Chapter 85, Xiangyang Tragedy

Li Shucheng and both of them broke through, and they even devoted themselves to cultivation quietly.

On this day, Li Shucheng heard the news of Xiangyang from the beggar gang disciples in the town and decided to go north to Xiangyang. Over the years, I have often heard the news of Xiangyang from the disciples of the Beggar Gang, after all, many of their Beggar Gang disciples are there to help defend the city, the gang leader is also there, the former gang leader is there, the former gang leader is also there, how can the Beggar Gang disciples not care?

This time, Li Shucheng decided to go north because Xiangyang City had been besieged for half a year, and it was at odds with Xiangyang, and Fancheng, who was watching and helping each other, had fallen. And the reinforcements sent by the Great Song Dynasty, the Jin State fought fiercely, and only a small part broke into Xiangyang City. In Xiangyang, there is no possibility of rescue.

"I just got the news from the disciples of the beggar gang that Xiangyang has been besieged for half a year, and only a small part of the reinforcements sent by the Great Song Dynasty broke into Xiangyang City after a bloody battle. It seems that this time Xiangyang will not be able to be saved. Back home, Li Shucheng said to Jiang Mingyue, "I promised Mr. Huang before, and we have to go to Xiangyang at this time." ”

"Xiangyang...... Alas, the day still came. Jiang Mingyue listened to Li Shucheng's words, was stunned for a while, and said, "If you keep it for a long time, you will lose, Xiangyang has been guarding it for more than 30 years." As soon as Xiangyang is lost, the Mongol army will be able to go down the river! The Great Song Dynasty is about to die. Although he had known for a long time that the Great Song Dynasty would die, at this moment, Jiang Mingyue couldn't tell what he was feeling in his heart.

"If you die, you will die, there is no immortal dynasty in the world, as long as people are still there, there will be opportunities. Li Shucheng comforted, "And you see, in history, when so many ethnic groups in the north invaded the Central Plains, weren't they all assimilated in the end? In fact, after the death of Kublai Khan, there was no good Emperor Dayuan, and in the end there were rebellions, and people of the same clan also rebelled against him.

There are many people in the family, and this time they can no longer stop the Mongols from going south, so the two can only dismiss everyone and hide the things that should be hidden, such as Li Shucheng's crystal sea sculpture and Jiang Mingyue's "Taihu Lake Under the Moon", which were sealed and put into the secret room.

After rushing to Xiangyang, the two secretly inquired and got a shocking news: Lu Wenhuan surrendered to Mongolia!

"Alas, at this time, as one of the most important generals of the Middle Route Army, the leading general of the Song Army in Xiangyang, actually took the initiative to go to the Mongolian military camp to surrender to the enemy, which was too great a blow to the defenders of Xiangyang. More than ten years ago, the two of them and Hong Qigong observed the same place on the top of Xiangyang City, Jiang Mingyue sighed, "Originally, there was still a slight chance to keep Xiangyang City, but now there is no chance at all." As long as Lu Wenhuan goes to the next stop in the city, a few words can make the defenders surrender. Moreover, the Lu family is also a big clan, and as soon as he surrenders, the impact will be too great! Shall we find an opportunity to assassinate him?"

"Forget it, even killing him won't help. Li Shucheng said, "Besides, he has guarded Xiangyang for more than 30 years, and he has all the credit and hard work." After Xiangyang was besieged, the imperial court sent reinforcements once, and then it didn't care about Xiangyang, and anyone who encountered such a thing would be chilled. ”

"It's just that Guo Jing and Huang Rong are even more difficult. Jiang Mingyue looked at the figure on the city wall and said. At this time, the Mongol army was attacking the city in a hurry, and the Song army on the city wall was also desperately resisting.

Li Shucheng looked at Guo Jing on the city wall, the boat was still burly in armor, jumping and churning wherever it was dangerous, and there was no enemy under him. Li Shucheng looked at him carefully and found that his hair and beard were gray, and Li Shucheng felt uncomfortable for a while. Think about Guo Jing guarding the city for more than 30 years, from a middle-aged man in his forties to gray hair and beard.

Carefully calculated, Guo Jing is a few months older than him, and he is now eighty-one years old. The good life he has lived in his life is only more than ten years on Peach Blossom Island. In the second half of his life, he was dedicated to Xiangyang City and to the Great Song Dynasty. He is the second person Li Shucheng knows who makes Li Shucheng admire from the bottom of his heart.

Since coming to the Southern Song Dynasty, before Guo Jing, there is only one person that Li Shucheng admires from the bottom of his heart, and that is his master Hong Qigong, a northern beggar, and Hong Qigong, who is chivalrous and righteous!

"'The great man of chivalry is for the country and the people. Guo Jing said it and did it. He is the real hero!" Li Shucheng thought to himself, and said: "After the Mongols stop attacking the city at night, we will enter Xiangyang City to meet Guo Jing and see if there is any way to rescue the army in the city." ”

"The army in the city, I'm afraid there is no way. Jiang Mingyue shook her head and said.

After the sun set, as the sky darkened, the Mongol army besieging the city retreated like a tide, and the defenders on the city wall sat down against the wall one by one, panting for breath, or resting on the dead bodies on the ground, not even wanting to get up when the firehead army brought food.

Guo Jing looked at the city wall, arranged the guards, and then went down the city wall and came directly to visit the wounded soldiers.

"General Guo!"

"Guo Daxia!"

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The awake wounded soldiers and rebels greeted Guo Jing happily when they saw him.

"Hello brothers. Guo Jing said, came to the nearest wounded soldier, and asked, "Where is the injury?"

"Not serious, not serious. The wounded soldier said.

A wounded soldier next to him with a medicine cloth wrapped around his head smiled: "Haha...... Wu Laosan is injured in the ass!"

"Phew!"

"Yo!"

"What are you calling for? What's wrong with the injury on the buttocks?" Wu Laosan said with a red face, "It's not that you were injured when you ran away." ”

"Whew!" the wounded soldiers laughed.

"Wu Laosan was injured when he was fighting with the Mongolian soldiers, and was attacked by another Mongolian soldier. One of the wounded soldiers said, "Moreover, he killed both Mongol soldiers!"

After Guo Jing inspected the wounded barracks, he walked out of the wounded barracks and walked on the empty streets, feeling heavy. Fortunately, the people of the city have been evacuated, and now only the army defending the city remains. Now there is not much food and medicine, this is not the most troublesome, the most troublesome thing is that the marshal Lu Wenhuan has already surrendered out of the city, he does not dare to break the news at all, otherwise Xiangyang will fall immediately.

In the middle of the night, two black shadows silently passed through the siege of the Mongol army and entered Xiangyang City, without alarming the guards on both sides.

"Who?" asked Guo Jing, who had slept heavily after a day of fighting, was awakened by a knock on the door.

"Guo Daxia, it's me, Li Shucheng. Li Shucheng said outside the door.

Guo Jing and Huang Rong turned on the lights, got dressed and got up, and beckoned Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue to the living room.

"At this time, why are you here?" After a greeting, Guo Jing asked the doubts in his heart. Although the two participated in several wars in Xiangyang, they both solved the danger of Xiangyang and left. He also understood that Li Shucheng did not have the heart to defend Xiangyang, and at this time he never thought that Li Shucheng would come.

"Senior Huang went to see me before he died, hoping that I could help you break through when Xiangyang was in danger. Li Shucheng said, "The Great Song Dynasty does not send reinforcements, Lu Wenhuan surrenders, and it is impossible to hold Xiangyang, what do you think?"

"Xiangyang has been besieged by the Mongol army, and it is impossible to break out. Guo Jing shook his head and said, "Now I haven't informed the army of the news of Marshal Lu's surrender, otherwise Xiangyang would have broken the city." ”

"Xiangyang will definitely not be able to hold it, and the Great Song Dynasty will also perish. Li Shucheng said, "Brother Guo should tell everyone the news of Lu Wenhuan's surrender, whether they surrender or break through, let them make their own choice." ”

"This ...... Alas, is the Great Song really hopeless?" Guo Jing said with a sigh.

"There is no such thing as an immortal dynasty. Li Shucheng said, "Since Shi Jingjiao sent out the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, there is no barrier in the north of the Central Plains. And after the release of military power with a glass of wine, the Great Song Dynasty emphasized literature and light martial arts, lame one leg, and could only get weaker and weaker. After so many years, the Great Song Dynasty has decayed, what can it do if it doesn't perish?"

"Besides, what if the Mongols destroy the Great Song Dynasty? As long as the Han people are not destroyed and still live here, sooner or later they can overthrow the Mongols and establish a new imperial court. Li Shucheng continued, "What you have to do now is to find a way back for these soldiers in the city who have guarded Xiangyang for many years, and don't let them die in vain." ”

"I'll have to think about it. Guo Jing listened to Li Shucheng's words and said. He can't be someone else's master, but he can be his own master, he has already said that he will live and die with Xiangyang, and he will not leave at this time.

Li Shucheng and the two went out of the city and continued to investigate the Mongol army. And Guo Jing originally planned to convene the generals after dawn to discuss the way of everyone, but he didn't expect that Lu Wenhuan had already come to the city to persuade him to surrender.

The soldiers on the city wall were silent for a while, but they did not expect that Lu Dashuai had already surrendered! As the supreme leader of the Xiangyang garrison, Lu Wenhuan's reputation in the army was unparalleled, and when the defenders saw Lu Wenhuan's persuasion to surrender, most of the soldiers were moved.

When Guo Jing heard that Lu Wenhuan appeared in the city, he was shocked, and hurriedly convened everyone to discuss the matter.

The discussion quickly came to a conclusion, only a part of the army led by Guo Jing was unwilling to surrender, and the rest wanted to follow Lu Wenhuan. The heroes of the rivers and lakes are hot-blooded men, roaring and killing!

The two sides almost fought, but fortunately Guo Jing stopped it, and then broke west with those who were unwilling to surrender. Everyone knew that the chances of breaking through the siege were slim, and as soon as they came out of the West Gate, they rushed forward desperately, just wanting to rush into the Mongol army and fight to their heart's content.

Li Shucheng and the others saw Ximen's movement and immediately rushed over to respond. But there were too many Mongol troops, and the two broke through into the Mongol army and were surrounded not far from it. Guo Jing and his entourage are the same, after being surrounded, they fought desperately but it was difficult to move forward.

The battle was only half an hour, and the noise in front was getting smaller and smaller, Li Shucheng was anxious, but there was no way, no less than four or five hundred people died under the hands of the two during this time, but the Mongolian army still kept pouring up.

"Li Daxia, don't worry about us, let's go!" At this time, Guo Jing's voice came from afar.

Li Shucheng also knew that it was impossible to pick up Guo Jing and his party, so he took Jiang Mingyue to kill him.

Breaking out of the siege, he came to the hillside and looked back at Xiangyang City, there was no battle under the city, and the Mongol army had already entered the West Gate.

Guo Jing: They sacrificed! Xiangyang fell!

Li Shucheng wiped the corners of his eyes and resolutely turned to leave.

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