Everyone present knew that since the Jin army camp had not received any news about Ma'erdang, they would definitely send people to investigate.

"From now on, we will strictly block all information. The scouts sent by the Jin army can be allowed in, but once they enter, they must not leave. They will be killed."

Li Moulue said with a smile: "Master Zhang..."

"In the army, don't call me Heavenly Master, call me Army Commander."

"Oh!" Li Moulue quickly changed his tone, "General, judging from the situation, are you planning to have another fight with the Jin army?"

Zhang Shixun nodded and said, "No matter how many Jin soldiers come, we must wipe them out completely."

He Ji said: "If that happens, the Jin army will continue to send more troops."

"No matter how many troops they send, it will be useless. The roads in Magedang are rugged and narrow, which is not conducive to cavalry combat. As long as our army uses the right tactics, we will definitely be able to give them a head-on blow."

At this point, Zhang Shixun's face straightened. "I order that from now on, the entire National Protection Army enters a state of combat readiness."

Everyone sat up and said in unison: "Your command!"

As expected, the Jin army camp sent out several scouts in succession, but none of them came back, so they knew that something had happened in Ma'erdang.

The Jin army camp was located outside Taiyuan City, and the commander was Wanyan Yinshuke.

He was Wanyan Zonghan, one of the most capable generals under Nianhan.

The Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty from two directions. The western army, led by Nianhan, had two major military towns to capture.

One is Taiyuan and the other is Luoyang.

Nianhan was responsible for attacking Luoyang, and Yin Shuke was mainly responsible for attacking Taiyuan.

Until the first withdrawal of the Jin army, Luoyang and Taiyuan had not been captured.

The reason why the Jin army temporarily withdrew was also related to the fact that they could not capture Luoyang and Taiyuan.

The Western Route Army, which had been on the march for nearly half a year, was becoming increasingly exhausted and short of food and fodder. The commander-in-chief, Nianhan, ordered the construction of numerous fortifications and surrounded Taiyuan with the "lock city method".

The so-called "locking the city method" is to completely occupy all the prefectures and counties around Taiyuan, making it impossible for the inside and outside to communicate, completely isolated, and turning it into an isolated city. This was also the strategy adopted by the Jin Dynasty when it failed to capture the city for a long time.

Then, Nianhan left his general Wanyan Yinshu to continue the siege of the city, while he led the main force to withdraw to Datong as the Western Army of the Great Jin Kingdom.

After Nianhan returned north, Yin Shuke swept through the prefectures and counties outside Taiyuan and defeated several Song army reinforcements that came to rescue Taiyuan.

They acted quickly, quickly dispatching more than a thousand troops to march towards Magedang in a mighty force.

Among them, there were more than 400 Jurchens, all of whom were cavalry, and more than 600 signed soldiers, who were infantry.

Not long after the Jin army set out, Zhang Shixun was able to monitor their movements through aerial surveillance.

Zhang Shixun remained calm and stayed in Magedang as if nothing had happened.

Two hours later, the scouts brought intelligence: the Jin army had set out, targeting Ma'erdang.

Zhang Shixun was quite satisfied with the scout team led by Slow Monkey.

He called all the officers together and informed them of the military situation.

"The Jin army has dispatched, with a force of approximately a thousand men, half Jurchen and half Signatories... Ladies and Gentlemen, the Jin army has underestimated us, sending only a mere thousand men. This is like meat being delivered to our mouths. Tell me, should we eat it?"

"Eat! Of course I have to."

“If you don’t eat the meat that is delivered to your mouth, you are a fool.”

"Fuck him!"

…

The leader of the Jin army this time was a Qianhu, also known as Meng'an, one level higher than Mouke. His name was Ha Tielong and he was a fierce general under Yin Shuke.

When he was halfway with his team, he stopped.

A Jin army leader, sweating profusely, ran to Ha Tielong's horse, knelt on one knee, and reported: "Meng'an, there is a wooden sign in the middle of the road ahead."

"What wooden sign?" Ha Tielong was a little confused. "Explain it clearly."

"The wooden sign must have been erected by the Song army. There are words written on it."

"What word?"

"This road is blocked!"

Ha Tielong raised his whip and lashed the scout hard, "You thief! Is it worth reporting such a small matter to me?"

The scout endured the pain and stammered, "Meng'an, listen to me, there's more behind that wooden sign... there's more..."

"What else? Don't be so damn hesitant."

"And there are a bunch of Jin warriors...heads."

"What?" Ha Tielong's face changed suddenly. He kicked the horse's belly and urged the horse to rush forward.

At the front of the team were the soldiers who stopped to look at the pile of heads and whispered to each other.

Ha Tielong rushed over with a few of his followers and saw the pile of heads at a glance.

They have hideous faces and are all Jurchens.

The Jurchen people's hairstyle is very easy to recognize. The hair in front and on the temples is all shaved off, leaving only the hair at the back of the head, which is tied into a braid. Some people don't even tie a braid and let it hang loose.

In addition, the Jurchens also like to wear earrings, both gold and silver.

However, the earrings on these people's heads were gone, probably taken off by the Song army.

Ha Tielong's face turned ashen.

No need to guess, these heads all came from Tu and Su's subordinates.

However, the team led by Tu and Su had at least 500 people, and these heads were only dozens in number.

Ha Tielong wishfully thought: Are the others still holding on in Magedang?

After he scolded the soldiers, the team continued to move forward.

The progress was slow as the road became increasingly rugged and difficult to travel on.

We saw several piles of heads along the way, none of them were soldiers, they were all Jurchens.

Ha Tielong asked his subordinates to count the heads in these piles, and there were a total of 121 heads.

As far as he knew, the number of Great Jin warriors led by Tu and Su was at most more than 200 people.

In other words, almost half of Tu and Su's subordinates were beheaded by the Song army.

Ha Tielong had a bad feeling that Tu and Su were probably in great danger.

Suddenly, seven or eight people emerged from the hillside beside the road, drew their bows and arrows, and when the bowstrings sounded, arrows shot towards the Jin army.

Accompanied by a few screams, several Jin soldiers fell off their horses.

Hatilon brandished his mace and roared, "Quick! Kill them!"

Dozens of Jin soldiers rode their horses towards the hillside, but when they reached halfway, the slope was too steep for their horses to climb up, so they had to dismount and climb towards the top of the slope, howling.

The Song army stood on the top of the slope and shot arrows at the Jin soldiers.

From time to time, Jin soldiers were hit by arrows and rolled down the hillside screaming.

When they were about to attack the hillside, they heard the Song army whistle and ran away.

By the time the Jin soldiers reached the top of the slope, the Song army had already disappeared.

Although Ha Tielong was furious, there was nothing he could do.

We had no choice but to pack up and move on.

Along the way, Song soldiers would occasionally jump out from the hillsides and woods, in groups of three to five, or seven to eight, and run away after shooting a few arrows.

In the end, Ha Tielong lost his temper and urged the team to speed up and get to Magedang as soon as possible.

So far, he still holds a glimmer of hope that Ma'erdang is still in the hands of his family.