A few days later, traveling in the Zhanran River in Xingyang

In a river berth with dense water and grass, a group of soldiers were driving the war horses to the water. At this time, the war horses had already removed the saddle and bridle and regained their short freedom. Under the shouts and drives of the soldiers, they bridle and gathered towards the river berth.

These are all war horses in Dongying. After a great battle, many soldiers died in battle and many war horses were lost. Therefore, in addition to allocating the seized war horses, they also need to replenish the lost war horses from the rear of Luoyang.

In the eyes of veteran cavalry, these war horses are as precious as their comrades-in-arms, and most of the time, war horses are much more fragile than humans. On the battlefield, cavalry can spur their mounts to gallop and charge, but privately, they must take good care of these war horses.

If the fine and rough feed are not properly matched, the war horse will easily lose weight. If the water source of the horse is not paid attention to, the war horse will have diarrhea and diarrhea. If the unfamiliar war horses eat together in the same trough, the fighting will occur. If the war horses are not cleaned in time, the horses in the stable will easily get sick...

A cavalry is equivalent to five infantrymen. In addition to referring to the food and grass consumed by men and horses, it also refers to the energy and time spent on caring for war horses on weekdays.

Therefore, after the Bian River was filled with the bodies of Cao's soldiers, the Bian River could not be used as a source of water for the army to drink horses in a short period of time. After a great battle, the war horses in the army also urgently needed to be cleaned. Therefore, another river in Xingyang, Zhanranshui, became the preferred place for soldiers in the army to drink horses, wash horses, and shepherd horses.

The weather is good today. The sun shines on the water, sparkling with dazzling golden light. The water plants in the middle river beside are lush, which is a good place to drink horses and wash horses. Many generals and officers took this opportunity to drive the war horses in their camp here, let the soldiers wash the war horses and remove lice, and also let these rare livestock drink water and eat grass.

Ma Lin came late with the war horses in his camp.

Seeing that the river berth was covered with many horses that were drinking and eating grass, Ma Lin rode on the bareback horse, and suddenly showed a strange smile on his dark face. He grabbed the horse's mane, first rode his horse to a high ground, put his hand on a pergola, and looked at the distribution of war horses of the generals in the river berth, then he smiled and then went downhill again, coming to the front of his horse herd, stretched out his fingers and pointed in a direction, and asked the soldiers who drove the horses to drive the horses to the place to drink and wash.

The place Ma Lin refers to is the place where drinking horses were chosen by Wang Fang's troops in the army.

During the battle of the Bian River, Wang Fang, as the front of the central army, charged forward and defeated the central army formation, and made considerable contributions. In terms of merit, he was about to be promoted to the Sima of the army. The soldiers in his army were naturally full of spring and confident. Today, they drove away the war horses in the camp and came to the river beside the river in the Zhanran River to drink horses. They first occupied a good position with abundant water and grass. With the shouts of the generals who led the team, the soldiers accompanying them were washing their own war horses, and they were in full swing and busy.

Suddenly, the soldiers of Wang Fang's troops saw Ma Lin driving another group of war horses from a distance and broke into the first drinking land of their own. They were not polite to drive out their own war horses, and forced out the most abundant land of water and grass to use it for their own war horses.

When the general led by Wang Fang's troops saw it, his face suddenly became dark. He quickly hurried over with a soldier and found the horse Lin who drove away his horse. As a result, Ma Lin, who was sitting on the bareback horse, looked arrogant and argued without hesitation. He said in a slight sense that the people of Wang Fang's troops also occupied a lot of time in this land. The war horses should eat and drink, and they had enough food and drink. It was time for their turn to enjoy it.

"The war horse you are waiting for is already full and you haven't moved your place yet. Could it be that you guys are going to eat grass?"

Thinking of the ridicule of Ma Lin sitting on the horse, his nose towards the sky, the general who led the team was so angry that he wanted to take someone to beat the arrogant Ma Lin off the horse with an old punch, but in the end he swallowed the anger silently and did not choose to take action on the spot.

He didn't act because he wasn't overwhelmed by anger.

Recently, the general named Yan Yan in Xu Rong's army has made many military achievements and made rapid progress in his career. He was promoted one after another by his superiors. He was promoted from a military officer to a position as a commander. It is said that he still showed his face in front of the Prime Minister. Even the Prime Minister praised his bravery. He can be said to be the hottest general in Xu Rong's army at present.

Such people cannot be offended easily.

Moreover, Ma Lin's fearless look also made the generals who led the team feel afraid. He had been under Wang Fang for some time, and he accidentally learned that Sima and Yan Duwei had had some celebrations before. Now the military officers under Yan Duwei are so arrogant and rude must be due to the past grudges.

So, after looking at the stout Ma Lin, the team leader Tun Jiang turned around and chose to leave with a breath.

However, he was very embarrassed and his own place must be retrieved. Therefore, the team led the team ordered that the original scattered horses were gradually gathered, giving up half of the land with abundant water and grass, but he refused to give up the other half of the horse-drinking land, which was vaguely in line with the meaning of competing.

When Ma Lin saw the other party leaving in anger, he still refused to lose face completely and took over his other half of his territory. He couldn't help but laugh, and also casually turned over and jumped off his horse's back, ordering the soldiers accompanying him to start leading the horse to drink water and pursing the horse's body. He picked a shrub for the sun, got into it and started to fall asleep.

One side enters strongly and is arrogant, while the other side takes a step back and swallows anger. This momentum gap will soon become more obvious between the two sides of the confrontation over time.

The generals led by Wang Fang's troops were in a bad mood, and even felt that the sun was scattered on their bodies. Without the warmth of the previous one, they became hotter. So as they watched their own war horses eat and drink enough, the generals led by Wang also wanted to drive the soldiers away from their camp. At the same time, they hated Ma Lin in their hearts, preparing to go back, add fuel to the fire, and surrender a fierce complaint in front of the king.

However, the accompanying soldiers soon brought him another bad news.

Six fewer war horses drove from the camp.

When he heard this bad news, the generals in the team suddenly turned pale again. Although the Xiliang army was not short of horses, war horses were all one of the important resources in the army. On weekdays, any military officer did not pay much attention to the war horses in his own camp. Now that he went out to the camp, he lost six war horses from his hands for no reason. If he returned to the camp like this, how could he escape the accountability and punishment of his superiors? I am afraid that the first one who is unlucky is the leader of the team.

The generals led the team suddenly felt a chill on their necks. In a rage, he glared at the two soldiers who lost horses with hatred, then raised the whip in their hands, and began to beat and scold them. The two soldiers were trembling, but they did not dare to avoid the whip of the generals. After a while, their clothes broke and a few more blood marks appeared. The pain made them scream and roll on the ground.

Originally, with the violent temper of the generals leading the team, the two soldiers who lost their horses must have been beaten half to death before they could stop, but there were other soldiers around him watching, and quickly pleaded with mercy and whispered a hidden possibility to him.

The six war horses were most likely to be led by Ma Lin and others who had just come to seize their horse-drinking field and took the war horse away.

Hearing this possibility, the general who led the team, who was still holding a whip in his hand, suddenly froze and he couldn't help but start to recall the scenes before.

Finally, in his heart, he felt that it was very likely that it was stolen by the unreasonable Ma Lin.

I didn't expect that the arrogant and dirty guy actually used such a despicable means.

The general who led the team scolded again in his heart, but after he finished cursing in his heart, the general had to calm down and think about how to make up for the gaps in these six horses. You must know that losing the war horses in the army is a serious crime of "depriving the military". If it is directly dealt with according to the military laws of the war, the soldiers who were in charge will have to lose their heads together.

Even if you can open your door, your future in the army will be completely ruined. How can this make people feel relieved?

The generals led the team couldn't help but glance at the horses brought by Ma Lin opposite him. Although they felt that the war horses must have been taken away by Ma Lin, the evil man, who sent someone to secretly take them away, there was no evidence of any evidence. How could they find the evil man to argue?

Just by his way of oppressing others with power not long ago, how could he be willing to return his war horse honestly?

At the same time, the tricky thing is that this group of war horses happened to be after the war, including their original war horses, the seized enemy horses, and newly added war horses. They can be said to be mixed with horses of various sources. Even if you go to the army to sue him now, it is difficult to sue him. In the end, the crime of "depriving the military" will still fall on your head.

The general who led the team became more and more angry the more he thought about it. When he was angry, he suddenly felt a sudden change in his heart and thought of how to make up for the gap in the lost six war horses and a trick to counter the other party.

Hehe, that is to treat the person's body with his own way.

Since they can take away the war horses we are waiting for, why don’t we look for opportunities to steal the war horses he is there?

The general who was forced into trouble also made up his mind for a while. While Ma Lin was sleeping in the grass, his soldiers were uncontrollable. When he was combing the horses, he aimed at the other party's war horses that were leisurely scattering on the grass after washing, eating sweet grass, and shaking dry water stains on his body.

He did it as soon as he said that the general of the team led the team discussed with several confidant soldiers, pretending to be a lost horse, looking dejected, and drove his horses back on the same route. After walking a while, he thought that Ma Lin's side had already walked away. The general of the team led the team quietly sneaked back to the grassland with a few confidant soldiers. He aimed at the opportunity when no one was paying attention, so he secretly stepped forward to drive away the war horses that stole Ma Lin's side.

Moreover, the general led the team has a big appetite. Since he wanted to steal, he would steal ten horses. By the way, he asked the evil man Ma Lin to return to the camp and was severely punished by his Yan Duwei. It would be better that he would be charged with "deprived of military success" and beheaded directly.

But just as the leader of the team was just succeeding and wanted to lead the horse to escape, Ma Lin, who was sleeping in the grass, suddenly appeared out of thin air with a team of soldiers, and he came out of nowhere from the grass in some corner.

Ma Linliang sent out his weapons, looked at the panicked general, and laughed with smugness:
Chapter completed!