82, War Horse Turmoil
A few days later, Xingyang was in the middle of the water
In a river bay with dense water and grass, a group of soldiers were driving their horses to the water's edge, and the horses had already removed their saddles and bridles, regained their temporary freedom, and under the shouting and driving of the soldiers, they spread their hooves briskly and converged on the river bay. Flash Dance.
These are the war horses in the Dong camp, after a big battle, the number of soldiers killed in the battle is quite large, and the lost war horses are also many, so in addition to distributing the captured war horses, it is also necessary to replenish the lost war horses from the rear of Luoyang.
In the eyes of the veteran cavalry, these war horses are as precious as their comrades-in-arms, and most of the time, the war horses are much more fragile than people.
If the fine, roughage is not properly matched, the war horse is easy to lose fat and thin, if you don't pay attention to the water source of the horse, the war horse will have diarrhea and diarrhea, if the strange war horse rashly eats a trough, there will be a fight and kick bite, and if the war horse is not cleaned in time, the horses in the stable are easy to get sick
A cavalry is equivalent to five foot soldiers, which not only refers to the grain and grass consumed by men and horses, but also refers to the energy and time spent on caring for the horses on weekdays.
Therefore, after Bianshui was filled with the corpse of Cao's soldiers, Bianshui could not be used as a water source for drinking horses in the army in a short period of time, and after a big war, the war horses in the army also needed to be cleaned and sanitized, so another river in Xingyang became the first choice for soldiers to drink horses, wash horses, and herd horses.
Today's weather is good, the sun shines on the water, sparkling, flashing with dazzling golden light, and the water and grass in the middle stream of the river bay are luxuriant, it is a good place to drink horses and wash horses, many generals and officials in the army have taken this opportunity to drive the war horses in their camps to this side, let the soldiers groom the war horses and remove lice, and also let these rare idle livestock drink water and eat grass.
Ma Lin took the war horses in his own camp and arrived late.
Seeing that this bay was already covered with many horses drinking water and grazing, Ma Lin rode on the unsaddled horses, his dark face suddenly showed a strange smile, he grabbed the horse's mane, first rode up to a high ground, put his hand on the pergola, and looked at the distribution of the war horses of the generals in the bay, and then smiled and rode downhill, came to the front of his own horses, stretched out his finger and pointed in a direction, so that the entourage of the horses drove the horses to the side to drink water and groom them. 35xs
The place that Ma Lin refers to is the place where the king of the army chooses to drink horses.
Wang Fang in the battle of Bianshui, as the front of the Chinese army, charged into battle, broke through the Chinese army's large array, and made a lot of contributions, on merit will be pulled out as the army in the Sima, the soldiers of the department are naturally full of spring, full of ambition, today they drove the war horses in the camp, came to the water in the river bay to drink horses, they first occupied a good position with abundant water and grass, under the shouting of the leading generals, the accompanying soldiers were grooming their own war horses, and they were full of energy, and they were busy in full swing.
Suddenly, the soldiers of Wang Fang's department saw that Ma Lin was driving a group of war horses from a distance and broke into the horse drinking land that his family had occupied first.
After seeing the general's team, his face suddenly darkened, and he soon took a team of soldiers and hurriedly ran over to find the theory of Ma Lin who drove away his horses, and as a result, Ma Lin who was sitting on a bareback horse looked arrogant, and he also refuted it unceremoniously, he said forcefully, the people of Wang Fang's department in this territory have also taken up a lot of time, and the war horses should eat and drink, and they have eaten and drunk enough, and it is time for them to enjoy it later.
"The war horse you are waiting for has already eaten enough, and you haven't moved the place, so you people also want to eat grass?"
Thinking of the taunt that Ma Lin said sitting on the horse with his nose facing the sky, the general who led the team was suddenly angry, and he wanted to directly lead someone to beat the domineering Ma Lin off the horse, but he finally swallowed this evil breath silently and did not choose to do it on the spot.
He didn't do it because he hadn't been carried away by anger.
Recently, the general named Yan Yan in Xu Rong's army can be said to have made many achievements along the way, and he has advanced by leaps and bounds in his career, and has been promoted by his boss one after another, from a military candidate to the position of captain, and it is said that he also showed his face in front of Dong Xiangguo, and even Xiangguo praised his martial arts, which can be described as the hottest general in Xu Rongjun's army at present. Flash Dance.
Such people cannot be easily offended.
And Ma Lin looked fearless, which also made the general who led the team jealous, he also had some time under Wang Fang's command, and he also inadvertently learned that his own Sima and this Yan Duwei had some festivals before, and now the military officials under the command of Yan Duwei are so arrogant and rude, presumably there must be a reason for the past grudges.
Therefore, after glancing at the stout Ma Lin, the general who led the team turned around and chose to leave in a reluctant voice.
It's just that he was swept away and his face was small, but the field of his own department had to be recovered, so the tun general who led the team ordered the original scattered war horses to be gradually retracted, giving up half of the land with abundant water and grass, but for the other half of the drinking horse land, it was resolutely refused, and there was a faint sense of resistance.
Ma Lin saw that after the other party left in a negative mood, he still didn't want to completely lose face, and he still wanted to occupy the other half of the territory with face, he couldn't help laughing, and casually turned over and jumped off his horse's back, and ordered the accompanying soldiers to start leading the horse to drink water and groom the horse's body, and he picked a shaded grass, got into it and began to sleep.
The difference in momentum between one side entering aggressively and domineering, and the other side taking a step back and swallowing its anger, soon became more pronounced between the two sides of the confrontation as time went on.
The leader of the Wang Fang's team was unhappy, and even felt that the sun was sprinkled on his body, and he lost the warmth of the previous moment, but became hot, so he watched his own war horses eat and drink enough, and the leading generals also wanted to let the soldiers drive the war horses in their own camp away, and at the same time hated Ma Lin in his heart, ready to go back, and then added oil and vinegar, and complained fiercely in front of the king.
However, the accompanying soldiers soon brought him bad news.
The battalion had six fewer horses.
Hearing this bad news, the face of the leading general suddenly became iron blue, although the Xiliang army is not short of horses, but war horses, are one of the important resources in the army, which officer is not attached to the war horses in his own camp on weekdays, now out of the camp, lost six war horses from his hands for no reason, if he returns to the camp like this, how can he escape the responsibility and punishment of the boss, I am afraid that the first one who will be unlucky is the leader himself.
The leader of the team suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and in a fit of rage, he glared hatefully at the two soldiers who had lost their horses, and then raised the whip in his hand, and began to whip and scold them, and the two soldiers trembled, but they did not dare to avoid the whip of the general, and after a while, their clothes were torn, and there were a few more blood marks, so painful that they screamed and rolled on the ground.
Originally, according to the violent temper of the commander who led the team, the two soldiers who lost their horses would definitely be beaten half to death before they stopped, but there were other soldiers around them who watched, and hurriedly pleaded and whispered to him a vague possibility.
The six war horses were most likely taken away by Ma Lin and others, who had just come to seize their horse drinking land.
Hearing this possibility, the leading general, who was still holding a whip in his hand, suddenly froze, and he couldn't help but start to recall the previous scene.
In the end, in his heart, he also felt that it was very likely that it was stolen by that unreasonable Ma Lin.
I don't want that domineering pickled dirty thing to use such a despicable method.
The tun general who led the team scolded again in his heart, but after scolding in his heart, the tun general also had to calm down and think about how to fill the vacancy of the six horses.
Even if he can open the net, his future in the army will be completely ruined, how can this make people willing.
Annoyed in their hearts, the leader of the team couldn't help but glance at the horses brought by Ma Lin on the opposite side, although they felt that the war horse must have been secretly taken away by Ma Lin, a wicked man, but there was no physical evidence, how could they go to the villain theory.
rushed at his oppressive appearance not long ago, how could he honestly return his war horse.
At the same time, the tricky thing is that this batch of war horses happened to be after the war, including the original war horses, as well as the captured enemy horses, as well as the newly supplemented war horses, it can be said that all kinds of horses with complex sources are mixed in, even if you go to the army to sue him now, there is no evidence, it is difficult to testify, it is difficult to sue him, and in the end, the crime of "lack of military prosperity" still has to fall on his head.
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and in his anger, he suddenly moved in his heart, and he thought of how to make up for the gap of the missing six war horses, as well as a clever plan to counter the other party.
Hehe, that is to treat others in the way of others.
Since they can come and take away our war horses, then why don't we just look for an opportunity to steal his war horses as well.
The leader of the team who was forced into the predicament was also ruthless for a while, taking advantage of the horses to sleep in the grass, his soldiers had no one to command, and when they were grooming their horses, they aimed at the other party's war horses that were leisurely scattered on the grass after grooming, eating sweet grass, and shaking off the water stains on their bodies.
After discussing with a few henchmen, the tun general who led the team discussed with a few henchmen, then pretended to be a lost horse and hung his head, and drove his horse herd back the same way, after walking a distance, he estimated that Ma Lin thought that he had gone far, and the tun general who led the team took a piece of henchmen and soldiers, quietly sneaked back to this meadow, aiming at the opportunity when no one was paying attention, and secretly stepped forward, wanting to drive away the war horse that stole Ma Lin's side.
Moreover, the appetite of the leading general is not small, since he wants to steal, he has to steal ten horses, and by the way, let Ma Lin that wicked man return to the camp, and he will also be severely punished by his Yan Du Lieutenant, and it is best to be charged with "lack of military prosperity" and be directly cut off by the head.
But just when the leader of the team had just succeeded and wanted to lead the horse to escape, Ma Lin, who was lying lazy in the grass, suddenly appeared out of thin air with a team of soldiers, and came out of the grass in some corner.
Ma Lin showed his blade, looked at the panicked general, and said with a smug smile:
"Good boy, you have eaten the gall of the leopard, dare to steal Naigong's war horse!"
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