Everyone gathered in front of the large map, Tuoba Yan had already conceived of the route of the march, he pointed to the map with his bare bones, and said to the others: "I plan to divide the army into three roads, all the way along the Dongling Mountains, all the way to Qu'an County. One route was to attack Yongzhou through Wuping Pass, and another way, to the southwest, to raid Jingyang County. ”

"If you want to attack Wuping Pass, it's a tough battle." General Kutulu looked at the map and took the lead. He didn't understand why the khan spent manpower and material resources on the difficult bone of Wupingguan.

However, the second prince understood Tuobayan's intentions. He glanced at his younger brother appreciatively and said, "Does the Khan want to feint to attack Wuping Pass and cover the Eastern and Western Fronts?" ”

"Exactly." Tuoba Yan nodded and said, "It doesn't matter whether Wuping Pass can be attacked or not, my target is Qu'an County and Jingyang County, if we can break through these two counties, we can go straight to the Central Plains and go south to the Lanhe River." ”

"The Khan wants to cross the Lan River?" Alem was taken aback, "The Lanhe River is dangerous, and it is not so easy. ”

"Even if you can't cross the Lan River, you can still loot it in the old capital of Southern Chu. Those Central Plains people thought that we would not attack Yangcheng again, and they must have been unprepared. Even if the emperor has moved south, Yangcheng has been prosperous for a hundred years and has countless wealth, which is enough for us to survive the winter. ”

It turns out that Tuoba Yan's ultimate goal is still Yangcheng. Alem and General Kutulu suddenly realized that this move was indeed wonderful. Yangcheng had already fallen once, and they definitely thought that Xiang Qiang would no longer be interested in Yangcheng, but they never expected that Tuoba Yan would actually come back to the pistol.

The second prince stood with his hands in his hands, facing the huge map hanging on it, and muttered: "Yangcheng is thousands of miles away from here, we have traveled a long way, and the grain, grass and horses are all problems. ”

"And if you want to feint to attack Wuping Pass and fake the illusion of a 100,000-strong army pressing the border, you only need 10,000 people." General Kutulu.

"There is no need for so many people, as long as there is General Kutulu in the army, the people of the Central Plains will not dare to despise it." When Tuoba Yan said this, it was equivalent to letting General Kutulu attack Wuping Pass.

The second prince was slightly surprised, "Then on the eastern and western fronts, who does the khan plan to send?" ”

"Abtai, Alem." Tuoba Yan had already thought it through, and this time he was confident, and it was inevitable to reuse new generals.

"Me?" Alam was taken aback, he didn't expect that the khan would give him such a big task.

Kutulu was silent when he heard this, once a son of heaven and a courtier, it was indeed right. Khan is a young man in the end, and he has begun to train young generals, and for veterans, he may really face the death of a cunning rabbit and the end of a lackey.

Tuoba Ling saw that General Kutulu's expression was a little gloomy, and he comforted: "General Kutulu also has a heavy burden on his shoulders. Whether the eastern and western fronts can successfully attack Qu'an County and Jingyang County depends on whether you can hold back the defenders of Wuping Pass. ”

"The defenders of Wuping Pass must not be allowed to come to the rescue." Tuoba Yan also said, "Alem, I'll hand over the Western Front to you, no problem." ”

"The last general commands." Alam knelt down on one knee and said righteously.

"Abtai, I'm going to let him go to the Eastern Front." Tuoba Yan said to Alem, "Convey my words to him. ”

"Yes." Alem said. In this meeting, Abtai did not come. But with Abutai's taciturn nature, how could he refuse the Khan's orders?

Seeing that the big matter had been decided, Tuoba Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and he half-jokingly said to Alem: "Remember what you said, you have to solve the horse problem." If it is not done well, it will be dealt with by military law. ”

"Huh." Alem scratched his head and put it on his chest and promised, "Khan, don't worry. ”

Alem put the big words down, and has been asking the masters of horse breeding on the grassland for the past few days. He asked the slaves to bring a few horses of the Black Panther cavalry, but he didn't expect those horse breeders to see these horses and say vigorously: "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”

"What's wrong?" Alam doesn't know why, what is the pity?

The horse breeder stroked the horse and sighed in a low voice: "Hey, such a good horse is all sweat and blood." Now she's lost weight like this, it's a pity, it's a pity. ”

Alem pursed his lips when he heard this, and said with a disdainful face: "It's just sweat and blood, we don't have nothing, what's the pity?" ”

"Have you ever seen a horse that has been fed millet since birth?" The horse breeder asked, "These horses, who have been fed with good feed, have suddenly cut off their millet and are fed with grass, and they will definitely not want to eat it, so they have lost weight all of a sudden." ”

Alem opened his mouth wide in surprise, but he didn't expect that the Black Rock Department was really determined for the sake of the horses, where is this to feed the horses, this is to feed the gold. Only then did Alem understand what the horse breeder meant by pity, and he hurriedly asked, "Is there a way to remedy it?" Let these horses fatten? ”

"Continue to feed the millet for a few months, and you will be able to fat." Said the horse breeder.

"......" Alem looked helpless, "You don't know the current situation in Qingyun, feed Su, and feed it for a few months?" Where do we have so much food. ”

"That can't be helped." The horse breeder shrugged his shoulders and said to Alem, "Ask for another skill." ”

Alem asked one after another, almost all the famous horse breeders on the grassland, but the results were much the same, they all asked him to continue to feed the horses with millet. He remembered the promise he had given to the Khan, and thought to himself that he had bragged too much.

For several days, Alem was depressed. After Qin Luo met him, he saw his listless appearance, and stepped forward to ask, "What's wrong with you lately, how preoccupied you look?" ”

"Hey, don't mention it." Alem said to him with a heavy heart, "I'm afraid I'm going to be in trouble." ”

"What's the trouble?" Qin Luo asked.

"I patted the khan's chest and said that I should raise the war horse. But now, all the horse breeders say that there is no way but to use millet. Alam said simply.

Qin Luo said in his heart, feeding the horses with millet, with Qingyun's current situation, it is really too extravagant.

"So you're worried about this." Qin Luo already had an idea in his heart, he smiled and said, "I know a horse breeder, maybe he can help you." ”

"Who do you know?" Alem thought to himself, I know a lot more than you, maybe the person Qin Luo said, he has already asked.

"Sandan." Qin Luo replied.

Alem carefully recalled it in his mind for a moment, and then shook his head blankly: "I haven't heard of it. ”

"This man works on the ranch next to the quarry, he's in his sixties, and he's been working on this ranch for most of his life." Qin Luo said slowly, "Uncle Sandan, he used to be a master of horse breeding, and he was also a master of horsemanship. It's a pity that when he was young, he once rode and shot and fell off the horse, injured his right leg, and could no longer ride a horse. Uncle Sandan was disheartened and lived in seclusion on the ranch. You haven't heard of it, and it's normal. ”

"I see." Alem understands very well what kind of despair Xiang Qiang can't ride a horse. He asked suspiciously, "Qin Luo, how do you know him?" ”

"Have you forgotten that I was exiled to the quarry? At that time I was tortured and could not move a stone. It was Uncle Sandan who transferred me from the quarry to the pasture. He took good care of me and only let me feed the horses every day, so I didn't have to do any heavy work. Qin Luo lightly talked about the pain of the past, as if he was telling other people's stories, without any sadness or excitement.

Accidentally poked someone else's heart with a hidden pain, Alem lowered his head guiltily, he said half grateful, half guilty: "Thank you, Qin Luo." I'm going to ask Uncle Sandan. ”

"I'll go with you to him." Qin Luo said with a sincere gaze. He has been trying to find out the Khan's plan to attack Chu for the past few days, perhaps here in Alem, it is a breakthrough.