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Trembling, the soldier pulled out a secret letter and handed it to Zhou Debiao. Zhou Debiao opened the letter and saw that it was handwritten by the prefecture overseer, saying that a large number of bandits had attacked Zhengzhou. He sent out a secret letter and handed it to Zhou Debiao, requesting him to quickly return.

Zhou Debiao knew that if the True Continent was destroyed by these bandits, then he would definitely lose his head. Even if he managed to survive, he would only be able to live for the rest of his life. And all of this was caused by this Bao Qin Wang. Thinking of this, Zhou Debiao looked at Ye Feian with a hint of hatred in his eyes.

"Ming Jin, retreat! Return to Zhengzhou immediately!" Zhou Debiao shouted to the soldier beside him, turned his horse around, and was about to leave.

Ye Feian, who was still indulged in the beautiful fantasy of killing Ye Lianhe, felt infuriated after hearing Zhou Debiao's order. He pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed at Zhou Debiao and said, "General soldier Zhou, what is the meaning of this? The thieves are about to be killed, yet you're withdrawing? "

A discerning person would also know that although there were only two hundred or so bandits, they were fierce and fierce. His soldiers had already lost more than a hundred of their men, but he was still unable to do anything to them, and if he wanted to exterminate these bandits, he would need to waste at least a few more hours here. By that time, not to mention returning to the main province to reinforce it, the bandits would have already plundered everything and left the main province.

"Your highness, please forgive me for being powerless, but your highness also heard that it is very dangerous at the moment. If I were to continue acting recklessly, I'm afraid that at that time, your highness would have to meet me in the underworld." With that, Zhou Debiao left, leaving Ye Feian in a frenzy.

However, this time he only brought a few dozen warriors and lost a lot of them. It would be impossible for him to face the Peach Blossom Mountain bandits on his own right now.

"Go!" "Return to the capital!" Ye Feian glared angrily at Ye Lianhe and the others in the distance. He clenched his teeth and gave an order to his subordinates. Then, everyone left on horseback.

Everyone on the mountain was still fighting when they heard a loud cry of gold. When the soldiers who were still fighting heard the order to retreat, they were ecstatic. They wanted to throw away their armors and run away.

At this time, the experts of the Peach Blossom Mountain were already exhausted from the battle and seeing the enemy retreat, they all sat on the ground paralyzed.

"Why did all these Leng Zi run away?"

The bandits who had managed to escape death were discussing animatedly.

"It seems like the city of Zhengzhou is already in chaos." When Ye Lianhe saw his pursuers retreat, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Prince, are you hurt?" Huangfu Xiong wiped the willow leaf blade on his belt back and forth as he asked Ye Lianhe with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, Great Master. This King is uninjured." Ye Lianhe said to Huangfu Xiong with a smile.

"Since they've already left, let's go down the mountain and join up with that mad girl and the others." As he spoke, he stood up to leave.

"Boss, you're a real man." Ye Lianhe clasped his hands at Huangfu Xiong, "When this duke returns to the capital, I will bestow you with a great gift in return for your gratitude."

"In that case, thank you very much, Your Highness." Huangfu Xiong laughed heartily as he cupped his fists towards Ye Lianhe.

After saying their goodbyes, Ye Lianhe's group left the mountain, heading towards Luo Lingwei and the others.

On the walls of the city, the city guards had already noticed that there were many people gathered nearby. They were all wearing dirty clothes. At first, they all thought that it was a group of people who had fled to this place. However, as the crowd grew closer, some of them noticed that something was amiss.

"Quick!" "Sir, the bandits are here!" Some soldiers shouted.

Not long after, the prefecture overseer received the news. When his subordinate informed him of the news, the prefecture overseer was teasing his concubine. Upon hearing the news, he nearly fell to the ground in fright. He knew clearly in his heart that most of the city guards had been ordered away by Ye Feifan. At this moment, there were people attacking the city, and the remaining one thousand soldiers would not be able to defend the city. He quickly wrote a secret letter to Zhou Debiao, instructing him to hurry and deliver it to him while he instructed his servants to pack up and run away.

An hour later, the city guards realized that the bandits didn't move forward. Instead, they scattered in all directions and disappeared into the forest.

Not long after, the rumbling sound of horse hooves could be heard from not too far away. On closer look, it was the reinforcements led by Zhou Debiao from the prefecture who had arrived. Seeing that his main force had returned to the city, the morale of the city guards immediately rose. Not long after, they heard the sounds of fighting. It seemed that both sides had started to fight.

"General Zhou and the bandits! If we don't go up now, all the meritorious military service will be taken away by someone else!"

It was unknown who said that, but everyone suddenly became anxious and rushed down the wall, rushing into the middle of the battle. More and more people started to join in the battle after hearing the news. At this moment, there were only two to three hundred people left defending the city. The rest of the people had all joined the battle.

However, things were not as good as the soldiers thought. After these bandits saw that the distress letter had been sent out, they hid themselves in the forest and set up a trap, waiting for Zhou Debiao to lead the troops to return.

After receiving the news, Zhou Debiao hurriedly led his troops back to Zhengzhou. He never thought that these bandits would intercept him, so he was caught off guard. The troops that had not been training for a long time were suddenly in a mess. In order to continue on their way, they did not stop for a moment. They were so exhausted that they lost more than a thousand people the moment they received the enemy.

What made him even more infuriated was that the troops who should have guarded the city gates with their lives, for some reason, charged in as if possessed. Although the addition of these people caused Zhou Debiao to come back to his senses, he could do nothing about it since the other side had come prepared. This move was just waiting idly, almost forcing the soldiers into a corner.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Zhou Debiao waited for the order for everyone to retreat into the city. However, when they desperately returned to the city gates, they found that they hadn't opened them yet.

At this moment, a few bandits on top of the city gate threw down Rolling Wood Thunder Stones, and smashed a lot of people to death. Zhou Debiao knew that at this time, the situation had already changed. Just as he was about to run away, his pursuers had already arrived. Zhou Debiao had nowhere to retreat to. Suddenly, Zhou Debiao felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. Reaching out with his hand, he touched an arrow, and the arrow was nailed into his neck. Then, all he saw was darkness, and he died.

"General Zhou is dead!" General Zhou is dead! "

Seeing that their commander had died in battle, the rest of the soldiers scattered in panic, but they still ran into the group of bandits and were hacked to death by them. At this moment, all the five thousand soldiers of Zhengzhou were annihilated.