Yinhou of the Three Kingdoms

Ning Rong asked curiously: "Did the Huns use spies before?"

Xia Houzhong curled his lips and said: "How is that possible! The Huns usually go straight, find a place to attack, and leave when they are finished. There has never been any tactics!"

"Then this spy?" Ning Rong asked, the Huns look very different from the Han people, wouldn't they be easily found out if they entered the city?

"Sir, I don't know. The general has caught several spies, but they are all Han Chinese. They have also been interrogated severely, but they don't know. They don't know who sent them here!" Xia Houzhong showed embarrassment. , looks tricky.

Huns?

Han Chinese?

Guo Jia swallowed a sip of drink, and somehow got involved with them again.

The current Huns should be Yu Fuluo's troops who occupied Henan, and they were also one of the alliance forces that attacked Chenliu this time.

but……

Didn't the report say that Lu Bu was appointed by Yuan Shubiao as a general who seeks thieves, and that he controlled all the ministries under his command?

In other words, Yu Fuluo the Huns, Niu Ben the Yingchuan thief, Huang Shao the Yellow Turban thief from Runan, Gongdu and Liu Pi from the Baibo army in Qiaojun, all obeyed his orders from Lu Bu.

It's so good, Lu Bu didn't come to attack the city, but the Huns frequently used spies!

"How do you know that this spy was sent by the Huns?" Guo Jia asked suddenly.

Xia Houzhong shook his head with a wry smile, turned to Guo Jia and said, "So that the master can know that those spies who were captured didn't know anything about it. They only knew that they were sent by the Huns! And it was confirmed afterwards that they had indeed had a relationship with the Huns." Connect!"

Chapter 264 The Worried Xiahou Dun

Have the Huns learned to use spies?

Ning Rong and Guo Jia looked at each other, and followed Xia Houzhong into the city silently.

Kaifeng City is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and wars rarely broke out. The biggest war so far was the one when Han Gaozu was King of Han, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, jointly sent troops to attack Xianyang.

It has been 400 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty. If the Yellow Turban Rebellion did not break out, I am afraid that this city will still live in a quiet and warm embrace.

However at this time...

Ning Rong was walking on the street, looking at the hurried passers-by, everyone's face was tense, with a worried look, not at all the leisure of Zhencheng people.

However, cities that have experienced war are very different from cities that have not experienced it. The people of Gucheng have a loose appearance and a leisurely pace of life, which is completely incomparable with Kaifeng people.

The people of Kaifeng who have been baptized by the flames of war, even women, have a sharpness that is not found in other places.

On both sides of the street, there are various shops. Ning Rong found that there are many fabric shops and clothing shops here. Looking at the exquisite and handsome Confucian clothes, they are lighter than the large and heavy Confucian clothes in the north.

Xia Houzhong noticed that Ning Rong seemed to be more interested in clothes, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Ning, do you want to buy clothes?"

Ning Rong waved his hand and said casually: "Oh! No, just take a look!"

Oh!

There was another silence, except for passers-by who were hurrying to and fro on the street, there were groups of soldiers holding spears constantly patrolling from time to time.

Yamen General Wang Xiang led the way, and led the crowd to keep looking at the soldiers patrolling the street. The soldiers responded unceremoniously, and their surprised eyes kept sweeping Ning Rong and the others.

Until Xia Houzhong's figure appeared in front of everyone, the soldiers patrolling the street stopped in horror and hurriedly saluted him. Xia Houzhong scolded them and sent them away!

Ning Rong only knew Xiahouzhong, but he didn't have much friendship. Xiahouzhong was Xiahouyuan's right-hand man, the leader of his personal guards, just like Cao An, Cao Rui by Cao Hong's side, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao by his side.

However, Xiahou Zhong's surname was not originally Xiahou, but Chen Liu defected to Xiahoudun's sect before raising his troops, and later followed Xiahoudun to fight against Dong Zhuo and destroy the Yellow Turban. Because of his repeated military exploits and bravery in battle, he always put himself before Xiahoudun, willing Block the arrows for him.

Later, he became Xiahou Zhong, the leader of Xiahou Dun's personal guard.

Ning Rong knew that Xiahou Dun was extremely strict in governing the army, with a stern face and clear rewards and punishments, and because he didn't own any family property, he often used his private property to subsidize the soldiers, so his prestige among the soldiers was extremely high.

And Xia Houzhong naturally rose with the tide, and he also developed prestige among these soldiers.

"Mr. Ning, Mr. Guo, the general ordered the last general to take the two of you directly to the county government."

"Yeah!" Guo Jia nodded without saying anything.

Ning Rong asked curiously: "What? Isn't he discussing military affairs with Xi Zhicai? Are we done talking now?"

Xia Houzhong replied: "I don't know the general. When I left the mansion just now, the general was discussing matters with the military commander. The general ordered the two gentlemen to go directly!"

"Oh! I haven't seen Zhicai for a long time. I heard that he is sick. I don't know how he is now?" Ning Rong turned around and glanced at Xia Houzhong, and kicked a small stone on the road casually.

"Mr. Xi had a cold before. The general invited a doctor and made some medicine. Now it's all right!"

Guo Jia suddenly thought of Xiahou Dun, and asked Xiahouzhong, "Huh? I heard that your general was injured by Lu Bu? How is your health going now?"

Xia Houzhong was taken aback!

"what?"

Ning Rong turned around and glanced at Guo Jia, blinked, and said: "Oh! General Xiahou is the leader of Kaifeng City. If he can't resist Lu Bu's soldiers, his morale will be hit hard!"

Ning Rong turned a corner while speaking, and drew Xiahou Dun's physical condition to the morale of the soldiers. Although Guo Jia knew that Ning Rong was talking nonsense, he couldn't say he was wrong. After all, Xiahou Dun, the general, was indeed a soldier. backbone.

When mentioning Xiahoudun's situation, Ning Rong clearly saw a glimmer of sadness in Xiahouzhong's eyes.

"To tell you the truth, the general has a bad temper recently!"

Xia Houzhong glanced left and right, then whispered, speaking in a voice that only Ning Rong and Guo Jia could hear.

"For war?"

Ning Rong raised his eyebrows and guessed.

"Well! The general was caught by Lv Bu for a while, and now there is no serious problem. It's just that the Huns' sneak attack recently made the general quite annoyed. For some reason, the Huns seem to know the general's deployment of troops on the Kaifeng front line. Avoiding the pursuit of the army, just like yesterday, the Huns attacked Qi population again, and finally robbed them all, and walked away."

Xia Houzhong avoided the most serious and told Ning Rong and Guo Jia about the recent changes in the situation.

Ning Rong first glanced at Xia Houzhong, nodded silently, and did not refute him.

What Lu Bu sneak attack?

According to Ning Rong's own understanding of Lu Bu, this proud warrior is most conceited in his martial arts. Come to think of it... even if he doesn't need to sneak attack, Xiahou Dun should not be his opponent, right?

Regarding this point, Xiahou Dun must be aware of it himself. After all, Cao Cao, who was killed by Lu Bu, fled in a big defeat. The two brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan had fought against him.

But... the things about the Huns are really weird!

Without waiting for Ning Rong to ask again, Xia Houzhong turned the matter up by himself.

After all, what Ning Rong asked was not an important secret, and even if he didn't tell him, after seeing Xi Zhicai, Xi Zhicai would tell him the truth, and he could even get more accurate information there.