However, those were concerns for later, because currently, the Three Yan were fiercely battling Divine Teachings, and the northern clans also had a major task at hand, leaving no time to manage affairs in the south.
Indeed, this major task was the preparation for the northern expedition at the onset of spring.
Every spring, attacking Hu Lu had been a rule set by the Grand Marshall because, during the beginning of spring, the stallions of the North of the Pass were weakened by a winter of starvation, severely lacking in stamina, unable to run distances or charge effectively into formations. Moreover, spring was the breeding season when most of the northern Hu Lu and their livestock were pregnant, making it difficult for them to quickly migrate northward to escape the central plains' assaulting troops. As a result, herds of cattle, sheep, horses, and human livestock would fall into the hands of the clans.
