 Distrust between the two leaders developed and a breakdown of negotiations ensued, each side demanding that their opponent's hostages be released first.After the agreed time limit for the Saracens to handover the cross had expired, Richard, increasingly under the impression that Saladin was stalling, decided to have his hostages publicly executed.On 16 August Richard ordered that all the prisoners from Acre should be taken to a small hill called Ayyadieh.