"Alas..." A long sigh, Hami put down the letter in his hand.

  "Teacher, what's wrong?" Ha Ke poured him a cup of strong ginseng tea and handed it over.

  Hamidi rubbed his temples, which were aching from fatigue. The capital had just been established, and there were countless things to do. He slept less than three hours every day, and was so busy that he felt like he was running on empty. Fortunately, Haji had grown up quite a bit and had taken some of the pressure off him, which made him very happy.

  "Take a look."

  He took it over, carefully browsed through it once, furrowed his brow and said: "General Kuo Pao also made such a rash advance, indeed an exception, but also within reason."

  "Huh?" Hami looked at him with a hint of surprise and said, "Speak."

  "Yes." Ha Ke's eyes shone with wisdom as he spoke in a low voice, "General Kuo Pu is the most outstanding among the younger generation of our tribe. He broke through the siege of 20,000 troops outside the capital city with just a few dozen cavalrymen under his command. Although his opponent was Xu Hai Feng, General Kuo Pu's pride and arrogance would not have allowed him to remain unmoved. He did this extraordinary thing either to redeem himself or to prove himself. However, he never thought that he would inadvertently ruin your plan."

  Hamidi stared at him, the color of praise in his eyes growing thicker and thicker, finally bursting into laughter: "Good you, Hami, more than I thought, Master has a successor!"

  "Thank you for the compliment, teacher." Ha Qian bowed his head deeply.

  "Unfortunately, even I didn't expect this to happen, otherwise I wouldn't have let him rush off in such a hurry." Hami sighed repeatedly.

  In his original plan, he was going to use the strength of the Xianbei and other four tribes to first consume the Red Ocean's troops and morale. Only after both sides were wounded would he take advantage of the momentum to capture it in one fell swoop. This way, not only could he achieve the goal of eliminating the Red Ocean, but also weaken the strength of the Xianbei and other four tribes at the same time.

  This plan was not complicated, nor was it a secret. The Xianbei tribes had already sensed it, so from the beginning, they responded to Modu's orders perfunctorily and did not exert themselves.

  Until Modun's sacrifice of Hami, with land as bait, they became like wolves and tigers in one day, and the energy released made the Red Ocean suffer a great loss.

  Unexpectedly, the arrival of Bao Zheng's subordinate, Zhan Zhao, disrupted his entire plan, leading to unforeseen changes and a final outcome that was beyond expectation.

  "How did you think of this?" Hamidi suddenly remembered something and asked.

  He raised his head, with a proud glint in his eyes: "Of course."

  Hamidi's eyes widened in surprise, and he saw a new change in his gaze. The pride hidden in Hamid's thin body was not inferior to that of the famous Brag Eagle by a single bit.

  Unlike Gao Yun's noble bloodline from the imperial family, Ha Qian was also born into a noble family, but his mother was a humble slave. Since birth, he has been discriminated against, but he did not give up and instead worked hard to improve himself. The weak him, relying on his tireless efforts, did his best to enrich himself.

  One day, under a coincidence, he met Hami Stab.

  At first sight, Hami was deeply attracted to the stubbornness and unyielding spirit in his eyes. After a period of getting along, Hami resolutely accepted him as his apprentice, who became his first and only disciple.

  And Ha Qie did not disappoint him either, he proved Hami's vision with his own performance.

  For a moment, he was slightly distracted. At that time, Hami seemed to have returned to thirty years ago. He saw the young and vigorous Modun king again, saw the heroic and majestic Tohoti again, saw the ambitious Nanyilao of the Di tribe, and even saw his old rival Fang Liantian.

  At that time, he was no exception. Only, the thirty years of age had ground away too many edges, perhaps he had truly matured, understood deep thinking and careful consideration, but lost, or rather forgot, the youthful vigor.

  "Heaven's will..." Hami Ti raised his head, gazing out at the endless sky, and let out a sigh from the depths of his lungs.

  He looked at the famous Hunnuo national teacher with a strange gaze and asked: "Teacher, what are you thinking of?"

  "I thought of Ah Ying..." Hami glanced at him faintly and continued: "And you."

  "Disciple?" Ha Kui became even more perplexed. His relationship with his teacher was not ordinary, after many years of being together, they were as close as father and son. Even Hami Tuo's only son, Chidu, was jealous of this, which is why they usually spoke without reserve.

  Hamidi stood up, laughing: "Yes, Ah Ying may have ruined my plan, but he was able to lead 30,000 troops three days ahead of schedule, ultimately forcing Fang Lingchen to abandon his camp and flee. This is also a rare achievement. The future of the Xiongnu will depend on you young people."

  Ha Qian's face turned red and said: "Kou Batuo General is the son of heaven, indeed a pillar of the country."

  Hammer's smile was faint, but his words were sharp and decisive: "You are my disciple. Although you may not be better than him today, I believe that in the future your achievements will never be inferior to his."

  "Teacher." Ha Qiang suddenly lifted his head, and what he saw was Ha Mi's eyes full of encouragement. He nodded heavily, his eyes cast down, with a hint of mist at the corners.

  "Ah, okay."

  "In."

  "Are you going to disappoint me?" Hami asked with a sly smile.

  "Absolutely not." Hakuren's voice was filled with unwavering confidence.

  "Good." Hami Tuo slapped his shoulder heavily with his hand, but his thin body didn't move at all. Hami Tuo's face was full of smiles, and he suddenly asked: "What do you think about Xu Haifeng and Jiang Kongming?"

  "One literary and one martial, they are the greatest enemies of our clan." Ha Ke said in a low voice.

  "Not bad, you have to remember, in the future your greatest enemies may be them."

  Moon Lake Town, moonlight is bright and beautiful, every household has turned off their lights and gone to sleep, it's very quiet here at midnight.

  Suddenly, a wisp of flame sprang up from several houses and spread extremely quickly. In the blink of an eye, those few houses were engulfed in a sea of fire.

  Such a big fire naturally attracts people's attention, but in a short while, the sound of gongs and drums filled the whole town.

  "It's flooding......" Countless people woke up from their dreams, hastily putting on their clothes and rushing to the scene of the fire.

  Some people spontaneously organized a fire rescue, but unfortunately the fire was too big and they couldn't save it. In the end, these several houses were still reduced to ashes by the merciless flames.

  "Isn't this Old Wang's home? How could their house be flooded?"

  "Did they get away?"

  "How can we escape from such a big fire?"

  "Yes, alas... Old Man Wang is usually honest and down-to-earth, who would have thought..."

  After the fire was extinguished, the town mayor led a team to investigate for half a day. Except for some signs of struggle, nothing else was found. In the end, they came to a conclusion that it was an accidental fire and hastily closed the case.

  A man mixed in the crowd finally secretly let out a breath of relief, taking advantage of everyone's inattention, quietly leaving, as if he had never appeared at all, from start to finish without disturbing anyone.

  He quickly came to a dense forest outside the town, walked in, and heard someone ask: "How is it?"

  "Mr. Zhang, they have all perished, and no one in the town suspects a thing." He bowed respectfully.

  "That's fine."

  "Alas... Mr. Zhang, is it really necessary?"

  This group of people is Liu Zhengqi and others who left Yuelao Town during the day.

  Although the old man's son recognized Zhang Zihua, under the old man's insistence, he did not betray them and instead arranged for a large amount of dry food and water for them.

  Zhang Zihua pretended not to know and bid farewell to the old man with a thousand thanks. However, as soon as he left the town, he immediately ordered someone to return and monitor. At the same time, he and Liu Hualiang waited here with several people. As night fell, he led a few soldiers to sneak into the town quietly. The family of three was no match for this group of regular soldiers and were easily taken away by them.

  He then carefully arranged the scene, set fire to the house, left Liu Hualiang to observe the situation, and led the crowd to return first.

  "Hua Liang, you also heard it with your own ears. If not for that old man Wang's dissuasion, his son would have gone to report to the authorities already. Do you think this is necessary?" Zhang Zihua asked back.

  Liu Hualiang's mind flashed back to the round, wide-open eyes of Wang Lao Han at the moment of his death, with a fierce resentment and unwillingness that seemed like a big hand tightly grasping his heart. His face changed color as he said, "In the end, they still didn't go."

  He gave him a sideways glance with a hint of surprise, and Zhang Zihua's eyes had a dangerous tone: "Not going now doesn't mean we won't go in the future, not going today doesn't mean we won't go tomorrow. Your Highness' safety is worth ten thousand jin, I can't take this risk, and besides, it's not worth taking."

  "They are innocent." Liu Hualiang muttered to himself, he also knew this truth in his heart, but as a young man, he still didn't have that kind of indifferent and unfeeling heart.

  "Innocent?" Zhang Zihua sneered, although Liu Hualiang's voice was very small, he still caught it: "In this world, there are too many innocent people, the strong survive and the weak forget, that is the only criterion. If you don't want to be one of those innocent weaklings, then get stronger."

  He finished speaking, swung his sleeve and turned around to leave. Liu Hualiang shivered with cold, stunned for a moment, and finally got up to catch up.

  Before long, they had joined Liu Zhengqi and others in the wild. When everyone met, Liu Zhengqi's gaze at Zhang Zihua was inquiring, while the latter nodded slightly.

  Liu Hualiang secretly noticed that the Crown Prince actually let out a sigh of relief at this time, while Liu Zhengzhong and Gao Chengwei didn't move their expressions at all. His heart suddenly became icy cold.