Chapter Two Hundred and Seven: The Battle of Xiangyang Begins
Just when Guo Jing and them were fighting bloodily, another figure broke into the encirclement of the Mongolian army, this person had a rectangular face, a slight beard under his chin, rough hands and feet, and his clothes were full of mending nails, but he was cleanly washed, holding a green bamboo cane in his hand, as clear as jade, and carrying a big gourd with vermilion lacquer on his back.
There was a wave of dragons, causing several casualties in the Mongol army.
Guo Jing was overjoyed when he saw it, and called: "Master, you are here too!"
Hong Qigong replied with a smile: "Jing'er, our beggar gang is here to help you, can I still come?"
Several people joined forces and quickly broke out of the encirclement, and several people fought and retreated, and came to the city gate of Xiangyang City.
Xiao Jiang stood at the head of the city and waited, and when he saw that it was Huang Yaoshi, Hong Qigong, Master Yideng, Zhou Botong and so on, he was overjoyed and hurriedly opened the city to greet him.
I saw that Guo Jing was shot in the waist, Zhou Botong was hit by three arrows in his back, his eyebrows and hair were burned clean by the fire, and the two were injured very lightly.
Hong Qigong, Huang Yaoshi, and Master Yideng were also injured by arrows, but the injuries were not critical. Yideng and Huang Yaoshi both knew the way of medicine, and after seeing Zhou Botong and Guo Jing's injuries, they were both sad and speechless for a long time.
Zhou Botong said with a smile: "Emperor Duan, you don't have to worry, the old naughty boy is on a whim, and he knows that he can't die." You spend more energy, and it is serious to treat Guo Jing's little baby well. ”
He has always been smiling with Huang Yaoshi, but he has great respect for Master Yideng, not only respect, but also a little scared. Yideng has been a monk for a long time, but he still calls him "Emperor Duan". Huang Yaoshi and Yideng saw that he was enduring the pain, and they smiled freely, feeling a little relieved.
Xiao Jiang looked at the injured person, suddenly became angry in his heart, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn tart, you are looking for death!"
He held back the anger in his heart, and in his heart he had already begun to calculate a plan to make the Mongol army pay the price.
Under the treatment of Master Yideng and Master Huang Yaoshi, Guo Jing and the old naughty boy quickly recovered from their injuries, and several people were so busy that it soon came to night.
In the dead of night, there was a dark crowd in the distance of Xiangyang City, but above the city gate was a person and a flute, the sound of the flute was bursting, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, mixed with the bloody smell of the battlefield, but it was a peculiar feeling.
After a song, Huang Yaoshi looked into the distance, and then said lightly: "Come out, I just want to find you!"
"Uh...... Lord Huangdao, don't come unharmed!"
Huang Yaoshi said slightly angrily: "Hmph...... Xiao Jiang, you kid, do you remember the oath you made?"
Xiao Jiang hurriedly said: "Remember, remember, I don't know Rong'er, how are you doing lately?"
Hearing this, Huang Yaoshi seemed to be even more angry, and said, "You kid, you still remember her!"
Xiao Jiang scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Remember to remember, how can you not remember." ”
"Then why, after all this time, there is not even a letter?"
"Do you know how much you have been thinking about after you say goodbye, Rong'er? It's good that you've been there for so long, and there are no letters?"
Xiao Jiang scratched his head again and said, "Lord Huangdao, this ...... I can't help it, on the battlefield, I can't keep busy!"
"Yes, for Rong'er, I am also crazy, but I can't pull away for a while, and the people behind me still need me. ”
When Huang Yaoshi heard Xiao Jiang say this, his anger subsided, and he said, "For the sake of you remembering Rong'er, I won't pursue it with you." ”
"Uh...... I don't know why the Lord of Huangdao is here?" Xiao Jiang asked.
"Hmph, it's not Rong'er yet, otherwise I wouldn't be too lazy to help you!"
Xiao Jiang nodded, looking at Huang Yaoshi's strange expression, Xiao Jiang also understood, he said secretly: "It seems that Rong'er wants to come, I'm afraid that Huang Yaoshi won't allow it, the two argued, Huang Yaoshi couldn't help it, so he had to give in, and finally, under Huang Rong's support, Huang Yaoshi came." ”
Xiao Jiang was above the city gate, and talked with Huang Yaoshi for a while, and before he knew it, it was dawn.
At dawn the next day, I heard the thunder of drums and horns outside the city, and the Mongol army came to attack. Xiangyang City pacified Lu Wende and the general who defended the city led the soldiers and horses to guard the four gates.
Guo Jing, Xiao Jiang, and Lu Wendeng looked at the city, only to see the Mongolian soldiers all over the mountains and fields, with no end in sight.
The Mongol army has besieged Xiangyang several times, but the strength of the army and the strength of the army are the most. Fortunately, Guo Jingjiu was in the Mongolian army, familiar with the various strategies of the Mongolian soldiers to attack the city, and had already been prepared, no matter how the enemy army used bows and arrows, firearms, stones, and ladders to attack the city, the Song soldiers defending the city were condescending and cracked them one by one.
Fighting until sunset, the Mongol army had lost 2,000 men and horses, but they followed one after another and bravely attacked.
In addition to tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Xiangyang City, there are still hundreds of thousands of people, everyone knows that this city is broken, no one can survive, so the strong husband of course rose up to defend the city, that is, women and children, the old and weak, but also the soil and stones, to resist the strong enemy. For a while, the sound of killing inside and outside the city shook the heavens and the earth, and the feathered arrows in the air came and went, like flying locusts.
Xiao Jiang held a long sword in his hand, supervised the division at the head of the city, Guo Jing and Lu Wen stood beside him, seeing that the sky was full of red glow, the scenery was magnificent, and the enemy troops under the city were galloping, and their hideous faces were faintly visible. Looking at Guo Jing again, he saw that he stood at the head of the city, and he was heroic, and today the strong enemy pressed the realm, whether he could repel it again, no one could predict it.
Suddenly, I heard the Mongolian soldiers under the city shouting in unison: "Long live, long live, long live!" The call came from far and near, like a tide, and more than 100,000 people shouted in unison, it was really like the sky was falling apart. But when I saw a nine-strong Daqi raised high, the iron cavalry supported the green and yellow cover, and a group of men and horses galloped close, it was the Great Khan Meng Ge who was in battle to supervise the battle.
This Meng Ge is the third son of Genghis Khan, and he is a little different from what Xiao Jiang understands.
Meng Ge looked at Xiangyang City in the distance, and his eyes were imperative, he came this time, it was Genghis Khan's order, and it was also his own request.
The Mongols have always been the strong, and this is especially true in the royal family.
In this world, Genghis Khan has three sons, the eldest, Torre, favored since childhood, the third son, Kublai Khan, good at war, many meritorious services, loved by Genghis Khan, as the second son, Genghis Khan never asked, so that he never did it, and did not dare to do anything earth-shattering.
This time, it's an opportunity, it's a chance for him to prove himself, and he's going to make his father proud of him. Let his younger brother Kublai Khan see that he is also one of the contenders for the throne.
When the Mongol officers and soldiers saw the arrival of the Great Khan, their morale was greatly boosted. I saw the red flag beckoning, and the teams under the city were divided to the left and right, and two 10,000 people rushed up to attack the north gate. This is the Great Khan's own soldiers, the most sharp division, and the new force that has never been dispatched so far, everyone wants to establish meritorious deeds in front of the Great Khan, hundreds of ladders have been erected, and the Mongol soldiers will climb to the city like ants.
Xiao Jiang folded his arms and shouted: "Brothers, today I will ask the Great Khan of Tartars to see with your own eyes the skills of our good men of the Great Song Dynasty!"
The Song soldiers at the head of the city had been fighting for a day, and they were already tired, and when they heard Guo Jing shouting like this, they were in great spirits, and they all thought: "The Tartars have bullied us for a long time, and at this time we must teach them the Great Khan to know how powerful we are!"
However, seeing that the corpses of the Mongol soldiers were gradually piled up under the city, the follow-up troops were still surging like raging waves, trampling the corpses to attack the city. The heralds to the left and right of the Great Khan galloped to and fro on fast horses and moved their troops forward. In the twilight, thousands of torches were lit inside and outside the city, shining as if it were day.
The appeasement made Lu Wende look at this momentum, and seeing that he couldn't resist it, he was very cowardly in his heart, and ran to Guo Jing's body with a face like earth, shouting: "Guo ...... Guo Daxia, I can't hold it, let's ...... Let's go out of the city and retreat to the south!" Guo Jing said sharply: "Why did the appeasement envoy say this? Xiangyang is here, we are here, Xiangyang is dead, we are dead!"
Xiao Jiang saw that the matter was urgent, as soon as Lu Wen's order to withdraw from the army was spoken, the army's heart was shaken, Xiangyang immediately broke it, stepped forward with his sword, and shouted: "If you say again to abandon the city and retreat, I will first stab three transparent holes in you! Let you feel the cold!" The pro-soldiers around Xiangyang City stepped forward to stop them, Guo Jing swept his legs sideways, and the four pro-soldiers fell away together.
Guo Jing shouted: "Everyone goes to the city to fight the enemy, and if you don't fight to the death, what kind of man are you?" General Wang Jian shouted: "Let's defend desperately, the Tartar soldiers can't support it!"
Suddenly, the Mongol herald shouted: "Listen to the officers and soldiers: The Great Khan has a decree, and the one who is the first to attack the city wall will make him the lord of Xiangyang City." The Mongolian soldiers cheered loudly, and the generals in the army rushed forward one by one, regardless of their lives.
The herald held the red flag in his hand and passed the decree back and forth. Guo Jing picked up the iron tire bow, put on the wolf's tooth arrow, and with a bang, the long arrow broke through the smoke and dust, and flew away. The herald was struck by an arrow in the chest, and he fell off his horse. The Mongolian officers and soldiers shouted, and their morale was slightly weakened. After a short time, another new force of 10,000 people arrived at the city.
Lu Wen held a spear in his hand, ran to Xiao Jiang, and said, "Brother Xiao, Brother Guo, the Tartars will not retreat, then let me come to Kaicheng and go out to kill for a while." ”
Xiao Jiang nodded and said, "Okay, you led 4,000 people out of the city, your injuries have not healed, but you have to be careful." ”
Lu Wen nodded and turned over and went down to the city. Soon the war drums thundered, and the city gate opened, and Lu Wen led a thousand beggar gang disciples, three thousand officers and soldiers, and ordinary javelin shields, and rushed out.
The Mongolian soldiers outside the north gate were in a hurry to attack the city, and suddenly saw the Song army killed, turned over and left. Lu Wen waved his army to catch up. Suddenly, three cannons rang out in the Mongol army, and two thousand troops on the left and right outflanked and surrounded the 4,000 people led by Lu Wen.
The 3,000 officers and soldiers were well-trained, skilled in martial arts, brave and good at fighting, and there were 1,000 beggar disciples as the backbone, although they were surrounded, they were not afraid at all.
Guo Jing and Xiao Jiang looked down from the city, but saw that the Song army's formation was not chaotic, and they shouted a fierce battle with one as ten, and the sword light reflected the torches in the dark, like thousands of silver snakes flashing, it was really a big battle!
The Mongol army was outnumbered, and two 10,000 troops surrounded Yeluqi's 4,000 elite soldiers, and another 10,000 troops set up a ladder to attack the city.
Guo Jing saw that Lu Wen's group was stopped outside the city, and it was inconvenient for the Mongolian reinforcements to be dispatched, so he ordered the old urchin to wave their troops to open the gap and let the Mongolian soldiers climb the city. Thousands of Mongol soldiers under the city will see the city broken and shout: "Hooray!
The face of the city lord of Xiangyang City was like earth, and his whole body trembled like chaff in fright, and he only shouted: "Xiao Daxia, this is ...... This is ...... What is it to be? Let's ...... This should be ......"
Xiao Jiang was silent, seeing that more than 5,000 Mongolian soldiers had climbed to the head of the city, raised the black flag and made a move, and the golden drums sounded in unison, and the soldiers each led a team of elite soldiers to kill the generals from the ambush, and immediately filled the gap, preventing the Mongolian soldiers from attacking again, and more than 5,000 people at the head of the city fell into the encirclement.
At this time, the Song army outside the city was besieged, the Mongolian army at the head of the city was besieged, and the three gates of the east, west and south were also attacking and resisting the vicious fight, which was very tragic, and the shouting was like a burst.
The Great Khan of Mongolia immediately stood on the hill and personally supervised the battle, and more than 200 large leather drums around him were beating loudly, deafening, and the sound of any speech was drowned out.
But when he saw that the commanders of the thousand and the centurions were killed or wounded one by one, and the iron armor stained with blood, they were carried down from the front of the battle.
Although the Great Khan Meng Ge was not as experienced in a hundred battles as his younger brother Kublai Khan, he had also seen the battlefield with Batu in the west, and he had also killed the European tribes to be invincible.
At that time, the night has been three watches, the bright moon is in the sky, the stars are shining, shining on the earth, the sky is light and the wind is light, a piece of peace, but on the ground is more than 100,000 people in the fierce battle of forgetting their lives.
This battle lasted from early morning to late at night, and both sides suffered extremely heavy casualties, and the victory or defeat was indecisive. The Song army occupied the geographical advantage, but the Mongol army relied on a large number of people.
After fighting for a long time, I suddenly heard a shout from the front army, and a group of Song troops galloped towards the hill.
The Great Khan's escort and soldiers fired arrows to block it. Meng Ge was condescending, and when he looked around, he saw a Song army general holding a double spear in his hand, riding a tall horse and rushing left and right in the battle formation, unstoppable, and the feathered arrows shot at him like raindrops, all of which were pushed away by him one by one.
Meng Ge waved his left hand, the drum stopped, and he turned around and asked, "This person is so brave, do you know who he is?"
A white-haired general on the left said: "Your Majesty, this person is Xiao Jiang." The Great Khan is defeated by this man!"
Meng Ge looked at Xiao Jiang deeply and said secretly: "If I kill this person, let alone prove myself, I will be the heir to the throne!"
He secretly decided that he was going to capture Xiao Jiang alive and let his father Genghis Khan see his strength and slap him in the face.
Meng Ge looked to the left again, Guo Jing is also an existence like ten thousand enemies, he has battlefield experience, so the battle is the posture of ten thousand enemies.
Meng Ge looked at it, felt familiar, and asked, "Who is this person?"
The messenger on his right said: "This person is Guo Jing, when Genghis Khan named him a golden sword and horse, and he made an expedition to the Western Regions, and his meritorious service was not small. Meng Ge lost his voice and said: "Ah, it turned out to be him! The general is brave and worthy of his reputation!"