Night fell, and the setting sun was as red as blood.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the city gate tower, making the entire city gate tower of Sword Gate Pass seem to be covered with a layer of golden light. On the city gate tower of the pass, there was a mournful atmosphere. The soldiers lowered their eyes and lowered their heads, looking listless.
Since yesterday, the soldiers in the army had been eating less. All the soldiers, even Crown Prince Li Chengqian, only had one meal, and it was all porridge. There was not even half a bowl of dry rice, let alone meat. Therefore, from yesterday to today, the soldiers had been starving for two days. After all, a bowl of porridge was gone in a few breaths of urine.
At this moment, outside Sword Gate Pass, the cooks of Xia Xia's soldiers appeared. One by one, Xia Xia's soldiers began to cook outside the pass, preparing for dinner. The aroma of meat and rice filled the air, and even the Tang soldiers in Sword Gate Pass could see it. Therefore, the hungry soldiers on the city gate tower were so hungry that their stomachs were growling.
They looked out of the city with longing in their eyes.
Because outside the pass, there was good food, meat, and rice. But on the city gate tower, they could only eat a little porridge. They could only watch but could not eat. Their stomachs were even more uncomfortable, and the morale of the soldiers was even more damaged.
After the aroma filled the air, countless people knew about it. They all knew that Xia Xia's army was cooking outside the city for dinner. The Tang soldiers were envious, but they could not eat. Instead, they felt even hungrier.
This news was quickly reported to the higher-ups.
After Lu Deming got the news, he went to the checkpoint building to check. When he saw Xia Xia's soldiers cooking outside the pass, his face became gloomier. Because Xia Xia's soldiers were cooking outside the Sword Gate Pass, but there was no food inside the pass.
The more he looked, the angrier he became!
Lu Deming sighed. There was nothing he could do about it.
There was no solution.
Lu Deming could only tell the soldiers under his command that the food was already on the way, and in a few days, the food supply would be replenished. However, the hunger of the soldiers was a problem that could not be solved at all. Therefore, Lu Deming could only comfort all the soldiers mentally.
This evening was undoubtedly a nightmare for the Tang soldiers stationed at Sword Gate Pass. That was because they could smell the aroma of meat and rice. Many people were so hungry that they felt uncomfortable. However, they could only grit their teeth and endure.
This situation lasted for a long time before it ended.
Many of the Tang soldiers in the Pass felt very uncomfortable because of this. The morale of the army, which was already declining, collapsed even more. Many soldiers could not bear it. Some people who were originally hesitating became even more determined to slip away. After all, there were already quite a few people who had already escaped.
When the night completely enveloped the entire Guannei camp, Wan Dadao had already led the soldiers to patrol the elongated camp to ensure that there would be no more deserters.
Inside the camp, in the northwest corner behind the camp.
It was a group of soldiers.
He had to prepare to leave.
Among these soldiers, the leader was called Cao Xiong. With a solemn expression, he looked at the others and said, "Brothers, let's go. Be careful, don't let Wan Dadao discover us."
Cao Xiong was the leader.
He led the others out of the tent where they lived and was ready to leave. In fact, when Cao Xiong left, others also left with him. Many people who walked out of the tent looked at each other when they saw each other leaving. Immediately, they avoided each other's eyes and quietly walked out of the camp as if nothing had happened.
This was a very mighty scene.
That was because there were no less than several hundred people densely packed together. In fact, there were close to a thousand people. Last night, more than a hundred people suddenly left. Many people regretted it in their hearts. If they had left, they would not have left only today. Therefore, countless people wanted to leave today. They had had enough of such days. Not only could they not defeat Xia Xia, but they were also suppressed everywhere. Even now, they could not even eat enough. Their stomachs had been growling with hunger. It was very uncomfortable.
Therefore, they left quickly.
At first, these people did not belong to any group. They each had their own team. But it did not take long for them to gather together. After all, there were too many people.
Wan Dadao had received the report and came with his men.
There were more than a hundred soldiers beside Wan Dadao.
Wan Dadao held a long spear, looked around at the thousands of soldiers who were about to leave, and scolded, "A bunch of cowards. You want to escape when you encounter a little bit of trouble. You want to be deserters? His Highness has already given the order that the food will be delivered soon. But now, you want to be deserters. Go back immediately, and I will pretend that I didn't see it. Otherwise, I will kill without mercy. "
The momentum of the group of soldiers who were about to escape was immediately suppressed. Many people showed fear in their eyes.
Some people were even more flustered.
Cao Xiong was also in the crowd. He was hiding and shouted, "Wan Dadao, if you want to stay and fight to the death, that's your business. But you can't drag us down with you! We can't win in the first place, and now we don't even have food. We haven't surrendered, and now we want to leave quietly. Is that wrong? "
As soon as he said that, the atmosphere was immediately broken.
Originally, many people's faces were filled with fear and anxiety. At this moment, there was a ferocious aura.
Every one of them had a sharp expression.
Every one of them looked unwilling.
Why did they have to stay and die?
It was obvious that they couldn't stop it.
"General Wan, let us leave. You force us to stay. Even if you can keep us, you can't keep our hearts. Our brothers have long lost the will to fight. Why bother? "
"General Wan, please be merciful."
"Wan Dadao, if you don't let them go, don't blame us for not caring about our past feelings and attacking you."
…
Everyone was talking at the same time.
One after another, they kept talking.
At the beginning, they hoped that Wan Dadao would be merciful, and even asked Wan Dadao to give them a way out. Later, they threatened and forced Wan Dadao to make a tough response.
In such a situation, Wan Dadao's face turned cold and his eyes were filled with killing intent. He said coldly, "You are really courting death, a group of wolf cubs. His Highness treated you well, but I didn't expect that you would betray His Highness. You deserve to be killed. "
"Come on, kill them for me!"
Wan Dadao gave the order directly.
Following his order, Wan Dadao rushed out with a big spear. More than a hundred soldiers behind him immediately launched an attack. As soon as they rushed out, many people were subconsciously afraid. After all, a fight with real swords and spears was still scary.
Cao Xiong was in the crowd. His eyes flashed, and he directly shouted to charge. Then he shouted that Wan Dadao had fewer people and rushed out. With the noise, many people were eager to have a try, and at this moment, they rushed out.
Cao Xiong was even in the front.
His eyes were sharp.
He was going straight for Wan Dadao.
He knew very well that they had to escape, especially to facilitate the formation of a rout. If Wan Dadao was killed and thousands of people escaped, it would cause a great turmoil. This was like a dike of a thousand miles being destroyed by an ant's nest.
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