"Attack, attack, attack me!" It was getting wester, and the sky was slowly darkening, but after attacking for a day, although Suiyang City was in frequent danger, it was never able to break through, but the Taiping Sect army gradually weakened with more and more elite losses.

Ten times the number of troops, plus all the elite protectors of the Taiping Sect in the area of this Liang country have been put into it, but they are still unable to break through the defense of Suiyang, obviously they are about to break the city several times, but Suiyang City is like this sunset, an indomitable warrior stands there, and he is about to be knocked down again and again, but there is always an indescribable perseverance that makes these defenders and soldiers forget their lives to block the strong offensive, and finally succeed.

If it was a one-sided suppression at the beginning, Liang Fa would not be so uncomfortable, but every time, he felt that he was only one step away from breaking the city, and with more force, Suiyang could break through, but he couldn't break through, this result made Liang Fa unacceptable.

"Qu Shuai, our soldiers can't hold it anymore!" Several Yellow Turban generals gathered around Liang Fa and begged bitterly: "We have already occupied seven counties, and this Liang country will be ours sooner or later, so why bother to compete with Ye Zhao for a while?" ”

Doesn't this mean that he is not as good as that Ye Zhao!

Liang Fa stared at his red eyes, he had always thought that he was just because of his life experience, unlike those disciples who sat down with Zhang Jiao who were not even considered a poor family, if it weren't for his family, he might not be able to get ahead in the imperial court, and he would not be worse than anyone else.

But since he met Ye Zhao, all his self-confidence was shattered by Ye Zhao, except for the hasty incident that made Ye Zhao trapped for a short time, he was almost always pressed by Ye Zhao, which made him very uncomfortable, especially the Taiping Sect, those who were despised by him in the past established meritorious deeds one by one, such as Zhang Mancheng, Bo Cai and others, only he was entrusted with a heavy task by Zhang Jiao, and raised things in this land of Liang, but he was first captured by the government, and after getting out of trouble, he lost Suiyang, an important place with a large amount of baggage, Let Liang Fa not be able to raise his head in front of others.

Now that he has the advantage of troops, he is not allowed to enter an inch outside Suiyang City by Ye Zhao, which makes Liang Fa feel even more uncomfortable, even if he has seen that he wants to break the city today, he still stubbornly ignores everyone's opposition and attacks the city again.

The Yellow Turban Army, which had not eaten for a day and had exhausted its physical strength, naturally failed to meet Liang Fa's expectations, and was once again driven down from the city wall by the official army in vain, even faster than the previous rout, if it weren't for the fact that the defenders had already exhausted their physical strength because of the killing for a day, I am afraid that Ding Li and Fang Yue, who were in charge of the command at this moment, had already issued an order to send troops to pursue the victory.

At the head of the city, looking at the Yellow Turban Army that receded like a tide, whether it was the soldiers defending the city or Fang Yue, Ding Li and others, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief silently, the Yellow Turban Army's offensive today was extremely fierce, they were really worried that they would not be able to hold it in the end, but even so, thinking that they would encounter such a fierce attack tomorrow, everyone felt as if they were pressing a boulder in their hearts, and after setting up the staff on duty at night, several generals hurried back to the county office to report the situation to Ye Zhao.

However, compared to the worries of Fang Yue and others, Ye Zhao was completely relieved, he knew the characteristics of the Yellow Turban Army better than others, to put it bluntly, it was a blow, if this drum could not break through Suiyang, then the shortcomings of the Yellow Turban Army's weak follow-up would gradually be revealed, at that time, the Yellow Turban Army's offensive would only be weaker and weaker day by day, and when the Yellow Turban Army was unable to attack Suiyang again, it would be the day when Ye Zhao counterattacked.

In contrast, Ye Zhao is more concerned about the defense line of people's hearts.

That night, Ye Zhao held a banquet in the Prime Minister's Mansion and invited the big families in the city to the reason of defeating the Taiping Sect, but what Ye Zhao said made all the big families in the city silent, because Ye Zhao's request this time had touched their roots.

"Fu Jun, what does this have to do with defeating that Taiping Sect traitor?" In the silent and embarrassing atmosphere, in the end, it was Zhang Yu who took the lead in breaking the strange atmosphere, stood up, and asked Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao asked the wealthy households in the city to take out the food stored at home to help the people, in fact, Ye Zhao had already mentioned this before, although everyone resisted, but they all did what Ye Zhao wanted, at least on the surface, each family took out some food to help the people in the city.

It's just that this time, Ye Zhao has a hard request, asking each family to come up with at least a thousand stones of grain, even if the people present are all wealthy families of the Liang Kingdom, they were also shocked by Ye Zhao's request, this thousand stones is not a small amount, if it is used to support the army, they can understand, but now they are using it to help the people, which makes them unable to understand and recognize.

"It's important." Ye Zhao said solemnly: "You should know that the Taiping Sect suddenly broke out that night, and although we and the others worked together to drive away its main force, there were still many remnants scattered in this Suiyang City. ”

Ye Zhao looked at the people: "They are hiding in the people, most of them are Suiyang people, there is no way to check, and now there is a war, many people have broken their homes overnight, these people are hungry all day, and they are very easy to be instigated, and now we are afraid to resist foreign enemies, it is already difficult, and we are not able to supervise the security of the city, once these hungry and faint people are instigated, it is easy to make trouble, and when the time comes, it is the enemy on the back of the belly, you need to know that no matter how strong the city wall is, it will not be able to block the internal attack, so the official hopes that these people will be pacified first." ”

Looking at the faces of Zhang Yu and the others, Ye Zhao smiled and said: "Of course, it's not for nothing, once people are full and have nothing to do, they will also cause trouble, we can't give them the opportunity to cause trouble, Zhao hopes to gather these homeless people, select them to be responsible for patrolling the streets and alleys, temporarily incorporate them according to the Han military system, and set up temporary military positions at all levels, one can strengthen the security in the city, and the other can also go to the city to assist in the battle when necessary." ”

"In addition, from tomorrow, Suiyang will implement a curfew, prohibiting anyone from going out at night, but those who travel at night, if there is no official warrant, they will be regarded as thieves, regardless of identity, and immediately detained, in addition, sentry posts will be set up at various alleys, Suiyang will be supervised by the whole city, and those who gather more than five people in Suiyang will be regarded as misdeeds, and they will be detained immediately, and those who resist will be immediately beheaded!"

Ye Zhao's face gradually became solemn, his eyes moved away from Zhang Yu's face, and he looked at everyone: "However, if you want to implement it, only the two warehouses of official grain promised by the imperial court are not enough to complete it. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, Zheng Yu looked at Ye Zhao and said astringently: "The strictness of this law is comparable to that of the pre-Qin, I'm afraid it ......."

Ye Zhao waved his hand and interrupted: "In troubled times, you should use heavy canons, this is the autumn of Suiyang's survival, Zhao doesn't dare to have any negligence, besides, this method is designed to prevent people's hearts, and it is also a temporary suppression, only for a while, not for a lifetime, after the power of the Taiping Sect is lifted, it will restore the law of the past, don't worry!" ”

Zhang Wei sighed, nodded and said, "So far, as Fujun said, Zhang is willing to help Fujun." ”

"Thank you!" Ye Zhao nodded, clasped his fists, and looked at everyone.

Zhang Yu had spoken, and although the Suiyang gentry were unwilling, they also knew the importance of this matter, so they could only nod their heads and accept it.