Chapter 146 Soldiers Coming to the City "Asking for Collection, Asking for Recommendation"
What Lu Wende brought was not good news, and this news made everyone present rush to a heavy heart.
Guo Jing said: "How is it possible, isn't Mongolia only 8,000 vanguard army, how can people rush to attack the city at this point."
Lu Wende sighed and said: "According to the scouts, the Mongolian army is no less than twenty or thirty thousand, including five thousand brave and skilled cavalry, it should be the Mongolian reinforcements who have arrived in advance."
Guo Jing asked: "How long will it take for the Mongol army to arrive in Xiangyang City?"
Lu Wende said: "I'm afraid that as long as there is a stick of incense, the soldiers will come to the city."
Guo Jing hurriedly said: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and deploy the city wall defense and gather the army to resist the invading Mongol army."
After Guo Jing finished speaking, he suddenly asked: "By the way, how many troops do we still have in Xiangyang City?"
Lu Wende said worriedly: "The army of Xiangyang City plus the city defense army, there are only two or three thousand people, we didn't expect the Mongols to attack the city so quickly, the 20,000 troops sent by the emperor are on the way, I have already sent pigeons to pass the book, let them speed up, but even so, it will be at least late in the evening to reach Xiangyang City."
Guo Jing trembled, the Mongolian army is twenty or thirty thousand, they are only three thousand, what can they use to resist the Mongolian army, Guo Jing sighed, today is destined to have a fierce battle.
It is not known how many people will be lost in this battle.
Moreover, they had to rely on 3,000 Great Song soldiers, as well as nearly 1,000 martial artists around them, to resist the Mongols, at least until evening, so that the Great Song army could rush to help.
Guo Jing then clasped his fists at the martial arts heroes from all walks of life and said: "Everyone, the Mongols have taken action against Xiangyang City in advance, it seems that the general meeting of the martial arts alliance leader will not be held, we must unite as one to resist the Mongols."
"What's going on with the imperial court, he knows that Xiangyang City is the last line of defense, but he doesn't send troops as soon as possible, doesn't the Great Song Emperor want his country?"
"That's it, the imperial court doesn't take Xiangyang City too seriously, doesn't he know that as soon as Xiangyang City is broken, the Great Song Dynasty will fall into the hands of the Mongols."
Some of the warriors present complained dissatisfied.
At this moment, they were really very disappointed with the Great Song Emperor, obviously the Mongol army had been stationed in Xiangyang City for so long, and they didn't even send troops in a hurry.
Now that the Mongols were caught off guard, I don't know if these soldiers can stop the Mongols.
"Give birth, I'll go to the city wall to deploy defenses first" Guo Jing hurriedly said to everyone, and then left with Lu Wende, although the two thousand soldiers were few, they had to be used.
In ancient times, there were two kinds of siege techniques, one was to crash a car, in which hundreds of people pushed a huge log to hit the city gate and covered it with catapults, and the second was to climb the wall.
Put a ladder on the wall, and the enemy can climb up the ladder.
The city wall of Xiangyang City is wide, even if 2,500 troops are deployed to guard the city wall, standing on the city wall, it seems that there are very few people, and the other 500 troops are inside the city gate to resist the collision.
If the city gate is broken, then all the enemies will enter the city walls, and Xiangyang will be lost.
Time passed little by little, and many warriors came to the city wall, looking at the flat ground outside Xiangyang City, the Mongolian army was a little nervous.
Because there were too many Mongols, and there were ten times as many troops.
Moreover, there are archers in the Mongolian army, so even if they are warriors, they will not play a role under the rain of arrows, but fortunately, the main responsibility today is to defend the city.
Instead of opening the gates to meet the enemy.
In the midst of the army under the city, Kublai Khan sat on the sedan chair with a leisurely face, looked at the magnificent Xiangyang City, and muttered to himself: "After today, this magnificent city wall will belong to our Mongolia."
"Mongolia will win, Mongolia will win"
The surrounding soldiers were all imposing, and tens of thousands of soldiers shouted together, and the sound was quite spectacular, even the people above Xiangyang City could hear it clearly.
After the Golden Wheel Dharma King walked out of the army, he looked outside the city and shouted: "Guo Jing, our Great Khan respects you as a talent, and is willing to recruit you, hurry up and open the city gate to greet you."
"And all the martial arts heroes, surrender as soon as possible, we Mongolians will not kill those who surrender, you are all masters of the rivers and lakes, why bother to die for the mediocre emperor."
The voice of the Golden Wheel Dharma King was covered with internal force, and the sound clearly entered the city wall.
"King Jinlun, you will die of this heart, even if I Guo Jing dies on the battlefield, I will not open the city gate and be a traitor" Guo Jing's voice contained a trace of anger.
The Golden Wheel Dharma King was not angry, and still said loudly: "Guo Jing, I always thought that you were a master, which made me admire, but I didn't expect that you were just a pedantic and stubborn person, which made me very disappointed."
"There are other martial arts masters, today's battle, Xiangyang City will be broken, you don't need to work hard for Xiangyang City, since you don't want to be recruited, then leave, we Mongolians keep their promises, even if they occupy the Great Song Dynasty in the future, they will not disturb your life, you can still be a chivalrous warrior on the rivers and lakes."
When King Jinlun said this, some martial artists had their eyes flashing, thinking about how to choose, and they also felt that it was not worth losing their lives for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty.
But they had to come, because they were afraid that after the Mongols occupied the Great Song Dynasty, they would attack them, and they were a little hesitant when they heard the words of King Jinlun at this moment.
If the Mongols occupied the Great Song Dynasty and they were still at peace with the Mongols, it would naturally be the best.
Guo Jing said angrily: "King Jinlun, Hugh has to bewitch the people, you Mongolians burn, kill and loot, do all kinds of evil, the innocent people who died in your hands, more than thousands, you Mongolians are inhumane, hypocritical benevolence and false righteousness, let the world believe your words."
As soon as Guo Jing said this, those who were undecided hesitated again, because Guo Jing was right, the Mongols were indeed hateful, and if they did not occupy a place, they would definitely plunder.
Plunder all kinds of resources, food, equipment, women, etc.
Some Mongols brought the Great Song women back to Mongolia as slaves for them to play with, and treated the Great Song people worse than a brute.
"Prepare for the siege .."
Kublai Khan waved his hand and said to a lieutenant general beside him.
Since it is useless to persuade the national teacher to surrender, then he can only attack the city.
Subsequently, inside the Mongol army, the catapult was ready, and at the same time, a huge piece of wood that could only be held by two people, ten meters long, was imprisoned on the cart with iron chains, and dozens of people pushed it, slowly driving towards the gate of Xiangyang City.
Another team of people rushed over in the direction of Xiangyang City with a long ladder.
The catapult had been set up and placed with the lighted stones to provide cover for the breakers.
The big war is about to break out.