"No, I believe Su Mu is not a spy!"
Xia Houxuan looked resolute and spoke word by word to Cao Shuang.
"In addition, Deng Yang, Ding Mi, and Li Sheng are our confidants. Xia Houxian, Xia Houfeng, and He Kui are all brothers and relatives, and they are definitely not spies. Deng Ai, Le Fang, and Fan Can were all on that day. They all go to patrol the camp and are not in the main tent." Cao Shuang carefully calculated: "In General Xiahou Ba's camp, among the four army commanders I sent, except Su Mu, the others have been in the Wuwei camp, Zhong base, and Zhongjian all year round. There should be no problem if you serve in the camp..."
"The general is so sure that Wang Cheng, Niu Sheng, and Han Qianwei are not spies?" A scout of the terrain, he has personally surveyed the location of the Shu army’s camp.”
Xiahou Ba slapped his thigh and said, "Yeah, I forgot about this guy!"
"Currently, the most suspicious ones are the two scouts and the six people Niu Sheng, Han Qianwei, Wang Cheng, and Su Mu." Xia Houxuan said thoughtfully: "In my opinion, it is better for us to seal off the camp first , and then bring together all the people who know about the Xingshishan plan to investigate, how about that?"
Cao Shuang thought for a while and thought it was feasible. He nodded and said: "Okay, let's do it! Taichu, you are responsible for sealing the gates of each camp. General Zhongquan, you go and call all the camp chiefs, especially those who Those who know Xingshishan’s plan must confront them face to face here!”
"Yes!" Xia Houba and Xia Houxuan turned around and left the camp gate to leave.
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In the large tent of the Wei army's middle camp, more than a dozen military officers and staff members, large and small, gathered.
Among them are the commander-in-chief General Cao Shuang, the deputy commander-in-chief Xia Houxuan, the general who conquered the West, the guard of the Shu Army Xia Houba, the three generals Deng Yang, Ding Mi, and Yang Shiying who joined the army, as well as the expedition commanders Xia Houxian, Xia Houfeng, Li Sheng, and He The three of them, as well as four army commanders, Su Mu, Wang Cheng, Niu Sheng, and Han Qianwei, and finally two scouts, one of them was the herald in Guo Huai camp, and the other was a scout in Xiahou Ba camp.
Cao Shuang was sitting in front of the main table, looking at everyone with piercing eyes.
Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Xuan's uncle and nephew were guarding the tent together, as if they were afraid that someone would take advantage of the chaos and escape.
"Now that everyone is here, let me tell you why I want to gather you here and now." Cao Shuang looked at the expressions of everyone in the camp and said word by word: "Because I found that, There is a spy in our army, and this spy is in this big tent right now!"
"What!"
"How is this possible?"
"There are spies, no wonder the enemy's movements are well known to our troops!"
When Cao Shuang said these words, the camp immediately exploded. Everyone looked at each other and whispered.
"Everyone, be quiet!" Cao Shuang waved his hand: "Next, I will ask you some questions, and I hope you can answer them truthfully!"
"No!" When the generals in the camp saw the general speaking, they all fell silent.
Cao Shuang asked coldly: "Did any of you here leave your camp the night before yesterday?"
As soon as Cao Shuang finished speaking, Army Commander Ma Sumu and the two scouts stood up.
"Why did you three leave the camp? Tell me the truth in detail!" Cao Shuang continued to ask.
At this time, the messenger under Guo Huai spoke first: "General Qi, I came to Luogu camp yesterday to report the military situation to the general, and then returned to Xiegudao camp. It took two hours on the road. Guo The governor can then testify to his humble position."
"Yes." Cao Shuang nodded. He turned to look at Xiahou Ba's scouts and asked, "What about you?"
"General Qi, I was scouting the Shu army camp with Major General Xiahou Xian yesterday. After that, I returned to the forward camp and never left again. Major General Xiahou Xian can testify to this."
Cao Shuang nodded and shifted his gaze to Su Mu.
"And you, Susima, what's your explanation?"
Su Mu calmly replied without changing his expression: "Back to the general, because it was the first time the general went to the battlefield the day before yesterday, he was a little nervous, so he went to the hill to the west of the camp to blow in the night wind, which lasted about half a day. Around the hour, the general returned to camp."
Cao Shuang narrowed his eyes after hearing what Su Mu said. Su Mu's answer obviously did not satisfy him. He continued to ask, "Can anyone prove that you are telling the truth?"
"Back to the general, that night, Wang Cheng, Niu Sheng, and Han Qianwei met to have a drink in the camp, so the general left the camp alone, and there was no one around to testify."
"Hmph!" The muscles at the corners of Cao Shuang's mouth twitched slightly, and he shouted coldly: "Come here, tie up Su Mu!"
"General, wait!" Xia Houxuan was shocked when he saw this and tried to dissuade Cao Shuang.
"Don't be nervous Taichu. I'm just taking him into custody temporarily. When I find out the truth, if it really has nothing to do with him, it won't be too late to release him." Cao Shuang waved his hand to signal Xia Houxuan to calm down. , return to original position.
Seeing that Su Mu, who was just a suspect, was kidnapped directly, everyone in the camp suddenly felt anxious.
Cao Shuang looked around at everyone and continued to ask: "The rest of you have just said that you have never left the camp. So, is there enough evidence to prove that what you said is true? Deng Yang and Ding Mi, you go ahead. .”
Cao Shuang deliberately asked his two most trusted confidants to explain first, just to let everyone understand that he would never show any mercy to the spy today.
"Everyone, Yang, together with Ding Yanjing and Yang Shiying, stayed at the general's camp the night before to discuss military plans with the general. The general is the witness of me, Ding Yanjing and Yang Shiying." Deng Yang said loudly.
Military Sima Han Qianwei said, "I was with Wang Cheng and Niu Sheng the night before."
"That's right." Niu Sheng also said: "That night, Wang Cheng and I drank together, and the three of us slept in the same tent that night."
Wang Cheng nodded, indicating that what the two said was true.
"Yes." Cao Shuang pondered for a while and nodded: "Since everyone here has been cleared of suspicion, let's disperse."
At this moment, Xia Houxuan winked at Xia Houba. Xia Houba understood and hurriedly left the tent.
After everyone heard this, they all left the tent in twos and threes.
In the camp, only Xia Houxuan and Cao Shuang were left.
"Taichu, what else do you have to say now? Except for Su Mu, everyone else has evidence to prove themselves. Do you want to protect that kid Su Mu again?"
Xia Houxuan shook his head. He looked into Cao Shuang's eyes and said, "The general is wrong. Today we will see everyone again, and the evidence of one person is very likely to be perjury!"
"What did you say?!" Cao Shuang's face suddenly changed: "Who is that person?"
"General, can General Guo Huai be in this tent today?" Xia Houxuan asked.
"Of course he's not here. General Guo Huai should be at the Xiegu crossing at this moment..." Cao Shuang seemed to suddenly realize: "Yes, General Guo Huai is not here today, and the witness mentioned by the messenger happens to be General Guo Huai!"
"So, the evidence that the messenger said today does not actually count!"
"But, he has walked out of this big tent just now, will he have escaped now?" Cao Shuang looked regretful.
"Don't worry, General. I just asked Uncle Zhongquan to seal the gates of various camps. If the scout wanted to escape, he should have been captured by now."
Cao Shuang was overjoyed when he heard this. He patted Xia Houxuan on the shoulder and said, "Taichu is still very resourceful, thanks to you!"
"By the way, General, there is one more thing that I had some doubts about just now."
"What's the matter?"
"Just now, Sima Han Qianwei of Caijun said that he slept in a big tent with Wang Cheng and Niu Sheng the night before yesterday. Does the general still remember?" Xiahou Xuandao said.
"Yes, that's what Han Qianwei said. Why, does Taichu think there's anything wrong with what he said?" Cao Shuang was confused.
"Perhaps the general didn't understand. Niu Sheng only said that he drank with Wang Cheng, but did not drink with Han Qianwei." Xia Houxuan looked at Cao Shuang with burning eyes and said, "In other words, Wang Cheng and Niu Sheng, It was very possible that he was drunk that night, while Han Qianwei was very sober. If Han Qianwei left the camp after the two fell asleep and returned before dawn, do you think Wang and Niu would notice it?"
"What Taichu means..." Cao Shuang looked surprised. He thought to himself, isn't the spy the scout?
Xia Houxuan believes that the truth will soon surface.
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Outside the military tent, there was a noise.
"Let me go, I was wronged, General, I was wronged..."
"His grandma's!" I saw Xiahou Ba throwing a man whose hands and feet were bound into the tent: "General, it turns out that the spy is really this kid, please punish me, General!"
Cao Shuang looked coldly at the spy, and it turned out to be the scout who was delivering the order.
Cao Shuang's right hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist and asked coldly: "Is it really you who leaked the secrets of our army to the enemy?!"
"General...General, General, the little one...the little one said everything. Please spare the life of the little one...please..." The scout who sent the order cried and shouted with all his strength. Kowtow in the tent.
When everyone heard that the general had caught the spy, they all entered the tent to see what happened.
"Say!" Cao Shuang looked at the spies lying on the ground and thought of those great Wei Erlangs who died on the battlefield. He felt sick in his heart. He suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted sternly.
The scout was so frightened that he trembled all over and said hurriedly: "General, General, the younger one, the younger one... did go in the direction of the Xiegu Road that night, but the younger one did not return to General Guo Huai's headquarters. camp, but...but didn't sleep all night, and went...to General Shu Fei Yi's forward camp three hundred miles away...and told him, General, your main camp, In...in Luogu..."
"Who ordered this?!" Cao Shuang felt his energy and blood rising at this moment. He stared at his red eyes and roared like an angry tiger.
Xia Houxuan was ready to hold back Cao Shuang, who was a little out of control, at any time to prevent him from killing the scout in anger for not telling the whole truth.
Leaving behind a spy is equivalent to leaving behind a witness who is the mastermind and collaborator behind the scenes!
"Yes...yes...ah!"
When the scout was about to answer Cao Shuang, a ring-headed knife pierced his back. The scout's eyes widened after being pierced through his body, and he fell to the ground with his mouth open and vomited blood and died!
"You bastard! This thief has killed so many of our brothers. If we don't kill him, it's really hard to let go of the hatred in our hearts!" Han Qianwei, the military commander who killed the man, was wiping the blood on his sword and cursing. said.
The generals in the camp were shocked.
Cao Shuang had long wanted to kill this spy to avenge his defeat and humiliation, but now Han Qianwei took action, which was exactly what he wanted.
After a long while, Cao Shuang whispered: "The spy is dead, everyone should disperse."
"Wait!"
Just when the generals were about to exit the tent, Xia Houxuan stopped them.
"There are still doubts about this matter!"
When everyone heard this, their hearts that had just sunk became anxious again.
"Everyone calm down and think about it first." Xia Houxuan looked around with blazing eyes: "Just now, the messenger said that he just informed Shu General Fei Yi of the location of my main camp, so Fei Yi cut off The matter of our army's return.
But how did Shu general Wang Ping know about our army's plan to occupy Xingshi Mountain? "
There was an uproar in the camp.
"Yeah, what's going on?"
"Did the scout just now go to Xiegudao and Wang Ping at the same time because he knew the art of clones?"
"Everyone be quiet." Xia Houxuan clapped his hands: "I think that since the enemy's two generals and two camps know the secret information of our army, then I conclude that there is not only one spy!"
"ah?"
"Is there anyone else who is a spy?"
After hearing this, everyone in the camp panicked again and looked at the people around them with suspicious eyes.
"I have something to ask Han Qianwei and Han Sima." Xia Houxuan looked at Han Qianwei with cold eyes: "Han Sima, why did you suddenly kill the scout just now?"
"Of course it's because he killed so many of our great Wei Erlangs!" Han Qianwei said indignantly: "This battle is all because of that thief, so many of our brothers died in vain. This kind of scum, all of us in the Great Wei Get it and kill it!"
After listening to Han Qianwei's impassioned words, everyone in the camp had a favorable impression of him.
"Yes! Han Sima is right!"
"Han Sima is so upright and upright, Taichu, you shouldn't doubt him!"
"Quiet!" Xia Houxuan shouted loudly: "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me!"
After a while, the camp finally became quiet.
"Han Sima, since you said that you killed the scout out of righteous indignation, why didn't you kill him sooner or later, but why did you stab him just when he was about to reveal who was behind it?" The sharp blade cut through Han Qianwei's psychological defense layer by layer: "Did you, Han Sima, find out after the fact, or did you deliberately want to hide something?"
"You..." Han Qianwei snarled his neck and retorted: "Why do you doubt me? Someone testified about me that day. I was always in the camp and never left!"
Before Han Qianwei could finish speaking, Xia Houxuan interrupted him: "Shut up! Evidence? The evidence you mentioned is just two drunken men! That night, Wang Cheng and Niu Sheng Sima has all drunk, but you, Sima Han, have not touched a drop of wine. I am afraid that when the two of them are sleeping, you, Han Qianwei, will go out to report to the enemy!"
Wang Cheng and Niu Sheng suddenly realized what they were doing, as if they had been slapped in the head.
Seeing that he could no longer argue, Han Qianwei suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahahaha..., hahahahaha..., yes, I did it. Now that my mission has been completed, what can you do even if you know it? Hahahaha …”
Suddenly, Han Qianwei's laughter stopped, and his smile froze instantly.
A sharp sword pierced his chest.
"General..." Xia Houxuan was stunned as he looked at Cao Shuang, whose eyes were splitting and his emotions were out of control.
It's too late.
The last witness died under Cao Shuang's sword.
"Cut off his dog's head. I want to pay homage to the dead great men of Wei!" Cao Shuang threw his sword to the ground and said in a deep voice with red eyes.
