Wang Zhen originally wanted to lead his army to fight the approaching Dengzhou army, but unexpectedly, a large number of arrows suddenly rained down from the hilltop, causing Wang Zhen's army to panic instantly.
"Everyone obeys!"
"Obey...!"
"Follow me and kill together!"
"Kill him!"
While Wang Zhen shouted, he temporarily gave up on fighting Dengzhou's army and began to charge up the hill.
But unexpectedly, at this time, a large number of large cauldron troops who had been lying in wait suddenly appeared on the hill and began to kill Wang Zhen's army.
Since Dafu's army occupied the hilly terrain, Wang Zhen's army was defeated in several attacks, and the hillside was already covered with a large number of Song army corpses.
Seeing this, Wang Zhen knew that he might not be able to take the post, so he had no choice but to lead his men to break through the encirclement of the approaching Dengzhou army and escape.
But he didn't expect that because the battle flags were burned, his command could not be unified, and the morale of the army was weakened. He was defeated by Dengzhou's army again.
The Dafu Army on the hillock took the opportunity to rush down to the hillock, and together with Dengzhou's army, they surrounded Wang Zhen's remnant army around the big tree at the foot of the hill.
"Wang Zongzhi!"
"Have you read the prophecy on the tree?"
Suddenly, a voice came from not far away, and it was naturally Yue Lin.
"snort……!"
"With this elaborate plan, don't you just want to kill me here?"
"Let me tell you, I, Wang Zhen, am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. None of my soldiers are afraid of death!"
"You rebels, come on!"
Wang Zhen seems to be ready to die on the battlefield.
"You say we are rebels?"
"We were not forced by your stupid emperor!"
"Our Majesty originally wanted to fight against the Jin Dynasty and regain the Central Plains, but your foolish emperor actually betrayed the land and people of the Central Plains and wanted to collude with the Tatars to murder our Majesty. Our Majesty had no choice but to declare himself emperor and rebel against the Song Dynasty!"
"If you still know the current situation, surrender quickly. After all, we are all Han people, and we don't want to fight with you brotherly!"
Of course Yue Lin wanted to persuade these people to surrender.
"Are you worthy enough to commit fratricide?"
"If it wasn't for that Xu Xianlangzi's ambition and self-respect for the army, and now he is plotting to overthrow our Song Dynasty regime, why would our Lord send troops to attack you?"
"If you can see clearly the true face of Xu Xian, you should repent in time, obey the court's order, and work with us to capture the traitor Xu Xian, escort him back to Lin'an, and hand him over to the Holy Lord for disposal!"
"I, Wang Zhen, believe that as long as you do this, the Holy Spirit will never take your sin of rebellion into account in the future!"
Wang Zhen seemed to have no intention of giving in.
"good!"
"Wang Tongzhi, it seems that you have been seriously affected by Zhao Gou's tea poison and are almost hopeless. Don't blame us for being rude!"
"Everyone listen!"
"Don't let anyone go, kill them all!"
Seeing this, Yue Lin had no choice but to give the order.
So a fierce battle between trapped beasts began again.
In the end, Wang Zhen and his remaining subordinates were all wiped out at this location.
In the Battle of Dengzhou, Yue Lin also achieved a complete victory, annihilating Wang Zhen's 30,000 elite troops and giving the Song army a blow.
When the sun rises in the east and shines under this Deng Gang again, a huge deep pit has appeared here.
"Bury... bury them all!"
"Bury it!"
Yue Lin ordered a group of soldiers who were still digging in the pit.
So all the corpses of the Song army were thrown into the pit and prepared for burial.
"General Yue!"
"Then...will Wang Zhen be buried too?"
At this time, a general came over to ask.
"Wang Zhen is a man after all, so don't bury him yet and send him back to the Song Army!"
Yue Lin responded.
After dealing with these matters, Yue Lin led his army and the entire army and people of Dengzhou City to retreat northward.
Tangzhou City.
"General Lee!"
"Urgent report from Dengzhou!"
"The king commanded 30,000 elite troops and the entire army was annihilated!"
"The whole army has been wiped out!"
A general came to report to Li Xianzhong at this time.
"completely annihilated?"
"Hmph, Wang Zhen is indeed as bad as I expected!"
"It cannot be reused!"
Li Xianzhong seemed to have been mentally prepared.
"Someone just sent back Wang Zongzhi's body!"
"I wonder how the general plans to deal with it?"
The general asked again.
"It seems that Marshal Xu is officially declaring war on me!"
"That's fine...that's fine!"
"It's time for us to officially confront each other!"
"After all, Wang Zhen can be regarded as sacrificing his life for the country and died on the battlefield. You can ask him to send his body back to his hometown and give it to his family!"
"Tell all the generals in charge to come over immediately. I have important instructions!"
Li Xianzhong's expression was very solemn.
Lin'an Imperial Palace Main Hall.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Li Xianzhong suffered a defeat at the front and lost 30,000 elite troops!"
"Now the situation is not conducive to our army, so I request your Majesty to change the general immediately to boost the morale of the army!"
An official then spoke to Emperor Zhao Gou.
"Changing generals temporarily is a taboo on the battlefield!"
"How could I change the position of Li Xianzhong's commander-in-chief just because of a small defeat?"
Although Zhao Gou was dissatisfied with Li Xianzhong in his heart, his mind was still very clear.
"But now the wars on the west and east routes have developed in a direction that is beneficial to our Song Dynasty!"
"Only Li Xianzhong's army in the middle has made little progress. The vanguard defeated Dengzhou. As the general, Li Xianzhong sat in Tangzhou and did nothing to save it. Your Majesty, you can't turn a blind eye to this!"
"Furthermore, I heard that Li Xianzhong once had a good relationship with that thief. Li Xianzhong may have secretly colluded with that thief. Your Majesty, please think about how serious the consequences will be!"
The official continued to speak.
"You mean that Li Xianzhong is suspected of secretly communicating with the Xu thief?"
Zhao Gou's expression changed instantly.
"Yes!"
"When they fought with the Jin people in Huaixi, all the Huaixi troops were against Xu Xian, but Li Xianzhong was the only one who showed utmost respect to Xu Xian!"
"Almost all of the soldiers who died in Dengzhou this time were the Huaixi army that opposed Xu Xian at that time!"
"If Li Xianzhong sent troops to support Dengzhou, how could the Huaixi army be completely wiped out?"
"So Li Xianzhong is highly suspected of being a thief!"
The official explained.
"That's it!"
"It seems that Li Xianzhong is indeed unreliable!"
"But who else can I send to replace Li Xianzhong now?"
After listening to the official's analysis, Zhao Gou also began to have doubts about Li Xianzhong.
"Shao Hongyuan, who controls the capital of Chizhou, is as brave as a horse, leads troops in battle, and is worthy of being a general!"
"So I suggest that Shao Hongyuan be the commander-in-chief of the Central Army, replacing Li Xianzhong!"
"I believe that Shao Hongyuan will be able to cooperate with Yu Yunwen and Wang Qi to completely eliminate the rebel army for you and capture Xu Xian, the emperor's confidant!"
The official suggested.
"Shao Hongyuan!"
"It seems quite suitable!"
“Quite suitable!”
"so be it!"
"I have ordered that from now on, Shao Hongyuan will be ordered to go to Tangzhou in the name of staff advisor to wait for an opportunity to replace Li Xianzhong as the commander of the military capital of the Middle Road!"