Chapter 57: Fierce Battle Under the City
West of Xiangyang City
Although there was no major war today, but in the face of the coercion of the 200,000 Mongol army, just looking at the endless Mongol battalion in the distance was enough to mentally cause great pressure on the defenders of Xiangyang, and this pressure made the defenders of Xiangyang look a little powerless when they were harassed by the Mongols from time to time.
Lu Wenhuan is not a straw bag, he can be called a famous general, even if he does not have the ability to correspond to the word famous general, but he is also familiar with military books, and naturally knows that this is the tired enemy tactics of the Mongols, but even if he knows, in the face of the oppression of the Mongolian army, he is powerless, not to mention those ordinary soldiers, even himself, at the moment his heart is heavy.
Eyes involuntarily looked at the soap robe, even at this moment, still in good spirits, in the face of the oppression of the Mongolian army, the resolute look in his eyes has never changed, the majestic figure, where he passed, he could clearly feel the excitement of the surrounding Song army soldiers.
The haze flashed in his eyes, and he was not happy at all because of the changes brought by the other party, but faintly revealed a look of jealousy, as the Taishou of Xiangyang, the lord of a city, and a famous general of the Great Song Dynasty, this kind of aura that can invigorate the morale of the army should have appeared on him.
Guo Jing! Guo Jing!
I pronounced the name twice in my heart, and a strange light flashed in my eyes, and it seemed that it was time to make some decisions.
Different thoughts flashed quickly in his heart, but a kind smile appeared on his face and walked towards Guo Jing, opened his mouth, and was about to say a few polite words, but saw Guo Jing's complexion suddenly change, raised his arm suddenly, and said in a loud voice: "Be on guard!" ”
At the same time, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance outside the city, and Lu Wenhuan's heart tightened. I didn't care about thinking about the chaotic thoughts in my heart, and looked vigilantly in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came.
Under the remnant sun, a small wave of about 100 knights rushed straight to the direction of the city gate like a whirlwind and clouds, and on a somewhat broken banner, the big Li Zilong flew and danced, opening its teeth and dancing its claws. Full of domineering, as if he wanted to break free from the shackles of the banner, the knight on the horse looked full of wind and frost, but he couldn't cover the fierce momentum, and the gallop of a hundred horses made Lu Wenhuan feel like he was facing thousands of troops and horses.
As the city guard of Xiangyang, Lu Wenhuan has been sitting in Xiangyang over the years, and he has seen many strong troops. It's just that even if the Mongol army may be strong, it is difficult to give people this kind of majesty like a king, just looking at the momentum, the cavalry army of about 100 people in front of him is definitely only seen in his life.
"It's Rong'er!" Looking at the eye-catching small seal next to the Li character that was displayed, when Lu Wenhuan frowned slightly, Guo Jing beside him let out an exclamation, and Lu Wenhuan found out. Huang Rong was actually among this wave of knights, between her eyebrows. There was another flash of gloom.
"I am the king of Xiangyang in the Great Song Dynasty, who is on duty in the city, open the city gate quickly!" Before the person arrived, a clear voice had already come, not too loud, like thunder rolling. Reverberated throughout the city of Xiangyang, at the same time, a feathered arrow that had been broken off the cluster of arrows was shot at the head of the city with an arrow, and at the arrow, the golden gold medal was under the remnant sun. It looks extremely eye-catching, even if Lu Wenhuan's martial arts skills are not high, he can clearly see the four eye-catching bronzing fonts that are really present.
"It turned out to be the king of Xiangyang! Open the gates! Guo Jing also found the figure of Li Xuan in the center of the crowd at this time, a flash of joy flashed on his face, and he said loudly.
"Slow!" At this moment, Vice General Li, who was following Lu Wenhuan, suddenly stopped him, looked into the distance and said, "There are Mongols, you can't open the city!" ”
Guo Jing raised his head and looked into the distance, and sure enough, the dust was raised in the farther direction, and in the sound of horses' hooves like thunder, even if he stood on the solid city wall, he could still feel the tremor from the ground, and a group of Song soldiers who were about to open the door suddenly paused, and looked in Guo Jing's direction with some hesitation.
"Lord Lu, the Mongol army is still some distance away, during this time, it is completely possible to welcome the prince and them into the city, and then close the door again, just to give the Mongols a head-on blow!" Guo Jing measured the distance between the two sides and looked at Lu Wenhuan anxiously.
"No, I am the defender of Xiangyang City, I must be responsible for the people of this city, the king of Xiangyang is a famous general in the world, and he has his own way to deal with it, but once the Mongols enter the city, Xiangyang is in danger!" In Guo Jing's unexpected gaze, Lu Wenhuan rejected his mention for the first time with an extremely tough attitude, without the slightest room for maneuver, and faintly felt that something was wrong, but seeing that the Mongolian army was approaching, even if he opened the city gate at this moment, as Lu Wenhuan said, it was easy for the Mongolians to rush in with him, although he was worried about his wife, but the chivalrous feelings in his bones did not allow him to ignore the entire Xiangyang City for the safety of his wife.
"Lord Wang, Rong'er, avoid it first, go to the north gate, and I will have someone answer over there!" Guo Jing looked in the direction of the Mongols, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, he lowered his head, and said loudly to Li Xuan and Huang Rong who had already rushed to the door.
When Lu Wenhuan heard this, he didn't stop it, and a sneer flashed in his eyes when he looked at the city, run, let the soldiers in the city see how the invincible King of Xiangyang escaped under the pursuit of the Mongols, today, let Lu Mou use the hand of the Tartar to break your undefeated myth!
"Brother Jing......" Huang Rong was stunned when she heard this, and looked at the familiar figure at the head of the city with a touch of disbelief in her eyes, and suddenly felt a little unfamiliar.
"Don't mess with yourself, there are people in the city who don't want this king to enter the city!" Li Xuan rode his horse and came to Huang Rong, his eyes did not look at the city, he turned around, looked at the Mongolian cavalry chasing him, and a sneer curled at the corner of his mouth: "But their abacus, I'm afraid they won't be able to fight." ”
Huang Rong nodded, he was a smart person, Li Xuan's words were not difficult to understand, but there was still some mustard in his heart, but he didn't show anything at the moment, he straightened his expression, looked at Li Xuan with a slight smile and said, "Just to see the majesty of the prince." ”
"Lord Lu, the city wall will be entrusted to you first." At the head of the city, Guo Jing saw that Li Xuan did not go to the north of the city as he said, but instead commanded the soldiers to turn the horse's head and face the direction of the Mongols.
"Idiot!" Seeing Guo Jing's movements, Lu Wenhuan stretched out his hand. didn't hold it, watching the other party swoop down like a big eagle, and couldn't help but curse.
That's fine, and it saves me the trouble of dealing with him!
"Here comes the knife!" Under the city, Li Xuan stretched out his hand, and his eyes gradually became cold. A knight respectfully sent a horse slashing knife to Li Xuan's hand, the dragon slaying knife could not be brought into this plane because of the Xuantie Sword of the Condor Plane, but in the case of horse battles, the length of the horse slaying knife was more suitable than the Dragon Slaying Knife.
"Flowing Cloud Array, Charge!" His eyes were as cold as a knife, Li Xuan waved his knife and pointed at the Mongolian army rushing forward, without the slightest words to boost morale. After experiencing further rigorous training, even in the face of the Mongols who were ten times their size, as long as Li Xuan gave an order, they would not hesitate to charge.
The Liuyun Array is a cavalry battle array specially set up for the pro-guard battalion by combining Li Xuan's previous bow and crossbow cooperation, plus Huang Yaoshi's guidance. Bows and arrows, crossbow arrows, far and near. Coupled with the formation bonus, even if you face an enemy ten times your size, you can form a dense network of arrows to suppress the enemy to the death.
Although there was a whole team of 1,000 people chasing after him in front of him, Li Xuan didn't think that he would lose at all.
At the head of the city, Lu Wenhuan looked at Li Xuan, who was launching a counter-charge against the Mongols, with some amusement. The hundred-man battle array looks very thin in front of the Mongolian thousand-man battle array, not to mention the face of the invincible Mongolian iron cavalry, and it is even more hedging in the plains, it seems that this king of Xiangyang. It's just a reckless man, but he looked at him before.
It's just that this thought is not over yet, but the scene in front of him made Lu Wenhuan's mouth open wide in surprise.
Looking from the head of the city, I saw that the battle formation of only a hundred people suddenly became blurred, like a tumbling cloud alternately pushed, and the Mongolian iron cavalry who was proficient in horse archery did not even have time to shoot an arrow, and a wave of arrow rain had been shot here, and the screams of the Mongols were heard in the distance, and there seemed to be a lot of them.
If it was just like this, it would not make Lu Wenhuan lose his temper, but the next scene completely subverted Lu Wenhuan's cognition, only to see that the hundred-person team discarded the longbow in their hands, each took out a delicate crossbow, and shot it horizontally in front.
Lu Wenhuan may not be good at what he does, but his vision is still spicy, those Song troops are not a single shot of arrows, when the first row of arrows is released, they will reduce the speed of the horse, and then a row of arrows will be followed by a wave of arrow rain shots, and then the third row and the fourth row, when a round of shooting is over, the soldiers in the first row also reloaded the crossbow arrows and shot them again.
Because the Mongols were pursuing, the crowd was relatively concentrated, and there was no formation at all, how could he have thought that the counterattack of the Song people would be so fierce, looking at the city, the Mongols' thousand-man battle array was like the spring sun melting snow, rapidly melting, until the two sides were short of arms, the number of the two sides was not much different.
Under the city gate, Guo Jing flew down with the determination to die, ready to live and die with his wife, but looking at the soldiers in front of him, he was also slightly stunned, the imaginary fierce battle did not happen at all, even if the remnants of the Mongolian army, in the case of such casualties, the fighting spirit has long been lost, just a round of impact, it was instantly defeated, scattered and fled.
"Rong'er, is this true?" Guo Jing stood behind Huang Rong and looked at the very strange scene in front of him and even the entire Xiangyang army and civilians in a daze, an elite Mongolian thousand-man team against a hundred-man battle formation of the Song army was not only defeated, but also chased by the Song army and ran all over the ground, which was definitely the first time in the countless battles that Guo Jing experienced.
"Ah, Rong'er, why are you pinching me!?" There was a sharp pain in his waist, Guo Jing rubbed the soft flesh on his waist, and looked at his beloved wife in puzzlement.
"Let yourself feel if you are dreaming." Huang Rong said angrily.
"Well, that's right." Guo Jing scratched his head, a little unconvinced, but he didn't know what was wrong.
"Brother Jing......" Looking at Guo Jing's simple expression, Huang Rong's heart softened and opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything after all.
"Rong'er, what's wrong?" Guo Jing looked at Huang Rong suspiciously.
"It's nothing, let Mrs. Lu open the city gate." Huang Rong shook her head, her smile was a little reluctant, at that moment just now, she really wanted to ask me if it was heavy or Xiangyang, but she didn't ask after all, she was afraid to face that answer, or she already knew the other party's answer in her heart, the moment Guo Jing flew down just now, she was obviously ready to live and die with herself, just like this, it was enough, so why bother asking for anything.
"Yes." (To be continued......)