() The next morning, the Xiliang army, which had been lingering in Long County for a day, was on the road again. This time they were ordered to rush to Chang'an to support Dong Zhuo in a short time, so they did not dare to delay any more. Before leaving

Before, Niu Fu solemnly told Ma Teng that he must defend the city well to consolidate the Xiliang army's rear area.

Ma Teng immediately agreed without any hesitation, but if you look closely at his expression, you can see that he seemed a little absent-minded at this time, as if he was hiding something. But because Niu Fu was eager to get on his way, he didn't think too much about it.

With a strong feeling, he just gave a few warnings and then rode off to the east.

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

Ma Chao chuckled and said: "Our people did the trick last night. Presumably they had not eaten the problematic food at this time, so there was no difference. However, maybe in a day or two, things will be better."

It has changed, father, just wait."

"Wait a minute? What my father is worried about is that once this matter is discovered, we will be in big trouble. You are too courageous. You actually dare to tamper with the army's food and grass, and you don't want to deal with such a big thing.

I'll do it after discussing it." Ma Teng said angrily: "If anything happens during the action, our whole family will die."

"Father, my child is naturally measured and confident in doing this. And if I had told you about this earlier, I'm afraid you wouldn't have agreed to me taking this risk? This is what my second brother specifically asked me to do, and I must hide it first.

If you want to blame you for getting things done, 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 so 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 have no choice but to keep silent. Now that the matter has reached this point, let's face it.

Ma Chao just smiled when he saw this. He knew that this time his behavior was recognized by his father, and as long as this can be done, perhaps soon, the entire Xiliang will belong to their Ma family. Now, only

Wait until the Xiliang army encounters problems while marching.

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Naturally, Niu Fu and the others didn't know that someone was already plotting against them. Because they were eager for military orders, they marched at a very slow pace. In less than a day, they had covered a distance of sixty or seventy miles. In the evening, the army finally

They settled down on the official road leading to the east, buried pots to make rice, and fed the horses fodder.

Because Niu Fu was responsible for tens of thousands of troops, he did not go back to his tent to rest immediately after being stationed in the camp. Instead, he walked around the camp accompanied by several soldiers. While boosting the morale of the army,

On the one 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 his willingness to entrust everything in the rear area 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 is also an important reason.

Today, his approach indeed allowed him to immediately discover a sudden problem in the army. When Niu Fu led people to the left-wing military camp, he heard a sergeant complaining in a tent there.

This made Niu Fu's face darken: "What are you doing? We have only been out of Long County for less than a day, how come there are sergeants crying out in pain? Go and ask someone to bring out the complaining person.

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"Yes!" Several soldiers immediately entered the military tent and soon brought out a pale-faced sergeant. Niu Fu stared at him and said coldly: "Since you are my Xiliang Army

A healthy soldier should be ready to attack at any time. Why are you complaining after only a few days of journey? Do you want to disturb the morale of our army?"

"Little... I don't dare!" When the man saw Niu Fu's cold face, his face became even paler: "The little man is only complaining because his horse suddenly became weak and his legs are weak and it is difficult to walk."

"I see. Since there is something wrong with the horse, you should replace it. Now that we have prepared enough war horses, isn't it enough for you to replace?" Ushifu's face softened when he saw that this was the reason.

Some.

Not thinking about it, the soldier made a sad face again: "General Mingjian, many people have changed their war horses today. When the villain wanted to change, there was no horse to change. And the villain's war horse is even more difficult to move now...

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"What? Are there other people's horses that have problems?" Ushisuke's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled. This is not a good thing. Once a horse has large-scale diarrhea, it is probably due to some disease.

It spread among the horses. For the Xiliang Army, which is dominated by cavalry, horse diseases are often the most fatal. What's more, at this moment when they are about to rush on their way, this problem is even more serious.

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

When Niu Fu heard this, he naturally did not dare to take it lightly. He immediately asked people around him to go to each camp to check to see how serious the problem was with the horses. If only a small number of horses had problems, then these horses should be taken care of immediately.

Children should be discarded to avoid spreading the disease to other horses, but if it is a large-scale problem, it must be dealt with carefully.

Within half an hour, news from various military camps came back one after another, and the situation was more serious than Niu Fu imagined. Not only were the horses on the left wing in trouble, but the situation in several other military locations was also bad.

Especially for the rear army, almost all the horses were unable to move.

At the same time, some sergeants also had problems. Many of them continued to have loose stools, and many of them were dehydrated. Now they no longer have the strength to even stand up. After hearing these reports, Niu Fu's entire face sank.

He asked: "How could such a large-scale disease occur? When did those people and horses start to show such a condition?"

"General, 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 army's food and grass."

Immediately, some generals put forward their own opinions.

When Niu Fu heard this, he felt that it made sense. He nodded and said, "Let's go, follow me to the supply camp and have a look."

When they arrived at the rear army's supply camp, they saw the camp full of feeble sergeants. Each of these people had pale faces and leaned against the trees beside the road. There was a faint stench coming from nearby, which made people smell it.

Nauseated. Niu Fu didn't say anything and went straight to the general's camp here. He saw Feng Ping lying there groaning. When he saw Niu Fu coming, he wanted to get up, but unfortunately he didn't have the strength to do so.

He got up halfway and fell back down again.

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

"This... General is also confused. In the past few days, everything was fine, but early this morning, problems with horses started to appear one after another, and then the sergeants also..." Feng Ping replied with a sad face.

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"Your men are guarding these grains and grasses, have you found any problems?" Niu Fu asked after thinking for a moment.

"No, everything has been normal these days, and no outsiders can get close to our food and grass..." Feng Ping immediately shook his head and said. At the same time, he already had a guess in his mind. Only Ma Chao was invited by him yesterday.

Military camp, but he was fully responsible for this matter, so naturally he would not speak out.

"That's strange. Everything was fine in the past few days. Why did so many people suddenly get sick today? This general must investigate this matter thoroughly!" Niu Fu said bitterly. But after carefully questioning the people here,

The queen didn't ask why, so he had to put it aside for the time being.

The most important thing for Niu Fu at the moment is not to find out why the army and horses are suffering from diarrhea, but how to successfully complete the task assigned by Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo gave him a clear deadline, and it must be completed within a certain period of time.

Bringing enough troops to Chang'an within a month. If the time limit is exceeded, the crime will be serious. Judging from the current situation of the troops in the army, without ten days of rest, these troops will not be able to make it on their way.

"What should we do?" Niu Fu thought for a while after returning to his Chinese army camp. Now it seems that if he wants to bring the troops to Chang'an in time, it is impossible to rely on these troops. The only way is

The only way to do this is to dispatch troops from other places in Xiliang. Judging from the current deployment of troops in Xiliang, the only one who can dispatch enough troops is Ma Teng's troops stationed in Longxian County.

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Thinking of this, Niu Fu then muttered again: "The problem this time happened after we 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 think about it.

They are too suspicious of Ma Teng's intentions. The only thing they can do now is to send people to Long County to convey the order and ask them to dispatch troops to Chang'an. These Xiliang troops who are in trouble will replace Ma Teng's troops and garrison them.

The county seat of Longxian County.

Within two or three days, Ma Teng led more than 10,000 of his men to appear in front of Niu Fu. Seeing Ma Teng's loyal look, Niu Fu couldn't find it easy to ask him if he had really done anything.

He just said: "Because there are some problems in the army, the matter of going to Chang'an this time will be left to you, Brother Shoucheng."
Chapter completed!