Yelu Shenxuan's words revealed the huge problems that the Liao army has had to face now.

Xiao Tiannan also expressed his expression solemnly and said, "The food and grass available to the entire army can only last for four days. Once all these food and grass are consumed... Then we must kill the war horses to fill our hunger. Although we have a lot of reserves and the injured horses in the previous battles can still fill our stomachs, the problem is that the horses eat grass. If all the war horses do not eat, it will have a huge impact on our army's combat effectiveness."

The reason why cavalry is expensive is largely due to the body of war horses.

War horses are much more expensive than humans, and under the same conditions, the training cost of a war horse will be twice or even more than a soldier. In other words, the Liao army has always grown up on horseback and is well aware of the temperament of horses, so it has barely reduced this cost to the point where a war horse consumes one and a half soldiers.

But no matter how familiar the Liao army is with war horses, it is natural that war horses have to eat grass when they are hungry. If people can still kill the injured and reserved war horses, in this snowy and ice, war horses can only watch them starve to death.

"Four Days..."

Yelu Shenxuan exhaled and said in a deep voice: "All you live or… madness.”

Xiao Tiannan sighed lightly and said no more.

In fact, he and Yelu Shenxuan knew very well that fighting the Qin army to the death was not a wise choice in such an environment.

But these hundreds of thousands of Liao troops have no way back, so are Yelu Shenxuan.

Perhaps when Yelu Shenxuan made the pursuit decision at the Crescent Pass, he should have expected the situation in front of him.

But Yelu Shenxuan actually had no choice at that time.

The king of the Liao Kingdom in Langting is already in danger and may return to the embrace of Changshengtian at any time. Yelu Shenxuan cannot rush back as soon as possible. Now all he can do is to swallow the entire Gansu and Shaanxi. After he ascends the throne at the beginning of the spring of the next year, he will annex the entire Yellow River of the Qin Kingdom with the Crescent Pass as a basis.

Only in this way can Yelu Shenxuan completely sit on his throne.

Perhaps, Yelu Shenxuan could choose to go back to the Wolf Court to take over immediately, but in that case, it would take him a long time to sort out the domestic conflicts. When he truly grasps the royal power and makes a comeback, what will happen to Qin State?

To put it bluntly, Yelu Shenxuan didn’t want to wait and didn’t want to give Qin a chance to turn things around.

Xiao Tiannan suddenly asked, "Crown Prince, are you afraid of Li Chen?"

This seemingly mindless problem made a smile flash in Yelu Shenxuan's eyes. He turned his head and looked at Xiao Tiannan seriously and said, "Li Chen is an extremely talented, ambitious and capable person. He is the most outstanding peer I have ever seen. It can even be said that if he was born on the grassland, he would be the most powerful enemy on my way to ascend the throne."

Although I had already figured it out in my heart, when Xiao Tiannan heard that Yelu Shenxuan gave Li Chen such a high evaluation, he couldn't help but be a little shocked.

You know, the person who said this in front of you was Yelu Shenxuan, the most outstanding crown prince on the grassland for hundreds of years. He was recognized as the successor to the throne. None of his dozens of brothers had the heart to compete with him for the throne. Even the most remote tribe on the grassland, they were all chanting the name of Yelu Shenxuan.
Chapter completed!