiao Duzi, my newly adopted loyal servant. From now on, if you have any heavy work, you can let him help you do it. Zhang Yang pointed to Huo Du, who was still frightened, and introduced it to a few people in the room.

Everyone looked at Huo Du's frightened appearance, which was very different from the disguised sincerity when he entered the door just now, and they couldn't help but be quite surprised.

Although Li Mochou's master and apprentice didn't know why Huo Du suddenly became this frightened deer, he also knew that it was Zhang Yang's handiwork.

However, Xiaolongnu became more curious about Zhang Yang, and she suddenly realized that even though she had lived with him for more than a year, she didn't know him, and he seemed to be much more mysterious than she imagined.

After lunch, the heroes from all walks of life gathered into a large army and finally marched towards Xiangyang City together.

This place is about a month's journey from Xiangyang, and due to the limited rations in Lujiazhuang, it cannot provide dry food for thousands of people for a month.

When they arrived at the Great Victory Pass, the heroes rested for a while, prepared their rations, and then hurried towards Xiangyang.

Along the way, I saw many ragged and displaced people fleeing from Xiangyang, and these people looked panicked and embarrassed.

The people who rushed were scrawny and disheveled, and many of them had even starved to death on the side of the road, and the bodies of the dead had not had time to be buried, so they had to be hastily covered with a shabby mat or white cloth.

The closer you get to Xiangyang, the more dead bodies there are, which can really be described as starving and miserable.

The rice paddies along the road were all deserted and overgrown with weeds, and everything that could be eaten had been basically cleaned, and even some edible bark had been cut off.

It was the first time Zhang Yang had seen such a tragic scene, even though he had already seen many disaster blockbusters and felt the feeling of catastrophe from the movie, but when he saw this scene, the feeling was completely different.

He is not a person who likes to be sad and sad, but at this time, he can't help but feel compassion for these refugees, and at the same time he has a newer and deeper understanding of the war.

After a month's time, the large army finally entered the city of Xiangyang, and by this time the Mongol soldiers had already approached the city and engaged the defenders of Xiangyang for several days.

Lu Wende, the general who defended the city, had already received the report, and knew that thousands of people from the rivers and lakes had come spontaneously to help defend the city, so he was naturally very happy, and personally led his men and horses to greet him at the gate of the city.

After a simple greeting, Zhang Yang, as the leader of the alliance on the surface, was naturally brought into the city by Lu Wende himself.

This Lu Wende is tall and big, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and he is a head taller than Zhang Yang, with a height of about one meter nine to two meters. He spoke loudly and loudly, but it was quite inconsistent with the image of the timid Song army guard in the original novel.

In fact, what Zhang Yang didn't know was that this Lu Wende was a famous general in the late Southern Song Dynasty, who had always been upright and upright, and did his best for the country, and finally died in Xiangyang City with his brother Lu Wenhuan, and he was also a rare general.

In the original work, in order to highlight Guo Jing's heroism, he deliberately belittled Lu Wende's loyalty and bravery.

"The 30,000-strong Mongol army has been attacking for more than a month, but I only have 5,000 men in Xiangyang City. Now after a tough battle in January, although we only defend and do not attack, we have also sacrificed 2,000 brothers. If it weren't for the dangerous terrain and the difficulty of the enemy to come up, I'm afraid the city gate would have been broken long ago. Lu Wende briefly introduced the situation at the border at this time.

"The Mongol army is pressing the border, and it is such a dangerous situation, why don't you let the imperial court send reinforcements?" Zhang Yang asked suspiciously.

Although the explanation in the original book is that the emperor is mediocre and ignorant of the government at all. But Zhang Yang didn't believe that the emperor would be so mediocre that he was about to lose the country, and he didn't send troops.

"Hey, I have sent people to deliver urgent documents to the imperial court many times, but I have not seen a single soldier coming. Unexpectedly, the imperial army did not come, but waited for the heroes of the rivers and lakes from all walks of life, which could be regarded as a great surprise for Lu. Lu Wende sighed.

Later, Zhang Yang learned that it was only because of the unbearable appearance of the Great Song Dynasty at that time, the officials only cared about filling their own pockets, and most of the generals were indiscriminate, and they would not lead troops to fight at all, and they were greedy for life and afraid of death.

Lü Wende sent the documents, and although the emperor immediately sent 20,000 troops to help, these corrupt officials took advantage of the war to deduct food and military salaries, so that the army was slow to move.

And the general of the reinforcements was a greedy person who was afraid of death, so he deliberately delayed time along the way, so that after a month of fighting, they had only walked less than half the distance. (To be continued......)