Water Pass.
Xu Rong walked over from afar with food in his hands. He felt that Li Ru, who was standing beside the battlements, had become much thinner.
As they walked closer, they could sense that Li Ru was haggard and his face was oily. He no longer had the usual strategist aura.
Li Ru did not close his eyes for a moment, but he did not feel sleepy at all.
He felt a little irritated and uneasy.
He had guessed that Cao Jun was using Xu Rong, but he could not imagine how Cao Jun would use Xu Rong.
In early spring, the days were short and the nights were long. There was still two hours before dawn.
Logically speaking, Cao Cao should have attacked at night.
However, it had not arrived yet.
Could it be that he was thinking too much? Did Cao Cao not have any resourceful people?
No, it was impossible.
Li Ru's thoughts were in a mess.
He knew that with the current military strength, Mushui Pass could not hold on for more than a few days.
But he would never give up.
If they guarded, they would have a chance, but if they abandoned the trial, they would have no chance at all.
Li Ru had analyzed that the suanzao dukes were suspicious of each other and had their own interests, so they would not easily mobilize troops.
However, if Mushui Pass was breached, the suanzao dukes would come in a few days.
It would be fine if the wild jujube princes didn't move, but once they did, the Luo Yang Eight Gates wouldn't last more than half a month.
In case of any mishaps, he had already sent a messenger to Luoyang to persuade Dong Zhuo to escort the Emperor to Chang 'an and set off on a certain date.
If anyone dared to remonstrate that they could not move the capital, they would be directly beheaded, even if it was Yuan Kui.
As long as the emperor was in their hands, the Western Liang Army would have a chance to make a comeback.
"He's here!" Xu Rong suddenly shouted.
Countless torches appeared on the distant horizon.
Li Ru's spirit was also lifted.
However, as the group of people got closer and closer, Li Ru realized that things were a little out of his expectations.
Under the illumination of the fire, these people were not wearing the armor of the Western Liang army.
What was going on?
Li Ru started to be dumbfounded, and his thoughts became chaotic.
According to his assumption, if the Cao army wanted to attack the pass, they would drive the captives away and disguise themselves as the Xi Liang army.
But now, it was the complete opposite.
In the crowd below the city, not a single Western Liang armor appeared.
Soon, this group of people slowly moved to the sheep and horse wall.
Li Ru saw it even more clearly.
Not only were these people not wearing Western Liang armor, they did not even have weapons.
What was going on?
If he was one of them, why was he wearing the Cao Army uniform?
If they weren't on the same side, why didn't anyone bring a weapon?
"Release the arrows! Don't let them go any further!”
Li Ru didn't have time to think.
The group of people had already moved away the antlers and started to climb over the wall of sheep and horses.
Xu Rong did not even think about it. When he heard Li Ru's order, he immediately ordered people to shoot down the city tower.
As a result, more than a hundred corpses fell in front of the captives with unwillingness and doubt.
The city was in an uproar.
"What are you doing!"
"General Xu, it's us!"
"Don't shoot arrows!"
The soldiers below the city were both shocked and angry. They did not understand why the people on the city would shoot arrows at them.
Xu Rong was a little confused at this moment. He heard it clearly now.
This group of people were wearing the Cao army's armor, and they said they were on the same side?
He wanted to ask Li Ru what to do.
However, he soon saw some people's faces with the help of the fire.
"Military Advisor, the people under the city are really on our side!”Xu Rong looked at Li Ru in confusion." Many of them are my troops!”
Li Ru stroked his beard and was silent for a moment." Call those who can manage things to the front."”
"Commander, step forward!" Xu Rong roared.
Of course, none of the generals stood out. They were all detained by Chen Xuan.
"General Qu, step forward!"
There was still no one.
"Uncle Du! Stand out!"
Still nothing.
It was only when the Decurion was called out that someone finally walked to the front of the formation.
Xu Rong was stunned.
Li Ru laughed at himself.
The Decurion was completely unable to organize the people below the city.
He had really lost his mind.
How could Cao Cao release those who had the ability to organize the captives?
The soldiers at the foot of the city once again climbed over the sheep and horse wall and rushed towards the city wall.
Because their armor was too thin, almost everyone was shivering.
"Release the arrows!”Li Ru ordered Xu Rong again.
However, Xu Rong hesitated this time.
He was thinking of a way.
Or rather, he had already thought of a way when Li Ru said that Cao Cao might have snuck into the captives.
"Release the arrows!" Li Ru roared.
However, he was not the commander of the army. If Xu Rong did not give the order, no one would listen to him.
Li Ru was disappointed that he did not live up to his expectations. He angrily snatched the bow and arrow from an archer's hand and shot an arrow at the city wall.
"Open the door!"
"Open the door!"
"Why did you shoot arrows at us!"
"We're freezing to death, open the door!”
"Protectorate General Xu, some of our brothers have already frozen to death. If we don't open the door now, we'll all freeze to death here!”
The Western Liang army was in a hubbub outside the city.
They didn't understand why the Cao army had let them go.
It was said that the Cao army did not have enough rations and could not feed so many captives.
As for the armor, it was obvious that it was because the armor of the Western Liang Army was of better quality.
Therefore, the Cao army stripped them of their clothes and armor.
However, they were afraid that they would freeze to death on the way back, so they all changed into Cao's military armor.
Right, before they left, Cao Jun gave them a delicious meal of corn rice.
They didn't know how long it had been since they had eaten so much.
Cao Cao was really a good person.
Especially compared to Xu Rong and Li Ru, who were not only shooting at them but also not opening the door to let them in.
"What should we do, Military Advisor?
"Are we just going to let them freeze to death down there?
"There are quite a number of people below who are my people.”
Xu Rong looked at the soldiers below the city and was extremely anxious.
He had already seen many of his troops.
"I can't let it go!" Li Ru's face was as dark as water." How can you be sure that these people haven't been instigated to defect?!”
"They don't even have weapons in their hands.!”
Xu Rong grunted." I know my people best!”
"They won't rebel against me!
"You can ignore the others, but not my people!”
"Didn't you say that you would never let anyone into the city?”Li Ru scowled angrily.
"I only promised not to open the city gates. There's no reason for me to let my own people freeze to death below!”
Xu Rong retorted.
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