Opening the Gates

On the third day, when the Wei army was still giving out porridge, this organization had grown to an unimaginable extent and was already out of control.

On the night of the third day, those commoners who were starving to death and those who wanted to resist voluntarily gathered into a team. They held long sticks and kitchen knives valiantly and came to the city wall in high spirits. They took advantage of the time when they were tired to kill everyone. Then, they opened the city gate and welcomed the Wei army in.

"My lords! We have opened the city gates, you can come in! We are willing to submit to Great Wei, do we still have porridge to eat?"

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The Deputy General walked into the main General's tent in surprise and said excitedly, "General, this move of yours is really brilliant! The citizens of Ling City had really opened the city gates! We took down Ling City without expending a single soldier!"