Chapter 543: Xiangyang Tragedy (8)

The next day, before dawn, a loud horn sounded outside Xiangyang City. Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Zhu Ziliu and others stood on Xiangyang City with solemn expressions. As expected, after learning the news of the double eagle entering the city yesterday, the Mongols continued to send troops to attack the city today, even though they had just launched an attack yesterday. And looking at its momentum, it seems to be much bigger than yesterday, and it is really shocking to want to break through Xiangyang City in one fell swoop.

"Drum and cheer!" At the head of the city, Guo Jing looked at the dense Mongolian soldiers and shouted loudly. Although everyone expected this siege by the Mongol army yesterday, they were still a little shocked to see that the siege was so fierce. After more than five years of bloody battles, not only the consumption of Xiangyang City is very large, but the consumption of the Mongols is not small, but they continue to replenish, Xiangyang City can be said to have no foreign aid, and now, the gap between the two sides has become bigger and bigger, and if there is still a breath of support, I am afraid that Xiangyang City has already fallen. Although Guo Jing was somewhat prepared for today's battle, when he arrived at this point, he found that it was still far from enough, and he could only keep shouting to encourage the morale of the people.

After 30 years of righteous defense in Xiangyang, Guo Jing's prestige in Xiangyang City can be described as incomparable. Everywhere he went, even if the soldiers didn't move, the soldiers on the city walls would exert twelve points of strength, pulling out the remaining energy from their almost exhausted bodies. There are also Yang Guo, Guo Poyu, Shi Shugang and others, who led the martial arts people in the city to constantly fill the vacancies and repel the Mongolian soldiers who climbed up. Although the Mongol army attacked fiercely, it could not gain a foothold in the city of Xiangyang after all, let alone capture the city.

In the evening, after attacking for a whole day, the Mongol army finally withdrew its troops. Slowly retreat. When Guo Jing and the others saw this, they were about to count the wounded soldiers. But he saw a general in the Mongolian army leaping out of his horse, and shouted at the same time with several personal soldiers: "Xiangyang Lu is here." Please listen to Liu's advice!"

"Who is this person? Is there an old relationship with Lu Dashuai?" asked Guo Poyu, the head of the city. Although it was far away, he could still see that this person in the city was a Han general, and he seemed to be familiar with Lu Wenhuan. Otherwise, he wouldn't have called Lu Wenhuan directly. As the former "golden knife horse", the Mongolians are still more familiar with Guo Jing.

Hearing this, Yang Guo gritted his teeth, stared at this person, and said almost word by word: "The old general of the Great Song Dynasty." The former Luzhou pacification envoy Liu Quan. During the Northern Expedition that year, it was this person who rebelled in Sichuan and ruined our major events. Later, he was driven out of Sichuan, and in order to get the Tatars to be reused, he trained sailors for the Tatars. When I broke into Xiangyang three years ago, I saw him lead the Tartar sailors to defeat the Great Song sailors. Such an old thief, I can't wait to eat his flesh raw!" Not to mention the rebellion in Sichuan back then, it was Liu Quan's training of sailors for the Mongols, which made countless people hate him to the core. The Mongols had a water division. The last advantage of the Great Song Dynasty is gone, how can it hold the Yangtze River?

"Liu Quan! it was he who caused our Northern Expedition to fail, hum!" Guo Poyu looked at this person, and his heart was also extremely hateful. He also participated in the Northern Expedition. And experienced the feeling of losing the Great War for the first time in his life, and naturally he would not have a good impression of Liu Quan. However, thinking of Liu Quan's experience, he still had some doubts in his heart. He asked Yang Guo again: "Liu Chuan and Lu Dashuai have a grudge, what does the Mongols mean by sending him?" One of the important reasons is the persecution of Lu Wende, although now Lu Wende is long gone. But Xiangyang's pacification envoy Lu Wenhuan is Lu Wende's younger brother, and Liu Quan's relationship with him will definitely not be good. I don't know what the Mongols thought when they sent this person to persuade him to surrender.

Yang Guo couldn't figure this out, thought for a while, and said: "Probably the Mongols don't know about his relationship with Lu Wenhuan, otherwise they won't send him to persuade him to surrender." As he spoke, he said to Guo Poyu: "Poyu, your archery skills are extraordinary, can you shoot this person?" Guo Poyu's archery skills are inherited from Guo Jing, and because of both internal and external cultivation, his strength is not small, and after years of fighting, he has been called extraordinary. Yesterday, he shot Hai Dongqing on the back of the eagle, which is really eye-catching.

When Guo Poyu heard this, he looked at it, and only felt that Liu Cheng was three or four hundred steps away from the closest place to Xiangyang City, although his bow and arrow might be able to shoot at this distance, but it didn't have much power, so he shook his head and said: "It's too far away, and it is protected by iron armor, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to shoot." And he's here to find Lu Dashuai, let's not make any extraneous branches!" "The two armies are fighting, and if they don't kill them, Liu Quan is here to find Lu Wenhuan, and it is not good for him and others to make decisions for him without authorization." After all, these days, the attitude of Lu Wenhuan and his subordinates is also quite ambiguous.

Yang Guo also knew this, but seeing Liu Cheng showing off his might under the city, he was still extremely unhappy in his heart, and said: "Lu Wenhuan is here, Liu Cheng can't please him, and at that time, you will take the opportunity to teach this person a lesson!"

Guo Poyu nodded and agreed. Liu Cheng was the commander of the Mongolian sailors, and this time he came to Xiangyang, and he also brought a lot of ships to meet the crowd to break through, even if he only injured Liu Quan, it could weaken the strength of the Mongol sailors and make the breakthrough more smooth. Thinking of this, he and Yang Guo moved a few steps slightly, found a place, and laid an ambush.

But he said that Liu Cheng called under the city for a while, and seeing that no one in Xiangyang City answered, he knew that Lu Wenhuan had a gap with him, and he would not listen to his persuasion, so he shook his head and wanted to retreat back to the battle. However, as soon as he turned around, he suddenly heard a bow sound of "whoosh", and hurriedly bowed down. He had also been in the Song army for many years, so how could he not know the sound of the Divine Arm Bow? Just now he had been persuading him to surrender 300 steps away from Xiangyang, in order to avoid the shooting of the Divine Arm Bow. However, even so, he did not expect that Xiangyang City had several extremely sophisticated divine arm bows, which could shoot farther. These bows and crossbows were specially allocated by Lu Wende to his younger brother, and now they have finally come in handy.

After many years of fighting, Liu Quan's reaction can be described as extremely fast, and as soon as he heard the voice, he immediately bowed down. But even so, he still felt a pain in his back, and he had been hit by an arrow in his shoulder. Fortunately, it is far away, and the strength of the Divine Arm Bow is not so strong, and after being blocked by the iron armor, the injury is not severe.

Rao is like this, Liu Quan is still furious in his heart, and he doesn't have time to ask, so he is about to leave. At this moment, he suddenly heard a "whoosh" again, and the sound was a little different from just now. The arrow came so fast that as soon as he heard it, he felt a pain in his back, and he fell off his horse. When several soldiers next to him saw him, they hurriedly pulled him on the back of the horse and galloped away. (To be continued......)