Chapter 84 - Vendetta

After one full day and night, the troops had almost reached their limit. Shen Leng ordered them to take a break. At this moment, they were already at least fifteen miles away from Zhangkou’s dock. Traveling at such a speed did not only put their limits to the test, it was the same for their horses too.

Normally, it was considered fast for the cavalry to travel thirty miles in a day. After all, they were different from an individual light cavalry.

There were a lot of horses being raised in the northern part of Great Ning. In Kuomeng, to the north of Hexi, there was a grassland that stretched over thousands of miles. In Great Chu of the previous dynasty, the grassland was being subdued, and all the tribes had to pay allegiance to the imperial court. After Great Ning was established, they gave special treatment to the natives of the grassland, to appease them and quel negative sentiments. Over the past hundreds of years, the grassland provided the foundation f