Xunzhou, Pingnan County.

Pingnan County is the only intermediate county in Xunzhou, and its original position is second only to Xunjiang County, the important military location. However, since the Yuan army last attacked Guangxi, the Southern Song army stationed in Xunjiang County has been in name only. The entire Xunjiang County is also desolate, and Pingnan County has become the county town with the most people gathered in Xunzhou.

Wen Tianxiang led his army to struggle to resist Ali Hague. At this time, the army was stationed in Pingnan County and relied on the people's strength to fight against the Yuan Dynasty.

Ali Hague's deputy general Jessul led an army of 80,000 to besiege Pingnan for two months, but he still failed to break the city.

In the city, Wen Tianxiang's army had only more than 24,000 horses.

Over the years, he was like a nail pricked on the way the Yuan army attacked Leizhou, but he couldn't pull it off, but if he walked around, he was afraid that the rear would be unstable.

More than 100,000 troops from Lei Qiong were echoing each other, even with Ali Hague's troops, they almost all came out. After all, he was fighting a siege.

Wen Tianxiang guarded Xunzhou, but he was unable to move his army.

It can be said that Wen Tianxiang is a heart disease in Ali Hague in Guangxi.

Originally, Ali Hague thought that as long as the army besieged for a while, Xunzhou would lose, and there would be no need to lose much force. However, now that Qiongzhou was defeated and Hanjin was lost, he dared not waste any more. Kublai Khan asked him to pacify Guangxi and Hunan, but the Southern Song army was gradually growing. It is conceivable that as long as the fall of Hanjin was spread to Zhongdu, his political enemies would take the opportunity to impeach him. At that time, Kublai Khan would issue an edict to condemn him.

Ali Hague dared not allow the Southern Song Dynasty to continue to grow, so he ordered Jesul to take down Xunzhou at any cost.

He needed to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty in a short period of time to make up for his merits and maintain his position in the Yuan Dynasty.

As a Uygur native, he occupies a high position in the Mongolian court, and only he himself knows the feeling of walking on thin ice.

At this time, outside Pingnan County, the Yuan army formation spread out and the end was no longer visible.

After receiving the letter from Ali Hague, Jesul immediately reorganized his army and set out to force Pingnan.

It is very likely that 80,000 soldiers will be forced to attack Pingnan, although it will inevitably cost a heavy price.

At the head of Pingnan County, Wen Tianxiang, who was as elegant as jade, stood at the top of the city, surrounded by Liu Zijun, Zou Ju, Du Hu and other generals, with a serious expression.

Wen Tianxiang shook to the east and said, "The emperor attacked Hanjin, Ali Hague will destroy our army at any cost!"

Liu Zijun is similar to Wen Tianxiang’s age, with a national face, and asked, “Military Order, what should we do?”

Wen Tianxiang said slowly: "Defend to the death! As long as we are still there, the Yuan thieves will not have the energy to encircle and suppress the emperor's troops."

Liu Zijun frowned slightly and said in a very low voice: "I'm afraid I can't hold on for a long time now..."

Wen Tianxiang said: "We must guard the last person until the battle."

As he said that, he sighed: "You go down and encourage the soldiers and make them ready for the battle! As long as we persist enough, I think the emperor will definitely find a way to escape the encirclement of our army."

Liu Zijun, Zou Jue, Du Hu and others bowed and all took the order and left.

Wen Tianxiang looked at the Yuan army formation hundreds of meters away from the city wall.

The sky was drizzling and dark clouds were pressing down, and it seemed that heavy rain could all go down at any time. This made the atmosphere on the city look even more solemn.

Suddenly, several cavalry emerged from the Yuan army formation.

The leader was a commander wearing ink armor. He was big and thick, extremely burly, and seemed to have a great status in the Yuan army.

He was following a few personal soldiers, and they were pushing two people down with long spears, one of whom was a white-haired old woman and the other was a disheveled young man.

Wen Tianxiang looked at the two of them clearly, his body shaking and almost fell down.

After reaching only more than three hundred meters away from the city wall, the commander and his personal soldiers immediately decided and shouted: "Wen Tianxiang, quickly leave the city and surrender, and let you and the people in the city survive!"

"Don't you fucking fart!"

"Dog Yuan Thief!"

Most of the Xingguo army were indomitable people like Wen Tianxiang, and they immediately cursed.

However, Du Hu, Zou Feng and others were shocked and instantly lost their appearance.

Wen Tianxiang looked down at the commander, his eyes were about to spit out of fire, but he remained silent for a long time.

The commander shouted again: "If you don't leave the city and surrender, I will take the lives of your mother and eldest son."

It turned out that the old woman and the young man were Wen Tianxiang's mother and eldest son. They were killed by spies during the war, but were captured.

Wen Tianxiang still didn't speak, his body shaking slightly, and his eyes were a little rosy.

After years of war, there were not many relatives left. His wife had long been killed by the Yuan army.

Next to him, his second son shouted anxiously: "Father, find a way to save grandma and elder brother!"

"Get out!"

Wen Tianxiang shouted at him, "Do you know how many people are in this city? If I surrender, how could the Yuan thief really spare them?"

Jesul attacked the city several times, and suffered heavy losses. Wen Tianxiang knew that if he broke the city, he would definitely be a massacre of the city and venting anger.

He had already made a conclusion on which one is more important, family members, country, and people.

Wen Tianxiang was willing to sacrifice his own life.

The second son gritted his teeth and retreated to the back, his eyes turning red.

After waiting for a few minutes, the commander under the city waited, and saw that Wen Tianxiang still did not speak, he snorted heavily and raised his right sword.

"drink!"

Two Yuan cavalry galloped and ran to the left and right respectively.

Wen Tianxiang's mother and eldest son were tied behind the horse with hemp ropes and were dragged and staggered.

In just a few seconds, Wen Tianxiang's mother rolled to the ground because she was old and could not keep up with the speed of the war horse.

Afterwards, the same was true for his eldest son.

The two war horses dragged them away from the city wall, and yellow dust rolled.

Wen Tianxiang held his hands tightly, his mouth was already bleeding, and two lines of tears fell on his face.

His second son even held a gun and wanted to break out of the city, but was held down by several soldiers.

Wen Tianxiang's voice was hoarse and he shouted suddenly: "No one is allowed to leave the city, those who violate the order will be killed!"

"Father!"

His second son was only eighteen years old, just when he was in his prime. He stopped hearing this, and then threw the spear on the ground angrily. He looked at Wen Tianxiang's back and looked a little angry.

My father is a qualified minister and a general, but not a qualified son, husband or father.

In Wen Tianxiang's heart, nothing is as important as the country.

In just a few minutes, his mother and eldest son were already dragged to pieces.

On the road, several blood marks were shocking.

His mother was dragged behind the horse and stopped moving.

Wen Tianxiang slowly closed his eyes.

Two minutes later, a shrill roar suddenly sounded under the city, "Father! I'll go first!"

Wen Tianxiang's eldest son suddenly struggled, and while running, he picked up a stone and pressed it heavily on his forehead.

Then he fell softly to the ground and continued to be dragged by the Yuan cavalry, without moving.

The two war horses were still galloping while dragging two corpses. After two laps, they returned to the commander's side.

There was nowhere in sight of the body of Wen Tianxiang's mother and eldest son.

Countless soldiers on the city wall cursed.

Zou Ju, Du Hu and others had rosy eyes, and tears were about to spread out of their eyes.

"You are so cruel!"

Wen Tianxiang's second son burst into tears and shouted at Wen Tianxiang's back.

Wen Tianxiang's body shook violently for a few times, his face turned red suddenly, and he spurted blood out.

A sudden thunder broke out in the sky.

Wen Tianxiang's tall figure fell to the ground with the thunder. If the soldiers next to him had not seen the opportunity quickly, they would have fallen to the city.

Du Hu and others hurried over, "Military Order! Prime Minister Wen!"

Wen Tianxiang saw that his face was full of sickness at this moment, as if he was not energetic and said, "I asked for help from the emperor..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he fainted.

Seeing his mother and eldest son die by being dragged to death by war horses with his own eyes, even with his perseverance, he could not bear it.

"Military doctor! Military doctor!"

Liu Zijun hurriedly shouted, asking the military doctor to come over to treat Wen Tianxiang.

Wen Tianxiang was quickly carried down by the soldiers.

Du Hu, Liu Zijun, Zou Ju and others gathered at the top of the city. Liu Zijun took over Wen Tianxiang in charge of the overall situation and said, "Everyone, now Pingnan County can only rely on me to wait. Military orders are strictly ordered to not leave the city. We will first seize the wall and guard it, wait for the military order to wake up and then discuss countermeasures."

Zou Feng was a rather thin man. He thought to himself, "The Prime Minister asked me to ask for help, how can I get out?"

Liu Zijun said: "The Xunjiang River in the county is directly connected to Hanjin. The Yuan army is not good at water battles, and the Xunjiang River is dangerous. Maybe there is a chance to rush out."

"I'll go!"
To be continued...