"Elder Shi, will you accept Gang Leader Lu's will?" After crying bitterly for a while, an old beggar stood up and said loudly. Seeing that he was carrying nine pockets on his back, he was obviously a disciple of nine bags, and his rank in the beggar gang was not low, ranking among the four elders.

When the beggar disciples heard this, they stopped crying and looked at Shi Shugang. After the failure of the Northern Expedition ten years ago, Hong Qigong never appeared in the rivers and lakes again, even if Xiangyang was besieged, so although the beggars did not want to believe it, they knew that most of Hong Qigong had passed away. And Elder Liang, the original chief elder of the Beggar Gang, died of illness during the Northern Expedition, and Uncle Shi took his place. Over the years, Lu Youjiao has been old and sick, and Uncle Shi often handles help on his behalf, and he can already be said to be the de facto helper. Among the present, in addition to Guo Jing and Huang Rong, Shi Shugang's prestige in the beggar gang can be said to be the highest, and he is also the person with the highest martial arts, and is regarded as the best candidate for the next gang leader.

"Elder Qian, what are you talking about! Are you greedy for life and afraid of death, or do you want to be the current gang leader?" said another beggar gang elder.

When Elder Qian heard this, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he said angrily: "I'm greedy for life and afraid of death? I want to be a helper? Wu Laosan, you open your eyes and see, when did my old Qian ever have this thought." If I have evil intentions, let me be destroyed!" Saying that, he ignored it and said directly to Shi Shugang: "Elder Shi, your martial arts are strong, and your ability is much stronger than ours. Although you didn't worship the old gang leader Hong as a teacher, everyone regarded you as his disciple, as long as you led the beggar brothers out according to the Lu gang leader's last order→ everyone will recognize you as the gang leader. I stayed in Xiangyang by myself until the end. Saying that, he stared at Shi Shugang closely, his eyes were bright. Elder Wu over there. The same is true.

Seeing that everyone in the beggar gang was looking at him, the other two elders who remained in Xiangyang City were also staring closely. Uncle Shi felt a sudden tightness in his heart, and he felt a heavy pressure. In the past, Dai Lu didn't think that he had feet to deal with affairs. But now that Lu Youjiao has died of illness, the beggar gang has ignored Huang Rong and asked directly, which made him suddenly feel the pressure of being the leader of the beggar gang. It is really not easy to lead such a large gang of more than 100,000 people and thousands of core disciples.

"Brother Shi, do you really want to lead the beggars to break through the siege? Xiangyang City has never encountered any situation, and it will never fall here! As long as we hold on, the army of the Tartars will definitely retreat. Seeing that Shi Shugang seemed to agree with their thoughts, Guo Jing said loudly. More than ten years ago, there was that time. The city of Xiangyang ran out of food, no water to drink, and even the bark and sewage were eaten and drunk, but the Mongol Tatars were never able to attack, and finally had to retreat. Although the shape is more sinister now, Guo Jing is still -- and must be extremely confident.

However, when Uncle Shi heard this, he was unmoved. After being silent for a long time, he finally spoke up: "Fancheng has fallen!" He has never spoken much, and he is a little taciturn. But as long as he speaks, no one can ignore him.

Guo Jing still needs to be persuaded again, but he is stagnant when he hears the words. Xiangfan is one, and there has been no fall of Fancheng since ancient times. Xiangyang can still last forever. Thirty years ago, when Guo Jing and his people first arrived in Xiangyang, there were far fewer Mongol soldiers and horses coming to attack than now. The reason why he was in danger again and again was because Fancheng fell into the hands of the enemy. It was not until the reconquest of Fancheng a few years later that the Xiangfan defense line was stabilized. Guarded for decades. Now that the Mongolian army has captured Fancheng again, Xiangyang City has been surrounded to the death and has become a lonely city. In the past, Guo Jing could still rely on his prestige to make everyone have to obey, but the death of Lu You's foot just now poked at this fact, so that everyone had to face the imminent fall of Xiangyang.

"Uncle Shi, you coward, do you want to lead the beggars to become deserters in order to be the leader of the gang?" Saying that, he still felt a little inadequate, and shouted to the people around him: "You beggar gang disciples are all a group of cowards, if Hong seniors were here, they would never have this idea and fall into Xiangyang in danger...... "Once Uncle Shi just leads the beggar gang to break through, no matter whether they succeed or not, the people left in Xiangyang City will have their hearts fluttering. At that time, I was afraid that without the Mongol army to attack, Xiangyang City itself would be in civil strife, and for everyone present, they would never want to see this.

The beggar gang disciples were still a little dissatisfied in their hearts, but when they heard him mention "Senior Hong", they immediately lowered their heads and were silent, thinking in their hearts: "If the old gang leader Hong is alive, how will he choose?" I thought about it for a while, but I couldn't find an answer.

Just thinking about it, everyone suddenly heard a "snort" and couldn't help but look over. I saw that Uncle Shi had just tore off his shirt and said categorically: "There is no coward who stays in Xiangyang." My beggar gang disciples are all bloody men, but I don't want to wait here for nothing!"

Looking at Shi Shugang's upper body, which was almost full of bones, everyone couldn't help but be silent. After five and a half years of war and three years of complete siege, the grain and grass in Xiangyang City have long been exhausted. Not to mention the ordinary people, even the people in the martial arts who stayed in the city starved to death, and staying in the city can indeed be called a first-class death. Looking at Uncle Shigang, as an elder of the Beggar Gang, his originally sturdy body has become like this, and he knows that it is difficult.

"Wow!" everyone was silent, when suddenly they heard a sound of eagles in the sky. Looking up, I saw a group of Haidongqing, constantly hovering in the sky, and a pair of white eagles, flying from a distance. The double eagle sent supplies to everyone in Xiangyang City, which had long been known by the Mongols, not only with the strong bow and crossbow in the army and even the bed crossbow to hunt and kill, but also mobilized a group of Haidongqing to patrol all the time, making them more and more difficult in the sky above Xiangyang. A few months ago, when the double eagle dropped supplies, it was rounded up and injured by Hai Dongqing, and it was only now that it flew over again.

"Diao'er, danger, go back quickly!" Huang Rong saw it below and hurriedly shouted.

Everyone was a little happy when they saw the double eagle, but when they heard Huang Rong's shout, they suddenly understood. Many people shouted at the same time, telling the double eagle to hurry back. Although the pair of white eagles raised by Guo Jing and Huang Rong are extraordinary, they are still ordinary after all, and it is difficult to be outnumbered.

This pair of white eagles used to be quite obedient, but this time, for some reason, they didn't dodge or dodge, and greeted the group of Haidongqing. Everyone was anxious, only to hear the sound of "whoosh", and on the backs of the two eagles, they suddenly shot arrows at the same time, shooting at the group of Haidongqing. These two arrows were extremely accurate, and the two Mongol Haidongqing were planted almost at the same time and fell into Xiangyang City.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but let out a cheer in unison. In order to avoid the bow and arrows below, the double eagle flew extremely high, and everyone could only see it vaguely, until they heard the sound of arrows, and then they knew that there was someone on the back of the white eagle, and they were all happy. There was no foreign aid for three years, and the carrier pigeons were shot by the Mongols, and the news that everyone had recently received was that the double eagle was delivered before it was injured, so they were eager to know what the situation was outside. This is especially true for those who have the heart to break through. Some hungry and panicked people went to find Hai Dongqing's body regardless of anything else.

Not to mention the thoughts of the people below, in the sky, Guo Poyu and Zhang Junbao fired two arrows together, and the arrows did not miss, shooting down Hai Dongqing who came to besiege one by one. Seeing this, the remaining Hai Dongqing couldn't help but flee one after another. The strength of the double eagle is weak, it is difficult to bear it for a long time, this time it is extremely risky to carry the two people to fly into the sky near Xiangyang, and at this time it is already a little weak, so the two do not chase after it, and command the double eagle to fall to Xiangyang City.

With the protection of the two of them, even if some hidden Mongolian spies in Xiangyang City shot cold arrows, they were also shot down by the two of them one by one. Although the people below were scared, the two of them have been in danger.

"Po, is that you, my poor child!" Seeing that the twin eagles were falling steadily, Huang Rong reached out and hugged one of the people who came down from it, crying bitterly. In the first year of Xianchun, Guo Poyu and Fang Yuxia returned to seek a way back, and got married under the auspices of Fang and Guo's two families. Guo Jing and Huang Rong have not seen Guo Poyu for eight years. At this time, Huang Rong saw that her child was no longer childish, and her face was full of wind and frost, knowing that he must have suffered a lot, and couldn't help crying.

When Guo Poyu saw his mother, the corners of his eyes were also moist. However, after years of experience, and with the assistance of Fang Yuxia, he has created a foundation in Liuqiu, but he is not as simple as before. After comforting his mother for a while, he said, "Mother, my junior brother and I came here this time on the orders of our master, and we have something important to tell you. Let's talk about it in a few days. ”

"What's the matter? Hurry up and say it!" Guo Jing said eagerly when he heard this. It is obvious that Guo Poyu and Zhang Junbao can venture to come, and Guo Jing cares about it very much.

When Guo Poyu heard this, he didn't answer, but looked around, trying to be sure whether these people were all credible. When I looked closely, I suddenly saw a thin, almost human-like corpse. He was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the green jade rod on this person's body, he recognized that it was Lu Youjiao.

Seeing this scene, Guo Poyu didn't know how much suffering Lu Youjiao suffered before he died, thinking of the scene when he played with him when he was a child, he felt a burst of sadness in his heart, and he couldn't hold back his tears anymore, and he choked up: "Uncle Lu ......" but he couldn't say it anymore.

Seeing this, Guo Jing couldn't say any urging words, sighed, and turned his head. The death of Lu Youjiao, although it seems to have little to do with him, but the so-called "one general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies", Guo Jing has been the leader of the people in the rivers and lakes in Xiangyang City all these years, and he naturally blames himself in his heart. The leader of such a gang died of hunger in Xiangyang City, how can he be ashamed!(To be continued......)