1057 The Blade Longed For Blood, And I Longed For Horses (2/2)

Chanyu was too arrogant. Hua Ying saw it as their best chance hence his voice was trembling. It was very unbearable for him to let go such a perfect chance.

Xu Chi firmly believed that the North Battlefront Army could defeat the cavalry of Golden Tribe Royal Court in the battlefield. But Hua Ying seriously doubted it. He was not questioning his military order, but only longed badly for another ten thousand best war horses.

However it was not going to happen.

Even if Haotian were to return to the human world, she would never be able to get ten thousand suitable and well-trained war horses for the Tang within such a short period of time.

The Golden Tribe Royal Court knew that Tang was running out of war horses. That was exactly why Chanyu dared to invade to the south and made such arrogant plans. They were fearless facing the decisive battle tomorrow.

Many Tang soldiers fantasized that their royal court must have secretly raised many war horses and would raid their enemies in the decisive battle. But it merely their fantasy. Chanyu never thought so.

To raise horses, they needed a lot of forage, stables, labors and resources. A huge number of war horses could never be raised secretly in the Tang. They could never be hidden from Taoism. Even if they could, how could those untrained horses be useful in a battle?

They needed experienced war horses, war horses, or even just horses.

It was what Situ Yilan was longing for, what the former cavalrymen were longing for, what Hua Ying and everyone else was desperately longing for. They were yelling furiously inside, Why don't we have war horses?

If they could not get experienced war horses, even some ordinary horses would do. As long as they could carry the cavalrymen, they could be any horses, steeds, mares, naughty horses, ponies, whatever kind of horses. As long as they were horses!

Without horses, the Tang army was seriously doomed.

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Throughout the North Battlefront Army, only General Xu Chi was still confident.

Yu Lian never showed up on the grassland, neither did the national master of Golden Tribe Royal Court and the ten priests. They were well protected by the grassland cavalrymen in the rear.

Xu Chi's confidence did not come from Yu Lian or Tang, the World Wayfarer of Devil's Doctrine. He had gotten the message from Helan City earlier on that the Wild People were delayed by the cavalrymen of the Divine Halls from the Yan and could not come immediately to back him up.

It was a very bad news. But fortunately, ten days ago he received another message. It was from the Academy and brought him some hope.

Many carriages had left the North Battalion and arrived at the rear of Guhe. They were full of hidden supplies for the main force of North Battlefront Army. To keep it a secret as long as he could, he did not even tell Hua Ying.

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The dawn was yet to come, and the moon was already gone. The sky was turning bright from the east while some dimming stars still shone in the west. People on the grassland were awake. Kids were playing and women were murmuring throughout the countless yurts of the Golden Tribe Royal Court. But more noises came from the clashing of machetes and armors, as well as the restless neighs of the war horses and the crackles of burning grass.

According to their tradition, the grassland cavalrymen should never bring their families to battles. But the Golden Tribe Royal Court was seriously throwing the entire tribe into the battle. Therefore they had women, children, as well as slaves in their yurts. Chanyu and the nobles prepared them well so that they were not a burden for the soldiers. Instead, they had become the best stimulator for the warriors to fight fearlessly against the Tang army.

The warriors of the Golden Tribe already assembled. They were solemn and firm. The slaves and families had helped them get armed.

It was the darkest time before dawn. They were not planning to do sneak attack in the darkness because darkness was not favorable for themselves either. The cavalrymen needed to see the field clearly. They were much more superior and did not need to take the risk.

They made an early assembly because it was in their blood to fight and it would be a severe battle today. Human beings could fight with morale, but not the war horses. Therefore they had to feed them well before the battle. They fed the horses with the best forage, mixed with grains and beans, and provided them with enough fresh water as well as some salt.

They had to finish all these preparations within four hours before the battle. Then the cavalry of Golden Tribe would crush whatever stayed in their way.

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