After leaving Ganyang City, the 400,000 Zhenxi Army headed south, crossed the entire Pizhou and Huaizhou, and entered the territory of Daizhou.

Daizhou is one of the seven states in the Central Plains. It has a vast territory and a large population. It is the most populous state in Liang State except Xizhou.

As the saying goes, soldiers pass by like a comb, and bandits pass by like a rake.

However, the Zhenxi Army had extremely strict military discipline, and they did not harm the civilians wherever they passed.

Of course, what Sun Hao did to Songzhu Pavilion in Ganyang City was an exception.

After the Zhenxi Army entered Daizhou, Sun Hao planned to make another exception in Fude County of Daizhou.

This exception refers to the Hao family in Fude County.

There are many families in Liang State that have been passed down for hundreds of years, and even a few families that have been passed down for thousands of years. As for the Hao family in Fude County, it is only a family with a history of less than a hundred years.

But the Hao family of Fude County is now one of the richest families in Liang State.

The history of the Hao family's rise to power in Fude County is closely related to the blood and tears history of the people in the northern part of Liang State in the past hundred years, because the Hao family of Fude County started out by smuggling weapons and armor to the four Khanates.

Later, it even developed to the point of trafficking people to the four Khanates, including various craftsmen including blacksmiths, so that the steppe cavalry of the four Khanates had sharper weapons and stronger armor.

However, such a traitorous family was thriving in the territory of Liang State. Officials in the court reported the Hao family of Fude County many times, but in the end, all the reports were left unresolved.

"My lord, the Hao family's garrison is about thirty miles east of the Fude County seat.

According to the intelligence collected by the Seven Banner Guards, there are about 60,000 people in Haojiatun Fort, including more than 5,000 family soldiers and more than 20,000 young and strong men.

These young and strong men were servants and tenants of the Hao family, and the Hao family often gave them some military training.

If our Zhenxi Army launches an attack on the Hao family's garrison, the 20,000-plus young and strong men in the garrison will probably be organized by the Hao family to resist."

The person who was speaking was Liu Bowen. This time, when Sun Hao led the 400,000-strong Zhenxi Army to the expedition, he only brought two counselors, in addition to Liu Bowen, there was also Yao Guangxiao.

The Seven Banner Guards mentioned by Liu Bowen was an intelligence agency affiliated with the Zhenxi Protectorate. Because most of its backbones came from the Seven Banners Gate, it was named the Seven Banner Guards by Sun Hao.

The current chief of the Seven Banner Guards is Jia Xu, with Guo Chong, who has a wisdom value of 94 points, and Xie Deyi, who has a wisdom value of 92 points, serving as Jia Xu's deputies.

Guo Chong was the first strategist under Sun Hao, and Xie Deyi was originally a strategist under Yuan Tianhu, the leader of the Meizhou bandits.

Although the Seven Banner Guards are not yet well known to the world, their scale is actually very large and is not inferior to the Jinyiwei of Liang State.

The intelligence network of the Seven Banner Guards has spread throughout the Western Regions and the entire Liang State, and even extended to the four Khanates on the grassland, as well as some countries around the Liang State, such as the Northern Jin State.

Sun Hao said nonchalantly: "Even if there are 25,000 elite soldiers in the Haojia Tunbao, our Zhenxi Army has already taken over this tunbao.

The imperial court can turn a blind eye to a family like the Hao family that betrays the country and collaborates with the enemy, so let the Zhenxi Army eliminate this evil for the people!"

There is another most important reason why Sun Hao wanted to get rid of the Hao family in Fude County along the way, which is that there must be huge wealth hidden in the Hao family’s garrison.

Currently, there are only three million conversion points reserved in the "Hero Converter". If it is exchanged for Tiger Cavalry or White Robe Cavalry, it is only enough to exchange for 5,000 people, which makes Sun Hao feel very insecure.

Destroying the Hao family can not only eliminate harm to the people, but also obtain a large amount of gold and silver, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao suddenly said: "My lord, with the power of the Hao family, they must have deep connections with the local officials and the Xiang army in Fude County.

When attacking the Hao family's garrison, we must also be on guard against the local Fude County troops."

Sun Hao said with some contempt: "I really don't believe that the local Xiang army in Fude County dares to confront our Zhenxi Army.

If there are truly those who are ignorant, then our Zhenxi Army does not need to be polite."

The Hao family's tunbu is about three miles long from east to west and two miles wide from north to south. The outer layer of the tunbu's wall is made of bluestone, and the inner layer is rammed earth, with a height of about eight meters.

There is a gate on each of the four sides of the garrison, and above each gate is a three-story arrow tower.

Outside the Hao family's tunbu, there is a moat surrounding the tunbu, which is about twelve meters wide and has four suspension bridges connecting the four gates of the tunbu.

The entire Haojiatun Fort is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

When Sun Hao led 20,000 white-robed soldiers of his personal guards and the Southwest Zhenwei to the east gate of Haojia Tunbao, the four suspension bridges of the Tunbao had already been lifted up.

The high walls of the garrison were also covered with Hao family soldiers holding bows and crossbows.

Then, the 5,000 Tiger Cavalry of the First Brigade of Zhenxi South Guard, the 5,000 White Robe Cavalry of the Second Brigade, and the 5,000 White Horse Cavalry of the Third Brigade surrounded the other three directions of Haojiatunbao.

Then, 5,000 Wei Wu soldiers from the 7th Brigade of the Southern Guard of the Zhenxi Army, led by Lang Jiang Wu Song, carried a dozen simple wooden bridges that had been made in advance, successfully crossed the moat, and began to attack the high walls of the garrison.

Although the Hao family did not know that Sun Hao would attack their garrison, after the Zhenxi Army entered Daizhou, the Hao family closed the four gates of the garrison and conscripted some young and strong men in the garrison to prevent any accidents.

I didn’t expect that the precautions taken by the Hao family would actually be used.

Unfortunately, under the attack of 5,000 Wei Wuzu from the 7th Brigade of the Southern Guard of the Zhenxi Army, the well-prepared Haojia Tunbao did not hold out for long before the Wei Wuzu broke into the tunbao.

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