Zongwu: Madam, please respect yourself.

Huang Rong worked hard during this period.

His face looked very ugly.

Ever since Guo Jing fell ill.

All the big and small matters in Xiangyang City have become her burden.

If there were no war troubles, many things could be delegated to the officials below, but as the Mongols were about to move, Huang Rong had to do it herself. Because she couldn't trust the officials below. After all, not everyone had strong beliefs and could be loyal to the Song Dynasty.

Although Mongolia has not moved south yet, it has begun to mobilize troops to suppress the border.

In particular, after the news spread that the imperial court and Wu Guogong's army were entangled, Mongolia, which had not originally prepared to go south, seemed to have made plans to go south again.

The Manchus and the Red-haired Ghosts were at an inextricable fight, and for a while they would not be able to send any troops to go south. Therefore, the Mongols could take advantage of this lull to send their troops south and take the Central Plains!

There is no need to do anything else.

We only need to take down the defense line of Xiangyang City.

Then there will no longer be a line of defense in the rear that can block the Mongolian cavalry, but a flat plain. Huang Rong would never let such a thing happen, because the Mongols were cruel by nature. Once they were allowed to enter the Central Plains, countless horrific tragedies would definitely occur.

But the number of troops in the Xiangyang area is really too small.

Even if the temporarily recruited militia and township warriors were included in the six cities, the total number was only over 70,000, which was too small compared to the Mongolian cavalry, which could easily reach hundreds of thousands. Huang Rong was confident of defending the six cities, but if the Mongols changed their strategy and no longer attacked the cities, but chose to penetrate into the Central Plains through the gaps between the cities, then the six cities would become decorations.

Even if the Mongols' supply lines can be cut off by then, one thing needs to be clarified, that is, when will the Mongols need to cross the supply lines?

The Mongols were extremely cruel. It is said that when they went south to fight, because their supply lines could not keep up, they captured local people and followed them along.

They worked as coolies during the day and killed people to eat meat at night. This is really not a fabricated secret, but a fact that really happened.

They called those people two-legged sheep.

And it is precisely because of this.

Huang Rong would never allow them to pass through the gaps between the six cities, thereby causing chaos in the Central Plains and harming the people. But this also means that the army that could have been huddled in the city must go out to patrol the city, and divide the troops again to set up checkpoints to block the Mongols' southward passage.

But this manpower is already insufficient.

If we divide our troops again. So let alone those gaps that cannot be blocked, whether the six cities can be defended is a big problem.

If Guo Jing were to handle this matter.

He would definitely ask for reinforcements from the court while leading these 70,000 people to defend. This does not mean that Guo Jing is stubborn, but Huang Rong and Guo Jing have completely different perspectives on the problem.

In addition to continuing to recruit militiamen, Huang Rong also recruited a large number of Beggar Clan disciples. At the same time, through the Beggar Clan's intelligence channels, Huang Rong sent invitations to the world's martial arts heroes to participate in the martial arts conference. As long as she could win the martial arts conference, she could Become the leader of the martial arts alliance and lead the world's martial arts.

If anyone else were to do this, most people would look down upon it.

After all, not just any cat or dog can hold a martial arts conference.

Most of the top players would not be willing to compete with cats and dogs.

Even if they win, facing the unknown cats and dogs, the top experts will get nothing but humiliation.

However, it would be different if Huang Rong, the leader of the Beggar Clan, and Guo Jing, the governor of Xiangyang, were responsible for this matter.

Everyone in the world knows the reputation of Guo Jing and Huang Rong, and Huang Rong is also the leader of the Beggar Clan. This alone is enough to attract the attention of most sects in the world.

This wave of news has just spread, and the famous martial arts sects in the world have expressed their willingness to participate in the martial arts conference organized by Huang Rong, including many well-known martial arts sects such as Kongtong, Kunlun, Shaolin Wudang, etc.

They all expressed their willingness to participate in this martial arts conference.

And he became very interested in the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance.

Under such an atmosphere.

People from the Jianghu community gathered in the Xiangyang area.

In just half a month, hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life gathered.

This brought great security pressure to the imperial army near Xiangyang.

After all, these Jianghu people are all unruly masters. They often fight in the street and draw swords to kill people over disagreements.

However, compared with the extra hundreds of thousands of new troops, everything is negligible.

But Huang Rong also knew that most of the people in the world were just here to watch the lively rabble. What really needs to be won over are the big sects, especially Shaolin and Wudang, which have a large number of people.

As long as Shaolin and Wudang disciples can come to Xiangyang to help garrison, then Huang Rong's probability of holding Xiangyang's defense line will be more than 60%. And if the assistance of Beggar Clan disciples is added, then the probability of success will be more than 80%. After all, this Is there any other large sect in the world that can match the number of people in the Beggar Clan?

The Beggar Clan claims to have millions of disciples.

However, most of the disciples of the Beggar Clan are just ordinary people who don't know martial arts, or they are some low-level shrimps who only know three-legged cat kung fu.

There are very few real masters.

Therefore, these powerful factions must join.

Only in this way can we completely defend against the invasion of the Mongolian cavalry.

But not everyone is as concerned about the country and the people as he is.

Although, the Wu-Tang Clan immediately expressed its willingness to share the burden with the Beggar Clan. But Shaolin does not have such a plan. These bald donkey monks have their own plans - they have always been like this.

No, as soon as Huang Rong spoke to them, these bald donkeys had already started to settle accounts and started asking for military pay. It was not that Huang Rong couldn't afford military pay. In fact, Xiangyang City has money and food, but the Mongols haven't invaded yet, and these bald heads are like lions.

If there is one family, there will be two.

Others saw Shaolin Temple taking military pay.

They will definitely come to ask for it. By then, the Mongols have not yet arrived, and Xiangyang City’s military pay and food will have been distributed. So what are they left to defend? What to keep?

Are they going to eat people like the Mongols?

Huang Rong can tell this kind of thing, and naturally these great monks in Shaolin Temple can also tell it. The main reason why they want military pay is not to get involved, so that Huang Rong will retreat.

In fact, they had already inquired about the specific situation of food and military pay in Xiangyang City in advance.

If Huang Rong is really willing to pay, then they will spread the word everywhere, and then everyone will come to Huang Rong to ask for military pay, so that the Shaolin Temple can stay out of the matter.

After all, no one knows when the Mongols will come.

And Huang Rong will never let the defenders of Xiangyang City starve, so it is absolutely impossible to issue this military salary at that time. As long as the military salary is not paid, then the people of Shaolin Temple can leave if they want, and no one can stop them.