"Dashuai, you can break the wall of Fancheng in three days." Mongolian Wanhu and Provincial Pingzhang Shi Ashu faced the generalissimo Boyan of the southern expedition, and said calmly and seriously.

Boyan has a weak temperament, and he is not excited after listening to it. He inquired about the pontoon bridge erected by the Song army between Xiangyang and Fancheng.

Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan both have very rich experience in warfare, even if they are surrounded on all sides, they have no intention of sitting still. They built a pontoon bridge between Xiangyang and Fancheng, across the river, and protected the pontoon bridge. While the strength of the defense did not increase, the forces of the two cities were used more effectively in this way, which greatly improved the strength of the defense of the city.

Ah Shu was born in a famous Mongolian family, the grandson of Subutai, the founder of the Great Mongolian State, and the son of Marshal Wuliang Hetai. He has experienced a hundred battles, and he naturally replied calmly, "The Great Khan is so anxious to break the city, and this pontoon bridge can only be used by them." Now that the strength of our army has increased to 160,000, there should be no problem in attacking Fancheng with all our might. Dashuai, I have something I don't understand. What problems did you encounter with the reinforcements? It made the Great Khan change his mind so quickly. ”

Faced with Ah Shu's question, Boyan also had to say bluntly, "Gorten led 5,000 men to attack the farms outside Haizhou. In the face of a group of Great Song militias who had been farming in Haizhou for four years, Gorten was defeated and 2,000 of his troops were killed. I wrote to him to ask if he would win if he fought again. Gorten wrote back that after his defeat, he thought about it and talked to his subordinates about the situation at that time. I couldn't find the slightest way to win. In Haizhou Tuntian was the militia of Zhao Jiaren's subordinates, and the Great Khan was afraid that he would not be able to resist after giving this person a few more years, so he wanted to destroy the Song Dynasty in advance. ”

Hearing such an answer, Ah Shu first showed a surprised expression, but did not discuss this policy. After thinking for a while, he said disappointedly: "In this case, I have to fight many tough battles when I go down the Han River." ”

Boyan didn't speak again. Fighting tough battles is the job of Ah Shu and other generals, and Boyan's responsibility is to arrange which tough battles these generals will fight. Ah Shu felt that something was wrong, so he could ask Boyan, but when Boyan encountered a problem, there was no one to ask, so he was so lonely that he had to be accompanied by silence.

Of course, Boyan didn't know that there was great news at this time. In Xiangyang City, Lu Wende's life came to an end. At the head of the city, he saw the Mongol army's return artillery hitting the city wall, and Lü Wende, who was stimulated, suffered angina. And coincidentally, in the first round of test firing of the Mongolian army, a boulder directly hit the tower in Xiangyang City.

The tower is the ancient chronograph of the change building, also known as the "drip platform". The building was in the city, but it was nearly half destroyed by a boulder. Lu Wende was originally in poor health, and after seeing this, he fell to the ground. Although he was rescued, the whole person was also dying.

In the next few days, the Mongolian heavy return cannon fired fiercely at Fancheng, this kind of return cannon can easily launch a 300-pound boulder to 200 meters away, 'sonic shock the world, all the blows are destroyed, into the ground seven feet', the city is in chaos. This apocalyptic mood unconsciously affected the upper and lower levels of the Lu Mansion, and also made Lu Wende, who felt this atmosphere, fall into despair.

At this time, angina pectoris flared up several times, and Lu Wende's tortured face turned pale, while his younger brother Lu Wenhuan sat on the edge of the bed, holding his brother Lu Wende's hand tightly, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

"I ...... I didn't listen to your persuasion at that time, and it caused a catastrophe. The one who misled the country is I, Lu Wende! Feeling the intense pain, Lu Wende struggled and said.

Hearing that his brother didn't forget to blame himself at this time, Lu Wenhuan couldn't help but burst into tears, he choked up and said: "Brother, this is also to blame for my uselessness, I failed to break the Mongolian camp, and let them become big in vain!" ”

Listening to his younger brother's persuasion, Lu Wende wanted to say something to his younger brother Lu Wenhuan. But there was another sharp pain, so he could only gasp for breath and couldn't speak at all. I don't know how long the pain lasted, Lu Wende felt the sharp pain subside in vain, and in addition to regaining consciousness, his body also felt a light feeling. As if he hadn't been sick at all.

If you are an ordinary person, you will probably have the illusion that your disease has been cured without treatment. Lu Wende, who has been in Rong Ma all his life, has not been deceived by such an illusion, although he has not had such an experience, Lu Wende still feels that death is about to complete the final work. He held his younger brother's hand and hurriedly explained his last words, "You must defend Fancheng in Xiangyang, and you can't help but repay the kindness of the Great Song Dynasty, and you can't help but repay Jia Xianggong's kindness......"

Although he had tried his best to speak as fast as he could, Lu Wende himself was not sure if the last sentence was actually spoken. A warm feeling enveloped his whole body, draining all his energy. As his vision plunged into darkness, Lu Wende felt that his whole body was floating in the air, moving towards the unknowable warmth of darkness.

Lu Wenhuan only heard his brother Lu Wende say 'You must keep ......', and then he saw his brother's lips squirming, but he couldn't hear anything clearly. As he did his best to listen, the Mongol return cannon began to fire violently again, and the stone bullets destroyed the buildings in the city with a loud noise. This sound even reached the Lu Mansion, covering up Lu Wende's last words, which were already inaudible.

Lü Wende's death further demoralized the already floating military morale in the city, and some officers learned of the news and surrendered to the Mongols. Upon learning of Lü Wende's death, Ah Shu immediately ordered a storming of Fancheng. First, the city wall was smashed through several gaps, and the Mongol army and the Song army engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand battle, and finally the Song army was defeated by the Mongol army and was attacked by the Mongol army into Fancheng.

If it was a normal battle, it would probably be over by this time. However, the good news that Ah Shu was waiting for did not arrive, and the Song army did not retreat from Fancheng. Lü Wenhuan personally led the army to cross the pontoon bridge and reinforced Fancheng. Although I couldn't listen to the last words of my brother Lu Wende, the sentence 'must be kept' was enough.

At this time, all that was boiling in Lu Wenhuan's heart was the impulse to fulfill his brother's last wish, and with his weapons in hand, Lu Wenhuan personally led his troops to counterattack the city. After Jia Rudao got the copper money provided by Zhao Jiaren, he did everything he could to ensure the supply of the Lu group, not only the Lu brothers felt the kindness of the Great Song Dynasty, but these Great Song soldiers also felt the kindness of the Great Song Dynasty. They are well fed, warmly clothed, and have no worries at home. The daily diligent drills and drills are really not weak.

At this time, a general personally took the lead in the counterattack, and the red-eyed Song soldiers launched a counteroffensive with Lu Wende. He actually knocked the Mongol army out of the city and recaptured the city walls again. At this time, night fell, and the Mongol army did not dare to attack the city again, so they could only withdraw temporarily.

The elite is the elite, even if it is extremely tired, the Song army still took advantage of the night to repair the city wall under the command of the officer. The next day, Ah Shu looked at Fancheng from afar and found that the Song army had plugged the broken city wall with stones and sacks filled with earth, and the banner of the Great Song Dynasty and the flag of Lu Zi were still flying high at the head of the city.

Even after a hundred battles, Ah Shu had to sigh and admit in his heart that he had misjudged. It was more difficult to take Xiangyang and Fancheng than he imagined.