"Tick tock—"

The rain was dripping down, and the cold was sinking into the bones.

The sky was gloomy, and the entire Xiangyang was shrouded in gloomy clouds, walking on the city, Lu Wenhuan fell into a daze.

After several battles, Xiangyang City has long been dilapidated, most of the city walls have collapsed, leaving only a piece of ruins of bricks, full of deep or shallow craters, if the masonry is removed, you can see the corpses buried underneath.

Occasionally, there were cannon shots outside the city, but Lu Wenhuan was already indifferent.

For this scene, he has long been almost numb, no matter how he struggles, how he roars or even abuses, in the end he will only face the fierce artillery fire of the other party, which destroys his self-esteem and his glory, and the only light left may be the persistence of survival.

"Uncle!"

A call woke up Lu Wenhuan.

His body trembled, and he quickly straightened up to make himself look a little more excited, then turned to face Lu Shikui and asked, "I asked you to send a letter to Gundam, did you do it?"

"Uncle Qiqi, according to Li Yi's report, the letter has been delivered safely. ”

Lu Shikui replied, his eyes were a little hesitant, and he listened to the sound of cannons in the distance, and the sound of cannons hit his heart again and again, making Lu Shikui extremely afraid: "It's just uncle, is this method really possible?

For those Yuan Jun, he was really scared, and if he died like this, he was really unwilling.

"Or else?"

Lu Wenhuan shook his head, his face was bitter and distressing.

He said: "We have no other way than to concentrate our efforts on attacking the two castles of Lumen and Baihe. Only by successfully opening up the Han River and obtaining supplies from Lin'an, otherwise we will not be able to support it at all. ”

"I see. ”

Lu Shikui looked at Lu Wenhuan's unchanged expression, so he had to hide his thoughts.

If Lu Wenhuan knew what he was thinking, he would inevitably be reprimanded.

Lu Wenhuan saw it in his eyes, shook his head with regret, and said, "You go back, let me be alone for a while." "How could he not know the thoughts of Lu Shikui and others? It's just because of his insistence in his heart that Lu Wenhuan never spoke, otherwise wouldn't he have become a chaotic minister and thief?

"I see. ”

Although the stupid words were incomprehensible, Lu Shikui could only leave.

Perhaps, the only person who can convince Lu Wenhuan is his deceased father.

After Lu Shikui left, Lu Wenhuan became a person again, he just stood on top of the city, letting the cold rain soak his clothes, and the people who were blowing in the cold wind trembled, and he never retreated.

I don't know how long I waited, but finally a dozen or so warships appeared on the river in the distance, and the flag printed with the red fire phoenix on it was very conspicuous.

Lu Wenhuan's eyes lit up at this time, because this was the military flag of the Huaxia Army, and their arrival meant one thing.

"Everyone obeys my orders, completely repel those Yuan troops, and make sure that this warship will not be attacked by the Yuan army. ”

With a wave of his hand, Lu Wenhuan immediately issued an order, and the only remaining forces in the city exerted their strength together, and immediately suppressed the attacking Yuan army, taking advantage of this time, the dozen or so warships also spewed out thick black smoke, all the way through the river, and came to Xiangyang City.

After these warships entered Xiangyang, those Yuan troops stopped, and the previous artillery sound also disappeared, so they should have stopped attacking.

Lu Wenhuan's heart was relieved, and he secretly said that fortunately, he survived another day.

Walking down from the city gate, Lu Wenhuan came to the battleship, and saw several people walking down from the battleship, among them was Qiu Zhenheng, who he had sent to Junzhou before, and the people who followed Qiu Zhenheng, in addition to his son Qiu Tongfu, there was another person, this person was dressed in military uniform, and he was wearing a Huaxia Army uniform, which was really surprising.

Naqiu Zhenheng bowed to Lu Wenhuan and said, "Fortunately, with the blessing of the sky, my subordinates did not fail in their mission and brought them here. ”

"Oh, I wonder who this is?"

Lu Wenhuan's heart tightened, and he looked sideways at the person in front of him, he was not very clear about the Eastern Group Army, and naturally he didn't understand who it was.

The man smiled softly and complained, "In Xia Zheng Yuanlong, I have seen Lu Anfu here. ”

"It turned out to be Chief of Staff Zheng? Lu Wenhuan's body stiffened, obviously shocked by the identity of the other party, and hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "I just don't know why Chief of Staff Zheng came to my Xiangyang?"

He also had an understanding of the Eastern Group Army, and naturally knew that the person in front of him was the No. 2 person in the Eastern Group Army, and now this person stepped into Xiangyang, which was really surprising.

Zheng Yuanlong laughed: "Of course, it's for that Yuan Jun." ”

"Yuan army, is your army willing to help us and resist the Yuan army together?"

Lu Wenhuan's expression stiffened, his hands hanging by his side, and he didn't know where to put it.

As a general, there is nothing more than admitting his own incompetence, and he really does not want to admit that he is a failed general.

"Seeing Lu An's reassuring expression, isn't it unwilling?"

Zheng Yuanlong looked at it in his eyes and directly broke the other party's thoughts: "We are here to expel the Tartars, and it was not a time when there was no cooperation in the past, why did Lu Anfu reject this matter so much?"

This time, the reason why Zheng Yuanlong came to Xiangyang in person was for this matter.

Everyone knows the importance of Xiangyang, but due to the stubbornness of the Song Dynasty and Lu Wenhuan's insistence, the Huaxia army has been unable to set foot in the territory of Xiangyang, so that it can only defeat the Yuan army every time, but it cannot be completely annihilated, otherwise how can the Yuan army be so arrogant, and even besiege Xiangyang?

Zheng Yuanlong thought about ignoring the ban, but Xiao Feng's order was like this, and he could only obey it.

Lu Wenhuan felt a little embarrassed, and said helplessly: "Not really, but you also know that I am a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, and some things must be obeyed, don't you?"

In fact, these days, Lu Wenhuan has not thought about asking for help from the Huaxia Army, but when he thinks of the fate of people such as Meng Hui, Zhao Kui and even Yu Jie, he is frightened, and his previous thoughts are directly extinguished, and he does not dare to give birth.

Within the Song Dynasty, the Huaxia Army seemed to be a taboo, and basically whoever got involved was unlucky.

This seems to have become an iron rule.

Zheng Yuanlong felt annoyed, and said: "But you have also seen, how many people have been displaced, and how many people have died on the hooves of the Yuan army. If you let them continue to plunder like this, will you be able to bear it? You know, as military officers, we should naturally protect the common people, and if we are confined to some pedantic concepts, it is worth letting the people suffer these crimes?"

A "Is it worth it?", directly knocked into Lu Wenhuan's heart.

Lu Wenhuan's expression was slightly paused, and in the face of Zheng Yuanlong's expectant gaze, he could only shirk and say, "This, let me think about it." ”

Even if the other party has already come to him, Lu Wenchang is already afraid, afraid that this contact will bring political danger to himself, if he is abandoned by that Lin'an, what the road will be after that, Lu Wenchang is not clear.

Zheng Yuanlong saw that the other party's expression was gloomy, so he had to give up his plan to continue persuasion, his eyes swept from the city, and he immediately sighed.

"Maybe you can keep thinking about it, but they can't wait, you know?"