The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() In the early morning of the next day, the Xiliang army, which had been lingering in Long County for a day, was about to go on the road again.This time they were ordered by the military to go to Chang'an to support Dong Zhuo in a short time, so they didn't dare to delay any longer.Before leaving, Niu Fu solemnly told Ma Teng that he must defend the city well so as to consolidate the rear of the Xiliang army.

Ma Teng immediately agreed without saying a word, but if you look closely at his expression, you can find that he seems a little absent-minded at this moment, as if he is hiding something on his mind.But because Niu Fu was eager to go on the road, he didn't feel too strongly. He just gave a few instructions, and then he rode his horse and headed east.

Seeing the army leaving one after another, Ma Teng's face became more solemn. He looked at Ma Chao and said, "You really did something wrong? Why can't you see any problem now?"

Ma Chao said with a chuckle: "Our people have been tampering with it last night. Presumably they have not eaten the problematic food at this time, so there is no difference. However, maybe it only takes a day or two for things to change." It's changed, father, you just wait."

"Wait? What I worry about my father is that if this matter is discovered, we will be in big trouble. You are too courageous, you dare to tamper with the food and grass of the army, and such a big event is not related to you." I'll do it after discussing it." Ma Teng said angrily: "If something happens during the action, our whole family will die on this matter."

"Father, it is natural for the child to do so with a sense of proportion and certainty. And if I had told you about this matter earlier, I am afraid you would not have agreed with me to take this risk? This is what my second brother specifically asked me to do, so I must first hide it If you want to blame it, you should blame your second brother." Faced with Ma Teng's complaints, Ma Chao simply moved his younger brother Ma Yue out.

"Hey, you two brothers are really too bold. This matter is related to our Ma family, and even the future situation of the entire Xiliang. How dare you do it so hastily!" Ma Teng sighed again, and then I had to keep silent.Now that the matter has come to this point, let's face it.

Seeing this, Ma Chao just smiled. He knew that his actions this time had been approved by his father, and as long as this could be done, perhaps soon, the entire Xiliang would belong to their Ma family.Now, just wait for the Xiliang army to have problems on the way.

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Niu Fu and the others naturally didn't know that someone was plotting against them, and because they were so eager for military orders, they marched at a fast pace, and they had already covered sixty or seventy miles in less than a day.In the evening, the army settled down on the official road leading to the east, buried pots for cooking, and fed the horses with fodder.

Because Niu Fu was responsible for tens of thousands of troops, even after he was stationed in the camp, he didn't go back to his tent to rest immediately, but walked around the camp under the escort of several soldiers.On the one hand, it boosts the morale of the army, and on the other hand, it is also to better understand the needs of the soldiers.

It is not unreasonable for Niu Fu to become Dong Zhuo's confidant and love general, and he is willing to entrust everything in the rear to him.In addition to his status as Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he will definitely be loyal to Dong Zhuo, his cautious style and responsible attitude are also important reasons.

Today, his actions really made him discover the sudden problems in the army in the first place.When Niu Fu brought people to the left-wing barracks, he heard a soldier in a tent there crying.This made Niu Fu's face darken: "What is this for? We have only been out of Long County for less than a day, and there are sergeants complaining about suffering. Go, let someone bring the complaining person out to me." .”

"Yes!" Several soldiers immediately entered the tent, and brought out a pale sergeant after a while.Niu Fu stared at him, and said in a cold voice: "Since you are a strong soldier in my Xiliang army, you should be prepared to be ordered to attack at any time. Why are you complaining so much after only a few days of walking? Are you trying to mess with me? Are you military-minded?"

"Small... I don't dare!" When the man saw Niu Fuhan's face, his face became even paler: "The villain is only complaining because the horse suddenly stretched out and his legs are weak."

"I see. Since there is a problem with the horse, you should change it. Now we have prepared enough horses, isn't it enough for you to change?" Niu Fu saw that it was because of this, and his face softened. Some.

Not thinking about the soldier, he made a bitter face: "General Mingjian, many people have changed their horses today, but when the villain wanted to change, he had no horses to change. And now the villain's horse is even more difficult to move... ..."

"What? There are other people's horses that have problems too?" Niu Fu's eyebrows twitched immediately. This is not a good thing. Once the horses have large-scale diarrhea, I am afraid it is likely to be some kind of disease. spread among the horses.For the Xiliang army, which is mainly composed of cavalry, the disease of the horses is often the most fatal, not to mention the moment when they are about to go on their way, this problem is even more serious.

"The villain dare not hide it. Since this morning, many horses have had problems. If the general doesn't believe it, he can go and check it out." The soldier said quickly.

When Niu Fu heard this, he naturally didn't dare to take it lightly, and immediately asked the people around him to go to the camps to investigate to see how serious the problem with the horse was.If there is a problem with only a small number of war horses, then these horses should be discarded immediately, so as not to spread the disease to other horses, but if it is a large-scale problem, it must be handled carefully.

Within half an hour, news from various barracks came back one after another, and the situation was more serious than Niu Fu imagined.Not only the horses on the left wing were in trouble, but also in several other places in the army, especially in the rear army, where almost all the horses were unable to move.

At the same time, some sergeants also had problems. Many of them also had diarrhea continuously, and many of them were even dehydrated. Now they didn't even have the strength to stand up.After hearing these reports, Niu Fu's entire face darkened: "How could such a large-scale illness appear? When did those people start to have such a situation?"

"General Qi, the problem with the horses began to appear one after another after leaving Long County this morning. As for the situation of the soldiers, it only happened in the afternoon. So I thought it was caused by a problem with the food and grass in the army." Immediately, some generals put forward their views.

When Niu Fu heard it, he also felt that it made sense, nodded and said, "Come on, follow me to the supply camp."

When they arrived at the rear army's heavy camp, they also saw a battalion full of powerless soldiers, all of whom were leaning pale on the trees beside the road, and there was a faint stench coming from nearby, which made people smell it. Nausea.Niu Fu didn't say much, and came to the main camp here, and saw Feng Ping lying there moaning.As soon as he saw Niu Fu coming, he wanted to get up, but unfortunately he lost his strength, and fell back after getting up halfway.

"What's going on here? Why do the soldiers and horses all have bad stomachs after eating food?" Niu Fu asked in a deep voice.

"This... The last general is also confused. In the past few days, everything was fine, but after this morning, the problem of horses loosening appeared one after another, and then the sergeants also..." Feng Ping replied with a bitter face. .

"The grain and grass are guarded by your subordinates, have you found any problems?" Niu Fu asked after thinking for a while.

"No, everything has been normal in the past few days, and no outsiders can get close to our food..." Feng Ping immediately said, shaking his head.At the same time, he already had a guess in his mind. Only Ma Chao was invited into the barracks by himself yesterday, but he himself had to bear full responsibility for this matter, so naturally he would not say anything about it.

"That's weird, the past few days were fine, why did so many people suddenly get sick today? This general must thoroughly investigate this matter!" Niu Fu said bitterly.But after carefully questioning the people here, he didn't find out why, so he had to put it aside for the time being.

The most important thing for Niu Fu right now is not to find out why the soldiers and horses have diarrhea, but how to successfully complete the task assigned by Dong Zhuo.Dong Zhuo gave him a clear deadline, and he had to bring enough troops to Chang'an within one month. If the time limit was exceeded, it would be a serious crime.Judging from the current situation of the troops in the army, without more than ten days of recuperation, this group of troops would be unable to catch up at all.

"What should I do?" Niu Fu pondered for a while after returning to his Chinese army camp.Now it seems that it is no longer possible to rely on these troops to bring them to Chang'an in time.The only way is to send troops from other places in Xiliang to go there.As far as the current manpower situation in Xiliang is concerned, the only one who can dispatch enough troops is Ma Teng's troops guarding the county seat of Long County.

Thinking of this, Niu Fu muttered again: "The problem this time happened after he came out of Long County. Could it be that everything was done by Ma Teng and the others?" But until now, he didn't want to Suspicious of Ma Teng's intentions too much, the only thing they can do now is to send people to Long County to send orders to them to dispatch troops to Chang'an, and these Xiliang troops who have problems will replace Ma Teng's troops and stationed in Chang'an. The county seat of Long County.

In just two or three days, Ma Teng led more than 1 people under his command to appear in front of Niu Fu.Seeing Ma Teng's loyal appearance, Niu Fu didn't want to ask him if he really did something wrong, but said: "Because there are some problems in the army, so the matter of going to Chang'an this time will be handed over to you." I'll give it to Brother Shoucheng."

"The last general will live up to his entrustment and do his best to help the lord wipe out those rebels!" Ma Teng immediately responded.On the other side, Ma Chao smiled smugly as he looked at the Xiliang sergeants who were still weak.