The Era of Generals

Chapter 878   Strange Calm

"Report-!"

In Huang Ren's formation, a scout came quickly and half-kneeled in front of him.

These were not the scouts staying in Tianhong City, but the scouts accompanying the army to explore the way. After all, they were in Fengqi Province at the moment, so it could be said that this was also the enemy's territory. Of course, Huang Ren would not be unprepared.

Therefore, on his marching route, he will definitely send out scouts to investigate clearly in advance.

It was already very close to Tianhong City, and Huang Ren suddenly felt a little uneasy, so he asked the scouts to go ahead to investigate ahead of time.

"explain!"

Huang Ren raised his hand to stop the army, and then looked at the scout.

"Report to the general!"

The scout hesitated and said, "Everything is normal ahead, but..."

"But what?"

Huang Ren glared, he hated this kind of half-talking guy the most.

The scout shook his body and said, "Yes, I found out that there is a secret sentry in front that should have been set up by our people, but I didn't find it..."

He scratched his head, "It's also possible that I remembered the wrong location."

The dark sentries were all deployed by Huang Ren himself, but there were a large number of dark sentries around Tianhong City. It seemed normal for the scout to think that he had made a mistake in his memory.

However, since he found something suspicious, he should report it, but the scout was nervous, knowing that with Huang Ren's temper, such things could be mistaken, and it was inevitable that he would not be reprimanded.

However, what he didn't expect was that Huang Ren didn't scold him, but pondered.

The scout found the wrong location?

It's not impossible, but the problem is that Huang Ren himself is also paying attention, and also feels that this journey seems to be too peaceful.

Yes, calm.

How to say here is the Fengqi Province, but he is in the enemy's territory, leading the army to run amok without encountering a single suspicious point along the way.

Then there was another point that caught his attention.

That is, the scouts who stayed in Tianhong City should have reported to him the movement there every once in a while.

But now it seems to be a little late.

It shouldn't be too late, when was the last time you came?

He thought about it, and there was no problem with the timing.

But the problem is, he is moving.

And the direction of his movement is heading towards Tianhong City.

In other words, as he moves, the time for the scouts in the direction of Tianhong City to contact him should be shorter and shorter.

But no!

He has come here, very close to Tianhong City, but there is still no scout in the direction of Tianhong City to report the situation to him.

This made him very concerned.

So when the military scout in front of him wondered if he himself had misremembered the location, but for Huang Ren, the addition of the two phases couldn't be all accidents, could it?

Very suspicious!

Huang Ren frowned slightly, doubts arose in his heart.

"Pass down the order, the army will suspend its advance!"

He first said to the messenger, then looked at the scout, and said sharply: "Go and investigate again, and be sure to check all the locations!"

"correct!"

He thought for a while and said: "Then send out all the scouts in the general and find the people left behind. I want to know everything that happened in Tianhong City in the recent period!"

The subordinates immediately took orders to do it.

But Huang Ren still felt that uneasiness in his heart was still there, and it was still on the rise.

What went wrong?

He furrowed his brows tightly, feeling a sense of bewilderment for a moment.

Obviously he is the biggest force around here, right?

Is there really something wrong with Tianhong City?

That guy He Wei, dare to rebel?

Although this is the result he hopes very much, but once He Wei really chooses to do this, it will have to make him think deeply.

How dare He Wei?

His manpower is just over 2,000, and it would be a joke to say that he can defeat his own army of tens of thousands with just this strength.

So what is He Wei's reason?

If he wants to do something, he must have the capital to do it.

And if he doesn't do it sooner or later, he just reacted after he had already received a large number of supplementary troops?

etc!

Huang Ren was stunned, and suddenly thought of something.

Before he left, there was no problem in Tianhong City. At most, He Wei was very angry because Yan Xukai was taken away as a hostage, so he kicked all the Bailie soldiers who stayed in the city out of the city. go.

This was nothing, and it was within Huang Ren's acceptance range.

That's why he only sent people to watch the Xuanjia elites outside the city. As long as they don't do anything else and don't leave the city, it's still okay to let them stay in Tianhong City.

But Yan Xukai disappeared afterwards!

He thought it was an assassin from the Zhu Yan Empire who came to assassinate him, but it happened that Yan Xukai took his order and went out of the basement, just bumped into the muzzle of the gun and became his scapegoat.

But later, he never found any trace of Yan Xukai again. As the saying goes, if you live, you must see the dead.

At this time, who would arrest Yan Xukai?

There are two possibilities.

One is the people from the Zhuyan Empire. After finding out that Yan Xukai was not him, they took him away and wanted to ask about the deployment of the Bailie Empire.

This possibility was very high at the beginning, and Huang Ren was always on guard.

But the later, when his place became more peaceful, the possibility of this became less and less.

His calm here meant that it wasn't people from the Zhu Yan Empire who took Yan Xukai away and tortured him for what happened.

Huang Ren didn't believe that Yan Xukai would be loyal to him, so if he was really caught by the enemy, Yan Xukai might have recruited them all by himself when the other party was just about to execute him.

Of course, they made all the moves while concealing the fact that there were still Xuanjia elites in Tianhong City.

So, the further back, the greater the second possibility.

And the second possibility is that the person who took away Yan Xukai was the Xuanjia elite sent by He Wei!

Huang Ren had guessed this possibility after Yan Xukai's disappearance was just discovered.

After all, Xuanjia elite is very strong in itself, and it is not difficult to be able to take away Yan Xukai in his tight defensive circle.

It was also because he was an elite Xuanjia, of course He Wei knew his movements, and it was not difficult to find him.

That being the case, it made sense that they came to rescue Yan Xukai.

And what does the eerie calm around Tianhong City represent at this moment?

Doesn't it just mean that after Yan Xukai returned to Tianhong City, no matter what the reason was, in short, it was because he felt unhappy about being taken as a hostage, so he made some small moves secretly?

If it was He Wei, Huang Ren would not be worried.

But Yan Xukai was different.

Yan Xukai is the opponent's military adviser, and he also stayed in his own army for a while.

Don't it mean that this guy found some loopholes that could be exploited, which made He Wei violent?