372 Guarding Xiangyang

Guo Jing finally became the number one master in the world, and he successfully got the recognition of Huang Yaoshi and allowed Huang Rong and Guo Jing to be together.

But Guo Jing did not show a look of joy. Instead, he turned his head and said to Hong Qigong: "Master, Rong'er, the Mongolian army is going south to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, and I am going to fight against Mongolia." ”

Hong Qigong said with a smile: "It should be so, but what do you want to do, although this place is close to Lin'an, if you report to the imperial court, those who are in charge may not believe it, and if you don't make a decision, you will miss a big thing." And if you have Yu He boy go to the court to report the rest, you don't have to go to Lin'an Mansion anymore. Your little red horse is fast, so it's better to rush to Xiangyang on the same day. If the general is obedient, you will help him defend the city, otherwise he will be killed with one slap, and he will lead the people and soldiers to resist the Mongol army. ”

Guo Jing nodded yes, said goodbye to Hong Qigong with Huang Rong, and the two rode a little red horse and went to Xiangyang together.

Yu He went down to Huashan, but did not return to Lin'an Mansion, but found the prefect of Weinan Mansion, revealed his identity to him, and asked him to send a letter written by himself to the imperial court urgently. Then he wrote a letter to his lieutenant general, asking him to rush to Xiangyang with his army to support.

Then Yu He rushed to Xiangyang.

The little red horse ridden by Guo Jing and Huang Rong was fast, but the two of them rode together. It was only one day earlier than Yu He.

When the two arrived in Xiangyang, they saw that the people were stable, the commercial market was prosperous, and there was no sign of conquest. That Xiangyang is an important town in the north of the Southern Song Dynasty, with a pacification embassy and elite soldiers to guard it. Guo Jing thought that the military situation was urgent, and he was too late to invest in the store. Jing and Huang Rong went to meet and appease Lu Wende. Although Guo Jing was a marshal in Mongolia, he was just a commoner in cloth clothes in the Southern Song Dynasty, how could he see him? Huang Rong knew that he couldn't do anything without money, so he gave the porter a tael of gold. Although the concierge's expression changed immediately and his face was full of joy, the days of pacifying the guests had to be half a month later at the earliest, and the people who met at that time were all dignitaries. may not be able to see Guo Jing. Guo Jing became agitated. shouted: "The military situation is urgent, how can you wait?" Huang Rong hurriedly glanced at him, pulled him aside, and whispered: "Break in and see you at night." ”

The two took advantage of the darkness to sneak into the pacification embassy. That appeasement made Lu Wende embrac Ji Yu. Sit and drink for pleasure. His heart was trying to appease himself and his concubine. Guo Huang and the others jumped down. Guo Jing Changyi said: "The villain has an urgent military affairs report. Lu Wende was shocked and shouted, "There is an assassin!" and pushed Ji Yu away, and drilled under the table. Guo Jing strode forward. picked it up and said: "Pacify Hugh, the villain has no intention of harming each other." Push him back into his seat. Lu Wende was so frightened that his face was pale, and he just trembled. I saw dozens of sergeants crowding into the hall, each raising a knife and a gun, and came to the rescue. Huang Rong pulled out the dagger and pointed at Lu Wende's chest. All the sergeants shouted in unison, not daring to step forward. Huang Rong said: "You tell them not to shout, we have something to say." Lu Wende's hands and feet trembled, and he passed the order to go, and the sergeants stopped talking.

Guo Jing told LΓΌ Wende the news of the Mongol army's large-scale attack.

Lu Wende was born as a commoner, and he was able to achieve his current position, firstly, he made a lot of contributions by resisting Jin, but he colluded with Jia Yidao, the minister of the DPRK and China, so he was able to achieve the status of Xiangyang City's pacification envoy. I still have the ability.

Hearing that Guo Jing was not here to assassinate him, his heart calmed down, but the Mongolian army had just joined forces with the Song Dynasty to attack Jin, and now they turned around and attacked the Song Dynasty again, but he didn't believe it.

At that moment, Lu Wende shook his head and said, "Impossible, it is impossible for the Mongols to fight." ”

Guo Jing forgot about Huang Rong in disappointment, and Huang Rong slapped the table, "We said that the Mongols are coming, you hurry up and prepare, don't be caught off guard by others." ”

Lu Wende then remembered that the two people in front of him were not good men and women, but stole into the mansion. People with strong martial arts. Hurriedly nodded and said, "I know the way, the Mongols are attacking, I have to be ready." ”

Guo Jing and Huang Rong nodded, and before they left, they suddenly heard a laugh, which was very familiar: "Ha Luha, Brother Guo Jing, Huang Rong girl, you two came very quickly." ”

Guo Jingxi said: "Brother Yu, you are here." ”

I saw Yu He pass through the layers of guards, walked in front of Guo Jing and said, "I'm here, let go of Master Lu." ”

Guo Jing let go of Lu Wende as he said.

Yu He took out a waist card and showed it to Lu Wende.

Lu Wende was shocked and said: "Xiaguan Lu Wende has seen the commander of the envoy. ”

Yu He nodded and said: "Get up, what they just said is true, the Mongols have already gone south, have captured many cities, and are about to attack Xiangyang, you hurry up and arrange defenses." ”

Lu Wende was instantly shocked and said to Yu He: "I want to report to the imperial court immediately." ”

Yu He said: "I have already sent someone to send the news to the imperial court, you better hurry up and set up defenses." ”

Lu Wende nodded and said, "According to the orders of the lord, I hurriedly led people to close the city gate and arrange the defense line."

His men followed.

Yu He turned his head to Guo Jing and said, "Brother Guo, congratulations on holding the beauty." ”

Guo Jing smiled innocently.

Huang Rong said: "Brother Yu, didn't you go back to Lin'an Mansion first, why did you arrive so quickly, we still want to hold that Lu Wende hostage and let him arrange defense." ”

Yu He said with a smile: "Time is pressing, I just asked my subordinates to give a piece to the emperor, and I came first." ”

Guo Huang and the others nodded, and Yu He said: "Brother Guo, you have Wu Mu's suicide note, and you have experienced so many wars, this time the heavy responsibility of fighting against Mongolia will be handed over to you, and I will let Lu Wende hand over the right to guard the city to you later." ”

Guo Jing hurriedly shook his head and said, "Brother Yu, I can't do it, it's better for you to come." ”

Yu He smiled: "What is modest, okay, don't shirk, the matter is urgent, you go and take my waist card to assist Lu Wende to arm." ”

Guo Jing was about to resign, but he was pushed down by Huang Rong, Huang Rong took Yu He's waist card instead of Guo Jing, and took Guo Jing out of the door. β€œ

Yu He sat on the chair and sighed, now that there are less than 10,000 defenders in Xiangyang City, he only hopes that his deputy general can come to support as soon as possible, but the efficiency of the imperial court, his own performance is now estimated to have just been sent to Song Lizong. It will take at least a day to get the batch down, and it will take several days for his army to arrive, and in the past ten days, I don't know if Lu Dao can withstand the attack of the Mongol army.

Guo Jing assisted in the deployment of defenses in the city, and at the same time sent spies to investigate the military situation, but he knew that the Mongolian army was going south this time, and the army was only afraid of more than 100,000 people. As soon as the news came back, Guo Jing was immediately startled, even though Wu Mu was reborn. It is impossible to defeat the Mongolian elite soldiers who came with the momentum of victory with less than 10,000 old soldiers in Xiangyang City. What's more, Guo Jing just learned Wu Mu's suicide note.

Helplessly, Guo Jing could not leave Xiangyang City behind, so he could only rack his brains to deploy a defensive line.

The Mongolian elite soldiers still had two or three days to arrive, so Guo Jing ordered more than 10,000 troops to dig a moat outside the city and collect thunder stones and rolling wood. Also oil. Firewood. All kinds of weapons to defend the city.

Huang Rong also came up with an idea, but she thought of an ancient story In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a merchant in Zheng Guo. is called Xiangao, he was doing business abroad, and on the way he met the army of Qin, and he actually came to attack Zheng Guo. At that time, Zheng Guoquan was defenseless, but he was afraid that as soon as the Qin soldiers arrived, he would lose the country. Although Xiangao was a businessman, he was very patriotic, and he had a plan in mind at the moment, and sent someone to tell Uncle Zheng in the starry night, and he led twelve oxen to meet the general of the Qin army, saying that he came to reward Master Qin on the order of Uncle Zheng. The generals of the Qin army thought that Zheng Guo had been prepared for a long time and did not dare to attack again, so he immediately led his troops back to China.

Guo Jing immediately realized that Lu Wende had been guarding Xiangyang for so long and pacifying countless gold, silver and jewelry in the palace, but this time Guo Jing took a small half of it as a reward for the Mongolian army, but the distressed Lu Wende was going to die. However, with Yu He here, he still pinched his nose and came out with this money.

Because Guo Jing is known to many people in Mongolia, this time he asked Yu He and Huang Rong to send gold, silver and jewelry. Yu He found something and briefly touched his face a few times, and suddenly changed his face, if it weren't for friends who had been friends for more than a few years, he really wouldn't recognize Yu He.

The two took a group of soldiers pretending to be envoys and sent a large number of gold, silver and jewelry to the Mongolian military camp.

Outside the Mongolian military camp, Yu He was also shocked, this time the Mongolian army actually came more than 100,000 people, full of 10,000 people, boundless, Mongolian military camp covers the sky and the earth, as far as the eye can see.

Yu He looked at the people behind him and found that they were all trembling with fright. I also sighed in my heart: "Don't tremble, you will be exposed later, you will die, you, you, you...... Stay outside. Yu He stretched out his hand to leave a few guys who looked like they were going to collapse in fright, and then told everyone not to speak when they entered the barracks. Led the crowd into the barracks of the Mongol army.

Immediately, a Mongolian soldier came, and Yu He said that he was an envoy sent by the Song Dynasty to reward the Mongolian army, and the Mongolian soldier immediately went back to report to the leading general.

After a while, this Mongolian soldier took Yu He, Huang Rong and others into the big tent of the Chinese army.

When he went in, Yu He was taken aback, the Mongolian Great Khan's Wokotai, Temujin's eldest son combed his teeth, his son Chagatai, and his fourth son Torrey were all here, and all the Mongolian generals were also here, and it seemed that all the elite soldiers and strong generals of Mongolia had gathered this time.

At this time, Wokotai was indeed a little frightened in his heart, his Mongolian army attacked all the way, conquered the city, did not let a person escape, every time he attacked a city, he first surrounded the city, and then began to attack, to ensure that no one escaped, how did the people of the Song Dynasty know that Lu Dao himself came.

However, since the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty came to reward themselves, it means that they have not yet discovered the purpose of the others, but they are polite to Yu He and others at the moment, accept the reward, and send Yu He and others out of the barracks.

Leaving the military camp of Wokotai, Yu He found that he had really reached an extremely difficult situation, Wokotai had an army of 100,000, even if he knew that the Southern Song Dynasty had already prepared, he could not retreat, in his heart, even the weak Jin State could be powerful in the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention his strong Mongolia.

I gave away so many gold and silver treasures in Wokotai for nothing.

After returning to Xiangyang City, Yu He told Guo Jing what he had seen and heard, Guo Jing pondered for a long time, and said: "The Mongolian army is 100,000, and our army is now less than 10,000 people, and it is indeed difficult to hold on for seven or eight days." ”

Yu He said: "I have a good way, I go to assassinate the Mongol Great Khan Γ–gedai, kill Γ–gedai, they will definitely retreat, of course, it is possible for the whole army to attack and avenge their Great Khan." ”

Guo Jing shook his head and said: "This method is not advisable, the Mongols have always been very impulsive, if we assassinate Ogedei, I dare to guarantee that they will definitely destroy Xiangyang City first, and after slaughtering the city, they will think about other things." ”

Yu He nodded, thinking to himself.

Guo Jing said: "I have a way. It can be delayed for two days, and then it can only rely on the city to defend itself. ”

Yu He nodded and said, "I can only resign myself to fate, since I am in charge of you, then everything is up to you." I hope that my Black Armor Army will arrive soon. ”

After thinking about it, Yu He said again: "I'll go back to Lin'an now, I will definitely be able to come back within five days, you can hold on for five days." ”

Guo Jing nodded and said, "Brother Yu, don't worry, I will definitely be able to hold on for five days." I'll lend you my little red horse to ride first. ”

Yu He nodded, and immediately went out of the pacification embassy to find Lu Wende. told him to listen to Guo Jing's command. Then he rode Guo Jing's little red horse and hurried to Lin'an Mansion.

The little red horse is really extraordinary, and the journey that could only be reached in three days was originally reached, and the little red horse arrived in two days, but the little red horse was also tired enough.

Yu He returned to Lin'an Mansion. only to find that his black-armored elite soldiers were worthy of departure. Song Lizong does trust himself more. When he received his own recital, he immediately sent it out according to his own requirements.

Yu He rested for half a day. I haven't closed my eyes for two days and two nights, although I can still stand it, but Guo Jing's little red horse can't stand it. Yu He chose a black horse from Ouchi, and after resting for a long time, he set off with the little red horse. After running for more than half a day, I finally found my black armor army.

Yu Heben went up to ask, only to know that the cavalry of the Black Armor Army had already set off, and rushed to Xiangyang City to help in the battle, while the infantry was also marching in a hurry.

Yu He's heart was at ease, his black armor army had a total of 10,000 troops and 3,000 cavalry. After his own careful training, it is not a problem to deal with the Mongol army with one enemy and two enemies, and the cavalry can be used as a sneak attack, and it can be used as one as ten.

After Yu He asked the infantry general about the direction of departure of the cavalry, he chased after him on horseback.

The little red horse and the black horse transfer. In the evening, he caught up with the cavalry team, and Yu He directly took over the command of the cavalry team.

He galloped all the way with the cavalry, and when the horses were tired, they walked slowly, and even their meals were eaten on horseback. Two days later, Yu He finally arrived outside Xiangyang City.

Ten miles outside Xiangyang City, I heard the sound of shouting and killing.

Yu He waved his hand to stop everyone from moving forward, and went to the battlefield alone to investigate, and found that the Mongol army was attacking the city, but fortunately, the Mongol army did not set up a guarded army on the periphery. Yu He was overjoyed and ran back. With the cavalry team, rush all the way to the battlefield.

At this time, on the city wall of Xiangyang City, Guo Jing was struggling to kill the soldiers who climbed the city wall.

The day after Yu He left, the vanguard of the Mongolian army arrived at Xiangyang City, Guo Jing ambushed nearly 10,000 troops in Xiangyang City outside the city, and then the city gate was wide open, and he and Huang Rong stood at the city gate.

When the generals of the vanguard army saw that Guo Jing was standing here, they hurriedly went back and reported to Torrey, and the supreme commander of the vanguard army was Torrey.

Torre was very surprised to see Guo Jing, Guo Jing in the Mongolian army when the westward expedition, with soldiers like a god, all the way to attack the city, invincible, at this time he guarded Xiangyang City, Torre couldn't help but feel uneasy. wants to persuade Guo Jing to defect to Mongolia.

Guo Jing naturally refused to agree, and just when Torre was worried, a cannon rang out outside the city, and only the sergeant behind the mountain in the east could be heard shouting, waving the flag. Tuo Lei's face changed color, but when he heard the sound of the trumpet cannon, there were enemy soldiers shouting behind the west mountain, and he said in his heart: "It's not good, our army is in ambush." "He followed Genghis Khan's expedition to the east and the west, but he has only experienced a hundred battles, and has never seen any big battles, where is the small ambush of these thousands of soldiers in his eyes?

This is Guo Jing's strategy.

It's just that Torre naturally couldn't retreat from the army, but he set up camp outside the city, and after a day, he directly swept the outside of the city with a large army, fortunately Guo Jing had already taken all the troops back into the city, otherwise, but relying on that little army, it was really not enough for Torrey's Mongolian cavalry to sweep.

After Torre swept the area around Xiangyang City, he began to attack the city with a large army.

It was Torre who swept around Xiangyang City, so he did not set up a garrison around the perimeter.

By the time Yu He arrived, Torre had already led his army to attack Xiangyang City for two days.

If it weren't for the high and strong city wall of Xiangyang, coupled with Guo Jing's courage to take the lead in killing the enemy, and the rolling wood and stone were well prepared, Xiangyang City would have been broken a long time ago, Rao is so, if Yu He came two days late, he would only see Guo Jing's corpse and a broken Xiangyang City.

However, there is also good news, the beggar gang Lu Youjiao took a large number of beggar disciples to help Guo Jing guard Xiangyang City.

At this time, most of the soldiers of the Mongol army had attacked the city wall, and Guo Jing and Lu Youjiao and other beggar gang masters fought bravely to kill the enemy. However, Rao's bravery still made the defenders of Xiangyang City feel unbearable.

Today, Torre has given an order to slaughter the city for three days after the breakdown, and all the items in the city are free for the Mongol warriors to plunder. At this time, the Mongol army was like a group of madmen, risking their lives and rushing to the city wall.

Looking at this group of Mongolian soldiers with red eyes, the defenders of the Southern Song Dynasty also killed red eyes, now either you die, or I die, under the threat of life and death, the defenders of the Southern Song Dynasty also broke out with the courage that they usually don't have, regardless of their lives, even if they jump off the city wall with the Mongolian soldiers, they have to die with each other.

Guo Jing felt extremely tired at this time, three consecutive days of high-intensity fighting, never stopped, he was no longer using the eighteen palms of the dragon descending, but holding a spear, using the Yang family's marksmanship, every time he had the smallest strength to assassinate the enemy, or stab, or borrow strength, in short, to save physical strength. (To be continued......)