If the suicide of Xiao Feng in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is shocking, then the ending of seeing Guo Jing in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is a hidden pain when you see Guo Jing 's family die in battle Xiangyang .
Xiao Feng's death was surprising. After all, according to the plot, everything returned to peace at that time. He could retire from the world and be an ordinary person, but he felt that he had no face to stand in the world, and then he broke it off on his own; Guo Jing's death was different, Jin Yong has a prelude. He had already made Guo Jing tell Yang Guo that he would die. All he could do was "devote his whole life to death until he died", but even so, when the bad news came, he still couldn't help but feel heartbroken for him.
(stills from Guo Jing)
Can't Guo Jing's ending be rewritten? If we look at the logic of martial arts, did Guo Jing have a chance to defend Xiangyang? The answer is yes. If a hero hadn't left him, he might have been able to survive for several years for Xiangyang.
1. The inevitable ending
In fact, the Mongols' destruction of the Song Dynasty is a historical fact. The Battle of Xiangfan in history is an important battle for Mongolia to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and then achieve great unification. This battle began in 1267 AD with the Battle of Anyangtan where the Mongolian general A Shu attacked Xiangyang. Until 1273 AD, the Mongolian cavalry broke through the city of Xiangyang.
As mentioned above, if we look at it from the perspective of historical necessity, it is reasonable for Guo Jing to choose to guard Xiangyang and eventually die in Xiangyang. After all, Jin Yong cannot change history for a few fictional characters. At most, he can only do something about the process of historical events, and cannot change the result.
(stills of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu)
It is precisely because of this that although Jin Yong cannot allow Guo Jing to counterattack and destroy Mongolia, he can at least allow Guo Jing to continue defending the city. For example, the war at the end of the book " The Legend of Condor Heroes " showed that martial arts masters can also make a difference in the battle between the two armies. So from a martial arts perspective, how can Guo Jing defend Xiangyang and prosper the lives of the people of Xiangyang?
2. Yang Guo
The finale of the 1st sentence is full of drama in the Xiangyang War at the end of the book "The Legend of Condor Heroes". At first, the Xiangyang defenders were very passive, but on the one hand, it was because the opponent's military strength was even better. In addition, Golden Wheel Dharma King held Guo Xiang as a hostage. If Guo Jing was shaken, the Xiangyang defenders would be defeated.
Fortunately, the heroes united, Guo Xiang was also deeply aware of the righteousness and was ready to sacrifice himself. Yang Guo's appearance was a turning point in the entire battle. He relied on his own creation of Desolate Palm to kill the King of Golden Wheel at the critical moment. Later, he had a sudden idea and killed Mengge with flying stones, which immediately turned the situation around.
As soon as Mengge died, the Mongolian side was in a mess. Even though the number of people still had an advantage, they had lost too much in momentum, so they could only retreat and regain their strength, waiting for a comeback in the future, and the Xiangyang side got a chance to breathe for several years.
(stills of the Golden Wheel Dharma King)
It can be said that Yang Guo is indeed the key gentleman in this war. If it weren't for him, Guo Jing would have died in the city in this war.
But Yang Guo was almost separated from Xiaolongnu in this battle. At this time, he would definitely cherish his life more and understand that as long as he is in the world, he will inevitably experience all kinds of bloody storms. So he decisively made the decision to retreat after the third Huashan Sword Contest, and Guo Jing also lacked a capable helper.
However, although Yang Guo is an important combat power, he is not the most important character around Guo Jing. Yang Guo's move to kill the Khan in the flying stone has indeed achieved the final result. However, if the heroes did not delay the battle, how could he have a chance to perform? This battle can be delayed until Yang Guo arrives, and it is also due to another hero, who is " Dongxie " Huang Yaoshi .
3. The "brain" of heroes
In terms of combat effectiveness, Huang Yaoshi is not stronger than Guo Jing and Yang Guo. Even as their elders, Huang Yaoshi is old and his practical ability is on the decline. But as the saying goes, "Ginger is still the old man's spicy", it is not that Huang Yaoshi has more combat experience than the two, but that Huang Yaoshi has a wide knowledge throughout his life. His life is not just about practicing martial arts. He knows astronomy and geography, and he knows everything. His ability to arrange troops plays a key role in this battle.
(Yideng, Huang Yaoshi, Zhou Botong's stills)
For example, this description is very intuitive: "Yideng said: 'The Tartars govern the army strictly. To save Xiang'er, you must first disrupt the four 10,000 teams around the high platform.' Huang Yaoshi said: 'That's right.' After a moment of meditation, he said: ' Rong'er . Let's use the Twenty-Eight Constellations Formation to fight the Tartars.'... Huang Yaoshi said: 'This formation changes complexly. Back then, Quanzhen Sect used Tiangang Beidou Formation to deal with me and your Sister Mei, Afterwards, I thought hard and participated in the ancient formation, adding four times to the formation of these twenty-eight constellations. I was determined to compete with Quanzhen Sect. ’ Yi Deng said: ‘Brother Yao is the only one in the world in the world. These twenty-eight constellations must be wonderful. ’”
Even Huang Rong admired his father’s strategy. Master Yi Deng praised Huang Yaoshi. If it weren’t for Huang Yaoshi, the heroes would be just a piece of loose sand. Although they all possess magical powers, their role in this battle is like the "super soldiers" in the game. Even if they can fight ten or hundreds, can they still fight against one thousand?
But it’s a pity that Huang Yaoshi was not there in the last Xiangyang war.
4. The hero who left Guo Jing
Regarding the last battle in Xiangyang, the book only mentioned the result by Guo Xiang's descendants: " On the day when Xiangyang City was broken, Guo Daxia and his wife were martyred at the same time and died at the same time. Dragon Slaying Sword is unknown. Guo Zushi was in Xichuan at the time, and when he rushed to save his parents and relatives, it was too late. "
No matter what, Huang Yaoshi is also a well-known figure. In the last battle, if Huang Yaoshi was in Xiangyang, he would naturally be unable to escape death. As long as he died with Guo Jing, his name should be mentioned in this treatment. In this way, he is naturally not in Xiangyang.
(stills of Huang Yaoshi)
You may think Huang Yaoshi was unkind, so he had already lived in seclusion when the last Xiangyang War broke out. In fact, this was not the case. When Yang Guo found all kinds of strange people to celebrate Guo Xiang's birthday, a Yanbo Diaoshi forced Huang Yaoshi to Xiangyang. He was afraid that Yanbo Diaoshi would be unfavorable to his daughter and son-in-law. Later, he realized that he was a false alarm, but this is enough to prove that Huang Yaoshi is a knife-like mouth and a tofu heart.
He did not appear in Xiangyang to assist Guo Jing in guarding the city. There is only one explanation. He had already died and left his daughter and son-in-law.
Most of the defenders of Xiangyang are idiots, and even though Guo Jing and his wife have a certain right to speak, they are far less than Huang Yaoshi in strategy. Under the premise that there is a huge gap in military strength, Guo Jing is missing Huang Yaoshi, the military advisor, and it is natural that he cannot defend Xiangyang. Of course, even if Huang Yaoshi is there, the most he can do is to help Guo Jing and Xiangyang to survive, because Jin Yong will never rewrite history for a few fictional characters.
