On the morning of August 15th, 387th year of the Daliang calendar, in the backyard of the prefectural government office in Ganyang City, Chen Fengshi, the governor of Pizhou, frowned and asked his aide, Xia Ruyou, "Mr. Xia, what do you think of the report from Sun Hao, the leader of the Sanshui Society?"

When Chen Fengshi was still the county magistrate, Xia Ruyou was already his aide.

Over the years, Chen Fengshi was able to rise from a seventh-rank county magistrate to a third-rank governor of Pizhou, and Xia Ruyou can be said to have made great contributions.

Xia Ruyou stroked his beard and said, "Sir, since Sun Hao has produced evidence that Aixir is a spy for the Gul Kingdom, I suggest that you do him a favor and let Sun Hao handle the confiscation of Aixir's property."

It turned out that the underground secret room in Axil's bedroom not only contained a large amount of gold and silver treasures, but also some intelligence about the Ganyang Army that Axil had collected.

When Sun Hao saw the information collected by Axier, he immediately had Axier interrogated.

Axier, who had been living a life of luxury for many years, honestly confessed that he was a spy from the Gule Kingdom after being slapped a few times by Luo Yi, and he also gave out all the other Gule Kingdom spies in Ganyang City.

Originally, Sun Hao only planned to obtain additional sign-in opportunities in the "Annual Sign-in System" from the concubines in Axil's family whose charm value reached or exceeded 95 points, and perhaps steal some property to prove that it was the work of a bandit.

But after discovering that Axier was a spy from the Gule Kingdom, Sun Hao decided to do something more drastic and prepared to swallow up all of Axier's women and property.

There was some hesitation on the face of the governor Chen Fengshi, "Mr. Xia, Aixir is the richest Hu merchant in Ganyang City. He controls more than 70% of the spice business in Ganyang City and is worth millions of strings of cash.

If Sun Hao were to confiscate Aixier's property, the provincial government wouldn't gain much benefit."

Xia Ruyou then explained, "Sir, according to my understanding, Aixir does not own many shops, and his wealth mainly comes from the monopoly of spices from the Western Regions.

Most of the wealth that Axil had accumulated over most of his life should be hidden in the house where he lived.

Now that the mansion has fallen into Sun Hao's hands, even if the Lord forbids Sun Hao from confiscating Axil's property, I'm afraid most of Axil's accumulated wealth will fall into Sun Hao's hands."

After a pause, Xia Ruyou continued, "Sir, right now, the northern wall is relying entirely on Sun Hao's elite soldiers to barely withstand the Xiongnu's fierce attack.

Now we must try our best to win over Sun Hao. If Sun Hao escapes with those elite soldiers, it will be even more difficult to defend Ganyang City.

Those generals of the Ganyang Army have really set a bad precedent."

As the Xiongnu army attacked the east and west walls of Ganyang City, they had formed a situation of being surrounded on three sides and leaving one side open.

Although the governor Chen Fengshi had already ordered that no one was allowed to leave Ganyang City in order not to affect the morale of the soldiers and civilians defending the city.

But just the night before yesterday, the Pang and Fan families, two of the six major generals of the Ganyang Army, each with thousands of people and hundreds of carriages, escaped from Ganyang City through the north gate.

Last night, the remaining four families of the six generals of the Ganyang Army saw that the Huns did not stop the Pang and Fan families from leaving, nor did they send cavalry to pursue them, so they also let most of their clansmen and family soldiers leave.

The battle to defend the city was already very difficult, but the six generals took away six or seven thousand family soldiers and many young and strong slaves at this time, which made the governor Chen Fengshi so angry that he cursed.

Afterwards, the governor Chen Fengshi had to try his best to suppress the news to avoid causing panic in the city.

However, the governor Chen Fengshi knew very well that this matter could not be concealed for long. If things went wrong, the leaders of those gangs might have already known about the six major generals of the Ganyang Army and most of them had fled.

Fortunately, the vanguard commander Meng Bingrong and the rearguard commander Liu Yin have promised the governor Chen Fengshi that no one will be allowed to leave Ganyang City.

The problem is that if Sun Hao, who has several elite armored troops under his command, wants to leave, the two commanders of the Ganyang Army may not be able to stop him.

State Governor Chen Fengshi snorted coldly and said, "Those generals in the Ganyang Army, like those gangs in Ganyang City, are the stubborn disease of Ganyang City.

After repelling the Huns, I will definitely find a way to get rid of these two stubborn problems as soon as possible.

As for the confiscation of Axier's property, it can be left to Sun Hao.

However, Sun Hao must hand over one million strings of cash to the provincial government to provide compensation for the soldiers and civilians who died defending the city."

Xia Ruyou then said, "Your Excellency is wise.

However, these two chronic diseases in Ganyang City have existed for a long time. You still need to take it slow and implement them according to the previously formulated plans. You must not act too hastily.

Of course, the most important thing right now is to defend Ganyang City."

State Governor Chen Fengshi sighed and said, "Mr. Xia, do you think Ganyang City can be defended?"

Xia Ruyou said confidently: "Don't worry, sir. With the hundreds of thousands of hungry people we gathered outside the city, there are now nearly two million people in Ganyang City, and there is also sufficient food.

As long as we can further mobilize the people inside the city to help defend the city, even if we have to sacrifice our lives to fight the Huns, we can defeat all the Huns outside the city."

"Mr. Xia, if that's the case, why did those generals flee?"

"Well... I think those generals fled Ganyang City simply to preserve their strength and not to waste their wealth defending the city."

Just as Xia Ruyou was complaining about the six generals, in a room in the Ganyang Protectorate, the vanguard commander Meng Bingrong smiled wryly and asked the rearguard commander Liu Yin, "Brother Liu, don't you think that what we're doing is a little inappropriate?"

Liu Yin sighed and said, "Brother Meng, given the current situation, do you think we can defend Ganyang City with those six or seven thousand more family soldiers?"

Meng Bingrong shook his head and said, "Now, there are only about 10,000 vanguards and defenders left who can still go into battle.

Although the state government recruited a large number of young and strong people from the people and gang members, most of them were useless.

The most important thing is that there are at least 250,000 Hun troops outside the city, or possibly even more.

Furthermore, the Xiongnu army can continue to reinforce if necessary, but Ganyang City will not receive any reinforcements, so the city's fall is only a matter of time."

Liu Yin then said: "Even if six or seven thousand family soldiers stayed behind, at most it would delay the capture of Ganyang City by two days.

Now, let those six or seven thousand family soldiers protect the tens of thousands of people from our six families and leave. This can at least ensure that our six families can continue to be passed down.

We have six families that have devoted their lives to the country, and that should be enough. If that's not enough, we still have you and me!"

Hearing this, Meng Bingrong couldn't help but burst into laughter. "It won't be that easy for the Xiongnu Tartars to get my head."

Liu Yin shrugged and said, "It's a pity that I don't have the martial arts skills of Brother Meng, but even if I, Liu Yin, die, I will definitely take a few Xiongnu Tartars with me to accompany me on my journey to the underworld."