Chapter 179: Dumbfounded Cao Ren(1/2)
Cao Ren did lead the army personally.
However, he was very cautious.
Especially after catching the other two scouts, he became more cautious.
"Why haven't you come back yet?"
At the same time, he also sent a scout, but he couldn't wait for his own scout, and said irritably: "Go a few more people to investigate before going to Kunyang!"
"yes!"
The messenger quickly conveyed his orders.
Soon, a few more scouts set out on the way.
"Report!"
I don’t know how long it took, just when Cao Ren subconsciously felt that Kunyang had fallen and he had to retreat, a scout finally came back.
"Say!" Cao Ren was overjoyed and instantly turned over and dismounted.
The scout was startled by Cao Ren's reaction and quickly replied: "There is silence in front of Kunyang City, but there seems to be a lot of voices in the city."
"Has Kunyang lost?"
When Cao Ren heard the news, he became dazed.
Because once this news is true, it means that Lin Chen has gained a firm foothold in the north of the Lishui River.
He wants to take advantage of it, so he can't even think about it.
In the siege, the opponent was still close to 20,000 people, and they attacked a strong city like Kunyang. Just think about it and know how terrible it is...
"Come, come back..."
However, just as Cao Ren was about to order a reversal, the second group of scouts sent out came back.
"Report!"
"Is Kunyang already falling?"
Cao Ren turned his head with an unhappy look, waved his whip, and said, "I have known all this news, so there is no need to say more."
"ah?"
The scout said with a strange look on his face: "Han Kunyang falls? But I clearly saw a large army stationed in Kunyang before, and there was a fire in the city..."
"What?!"
Cao Ren's expression changed drastically, and then he said with a bad expression: "Are you sure about this news?"
"If the general doesn't believe it..."
The scout was frightened and stuttered: "I don't know about this, and someone will come back soon."
"There is such a big difference between the two news?" Cao Ren was confused and didn't know which news was true.
"Come on, let the scout who had sent the message before come to see me!"
After a while, he thought of a good way to confront each other, then turned his head and looked at the scout behind and smiled strangely: "If I know you are lying to me... be careful of the head on your neck!"
"It's unfair, how dare the villain deceive the general?" The next scout knelt on the ground with a thud.
This made Cao Ren even more confused.
Judging from this person's performance, he could not see any signs of pretending.
"General, you call me?"
At this moment, the scout who had heard the news came.
"Let me ask you, you said before that there were no soldiers in front of Kunyang, but you took it seriously?"
Cao Ren turned around and a ferocious look flashed across the corner of his mouth: "If you dare to deceive, be careful that your whole family will be in danger!"
"Ah? General, what's the point?" The previous scout was stunned.
You know, most of the people who can be scouts are good families.
Of course, this is not the most critical.
The most important thing is that almost all of these people's families are behind the army.
In other words, as long as they dare to convey false news, the commander will send a command back, and their whole family will be killed.
In fact, it was not just Cao Cao who did this, but Liu Bei did this too.
The main reason is that once the scout sends back fake news, the consequences will be too serious.
"I'll ask you if it's true!" Cao Ren began to grit his teeth.
"Report to General, the villain must never deceive him. When I went there before, there was no one in front of Kunyang City, and there were some sounds in the city..."
This time, the scout reported to Cao Ren almost everything he saw and heard.
"Where are you?" Cao Ren looked at another scout.
"Since the villain set out, he has gone all the way..." The latter scout also reported the itinerary in detail.
Cao Ren was a little numb.
Although he could directly order the killing of these two people's family, the problem is... neither of them seemed to be lying.
"Report!"
At this moment, another scout sent out from the second group came back.
"Don't talk!"
After Cao Ren warned the two of them, he turned around and walked towards the scout who was running quickly and said, "Tell me, what have you seen?"
"There are large troops stationed outside Kunyang City..."
"There is a noise in the city..."
"It seems like the camp is about to explode..."
The scouts who came here expressed their views in words.
"Come on, call the scout chief Qu to me!"
Cao Ren was really unable to tell the truth of the news, so he could only call the young generals in the camp.
"General, are you calling me?" Qu Chang walked over with a confused look on his face.
"come over!"
Cao Ren waved to him, and after walking aside, he lowered his voice and said, "Look carefully later, these scouts are your people!"
"What is the general mean?!" The scout Qu Chang immediately widened his eyes.
Have spies in my song?
This special code is a fatal matter.
"What are you talking about!" Cao Ren was furious and said, "You just need to distinguish. There are no questions about other matters!"
"Here!" The scout Chief Qu responded tremblingly and went to identify it honestly.
"how?"
When he returned, Cao Ren couldn't wait to ask.
"General, these people are all military soldiers recruited before. Their families are all in Xiangcheng. There are no fakes, let alone spies."
The scout chief Qu's answer was very straightforward and decisive this time.
He really knows those people.
Hell!
After hearing this, Cao Ren became even more confused.
He really couldn't tell which message was true and which message was false now.
In addition, he never thought that Lin Chen would lead his troops out again to ambush him.
The main reason is that I didn't do that.
Even if there is, this will definitely not be the case.
At least, there will be no noise in the city.
After all, if he follows his style, once he enters the city, he must at least sort out the city.
Simply put, it is...
If you don’t accept it, kill them!
Any other objections will be heard at that time? There is no more!
The most important thing is that this is the routine operation of this era!
What is routine operation?
To be continued...