The strongest master in history

The magistrate said: "Since this is the case, we have to mobilize the army and people of Xiangyang to prepare for the battle."

In the next two days, the atmosphere in Xiangyang became unprecedentedly tense. The shops in the city were closed one after another, and even the city gates were closed. Unless there was an emergency, no one was allowed to enter.

Fortunately, Xiangyang City has a high wall and strong walls. Although there are no natural dangers everywhere, if you refuse to defend the city, you can still protect yourself.

The vicinity of Xiangyang is all plains and the terrain is wide. The Mongolian army is all brave cavalry, and the Song army is basically infantry. If they go out of the city to confront the Song army, they will not be opponents at all.

However, the Song Army is quite good at defending the city. Over the years, Song Guolu has been defeated in battles, either by the Liao Kingdom or by the Jin Kingdom. Once he loses a battle, he desperately sends money to seek peace.Except for the era of General Yang and Grandpa Yue, there were very few great battles fought.

Therefore, defending the city has become commonplace in the strategy of the Song Army. Anyway, they can't beat it, so they just defend it.Keep it for a month without losing money, and keep it for a year to earn blood. If you lose your patience and retreat, we will win.

This is also a no-brainer. It's not that Song Jun doesn't want to take the initiative to attack, but the military strength of the two sides is really far behind.

The Mongolian folk customs are tough, advocating force, and fighting in various places for years, all soldiers have been honed into first-class elites.

However, the Song State emphasized civility over military affairs. Since the founding ancestor Zhao Kuangyin, he had played with a glass of wine to release military power, and began to continuously weaken the influence of generals. The status of civil servants was much higher than that of generals of the same level.

Under the influence of this atmosphere, it is strange that the Song Dynasty's army was so powerful.

Even if Guo Jing is now training troops day and night, it will be difficult to achieve any results in a short period of time.

The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses dispatched by the imperial court are far from enough to guard the entire Xiangyang, so many of the Song army are young and middle-aged directly recruited locally.

Although these young and middle-aged men are full of enthusiasm and all have the idea of ​​​​defending their hometown, there is still a long way to go before they can grow into a real elite.

The story is divided into two parts, let’s say that on the side of the Mongolian army, 2000 troops sent by Kublai Khan have received food and grass from the rear, and they have rushed to the front-line barracks day and night.

Kublai Khan expected the food and grass to arrive in two days, but in the end it was half a day earlier.

The food and grass are in place one by one, and the urgent need is temporarily resolved.

After resting for half a day, in the early morning of the next day, [-] light cavalry, as the vanguard, marched towards Xiangyang at full speed under Kublai Khan's order.

After that came the heavy armored cavalry, siege and transport teams. Because they carried a large number of catapults, large heavy crossbows, ladders and other siege equipment, their marching speed was not fast.

The most important thing is that the Mongolian army also captured tens of thousands of people from the Song Dynasty. When they attacked the city, they would push these people forward as cannon fodder, which would put the defenders of Xiangyang in a dilemma.

They are all my compatriots, do you fight or not?If you don't fight, the Mongolian army will take the opportunity to attack the city. If you fight, how can your compatriots do it?

I have to say that this trick is really insidious and disgusting.

The [-] light cavalry were so fast that they arrived fifteen miles away from Xiangyang City in just over an hour, and stood still, waiting for the military order.

It didn't take long for ten thousand heavy cavalry to arrive.

When it was dark, the slow-moving siege team and the luggage team also arrived, and began to set up camp in place, light a fire and cook.

The Mongolian army is waiting in full battle, and they are all ready for the decisive battle in Xiangyang.

At this time, Xiangyang City was naturally tense.

A large number of Song troops guarded the four city walls in the southeast, northwest, almost without sleep all night.

Guo Jing spared no effort to check everywhere, did everything by himself, and constantly mobilized everyone before the battle to boost morale.

Lin Yuanjian and Xiao Zhao also stood on the city wall, looking at the darkness of the plain from a distance.

From time to time, Xiao Zhao glanced at Guo Jing who had passed by the city wall several times, and sighed: "Guo Daxia is really a true hero for the country and the people. No wonder people in the world still respect Guo Daxia a hundred years later. He is worthy of the name of a hero."

"Xiangyang City will be destroyed sooner or later. All I can do is to help Xiangyang win the current battle cleanly." Lin Yuanjian stood with his hands behind his back, with a solemn expression, looking far away, with a youthful look faintly visible between his brows.

Xiao Zhao looked at him obsessively, this is his sweetheart, young, handsome, capable, even standing there quietly, exudes an irresistible charm.

The whole night was considered peaceful, the Mongols did not take advantage of the night to attack, but the spirit of everyone was still tense all night.

On the second day, when the dawn was faint, the drums in the city were loudly beating!
Lin Yuanjian and Xiao Zhao climbed to the top of the city and saw that in the twilight of dawn, a neat line of Mongolian cavalry had already approached the city.

Tens of thousands of cannon fodder siege soldiers stood with shields in front, including many captured Song people. Behind them were nearly a hundred trebuchets and heavy crossbows, and then [-] heavy cavalry at the end, with [-] soldiers on each side. Thousands of light cavalry.

"Meet the enemy, meet the enemy!" Guo Jing stayed up all night, running around, urging the soldiers to prepare bows, arrows, logs, stones, gold soup, etc. for the defense of the city.

In the rear of the Mongolian army, Kublai Khan stood side by side with King Jinlun on a tall sweat-blooded horse.

"Master, in your opinion, how long can we take Xiangyang?"

King Jinlun stared in the direction of Xiangyang City, pondered for a while, and said: "Xiangyang City is extremely strong, if the Song army defends and does not attack, I think our army will be invincible within a few months."

Kublai Khan nodded slightly: "The opinion of the national teacher coincides with this king."

King Jinlun said: "My lord, please order the attack."

"Test and test the reality first." Soon, a military order was conveyed to the front by the messenger on behalf of Kublai Khan.

The general who received the military order immediately ordered: "Throw stones, shoot arrows!"

In an instant, overwhelming stones and giant arrows as thick as arms rushed towards the city of Xiangyang crazily.

Guo Jing shouted loudly: "Hidden, hide well!"

The power of these heavy crossbows is not a joke, one arrow can shoot through five or six people at the same time.

The trebuchet is also not to be underestimated. So many stones fell from the sky. If you hit your head, you will die, and if you hit your body, you will be seriously injured, which is enough to cause huge damage to the Song army.

All the soldiers bent down and shrank under the city wall, but the places to hide are limited, and it is impossible for everyone to take care of it.

Some soldiers could only lower their bodies as much as possible and raised their shields to block them. Whether they survived depends on their luck.

"Xiao Zhao, hide well." Facing the flying rocks and giant arrows all over the sky, Lin Yuanjian stood motionless.

Guo Jing was startled suddenly: "Mr. Lin, get down quickly." Facing the attack of the heavy crossbow, even the top martial arts masters have to avoid the edge for the time being!
The magistrate repeatedly lamented, seeing what you have blown him up to, and even hanging and beating King Jinlun, he was frightened stupid when he came to the front of the two armies, this young man can't do it.

Poor young man, he is about to die at a young age, and he doesn't even know how to hide. Isn't this courting death?