Chapter 546: Xiangyang Tragedy (11)

At the head of the city, everyone couldn't help but cheer when they saw Guo Jing nailing the martial arts man who had defected to Mongolia to the ground with one arrow. Fang Cai's words not only angered Guo Jing, but also angered everyone on the Xiangyang city wall, seeing that he was shot by Guo Jing in an instant, how could everyone not feel happy. Even Guo Poyu, who was next to him, didn't expect his father to be able to completely pull the bow away so quickly and nail the man to the ground, and he knew more about his father's strength in his heart. You must know that when he took over this bow, Fang Zhixing once said that this bow must have more than ten stones of strength to be fully opened, which shows Guo Jing's strength now.

Holding the bow and arrow in his hand, Guo Jing was also a little incredulous in his heart, although his previous archery skills were extraordinary, but he could shoot the bow and arrow in his hand to about 300 steps at most, where could he nail the enemy to death at 300 steps? Looking at the strong bow in his hand, he was both happy and sighed in his heart: "If you can get this bow as soon as possible, you must be able to kill a few more Tartars......, right?" Now...... Alas!" sighed in his heart.

Just thinking about it, Guo Jing suddenly heard a faint voice in his ears, which seemed to be shouting "launch", and he couldn't help but be shocked. Looking up, I saw Ali Hague, another deputy commander in charge of the war on the Mongolian side, and a few people with color eyes who had arrived next to the Huihui cannon at some point, directing everyone to fire stone bullets. Under their command, dozens of Mongols suddenly lifted the boulder, placed it on the gun mount, and with a "boom", they struck towards Xiangyang City.

"Danger, hide!" Seeing this, Guo Jing hurriedly ↖ shouted. Seeing that the boulder was hitting Lu Wenhuan's side, he even used light skills to take Lu Wenhuan aside.

The two had just left. The people at the head of the city heard a "boom", like a huge thunder. Some bricks, wood, and rubble also fell with a clatter. But it is a corner of the castle tower. It was smashed by the boulders, and the bricks, wood, and gravel fell. When I looked at the city wall again, I saw a boulder of about one or two hundred catties appeared there at some point and smashed out a deep pit.

Seeing such a momentum of the cannon this time, everyone in the city couldn't help but be stunned, and they were no longer happy. Especially Lu Wenhuan, who was almost in danger just now, his eyes widened and he muttered: "How is it possible...... How can it be...... I must be dazzled, I must be dazzled!"

Guo Jing was on the sidelines to see this. I couldn't help but be angry, but more worried. Raising his bow and arrow, he was to shoot at the Ali Hague, intending to shoot this man and make the Mongols retreat for a while. At the same time, the order was sent down to prepare the bed crossbow for firing, and in any case, the cannon must be driven away.

However, as soon as this order was issued, Guo Jing saw that the Mongols who had just fired the boulder suddenly dismantled the return cannon. Backwards. Only Ali Hague, with a few personal soldiers, came towards Xiangyang City, seemingly unscrupulous about Xiangyang City's bow and arrows.

"Xiangyang Lu is appeased. Ali Hague is here, please come out and talk about it!" A hundred steps away from the city, Ali Hague shouted loudly.

Although Lu Wenhuan was frightened by the momentum of the return cannon. But his mind was not completely confused, and he saw Ali Hague coming. Knowing that this man must be persuaded to surrender, he hurriedly stopped the people. Don't shoot arrows. He has a grudge with Liu Quan, but not with Ali Hague, besides, Ali Hague is a henchman of Kublai Khan, and it will be more stable after surrendering this person.

"Is it General Ali Hague? Lu Wenhuan calmed down and replied loudly.

Hearing the reply, Ali Hague couldn't help but be overjoyed, knowing that there was a way, and said loudly to everyone in Xiangyang City: "Lu Anfu, Golden Knife and Horse, please listen to my advice." If you can surrender, Your Majesty will not hesitate to be an official, and the people of Xiangyang City can also be preserved, please think about it!" He knew that in addition to Lu Wenhuan in Xiangyang City, there were also Guo Jing and other people in the rivers and lakes, so he issued two conditions for adding officials to the lord and protecting the people, so that they could all be satisfied.

Sure enough, when everyone in Xiangyang City heard this, many people were greatly moved. If it is said that before seeing the power of the return artillery, everyone may still believe that Xiangyang City can be defended, but after seeing it, they no longer have this confidence. Now the Mongols still have few return artillery, and because they are afraid of Guo Jing's bow and arrows and the bed crossbow of Xiangyang City, they temporarily retreat, but as long as they find a way to prevent the crossbow arrows in the future, they will build more return cannons and use this to bombard Xiangyang City, but I am afraid that Xiangyang City will not last long. Lu Wenhuan and other generals have not received news from the imperial court for three years, and they have never heard of reinforcements from the imperial court, and they have long been disheartened about guarding Xiangyang. And the martial arts people in Xiangyang City heard that the Mongols promised not to slaughter the city, and their thoughts about continuing to guard Xiangyang were much lighter. They knew that it would be broken, but the city was already out of food, and they could not bear to continue the suffering of the people. Some of them were still a little reluctant to break through, but now they have finally put their minds at ease.

"Guo Daxia, please delay for a while, and after we break through, let Lu Wenhuan consider this matter for himself!" At the head of the city, Zhu Ziliu quietly walked next to Guo Jing and said in a low voice. He knew that although these Jianghu men in the city might be tempted, if they wanted to surrender to the Mongols, they were afraid that they would be even more unwilling, so he asked Guo Jing to stabilize Ali Hague first, and then let Lu Wenhuan surrender. In that case, there will be no infamy for everyone.

Even though Guo Jing's mind is a little dull, he has been in Xiangyang with Zhu Ziliu for more than 30 years, and he can't hear what the other party means. With his past temperament, he categorically couldn't do this, but at this time, he had to do it. Thinking of this, he looked at Lu Wenhuan with a little guilt, but when he saw that he was overjoyed, he immediately turned into a burst of anger, barely calmed down, and said to Lu Wenhuan: "Dashuai, this matter is very important, let's go back and discuss it!"

"Okay, okay, what Guo Daxia said is that the matter is important, and we have to think about it in the long run!" Lu Wenhuan agreed when he heard this. Fang Zhixing used the hint of believing in Guo Jing left in his heart with a deterrent soul, but it still worked, especially what Guo Jing said about the construction that would not endanger his life, but would have some benefits. For Guo Jing's support, for more than 20 years, it has long been engraved into Lu Wenhuan's heart, making him unconsciously agree with the other party.

After saying this, Lu Wenhuan shouted a few times to Ali Hague, asking the Mongols to put forward specific terms and think about it for themselves. Then he hurried back to his house with a group of generals. Seeing this, Guo Jing arranged for Zhu Ziliu and Shi Shugang to temporarily defend the city, and he and Yang Guo, Guo Poyu and others, with the remnants of their cronies, also went to Lu Mansion. (To be continued......)