Since ancient times, Xiangyang has been a place where soldiers must fight. Because it is located between the Central Plains and Jiangnan, it is an important location that cannot be crossed in the main road. In ancient times, it was the era of cold weapons, and wars were mainly fought by piles of people. Therefore, if we want to ensure the supply of supplies and the ability of the troops to fight for a long time, we must ensure that there is a smooth supply route.
Occupying Xiangyang, on the one hand, can ensure the smooth supply line of their own side, on the other hand, they can block the enemy, in the narrow terrain of Xiangyang, both sides can not send a large number of troops, so in Xiangyang, can create the advantage of less resistance and more, strategic geographical location is very important.
Therefore, in Jin Yong's novel "The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Hero", the great hero Guo Jing and his wife Huang Rong led people to guard Xiangyang, and also defeated the attacking enemy in Xiangyang with the help of the god eagle hero Yang Guo.
But in the end, Guo Jing's end was to protect Xiangyang and sacrifice himself to martyrdom. Huang Rong and Guo Jing's son Guo Shaoyu also had the same ending, which made people sigh. So who did Guo Jing lose?
Guo Jing's combat strength
Xiangyang was only a small city, and it was destined not to be sent too many defenders by the imperial court. Then to resist the invasion of the Mongol army, you can only rely on the amazing martial arts of Guo Jing and others.
It should be known that Guo Jing is the biggest winner in the legend of the Archery Hero, carrying the Nine Yin True Scriptures and the domineering Dragon Eighteen Palms. On the combat strength of individual soldiers, it is estimated that during the period described by Jin Yong, no one was Guo Jing's opponent.
In addition, Huang Rong can also learn the Nine Yin True Scriptures, the Dog Fighting Stick Method and other Gaishi martial arts, and Huang Rong is resourceful and good at using scheming, which should be able to give Guo Jing a great help. There were also many Central Plains martial artists around Guo Jing, all of whom were armed with extraordinary skills, and such a team was also very amazing in terms of group combat effectiveness.
Just to say Guo Jing, it should not be a problem to fight one enemy against a hundred. He is also proficient in the art of left-right combat, and once it is used, it is even more doubly powerful. How many powerful figures who have become famous in the martial forest, it is also impossible to pass a few tricks under Guo Jing. Not to mention those ordinary soldiers, Guo Jing dealt with them as long as the internal strength was not exhausted, it was estimated that they could fight in batches.
The cruelty of war
Since Guo Jing's side has strong combat strength, why can't he hide from the tragic end of the city being destroyed and dying? First of all, the Song Dynasty was a dynasty that emphasized literature over military force, and it was problematic in state governance and army building. Coupled with the pedantic court and the large number of corrupt officials, at the end of the Song Dynasty, most of the people lived in the depths of the water, and there was no sense of happiness and security.
Happiness and security are important factors in maintaining the people's trust in the country, and if these elements are missing, it will greatly affect the people's reverence and obedience to the imperial court.
When people's hearts are scattered, how can this dynasty be able to rule for a long time? Only by undergoing a complete change can history move forward and a new and better court emerge.
Therefore, the demise of the Song Dynasty is the process of history, not one or two heroes can change. Don't say that Guo Jing is the first in the world of martial arts, even if the eastern and western drugs are all resurrected in the Southern Emperor and the Northern Emperor, together, they can't stop the pace of the Mongolian Iron Horse. Guo Jingzhen's defense of Xiangyang is just a microcosm of those chivalrous men of the Southern Song Dynasty who are not willing to rise up against fate.
In fact, in the book, there was a description of Guo Jing when he saw the Mongol army, and Guo Jing himself felt that the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty were compared with the Mongol soldiers, and they could not see it at all. Therefore, in Guo Jing's heart, although he had the responsibility of the great hero, he also deeply knew that the Southern Song Dynasty could not defeat Mongolia, and what he did was just to delay time.
The fighting on the ancient battlefield pays attention to the comprehensive aspects of the cooperation of the team, the bravery of the battle, and the confrontation of supplies. In the face of thousands of troops and horses, if a martial arts master is good enough and his martial arts are high enough, it is estimated that it is possible to carry out a sneak attack and assassination. It is also possible to fight and escape, but to fight against all the enemies on your own, that is, suicide.
Guo Jing is a hero among heroes, so he also has the integrity of a stereotypical positive character, he chooses to fight with the enemy head-on, and he has to resist hard when he knows that he is invincible. Such a situation of completely unequal strength between the two sides could not have a situation in which Guo Jing's victory could occur, and the most he could do was to hold on for a period of time, and Xiangyang would have to break through the defense sooner or later.
Guo Jing's opponent
Analyzing the disadvantages of Guo Jing's side, let's take a look at the strength of the enemy. The enemy commanders who confronted Guo Jing were not generalists either. He was The son of Torre, Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, and the butcher and overlord of His Majesty Jin Yong. To be reasonable, Guo Jing and Torre are still a bit of a friendship. But Kublai Khan did not intend to give him any face.
Kublai Khan's bravery and brutality are recorded in some historical sources. It is said that after he captured the Jin Kingdom, he killed more than 18 million Han Chinese in the Jin Kingdom.
In the eyes of the Han Chinese, Kublai Khan was a proper spokesman for the devil. Therefore, many Han Chinese people directly wavered in their hearts to resist after learning that the enemy commander was Kublai Khan.
Moreover, Kublai Khan was also extremely good at scheming. He can kill so many people, and naturally he also has the strength to bribe many people, and many Han people will not hesitate to betray their dynasties in order to survive. Kublai Khan invaded the Central Plains, and many of the strategies were made by the Han chinese who defected to Kublai Khan.
In the real historical data, the Southern Dynasty general stationed in Xiangyang at that time was Lü Wenhuan. In order to make the city of Xiangyang chaotic, someone gave Kublai Khan an idea to bribe southern Song merchants to sabotage the city of Xiangyang and cause trouble for Lü Wenhuan, so that Xiangyang could not be held. Kublai Khan did listen to this opinion and engaged in some moths, which also led to the rapid loss of Xiangyang.
Guo Jing will be defeated
In Jin Yong's book, it is also explained that many martial artists in the Central Plains were bribed by the Mongols and became traitors who assisted the Mongols. This also indicates that many of Guo Jing's friends around him have eventually become enemies of opposites. On the contrary, the imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty did not give much expectation and support to Guo Jing, a martial artist, and combining these elements, Guo Jing was bound to lose.
In the end, under the internal and external troubles, the Xiangyang City guarded by Guo Jing could not escape the end of being destroyed by the Mongol army, and Guo Jing, as the representative of the resistance to the Mongol army, could only leave a desolate and shocking stroke in the form of martyrdom.
brief summary:
The wheels of history are rolling forward, and no one can stop it. A decaying dynasty, no matter how much it is guarded, cannot make it come to life. It is a pity that people like Guo Jing, who hope to save the people of the world by relying on their own small strength. In the face of history, his all-out efforts are so weak and powerless.
Although Guo Jing is only a character in the novel, his spirit, his self-denial, and his national righteousness are very worthy of our admiration and study.