Seeing that Ma Shiqiying led the troops to camp by himself, Sun Yuan also ordered the troops to form a camp and rest on the spot.

The troops were too tired, and the soldiers could grit their teeth and persist after rigorous training in the past, but the war horses could not withstand it. War horses must drink plenty of clean water every day, especially after a long march, and if you can't find water, you have to wait to see them fall one by one.

The camp site chosen by the Ningxiang army was located in a dry riverbed, and it was thought that it would be easy to find a water source here, but the soldiers' hoes dug down three feet and did not see any wet soil. This made the Ningxiang army from the water town in the south of the Yangtze River secretly frightened, and the drought in the Central Plains was so serious.

How can it be good if there is no water, sitting on a slope, Sun Yuan felt anxious in his heart. The mouth was already dry, and the saliva in the mouth had turned into glue, bitter and astringent.

According to the scout's report, there is still water in Suishui, thirty miles to the north, but that place is now Liu Chaojun's old camp, which has been occupied by him

。

Sun Yuanzhi couldn't wait to lead the troops over immediately, but reason told him that he couldn't be in a hurry now, everything would be talked about tomorrow, let's stay up all night first!

And the news is still coming.

"General." A guard came over with red eyes, obviously crying, and his expression was panicked: "Fang Cai...... The ...... of our army is our army"

Sun Yuan: "Slowly, what's wrong with our army?" ”

"The horses died, and a dozen or so died."

"What!"

Hearing the guard's words, Sun Yuan knew that because the weather was too hot, all the eleven war horses in a stable just now were lying on their stomachs, and by the time they found out, they were already out of breath. [.Lots of good]

Originally, all experienced horsemen knew that the sweat glands of such a large animal as a war horse were developed, and once they ran, the sweat on their bodies gushed out like spring water, especially on such a hot day. Therefore, it is better for people to be thirsty than to save water to feed the horses.

Sun Yuan had long known about the drought in Huaibei and Henan, and had also made preparations in advance, and when he set off from Fengyang, he brought a certain amount of drinking water and kept it by the horseman.

But the head of the stable's groom didn't know whether he was confused or was so thirsty that he couldn't stand it, so he joined forces with several other horses to fight with the war horses for water. By now, the stables where they were were had been without water for a whole day, and they had died of thirst for eleven of their best horses.

"Eleven river meanders just died?" Sun Yuan was so angry that his eyes were about to erupt with fire, he came to Suzhou this time with five thousand war horses, basically one person and two horses, so as to maintain the marching speed of the troops.

The cavalry of the Ningxiang Army has always been known for being fast, and in recent years it has been practicing interspersed with mobile tactics. Eleven horses died at once, wouldn't it be a sudden abolition of the mobility of his eleven elite cavalry?

Regardless of this, but from an economic point of view, the loss is also enormous.

In ancient times, a qualified war horse needed to go through several years of training by cavalry before it could go to the battlefield, and as for the good war horse, it was the same as the treasure bump of the cavalry, and it was more like a brother. According to the current prices, converted into the renminbi of the future generations, a military horse is worth at least 200,000 yuan. In other words, he was lost eleven Volkswagen Passat and Magotan at once, why didn't he make Sun Yuan shocked and angry?

Moreover, the military discipline of the Ningxiang Army is strict, and this kind of bad behavior that violates military discipline is the first to appear

。

This wind cannot be long, this case cannot be opened, and it must be severely punished.

Sun Yuan gritted his teeth and tried his best not to lose his temper in front of the soldiers, and turned back to ask Chen Tieshan: "**** judge, according to the regulations of the army, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Chen Tieshan said coldly: "The head of the horse, the head of the horse, the head of the owl, circulates the three armies, and thinks it is a warning." Accomplices, fifty lashes, expelled from the Ningxiang Army. ”

Sun Yuanyi waved his hand: "That's it." ”

"Yes." As soon as Chen Tieshan arched his hand, he asked the soldier who came to pay his respects: "Which stable, and who is the relevant criminal?" ”

"Judge ****, it's the stable of the sixth team, Ma Bentou's surname is Leng Mingying, and he has just joined our army for a few days."

"It turned out to be this coward." Yu Xiang, who was beside Sun Yuan, snorted.

"Yu Xiang, do you know him?"

Yu Xiang reminded Sun Yuan: "General, you forgot, on the night of your meeting with Ruan Dacheng and Lord Ruan in Nanjing. ”

"I remember." Sun Yuan nodded: "This person is unbearable, and it is not a pity to die." ”

Seeing the back of Chen Tieshan leaving with the guards, Sun Yuan's heart was still on fire.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu beside him said: "General, I'm really thirsty." Governor Ma always told us to be careful, saying that Liu Thief might attack our army's old camp at night. Simply, let's simply kill the army tonight and seize the source of Suishui. Otherwise, if you wait another night, you might all be thirsty. ”

Sun Yuan's heart didn't move, because the people of the Ming Dynasty ate less meat and lacked vitamin A in their bodies, most of them had serious night blindness. The food of the Kening Township Army was good, and they would eat meat every ten days a month, and the situation was better than that of other troops. Moreover, war horses do not suffer from night blindness. If you raid the enemy camp tonight, you might get a miracle effect.

But he immediately dispelled this thought, and said: "No, our army is too tired, and after walking for so many days, we will set out tonight and run up to thirty miles in one go, but I am afraid that we will not be able to withstand it." This matter must not be mentioned again, so let the soldiers sleep well tonight. ”

"Yes, General

。 ”

As he spoke, there were constant battle reports coming from the front, and it turned out that the scouts of the Ningxiang Army were fighting with Liu Chao's scouts within a radius of twenty miles.

The size of each scout team is not large, usually three people in a team, and the most are only five people.

Naturally, the waiters of the Ningxiang Army repaired the enemy's cavalry, after all, they were able to compete with Duoduo's pen function in the Battle of Jinan back then.

However, according to the information fed back by the scouts, Liu Chao's scout combat effectiveness is good, and it is not inferior to the Nine Sides Night Harvest. Moreover, the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry continued one after another, and there were generally quite a few of them.

This made Sun Yuan a little surprised, in the past, he thought that Liu Chao was just a bun of people who coerced a group of people, but now it seems that the troops of this gang have some rules and regulations of the regular army, but they used to underestimate him.

However, even if Liu Chao led the Nine-Sided Border Army, Sun Yuan was not afraid, this was based on his confidence in his army's strong strength.

Then he smiled and said: "Governor Ma is still worried that the enemy will attack our army's old camp tonight, just kidding, this aspect has been controlled by our army scouts for twenty miles, every grass and tree, with a panoramic view, is it possible that Liu Chao flew over with wings?" ”

The generals around Sun Yuan all laughed easily.

He was smiling, and rushed over with rolling sand and dust. Before he could run to the ground, the knight on the horse turned over and dismounted, and ran to Sun Yuan with a rolling belt, and kept kowtowing: "General, general, spare my brother!" He's young, he's never been a soldier before, and he doesn't know the rules in the army, so spare him! ”

Sun Yuan looked fixedly, and it was Jing Ran, one of his guards, who was kneeling in front of him.

He slammed his head as if he had exhausted all his strength, and his forehead was bleeding.

Speaking of the back, Jing Ran cried even louder.

Sun Yuan: "Jing Ran, what's going on?" ”

Jing Ran: "General, spare my brother Leng Ying!" Even if you want to kill, you will kill me, who is my brother. Jing Ran will never forget the great kindness of the general, even if he is a cow or a horse in the next life, he will repay the general's kindness. ”

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