Zong Cheng came forward, first gathered the people of Nieyang and Anzhong in Nieyang City, and then centralized the management of grain and implemented wartime quotas. In the case that the outside of the city had been looted by Duan Xuan and Xu Rong successively, Sun Ce still collected half a year's worth of military rations, and there was no need to bother to transfer it from Wancheng. A large number of strong men were conscripted into the army as a logistics unit to assist Sun Ce in transporting grain and defending the city.

Then, Zong Cheng rushed to Xinye and Shuyang counties non-stop, telling them that Sun Ce had arrived in Nieyang and was about to fight Xu Rong in the near future, so that they should not give up, not give in to Xu Rong, guard the county manor, and wait for rescue.

At the same time, Sun Ce marched towards Anzhong and camped in the north of the old city.

After receiving the news, Xu Rong beat the drum and gathered the generals. Half an hour later, Li Meng and the others entered the tent and sat on both sides without saying a word.

As soon as he saw this posture, Xu Rong understood. Sun Ce's empty handkerchief had already achieved its effect, and even far exceeded his own expectations. Guan Nan was also imprisoned in Li Meng's camp, and there was not much difference between killing and not killing. The hostility of the Xiliang generals had already formed, but it was not triggered. For these Xiliang people, it is easier to solve any opinions and scold them in person, and this kind of hidden hostility is even more hurtful, and he doesn't even have a chance to explain.

Xu Rong felt bitter in his heart. He is now suffering from internal and external troubles. Sun Ce's handkerchief provoked the killing of the Xiliang generals, and it came too fast, and he didn't give him a chance to change his strategy at all, and the people who were frightened by the slaughter of the city regarded Sun Ce as a savior and fully supported Sun Ce. Even the two counties of Qicheng and Champion, which were unable to get in touch with Sun Ce for the time being, had confidence and resolutely refused to surrender.

If he wants to break the game, he has no other way but to defeat Sun Ce, and the sooner the better. Sun Ce won the hearts of the people and had sufficient supplies, but he was a butcher that everyone shouted to kill, no one sent him food, and even if he robbed it, he didn't dare to be as unscrupulous as before.

The decisive battle is the only option. This is not only his only choice, but also Sun Ce's only choice. There are two days left before the New Year, spring ploughing is imminent, and it is not easy for Sun Ce to occupy Nanyang if he misses the agricultural time.

After the generals sat down, Xu Rong coughed and motioned to Zhang Liao to lift the cloth hanging on the map, ready to explain the situation and arrange the troops. In the past, he didn't need to do this at all, who was in which position, what task, he said. Now that the situation is unfavorable, he must be honest and do everything clearly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Sun Ce has arrived in Anzhong, and he will come to the city soon, and the time is ripe for a decisive battle. By defeating Sun Ce, we will not only be able to occupy the city and the champion, but we will also be able to quickly occupy Wancheng and control the entire Nanyang. ”

"General, when are we going back to Chang'an?" Wang Fang suddenly interrupted Xu Rong and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "The soldiers have been on the expedition for too long, and this Nanyang is very cold, and many soldiers have frostbite and are homesick." ”

Seeing that Wang Fang was in trouble, Xu Rong breathed a sigh of relief. "Wang Fang, it is your responsibility to lose Wuguan Dao."

"That's right, it's my responsibility to lose Wuguan Dao, but if the general doesn't give up Xixian, will I suffer from the enemy on my back?"

Xu Rong turned to Wang Fang. "Li Meng, what do you think?"

Li Meng slowly stood up. "General, it is my responsibility to fail to conquer Xixian, but it was the general's arrangement to retreat to Danyang and wait for Sun Ce."

"Then Sun Ce seized Xi County, and I ordered the monarchs to attack, what did the monarchs do?" Xu Rong's face became stern. "From drumming to sortie, how much time did you lose? If you can order the ban and attack quickly, can Sun Ce enter the county? Li Meng, tell me, when you chased Sun Ce, did he just enter Xi County? ”

Li was speechless.

Wang Fang is still holding his neck and is unscrupulous. "Dare to ask the general, why didn't you attack Wuguan in the first place, but chose to break into Nanyang by a different way?"

"You should ask the Taishi about this." Xu Rong said word by word: "If you still have a chance to return to Chang'an alive." ”

Wang Fang jumped up suddenly, pulled the wound, and grinned in pain. This made him even more angry, and pointed at Xu Rong and shouted: "To be honest, you didn't want to go back to Chang'an from the beginning, right?" ”

Xu Rong smiled, leaned back, raised one eyebrow, and swept his contemptuous gaze over the faces of everyone in the tent. Li Meng lowered his head, not daring to look at Xu Rong, Duan Xuan was distracted and ignored Xu Rong's eyes. Wang Fang was a little short of breath, but he still stiffened his neck, glared at Xu Rong angrily, and refused to flinch.

"Do you suspect that I have some shady deal with Sun Ce?"

"Isn't it?"

"Sun Jian was defeated by me, and he almost gave his life to me, and I made a deal with Sun Ce? If it weren't for your suspicions, I would have taken his life. You yourself are incompetent, and you doubt me in turn, isn't it because I am from Youzhou, not from Liangzhou? Okay, I don't want to argue with you, a group of fierce generals who have been fighting for many years have been deceived by Sun Ce'er's handkerchief. I'm so ashamed of you. It's not that Sun Ce is smart, it's that you are too stupid. Which of you wants to take over the reins of the army? I'll let Xian see how you die at the hands of Sun Ce one by one. ”

Xu Rong scolded all the time, scolding the Xiliang soldiers dumbfounded. He waved his hand, motioned for Zhang Liao to take out the general's order, and took off the seal of General Pingnan on his waist and placed it on the table.

"Whoever wants, you're welcome. Duan Xuan, among these people, you are the most resourceful, come on. ”

Duan Xuan had been pretending to be stupid, and was suddenly pointed out by Xu Rong, and suddenly panicked and shook his hand again and again. "General, I didn't mean that."

Xu Rong looked at Li Meng again. "You're coming?"

Li Meng wanted to speak and stopped, his face turned red, and he shook his head again and again. Xu Rong looked at it one by one, and everyone didn't dare to take it. It's a good thing to be General Pingnan, but they all know that you are not in harmony, and no one is capable enough to lead the whole army. Without Xu Rong, they don't need Sun Ce to fight, they can fight by themselves. Moreover, the current situation is grim, the back road is cut off, in case of defeat, it is impossible to even return to Chang'an, there is only a dead end.

Zhang Liao stood aside, looking at the Xiliang generals who were still murderous just now, and in the blink of an eye, no one dared to respond, and secretly sighed. These brainless Xiliang people, as General Xu said, are just a plate of loose sand, not worth mentioning. It was really not easy for General Xu to defeat Sun Ce by relying on these people.

Xu Rong snorted, pulled out the long knife at his waist, and slapped the sheath on the case. There was a muffled sound, which frightened Li Meng and the others.

"Guys, if I order you all to be pushed out and beheaded now, will you be able to escape?"

The faces of Li Meng and the others changed greatly, and some people were so frightened that they sweated out. Xu Rong does not have any descendants, but now Zhang Liao and the more than 1,000 cavalry led by him are Xu Rong's personal guard horses, Zhang Liao's martial arts are good for all to see, and they may not be Zhang Liao's opponents together. Xu Rong really wants to have bad intentions, and none of them will survive.

"Alright, I'm going to deploy the war now and fight a decisive battle with Sun Ce. Those who want to hear will stay, and those who don't want to hear will go out, and leave with their men, to fend for themselves, and never to see each other again. ”

Li Meng and the others looked at each other, their heads hung down, and they didn't even dare to take a breath. Seeing this, Duan Xuan got up and said with a smile: "General, they are all rough people, don't be like them." Say, how can you defeat Sun Ce and cut off his head? I've been waiting for this day for a long time. ”