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Chapter 298 Defection
But on the frontal battlefield, due to the chain reaction caused by King Lin taking the lead in abandoning the army and escaping, the entire puppet Vietnamese army command system had completely collapsed.

Even if the Ming army fled in the face of the general, it would be very difficult if all the officers at all levels could escape.

The situation on the battlefield was completely one-sided, and it was impossible for the defeated puppet Vietnamese troops to launch a counterattack without command.

There were many small groups of defeated soldiers who wanted to resist, but in the face of the Ming army crushing them, these small groups of stubborn resistance could not even make a splash.

The battle lasted for almost an hour. Encircled by the Ming army on three sides, the [-] defeated troops had no way to escape.

After killing thousands of defeated soldiers who attempted to resist, the remaining tens of thousands of defeated soldiers surrendered and became prisoners.

The Ming army spent a day cleaning the battlefield and counting their spoils.While confiscating the soldiers and armor from the prisoners, they also individually screened out the middle- and high-level officers inside.

Xu Jin did not relent and directly ordered all these puppet Vietnamese officers to be killed.

If these officers are not killed, these defeated troops may still cause rebellion.

After all, this is Lin Jun's elite direct lineage. They have been with Lin Jun for two years and have gone through bloody battles.

It is almost impossible to conquer them, and Xu Jin does not have the power to conquer these defeated troops.

During this period, some of the direct descendants of those officers wanted to launch a rebellion after discovering the Ming army's intentions.With their soldiers and armor confiscated, facing the heavily armed Ming army, they could only be surrounded and killed.

The corpses were burned and buried together with the corpses of defeated soldiers collected on the battlefield to prevent the accumulation of dead corpses from causing a plague.

After everything was done, Xu Jin led his troops into the city to appease and intimidate Deqing into demoting his civil and military officials.

……

It was almost three days after the Ming Army's reconnaissance battalion brought Lin Jun's body back to Deqing.

"This is the king... No, this is Lin Thief's body, and this horse is also the BMW that Lin Thief took over. When Lin Thief travels, he must ride on this horse."

Although the corpse was beyond recognition, the figure was still there.There was also the royal BMW, which Xu Deng recognized at a glance.

King Lin actually died like this?

Moreover, according to the report from the reconnaissance cavalry camp, it seems that he died at the hands of a hunter in the mountains.

When Xu Jin heard the news, he was shocked at first, and then reacted quickly: "Since the puppet king Lin Jun is dead, his rear will be extremely empty at this time! Our army will immediately send troops to pursue the victory."

As soon as this statement came out, all the generals of the Ming Army knew it.

At present, the Ming army has just won a big victory, which is a time when morale is high, and the death of the puppet king Lin Jun is also very timely.

As long as the Ming army sends troops with the power of victory at this time, those puppet Vietnamese officials will definitely surrender like Deqing City.

Just from the way the Ming army entered Guangdong, we can see that these people are just grassroots. What bottom line can they have?
Just like the Zhaoqing Mansion before, they would continue to be King Lin's loyal ministers if the Ming army did not come.

As soon as the Ming army arrived, they immediately switched sides, especially now that King Lin was dead.

The truth is that we understand the saying that those who understand current affairs are heroes!
At this time, Xu Deng suddenly came out: "General, I am willing to accompany the army on the expedition to persuade the two counties of Xining and Fengchuan to surrender for the Ming Dynasty."

As a newly promoted general, Xu Deng would naturally not miss any visible opportunity to perform meritorious service.

Xining and Fengchuan counties are both places that must pass through along the Xijiang River. There is no news of changing the flag at the moment, so it is appropriate for him to make this great contribution.

On the other side, Sun Xu, the magistrate of Deqing, saw this and immediately understood Xu Deng's intention. He immediately ignored the official etiquette and stepped out of the queue: "General, I am willing to persuade the two counties to surrender for the Ming Dynasty."

Xu Jin could naturally tell that these two guys wanted to perform meritorious service, and even started to fight for it.

Xu Jin pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Well, you two are serious about it. However, General Xu can only follow you to persuade them to surrender. Now that Deqing is experiencing a great war, it is inseparable from Sun Zhizhou. Sun Zhizhou's current priority is, We should still lead the officials in Deqing to cooperate with the army to appease the people and restore people's livelihood as soon as possible."

After saying that, he paused and then added: "As for the achievements of the two of you in changing flags and fighting against the puppet king Lin's thieves, I will report it to the Holy One. Under my great Ming Dynasty, meritorious deeds will be rewarded!"

"The next officer obeys the order!"

Hearing what Xu Jin said, Sun Xu had no choice but to hand it over. Who said he was a civil servant?

Xu Deng's face was filled with joy: "The last general thanked the general!"

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During the Deqing Battle, the main force of the puppet Vietnamese army was almost wiped out, and only a few generals and their remaining soldiers took advantage of the chaos to break out.

Because the situation was too chaotic, the battlefield stretched too wide.Even Deqing City could only defend the city gate and prevent the defeated troops from rushing into the city.

Therefore, the Ming army was powerless and too lazy to take care of the remnant soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to break through.

Anyway, they only had so few men and horses, and without food or ships, they were lucky to be able to escape alive.

Moreover, even if we escape, we will definitely not be able to defend it.

The remnants of the defeated generals who broke out of the encirclement fled for unknown distances. They continued to gather along the way, and actually managed to gather 3000 troops.Although everyone's morale was low, even in the process of escaping, most of them abandoned their armor.

Compared with the powerful force of [-] soldiers and armor that was about to return to Guangdong for a decisive battle with the Ming army at the beginning, it was completely different.

These defeated soldiers jointly recommended a general named Chen Zizhong. Because the name sounded comfortable and he was tall and round, he was successfully promoted to an important position by Lin Jun.

Chen Zizhong took these people and did not flee to the nearest Xining County, but chose to flee to the farther Fengchuan County.

Because it is a transshipment point on the grain road, there is not only grain, but also grain ships to take them back to Wuzhou.

The king ran away and is now missing.

Maybe he went back to Wuzhou, or maybe he was still on the run like them.

But no matter what, Guangdong cannot be defended no matter what. There is only a glimmer of hope in returning to Wuzhou.

Chen Zizhong fled along the road while constantly recruiting and gathering defeated troops.As for the military rations, they used the most primitive method to plunder them all the way.They didn't even dare to rob towns, but only plundered villages.

He also knew that his thousands of people seemed to be a large number, but most of them had abandoned their armor, had low morale, and were exhausted. They were no better than ordinary young and strong civilians.

Moreover, raiding towns and plundering them is a waste of time and can easily expose escape routes. It is not as enjoyable as raiding the countryside.

When he grabbed and ran along the road and finally escaped to Fengchuan County, more than 5000 people had gathered.

However, the strength of the troops seemed to have almost doubled, but the composition of the subordinates became more and more fragmented, with more than two-thirds without armor.

Fengchuan County is a transfer point for grain roads, and the guard is named Huang Sheng, who was once Lin Jun's iron man.

So it used to be that this person was the yellow dog who carried the flag for Lin Jun in the Longyan Mountain Village.

Huang Sheng's name was given to him privately by He Changyun, which means that a general is always victorious. Moreover, the name Ergou always made him ridiculed by his colleagues in the civil service.

It's a pity that since Lin Jun became the king of the establishment, he has become more and more suspicious of these former veterans.

Huang Sheng, a die-hard veteran who used to raise troops, is now reduced to guarding the gate in Fengchuan County.

Seeing thousands of people suddenly clamoring outside the city, Huang Sheng reacted quickly and closed the city gate and arranged for defense.

"Hurry up and open the city. I am Chen Zizhong, the left forward of the king's command." Chen Zizhong led his horse forward. His horse had been eating weeds on the roadside for the past few days and was almost starving.

call out!
An arrow shot down.

Fortunately, Chen Zizhong reacted quickly and dodged quickly, then cursed angrily at the city wall: "Huang Ergou, why are you so crazy? You can't even recognize me?"

After this curse, Huang Sheng finally confirmed the identity of this person, but he still did not open the door. He just ordered someone to put down a basket and hang him up alone.

Seeing Chen Zizhong in a state of embarrassment, Huang Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said suspiciously: "You are the king's left forward, why did you come back first and only bring so few people with you? And why do so many people have no weapons? Is it because the front line is so big? Lost?"

Chen Zizhong was a little confused by this series of questions. He was afraid that Huang Sheng would find something, and he also followed General Deqing's example and defected before the battle, so he could only speak vaguely: "This... our army did suffer some losses on the front line, but the losses were not significant. Your Majesty is in a stalemate with the Ming army, so he only ordered me to lead the army back first and supervise the transportation of grain and grass."

Huang Sheng asked again: "Since it's a confrontation on the front line, we can't divide our troops and come back. And it's just to collect food. Why send so many people back?"

Chen Zizhong's scalp went numb when he was asked, so he could only pretend to be angry and said: "Huang Ergou, why are you asking so many questions? The king ordered me to come back to supervise the food supply, are you still trying to disobey me?"

"..."

Huang Sheng was silent for a moment, then suddenly the ground suddenly rose and he drew his sword and struck.

Chen Zizhong led his troops to flee for many days, and was already exhausted physically and mentally.He was also unprepared and was immediately chopped down with a knife.

Chen Zizhong, who fell down in pain, had a look of horror on his face. If not for the armor on his body, he would have been dead just now. He struggled to get up: "Huang Ergou, are you really going to rebel?"

Huang Sheng ignored him completely and stabbed him again.

Chen Zizhong was slashed just now. Although there was a piece of armor to block it, ancient armor could never stop a slash. At most, it would prevent you from being hacked to death on the spot.

Not only Huang Sheng swung his sword, but his soldiers also followed suit and swung their swords.

Within a moment, Chen Zizhong was hacked to death with random knives.

Huang Sheng then raised his sword and shouted: "My sons, the Ming Dynasty King's Army is coming with his troops to kill. Follow me and join the King's Heavenly Army immediately."

The defenders of Fengchuan County looked confused. Why did the general suddenly switch sides and surrender to the emperor?

However, these defenders were all members of Huang Sheng's direct lineage. Although the number was sparse, with less than 2000 people, these 2000 people and horses were fully equipped with soldiers and armor.

Moreover, the 5000 people outside were all defeated soldiers in the Deqing War. In addition, everyone who ran all the way was tired, horses and armor were insufficient, and they did not expect to be attacked by friendly forces.

Huang Sheng led his army out of Fengchuan County, and the five thousand remaining soldiers were killed in an instant.

(End of this chapter)