In contrast, the Goguryeo soldiers hiding on the hillside had neither tents nor blankets. Before the Han army arrived, they could still light fires to keep warm, but now that the Han army had arrived, they could not afford even a single spark, and they suffered greatly.
Faced with the howling wind, the Goguryeo man was already pale and his lips were blue from the cold.
Several Goguryeo soldiers huddled together, shivering, behind a boulder.
A soldier said in a trembling voice, "No... this won't do. If this continues, we'll all freeze to death."
"Then...then what...what should we do?" another soldier asked in a trembling voice.
"No...we should...we should go back to the camp."
"But if the king finds out, he will kill us."
"So what? I'd rather be hacked to death than freeze to death."
After saying that, a soldier picked up his weapon, trembling, and walked down the hillside.
Seeing this, the other soldiers hesitated for a moment and then followed.
Many Goguryeo soldiers, unable to sleep due to the cold, followed suit when they saw people coming down the mountain.
Li Xiao, who was sleeping covered with more than a dozen fur coats, was completely unaware that his soldiers had left without permission.
The cold night finally passed, and Li Xiao lifted his fur coat, shivering as he breathed in the morning air.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Looking at the empty surroundings, Li Xiao was momentarily stunned.
Li Xiao then went behind a boulder and found several leaders huddled together.
"I ask you, where are they? Where have they all gone?"
"A person? What...what person?"
A minor leader looked up, his lips trembling, and stared blankly at Li Xiao.
Seeing this, Li Xiao angrily shouted, "Where are your soldiers? Where have they all gone?"
Upon hearing this, the junior leader paused for a moment, then stood up and looked around.
"this......"
The little leader was stunned to see the place, which had been crowded with soldiers, now empty.
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