After daybreak, the homeless people woke up one after another, but feeling even hungrier, and they began to look for food, and their food was grass roots, fern roots, and tree bark everywhere, and they collected these things and cooked them in large pots, and each of them ate a bowl in a clay bowl.

But these were not full at all, but they had no choice, and the food they brought had long since been eaten, and now they had nothing else to eat but this.

The displaced people, who had eaten a mixture of grass roots, fern roots, and tree bark, began to count the corpses of the homeless people who had starved to death and died of disease last night under Jiang Hui's organization.

"Listen to me, it's been three days, we have to starve to death every day, thousands of people are going to die of hunger and illness every day, according to this afternoon, in another ten days, all of us will have to starve to death here, this group of Jianmen Pass guards who have lost their conscience actually watched us starve to death outside the pass and did not open the city gate to let us return to Shuzhong to find a way to live in southern Sichuan! Fathers, elders, folks, we have no way to live, if we want to live, we can't be afraid of death, there are only a few hundred guards in the Jianmen Pass, and we have seventy or eighty thousand people, even if we pile up corpses, we have to pile up a way to pass the test! Whether to starve to death here, or desperately fight for the hope of a way to live, you fathers and villagers choose for yourself! ”

Jiang Hui's voice spread above the heads of the homeless.

A Qianguo who was in charge of cooperating with him raised his hand and said loudly: "Brother Jiang, we listen to you, we will do what you say!" ”

Another Qianguo raised his hand and shouted: "Brother Jiang, the so-called snake can't be headless, you are bold and courageous, dare to act, we all believe in you, please take us out of a way to live!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, Jiang Wazi, you take the lead, we all listen to you, if anyone doesn't listen to you, the old man will beat his brains out of the water!" An old man of nearly fifty years old chimed in.

Then, people chimed in, raising their hands in loud support.

In just a cup of tea, the seventy or eighty thousand homeless people here gathered, and all of them raised their hands and shouted loudly to support Jiang Hui as the leader, and let him lead them to find a way to live.

Jiang Hui raised his hand and said loudly: "Okay, since the villagers trust me, I will take on this heavy responsibility, now please men over the age of sixteen and under forty to move, check all the shacks, tents and all the places in the camp, and carry the people who died of hunger and disease last night to the front of the pass, let's further force the guards and generals today to let them open the city gate and let us pass, if they are still indifferent, or don't care whether we live or die, let's fight with them, I heard that there is food in the Jianmen Pass, It can feed all of us here for a month, as long as we take the Jianmen Pass, we will have enough food to go to southern Sichuan! But some people may die, but what are we left of now? Instead of starving to death, it's better to fight! Hurry up, hurry up, Xiao Wu, Big Head, Lao Liu, Old Ghost, Tie Niu, a few of you will take people to collect the corpses and carry them to the front of the Sword Gate, hurry up! ”

Several of the people who were named immediately agreed, beckoning some young men to look for the corpse.

Tens of thousands of people acted at the same time, and the bodies of those who had died of starvation and disease last night were all found in the camp, and then carried one by one to the sword gate, and the bodies were laid out one by one.

The sword gate is closed, and the city is on the tower.

Pei Gui, the guard general who got the news, came to the battlements on the city tower, looked down, and saw that the corpses of the rows of displaced people under the city were placed side by side, and he just took a casual look and estimated that there were no less than three thousand people.

An adjutant general said: "General, this is already the third day of the corpse, counting the first two days, so far nearly 10,000 people have died of starvation and disease outside, if we don't open the city gate and let them return to Shuzhong, these people are afraid that all of them will starve to death here, all of them are fathers and villagers, villagers, how can we bear it?" ”

Joining the army also said: "Yes, general, they are all from Sichuan and Shu, it would be too ruthless for us to do this!" ”

The surrounding soldiers and officers also said: "General, open the city gate and let them return to Shuzhong, even if you want to die, it is much better to die in your hometown than to die in a foreign land, you see, so many people died in one night, so many lonely souls and wild ghosts can't go home, how miserable it is······"

"General, give the order to open the city gates!"

"Open it!"

Pei Gui turned his head to look at the deputy general, the army and other generals with a straight face, and said coldly: "Do you think that Ben General doesn't want to open the city gate?" These displaced people have been out of the pass for several days, and I am worried that there are cadres among them, if there are cadres hidden in it, once we open the city gate, it is not certain whether this Jianmen Pass can be kept, if the Jianmen Pass is broken by the cadres, we will all be able to die and apologize! ”

The adjutant general was originally sent to contain the defenders, and he himself stood on the opposite side of the guards, "The general is too timid to say this, and there is no news that our cadres have been mobilized on a large scale to attack us!" We all know what the general is worried about, but has the general thought that once these 70,000 or 80,000 homeless people all starve to death outside the pass, you will have to die as well! Do you think the hypocrites of the court will let you go? It was you who insisted on not opening the city gate to let these people all starve to death, you are the grass to see people's lives, starving so many people, someone has to come out to carry the black pot, and you are the best candidate! ”

Pei Gui suddenly fell into a dilemma when he heard this, the deputy general was indeed right, once these homeless people starved to death outside the gate, in order to give an explanation and explanation to the government and the opposition, the imperial court would definitely launch an unlucky ghost with a black cauldron, and he was the best candidate!

The sun is rising, the temperature is getting higher and higher, and those who are not in good health and sick can not stand it, and people keep falling down and can't get up again, and they don't know whether they are dead or alive.

"General, open the city gates, we are all still people, not animals, even animals will be sad to see their kind die like this, and pity will arise, are we not even as good as animals?" Joining the army cried and knelt down and begged.

The other generals also bowed down one after another: "General, order to open the city gate and let the fathers and elders return!" ”

Pei Gui saw this situation, if he didn't agree, he was afraid that his prestige would be greatly weakened, and he was afraid that he would not be able to control them in the future, and even if it was not good, he would mutiny.

Pei Gui was forced to be helpless, so he had to grit his teeth and wave his hand: "First send someone to take precautions, guard the important position, and then open the city gate!" Vice General Liu, you personally bring someone to arrange, if there is a problem, you are the only one who asks! ”

"Understood, don't worry, general!" Vice General Liu clenched his fists and agreed, turned around and left.

All the soldiers in the pass were organized by Vice General Liu, and they lined up a large number of rejecting horses in two columns, and the middle passage led from the south gate to the north gate, once the city gate was opened, the displaced people could only go out of the city through the passage set out by the rejecting horses!

Soon, a soldier ran up to the city tower and reported to Pei Gui: "General, Vice General Liu said that it has been arranged!" ”

After listening to this, Pei Gui turned around and walked to the inner wall battlement to look down, and saw two rows of rejecting horses forming a passage from the south gate to the north city gate, and there was a soldier standing every other zhang after the two rows of rejecting horses.

He was a little relieved, turned around and walked to the outside wall battlements and shouted to the city: "The people under the city have listened to me, I will be the guard of the Sword Gate Pei Gui, and now I will give you two moments to bury these corpses, and after two moments, I will order you to open the city gate and let you return to Shuzhong, and quickly carry the corpses away and bury them!" ”

The reaction from the city tower was still unexpected by Zhao Junsheng, he didn't expect this guard to agree to open the city gate so easily, but this is definitely a good thing for the cadres.

Jiang Hui's eyes looked at Zhao Junsheng, and Zhao Junsheng nodded quietly.

Jiang Hui immediately shouted loudly, beckoning the young people among the displaced people to carry the corpse and bury the corpse, the pit had already been dug and was waiting to be buried.

Two moments later, all the corpses were sold, and all the seventy or eighty thousand displaced people gathered under the Sword Gate, and most of them brought their families with them.

Pei Gui on the city tower went down to check the security measures in person just now, and the horses were firmly fixed and would not be easily pushed down, and when he returned to the city tower, exactly two moments had passed.

He came to the outside wall battlement again and looked down, and the dense crowd of human heads gathered under the city made his scalp a little numb, and he calmed down and shouted loudly: "Listen, the general will now order the city gate to be opened, and you must not be crowded, once there is crowding, the general will order the drawbridge to be put away and the city gate closed!" After entering the city, you can only go out of the city along the middle passage, if someone deliberately makes trouble, you will be killed immediately, no mercy! ”

"Come on, lower the drawbridge and open the gates!"

With Pei Gui's order, a creaking sound came out, and all the homeless people widened their eyes, the hope of survival came, and everyone rushed forward to pass through the Sword Gate Pass first.

At this time, Jiang Hui was at the front, behind him were a few secret agents who cooperated with him, and then there were the thousand dragon guards led by Zhao Junsheng and Li Bao disguised as homeless people.

As the creaking sound stopped, the drawbridge was completely lowered, the city gate was completely opened, and two teams of Liu Songjun ran out of the city gate cave in a row and stood guard outside the city gate to maintain order and prevent riots.

Zhao Junsheng took a look and found that the Sword Gate guard was still very cautious and sober-minded, and he had not lost his inch.

Jiang Hui immediately turned his head and shouted: "Folks, go home and go!" After speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the city gate.

Zhao Junsheng and Li Bao immediately followed with the disguised soldiers of the Dragon Guard, Zhao Junsheng pulled Li Bao over and commanded in a low voice: "Leave a tooth behind, cut the rope of the drawbridge once the fight starts later, kill all the Liu Song soldiers standing guard outside, and seize the city gate!" ”

"Understood!" Li Bao agreed in a low voice, turned his head to look, and pulled a chief next to him to his side and whispered a command.

Jiang Hui, Zhao Junsheng and others quickly passed through the city gate hole, and saw a passage leading to the southern city in the middle of the two rows of rejected horses, and Liu Songbing stood guard behind the rejected horses.