Chapter 32: Notoriety
Dasheng Pass, an important town in the east of the Southern Song Dynasty, is also the last barrier north of the Yangtze River, in a sense, the strategic significance is not under Xiangyang, but the current Mongolian naval army is not strong, plus the veteran Meng Heng presided over the battle, relatively speaking, Xiangyang is more suitable for Mongolian iron cavalry.
Although it is a martial arts event, and it is also held for the country and the community in the general sense, but no matter what, Dashengguan is a military town, whether it is Meng Heng who presides over the battle situation of the entire Huainan Theater or the general of Dashengguan, it is impossible to really let a large number of martial arts people enter Dashengguan, so it is easy to mix into the Mongolian spies or something, and it is easy to leak military secrets, but if you take the opportunity to provoke and cause turmoil, and at the same time the Mongols take the opportunity to attack, even if Dashengguan is a rare fortified city, I am afraid that in that case, the probability of losing is also extremely high.
If I remember correctly, the hero conference hosted by Guo Jing and his wife was held in Lujiazhuang, which is located outside the Dasheng Pass and on the shore of Taihu Lake.
Although Lujiazhuang is just a Zhuangzi, but the size is also a force, there are not too many servants in the village, only two hundred people, if used properly, it can already determine the outcome of a siege battle, as a military town, and not a real city, how can this kind of storage zĂ i build Zhuangzi in their own pass?
At this moment, outside this fortified city, Li Xuan was sitting on horseback, quietly waiting for something, and behind him, there was a personal guard of more than three hundred people.
It's just that at this time, they all look a little wolf, three hundred guards, and their armor has been damaged, and many of them have already reached the standard of scrapping, that is, Li Xuan, who is the main general. At this moment, the equipment on his body is not good compared to his subordinates, and even at the shoulder position, there is a striking damage, and you can see the newly grown muscles inside, and the broken flag, fluttering in the wind. Occasionally, there is a slight cracking sound.
With such a lineup, it is easy for people to associate the group of people in front of them with the defeat of the remnants, but if there are really knowledgeable people to observe this army, they will not have similar thoughts.
Although the equipment on his body was damaged, from the hot eyes of the soldiers, he did not feel a trace of the decadence that the remnants of the defeated generals should have, on the contrary, whether it was a military general or a soldier, or even Qiandao Yue and Poison Island Tsuneko as maids, there was an indescribable sharpness on their bodies, and the confidence released in their eyes. It is not the look that a defeated soldier should have.
There is no formation, 300 people are casually nearby, or in groups of three or five chatting and farting together, and some simply lie on the ground and fall asleep, without any characteristics that an elite should have, but just such a scattered and disorderly army, but it gives people a feeling of extreme danger, as if in front of them. It is not a rabble of remnants of defeated soldiers who have been improvised and assembled, but a group of people who may break out at any time. Wolves that hunt prey.
Li Xuan sat quietly on his horse, thinking about his own thoughts, the power of martial arts must be in his own hands, he didn't know how the battle of Xiangyang was in the official history, but in this martial arts plane, Xiangyang City was able to stand under the bombardment of Mongolian iron cavalry for more than 20 years. The martial arts people led by Guo Jing are absolutely indispensable.
In a country, the high-level is drunk and dreaming in the rear, but the front line relies on a group of martial arts people to block the strong bows and crossbows of the Mongolian iron cavalry with flesh and blood. Such a country, in fact, is not far from extinction.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Song Dynasty, in order to prevent the local forces from being too strong and causing rebellions, the policy of strong cadres and weak branches, and centralized power, after three hundred years of corruption, all kinds of drawbacks have basically been derived to the extreme in this period, and the original advantages have been completely buried.
Although he has the identity of the king of Xiangyang, he has a lot of convenience in this plane, but the identity of the plane arrangement is not really forced to make everyone have more memories in their hearts, which naturally also operates, and his own king of Xiangyang comes from Jia Yidao, the famous traitor, and therefore, although he has real power, in the martial arts, the reputation of this king of Xiangyang is not very good.
Regarding this point, even if you don't deliberately inquire, you can guess the approximately, plus during this time, someone with a heart secretly spreads, in the martial arts, when others mention the king of Xiangyang, the first thing that comes to mind is not the ability and ability of the other party itself, but the thought that this person is from Jia Nidao's sect, and there is a 'kneeling' general in front of him, Li Xuan, a teammate of the same camp as Xia Gui, naturally wants to taste what kind of bitter fruit it is to have a pig teammate.
Regardless of the identity of the King of Xiangyang or the reputation that has almost become negative in the rivers and lakes because of Jia Yidao, it is destined that Li Xuan will not be too popular with martial arts people at present.
This is also the reason why Li Xuan did not rush to take over his own territory, but chose to let the large army garrison fifty miles outside Xiangyang City, while he went out with a small force.
With Jia Nidao as the 'perfect' reputation he has created for himself in the folk over the years and the previous great achievements of a pig teammate like Xia Gui, Li Xuan is sure that even if he is stationed in Xiangyang, at present, there will be no good results, Lu Wenhuan doesn't have to pay attention to it, but Guo Jing's attitude he has to care, with Guo Jing's chivalrous reputation accumulated in the past 20 years, his attitude often represents the attitude of the current martial arts.
Even if Guo Jing is a real person, in the early stage, every decision he made will definitely be questioned, because the training has wasted his time for a year, if he continues to waste time in this kind of thing, the fighter plane will be fleeting, and if he wants to wait until the Mongolian army gathers in Xiangyang, I am afraid that he will have to wait until 16 years later, by then, the Southern Song Dynasty's already small national fortunes are basically gone, even if he has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, it is difficult to change the general trend, so the most important thing at the moment is not to take over the territory, but to redeem his reputation in the martial arts.
Prestige is like luck, you can't see it, you can't touch it, but it's much simpler than luck, at least it's a pattern to follow.
Especially at a time like this, what could be more touching and reinvigorate one's reputation than one victory after another?
Guo Jing and his wife's hero conference, they are destined to get involved, at this time, the hero conference is still in the preparation stage, Guo Jing and his wife have not even started to distribute hero posts, and there is still a lot of time to let themselves operate.
"Cluck~" The crisp sound of horses' hooves came from the end of the official road, Li Xuan raised his eyes and saw that at the end of the official road, a black dot was constantly magnifying in his sight.
"Lord Wang, it's our people, there's news." The young general rode his horse to Li Xuan's side, looking at the knight galloping in the distance, his eyes flashing with excitement.
"Don't be too happy, things may not go in the direction we want, I am the king of Xiangyang, not the king of Huai'an, this area is not under my control, whether people buy it or not." Li Xuan didn't have any excitement, just sat on the back of the horse indifferently.
"He dares!" The young general couldn't help but be angry when he heard this, and said angrily, but there was a feeling of lack of confidence in his tone.
"Smack~" didn't pay attention to the indignation of the young general, Li Xuan raised his horsewhip and shook it in the air, a crisp sound, resounding through the wilderness, behind him, the soldiers who were originally gathered together in twos and threes, quickly got up, they were asleep, and they also woke up at the moment when the whip sounded, and quickly ran towards their mounts, when Li Xuan's third whip sounded, three hundred people had already stood behind Li Xuan, each in line, not chaotic.
Although it is not the first time to see the well-trained training of this army, but at this moment, seeing the soldiers gathered again, a trace of amazement still flashed in the eyes of Poison Island Tsuiko, three hundred soldiers with broken armor, the formation looks a little thin in this wilderness, but when they are really faced, there is a sense of depression in the face of thousands of troops, ordinary people, really dare not stand in front of these people, just the pressure formed by the gathering of three hundred people is enough to make an ordinary person with a normal mind collapse directly, Poison Island Tsuneko is learning traditional swordsmanship, I also know a little about the history of the origins of Japanese martial arts, and even in the Warring States period, which was a star, I have never heard of such a person.
The galloping knight had already rushed to the front of the queue at this moment, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee in front of Li Xuan, and said in a somewhat heavy voice: "The humble position is a failure of the prince's trust, please surrender the prince." â
"Disagree?" Li Xuan's complexion did not change much, he sat on the horse, and said indifferently.
"Yes." The knight nodded, and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes and said: "The guard also said that if the prince wants to enter the customs, they are willing to let him go, but for the sake of safety, the war horses and weapons must be handed in." â
"Heh~" Li Xuan sneered, a touch of coldness flashed in his eyes.
"Too much deception!" The young general's face turned red in an instant, and he shouted loudly.
"What's the name of the guard?" The coldness in his eyes disappeared, and Li Xuan's eyes fell on the knight's body, but his voice couldn't hear too many emotional fluctuations.
"At this time, the big victory will be Lu Wenfu." The knight said respectfully.
"Heh, he's still a famous general." The corners of Li Xuan's mouth flashed with a mocking sneer, and he shook his head and said: "It was a good intention, since the other party doesn't appreciate it, then the heads of these three thousand Mongolians will be taken by us." â
"Obey the king's orders!" A cadre of military generals guarded, at this moment there was a burning light in their eyes, with only 300 people threatening to destroy 3,000 Mongolian iron horses, Mo said that in the weak Southern Song Dynasty, even in the heyday of the Great Song Dynasty, it would be shameful to say this, but at this moment, Li Xuan said it, but no one refuted it, and even the eyes of these 300 soldiers flashed with excitement and bloodthirsty light, as if they were about to face not 3,000 Mongolian elites who were enough to sweep this area, but 3,000 cattle and sheep to be slaughtered. (To be continued......)