Is it true that Guo Jing guarded Xiangyang?

Guo Jing can be said to be a tragic hero in the history of the Song Dynasty. He guarded Xiangyang for several decades and defeated several Mongol emperors. Guo Jing is a key figure in Xiangyang City. In "The Condor", the Mongolian army was defeated in the Battle of Xiangyang. Yang Guo killed the Mongol emperor with flying rocks, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Mongol army. And only more than ten years later, Xiangyang City was destroyed.

In the ending of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Yang Guo did not deliberately fail to save Guo Jing, but because Yang Guo once asked Guo Jing: Can Xiangyang be defended? And Guo Jing said: "I will die with all my heart." It is because of this sentence that Yang Guo understood that Guo Jing had made preparations for the future of Xiangyang. Even if Yang Guo came to rescue him, Guo Jing would not leave, but would guard Xiangyang until his death. .

The reason why Guo Jing chose to defend Xiangyang City might be because of the obsessions his mother once conveyed to him. Xiangyang is also a relatively important place. There is a saying: "It spans Jingyu and controls the north and the south." This sentence means that once Xiangyang is destroyed, the Southern Song Dynasty court will be like a snail without a shell, at the mercy of others. . That's why the Mongolian army spotted this place and had to capture it.

But because Guo Jing had no political talent, even though he had been living in Xiangyang for more than ten years, the court did not give him any official position, but only acquiesced in his existence.