The observation before cooperation took a long time, but once faced with shared interests, reaching an agreement was quick, like wolves hunting together. On the second day after Ao Hala and Maha Agudah met at the Oobao, the River-side Tribe began their preparations for battle.
One hundred and sixty warhorses started being fed large quantities of grass seeds and hay; from dawn till dusk, they were almost constantly eating. This was to strengthen the horsepower—whether for raids or pursuit, the faster and more enduring the warhorses, the better. To achieve that, the key factor was "feeding": only by stuffing the horses, putting flesh on their bones, could they be faster than the enemy's mounts! And on the battlefield, even the slightest edge in speed and endurance often decided whether the other side escaped or was captured.
