Although Ye City had 20,000 soldiers, there were no generals or brave soldiers.
On the other hand, there were only a thousand moth bandits who had charged into the city. As long as the thousands of people in the north city united and fought to the death, with bows and crossbows, it was possible to force them back.
However, the soldiers in the north city had long been frightened by Zhou Cheng and the others.
Zhou Cheng's sleeve armor was pierced with many needles. The iron spear in his hand was still dripping blood. At this moment, he was still urging his horse to charge at the government troops.
The Daybreak Cavalry followed closely behind Zhou Cheng, their warhorses stepping over and turning the fallen soldiers into mud.
"Run! The Moth Bandits have entered the city!"
"Wow…"
"Mother, mother, where are you?!"
There were already many people entering the city from the various counties. Now that they heard that the moth bandits had entered the city, those who entered the city first wanted to escape, while those who did not enter the city wanted to enter. As a result, the four gates could not be closed.
On the main roads of the city, people could be seen running for their lives like headless flies. Children who could not find their mothers were crying by the roadside.
The wealthy families in the city huddled together, nocked their bows and arrows, and defended their courtyards.
Among them, the Zhen family of Ye City, Zhen Yi's younger brother, Zhen Xian, led nearly a thousand servants equipped with strong bows, spears, daggers, and spears to guard the manor. Although the Zhen family's hometown was in Zhongshan Wuji County, as the richest man in Jizhou, if they wanted to expand their business, they naturally could not limit themselves to Zhongshan Kingdom.
Merchants had a strong sense of crisis. Before the moth bandits rebelled, Zhen Yi had already sensed that something was wrong and fled to Luoyang with his family. When he heard that Zhang Jiao died of illness, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang died in battle, Zhen Yi felt that he had a business opportunity. He immediately sent his brother Zhen Xian back to Jizhou to make a fortune.
As Zhen Yi had expected, the moth bandits were completely defeated by the government troops and were about to be destroyed. When that time came, the people would be in dire straits and all the resources for the people would be in short supply. Because of the chaos caused by the moth bandits, farming would be delayed. At the same time, after the war, there would definitely be a year of disaster and food prices would definitely soar.
However, Zhen Yi had never expected that the moth bandits would return. Moreover, the bandit leader Zhou Cheng would be so bold as to directly charge into Ye City.
Looking at the commotion in the city, Zhen Xian only hoped to keep his life. As for everything in the mansion, why not give it to the moth bandits?
"Speed up!"
"If the city is broken, we will rest!"
At this moment, Wu Feng of the southern city, Tian Gao and Wang Shou of the western and northern cities, led nearly 500 cavalry, 3000 archers, and 5000 infantrymen to reinforce the northern city as quickly as possible.
Wu Feng and the others knew that if the north city was occupied by the moth bandits, then the moth bandits would be able to take Ye City. Most of them were from Ye City, and their families were all in Ye City, so they had to fight with their lives.
At the same time, Wang Kao was panicking. The aides beside him could only watch as Zhou Cheng charged forward.
At this moment, Li Yan said,"Ming Gong's safety is related to the safety of Jizhou. Now that the North City is in danger, please hurry to the government office to supervise the battle."”
Going to the government office to supervise the battle was just a beautiful saying. In fact, Li Yan knew in his heart that the fall of Ye City was only a matter of time.
However, there was one thing Li Yan was right about. If Wang Kao died, then Jizhou would really be leaderless. The warlords of the various counties would also be unable to be mobilized. At that time, Jizhou would be a plate of loose sand and would not be able to fight against the moth bandits at all.
Wang Kao nodded. Under the protection of the soldiers, he and his aides quickly retreated.
Looking at the soldiers who were fleeing in all directions, Zhou Cheng finally reined in his horse and said,"Destroy the city gates and set fire to the north city to drive away the people and spread the chaos.”
"Here!"
He Man and Zhou Cang replied.
Although Ye City was a big city with thick walls, Zhou Cheng did not intend to defend it. According to the light cavalry's investigation, Huangfu Song still had no intention of letting them go.
Zhou Cheng estimated that they had just taken down Ye City and had yet to finish looting. Huangfu Song's army would follow them in two days.
While Zhou Cang and the others were setting fires everywhere to drive away the people and further spread the chaos, a cavalryman rushed over.
The cavalry dismounted and reported to Zhou Cheng,""Chief, there are nearly ten thousand soldiers heading towards the north city.”
"Close to ten thousand people? Are you here to die?" Zhou Cheng snorted disdainfully and said to Zhou Cang and He Man,"The two of you will mix in with the commoners and create chaos.”
"Here!" Zhou Cang and He Man replied in unison.
Then, Zhou Cheng shouted,"Daybreak Cavalry, follow me to defeat the enemy!"”
"Roar!"
The Daybreak Knights gathered around Zhou Cheng again.
Although Zhou Cheng only had around 800 cavalry, he was not flustered at all.
Now that the citizens were panicking and fleeing, they would definitely run into the government troops.
These commoners were the perfect meat shields. They could block the arrows of the government troops, distract the government troops, and even break the army formation. Zhou Cheng's sudden attack would definitely catch the government troops off guard.
Of course, there was another important reason. The county soldiers were too weak. They had not been trained in battle formations and were not of much use.
Sure enough, it was just as Zhou Cheng had expected.
Wu Feng and the others led nearly ten thousand troops and wanted to reinforce the north gate, but they were blocked by tens of thousands of civilians. These people obviously wanted to escape from the city.
"Quickly disperse!"
"Those who block the way will die!"
Wu Feng saw that the road was blocked, so he directly ordered the people in front of him to be killed.
At this moment, the voices of 'Moth Bandits are coming' and 'Moth Bandits are coming' rang out from the crowd again, causing the people to become even more chaotic.
Then, as expected, the rumbling of hooves came from behind.
The commoners were more afraid of the moth bandits, so they braced themselves and charged forward, wanting to break through the army formation.
This made Wu Feng and the others extremely angry. In their anger, they directly waved their weapons and killed the people.
However, suddenly, a person jumped out from the crowd. He held a steel knife and chopped Wu Feng off his horse.
It was He Man.
He Man chopped off Wu Feng's head again and raised it above his head, shouting,""The enemy general is dead. Those who surrender will be spared!"
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