Chapter 21 The 21st Xiangyang Fighting

Yang Guo was about to pull out the dagger, suddenly he heard someone flick it three times outside the window, he hastily closed his eyes and didn't move. Guo Jing woke up with a start, sat up, and asked, "Rong'er? Is there an emergency?" But there was no sound from outside the window.Seeing that Yang Guo was sleeping soundly, Guo Jing thought he had finally fallen asleep, don't wake him up again, so he got out of bed gently, pushed the door out of the room, and saw Huang Rong standing in the courtyard waving.Guo Jing approached and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Huang Rong didn't answer, took him by the hand and walked to the backyard, looked around, and then said: "I heard the conversation between you and Guoer from outside the window. He has bad intentions, do you know?" Guo Jing ate. Surprised, she asked, "Why do you have bad intentions?" Huang Rong said, "I heard what he said, and I suspected that we two killed his father." Guo Jing said, "Maybe he did have suspicions, but I have already Promise to tell him the details of his father's death." Huang Rong said: "Are you really going to tell him the truth?" Guo Jing said: "His father died so badly, I have always blamed myself. Although brother Yang Kang went astray, we didn't persuade him well, and we didn't try to save him." Huang Rong snorted, and said, "What can be saved from such a person? I just hate killing him sooner, otherwise your Why did the masters die on Peach Blossom Island?" Thinking of this hateful incident, Guo Jing couldn't help but heaved a long sigh.

Huang Rong said: "Brother Zhu asked Fu'er to tell me that this time when he came to Xiangyang, he had a strange look on his face, and said that you slept with him. I was worried about any accidents, so I stayed by the door all the time. Under your window. I think it's better not to sleep in the same room with him, you must know that people's hearts are unpredictable, and his father... always died of poisoning because of a palm on my shoulder." Guo Jing said: "That's terrible. You can't say that you killed him." Huang Rong said, "Since you and I both wanted to kill him, and he died because of me, then it doesn't make much difference whether we do it ourselves." Guo Jing pondered for a while, then said "You're right. Then I'd better not tell him. Rong'er, you're tired in the middle of the night, go back to your room and rest. After tonight, tomorrow I'll move to sleep in the barracks."

He knew that his beloved wife was a hundred times better than himself, and although he didn't believe that Yang Guo had any malice towards him, since she said so, he obeyed him, so he stretched out his hand to support her waist, walked slowly into the inner hall, and said, "Guo Er struggled hard. Regaining the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance is a clear distinction between right and wrong in major national affairs; saving you and Fu'er twice, regardless of your own safety, how can his father compare with such a chivalrous heart?" Huang Rong nodded and said: "Such a young man is very rare. , but there are two knots in his heart that cannot be solved, one is the cause of his father's death, and the other is the affair with his master. Alas, I finally managed to make Miss Long leave him, but Guo Er has great powers, and somehow he is I found her. Look at the expressions of his master and his apprentice, they will never be separated from now on." Guo Jing was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Rong'er, you are more powerful than Guo'er, how can you think of a way, at least Save him from going astray."

Huang Rong sighed and said, "Don't talk about it. I can't do anything about it. Even our eldest lady, I don't know what to do. Brother Jing, I only have one you in my heart, and you only have one me in your heart. But our girl But unlike parents, there are two young gentlemen in their hearts at the same time, and they treat the two brothers of the Wu family indifferently. How embarrassing it is for parents." Guo Jing sent Huang Rong into the room, waited for her to go to bed, covered her with a quilt, sat by the bed, held her hand, and smiled.In recent months, both of them have been busy with military affairs, and it is rare for the husband and wife to have such a peaceful reunion.The two were relatively silent, feeling very comfortable in their hearts.

Huang Rong held her husband's hand, rubbed the back of his hand gently on her cheek, and said in a low voice, "Brother Jing, give our second child a name." Guo Jing laughed and said, "You know I can't, You're making fun of me again." Huang Rong said, "You always say you can't do it. Brother Jing, among all the men in the world, there is really no second one who can beat you." These two words were spoken with deep affection and sincerity. . Guo Jing bowed his head, kissed his beloved wife on the face lightly, and said, "If it's a boy, let's call him Guo Polu, but what about a girl?" After thinking for a while, he shook his head and smiled, "I can't think of it, you Let me give you a name." Huang Rong said, "Master Qiu Chuji gave you the word 'Jing', so that you will not forget the shame of Jingkang. Now that the Jin Kingdom is about to perish, and the Mongol iron hooves are coming again, the child was born in Xiangyang. Let her be called Guo Xiang, so that she will remember in the future that she was born in this besieged city."

Guo Jing said: "Okay, but I hope this girl won't be so mischievous as her sister in the future. At such an age, she still makes her parents worry about it." Huang Rong smiled slightly and said: "If you can worry about it, then that's fine, just... Sighing, she said, "I really hope it's a boy so that Guomen can have a descendant." Guo Jing stroked her hair and said, "Aren't boys and girls the same? Go to sleep and stop thinking about it." Tighten the quilt for her, blew out the candles, turned and went back to the room, saw Yang Guo was still sleeping soundly, and told the third watch, so she went to bed and slept again.

Unexpectedly, the conversation between his husband and wife in the backyard taught Yang Guo to hide behind the screen door to hear clearly.Guo Jing and Huang Rong walked into the inner hall, Yang Guo was still standing in a daze, only thinking of Huang Rong's words over and over again: "I just hate killing him sooner... His father slapped me on the shoulder, that's why I was poisoned." You and I both wanted to kill him, but in the end he also died because of me." I thought: "My father died because of the two of them. Treacherous, you have already suspected me, if I don't strike tonight, I'm afraid I won't have such a good chance again." Now go back to the room and lie down quietly, waiting for Guo Jing to come back.

Guo Jing took off the quilt and covered him, he heard Yang Guo snoring slightly, he thought to himself: "This child sleeps really well at this moment." So he put on the pillow lightly, afraid that he would wake him up.After a while, just about to fall asleep, Yang Guo suddenly felt that Yang Guo turned over slowly, but when he turned over, the snoring still didn't stop.Guo Jing was stunned: "Anyone who turns over in a dream will stop snoring. This child's breathing is abnormal. Could it be that his luck has gone against his luck when practicing internal skills? This is not a small problem." But he didn't expect that Yang Guo was pretending to be asleep.

Yang Guo slowly turned over again, seeing that Guo Jing was still unconscious, so he continued to snore softly, and got out of bed.It turned out that at first he wanted to reach out to stab him under the blanket, but he felt that the distance was too close and it was extremely dangerous. If Guo Jing was about to die and struck back with a strike, he was afraid that he would die too, so he wanted to sit up and use the knife, he was always afraid The other party was too strong in martial arts, so he decided to get out of bed first, stabbed Guo Jing in the vitals, and immediately jumped out through the window. He was also afraid that if his snoring stopped, Guo Jing would feel strange in his sleep, because he got out of bed and pretended to be snoring at the same time.

As a result, Guo Jing confused him even more, thinking: "Could this child suffer from the disease of wandering in sleep and wandering soul? If I make a sound at this time, he will be shocked, his breath will rush against his dantian, and he will immediately go crazy. "So he didn't dare to move, and listened quietly to his movement. Yang Guo slowly pulled out the dagger from his bosom, held his right hand flat on his chest, walked to the bed step by step, suddenly raised his arm and was about to thrust out the knife when he heard Guo Jing say: "Guoer, what are you dreaming about?" gone?" Yang Guo's shock was no small matter, he moved his feet, turned around and broke through the window.He went fast, Guo Jing chased even faster, before he landed, he felt his arms tightened, and Guo Jing had already grabbed him with both hands.Yang Guo was completely disheartened, he knew that his martial arts were far from his opponent, and it would be useless to resist, so he closed his eyes and remained silent. Guo Jing hugged him and jumped back into the room, put him on the bed, sat him cross-legged, with his hands hanging down in front of his dantian, which is the posture of Taoist Qi training.Yang Guo hated and feared: "I don't know what vicious method he will use to torture me?" Suddenly he thought of Xiao Longnu, took a deep breath, and was about to shout loudly: "Gu Gu, I have been captured by mistake, you run for your life .” Seeing his sudden rapid luck, Guo Jing even misunderstood that he was practicing internal skills and his airway was broken. He thought: "At this critical moment, we can only breathe out slowly. Breathing in and out like this is very harmful." His lower abdomen. Yang Guo's dantian was pressed down by Guo Jingyun's strong inner energy, he couldn't make a sound, he was concerned about Xiao Longnv's safety, he blushed anxiously, wanted to struggle, suffering from the dantian being pressed, his whole body was restrained, he couldn't move. Guo Jing said slowly: "Guo'er, you practice too fast, this is called haste makes waste, don't move around, I will help you return to the source." Yang Guo was startled, not knowing what he meant, but He felt a ball of warm air gradually spread from his palm to his dantian, and it was indescribably comfortable, and he heard Guo Jing say: "Exhale slowly, let this warm air go from the water to Jianli, through Juque, Jiuwei, to Yutang , Hua Gai, through the Ren meridian first, don't bother with other meridians." After hearing these few words, Yang Guo felt that he was using internal energy to help him unblock his meridians, he guessed eighty-nine points in a second, and cried secretly: "Shame! So he only said that I went crazy in my practice, so I behaved rebelliously. "At the moment, he secretly used his internal energy, deliberately rushed around, and ran wild, seemingly unable to restrain himself.Guo Jing was worried in his heart, and the internal strength in his palm strengthened, confining the chaotic energy of his wandering around in one place.Yang Guo tried his best to be realistic, he already had a lot of internal energy, when the internal energy in his body was rushing wildly, Guo Jing was not easy to deal with, it took half an hour to subdue his retrograde energy. Yang Guo was exhausted after all this ups and downs, Guo Jing was also extremely tired, they meditated together until dawn before recovering.Guo Jing smiled and said, "Guoer, are you alright? I didn't expect you to have such a high level of inner strength that I almost can't even take care of you." Yang Guo knew that he wasted a lot of energy to save himself, so he couldn't help being touched, and said, "Thank you, Uncle Guo." Ambulance, my nephew almost became disabled last night." Guo Jing thought to himself, "Last night when you were in a daze, you actually wanted to kill me with a knife. It's a good thing you didn't know, otherwise you would rather feel ashamed?" I'll go outside the city and have a look at the defense of the four cities." Yang Guo replied, "Yes!" Each of them took a war horse and rode out of the city.Guo Jing said: "Guoer, the Quanzhen School's internal energy is the most authentic internal energy in the world. Although it is slow to enter, it will never go wrong. You can dabble in the martial arts of various schools and schools, but it is better to specialize in Taoist Kungfu for internal energy. To deal with the enemy After the soldiers leave, I will study hard with you again." Yang Guo said: "You must not tell Aunt Guo that I escaped last night, she will definitely laugh at me when she finds out, saying that I have learned from Aunt Long's heresy The kung fu made uncle tired." Guo Jing said: "Of course I won't say it. In fact, Miss Long's kung fu is not an outsider's way, it's because of your own random thinking, and you haven't been able to clarify it." Yang Guo knew this. As long as Huang Rong learns about it, she will see the truth immediately. Hearing Guo Jing's promise not to tell the truth, I feel at ease. The two rode their horses to the west of the city, and saw a small stream coming out of the mountain.Guo Jing said: "Although this stream is small, it is very famous. It's called Tanxi." Here." Guo Jing said: "The horse that Liu Bei rode in those days was named Lu, and the horse-bearer said it could hinder the Lord, but who knew that Lu jumped across the stream, escaped the pursuers, and saved Uncle Liu's life." Speaking of this, I can't help thinking of Yang Kang, Yang Guo's father, and sighed: "Actually, everyone in the world is like Luma here. If you do good, you are good, and if you do evil, you are evil. How can there be a difference between good and evil? It’s just a thought in my mind.” Yang Guo's heart trembled, and when he looked sideways at Guo Jing, he saw that his expression was very sad, obviously he didn't say anything to ridicule himself, he thought: "Although what you said is good, what is good? What is evil? Your husband and wife Killing my father in secret, isn't it kind? It's really blatant and shameless." He admired Guo Jing in everything, but when he thought of his father's death at the hands of his husband and wife, he couldn't help but feel evil thoughts in his chest. The two of them rode their horses for a while, and they reached a small hill. They climbed the cliff and looked far away, but they saw the Han River flowing southward, and there were refugees everywhere in the suburbs, and men and women flocked to Xiangyang.Guo Jing pointed at the refugees with his whip, and said, "The Mongolian soldiers must have intensified their slaughter in the four townships, causing my people to be displaced. I really hate it." Looking down from the mountain, I saw a stone tablet beside the road. On the tablet was engraved a line of big characters: "The hometown of Du Fu, the Minister of Industry in the Tang Dynasty." Yang Guo said, "Xiangyang City is really amazing. It turns out that the hometown of this great poet is here." Guo Jing raised his whip and chanted: "A big city is not as good as iron, but a small city is more than ten thousand feet long... Even the clouds are lined up in battle, and the birds can't pass. If you come here and defend yourself, how can you worry about the western capital?... Hard work and a long halberd will last forever." Hearing his chanting impassionedly, Yang Guo followed up and said, "If you come here but guard yourself, don't you worry about the western capital again? It's hard to fight a long halberd, and it will last forever. Uncle Guo, these lines are really good. Did Du Fu write them?" Guo Jing Said: "Yes, a few days ago your Aunt Guo and I were talking about Xiangyang city guards, and I thought of Du Fu's poem. She wrote it out for me to read. I love this poem very much, but I have a bad memory. I read it dozens of times. I only write down these few lines. You think that every Chinese literati can write poems, but Du Fu is only regarded as the number one through the ages, because he cares about the country and loves the people." Yang Guo said: "You said 'for the country and the people' He is the great man of chivalry', so although civil and martial arts are different, the principles are common." Guo Jing was very happy to hear that he understood this verse, and said: "I don't understand the scriptures and articles at all, but I want to live in this world. Even if you are a trafficker and pawn, as long as you have the heart for the country and the people, then you are a real hero, a real hero." Yang Guo asked, "Uncle Guo, do you think Xiangyang can be defended?" Guo Jing pondered for a long time, pointed to the lush hills and trees in the west, and said, "The most remarkable person in Xiangyang from ancient times to the present is naturally Zhuge Liang. The journey to the west is 20 miles away. Longzhong is the place where he farmed and lived in seclusion. Zhuge Liang’s talents in governing the country and the people can’t be understood by us rough people. He once said that he only knew that he would die and die. As for the final success or failure, he couldn’t see through it When I talked with your Aunt Guo about whether Xiangyang could be defended or not, when it came to the later, it was always just the eight words of "dedicate yourself to death and die."
While talking, I suddenly saw the refugees at the gate of the city turn around and run, but the flow of people behind continued to rush forward. For a while, outside Xiangyang City, there was a lot of crying and screaming, and it was a mess. Guo Jing was taken aback, and said, "Why don't the guards open the city gate and let the people in?" He galloped his horse forward, and galloped out of the city in one breath, only to see a row of guards bowing their bows and setting arrows, Pointing at the refugees.Guo Jing yelled, "What are you doing? Open the city gate quickly." Seeing that it was Guo Jing, the guard hurriedly opened the city gate and let him and Yang Guo enter.Guo Jing said: "All the people were brutally slaughtered by the Mongolian soldiers, why not let them in?" The guard said: "Marshal Lu said that there are Mongolian spies among the refugees, so they must not be let into the city, otherwise it will be a disaster." Guo Jing shouted loudly: "There are only one or two spies, how can they miss the lives of thousands of people? Open the city quickly." The guard dared not disobey the order, so he had to open the city, and at the same time ordered someone to fly to the pacifier Lu Wende. All the people, the old and the young, poured into the city, and when it was almost over, they suddenly saw dust heads rising in the distance, and the Mongolian army came to attack from the north.The Song soldiers dispersed separately and defended behind the invisible battlements.Before seeing the enemy army under the city, there was a large group of people in ragged clothes, with sticks in their hands, and without a real weapon. They were in disorganized ranks and shouted in unison: "Don't shoot arrows on the city, we are all Song people!" The Mongolian elite soldiers and cavalry hid behind the common people. Since Genghis Khan, when the Mongolian army attacked the city, it always drove the people of the enemy country first. As long as the defenders were soft and stopped shooting, the Mongolian soldiers followed.This method can not only slaughter the people of the enemy country, but also shake the morale of the enemy soldiers.Guo Jing has been in the Mongolian army for a long time, so he knows the method very well, but he has no good strategy to crack it.I saw elite Mongolian soldiers holding guns and knives, driving Song people to the city.All the people got closer and closer, and the first one had already climbed the ladder. Lu Wende, the pacifier of Xiangyang, rode a green horse and patrolled the four cities. Seeing the critical situation, he ordered: "It is important to defend the city, let the arrows go!" The rest of the people turned around and left.The Mongolian soldiers cut off a head with one knife and pierced a hole with one spear, forcing the people to attack the city. Yang Guo stood beside Guo Jing, seeing such a tragic situation, he was so angry that he heard Lu Wende yell, "Let the arrows go!" Another row of feathered arrows shot down.Guo Jing yelled: "No way, don't kill a good person by mistake!" Lu Wende said: "It's so critical, even a good person has to be killed by mistake." Guo Jing shouted: "No, how can a good person be killed by mistake?" Yang Guo's heart moved, and he thought to himself: "Don't kill a good person by mistake! How can a good person kill a good person by mistake?" Guo Jing shouted: "Brothers from the Beggar Clan and all martial arts friends, come with me!" He said and ran down the wall.Yang Guo followed.Guo Jing said: "You practiced qi last night to hurt your health, so don't use your strength today, let me sweep the formation on the top of the city." Yang Guo saw the Mongolian soldiers slaughtering the Han people, he really treated them as pigs and dogs, so he wanted to go down with Guo Jing and kill them For a while, after hearing his words, I was taken aback, but I couldn't say that the last night was not a practice accident, so I had to go back to the city. Guo Jing led the crowd, opened the west gate wide, rushed out, and attacked the Mongolian army's flank in a roundabout way.The Mongolian army escorting the team behind all the people immediately divided up and came to the enemy.Most of Guo Jing's troops were veterans of the Beggar Clan, and the other half were loyal men from all over the country who came to vote. They shouted in unison and took the lead.Seeing that the Mongolian thousand-man team couldn't resist, another thousand-man team rushed into the diagonal stab, swung the long knife, sprinted and chopped.The Mongolian army is a master of a hundred battles, they are fierce and fierce. Although Guo Jing's strong men are skilled in martial arts, it is not easy to win in a short time.The people who were forced to attack the city saw that the Mongolian army was concentrating on fighting and stopped attacking. They shouted and fled in all directions. There was only the sound of horns from the east, galloping horses' hooves, two Mongolian teams of one thousand rushed towards them, and then another two teams of one thousand came galloping from the west, surrounding Guo Jing and a group of people in Gaixin. When Lu Wende saw the power of the Mongol soldiers at the top of the city, he was so frightened that his heart was broken. How could he dare to divide his troops to rescue them? Yang Guo stood at the top of the city and watched the battle, repeating Guo Jing's two words in his mind: "Don't kill a good man by mistake! How can a good man kill a good man by mistake?" Seeing that he was surrounded, he thought to himself: "At the top of the city, we only need to keep shooting arrows. Shoot some civilians to death, and the Mongol soldiers will not be able to attack. Uncle Guo is in danger now, all because he refused to kill a good person by mistake. These people have never met him and have no connection with him. Why did you kill my father?" Looking at the fierce fighting under the city, the thoughts in my heart are only circling around this unsolvable mystery: "He and my father are married to Jinlan, and the friendship is unusual, but finally he kills him. Could it be that my father is really a heinous villain?" Is it?" Since he was a child, he imagined that his father was benevolent, generous, handsome and brave, and he was a first-class good man in the world, but suddenly he was asked to admit that his father was a bad person, it was absolutely impossible.But in the depths of his heart, he already vaguely felt that his father was far inferior to Uncle Guo, but in the past whenever he thought about it, he immediately suppressed it, but now he couldn't help but think about it. At this time, the shouts from the city shook the world, Guo Jing and his gang rushed from left to right, but they still couldn't break through the encirclement.Zhu Ziliu led a group of troops, and the Wu brothers and Guo Fu led another group of troops. They both wanted to go out of the city to meet them, but they heard the sound of horns urgently, and another four thousand-man troops from Mongolia rushed to the gate of the city.Kublai Khan's use of troops was really extraordinary, as soon as the gates of the city opened to meet him, four teams of elite soldiers rushed in.Lu Wende was terrified when he saw it, and shouted an order: "Don't open the city!" He also ordered two hundred swordsmen to guard the city gate strictly, and anyone who dared to open the city gate would be killed immediately.General Wang Jian led the crossbowmen to shoot arrows from the top of the city. There was chaos inside and outside the city, Yang Guo also had various thoughts fighting with each other, at one moment he hoped that Guo Jing would be caught in the chaos, and at the other moment he hoped that Guo Jing would kill and retreat the enemy.Seeing that the Mongolian army was in disarray, thousands of cavalry were retreating to both sides like a tide. Guo Jing held a spear and galloped out. The strong men behind him formed a square formation and rushed forward.The phalanx was very well organized, it rushed to the gate of the city in a short while, Guo Jing turned his horse's head, and personally stood in the rear, raised his spear, and picked seven or eight Mongolian generals off his horse one after another.The Mongolian soldiers dared not approach for a while. Lu Wende leaned on Guo Jing like the Great Wall, and seeing him out of danger, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Open the city! It can only be opened small, and it must not be opened wide!" At that moment, the gate of the city was opened three or four feet, only allowing one rider, and all the strong men They rushed into the city one after another.The yellow flag of the Mongolian Central Army waved, and the two armies and horses rushed forward from the left and right.Lu Wende yelled: "Brother Guo Jing, enter the city quickly! We won't wait for anyone else." Guo Jing saw that all his subordinates hadn't escaped, so he was willing to enter the city first, instead he returned to his horse and assassinated the two Mongolian warriors who rushed the closest. But the army is moving like a tide, although Guo Jing is proficient in martial arts, how can he withstand the attack of the army with his own strength?Seeing the critical situation at the top of the city, Zhu Ziliu quickly lowered a long rope and shouted, "Brother Guo, I've caught it." When Guo Jing turned his head, he saw that the last brother from the Beggar Clan had entered the city, but there were more than ten Mongolian soldiers following him. Rush into the city gate.The knife and ax hands next to the city gate resisted the enemy, and at the same time closed the gate forcefully, and the two-foot-thick iron gate slowly closed.Guo Jing yelled, stabbed to death a Mongolian ten chief with his spear, jumped up and grabbed the long rope.Zhu Ziliu pulled with all his strength, and Guo Jing immediately rose by Zhang Xu. Chief Wan Fu, who supervised the battle of the Mongolian army, yelled: "Fire the arrows!"Guo Jing had already guarded against this when he jumped up, pulled off the lower skirt of the robe, pulled the rope with his right hand, and danced the robe in front of him with his left hand like a big shield, piercing through the robe with all his strength, deflecting all the feathered arrows, But his mount hit hundreds of long arrows in front of the city gate, like a hedgehog.Zhu Ziliu alternated his hands, pulling Guo Jing higher and higher. Seeing that his body was still two feet away from the top of the city, a tall and thin monk suddenly turned out from the Mongolian army, wearing a yellow cassock, it was Jinlun Fawang.He took the iron bow and long arrow from a Mongolian officer, drew the string to the full, and put on the spikes of the wolf's teeth. He knew that Guo Jing and Zhu Ziliu were both skilled in martial arts, and if they shot at someone, they would be blocked. The feathered arrow left the string and shot towards the middle section of the long rope.This move was very vicious, Yu Jian was about ten feet away from both Guo and Zhu, and they couldn't stop each other.Jinlun Fawang was still afraid that the two men would break through the strange method, so he fired an arrow and then shot another arrow at Zhu Ziliu and Guo Jing.The first arrow snapped and broke the long rope in two, the second and third arrows, with strong wind, continued to shoot at Zhu and Guo. The long rope was broken, Guo Jing's body sank, the second arrow missed him.Zhu Ziliu felt a lightness in his hand, and shouted: "Not good!" The feather arrow had already reached the door.The arrow was extremely fast, the shooter obviously had extremely deep internal energy, at the moment the city was full of people, Zhu Ziliu knew that if he lowered his head to dodge, the arrow would definitely hurt the people behind him, so he stretched out two fingers with his left hand, aiming at the long shot The arrow came forward, flicked on the shaft, and the arrow slanted down to the top of the city. When Guo Jing felt that the rope was cut, he was secretly startled, although he would not be injured if he fell into the city, but how can he survive the siege of thousands of troops?At this time, the enemy army is approaching the gate of the city. If our army opens the city to respond, the enemy army will definitely seize the opportunity to grab the gate.In the crisis, I didn't have time to think about it, my left foot touched the city wall, and my body was suddenly raised by more than ten feet, my right foot followed by a little bit on the city wall, and then I rose more than ten feet.There are very few people in the world who have mastered the advanced martial arts of this "ladder to the sky". Even if someone has practiced it, each step can only rise two or three feet. When he stepped up the smooth city wall like this, he jumped up to about ten feet in one step. , The martial arts is so high that it shocks the world.In an instant, there was silence above and below the city, and tens of thousands of eyes were all fixed on him. Jinlun Fawang was secretly amazed, knowing that this "ladder to heaven" was done by jumping up with one breath, as long as there was a slight interruption in the middle, he breathed a sigh of relief, the third step would not be able to run up again, so he bent his bow and set an arrow, Another arrow shot at Guo Jing's back. The arrows flew like the wind, all the troops above and below the city shouted together: "Don't shoot the arrows!" Seeing Guo Jing's amazing martial arts, the two armies admired Guo Jing, and they all hoped that he would rush to the top of the city.Although the Mongol soldiers were enemies, they also respected heroes, and they were all indignant when they saw someone attacking them in the back. Guo Jing heard the sharp arrow coming from behind, and secretly shouted: "That's all!" He had no choice but to push back the arrow.Tens of thousands of people from the two armies saw that he seemed to have eyes behind his back, and that this sneak attack could not hurt him, they cheered in unison.But in the midst of the sky-shattering colorful sounds, Guo Jing's body sank slightly, although he was only a few feet away from the top of the city, he couldn't get up again. When the two armies were fighting fiercely, Yang Guo seemed to have two armies at war in his heart. Seeing Guo Jing's life in danger, he went up and down, up and down again, these two ups and downs only took a moment, but Yang Guo's mind had turned several times. Thought: "He is my father and enemy, I will kill him or not? Save him or not?" When Guo Jing used the "ladder to heaven" kung fu to go up to the top of the city, Yang Guo wanted to shoot down with his palms in the air, and Guo Jing was in midair. Borrowing strength, he must have been seriously injured and fell into the city.He hesitated for a while, Guo Jing was blocked by the King of Dharma's arrows and could not go up.Yang Guo's heart was in a mess, suddenly he grabbed the half of the rope in Zhu Ziliu's hand with his left hand, and rushed down to the city, his right hand had already grabbed Guo Jing's arm. This sudden change happened abruptly, but Zhu Ziliu reacted accordingly and was extremely fast. Immediately, he stretched his arms hard, first lowered the rope slightly, then moved his arms vigorously, and swung it over the top.Yang Guo and Guo Jing drew a circle in the air, flying in the air like two big birds.There are tens of thousands of soldiers on and off the city, all of them stared at them with their mouths wide open and unable to close them. Guo Jing was in mid-air, he thought he was attacked by this monk and failed to fight back, did he lose to him?Seeing that Jinlun Fawang shot another arrow, he stepped on the top of the wall with his left foot and immediately snatched the bow and arrow from the defenders. The ape arm stretched out, and the long arrow flew out, aiming at the arrow sent by Jinlun Fawang. The two arrows intersected in mid-air, splitting the arrow from Fa Wang into two pieces.Fawang was just stunned for a while, when suddenly the wind was strong, and with a clang, the iron bow in his hand broke again.One must know that although the martial arts of Dharma Wang and Guo Jing are close to each other, Guo Jing was taught by the master archer Jebe in Mongolia since he was a child, coupled with his superb internal strength and bow and arrow skills, he is unparalleled in the world, Dharma King is naturally far behind.He shot three arrows in a row, the first arrow split the arrow, the second arrow broke the bow, and the third arrow aimed at Kublai Khan's banner. The big banner fluttered in the wind, and it looked very mighty among thousands of troops. Suddenly, an arrow was shot, and the rope of the flag was cut off, and Kublai Khan's yellow flag immediately slid down.The two armies above and below the city shouted in unison again. Kublai Khan saw that Guo Jing was so mighty and his army's morale was down, so he immediately sent an order to retreat. Standing at the top of the city, Guo Jing saw that the Mongolian army was neat and tidy, and they retreated in an orderly manner. The first movers were not rash, and the latter were not afraid. The army is invincible." Thinking of state affairs, he couldn't help worrying about it, and frowned thickly.Zhu Ziliu, Yang Guo and others saw him showing his power in the enemy's formation, showing off his might before all the crowd, but they didn't have the slightest arrogance, and they all deeply admired him. Kublai Khan retreated for tens of miles, and on the way he meditated on how to break the city, thinking that with Guo Jing there, Xiangyang would be hard to overcome.Fa Wang said: "Your Highness has seen it with your own eyes. If it hadn't been for that boy Yang Guo to rescue Guo Jing, Guo Jing's life would have been lost today. I already knew that Yang Guo was a capricious person." , to avenge his father, and he is unwilling to lay hands on others. I see him as a man of great courage and determination, not a villain who is deep and treacherous." The King of Dharma disagreed, but he didn't dare to refute, and only said: "I hope it will be as your Highness expects." The Mongolian soldiers retreated, and Xiangyang City turned from danger to safety.Lu Wende, the appeasement envoy, was elated, and held a grand banquet at the Marshal's mansion to celebrate his achievements. This time, Yang Guo was also invited to be the guest of honor at the banquet.Everyone praised him for his swiftness and recklessness when he flew to rescue Guo Jing.The Wu brothers were sitting next to the other table, seeing that Yang Guo was about to make meritorious deeds, they couldn't help but feel jealous, and they were afraid that after this battle, Guo Jing would appreciate his kindness in saving others, so he wanted to betroth his daughter to him.The two brothers didn't say a word, just drank mulled wine. After the banquet, the group returned to Guo Jing's residence.Huang Rong invited Yang Guo to meet him in the inner hall, and praised him warmly.Thank you Yang Guo.Guo Jing said: "Guo'er, just now you exerted a lot of force, did you have a dull pain in your chest?" He was worried that Yang Guo escaped the fire last night, and today he exerted too much force on the wall, he might hurt his internal organs. Afraid that Huang Rong would ask about the reason, Yang Guo saw a flaw, so he hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay." Then he changed the subject and said, "Uncle Guo, your ability to leap to the city is really unique in martial arts." Guo Jing smiled and said: "I've put this kung fu on for a long time, I haven't practiced it for several years, it's inevitable that I'm unfamiliar with it, and that's why things went wrong." In fact, if he hadn't used his true strength to help Yang Guoyi guard his dantian last night, causing him to consume a lot of energy, then he would have used his "ladder to heaven" At the time of kung fu, even if the King of Dharma hindered him by shooting arrows, it would be difficult for him.But of course he didn't mention it at this point, he just said: "Back then, Taoist Master Danyang Zima taught me this kung fu in Mongolia, but I didn't expect it to be used today. If you like it, I will teach you this kung fu in a few days." Huang Rong saw that Yang Guo's expression was in a trance, and when he spoke, he was often thoughtful. His efforts to save Guo Jing today are obvious to everyone, so there is no doubt about it, but he couldn't rest assured, and said: "Brother Jing, I don't feel well tonight. , take care of me here." Guo Jing nodded in agreement, and said to Yang Guo, "Guoer, I'm tired today, you should go back and rest earlier."
Yang Guo bid farewell to the two of them, went back to the room alone, he heard the second watch upstairs, sitting at the table, watching the flickering candle, his mind full of distracting thoughts, suddenly heard a peck on the door, a woman A voice said from outside the door: "Aren't you asleep?" It was Xiao Longnu's voice.Yang Guo was overjoyed, he jumped up and opened the door, only to see Xiao Longnu standing outside the door, wearing a light green shirt.Yang Guo said: "Gu Gu, what's the matter?" Xiao Longnu said with a smile: "I want to visit you." Yang Guo held her hand and said softly: "I was thinking of you too." The two walked slowly towards the garden side by side.The flowers and trees in the garden are sparse and fragrant.Xiao Longnv looked at half of the moon in the sky, said: "Do you have to kill him yourself? Time is running out." Yang Guo hurriedly whispered in her ear: "There are many eyes and ears here, don't mention this matter." Xiao Longnv Looking at him stupidly, he said: "When the moon is full, that will be the end of the eighteen days." Yang Guozhen was startled, he calculated, he and Qiu Qianchi had been away for nine days, if he didn't kill Guo Jing and his wife within a day or two, he would not be able to go back to the Valley of Unrequited Love before the poison broke out.He sighed faintly, and sat on a rock in Taihu Lake with Xiao Longnu.The two were relatively speechless, their tenderness grew stronger, they communicated with each other, and they completely forgot about the vendetta battle. After a long time, I suddenly heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside the rockery, and two people approached through the flowers. A young girl's voice said: "If you force me again, just take a sword and wipe it on my neck, that's all, so that I won't suffer piecemeal." A man's voice said angrily: "Hmph, if you are half-hearted, I'll just give you a slap in the face." Don't you know? This kid surnamed Yang showed his face in front of people as soon as he arrived in Xiangyang. How can you take what you said before?" The voices were Guo Fu and Wu Xiuwen.Xiao Longnv put on a funny face to Yang Guo, implying that you have attracted love everywhere and caused many girls to worry about you.Yang Guo smiled, pulled her closer to him, waved his hand slightly, told her to be silent and listen to what the two of them had to say. When Guo Fu heard Wu Xiuwen's words, she was immediately annoyed. She raised her voice and said, "Since that's the case, what we said before is in vain. I will walk far away alone, and I will never see Yang Guo, and we will never meet again." " There was a pop of the clothes, it seemed that Wu Xiuwen grabbed Guo Fu's sleeves, and she threw it down hard.The anger in her words increased, and she said: "Why are you teasing? He shows his face and doesn't show his face. What are you doing to me? My parents betrothed me to him for life. I would rather die than obey. Daddy If I was pressed hard, I would run far away. Yang Guo has been domineering since he was a child, and he thought he was great, but I didn't pay attention to him. Dad regarded him as a treasure, hmph, I don't think he is a good person. "Wu Xiuwen hurriedly said: "Yes, yes. I was suspicious earlier, sister Fu, don't be angry. If I do this again in the future, it will teach me to die badly and become a tortoise in the next life." The voice was full of joy. .Guo Fu chuckled. Yang Guo and Xiao Longnv looked at each other and smiled, one meaning said: "Look, I've been hurt like this." Another meaning said: "So I thought wrong before, I like you in my heart, but other people don't like you. "According to Guo Fu's words, although she scolded Wu Xiuwen for a while, played tricks on him for a while, made him bow his head and listen to his ears, and make him gossip, but there was a lot of tenderness towards him in his heart. Just listen to Wu Xiuwen said: "Master loves you the most, you beg her day and night, and pester her. As long as Master promises you not to marry that surname Yang, Master will have nothing to say." Guo Fu said: " Hmph, what do you know? Although Dad is willing to listen to Mom, but when it comes to big things, Mom never disobeys Dad." Wu Xiuwen sighed: "You are like this to me, that's fine." But when he heard a slap, Wu Xiuwen cried out in pain, "Why did you hit someone again?" Guo Fu said, "Who told you to talk cheaply? I won't marry Yang Guo, but I can't marry him either." You little monkey." Wu Xiuwen said: "Okay, you finally confide in your heart tonight, you refused to be my daughter-in-law, but you are willing to be my sister-in-law. I tell you, I tell you..." Angrily, I can't say the following words. 郭芙语声忽转温柔，说道：“小武哥哥，你对我好，已说了一千遍一万遍，我自早知道你是真心。你哥哥虽然一遍也没说过，可我也知他对我是一片痴情。不管我许了谁，你哥儿俩总有一个要伤心的。你体贴我，爱惜我，你便不知我心中可有多为难么？” 武敦儒、武修文自小没爹娘照顾，兄弟俩向来友爱甚笃，但近年来两人都痴恋郭芙，不由得互相有了心病。武修文心中一急，竟自掉下泪来。郭芙取出手帕，掷了给他，叹道：“小武哥哥，咱们自小一块儿长大，我敬重你哥哥，可是跟你说话却更加投缘些。对你哥儿俩，我实在没半点偏心。你今日定要逼我清清楚楚说一句，倘若你做了我，该怎么说呢？”武修文道：“我不知道。我只跟你说，若是你嫁了旁人，我便不能活了。” 郭芙道：“好啦，今晚别再说了。爹爹今日跟敌人性命相搏，咱们却在园子中说这些没要紧的话，若是给爹爹听到了，大家都讨个没趣。小武哥哥，我跟你说，你想要讨我爹娘欢心，干么不多立战功？整日价缠在我身旁，岂不让我爹娘看轻了？”武修文跳了起来，大声道：“对，我去刺杀忽必烈，解了襄阳之围，那时你许不许我？”郭芙嫣然一笑，道：“你立了这等大功，我便想不许你，只怕也不能呢。但那忽必烈身旁有多少护卫之士？单是一个金轮法王，就连爹爹也未必胜得了。快别胡思乱想了，乖乖的去睡罢。” 武修文向着郭芙俊俏的脸孔恋恋不舍的望了几眼，说道：“好，那你也早些睡罢。”他转身走了几步，忽又停步回头，问道：“芙妹，你今晚做梦不做？”郭芙笑道：“我怎知道？”武修文道：“若是做梦，你猜会梦到什么？”郭芙微笑道：“我多半会梦见一只小猴儿。”武修文大喜，跳跳跃跃的去了。 小龙女与杨过在花丛后听他二人情话绵绵，不禁相对微笑，均想他二人一个痴恋苦缠，一个心意不定，比起自己两人的一往情深、死而无悔，心中的满足喜乐实是远远不及。 武修文去后，郭芙独自坐在石凳上，望着月亮呆呆出神，隔了良久，长叹了一声。忽然对面假山后转出一人，说道：“芙妹，你叹什么气？”正是武敦儒。杨过与小龙女都微微一惊，想是他早已在彼，尚比自己二人先到，否则他过来时不能不知。 郭芙微嗔道：“你就总是这么阴阳怪气的。我跟你弟弟说的话，你全都听见了，是不是？”武敦儒点点头，站在郭芙对面，和她离得远远的，但眼光中却充满了眷恋之情。两人相对不语，过了好一阵，郭芙道：“你要跟我说什么？”武敦儒道：“没什么。我不说你也知道。”说着慢慢转身，缓缓走开。 郭芙望着武敦儒的背影，见他在假山之后走远，竟是一次也没回头，心想：“不论是大武还是小武，世间倘若只有一人，岂不是好？”深深叹了口气，独自回房。 杨过待她走远，笑问：“倘若你是她，便嫁哪一个？”小龙女侧头想了一阵，道：“嫁你。”杨过笑道：“我不算。郭姑娘半点也不欢喜我。我说倘若你是她，二武兄弟之中你嫁哪一个？”小龙女“嗯”了一声，心中拿二武来相互比较，终于又道：“我还是嫁你。”杨过又是好笑，又是感激，伸臂将她搂在怀里，柔声道：“旁人那么三心二意，我的姑姑却只爱我一人。” 二人相倚相偎，满心愉乐的直坐到天明。
眼见朝暾东升，二人仍是不愿分开。忽见一名家丁匆匆走来，向二人请了个安，说道：“郭爷请杨大爷快去，有要事相商。” 杨过见他神情紧急，心知必有要事，当即与小龙女别过，随那仆人走向内堂。那仆人道：“我到处都找过了，原来杨爷在园子里赏花。”杨过道：“郭大爷等了我很久么？”那仆人低声道：“两位武少爷忽然不知去了哪里，郭大爷和郭夫人都着急得很，郭姑娘已哭了几次啦！”杨过一怔，已知其理：“武家哥儿俩为了争娶师妹，均想建立奇功，定是出城行刺忽必烈去了。”匆匆来到内堂，只见黄蓉穿着宽衫，坐在一旁，容色憔悴，郭靖不停的来回走动，郭芙红着双目，泫然欲泣。桌上放着两柄长剑。 郭靖一见杨过，忙道：“过儿，你可知武家兄弟俩到敌营去干什么？”杨过向郭芙望了一眼，道：“两位武兄到敌营去了么？”郭靖道：“不错，你们小兄弟之间无话不说，你事先可曾瞧出一些端倪？”杨过道：“小侄没曾留心。两位武兄也没跟我说过什么。料来两位武兄定是见城围难解，心中忧急，想到敌营去刺杀蒙古大将，若是得手，倒是奇功一件。” 郭靖叹了口气，指着桌上的两把剑，道：“便算存心不错，可是太过不自量力，兵刃都给人家缴下，送了回来啦。” 这一着颇出杨过意料之外，他早猜到武氏兄弟此去必难得逞，以他二人的武功智慧，焉能在法王、尹克西、潇湘子等人手下讨得了好去？却想不到只几个时辰之间，二人的兵器也给送了回来。郭靖拿起压在双剑之下的一封书信，交给杨过，与黄蓉对望一眼，两人都摇了摇头。杨过打开书信，见信上写道： “大蒙古国第一护国法师金轮法王书奉襄阳城郭大侠尊前：昨宵夜猎，邂逅贤徒武氏昆仲，常言名门必出高弟，诚不我欺。老衲久慕大侠风采，神驰想像，盖有年矣。日前大胜关英雄宴上一会，匆匆未及深谈，兹特移书，谨邀大驾。军营促膝，杯酒共欢，得聆教益，洵足乐也。尊驾一至，即令贤徒归报平安如何？” 信中语气谦谨，似乎只是请郭靖过去谈谈，但其意显是以武氏兄弟为质，要等郭靖到来方能放人。郭靖等他看完了信，道：“如何？” 杨过早已算到：“郭伯母智谋胜我十倍，我若有妙策，她岂能不知？她邀我来此相商，唯一用意，便是要我和姑姑伴同郭伯伯前去敌营。郭伯伯到得蒙古军营，法王、潇湘子等合力纵能败他，但要杀他擒他，却也未必能够。有我和姑姑二人相助，他自能设法脱身。”随即想到：“但若我和姑姑突然倒戈，一来出其不意，二来强弱之势更是悬殊，那时伤他可算得易如反掌。我即令不忍亲手加害，假手于法王诸人取他性命，岂不大妙？”于是微微一笑，说道：“郭伯伯，我和师父陪你同去便是。郭伯母见过我和师父联剑打败金轮法王，三人同去，敌人未必留得下咱们。” 郭靖大喜，笑道：“你的聪明伶俐，除了你郭伯母之外，旁人再也难及。你郭伯母之意也正如此。” 杨过心道：“黄蓉啊黄蓉，你聪明一世，今日也要在我手下栽个筋斗。”说道：“事不宜迟，咱们便去。我和师父扮作你的随身僮儿，更显得你单刀赴会的英雄气概。” 郭靖道：“好！”转头向黄蓉道：“蓉儿，你不用担心，有过儿和龙姑娘相伴，便是龙潭虎穴，我们三人也能平安归来。”他一整衣衫，说道：“相请龙姑娘。” 黄蓉摇头道：“不，我意思只要过儿一人和你同去。龙姑娘是个花朵般的闺女，咱们不能让她涉险，我要留她在这儿相陪。” 杨过一怔，立即会意：“郭伯母果有防我之心，她是要留姑姑在此为质，好教我不敢有甚异动。我如定要姑姑同往，只有更增其疑。”当下并不言语。 郭靖却道：“龙姑娘剑术精妙，倘能同行，大得臂助。”黄蓉懒懒的道：“你的破虏、襄儿，就快出世啦，有龙姑娘守着，我好放心些。”郭靖忙道：“是，是，我真胡涂了。过儿，咱们走罢。”杨过道：“让我跟姑姑说一声。”黄蓉道：“回头我告知她便是，你爷儿俩去敌营走一趟，半天即回，又不是什么大事。” 杨过心想与黄蓉斗智，处处落于下风，但郭靖诚朴老实，决不是自己对手，同去蒙古军中后对付了他，再回来相救小龙女不迟，于是略一结束，随同郭靖出城。 郭靖骑的是汗血宝马，杨过乘了黄毛瘦马，两匹马脚力均快，不到半个时辰，已抵达蒙古大营。
忽必烈听报郭靖竟然来到，又惊又喜，忙叫请进帐来。 郭靖走进大帐，只见一位少年王爷居中而坐，方面大耳，两目深陷，不由得一怔：“此人竟与他父亲拖雷一模一样。”想起少年时与拖雷情深义重，此时却已阴阳相隔，不禁眼眶一红，险些儿掉下泪来。 忽必烈下座相迎，一揖到地，说道：“先王在日，时常言及郭靖叔叔英雄大义，小侄仰慕无已，日来得睹尊颜，实慰生平之愿。”郭靖还了一揖，说道：“拖雷安答和我情逾骨肉，我幼时母子俩托庇成吉思汗麾下，极仗令尊照拂。令尊英年，如日方中，不意忽尔谢世，令人思之神伤。”忽必烈见他言辞恳挚，动了真情，心中也自伤感，当即与潇湘子、尹克西等一一引见，请郭靖上座。 杨过侍立在郭靖身后，假装与诸人不识。法王等不知他此番随来是何用意，见他不理睬各人，也均不与他说话。马光佐却大声道：“杨兄……”下面一个“弟”字还未出口，尹克西在他大腿上狠狠捏了一把。马光佐“啊哟”一声，叫道：“干什么？”尹克西转过了头不理。马光佐不知是谁捏他，口中唠唠叨叨骂人，便忘了与杨过招呼。 郭靖坐下后饮了一杯马乳酒，不见武氏兄弟，正要动问，忽必烈已向左右吩咐：“快请两位武爷。”左右卫士应命而出，推了武敦儒、武修文进帐。两人手足都被用牛筋绑得结结实实，双足之间的牛筋长不逾尺，迈不开步子，只能慢慢的挨着过来。二武见到师父，满脸羞惭，叫了一声：“师父！”都低下了头再也不敢抬起。 他兄弟俩贪功冒进，不告而行，闯出这样一个大乱子，郭靖本来十分恼怒，但见他二人衣衫凌乱，身有血污，显是经过一番剧斗才失手被擒，又见二人给绑得如此狼狈，不禁由怒转怜，心想他二人虽然冒失，却也是一片为国为民之心，于是温言说道：“武学之士，一生之中必受无数折磨、无数挫败，那也算不了什么。” 忽必烈假意怪责左右，斥道：“我命你们好好款待两位武爷，怎地竟如此无礼？快快松绑。”左右连声称是，伸手去解二人绑缚。但那牛筋绑缚之后，再浇水淋湿，深陷肌肤，一时解不下来。郭靖走下座去，拉住武敦儒胸前的牛筋两端，轻轻往外一分，波的一响，牛筋登时崩断，跟着又扯断了武修文身上的绑缚。这一手功夫瞧来轻描淡写，殊不足道，其实却非极深厚的内功莫办。潇湘子、尼摩星、尹克西等相互望了一眼，均暗赞他武功了得。忽必烈道：“快取酒来，给两位武爷赔罪。” 郭靖心下盘算：今日此行，决不能善罢，少时定有一番恶战，二武若不早走，不免要分心照顾，当下向众人作了个四方揖，朗声道：“小徒冒昧无状，承王爷及各位教诲，兄弟这里谢过了。”转头向武氏兄弟道：“你们先回去告知师母，说我会见故人之子，略叙契阔，稍待即归。”武修文道：“师父，你……”他昨晚行刺不成，为潇湘子所擒，知道敌营中果然高手如云，不由得担心郭靖的安危。郭靖将手一挥，道：“快些走罢！你们禀报吕安抚，请他严守城关，不论有何变故，总之不可开城，以防敌军偷袭。”这几句话说得神威凛然，要叫忽必烈等人知道，即令自己有何不测，襄阳城决不降敌。 武氏兄弟见师父亲自涉险相救，又是感激，又是自悔，当下不敢多言，拜别师父，自行回城。 忽必烈笑道：“两位贤徒前来行刺小侄，郭叔父谅必不知。”郭靖点头道：“我事先未及知悉，小儿辈不知天高地厚，胡闹得紧。”忽必烈道：“是啊，想我与郭叔父相交三世，郭叔父念及故人之情，必不出此。”郭靖正色道：“那却不然，公义当前，私交为轻。昔日拖雷安答领军来攻襄阳，我曾起意行刺义兄，以退敌军，适逢成吉思汗病重，蒙古军退，这才全了我金兰之义。古人大义灭亲，亲尚可灭，何况友朋？” 这几句话侃侃而谈，法王、尹克西等均是相顾变色。杨过胸口一震，心道：“是了，刺杀义兄义弟，原是他的拿手好戏，不知我父当年有何失误，致遭他毒手。郭靖啊郭靖，岂难道你一生之中，从未做过任何错事么？”想到此处，一股怨毒又在胸中渐渐升起。 忽必烈却全无愠色，含笑道：“既然如此，郭叔父何以又说两位贤徒胡闹？”郭靖道：“想他二人学艺未成，不自量力，贸然行刺，岂能成功？他二人失陷不打紧，却教你多了一层防备之心，后人再来行刺，那便大大不易了。”忽必烈哈哈大笑，心想：“久闻郭靖忠厚质朴，口齿迟钝，哪知他辞锋竟是极为锐利。”其实郭靖只是心中想到什么，口中便说什么，只因心中想得通达，言辞便显凌厉。法王等见他孤身一人，赤手空拳而在蒙古千军万马之中，居然毫无惧色，这股气概便非己所能及，无不钦服。 忽必烈见郭靖气宇轩昂，不自禁的喜爱，心想若能将此人罗致麾下，胜于得了十座襄阳城，说道：“郭叔父，赵宋无道，君昏民困，奸佞当朝，忠良含冤，我这话可不错罢！”郭靖道：“不错，理宗皇帝乃无道昏君，宰相贾似道是个大大的奸臣。”众人又都一怔，万料不到他竟会直言指斥宋朝君臣。忽必烈道：“是啊，郭叔父是当世大大的英雄好汉，却又何苦为昏君奸臣卖命？” 郭靖站起身来，朗声道：“郭某纵然不肖，岂能为昏君奸臣所用？只是心愤蒙古残暴，侵我疆土，杀我同胞，郭某满腔热血，是为我神州千万老百姓而洒。” 忽必烈伸手在案上一拍，道：“这话说得好，大家敬郭叔父一碗。”说着举起碗来，将马乳酒一饮而尽。随侍众人暗暗焦急，均怕忽必烈顾念先世交情，又被郭靖言辞打动，竟将他放归，再要擒他可就难了，但见忽必烈举碗，也只得各自陪饮了一碗。左右卫士在各人碗中又斟满了酒。 忽必烈道：“贵邦有一位老夫子曾道：民为贵，社稷次之，君为轻。这话当真有理。想天下者，天下人之天下也，唯有德者居之。我大蒙古朝政清平，百姓安居乐业，各得其所。我大汗不忍见南朝子民陷于疾苦之中，无人能解其倒悬，这才吊民伐罪，挥军南征，不惮烦劳。这番心意与郭叔父全无二致，可说是英雄所见略同了。来，咱们再来干一碗。”说着又举碗饮干。 法王等举碗放到口边。郭靖大袖一挥，劲风过去，呛啷啷一阵响处，众人的酒碗尽数摔在地下，跌得粉碎。郭靖大声怒道：“住了！你蒙古兵侵宋以来，残民以逞，白骨为墟，血流成河。我大宋百姓家破人亡，不知有多少性命送在你蒙古兵刀箭之下，说什么吊民伐罪，解民倒悬？” 这一下拂袖虽然来得极是突兀，大出众人意料之外，但法王等人人身负绝艺，竟然被他打落酒碗，均觉脸上无光，一齐站起身来，只待忽必烈发作，立时上前动手。 哪知忽必烈仰天长笑，说道：“郭叔父英雄无敌，我蒙古兵将提及，无不钦仰，今日亲眼得见，果真名下无虚。小王不才，不敢伤了先父之义，今日只叙旧情，不谈国事如何？”郭靖拱手道：“拖雷有子，气度宽宏，蒙古诸王无一能及，他日必膺国家重任。我有良言奉告，不知能蒙垂听否？”忽必烈道：“愿听叔父教诲。” 郭靖叉手说道：“我南朝地广人多，崇尚气节。俊彦之士，所在多有，自古以来，从不屈膝异族。蒙古纵然一时疆界逞快，日后定被逐回漠北，那时元气大伤，悔之无及，愿王爷三思。”忽必烈笑道：“多谢明教。”郭靖听他这四字说得言不由衷，说道：“就此别过，后会有期。”忽必烈将手一拱，说道：“送客。” 法王等相顾愕然，一齐望着忽必烈，均想：“好容易鱼儿入网，岂能纵虎归山？”但忽必烈客客气气的送郭靖出帐，众人也不便动手。 郭靖大踏步出帐，心中暗想：“这忽必烈举措不凡，果是劲敌。”向杨过使个眼色，加快脚步，走向坐骑之旁。 突然旁边抢出八名蒙古大汉，当先一人说道：“你是郭靖么？你在襄阳城头伤了我不少兄弟，今日竟到我蒙古军营来耀武扬威。王爷放你走，我们却容你不得。”一声吆喝，八名大汉同时拥上，各使蒙古摔交手法，十六只手抓向郭靖。 摔交勾打之术，蒙古人原是天下无双，这八名大汉更是蒙古军中一等一的好手，忽必烈特地埋伏在帐外擒拿郭靖。但郭靖幼时在蒙古长大，骑射摔交自小精熟，眼见八人抓到，双手连伸，右腿勾扫，霎时之间，四人被他抓住摔出丈余，另四人被他勾扫倒地。他使的正是蒙古人正宗摔交之术，只是有了上乘武功为底，手脚上劲力大得异乎寻常，那八名大汉如何能敌？忽必烈王帐外驻着一个亲兵千人队，一千名官兵个个精