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After Li Tian returned home, he told everyone what he knew, and when everyone learned that the Mongolian army was coming, each other's hearts were heavy, and the whole Xiangyang City was filled with a depressing atmosphere, and half a day later, Guo Jing asked people to visit and say, "The matter of recruiting new soldiers was told to the Xiangyang City guard, and the other party said that as long as they did not have to pay military salaries, they were allowed to recruit troops to defend the city." After Li Tian was notified, he began to recruit troops in the city, and at the same time, Huang Rong instructed the people of the beggar gang to cooperate.

On this day, there was a light rain in the sky, dark clouds filled the sky, and the wind seemed to roar. To the south of Xiangyang City, the gray stone slabs stretch straight out, leading straight up through the stone steps. On a majestic city wall, soldiers on the left and right sides each grabbed a flagpole two feet high, and the green flag at the top of the pole fluttered. On the cyan flag, a majestic lion with teeth and claws is embroidered, and the other side of the flag is embroidered with a character Xiang. There are three men standing next to him, Li Tian is on the right side, and in the middle is a general in armor, he is Lu Wende, the defender of Xiangyang City, Guo Jing is standing on the left side of Lu Wende, and the eyes of the three people look into the distance, waiting for the arrival of the Mongolian army.

At this time, it had been half a month since the last recruitment, and after getting Lu Wende's approval, Li Tian asked people to go to the city to spread rumors, saying; The Mongolian army arrived outside the city of Xiangyang in half a month, and when the city was broken, the city would be slaughtered, so many people dragged their families away, but most of the people were still reluctant to leave, and then let people start recruiting soldiers and horses in the city, and explained that it was only the voluntary participation of the righteous army, just eat without any food, and the people in the city thought of the fate of the family after the city was broken, and they went to join the army bravely, and even the old man of fifty or sixty years old came, and there were more than 5,000 people in just half a day, which directly made Li Tian speechless!'

Li Tianxin knew that the soldiers were more important than the many, so he only selected a small number, and the number of people who joined the army was more than 20,000, and only 8,000 were admitted. If it weren't for the fact that there were too few soldiers and horses in the city, according to the standards in his mind, it would be good to be able to admit 5,000 people. Subsequently, Li Tian explained the stakes to the big families in the city after the city was broken, hoping that they could contribute some grain and grass to Xiangyang City to tide over the crisis. The Li family took the lead in contributing 30,000 catties of grain and grass, and if there is the first one, there will be a second, these big families are all human spirits, and it is impossible to ask them to shed some blood at ordinary times. However, Li Tian inertly said that the Mongol army would slaughter every city broken, and these people did not want to move away from their hometown, but also did not want to die in the hands of the Mongols, so they naturally obediently handed over some food. ’

In addition, Li Tian also collected all kinds of items from the people in the city to defend the city, such as fire oil, boulders, giant trees, etc., and even some houses were demolished, which was destined to be a difficult battle, and any war resources needed to be prepared. At this time, there were 150,000 people in the entire Xiangyang City plus the newly moved people, and there were no villagers within a hundred miles outside the city. The 8,000 newly recruited men, because of the lack of weapons and armor, are currently only trained with wooden knives and guns, and now they will not be of use at all, at least in two months. But in two months' time, their weapons will also be in place. ’

Li Tian was adopted because of his suggestion, so that Guo Jing attached great importance to giving him half of the 8,000 soldiers. Li Tian thought of the current situation, and he didn't postpone it, so he asked Yang Guo to train with recruits, no one was born a general, under his training method, the recruits began normal training, and Yang Guo's martial arts are strong and talented, and both big and small martial arts can lead the army, he is naturally better. This is also the reason why Li Tian can stand on the city wall. As for the Xiangyang guard general Lu Wende, he is a mediocre person, I am afraid that it will not be long before the military spirit in the city will be close to Guo Jing and others. ’

Guo Jing stared intently into the distance, and the black pressure of the soldiers gradually approached, and said indifferently: "General Lu, Brother Li, the Mongolian army is here." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Li Tian, only to see his brows furrowed slightly, obviously discovering the Mongol army. There was no contradiction between the two at all, when he heard Li Tian's words, he was just angry for a while, but after he left, he thought about it carefully, and realized that he was too impulsive. In fact, it is no wonder that Guo Jing is like this, he is a descendant of a famous general of the Song Dynasty, although he was born in the rivers and lakes, but he was taught by his mother Li Ping since he was a child, and he still has a little respect for the imperial power. In half a month, the two of them have been relieved of that incident.

A general in armor in the middle, his eyebrows condensed into a Sichuan character, he never saw the shadow of the Mongolian army, and wondered: "Why didn't I see it?" Li Tian replied lightly: "General Lu, the Mongolian army is miles away, and it will come soon." "Both of them are top masters, and their eyesight is farther than ordinary people, and it is purely normal that Lu Wende has not seen it. After hearing this, Lu Wende waited on the city wall for a while, and finally saw a large black figure approaching, looking as boundless as the ocean from a distance, he was a little afraid in his heart, and the hand holding the weapon trembled faintly, and said in a trembling voice: "The Mongolian army is nearly hundreds of thousands, how is this good!"

Guo Jing was slightly angry after hearing this, as the main general, the two armies had not yet clashed, so they began to lack confidence, how could they lead the army to defend the city, and said sharply: "General Lu, why bother to grow the ambition of others, as long as the soldiers and civilians in Xiangyang City work together, they will definitely be able to hold the city." Li Tian said lightly: "Yes, if General Lu is not confident, he can leave it to us." He didn't give the other a face, and he didn't hesitate to say what was in his heart. Lu Wende was not angry when he heard this, he had seen the skills of those martial arts masters, if he really wanted to kill himself, it would definitely be difficult to escape, and the other party's words were exactly what he wanted, if he failed at that time, he would open the city gate and surrender, in case he really held the city, he would still be able to ask the court for credit!

Guo Jing felt that his words were too much, so he hurriedly bypassed the topic and said, "General Lu, I don't know when the reinforcements applied to the imperial court will arrive." After hearing this, Lu Wende's face showed embarrassment, and he said: "I'm afraid that the reinforcements from the imperial court won't be able to come, and everything can only rely on ourselves." Guo Jing's face was angry when he heard this, and he shouted: "The traitor has misled the country!" Lu Wende next to him was frightened by his momentum, and he didn't dare to confront him, and looked towards the Mongolian army in the distance.

When they approached, the Mongol army came near, and finally stopped five hundred meters outside the city, and from a distance, they saw the Mongol army lined up in twenty phalanxes.