In late spring March, the grass grows and the warbler flies. ↗ In Wuyi Mountain, a pair of beautiful people are wandering, two people are dressed in Taoist robes, one purple and one yellow, the male is handsome, and the female is like ice and jade, just like a fairy among the people, which can be said to complement each other.

"Zhixing, but you're still worried about Xiangyang?" Seeing that there seemed to be a melancholy look between the man's eyebrows, the woman in the apricot yellow robe said.

The man in the purple robe said, "Yes, the situation is difficult, and no one is not worried. Although the war in Xiangyang has stopped now, when the Mongolian soldiers and horses come again, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend. Xiangyang City is a strong city again, and it is difficult to defend it for 20 years, but it can't be defended forever. Saying that, he stopped and couldn't help but look northwest, which was the direction of Xiangyang.

This man is Fang Zhixing, and the woman next to him is his wife Li Mochou. Time flies, at this time, it has reached March of the fourth year of Jingding, and more than three years have passed since Meng Ge's death in the first battle. In December of the first year of Kaiqing, Kublai Khan finally led his army back to the north, and in May of the following year, he was proclaimed emperor in Kaiping and established the Yuan Dynasty. At this time, Emperor Lizong changed the name of the year again, which was the first year of Jingding, and Xiangyang pacified Lu Wenhuan under the influence of everyone, and took the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition and obtain the permission of the imperial court. Fang Zhixing, Hong Qigong and others rushed to help when they heard the news, and Guo Jing and others led the army into the army, but they were blocked by Wuliang Hetai, and several people set up a large array for 28 nights, but they were well recognized by Wuliang Hetai, avoided fighting, and finally stalemate. In June of the second year of Jingding, Tongchuan pacified the deputy envoy Liu Quan, who surrendered to Mongolia with 15 counties and 300,000 households in Luzhou, and the Sichuan defense line was in an emergency. Emperor Lizong was furious and ordered Yu Xing to crusade against Liu Quan, but was defeated, and ordered Lü Wende to attack and suppress the Jinghu system, and the soldiers and horses of Xiangyang were also transferred, and the Northern Expedition was temporarily stopped.

At the beginning of the following year. Liu Quan left without defeat, and Luzhou was recovered. February. Li Pu dedicated the three cities of Lianhai and killed the Mongol soldiers. From Haizhou, the sea also attacked Yidu and entered Jinan. After that, it was spread to Hebei and invited Han soldiers from all over the country to start an incident, but few responded. At this time, Kublai Khan had defeated Ali Buge, transferred troops to the south, sent Shi Tianze, Ah Shu and others to encircle and suppress Li Pu, and blocked the soldiers and horses who returned to Xiangyang and returned to the northern expedition. In July, Li Pu was defeated and captured, and was beheaded in front of the army for Shi Tianze. Kublai Khan suspected that the Han would have secret communication with Li Pu. Strike the marquis of the Han Dynasty and collect military power. The Xiangyang army ran out of food and retreated, and the war was temporarily suspended.

After Liu Quan's rebellion, Fang Zhixing knew that the Northern Expedition was completely hopeless, and left gloomily again. Later, when he heard that Li Pu had raised troops, he echoed with Guo Jing and others in Xiangyang, looking forward to getting a response from the Han soldiers in the north after the big victory. It's just a pity that the soldiers and horses of Xiangyang fought repeatedly. Extremely tired, although he won a few small games, it was difficult to make big progress, Shandong Li Pu's side. was only trapped in Jinan, and was finally captured by Shi Tianze. After this battle, everyone realized that the Han people in the north had returned to Mongolia. Even if the Northern Expedition had occasional victories, it was difficult to get the world's response like Yue Fei's Northern Expedition. Disheartened. Fang Zhixing no longer did useless work, and led Yang Guo, Guo Poyu and others to return to Chixia Villa. Then, together with Li Mochou, he taught Taizu Changquan and Taizu stick methods in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, hoping that these people would have some resistance when the Mongolian soldiers and horses arrived. The two of them started from Jinghu South Road, and after a few months, they have traveled all over Jiangnan West Road, came to Fujian Road in the east, and passed through Wuyi Mountain, so they came here for a visit.

Seeing that Fang Zhixing's melancholy had not faded, Li Mochou was distressed and comforted: "Although you and I are not monks, we are both monks, so don't worry too much about these disturbances." I believe that with Guo Daxia in Xiangyang, it will definitely be dealt with. "For decades, although Fang Zhixing has been getting older, because of his profound internal strength and proficient in health preservation, his face has always been no more than twenty or thirty years old. But worrying about the war in the past few years has made him have a few more gray hairs on his head, and wrinkles have appeared on his face, which makes Li Mochou really distressed.

However, when it came to "Guo Daxia", Fang Zhixing's brows were even tighter. After the failure of the Northern Expedition, Fang Zhixing knew that Xiangyang was no longer defensible, and strongly persuaded Guo Jing and Huang Rong to lead their troops to leave, go to other places to divide one side, and adhere to the great cause of resisting Mongolia. However, Guo Jing and Huang Rong have made up their minds and vowed to live and die with Xiangyang, but they did not agree. Fang Zhixing had no choice but to take Yang Guo, Guo Fu, Guo Xiang, Guo Poyu and others, lest they fall into it. Whenever he thought of this, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

"Guo Daxia is determined, I might as well do it!Alas......" Fang Zhixing let out a long sigh and said. Although he disagreed with some of Guo Jing and Huang Rong's practices, Fang Zhixing admired the beliefs of the two. Knowing that he can't do it, but being able to give his life for it, is really respectful.

Li Mochou saw that he couldn't stop sighing, and he was a little annoyed in his heart, regretting that he shouldn't have mentioned this matter, which provoked Fang Zhixing to sigh. Turning to another thing, he said, "I see that Xia'er and Poyu are not young, when do you plan to marry them?"

"Getting married?Xia'er and Po Yu, it seems to be a little early, right?" Fang Zhixing said in amazement. When it comes to his daughter, he can't care about sighing anything, as a Taoist priest who is not a monk, Fang Zhixing is still extremely concerned about his wife and daughter. Over the years, Guo Poyu has studied art in Chixia Villa, and often plays with Fang Yuxia, although no one deliberately matches, the two gradually have feelings, especially after facing the Golden Wheel Dharma King in distress four years ago, it has made rapid progress. When Fang Zhixing left Xiangyang, he had already made a marriage contract with Guo Jing and Huang Rong for the two, and agreed to get married in the coming day, but he didn't expect Li Mochou to mention it so soon.

Li Mochou pursed his lips, pretending to be displeased: "It's early, Xia'er is already in her twenties, and if she doesn't marry, she will become a big girl, do you still want her to marry as late as me." As she spoke, she turned her head and seemed to be extremely angry, and she sometimes resented the fact that the two of them had been stumbling for several years.

Hearing Li Mochou mention the past, Fang Zhixing couldn't help but smile, helped his wife's body, and said, "Okay, after this trip, we will go back to marry Xia'er and Poyu, so you are satisfied, right?" This age is nothing in the future generations, but in this era, the two are already considered to be older unmarried young people, and Fang Zhixing does not dare to delay it for too long.

When Li Mochou heard this, he became happy, but he heard Fang Zhixing mutter: "The Great Song Dynasty is no longer guaranteed, after Xia'er and Po Lu get married, where will they be arranged? Last time, Wuliang Hetai almost broke through Tanzhou, so we can't let them continue to stay in Chixia Villa, right?" However, as Guo Jing's son, once Xiangyang is broken, Guo Poyu will definitely struggle in the Central Plains, and Fang Yuxia will have to be affected when he is with him.

Hearing this, Li Mochou was also worried. Needless to say, Xiangyang City, if Guo Poyu followed Guo Jing to guard the city, she would definitely not agree to the marriage of her daughter and Guo Poyu. Although the layout of Chixia Mountain Villa is good, it is difficult to prevent the Mongolian army, if Fang Yuxia and Guo Poyu live there, they will definitely encounter danger in the future. She frowned and pondered, wanting Fang Yuxia and Guo Poyu to return to the ancient tomb to live, but she was unwilling in her heart, and it was not safe. After thinking for a while, an idea came to her mind and said: "Yes, Peach Blossom Island is far overseas, and the Mongolian Tatars will definitely be out of reach, and Xia'er and Po Ju will definitely have no worries when they live there." "As the son of Guo Jing and Huang Rong, and the grandson of Huang Yaoshi, Guo Poyu went to live on Peach Blossom Island, and no one could say anything. Peach Blossom Island is far overseas, and there is a formation on the island to protect it, which can be described as extremely safe.

Hearing "Peach Blossom Island", Fang Zhixing's eyes also lit up. said: "Yes, the Mongolian soldiers and horses are invincible on land, and they are far worse at sea." It's really not good, but letting Xia'er and Po Lu take refuge overseas is also a way out. However, thinking of the later Battle of Yashan, the Mongolian sailors won a great victory, Fang Zhixing couldn't help frowning secretly. Although the Mongolian sailors are weak now, they will not be weak in the future, Peach Blossom Island is located offshore, but it is not so safe, as a small island, even if there is a formation to guard, it will not be able to withstand tens of thousands of troops. Although the Mongolian side is not necessarily determined to do so, it has to guard against it.

Thinking of this, Fang Zhixing turned his head to look east, seemed to see the sea, and seemed to see the big island on the other side of the sea, and muttered: "To the east of Quanzhou, there is an island called Liuqiu. If there is disharmony, it can be done. "Compared with the small area and close to the mainland of the Peach Blossom Island, Liuqiu Island is too much, at this time there must already be Han people on the island, if it is integrated, and then gather some people who do not want to stay under Mongolian rule, it is not impossible to train a soldier and horse, so even if the Mongolian sailors go, it is difficult to please.

Thinking of the soldiers and horses, Fang Zhixing's eyes lit up again, and he persuaded Guo Jing and Huang Rong to leave with their troops, and the reason he used was to go to other places to insist on resisting Mongolia. At that time, he was still thinking about going to some dangerous places in the southwest, but now it seems that this is better. The Mongol army was able to conquer even Dali, and sent Wuliang Hetai to attack in a roundabout way, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places, in fact, it was difficult to hold. However, if it is put on the island, the shape is very different, if it is carefully managed, not to mention self-protection, it is also possible to attack Mongolia on the basis of this, in that case, there will be another path to resist Mongolia. To persuade Guo Jing and Huang Rong in this way, it should be somewhat possible!

"What is that place? How far away is it? Hearing what Fang Zhixing said, Li Mochou said strangely. She has hardly ever been to sea, and she has only heard of a few islands, such as Peach Blossom Island, so naturally she doesn't know about Liuqiu.

"Liuqiu, in the east of Quanzhou, is about 300 miles away from Quanzhou, nearly 1,000 miles, and can be described as the largest island in the east. This island was called Yizhou in ancient times, and it is also said that Yingzhou is one of the three islands, which can be described as the land of immortals!" Before Fang Zhixing could answer, he heard a voice coming. The two turned their heads to look, and saw a Taoist priest about sixty or seventy years old, who came out of the mountains and forests, with crane hair and childish face, fairy wind and bones, looking like a master outside the world, but he was a person of the same way. (To be continued.)