Ask Wudang Chapter 209

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Seeing the endless stream of Mongol army, killing them was futile, and their own casualties were increasing. Ye Qingfeng couldn’t help but think to himself, “If we continue to fight like this, I’ll be fine, but everyone else will eventually be exhausted to death. I need to find a way to end the battle.” After thinking for a moment, he glanced at the nine-streamer banner in the center of the army formation, and his heart immediately stirred, “How could I forget this?”

With this thought, Ye Qingfeng immediately let out a long howl, suddenly flew up, and quickly swept towards the center of the army formation.

That’s right, he was going to capture and kill Möngke.

As things stood, only by capturing the leader first could they break the deadlock.

This scene was so similar to sixteen years ago.

Under the nine-streamer banner, Möngke was calmly directing when he suddenly saw Ye Qingfeng attacking alone with a single sword, and was immediately greatly surprised.

Kublai, who was beside him, also saw this scene and quickly shouted, “Protect the Great Khan!”

As soon soon as the shout fell, hundreds of personal guards immediately rushed to the chariot, forming an army formation while covering Möngke’s retreat.

Ye Qingfeng came extremely fast, almost as if entering a no-man’s land, reaching the front of the army formation in just a few breaths.

Facing this turtle-shell-like army formation, he said nothing and immediately swung a powerful sword.

“Clang!”

The sound of the sword rang out, sword energy crisscrossed, black light shone, and it was unstoppable.

With one sword, the tightly packed army formation was immediately blasted open with a gap.

Breaking through the army formation, Ye Qingfeng stepped forward, without any hesitation, and swung out another sword. The previous sword energy had not yet dissipated, and the next sword energy arrived at 263. The two sword energies overlapped, and their power was even more earth-shattering. However, this was not all. Taking advantage of the power of the first two swords, Ye Qingfeng once again unleashed a third sword. With three swords stacked, the power was even more incomparable.

“Boom!”

Under these three overwhelming sword energies, the army formation composed of hundreds of elite personal guards suddenly collapsed, and the nine-streamer banner, symbolizing the supreme power of the Mongol Empire, also fell with a crash. However, due because of the obstruction of the army formation, Möngke and Kublai also retreated safely.

At least their lives were not meant to end.

Huang Rong saw this scene clearly from the city wall. A thought flashed through her mind, and she took the lead in shouting, “The Mongol Great Khan is dead!”

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately followed suit and shouted in unison, “The Mongol Great Khan is dead!”

For a time, the shouts shook the heavens, as if it were true.

The Mongol soldiers who were fighting fiercely heard the shouts and looked back, only to see the nine-streamer banner fallen, and chaos near the banner. In the confusion, they couldn’t distinguish between true and false, only believing that the Great Khan had indeed perished. Immediately, their morale was greatly shaken, and they lost their will to fight, retreating one after another.

Guo Jing was bravely killing the enemy, and seeing this scene, he immediately praised, “Rong’er is truly a Zhuge among women.”

After praising, he immediately ordered the city gates to be opened and personally led elite soldiers to charge out. The Mongol army, having experienced many battles, did not collapse despite their defeat, and with elite soldiers guarding the rear, they slowly retreated northward. Guo Jing did not dare to lead

By the time the Mongol army had completely retreated, dusk had already fallen.

This great battle lasted for a full twelve hours. All around, yellow sand was stained with blood, corpses piled up like mountains, severed limbs, dead horses, and broken flags stretched for several miles. In this battle, the Mongols lost more than fifty thousand men, and the Xiangyang defenders also suffered over ten thousand casualties.

Since the Mongol army began its southward invasion, this battle was the most tragic.

Although the Xiangyang defenders had repelled the enemy, there was no joy of victory in Xiangyang city. Cries of sorrow could be heard everywhere, mothers weeping for their sons, wives for their husbands, and children for their fathers.

Guo Jing and his wife did not even have time to take off their armor and rest. They patrolled the four gates, comforting the soldiers.

Ye Qingfeng was also busy gathering the various heroes to tally the casualties.

Leaving aside the situation in Xiangyang city, after the Mongol army retreated, they set up camp fifty li outside Xiangyang city.

In the central royal tent, Möngke, the Mongol Great Khan, sat at the head of the main seat, with Kublai beside him.

On both sides of the tent sat the various civil and military officials of Mongolia, as well as Kublai’s advisors.

At this moment, Möngke was still roaring loudly on the throne, while the civil and military officials below were all silent as cicadas in winter.

“This is outrageous! Since our Great Mongol Empire began its expedition, wherever we went, we were unstoppable and always victorious. Now, not only have we been repelled outside a small city of Xiangyang, but today we also lost more than fifty thousand of our sons. I order that after we capture Xiangyang city, I will slaughter the city for seven days to avenge and shame our sons of the Great Mongol Empire.”

Kublai said, “Brother, please calm your thunderous anger. Xiangyang city has been stubborn for more than a day. The key lies with Guo Jing and Ye Qingfeng and others. If we can eliminate these two, Xiangyang city will fall without a fight.”

Möngke slightly suppressed his anger and said, “That’s easy to say, but these two are highly skilled in martial arts and invincible. There’s no one in our army who can match them. Brother, you saw it today. Your three experts jointly attacked Ye Qingfeng, and two of them were cut down in one round. Such martial prowess is beyond human capabilities. Who else do you think can stand against them?”

Recalling the tragic deaths of Yin Kexi and Xiao Xiangzi, Kublai couldn’t help but feel a pang of pain in his heart, then sighed deeply and remained silent.

Just then, a guard outside the tent reported, “Reporting to the Great Khan, the Little Living Buddha, Master Zhaxi Duoji, requests an audience.”

Upon hearing this, Möngke immediately stood up, his face filled with excitement, and said, “Quickly, invite him in!”

As his voice fell, Zhaxi Duoji strode into the tent. Upon reaching the throne, he first bowed to Möngke, “Greetings, Great Khan.” Then he bowed to Kublai, “Greetings, Prince.”

Möngke raised his hand and said, “Teacher, there’s no need for formalities.” Then he asked, “May I ask why the Teacher has come?”

Zhaxi Duoji said, “This old monk has come specifically to share the Great Khan’s worries.”

Möngke asked again, “How will the Teacher share my worries?”

Zhaxi Duoji said, “Our Mongol army has been attacking Xiangyang for a long time without success. The reason lies with Guo Jing and Ye Qingfeng. This old monk recently captured Guo Jing’s eldest daughter. As long as we use her as a hostage to threaten Guo Jing to open the city gates, Xiangyang will naturally fall without a fight.”

Upon hearing this, Möngke was immediately overjoyed and said, “Teacher, is this true? Did you really capture Guo Jing’s eldest daughter?”

Zhaxi Duoji said, “How dare this old monk deceive the Great Khan?”

In fact, even before the Mongol army launched its first major battle, Zhaxi Duoji had already brought Guo Fu back to the army. The reason he had kept it hidden was to maximize the value of this bargaining chip. If he had handed over Guo Fu at the beginning, the Mongol army would have easily captured Xiangyang city, which would have been merely adding icing to the cake, and the credit he would receive would not have been much. However, now that the Mongol army had attacked Xiangyang city three times without success, his handing over Guo Fu would be an act of providing help in time of need, and the primary credit would undoubtedly belong to him.

As expected, upon receiving his definite answer, Möngke immediately promised, “Teacher, after we capture Xiangyang city, I will confer upon you the title of the Great Mongol Empire’s First Warrior, and additionally bestow upon you the title of the First Panchen Lama of the Esoteric Buddhist Orthodox Sect, to eternally preside over the Esoteric Buddhist Orthodox Sect.”

Upon hearing this promise, even with Zhaxi Duoji’s firm resolve, his eyes involuntarily widened. After a moment of stunned silence, he put his palms together and bowed, “Thank you, Great Khan. This old monk will do his utmost to help the Great Khan capture Xiangyang city.”

That night, Möngke ordered Kublai to write a letter, stating that Guo Fu was a guest in the army, and as long as Guo Jing was willing to surrender and open the city gates, he would immediately release Guo Fu. He also said that the two families had been on good terms for generations, and there was no need to make the relationship so tense. As long as Guo Jing was willing to open the city gates, positions of dukes, marquises, generals, and ministers would be within reach. In short, the words were extremely sincere.

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