The tent was silent, and the atmosphere was so solemn that it made people breathless.

Li Meng, Fan Chou and others sat in the tent, lowering their heads, and no one dared to speak. Within a few days, the situation suddenly changed. Li Meng and Fan Chou hesitated to act and missed the big fighter attacking Sun Ce. They watched Sun Ce seize Xi County. After entering Xi County, Sun Ce quickly advanced westward. Wang Fang fled without fighting. Wu Pass was controlled by Sun Ce again. Their retreat was cut off and they had become alone.

"Comeone came and pushed Wang Fang out to behead him and showed him to the public, and he would use Ming military law."

Xu Rong shouted softly, like an angry tiger. Although the sound was not loud, the momentum contained was frightening and he couldn't help but tremble. Wang Fang suddenly became soft and collapsed on the ground. He couldn't say a complete word, but just kowtowed repeatedly.

The two personal guards rushed over, took Wang Fang and walked out. Wang Fang's legs were weak and he couldn't stand steadily, so he could only drag him on the ground. He was crying and looked at Li Meng and others helplessly, his lips trembling and crying.

"Yuan Qi, save me-"

Li Meng gritted his teeth and turned pale. He and Wang Fang were friends, but Xu Rong was furious at this moment, and he did not dare to speak easily. The reason why Wang Fang was defeated was closely related to their failure to attack Sun Ce. If they had not delayed the fighter plane at that time and had successfully launched the attack, there would have been no such thing as they did now.

"Wine!" A loud shout outside the tent. Someone brought the wine and asked Wang Fang to drink a bowl of dead wine. Wang Fang held the wine bowl and his hands were shaking. But he couldn't give it to him, but he spilled half of it. The executioner looked at him coldly with a sarcastic look. These people from Xiliang were usually arrogant and didn't even take Xu Rong seriously, but now they are timid when they die.

"Hurry up! If you don't drink it, it will all spill." A guard shouted sternly, slowly pulling out the long knife, scraping the blade with the scabbard and swallowing it, making a harsh friction sound. Wang Fang made a furious sound, suddenly woke up, threw the wine bowl, turned around and rushed into the big tent, rolled and crawled into Xu Rong, and tightly grasped the desk in front of Xu Rong.

"General, General, this responsibility is not on me." Wang Fang said anxiously: "How did I know that Sun Ce will enter Wuguan Road? Why... why haven't you taken Xixian for so long? Why, why?"

Xu Rong snorted, sneered, and glanced at the faces of the generals in the account.

Li Meng and others were blushed and ashamed. They did not dare to look at Xu Rong, nor did they dare to look at Wang Fang. Only Zhang Liao was very calm, as calm as a pool of stagnant water. It was not until this moment that he understood Xu Rong's intention. If he had not made such a big mistake, let alone killing Wang Fang, even if he scolded Wang Fang, these Xiliang people would not give up. At this moment, they were in a desperate situation, and they felt the threat of death and would never dare to be arrogant again.

Xu Rong sneered: "Wang Fang, I kill you not because you are not Sun Ce's opponent, but because you left without fighting and failed to buy time for us to retake Xixian County. If Wuguandao is lost, you should understand the consequences. Don't say that you are alone, even if we all can't bear it. The consequences are so serious, how can you convince the public if you don't kill you?"

"General, since that's the case, I'll ask the general to give me a chance." Wang Fang was anxious, his face turned red and white, his lips kept trembling, and white saliva piled on the corner of his mouth. "Please let me make me guilty and join the Death Warrior. I would rather die on the battlefield than die so unclear."

Xu Rong pondered silently, his expression a little loose.

Seeing this, Li Meng quickly stood up and saluted. "Please give Wang Fang a chance. I, Li Meng, would like to guarantee Wang Fang with my wealth and life." While saying that, he winked at Fan Chou and others, indicating that they all come to plead for Wang Fang. Fan Chou and others had no choice but to stand up one after another and beg Xu Rong to get his favor.

Xu Rong's face turned cold. "Don't you know the situation? It's time to do this, and you still regard the military orders as if nothing were there? If you were willing to obey my orders, why would you be today? Now that Wuguan Dao is cut off, we have become an isolated army, food and grass are cut off, and the entire army is just around the corner. At that time, not only will Wang Fang die, but all of us will die soon, and none of us will escape." He leaned back and sighed: "It's ridiculous to think about it. A year ago, we defeated Sun Jian, but a year later, we were forced to desperate by Sun Jian's son."

Li Meng suddenly had a light of inspiration and immediately said loudly: "The general said very much. We once defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian under the command of the general, and were invincible. How could Sun Ce be the general's opponent? We were proud and underestimated the enemy before and failed the general. Now we understand and would like to listen to the general's command. Please ask the general to give me another chance to lead us to defeat Sun Ce and kill his head."

Fan Chou and others also reacted. At this moment, if they don’t listen to Xu Rong’s orders, everyone will be dead, and it is definitely not Wang Fang’s own business.

"I wish to obey the general's command."

Xu Rong's thick eyebrows slightly raised, and slowly calmed down. "Since you said that, I will give it a try. First of all, I want to reiterate the military order. From now on, those who violate our military order will be killed and will not forgive me."

"Here!"

"The person who came, pulled Wang Fang out and took twenty sticks to him. He was relieved of his military post and served in front of the tent."

Wang Fang was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth, and did not need to pull the guards to take the initiative to walk out of the tent and be punished. Listening to the military sticks hit Wang Fang, Li Meng and others' cheeks twitched, but no one dared to say anything. After the execution, Wang Fang was already unconscious. Xu Rong immediately ordered Wang Fang's subordinates to be organized into the central army and he personally commanded them. From now on, the entire army will attack Nanxiang and Shunyang, and the date will be defeated. Those who violate the order will be beheaded and displayed for public purposes.

The generals agreed.

Two days later, Xu Rong captured Nanxiang and slaughtered the city. Five days later, he defeated Shunyang and slaughtered the city.

After successive attacks, the Xiliang army seized a large amount of food and money, temporarily resolving the supply crisis. The bloody killing also aroused their morale. Under the command of Xu Rong, they rushed to the champion, Rangcheng, and wherever they went. At the same time, Xu Rong issued an edict to the nearby counties, and ordered those who surrendered were exempted from death, and those who resisted were regarded as rebels and the three tribes of the Yi tribe.

A few days later, Xu Rong surrounded the champion and sent cavalry to Rangcheng, plundered the Anzhong area, and forced the civilians to force them to conquer them.

For a time, the people of Nanyang were panicked. The people of Rangcheng were worried about being massacred by the Western Liang army, and they fled with their families. Some fled to the county town or powerful manors nearby, some fled to Wancheng north, and some simply fled to Xiangyang south.

Faced with the cruel Xiliang army, the powerful family who had been indifferent felt the threat of death. While strengthening the defense of the manor, they sent people to Wancheng for help. Rang County, the champion closest to Licheng, sent envoys to Licheng directly to Licheng, begging Sun Ce to send troops to support. As early as when Duan Wei attacked the two counties, they received news that the general named Duan Xiliang was defeated by Sun Ce in Licheng not long ago and was defeated.

Sun Ce rushed back from Wuguan and was waiting for Xu Rong to attack in Xixian County. Unexpectedly, what he waited for was the envoys seeking help from each county. After hearing the envoys crying, Sun Ce suddenly felt his scalp numb.
Chapter completed!