The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 458 There may be spies
"Thanks to my junior brother and Xu Dingzai Wenji, they are all right. This time you have made great contributions, and each of you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold." Li Yuan rewarded, because Zhao Yunyin is now a former general, and his position is already very high. He is only one level lower, and if he is promoted again, he will be at the same level as him, so he can only reward money.Li Yuan also knew that Xu Ding only wanted to be the deputy commander of the Huwei camp, so he couldn't be promoted to other positions, so he could only reward him with money.

"Thank you, my lord." Zhao Yun came out and said gratefully.Because Xu Ding was only the deputy commander of the Tiger Guards Battalion, he was not high enough to participate in this kind of meeting, so he was not present.

Li Yuan said again: "Lu Lingqi also contributed to intercepting Sun Quan. I named you General Yueqi. I hope you will continue to assist my junior in commanding the flying cavalry. Don't let me down."

"Thank you, my lord!" Lu Lingqi said happily.

"The lord intends to deal with Sun Quan?" Xi Zhicai asked.

"You just said that Sun Quan started to make trouble not long after I left Xiapi. Only you know the news of my trip to Wuwei this time. Could it be that some of you deliberately revealed my whereabouts to Sun Quan?" Li Yuan glared angrily, watching The following ministers.

When Ma Xian heard this sentence, his heart trembled, but his expression didn't change at all. He glanced at the others, and they all looked at Li Yuan with a clear conscience.

"My lord is so kind to me, everyone here is loyal to my lord, how could I deliberately leak my lord's whereabouts to Sun Quan, so that he can take advantage of it, Ma Changshi, are you right?" Jia Xu intentionally Inadvertently glanced at Ma Xian.

Ma Xian was uncomfortable with Jia Xu's deep eyes, but he acted very calmly, smiling and said: "Since that's the case, how can we do something that betrays the lord?"

"Do you know why I took more than two months for the original four-month journey?" Li Yuan asked.

"Did the lord encounter an accident on the road?" Everyone speculated.

"I originally planned to enter Xiliang through Tongguan, but when I arrived at Tongguan, I found that Cao Cao had sent generals Cao Hong and Cao Xiu to guard Tongguan, so I had to take a detour, so it took two more months." Li Yuan explained the reason.

Ma Xian asked: "How did my lord know that Cao Cao sent Cao Hong and Cao Xiu to guard Tongguan?"

"I was going to enter Tongguan, but it was Cao Cao's territory after all. Just in case, I sent soldiers from the Tiger Guards to inquire about the news, but I found out that the generals guarding the pass are Cao Hong and Cao Xiu. Thanks to my careful consideration , or I'm afraid I'll be caught by them."

"Is my lord worrying too much? Tongguan is the most important place for Cao Cao. Xiliang Ma Teng holds a heavy army, and Xiliang iron cavalry is famous all over the world. But as long as Cao Cao can defend Tongguan, Ma Teng's soldiers Horses cannot enter the pass, so he sent two generals to guard it, which is also reasonable."

Li Yuan stood up, walked to Ma Xian's side and said: "Although Tongguan is an important place, Cao Cao is busy with the war in Hebei now, and he and Ma Teng have never had any enmity, so he won't be too worried that Ma Teng will suddenly invade him, so he doesn't worry too much. Such an important general should be sent to guard. If he really wants to guard against Ma Teng, he should send more soldiers and horses to station at Tongguan, otherwise it will become a situation where there are generals and no soldiers. When I went to Tongguan, it was In this situation, as the saying goes, there must be a demon if you use an abnormality, why does Zhong Jun think Cao Cao's move is for?"

"The subordinates are ignorant and can't think of the key point." Ma Xian lowered his head and said, as if he didn't dare to look Li Yuan in the eyes.

Li Yuan turned around and walked towards Xi Zhicai, and said, "Zhicai will explain to Zhong Jun why Cao Cao did this."

Xi Zhicai smiled slightly, he knew why Li Yuan did this, it was to frighten Ma Xian, let Ma Xian know that they already knew his identity, and said: "My lord is absolutely right, there must be demons who act abnormally." , Cao Cao did this for one thing, that is to catch the lord. He knew in advance that the lord was going to Xiliang, so he laid an ambush in an important place and waited for the lord to take the bait. Tongguan is a very suitable place, so he was there Ambush, but if too many soldiers are deployed, the lord will be suspicious, so he will send a general to wait there, and only deploy a small number of soldiers."

Everyone reacted after hearing the words. Zhao Yun realized that this matter was not simple, and said: "Cao Cao is far away in Hebei, how did he know that his brother is going to Xiliang? Is he really so powerful?"

"No, no, although Cao Cao has extraordinary intelligence, he is not so powerful that he can predict the whereabouts of the Lord from thousands of miles away. The reason why he knows that the Lord is going to Xiliang is not because of his supernatural powers, but because of someone. Inform him." Of course, Xi Zhicai knew that Cao Cao could not predict Li Yuan's whereabouts, and Cao Cao was not a god.

"How is this possible? We are the only ones who know that the lord is going to Xiliang. We are enemies with Cao Cao, so how can we reveal the whereabouts of the lord to him?" Huang Xu knew all the ministers in Xiapi very well, and he didn't believe that anyone would do it. The matter of betraying Li Yuan.

"Huang Xu, people's hearts are unpredictable. I am not surprised that someone would do such a thing, and I can be sure that the person who notified Sun Quan and Cao Cao was the same person." Xi Zhicai glanced at Ma Xian intentionally or unintentionally. Xian was very calm, thinking that this man's city is really deep.

"That means we have a spy of Cao Cao here?" Ma Xian turned pale in surprise, looking at the people around him.

Li Yuan, Xu Zhu, Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu were the only ones present who really knew the identity of Ma Xian. The reason why Xu Zhu knew was because Li Yuan had mentioned it to him, although there was no evidence to prove that Ma Xian was Cao Cao. A spy, but Li Yuan is almost [-]% sure of Ma Xian's identity.

"Ma Changshi, why are you looking at us like this? I will go through fire and water for my lord. How could I do something to betray him?" Huang Xu was upset. Of course, he didn't know what Ma Xian was doing. Divide everyone's attention.

Zhang Xiu, who had been silent for a long time, finally said: "I also think what General Huang said is absolutely right. Everyone here is loyal and loyal. It should be unlikely that there are spies of Cao Cao. Military advisor, maybe you are worrying too much."

Xi Zhicai was about to explain, but Li Yuan waved his hand to stop Xi Zhicai from continuing. He said, "Well, brother is right, you have paid a lot for me, and I don't want to believe that there are spies here." , let's discuss how to deal with Sun Quan first."

Xi Zhicai was a little stunned. He originally thought that Li Yuan was going to take Ma Xian under the knife today, so he cooperated with Li Yuan in saying those words just now, but now Li Yuan suddenly stopped mentioning this matter, which made him a little puzzled. What is Yuan thinking.

(End of this chapter)