Zhang Shixun stood there and talked for a long time. After giving these soldiers a lesson, he let them go.
The soldiers of the National Protection Army had some objections to this. Company Commander Dong Liu came over and said, "Master Zhang..."
Zhang Shixun interrupted him, "Didn't I tell you? Call me Army Commander. Also, hold your chest high. Remember, you are now a soldier of the National Protection Army, not a bandit."
"Yes, Commander." Dong Liu quickly straightened up.
He was originally the leader of a small hill in Taihang Mountains and was conquered by Li Moulue.
Zhang Shixun came to Taihang Mountain to gather the leaders for training. Seeing that Dong Liu had good martial arts and a quick mind, he appointed him as the company commander of this operation.
"Commander, although the soldiers are Han Chinese, they have been Liao people for generations and are no longer considered Han Chinese."
"So, what do you mean?"
Dong Liu raised his palm and chopped it down, "Kill them."
Zhang Shixun glanced at the figures of the "Signed Soldiers" and then retracted his gaze. "Dong Liu, it's easy to kill them, but releasing them will be more effective. The entire Jin Empire has no more than 100,000 combat-capable soldiers, and some must remain to defend the Jin Empire. Therefore, the Jin troops that invaded the Song Dynasty numbered at most 50,000 to 60,000. The rest are recruited Liao people and Liao Han people, the so-called "Signed Soldiers". If we can divide these people, we will greatly weaken the strength of the Jin army."
"I kind of understand. You released these soldiers because you wanted to divide them."
"Yes."
"However, after these soldiers return, they will still join the Jin soldiers in attacking the Song Dynasty."
Zhang Shixun laughed and said, "When these people return, guess what the Jin army leader will think."
"He would..." Dong Liu scratched his head. "If I were the leader of the Jin army, I would definitely be suspicious. Why would they just release prisoners they captured with great difficulty during a battle? There must be something fishy going on."
"So, you'll definitely become suspicious and arrest these soldiers for questioning. You might even chop off the heads of a few unlucky ones to serve as a warning to others."
Dong Liu seemed to understand something.
"Even if these soldiers were not killed, they would be suspected by the Jin army, and they would completely lose trust in each other, thus achieving the purpose of division."
Just as Zhang Shixun analyzed, after these signed soldiers returned to Magedang, Tu and Su immediately arrested them.
Tu and Su absolutely did not believe the results of the interrogation.
The leader of the signing army was hung up and beaten violently.
"Chen San, tell me the truth. Did you surrender to the Song people and agree to be their accomplice? That's why we released you?"
"It's unfair. We really didn't lie."
"fart!"
"I..."
Tu and Su raised their whips and started beating them again.
Seeing Chen San covered in wounds and barely breathing, he angrily stopped and ordered his men: "Drag him away and continue the fight tomorrow."
A scout hurried into the yard, "Mouke, something terrible has happened."
Tu and Su whipped him over, "Can you talk? What's wrong?"
The scout covered his face and said, "There's news from Tulu."
Upon hearing this, Tu Hesu hurriedly asked, "Tell me quickly, where is he?"
Ever since Tulu led his men into the mountains, there has been no news. Several scouts were sent in successively, but they were like throwing meat buns at dogs, and none of them came back.
"Tulu and his men were all killed by the Song army. Now their heads are impaled on sticks and standing at the mountain pass."
"Oh!"
Tu and Su felt their throats burning and spat out a mouthful of blood.
He staggered and almost fell.
"Are you... serious? If you lie about military intelligence, you'll be beheaded."
The scout hurriedly said, "It's absolutely true. Not only did I see Tulu's head, I also got the note that the Song army had attached to it."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
Tu Hesu took the note and asked, "What does it say?"
"I...I can't read."
Tu Hesu was also a rough man who could not read a single word, so he quickly asked someone to find a soldier who could read.
"Read to me what the note says."
The signatory was a scholar from the Liao Kingdom. He took the note and read it for a long time before stammering, "Master Mouke, the words on the note are very unpleasant. You..."
"Stop talking nonsense and read quickly."
"The note read: 'This beast didn't leave any money for passage, so I'm chopping off his head as a warning to others...' Oh, and there's a signature underneath: 'Leave it to the People's National Protection Army.'"
"People's National Defense Army?"
Tuhesu gritted his teeth and shouted, "Gather everyone and follow me into the mountains. I want to avenge Tulu."
After a flurry of activity, Tu and Su mounted their horses and set off with the team.
As soon as we entered the mountain pass, we saw wooden sticks stuck on both sides of the road, with the heads of Jin soldiers stuck on the tops of the sticks.
The leader was Tulu, his eyes were not closed.
Tu and Su stared at Tulu's head in a daze, feeling grief and anger.
After a while, he waved his hand dejectedly, "Take them all off."
The Jin soldiers were busy taking off all the heads and tying them to the saddles.
The method is very rough, just tying the hair on the person's head.
Tu and Su looked towards the mountain and said in a deep voice, "Retreat!"
Although he was reckless, he was not stupid. In such terrain, cavalry had no advantage.
The Jin soldiers were all dejected.
Since entering the Song Dynasty, they have been unstoppable, defeating the Song army and causing heavy casualties along the way, while their side has hardly suffered any losses.
I didn't expect to have such a big setback here today, and lose so many people at once.
When they were about to leave the mountain pass, they heard a deafening roar from the front team, sand and stones flew everywhere, and seven or eight Jin soldiers were blown into the sky.
Immediately afterwards, there were several loud noises on the cliff, and rocks fell like rain, hitting the Jin soldiers' team. For a moment, people and horses were thrown to the ground.
Tu and Su were also hit on the head by a walnut-sized stone, and blood was flowing.
The warhorse under his crotch was also frightened, kicking its rear and neighing.
Almost all the horses were frightened, and some even rushed around in the group of Jin soldiers.
Many Jin soldiers fell off their horses.
It was a mess for a while.
The Jin soldiers had never encountered this kind of attack method that was like a thunder explosion. They were all terrified and confused.
Although Tu Hesu was also terrified, as a veteran of many battles, his mind was naturally more calm than that of an ordinary soldier. He suppressed his fear, pulled the reins of his horse, covered his head and shouted loudly: "Quick! Get out!"
This order made things even more chaotic.
The Jin soldiers swarmed towards the mountain pass to flee for their lives, and those on horseback urged their horses to charge out, completely ignoring the people on the ground.
Screams and roars filled the air.
Everything is messed up.
After finally rushing out of the mountain pass, Tu and Su counted their troops and found that only more than 300 people were left, with a total loss of 70 to 80 people.
Before he could organize his troops, a group of Song soldiers on war horses emerged from the front, rained a hail of arrows on their heads, and then circled their horses and ran away.
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