Looking at the dozen or so heads of the Imperial Guards hanging on the city wall, Xu Rong was filled with rage.
Xu Rong's eyes flashed coldly as he looked at the guards on the city wall, then he shouted loudly:
"I am Xu Rong, the vanguard general of the Han Dynasty. Who is in charge on the city wall? Dare to answer?"
“I am the Left Prime Minister of Goguryeo. What brings you here?” the Left Prime Minister replied loudly.
"You barbarians, you disobey the king's rule and defy my imperial authority. How dare you disobey His Majesty's edict and kill my soldiers! I have come here by order of the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty to punish you. Do you cowards dare to come out of the city for a decisive battle?"
Having said that, Xu Rong drew his long sword from his waist and pointed it at the Left Prime Minister, a gesture that was highly provocative.
"Hmph, what's there to be afraid of? Today I'll show you the might of the Goguryeo warriors."
Seeing Xu Rong's rudeness, calling him both a barbarian and a rat, the Left Prime Minister was so angry that his face turned red.
"I'd like to learn from you."
Seeing that the other side accepted the challenge, Xu Rong couldn't help but sneer, then spurred his horse back to his formation and began to deploy his troops.
The defending general immediately said, "Left Prime Minister, the Han army is ignorant of its own limitations. We should take this opportunity to defeat them in one fell swoop."
The Left Chancellor nodded: "Very well, I hereby order you to lead 80,000 cavalry and infantry out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Han army."
"yes!!"
The defending general responded loudly, and then confidently walked down the city wall to begin mustering troops and preparing for battle.
Before long, the south gate of Sifang City opened wide, and Goguryeo soldiers marched out in formation and began to line up.
Xu Rong arranged the five thousand archers of the Yuyang auxiliary camp into a three-row, three-horizontal arrow formation.
Behind the arrow formation was a five-pronged spear formation consisting of the remaining five thousand infantrymen and five thousand reserve soldiers of the Imperial Guard.
In the army formation, each soldier was also left with a gap of one person's width between them to allow archers to retreat.
Gongsun Du's Black Vanguard Battalion was positioned on the right flank, Ma Teng's Blazing Fire Battalion on the left flank, while the 10,000 Northern Army soldiers and Gongsun Zan's White Horse Battalion were positioned at the rear of the army formation, ready to provide support and reap the rewards at any time.
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