After a night's rest, the Yellow Turban Army had just had breakfast and began to attack under the order of Qu Shuai Zuo Zhangba. After the repair, the attack of the Yellow Turban Army was more fierce than yesterday, but Zuo Zhanghachi may have seen that the officers and soldiers intended to defend to the death, so he sent mainly some sect members on the periphery and some civilians coerced in Shangdang County.

However, Zuo Zhangba's current attack is not like the first day, attacking from all sides of Changzi County, but using the siege of three and missing one, and the entire western city wall does not arrange people to attack or encircle. In this way, after having a way to live, the defenders in the city will to fight a little lower, and when they hold on, they always think that if they don't hold it, they can break through from the west and not lose their lives.

Therefore, in the next few days of the attack, Changzi County can be said to be crumbling, if it weren't for Zhang Wu who has been supervising the battle and personally participating in the battle, I am afraid that the city would have been breached long ago. However, the 10,000 horses and horses in Changzi County originally defended the city, and after this defense of the city, only more than 3,000 people were left who could continue to fight, and most of them were slightly injured. The reason why the Yellow Turban Army has not yet broken through is that it is thought that the reinforcements from the three counties closest to the eldest son, Tunliu, Tongba and Xiangyuan have arrived in Changzi County, which not only gave great encouragement to the defenders of Changzi County, but also greatly strengthened the defense of Changzi County.

The reinforcements from Tunliu County and Tonglu County arrived on the same day, and after receiving the requisition order from Zhang Wu, the county governor of the county, the county commanders of the two counties asked the county lieutenant to lead the county soldiers in the city to set off immediately, and arrived in Changzi County only five days later. Xiangyuan County was a little farther away, and although it was also an immediate departure, it arrived two days later than them.

The reason why it was so fast was also because the county orders of these three counties were all appointed by Cui Ming, and they were his cronies, and when they learned that the benefactor who recommended them was in trouble, they naturally immediately sent people to rescue.

At the request of Zhang Wu and the county lieutenants of the three counties, Cui Ming also decided to recruit their private soldiers and domestic servants from the county nobles. The reason why Cui Ming would agree to them was because the original city defenders suffered heavy losses, and secondly, with these 6,000 fresh troops joining, Cui Ming had the confidence to suppress the backlash of the city sergeant clan.

And the various families in the county accepted Cui Ming's call gladly and sent their own private soldiers to help defend the city. Although some families feel that this is a loss to themselves, they can't bear the general trend and can only hand them over, but the private soldiers they hand over are only a part.

Cui Ming didn't say much about the different attitudes of these families, but just wrote down those families who sent all their private soldiers, and they could be a help for him to control Shangdang County in the future. Among these families who strongly support Cui Ming, the Huang family is one of them.

These families, large and small, combined amounted to more than 5,000 people, so that there were more than 10,000 soldiers defending the city. With these people defending the city, and they are all fresh troops, on the other hand, on the side of the Yellow Turban Army, although they attacked fiercely in the early stage, but now their morale has begun to decline, especially after the reinforcements from the three county towns arrived, which can be seen from the number of people lost on both sides during this time. Therefore, in Cui Ming's heart, this time the defense of the city can be said to be a victory, and when reinforcements from other counties and the imperial court arrive, he can cooperate with the counterattack and wipe out the Yellow Turban Army on the side of the party.

And Huang Xue, the head of the Huang family, immediately expressed his full support after receiving the notice from Cui Ming, which made Cui Ming very happy. And after Huang Xue returned to the Huang family, he immediately asked Li Ming to come and tell him that Cui Ming had begun to recruit the private soldiers of various families in the city, and Li Ming knew the purpose of Huang Xue calling him over.

He asked Huang Xue to win the task of assisting in the defense of a city gate through his connections in the city. Sure enough, through some means and schemes, Huang Xue successfully accepted the task of guarding the East City Gate without attracting the attention of outsiders.

At this time, in the Yellow Turban Army, Zuo Zhangba felt that it was tricky. The arrival of several reinforcements in Changzi County, he could see it under the city, and the city that was about to be broken by himself was actually survived because of these reinforcements. On their own side, because of the continuous onslaught, the morale of the besieging soldiers has begun to fall from its initial peak.

According to Zuo Zhangba's original idea, this place should be the same as the counties in the north, which can be broken in a day or two, but now that he encounters this situation, he feels a little miscalculated. And he also learned from the messenger in the army that the Yellow Turban Army, which also set out from Jizhou to attack Youzhou, had taken Guangyang County, and even took the opportunity to kill Youzhou Assassin Shi Guo Xun and Guangyang Taishou Liu Wei, which made him double the pressure on him who also came from Jizhou to attack and merge the state.

"Before, we were in Jizhou, or the previous counties, we could win a county seat in a day or two. But right here, we've been attacking for eight days and haven't breached this county yet, so let's talk about it, what should we do now? After the Ming Jin guards, among the commanders of the Yellow Turban Army, Zuo Zhangba summoned the five lieutenants under his command and asked them.

"Marshal, the officers and soldiers now have reinforcements, if we continue to attack, even if we take it, the losses will be very large, but the gains will outweigh the losses." A lieutenant at the head of the left beard said.

"Dashuai, since those counties have sent people to support, they must be empty of troops, why don't we directly attack other county seats, and wait for all the surrounding counties to take it, wouldn't it be better to take it again." Another said.

Zuo Zhangba's heart moved, and as a result, another lieutenant said: "No, if we give up here to attack the southern county town, then our back road is under the threat of the defenders of Changzi County, and there will be a greater risk." Moreover, there are only a few county towns left in Shangdang County, as long as we take Changzi County, their soldiers and horses will come to support here, as long as we take Changzi County, it is equivalent to taking the entire Shangdang County, at this time we have no need to disperse our forces to attack other counties. ”

Regarding this captain's statement, Zuo Zhangba felt that it was also very reasonable, and he didn't know how to choose for a while. Several of the lieutenants under his command also quarreled with each other, two of them supported the division of some men to attack other counties, and the other three insisted that the county take the eldest son county.

At this moment, a soldier reported that he had caught two spies in the city. When Zuo Zhangba heard it, he didn't think much about it, and just let the spy be executed. The soldiers who reported the results said that the spies who were caught claimed to be from the Huang family in the city and could help them break through Changzi County.

When he heard this, he thought that when he attacked the northern county before, there were also families or county orders to surrender, and it was normal for the county town to have a collaborator with the enemy, so he asked the soldiers to bring people over. And the five captains also gave up arguing for the time being, if the person who came was really from the city family, then their dispute would be meaningless, and they also wanted to see how the other party planned to help them.

After the soldiers were ordered to leave, they quickly escorted the two middle-aged men over. After the two arrived at the handsome tent, they immediately knelt down, and one of them said to Zuo Zhangpachi: "I've seen Dashuai, the villain is from the Huang family in the county town, and the head of the family asked me to contact Dashuai, he can help you take this county." ”

"I know the Huang family, I heard that it is a big family in the city, I don't know how your family master plans to help us?" Zuo Zhangba pretended to be very indifferent and asked, although he was also more excited at this time.

"The day before yesterday, Cui Taishou recruited the private soldiers of the family in the city to participate in the defense of the city, and our Huang family was responsible for guarding the east city gate, and the head of the family asked me to tell the marshal that if the marshal agreed, he would secretly open the city gate tomorrow night to welcome the marshal into the city."

"Oh, your master helped me take the city, I don't know what he wants?" Shohachi asked, knowing that the other party couldn't help him for no reason.

"Our head of the family has always been supportive of Taiping Dao, and of course I also hope that after the marshal wins Shangdang County, he can help Dashuai govern Shangdang County." The people of the Huang family said.

"It's good to say, we don't feel embarrassed about the people we support. You go back first and tell your master, I have agreed to his conditions, as long as the county is captured, the position of the party is his. "After knowing that the other party wants to serve as the Taishou of the Shangdang, there is no doubt, after all, the power of the magistrate of a county is a great temptation for a local family, and the other party can join his side because of this.

"Xie Dashuai, let's tell the head of the family."

The two of the Huang family were about to leave, but Zuo Zhangba stopped him, only let the person who had not spoken just now go back, and asked him to go back and tell Huang Xue not to play tricks.

The man looked at the other man, nodded to him, and he quietly returned through the east gate. And the middle-aged man who stayed here in the Yellow Turban Army was not in a hurry, in his heart, his family's master's plan would definitely not be a problem, and he was a hostage here, his function was definitely not small, and when the family owner became a guard, he might be able to get a good official position, and he could even become a county magistrate.

Zuo Zhanghachi asked him to take him down, and after being in good custody, he asked the five captains: "What do you think of this matter, could it be a trick of the officers and soldiers?" ”

"Dashuai, when we attacked the previous county seat, some people secretly contacted us, and we saw that this time it should not be a fraudulent surrender." A lieutenant said.

"That's right, even if the other side cheats, we still have more than 30,000 people, and the number of troops in the city seems to be at most half of ours. As long as the other side opens the city gate, we will take the opportunity to take over, and with the advantage of troops, the other side will not be able to make any big waves. Another lieutenant also said that he had insisted on taking the eldest son county first.

"Okay, that's it. Tomorrow during the day, we will continue to let the outer believers attack the city, don't let the other party see the flaws, as for the few of you, just rest well, and wait for the Huang family to send a signal in the evening, and immediately attack and take this damn eldest son county in one fell swoop. "Left Shohachi finally made a decision and set the final plan.

"No!" The five lieutenants clasped their fists together to lead the order.