Zhou Cheng led hundreds of thousands of people and headed straight for Qinghe County. The news that the moth bandits were about to arrive at Qinghe County quickly reached Ling County.
Qinghe Prefecture Governor Zhang Yi hurriedly gathered the aristocratic families and noble families to the Prefecture Governor's Office for a meeting.
Ye City had been breached, and the moth bandits had burned, killed, and plundered. The people of Qinghe were afraid, especially the aristocratic families and noble families. They were all worried that they would end up like the Wei family.
When the family heads arrived at the prefect's manor, Zhang Yi went straight to the point."Although Ling County can't compare to Ye City, we can't be like Wang Wenzu. I suggest that the rebel armies either guard Ganling or stay outside the city, forming a horn formation.”
Zhang Yi's words made sense, and the various family heads had no objections.
Moreover, Zhang Yi was born in the Zhang family of the east of the river, and he had the Zhang family of the east of the river to rely on.
In fact, when the moth bandits broke through Ye City, the aristocratic families in Jizhou had already begun to recruit local soldiers.
Together with the servants and troops of each clan, they easily recruited thousands of troops.
However, this army had been recruited in a hurry, and the time for training was limited, so it was not very useful.
Fortunately, the other party was a moth bandit, and they were also a motley crew, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
……
"Report!"
The light cavalry quickly returned.
Xu Fang immediately sent the information to Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Cheng immediately opened the wax and read the contents of the letter.
He Man, Zhou Cang, and the others were waiting at the side.
The intelligence mentioned that Zhang Yi had the volunteer armies either defend the city or set up camps outside the city.
Currently, there were 20,000 troops in the city and 10,000 troops outside the city. In total, there were 30,000 troops.
" Zhang Yi is a talent," Zhou Cheng said." Compared to that idiot Wang Kao, he's much stronger."”
"Commander-in-chief, let me lead an army to break Gan Ling." He Man said.”
After taking down Ye City, He Man, Zhou Cang, and the others were a little arrogant, and their confidence soared.
Now that Huangfu Song had left, he felt that no one in Jizhou City could stop him.
Of course, having confidence was a good thing. It didn't matter if he was a little arrogant. It was much better than being chased away after losing morale.
" There are seven counties in Qinghe County," Zhou Cheng said to them." Apart from Ganling, Shell Hill, Ling County, Guangchuan, and other counties can help Ganling at any time.”
This was a military meeting, but Zhou Cheng did not mind Zhen Xian listening.
Or perhaps, he had intentionally let Zhen Xian participate.
Zhou Cheng said," We have many soldiers. We can attack Ganling and even attack the other six counties at the same time. However, Zhang Yi must be prepared. I'm afraid we won't be able to take Ganling in a short period of time. Moreover, Julu, Changshan, and Anping counties will definitely come to our aid.”
He Man and the others were a little anxious after hearing this. In their eyes, a mere Ganling City was nothing.
Could it be that the canal commander was afraid of losing soldiers and generals?
"He Man, I order you to lead 50,000 troops to attack Gan Ling at all costs." Zhou Cheng suddenly became serious.”
"Here!" He Man was overjoyed. Attacking a city showed the bravery of a man.
"Zhou Cang, I order you to lead 30,000 troops to attack the camp outside Ganling City at all costs."”
"Here!" Zhou Cang was equally excited.
To be able to lead tens of thousands of people in battle, just thinking about it made him excited.
"The rest of you, follow my army to surround Gan Ling and kill the reinforcements."”
"Here!" The lieutenants stood up and replied.
Zhou Cheng was not in a hurry to break into Ganling City. After all, the resources in Ganling City could not escape.
As long as Ganling City was not broken, the army that came to rescue Ganling City would not stop.
In Zhou Cheng's eyes, these reinforcements were like meat that had been delivered to his doorstep. They were even more delicious than the thorny Ganling City.
……
Bang!
As the cannon fired.
Dong, dong, dong. The drums began to beat rhythmically. The terrifying drumbeats made the soldiers on the wall not dare to be careless.
Zhang Yi had also changed into a set of armor, and beside him, Vigorous Lieutenant Zheng Ke was reporting the enemy situation to him.
Zheng Ke reported,"Lord Ming, the moth bandits are attacking with He Man as the vanguard. At the same time, the camp outside the city was also attacked by the moth bandit general Zhou Cang.”
" It's fine," Zhang Yi said." Ganling City has plenty of arrows, kerosene, wood, and rolling stones. Moreover, the moth bandits lack siege weapons. They will definitely suffer a crushing defeat."”
At this moment, He Man shouted loudly,"The first to reach the city will be rewarded with thousands of gold!"”
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
The five thousand Moth Bandits carried their shields, pushed their scaling ladders, and charged towards the city tower.
At the same time, the few trebuchets that were hundreds of meters away also began to throw stone shells at the city wall.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The moment the stone bullets that weighed dozens of kilograms landed on the city wall, the sound they made was terrifying. The moment they hit someone, blood and foam flew everywhere.
The trebuchets on the city wall also began to counterattack.
There were even more catapults on the city wall. At this moment, the stone bullets fell into the moth bandits, like stones hitting the surface of a river, creating waves.
Under the impact of the stone bullets, the moth bandits suffered many casualties.
However, He Man didn't feel the pinch at all. These five thousand people were just the newly recruited young and strong men, as well as the old and weak captives.
From the very beginning, He Man had planned to use them to exhaust the stone bullets and arrows of the defending troops.
"Supervisor! Those who retreat will be beheaded!"
At this moment, the supervising team held steel knives and began to kill the young, strong, old, and weak who wanted to retreat, driving them to continue attacking the city.
Retreating meant certain death!
He could only brace himself and charge forward!
Finally, the moth bandits were less than fifty steps away from the city wall.
"Fifty paces," shouted Zhang Yi,"Fire!”
The archers behind the battlements immediately stood up and shot at the moth bandits.
In an instant, the arrows rained down like rain, and hundreds of moth bandits fell to the ground.
"Continue attacking the city!" He Man grinned hideously.”
How could there be no casualties in a siege? The young, strong, old, and weak were used to exhaust the enemy's arrows.
Now, it seemed that the effect was very good.
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