Although Ye Leyi is now holding the identity of Kedun, in Qingyun, she is not familiar with life, and she has to imitate her sister's kind and weak character, and she can't beat and scold slaves. So Yereyi didn't do anything to Jimmy except sulk. In the end, she and Jimmy broke up.

Yereyi could no longer explore the Golden Palace, so he had to go to the grassland to breathe. She walked aimlessly, but saw another person like herself, sitting bored on the grass, looking into the distance, not knowing whether it was the rolling mountains or the changing clouds.

That person is Qin Luo.

He is alone in a vast grassland, alone, independent, as if he is a god in the sky, and does not eat the fireworks of the world.

Yeleyi knew that Qin Luo was lonely, even if he was valued by the Khan, but in the eyes of other Xiangqiang people, he was a foreign race. She didn't understand Qin Luo's loneliness before, but now she understands it, and even empathizes with it. Alone in a foreign land as a stranger, isn't Yeleyi now also alone in a foreign land, fighting alone.

Yereyi instinctively wanted to walk over and talk to him, but as soon as she took a step, she remembered who she was now. Now she is "Ye Letian", and her sister has not had any intersection with Qin Luo. If she stepped forward to talk to her inexplicably, it would definitely arouse Qin Luo's suspicions.

So Yeleyi stopped, she thought about it, it would be better to leave quickly.

Qin Luo came here alone to avoid suspicion. In the main hall of the Golden Palace, Tuoba Yan, Tuoba Ling, Alem and Kutulu were discussing the military affairs of attacking Southern Chu.

Tuoba Yan was late, he walked into the main hall, glanced at the people present, and asked, "Why didn't you call Qin Luo over?" ”

"I didn't let the slave invite him." The second prince, Tuoba Ling, continued, "We are going to attack Nanchu, so let's not let him participate." ”

The rest of the people also agreed, Tuoba Yan felt a little guilty in his heart, Qin Luo worked hard and made great contributions in the battle to defend Qingyun. Now it's time to hide him from the center of power.

However, Qin Luo's background is indeed a problem. The so-called people who are not of my race will have different hearts. Tuoba Yan understood the second brother's good intentions, and he finally agreed, "Okay, let Qin Luo avoid this battle." ”

After Qin Luo's matter was decided, everyone began to get to the point. The second prince took the lead and said: "Winter is about to begin, and our battle with Heiyan has consumed too much grain, cattle, sheep, and horses. I mean, according to the old rules, but the Lan River, only attack the states and counties on the northwest border of Southern Chu. ”

Tuoba looked at the map in front of him intently, and then turned his head and asked Kutulu, "General Kutulu, how many of our soldiers and horses are left?" ”

"The soldiers of our headquarters, plus the troops of Heiyan, should be about 200,000." General Kutulu said, "It's just that Black Rock has surrendered troops, and I don't dare to use it yet." The last general feared that they had not yet been surrendered and would not be controlled on the battlefield. ”

"Intensify military training." Tuoba Yan said, "We didn't kill them, we gave them military salaries, we didn't let them mess around." Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while. When the time comes, whether it is Qingyun's soldiers or Heiyan's troops, they will have to go to the battlefield for me. ”

"Yes." General Kutulu commanded.

Later, Tuoba Yan said: "Since you want to fight, don't make a small fight, I want to make a big move." ”

Tuoba Ling was a little disapproving, and he interrupted the Khan and said, "Khan, Qingyun has just experienced a great war, and now he needs to recuperate. ”

Tuoba Yan asked rhetorically, "What if you recuperate?" Second brother, don't forget, now there are not only the herdsmen of Qingyun, but also the herdsmen of the Black Rock Department. We've doubled. The cattle and sheep on our steppe alone starved to death. Or go to Nanchu to grab some food, how many things can there be? Will the herders be able to eat and drink and spend the whole winter? ”

Tuoba Yan is right, Xiang Qiang has always been that each tribe is in charge of its own people. Now that Qingyun has annexed Black Rock, then the people of Black Rock also belong to Qingyun's rule. Now the herdsmen in Black Rock are quite obedient, and there are no unusual behaviors. But if the herders of the Black Rock are starved to death this winter, it is expected that they will revolt.

Tuoba Ling was speechless for a while, but General Kutulu asked: "Khan, we don't have enough soldiers and horses, and we don't have enough food and grass, and if we want to fight a big battle, I'm afraid it will ......."

"Feeding war with war is the only way now." Tuoba Yan had already had an idea, "General Kutulu, we can seize the military supplies locally, and we don't have to care about the problem of food and grass." ”

General Kutulu frowned and muttered, "Then we must fight a quick battle, and we must not fight a protracted war." Otherwise, once the food and grass are cut off, our army will be immediately defeated. ”

However, the city of Southern Chu is strong, and it is not so easy to attack. Moreover, the Chu people's favorite thing is to fight a defensive war, and they can hold out for a few months. Thinking of this, the second prince said: "Only by attacking it unprepared, can we fight quickly." Once the Southern Chu soldiers are alert, it will be difficult to storm their city quickly. ”

"Then you have to march overnight and attack the city." Alem said excitedly.

"There will be a lot of demand for horses." "Each man must bring at least two horses, and they should be ridden instead." ”

The greatest difficulty of a rapid march was not the people, but the horses. Xiang Qiang people grew up on horseback since childhood, and can ride horses without sleep for three days and three nights. But people are not tired, if the horse is tired, no one can do anything.

If one person takes two horses, two hundred thousand people need four hundred thousand horses. Maybe before, Qingyun could make up so many horses, but now, Qingyun has a big battle, the loss is serious, and there is nothing, where can I find so many horses?

"Over there in Chishui, there seem to be a lot of horses......" Tuoba Yan remembered the Chishui Department of the alliance again.

Everyone was speechless for a while, although Chishui had already married Qingyun, their horses must have been used by Chiyan cavalry, how could they borrow someone casually.

However, Tuoba Yan casually mentioned it, which made Tuoba Ling's inspiration flash, and he reminded: "In the Black Rock Division, we have also captured some horses. ”

"A drop in the bucket." General Kutulu naturally knew very well how many horses had been captured, and although those horses belonged to the Black Panther cavalry, there were not many of them.

"I've heard that the horses used by the Black Panther cavalry are different from ours." "They fed the horses with millet, and the horses were strong and fast. Even if you run for a few days and nights, it's no problem. ”

"Really?" Tuoba Yan couldn't believe it, no wonder the Black Panther cavalry was so fast, it turned out to have something to do with horse breeding.

When Alem heard this, he said sourly: "Horses eat better than people, can they not run fast?" Mozang, you're really rich. ”

General Kutulu understood what the second prince meant, and he said to the Khan, "We can replace our horses with the horses of the Black Panther cavalry. In this case, there is no problem with one person and one horse. ”

"But we didn't capture much, and after we did, we fed the horses with ordinary forage." "Unless we continue to feed the horses with millet, we won't be able to achieve that speed and physical strength." ”

Hearing this, Tuoba Yan felt a pain in his flesh. They were unable to survive the winter because of lack of food, so they went to Nanchu to loot. But now, before going to war, the horses have to feed the horses with the only amount of food. Is...... It's too extravagant.

Tuoba Ling also understood the Khan's dilemma, and he asked, "The horses of the Black Panther cavalry have a good foundation. Is there any way to get the horse back to its previous strength without feeding the millet? ”

"Then you'll have to ask the people who keep the horses." "I know a lot of horse breeders, so I can ask about them." ”

"I'll leave this matter to you." Tuoba Yan said, "Now let's decide, which states and counties to attack in Southern Chu?" ”