The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 26 The Whereabouts of the War Horse
Zhao Tun's face was as cold as water: "Where's your horse?"

And the horses!

Not everyone has a horse to ride in the dark army of the Imperial Army in front of them. There is often a standing soldier sandwiched between two horses, and a cavalryman sandwiched between two soldiers.

The horse is half missing!
At the beginning, Zhao Tang only paid attention to the military appearance and spirit of these forbidden soldiers, and didn't think about it.

Later, the more he looked at it, the more wrong it became, and only then did he realize that the majestic Dragon Guard cavalry had no horses!

A command of the Dragon Guards is full of nearly 900 people, but the real situation is less than half of them. There are reasons for lack of pay and lack of horses.

However, the rest of the imperial guards who are actually being compiled all have horses to ride, otherwise what is the commander of the horse army?
Is it possible that if adults can eat empty wages, so can horses?
Zhao Tun's eyes fell on the commander of Ma Junsi who had just come back from counting.

The Commander of the Majun Commander was surnamed Sun and his name was Gao Sheng. He was born in the forbidden army for generations.

Feeling Zhao Tun's gaze, Sun Gaosheng felt cold sweat streaming down his face. He also wondered in his heart that although there was a shortage of war horses in the Song Dynasty, the quota for war horses was still sufficient when the Dragon Guards were dissatisfied with their establishment.

And just a few days ago, he came to the Dragon Guard Army, because he was afraid that Zhao Tuo's army would find something wrong, so he specially checked it. The weapons, armor, war horses and horses were clearly on the same day, but now they are gone. Woolen cloth?

"My lord, my lord..." Sun Gaosheng muttered, "It should be that the soldiers were in a hurry, and they didn't have time to lead the horses. The horses were in the corridor."

"The horses are in the gallery?" Zhao Tang said without expression, "Go to the gallery to see how many war horses there are!"

Sun Gaosheng took the order, and he was a little relieved. The preciousness of war horses is self-evident. If there is something wrong with these many war horses, not to mention whether the official position can be kept, even the head will be moved.

He certainly didn't believe that many horses would be lost out of thin air, and he already believed in his own words just now, but when he got to the stable, there was a thunderbolt and thunder, which made his face pale, and he saw that the stable was empty. cattle.

Sun Gaosheng almost passed out without coming up. Fortunately, he still had some sanity left. He knew how to lose those many horses for no reason, so he couldn't help rolling and crawling back to the soldiers. , I came to check a few days ago, the horse is still there, why is it gone today, why is it gone!"

Zhao Tang looked at him for a moment and suddenly sneered: "There are people who dare to make trouble under the eyes of this king, and they have been exposed at this moment, and they haven't come out to accept the crime, so I really think that this king is as easy-talking as the court!"

Sun Gaosheng knelt on the ground and shivered. He also knew that it was an inner ghost, but he kept this matter from him, obviously to get him to death.

"Come here, take down all the people above the command of the Ma Jun Si Jun!" Zhao Tong said.

In a short while, hundreds of people were tied up and approached, and 38 commanders, the third-level commanders of the Xiang Army Battalion and their adjutants were all arrested.

And Majun Sidu Commander Sun Gaosheng, the third-level chief officer, deputy commander, Duke Yuhou, including the commander Sun Gaosheng, all knelt on the ground even though they were not tied with ropes.

Zhao Tang looked at these people and said slowly, "Tell me, where did the horse go?"

No one said anything, Zhao Tang said coldly: "You are military officers, no more than civil servants who chew on words, and are usually indifferent to law and discipline, but don't you think about such a serious crime? This is a matter of ransacking your family and destroying your family. How dare you persist in it? even sitting!"

As soon as they talked about ransacking their homes and destroying their families, the faces of many officers below immediately changed, and one of the army commanders suddenly shouted: "My lord, I saw Du Yuhou, who was the commander of the army, lead people to drive away the horses!"

As soon as he said these words, there were bursts of echoing voices from around him.

Sun Gaosheng's eyes widened, and he looked at Du Yuhou who was kneeling beside him: "You, Wang Yuanzheng, you dare to harm me!"

The horse soldier Sidu Yuhou named Wang Yuanzheng's face turned green, and beads of sweat crackled down his forehead, and immediately smashed a small hole in the soil in front of him.

"My lord, my lord..." Du Yuhou said, his mouth was rattling, his upper and lower teeth were fighting, and his voice changed his tone: "It's not that the subordinates are the masters, and even if you give the subordinates a hundred courage, they will not dare to adjust the army horses , yes, it was an order from Commander Feng Fudu of the Pro-Military Division, so to speak..."

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Tang looked to both sides with a dark face, but saw Feng Ju, the commander of the Deputy Commander of the Guards and Military Division who had come to count with him, had quietly left at some point.

"It is said that the Dianqian Division is going to practice to win the Japanese army, and there are not enough horses. We came here to borrow horses from the Dragon Guards. They also said... and said that you know about this, my lord."

Marquis Yuhou, the capital of the Ma Jun, is feeling remorseful at this moment. Most of the reason why he didn't say anything just now is because he thought that Zhao Tuo knew about it and was just putting on a show. He should have thought about it, but now he found that Zhao Tun really didn't know about it.

"Catch Feng Ju back to me!" Zhao Tong said with a blank expression, "And hang this Wang Yuanzheng on a tree beside me!"

Tan Zhen pressed his waist knife beside him, and said in a low voice: "My lord, what if he runs to Gao Qiu's side?"

Zhao Tong took a look at Tan Zhen: "Then smash Gao Qi's White Tiger Festival Hall to me!"

"Yes!" Tan Zhen took the order and left without talking nonsense.

Zhao Tang took a deep breath, looked at the kneeling crowd in front of him, turned around and came to the side of the big tree, the Majun Sidu Hou Wang Yuanzheng had been hung up, trembling all over, he didn't even have the strength to beg for mercy.

"Sun Gaosheng, you are well controlled, get out!"

Sun Gaosheng rolled and climbed to the bottom of the tree, and Zhao Tun used his horsewhip to the ground: "Slap a hundred whips first!"

Sun Gaosheng was shocked when he heard the words, this hundred whips are going to kill people!

"If one whip weakens its strength, it will be all on you!"

"It's the prince!" Sun Gaosheng didn't dare to be merciful, he hated Wang Yuanzheng to the point of death, he swung his whip and whipped it down, and suddenly there was a scream, and the birds on the tree "thumped" and flew into the air.

Zhao Tun's face was deep, looking at the imperial guards standing without horses on the field, he only thought of two words, kill!
It is not an exaggeration to say that the military horse is the most important weapon of the country. It is such an important thing that it can be easily "borrowed". It shows how loose the military discipline and regulations of the Forbidden Army are.

He knew that Gao Qiu's tactic of pulling his salary from the bottom was purely to disgust him, and the military horse Gao Qiu would not dare to take it away, but his prestige in the army would inevitably decline between borrowing and repaying, so it was impossible to say that there would be any dirty tricks in the future. Use it.

"Come here, pass on my order!" Zhao Tuo turned around suddenly: "The first to tenth commanders of the Dragon Guards will all be equipped with bows and crossbows and light armor for this king. The two of them will ride together and line up by the Yellow River!"

(End of this chapter)