The official positions of civil and military officials in Liang State were divided into seven grades and fourteen ranks, with the highest being the first grade and the lowest being the seventh grade.

Although the situation of civil officials being superior to military officials existed for a long time in the officialdom of Liang State, the power of military officials became increasingly stronger after the "Five Kings Rebellion".

Nowadays, in the territory of Liang State, the status of a seventh-rank lieutenant of the Xiang Army is no less than that of a seventh-rank county magistrate.

The fact that the governor Chen Fengshi suddenly took out sixteen captains of the wing army and distributed them to the leaders of sixteen gangs did indeed raise some doubts.

In fact, even if the governor Chen Fengshi did not do this, the various gangs would definitely try their best to help the government defend the city. After all, once Ganyang City was breached by the Hun army, everyone in Ganyang City would suffer.

According to the previous practice of the Huns, even if they did not carry out a massacre in the city, they would plunder the entire city's population and wealth.

Sun Hao pondered for a moment and said to everyone, "When the nest is overturned, no eggs can remain intact.

No matter what the intention of the governor Chen is, we in Sanshui must go all out in the upcoming battle to defend the city.

Let's discuss how to deploy the gangs from each hall to assist the Ganyang Army in defending the city."

After absorbing the remaining six halls of Qingyun Society, Sanshui Society now has twelve halls. The leaders of the new six halls are the deputy leaders of the previous six halls, Gao Heng, Gao Tai, Gao Yong, Shi Biao, Li Mao and Zhang Hu.

Now, the leaders of the twelve branches of Qingyun Society have all come to the main branch of Sanshui Society.

Guan Sheng, the leader of the Dongyifang Hall and one of the Five Tiger Generals of Liangshan, said loudly, "Since the young master has the title of lieutenant of the garrison army, I suggest that each of the twelve halls of the Sanshui Society form a garrison army of about 500 men, and take turns to go up to the city wall to help defend the city.

If any corps of troops suffered losses while defending the city, the various branches would replenish them at any time.

As for the elite troops of the main hall, they will be kept as reserves and deployed at critical moments."

Guan Sheng's words were immediately agreed upon by everyone, even Tang Jun, the head of the Dongliufang Hall, did not raise any objection.

Everyone was well aware of the cruelty of this battle to defend the city. Guan Sheng wanted to preserve as many elite armored troops as possible, including the Wei Wuzu, Qin Ruishi, Modaomen, Hubaoqi, and Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

In this way, even if Ganyang City cannot be defended in the end, these elite armored soldiers can protect Sun Hao and his family to escape.

Sun Hao sighed and said, "Let's arrange it this way for now!

I will make adjustments based on the war situation and do my best to preserve the vitality of our Sanshui Association, but the prerequisite is that we must defend Ganyang City."

Then Sun Hao turned to Xu Yong, Otosha, Harip, and Pazi and said with a wry smile, "I didn't expect that you would encounter something like this just after you followed me.

If you have other ideas, you can raise them now.

If you want to leave before the Xiongnu army completely blocks Ganyang City, I can help you find a way."

The Hun army came from the north and had already built a huge camp to the north of Ganyang City. They had not yet sent troops to the other three directions of Ganyang City.

Xu Yong then said loudly: "Master Sun, all the brothers of the Red Tiger Army are willing to follow you to fight against the barbarians!"

Seeing that the armored soldiers under Sun Hao's command all had names, Xu Yong hoped that Sun Hao would give the 207 Liang tribe gladiators a more resounding name, so the name "Red Tiger Soldiers" came into being.

Otosha quickly said in Liang dialect, "We, the eighty-six Black Tiger soldiers, are willing to follow Master Sun and defend the city!"

Harip and Pazi glanced at each other, then spoke almost simultaneously in Liang dialect: "Master Sun, the same goes for the White Tiger Pawn!"

Since the Liang gladiators have been given names, Sun Hao cannot favor the black Hu slave gladiators over the Hu gladiators.

Sun Hao named the eighty-six black Hu slave gladiators Black Tiger Soldiers and the two hundred and sixty-five Hu gladiators White Tiger Soldiers.

Considering that the three tiger soldiers had just joined him, Sun Hao did not place anyone else in them and directly appointed Xu Yong, whose combat power value was 95 points, as the leader of the Red Tiger Soldiers.

Appoint Otosha with a combat power of 94 points as the leader of the Black Tiger Soldiers, and appoint Harip with a combat power of 93 points and Pazi with a combat power of 91 points as the leaders of the White Tiger Soldiers.

Sun Hao nodded with satisfaction, "Don't worry, you can share the hardships with me, Sun Hao, now, and you will definitely share the wealth with me, Sun Hao, in the future."

At this time, Lu Biao, with a bruised face and nose, hesitated for a moment and said to Sun Hao, "Master Sun, if you don't mind, I, Lu Biao, am willing to take my brothers to obey your orders and fight the Xiongnu outside the city to the end.

But after we defeat the Xiongnu, my brothers and I still hope to join the Ganyang Army, preferably the Left Guard of the Ganyang Army under General Sun. "

Upon hearing this, Sun Hao promised Lu Biao, "Don't worry, Brother Lu, as soon as father leads the army back to Ganyang City, I will immediately introduce you, as well as brothers Du Yi, Jiang Tao, Guo Zhan, etc. to father.

I'm sure my father will be very happy to have so many powerful generals."

Just as Sun Hao and others were discussing how to assist the Ganyang Army in defending the city, in a giant felt tent in the Xiongnu camp north of the city.

The Xiongnu Right Wise King Helian Ke excitedly said to the 32 Xiongnu Wan Hu: "We, the Xiongnu Khanate, have been planning for so long, and finally the day has come to attack Ganyang City.

As long as we can capture Ganyang City and Longyu Pass in Canglong Mountain, our Xiongnu Khanate will be able to regain control of the trade routes from the Western Regions to the entire East, allowing our Xiongnu Khanate's cavalry to once again set foot in the rich Western Regions.

Therefore, no matter how great the cost, this prince must capture Ganyang City this time as a gift for my father, the Khan, on his sixtieth birthday!

In fact, before the establishment of Liang State, the current northwestern region of Liang State belonged to the Huns. Later, it was seized by Liang State’s Taizu Emperor Chen Haonan, and the control of trade with the Western Regions came into the hands of Liang State.

Helian Ke, the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu, was the second son of Helian Qi, the Khan of the Xiongnu. In addition to the Right Wise King, the Xiongnu Khanate also had three Khans, namely the Left Wise King, the Left Ren King and the Right Ren King.

The other three Khans of the Xiongnu Khanate were either Khan Helian Qi's biological sons or his younger brothers.

A burly Xiongnu Wanhu immediately stood up and said, "Don't worry, Right Wise King. The two strongest guards of the Ganyang Army have been firmly trapped in Shuoyuan City by the seventeen Wanhu led by Right Ren King.

There are only 20,000 real defenders left in Ganyang City now. Under your wise command, King Youxian, we will definitely be able to capture Ganyang City.

I, Qiu Linnan, am willing to lead my men to attack the city first tomorrow!"

Helian Ke nodded approvingly to his confidant Qiu Linnan, and then said: "Although there are only 20,000 Ganyang soldiers defending the city, don't forget that the population of Ganyang City is over 1.5 million.

Therefore, for the upcoming siege, every Wan Hu must be prepared for a tough battle."