Xu Rong set up a dead formation.

Anzhong is in the west of Nirishhui, facing Tuo River to the south. Rangcheng is in the south of Tuo River. If you fight in Rangcheng, you can only fight in the south of Rangcheng, or directly force the city of Nirishhui to force Sun Ce to fight to the decisive battle. However, in any case, setting up a formation in the north of Turbulent Water and setting up a formation in the west of Nirishhui is equivalent to cutting off the right wing and retreating, which is by no means a reasonable choice.

But Xu Rong said something, and the generals of Xiliang agreed deeply, and had almost no hesitation, and immediately agreed.

Xu Rong said, if you don’t trust me, the morale of the army will inevitably be shaken. I stand in the central army, with Nirish water on the right and turbulent water on the back and forth. There are cavalry cruising back and forth. There is no need to have more than a thousand cavalry to control it tightly. As long as you have one stationed on the left, you can block my way. Apart from striving forward, I have no way to go. Only in this way can you rest assured, concentrate your troops, fight without distraction, and defeat Sun Ce.

Put yourself to death and then live. I will put myself to death first, should you rest assured, right?

What Li Meng and others were most worried about was that Xu Rong betrayed them. He heard that Xu Rong put him to death first, and Xu Rong died first. Of course, they were willing to agree.

Xu Rong's actions also have another advantage. The right wing and rear wing are all rivers. As long as some cavalry are arranged to cruise back and forth on the other side, there is basically no need to consider the issue of being attacked by Sun Ce. It can save troops to deploy formations and concentrate them on the left wing and front wing. They now have a total of more than 20,000 people, more than 5,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry. In infantry formations, cavalry will be on standby and have more abundant troops.

Sun Ce had the support of the powerful tyrants in various counties, and his troops increased rapidly, reaching nearly 30,000. If he did not set up a formation from the river, he had to use cavalry as the flank, wasting the cavalry's speed advantage and becoming a battle to consume. As for the current situation, what they could not bear the most was the battle to consume.

After the task was assigned, the generals made their own preparations. Zhang Liao stayed and raised questions about Xu Rong's arrangements.

"General, why do you do this?"

"What else can I do?" Xu Rong smiled bitterly: "Wenyuan, both public and private, can only win but not defeat this battle. Sun Jian is brave and Sun Ce is cunning. The father and son each have strong troops. Once they occupy Nanyang, Jingzhou, and Yuzhou are not owned by the imperial court. Yangzhou and Jiaozhou will also become the backyard of the Sun family, and the world will be divided into three parts. For private, I cooked Li Min, slaughtered Nanxiang and Shunyang, and had a serious sin. Even if others can forgive me, I cannot forgive myself. The day of defeat is the time when my life is over. I can only defeat Sun Ce, recover Nanyang, and do my last little effort for the imperial court, which may reduce some of my sins."

Zhang Liao remained silent. He could feel how much pressure Xu Rong felt. Li Min had no choice but to Tu Nan Township and Shunyang were also forced to use the massacre to stimulate morale, and to use the massacre to intimidate the people of Nanyang and reduce resistance. He originally planned to change his tactics after the forced landing, focusing on comforting, but now that Sun Ce arrived, the people of Nanyang fell to Sun Ce, and he had no chance.

This infamous reputation will last his life, and even go to the grave, carved on the tombstone, and written into history.

"Wenyuan, you can lead your troops to Xinye. Look at Xiangyang, don't ask Sun Fu to support Sun Ce. The Cai family supplies Sun Ce's arms and there are ships. I don't want any ship to suddenly appear behind me."

"General, send someone else, I'll stay with the general."

"You stay by my side? Ha, the fewer people around me, the more they feel at ease, the more they feel at ease, the greater the possibility of us winning." Xu Rong raised his hand and signaled Zhang Liao not to persevere. "If you are defeated and you are in the south of the turbulent water, I will at least have a chance to cross the river."

Zhang Liao bowed to accept the order.

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Chaoyang rose eastward, and the two armies faced each other. Under the command of the war drum, soldiers from both sides entered the battlefield one after another.

At this time, all conspiracies and tricks are useless, and all that remains is a contest of strength.

Anzhong County is still there, but the county town has long disappeared, leaving only a remnant city. Nirish water passes around the east side, eroding the river, and half of the city wall collapses. There are still some old houses in the city, some people live in and land has been reclaimed, but now it is winter, there is no crops, and the war is imminent, the owner flees with his family, without even a ghost. The original rammed earth wall has collapsed after more than a hundred years of wind and rain, and has mostly collapsed and turned into several large mounds of soil.

Sun Ce climbed a pile of earth and used it as the command platform of the central army. Outside the flag, he raised a pure white banner, with only two words on the flag: Revenge! The word was written in blood, dried up, red with black, and deep hatred. Every soldier looking at this flag gritted his teeth and looked like a wolf.

Xu Rong stood up with the back of the water, causing all the surprises. For anyone with a little military knowledge, this is a taboo in using troops. But Sun Ce quickly understood Xu Rong's difficulties. It should be that the handkerchief brought by Guan Nan would take effect.

What is on the handkerchief? There is nothing except the Zhuque logo that indicates his identity. Guan Nan is not a good person at lying. He cannot play a complicated counter-espionage plan, but the suspicion between the generals of Xiliang and Xu Rong cannot be compensated. Xu Rong's behavior of giving up Wuguan Dao and capturing Rangcheng was too abnormal. Combining the two, he wanted to explain clearly is definitely not an easy thing.

If someone is forced to force himself, he will swear. If Xu Rong is forced to force himself, he will only be able to stand in a place of death and live to death. Only in this way can he eliminate the suspicion of the soldiers of Xiliang, make a desperate bet, and fight for life and death.

People's hearts are separated from their belly, and the more they guess, the more suspicious they guess. Sun Ce wanted them to guess, the greater the possibility they were. The reason why he endured the powerful people in Wancheng to this day was that he did not want to have conflicts before the foreign enemies were eliminated. Although they might not regard him as the lord of Nanyang, their goals were consistent in expelling Xu Rong and avoiding being slaughtered by the Xiliang soldiers. Even if there were any differences, they would not turn into violent conflicts before the danger was eliminated.

So now Xu Rong is going to work hard, but he is very comfortable and has sufficient support. But he doesn't plan to let Xu Rong go. How could he waste it after planning a plan of disagreement for so long? No matter whether there are suspicions between Xu Rong and the generals of Xiliang, no matter how big the suspicion is, based on the principle of having a date or not, he prepared a little surprise for Xu Rong.

But the trouble is not small. Sun Ce squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the opponent's gradually forming battle formation. It was too far apart, and he couldn't see who the generals were in each position, but he could distinguish between infantry and cavalry. There were only a few Western Liang cavalry in front of him, no more than two thousand cavalry at most. According to the experience obtained from several battles, Xu Rong hid at least two thousand cavalry or even more.

Where are these cavalrymen? What are Xu Rong going to use them for?

Sun Ce was alert and called Qin Mu to send all the cavalry out to guard and find out the location of the Xiliang cavalry as much as possible. Several seizures, plus Qin Mu's original war horses, the personal guards are now nearly a thousand, and fighting with the Xiliang cavalry is not enough, but it is more than enough to be a scout. Wearing a fine armor and a three-stone crossbow, even if they encounter Xiliang scouts of a similar scale, they will have the power to fight.

Qin Mu took the order and left.
Chapter completed!