On the second day after Yong'an King Chen Su led his army to Ganyang Army, the governor Chen Fengshi sent the East Market Chief of Police Yuan Kui to invite Sun Hao to the provincial government office.
After meeting Sun Hao, Chen Fengshi said directly, "Sun Hao, Prince Yong'an has accepted the Xiongnu's declaration of war and will start a decisive battle with the Xiongnu the day after tomorrow.
I hope you can lead your 900-plus heavily armored cavalry to participate in this decisive battle. This will also be an opportunity for you to escape punishment."
Sun Hao was stunned when he heard this, "Since the governor asked me to take those 900-plus brothers to participate in the decisive battle with the Huns the day after tomorrow, then I must give him face.
I just don’t know what you mean by exoneration.”
At this time, Xia Ruyou, Chen Fengshi's aide, said, "Sun Longtou, I believe you have heard about the deeds of Prince Yong'an.
Do you think that with the hatred of evil by the King of Yong'an, he will turn a blind eye to gangs like yours that almost have absolute power in Ganyang City?
If nothing unexpected happens, once Prince Yong'an defeats the Xiongnu outside the city, the good days of the many gangs in Ganyang City will be over."
After a pause, Xia Ruyou continued, "The governor has always admired Sun Longtou. In addition, since we were able to resist the Xiongnu's siege this time, Sun Longtou has made great contributions.
The governor did not want to see Sun Longtou in a desperate situation, so he hoped that Sun Longtou could also make some contributions in the upcoming decisive battle with the Huns.
This way, the governor can speak well of Sun Longtou to Prince Yong'an, which will at least ensure the safety of Sun Longtou and your brothers, and perhaps even save Sun Longtou's shops in Ganyang City."
In fact, after Sun Hao learned about Prince Yong'an's situation from Luo Xuan, he had already made some arrangements, such as sending people overnight to secretly bury the gold, silver and treasures seized from Axier's house in another small house in Dongerfang.
Sun Hao even ordered everyone to pack their bags and prepare to take the core members of the Sanshui Society and hide away before the Huns retreated, so as to avoid the King of Yong'an as much as possible.
Hearing that the governor Chen Fengshi was willing to protect him, Sun Hao couldn't help but feel a little moved. "Thank you for your kindness, Governor. If I can escape this disaster, I will never forget your kindness."
After Sun Hao left, the governor, Chen Fengshi, sighed and asked Xia Ruyou, "Mr. Xia, is it time to go and apologize to Prince Yong'an?"
Xia Ruyou immediately said comfortingly: "Don't worry, sir. The revenue sharing of Ganyang City was agreed upon by the previous governors of Pizhou, various gangs, and the Ganyang Army.
Your Excellency just took office last year. How could he have changed decades-old rules in such a short period of time?
As far as I know, although Prince Yong'an hated corrupt officials, he was not unreasonable.
Moreover, at this time, if you can support Prince Yong'an with over 900 heavily armored cavalrymen, all equipped with Anlum horses, Prince Yong'an will certainly not make things difficult for you."
On the morning of August 24, Sun Hao, as the captain of the Ganyang Army, led all the Yanyun Cavalry, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Black Armor Cavalry, Beiwei Cavalry and the Four Cavalry Groups.
There were also 138 Red Tiger Soldiers, 66 Black Tiger Soldiers, 180 White Tiger Soldiers, 200 Wei Wu Soldiers, 200 Qin Rui Shi and 115 Mo Dao Soldiers who arrived at the Liang army camp outside the city.
When Luo Xuan learned that Sun Hao was going to lead several heavy cavalry units under his command to participate in a decisive battle with the Huns, she suggested that Sun Hao bring several heavy infantry units as well to show his sincerity to King Yong'an.
So, except for leaving 123 Wei Wuzu and 138 Qin Ruishi in the city, Sun Hao had already taken all the elite armored soldiers under his command out of the city.
In addition, Sun Hao also brought two "level 100" generals, Xiong Kuohai and Pei Yuanqing, as well as ten "level 90" generals, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Yu Juluo, Han Qinhu, Shi Wansui, and He Ruobi.
When Lu Biao learned that Sun Hao was going to participate in the decisive battle with the Huns, he volunteered to lead the 181 surviving Liang gladiators and follow Sun Hao and his men out of the city.
In this way, Sun Hao brought more than 2,000 armored soldiers to prepare for the battle with the Huns tomorrow.
Arriving at the Liang army camp outside the city with Sun Hao were more than 1,300 cavalrymen from the Ganyang army's vanguard and more than 2,000 cavalrymen from the Ganyang army's rear guard.
And the 13,000 family soldiers gathered by the six generals of the Ganyang Army, including 5,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry.
The six generals also knew that Prince Yong'an Chen Su was very dissatisfied with them, so this time the six generals almost took out all their family assets to gather 13,000 family soldiers.
Sun Hao didn't expect that he would see his father Sun Zhe as soon as he led his troops into the Liang army camp.
After the father and son exchanged a few pleasantries, Sun Zhe said to Sun Hao with satisfaction, "You did the right thing by leading two thousand armored soldiers to participate in the battle this time.
Prince Yong'an is also very satisfied with your performance. Now follow me to see Prince Yong'an!"
Sun Hao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Father, will Prince Yong'an really take action against the gangs in Ganyang City?"
Sun Zhe suddenly lowered his voice and said, "I heard that Prince Yong'an has always planned to build a new town in the Imperial Guard, but due to the problem of military funds, the eighth town of the Imperial Guard has not been established yet.
The gangs in Ganyang City, especially your seven major gangs, are all extremely wealthy. Do you think Prince Yong'an would miss such an opportunity?"
"Father, what will happen to my Sanshui?"
"Don't worry, because of your performance in defending the city, and the fact that you are leading two thousand elite soldiers to join the battle.
Prince Yong'an has already promised his father in front of the governor Chen Fengshi that he will let bygones be bygones regarding the Sanshui Association.
However, from now on, Sanshui Association can only operate its own business and is not allowed to collect fees from merchants.
Ganyang City's fees will be collected directly from merchants by the prefectural government and the Ganyang Army."
After Sun Hao met Yong'an King Chen Su, Yong'an King Chen Su only encouraged Sun Hao a few words, and then Sun Hao was taken away by Sun Zhe.
Next, Sun Zhe took Sun Hao directly to the camp of the Ganyang Army’s Left Guard, and the two thousand armored soldiers brought by Sun Hao were also placed next to the camp of the Ganyang Army’s Left Guard.
Then Sun Zhe told Sun Hao a shocking news, "Ahao, Prince Yong'an intends to appoint me as the Grand Commander of Huaide Protectorate. Your father hopes that you can come with me to Quan'an City."
Huaide Protectorate was one of the nineteen border protectorates set up by the Liang court. Quan'an City, where Huaide Protectorate was located, was the county seat of Suide County, Pizhou.
After the "Five Kings Rebellion", the Huaide Army under the Huaide Protectorate became the private army of the Wang family of Quan'an City, and the entire Suide County almost became the private kingdom of the Wang family of Quan'an City.
Sun Hao asked in shock, "Father, is Prince Yong'an going to attack the Wang family of Quan'an City?"
Sun Zhe smiled slightly, "Not only the Wang family of Quan'an City, but also the Li family of Binwu City in Yuzhou Zhenrong Protectorate.
Prince Yong'an was very disappointed with the performance of the Huaide and Zhenrong armies. He planned to completely resolve the issues of the Huaide and Zhenrong Protectorates after defeating the Xiongnu army.
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