081 The Great War (I)
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A black oppressive array of soldiers approached, and the Mongol army, clad in black scale armor, glowed dazzlingly in the setting sun. Lu Wende secretly felt a chill in his heart, the Mongol army was fierce, and Xiangyang City was afraid that it would be difficult to defend, so he said in a trembling voice: "Guo Daxia, or let's open the city and surrender!" Guo Jing was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "General Lu, we swear to live and die with Xiangyang City, and the matter of surrender must not be mentioned again." After speaking, the cold light in his eyes flashed. Li Tian was also very angry in his heart, and said indifferently: "General Lu, just leave the matter of defending the city to us! You can go back first!"
Lu Wende waited for this in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Guo Daxia, Li Shaoxia, this general is unwell today, and the affairs of Xiangyang City and everything are left to you!" After speaking, he slowly retreated to the city under the support of his own soldiers. Lu Wende's heart is very clear, he is not as good as Guo Jing in terms of the ability to fight, after all, the other party was the marshal of the Western Expedition of the Mongolian army, so he entrusted Xiangyang City to him, if he really held it, he would go to the court to ask for credit, and if it failed, he would open the city and surrender!
The two looked at each other helplessly, Guo Jing said in a deep voice: "Brother Li, in my opinion, the Mongolian army will not attack the city today, they have come far to stop and rest, but there will be a fierce battle tomorrow, and you need to prepare early." Li Tian nodded when he heard this, and replied: "Brother Guo, the two of us take turns to keep vigil, I will come in the first half of the night, and I will hand it over to you in the second half of the night." "Although the Mongols should not attack the city, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents, so they should not be careless.
Guo Jing replied: "Well," I agree with Li Tian's idea in my heart, no matter what, we must be vigilant, as for robbing the camp or something, forget it, the Mongolian army has experienced a hundred battles and is not comparable to the Song army, the leader of the army this time is Kublai Khan, one of the most outstanding people of the Mongolian Golden Family, how can there be no defense, and after leaving the city, the Song army has no advantage, and defending the city is the royal road.
While the two were talking, the Mongol army began to set up camp. In a blink of an eye, it was dark, and in the first half of the night, Li Tian kept vigil on the city wall, and waited until the early morning when Guo Jing came to exchange, and he went to rest. Li Tianxin knew that a big war was coming, and he needed to recharge his energy to face the Mongol army, so he slept soundly in the second half of the night and did not wake up until six o'clock in the morning.
At this time, the thunder drum of 'Dong Dong ~' sounded, Li Tian had not yet gotten up and the sound of war drums came, he hurriedly got dressed and did not wash, and went towards the direction of Nancheng, and after climbing the city wall, he saw the drums of the Mongolian army from a distance, and they had lined up a phalanx, just 100,000 horses, and each phalanx had 10,000 people. Li Tian came up and saluted the soldiers left and right, at this time he had great prestige in the city, whether it was the heroes in the rivers and lakes, or the soldiers in the city respected him very much, Guo Jing was wearing black scale armor, and when he saw him walk past the old man, he greeted: "Brother Li, you are here." Li Tian nodded when he heard this, it's not that his shelf is too big, now the main task is to defend the city, and the two of them can just say hello.
Li Tian looked towards the Mongolian army, but saw a raised hillside extremely dazzling, only to see the Mongolian king's royal flag standing above, about three zhang high, supported by several Mongolian soldiers, and the sound of hundreds of big leather drums beating 'dong dong~' next to it was deafening, and even the sound of speaking was drowned out.
The Mongol king Kublai Khan personally went into battle to supervise the army, and today, the momentum of the first siege army is like a rainbow, if he can capture Xiangyang City in one go, it will be great, he thought to himself. Kublai Khan said loudly: "Siege." After that, there was a herald next to him, "The king has an order, the first team to start attacking the city!" I saw his figure constantly shuttling through the army, and soon the first team of men and horses who got the order began to attack the city. The commander of the Mongolian army commanded the army to attack, and for a while, the drum sound of 'dong dong~' was even more earth-shattering.
But seeing that the Mongol army was gradually approaching, Li Tian shouted: "Sons and daughters cheer me up, do you know what will happen to your family after the Mongol army breaks through the city?" When the soldiers on the city wall heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked. Li Tian shouted loudly: "The Mongol army will loot every city it breaks, and then your wives and daughters will fall into their hands, I ask you, are you willing?" The sound was deafening, and it was heard for miles. Li Tianzong shouted: "Since you don't want to, kill me, kill, kill." The three words were full of chills, and the soldiers said: "Kill, kill, kill." ”
Kublai Khan, the Mongolian king outside the city, was secretly surprised when he saw that the morale of the Song army was suddenly shocked. Guo Jing next to him didn't nod, thinking that my virtuous brother was a good fighter, and the morale of the general's heart was raised in a moment. Li Tian shouted: "Everyone stabilize me and wait for the enemy army to get close before fighting." At this time, the Mongolian army had already entered within 100 meters and was gradually pressing, but Li Tian did not release the arrows now, and there was no need to worry. Approaching, the Mongolian army was approaching, and finally when it was thirty meters away, Li Tianda shouted: "Release," for a while, the bows that everyone tightened were loosened, and thousands of sharp arrows shot out, as if it was a rain of arrows, and a group of Mongolian soldiers fell, and then someone made up for it, and the soldiers on the city wall changed positions in an orderly manner, and after the people in front shot the arrows, they quickly retreated and someone made up for it.
Patches of arrows rained out and there were people constantly substituted, but the Mongol army gradually approached, although the rain of arrows above was very dense, but it could not stop their advance, and after paying hundreds of casualties, they finally came to the city wall, and the Mongol soldiers began to set up ladders and climb towards it. Guo Jing shouted: "Sons, let go of the rolling stones." When the soldiers heard this, they threw the boulders they had prepared down the ladder. I only listened to the screams of "ah~~~" endlessly, and it was obvious that many soldiers were hit.
When the Mongol king saw that the soldiers had slowed down, he shouted, "Attack, the first to climb the city wall will be rewarded with a hundred gold." After hearing this, the Mongol army rushed forward without fear of death, and the army he led was battle-hardened, and when they heard the king's words, they all shouted and shouted, and everyone wanted to make meritorious contributions in front of the king, and hundreds of ladders were erected in just a moment. Guo Jing shouted: "Sons and daughters, kill." He shouted loudly, and in the midst of the shouting and shouting of the multitude, everyone could still hear it clearly. On the city wall, both the officers and soldiers, or the people in the rivers and lakes, fought bravely to kill the enemy, and for a time rolling logs, boulders, and fire oil were constantly thrown down, and the Mongolian army rushed upwards without fear of life and death.