Due to the intensity of the fire, personnel could not approach it at all. Therefore, the search for Lin Hu had to wait until the fire near the official road was extinguished the next day. After the fire, the official road was blazing, and waiting for it to cool down naturally made people anxious. The daughters of the Lin family were anxious to find Lin Hu, so they could only draw water from the mountain stream and transport it to the official road by water truck to splash it on the official road for artificial cooling. When the water is splashed, it will evaporate immediately, but it will take some heat away. After that, the sand from the ravine was covered with sand and soil transported by carts and horses to block the heat, and people could settle on the official road. But even then, progress has been extremely slow. The soldiers who sprinkled water and paved the road were sweating shirtless, and the whole person was in a high-temperature and radiant environment, which was as unbearable as ants on a hot pot.

When a green signal flare rose on the opposite hill, the women of the Lin family could see it clearly. Because they had already come to the front in person to participate in drawing water and paving the road, because they all wanted to enter the last place where Lin Hu and the others were located earlier to search. The green signal flare was the signal of the arrival of their own soldiers and horses in the Luoyan army, and Gao Muqing and the others responded immediately after seeing this signal, responding with the same signal.

Ma Bin saw the daughters of the Lin family who turned out from the side of the mountain road from the clairvoyant mirror, and shouted happily. Gao Muqing also saw Ma Bin on the top of the mountain from the clairvoyant mirror, and only then did he confirm that it was indeed Ma Bin and they arrived. But even so, it is still difficult for the two sides to meet. Just as Lin Hu had worried before, when such a fire burned, not only would the Jurchens not be able to get out, but also the reinforcements from outside would not be able to come in. Now the situation is a testament to his words.

In order to meet as soon as possible, Ma Bin could only use the stupid method used on the other side, he led his soldiers and horses to cut down trees and carry soil and rocks as stepping stones, and pushed into the scorching valley little by little. But in the end, he gave up. Even if the heat from the ground is a little more insulated and you can get off your feet, the closer you get to the interior of the valley, the surrounding ground is as hot as the reflection of the hillside. If you walk in and you're not even in tea time, you'll burn your skin. Even if you get wet, you can't hold it for a moment.

Ma Bin, who had no choice but to give up, retreated to the distant valley and ordered the soldiers and horses to camp on the spot. In this case, human beings cannot do it, and they can only rely on the power of nature. If it rains in the middle of the night, everything is fine. But the night was starry and the crescent moon was bright, and there was no sign of rain at all. Ma Bin tossed and turned all night, and got up early in the morning to check the situation, but found that the scorching heat in the valley had reached a tolerable level, and although the temperature on the ground was still some, it was already able to settle down.

It turned out that the east wind blew all night last night, and the night wind that passed through the valley blew away a lot of heat. In addition, it has been a day and a night since the fire was extinguished, and the heat naturally subsided, which was no longer enough for people to be unable to approach.

Ma Bin was overjoyed and hurriedly walked in with dozens of soldiers, Gao Muqing and the others obviously discovered this, they also arrived early in the morning, and the two sides finally met in the valley.

"Tall village master, hahaha, it's great to see you well. I was scared all the way, afraid that the rescue would be late. On the way, I encountered a landslide on the road, and I was delayed for a day, but I was in a hurry. Sure enough, the tall village lord sat at the pass, and the Jurchens did not want to take a step beyond the thunder pool. After Ma Bin finished saluting the ladies of the Lin family, he laughed warmly and said.

Gao Muqing smiled and nodded: "Master Ma has worked hard, you have come all the way from Taiyuan, and it is already extreme."

It's not easy. Mu Qing was grateful. ”

Ma Bin waved his hand and said, "How can you say words of gratitude?" This is obvious. The clever plan set by the Lin brothers to complete this encirclement and suppression operation is a heavy responsibility on their shoulders and should be completed, which is their responsibility. You don't know the good news out there. We arrived outside the mountain yesterday evening, and happened to meet the Jurchens running out of the mountain like gray rats, and were surrounded by our 30,000 cavalry. We slaughtered more than 40,000 of them from evening to midnight. Only more than 10,000 people fled back into the mountains and hid. Hahaha, this time I finally lived up to Brother Lin's expectations, and almost wiped out this group of dog mongrels who dared to come to my Funiu Mountain. The remaining more than 10,000 people hid in the hills, and they couldn't escape. Sun Wanchun led people to patrol and wait in various mountain passes outside, as long as they dared to come out, they would die. Hahaha. We arrived a little late, but it was just in time. ”

Gao Muqing and the others were shocked when they heard this, they really didn't know that Ma Bin and they had actually encountered Jurchen soldiers and horses outside, and almost annihilated the enemy. It was a big win, and all the perseverance and sacrifice paid off. The entire encirclement and suppression plan was a great success.

"That's great, it's really good. It turns out that Master Ma has annihilated the Jurchen soldiers and horses, which is simply a great success. Gao Muqing said repeatedly. The women also expressed their joy and congratulations.

"Isn't it the credit of the tall village master? If the Jurchens hadn't abandoned their horses and walked out of the mountain, and were caught by us, how could we have such an easy victory? As soon as I guessed, I knew that it was the Jurchens you who were scared, they wanted to run back, but you set a fire to block their back road, and they had no choice but to choose to cross the mountains and withdraw their troops, right? Hey, it's really Brother Lin's wife, naturally she is resourceful and extraordinary. Gao Dazhai master, I, Ma Bin, only admired Brother Lin before, but now even you and I admire the five-body throw. Ma Bin said with a smile.

The smile on Gao Muqing's face slowly retracted, and he said softly: "Master Ma, you guessed wrong this time." This incident is not my credit, and it is not me who set this fire. It's General Lin Hu. ”

Ma Bin was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Good boy, it's amazing, if you don't make a sound, it's already a blockbuster." That's a big deal. Where is he? Why don't you see him? Uncle Ma is here, why didn't he come to greet him? Did you oversleep happily? ”

Gao Muqing and the others were silent, and they all bowed their heads and were silent.

Ma Bin frowned and said, "What's wrong?" Am I saying something wrong? Why do I think you're all weird? Green Dancing Girl, You ...... Why are you crying? What's going on? ”

Green Dance couldn't help crying, and when she heard Ma Bin's inquiry, she burst into tears, making Ma Bin at a loss and confused.

Gao Muqing tried his best to calm down his emotions and whispered a brief account of what had happened to Ma Bin. Ma Bin was stunned and speechless for a while.

"How can this be, this is ruined. If Brother Lin knew, he wouldn't be sad to die. Brother Lin is extremely caring for Xiaohu. Hey, how is this good? Ma Bin rubbed his hands and stomped his feet.

If he didn't say anything, as soon as he said this, Gao Muqing's face turned even pale, biting his lower lip and not making a sound. The little county lord hurriedly said: "Brother Ma, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to complain. To tell the truth, we all wanted to find Xiaohu. I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death, so I can give an explanation to my husband and Xiaohu's parents and wife. ”

Ma Bin nodded

said: "That's that, you have to find the corpse to do it, how can you let him expose the corpse wilderness." Let's go, let's find it together. Xiaohu: The place where they were attacked is near the left, right? Let's go find him and take him home. ”

All the women nodded, and Wang Huai, who was accompanying him, stepped forward to lead the way and climbed up the hillside on the north side. After the fire, the hillside was covered with ashes, and when you stepped on the hot ground, the ashes of the plants and trees flew away in the wind. This situation is like the flying ashes of paper money, which gives people an ominous premonition in their hearts. The dense woodland above the hillside has now been burned to the poles and black dead trees, the leaves and branches have been burned clean, and the trunks of the trees standing there have become upright charcoal, and the scene is extremely horrible and strange.

The group cautiously entered the black, lifeless woods, and soon found many corpses in the ashes between the trees. The corpses were burned beyond recognition, and their bodies were as black as char. Some of their bodies were twisted, some had black holes open, and some of their hands and feet were burned, leaving only a black torso. Seeing such a terrifying scene, Green Dance, Fang Huanqiu, Qianqian and other women all covered their mouths and retched, their faces full of fear.

"Sisters, otherwise, you go down and wait, don't follow." The little county lord said softly.

Lu Wu shook his head stubbornly and said, "No, I want to find Xiaohu, I'm not afraid." ”

When the rest of the women saw Green Dance like this, they refused to leave. The little county lord sighed and had to give up. In fact, she herself was extremely frightened, and the scene in front of her became the most terrifying scene in her nightmare for a long time. But she is the eldest lady of the Lin family, and at this time, no matter how scared she is, she has to hold on.

Ma Bin took matters into his own hands and identified and examined all the corpses found. In fact, it is pointless to look at the face, and the clothes and armor on the body are also burned clean. The only thing that could be discerned was the shape of the blades scattered around it. Although the blades of the swords were deformed by the fire, the overall shape was still there. The mace and meniscus of the Jurchens are completely different from the greedy wolf long knife of the Falling Goose Army, and they can easily distinguish the identity of friend and foe. But this is only for a single fallen soldier. A group of charred corpses lay together in a row of seventy-eight places, and the blades of the soldiers fell in a mess on the left side, so that it was impossible to distinguish between the corpses of the enemy and ours. Not to mention finding Lin Hu's body. This made Ma Bin a little embarrassed.

Green Dance provided a way to identify it, when she was in Hangzhou, Green Dance once asked Xiaohu and Lin Jue for an amulet from Lingyin Temple to bring with them. Lin Jue didn't believe this, so he didn't know where to throw it away. Xiaohu cherishes it very much. But it was a small Buddha statue carved out of wood, the size of a thumb, as thin as paper, and easily damaged and dropped. So Green Dance came up with an idea, spent a small ingot of gold to make a small gold box the size of a broad bean, put the amulet inside, and hung it around Xiaohu's neck with red thread. At that time, Xiaohu was still young, so he hung it as a decoration like a gold lock plate. Later, Lin Jue joked, don't go to the street and be pulled away, you have to make it firmer. So Lu Wu asked someone to make a small silver-plated iron chain out of thin iron wire as a hanging thread. Since then, Lin Hu has been carrying this amulet, and as far as Green Dance knows, he has never taken it off.

With this criterion of discernment, it is much easier. Iron chains and small gold boxes are not afraid of fire. It may be deformed, but it is definitely recognizable, and it is still on the corpse. According to this standard of identification, Ma Bin felt that it was much easier.