The heat wave came, blowing Yelu Cangqi’s cloak.

Although they were dozens of miles apart, even the biting night wind became hot at this moment.

From afar, a raging fire shot up into the sky above the Northern Barbarian camp dozens of miles away, and thick smoke rolled in the night sky like a giant dragon, rising straight into the sky.

The flames illuminated half the sky red, and even the soldiers in the Wolf Division camp could clearly see the sea of ​​fire.

It was a devastating fire. The raging flames were like a raging beast, devouring everything in the camp.

Tents, food, supplies… were all reduced to ashes in the flames. The thick smoke mixed with the smell of burning seemed to be silently telling of a huge disaster.

Yelu Cangqi’s pupils shrank slightly and his face turned gloomy in an instant.

His eyes were fixed on the flames rising into the sky, and a trace of shock and anger flashed in his eyes.

“Is this your plan… Hu Yanhuan?” He murmured in a low voice, with a hint of disbelief in his voice, “The price is too high…!”

Hu Yanzhong’s face was also pale at this moment, and the dazzling firelight made his expression look very ugly.

His lips trembled slightly, his eyes filled with astonishment and fear: “How could this be… General, is this also part of your plan?”

At this moment, his mood became very complicated, although he knew in his heart that their plan had worked and Lin Zhongyun had already kidnapped the prisoner.

However, the scale of the fire before him was still hard for him to imagine and accept.

He could even vaguely hear noisy shouts coming from a distance, which were the sounds of the Northern Barbarian soldiers struggling in the sea of ​​fire.

Yelu Cangqi took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

His eyes were still fixed on the fire in the distance, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his heart was filled with huge waves.

Yelu Cangqi’s eyes flickered slightly in the firelight, and the expression on his face gradually changed from shock to calmness.

His hand slowly tightened around the long sword at his waist, and his tone was low and cold: “It seems that the rebels have already taken action.”

His voice was not loud, but it carried a chilling majesty.

Hu Yanhuan came back to his senses and said in a panic, “General, what should we do now? Should we put out the fire? After all, our baggage is still in the camp!”

Yelu Cangqi did not respond immediately, but stared at the fire with deep eyes. His expression remained calm, but his brows were furrowed even more tightly. After a moment, he said coldly: “The rebels chose this time to attack, which was obviously carefully planned. Their goal is not only to save people, but also to destroy our logistics.”

His voice was low and cold, as if it had condensed into a sharp knife in the night wind.

When Hu Yanzhong heard this, his face turned even uglier: “General, what should we do now? If Hu Yanzhao returns and finds that the camp has been destroyed, morale will surely be greatly affected!”

Yelu Cangqi smiled coldly, with a hint of disdain in his eyes: “Morale? Morale is built by victory, not by a camp.

If Hu Yanhuan can’t even see through this, how can he become the commander of an army?”

There was a hint of cold sarcasm in his voice, but more of it was a calm control of the situation.

He also believed that since Hu Yanhuan dared to do this, he must have made preparations in advance and had long anticipated that the rebels would set fire.

Therefore, the baggage and food supplies in the camp nowadays are absolutely very few.

Even if there are some things that are not taken away, they will definitely not have an overwhelming impact on the entire battle situation.

He took a deep breath and turned to look at Hu Yanzhong, his eyes carrying a hint of unquestionable majesty: “Pass on my order, according to the previously established plan, send spies to follow them.”

“Now all we need to do is let Li Zhongwu and the others wait for us to find Lin Zhongyun.”

Hu Yanzhong nodded, then turned and left to convey the order.

Yelu Cangqi’s gaze fell on the fire again, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

His hand slowly tightened the long sword at his waist, and his tone was low and cold: “Rebels… do you think that burning a few tents can shake our foundation? You are too naive.”

He paused, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a meaningful sneer: “However, this game…is becoming more and more interesting.”

As Yelu Cangqi’s order was passed down, the Wolf Division camp quickly took action.

The soldiers stood up, put on their armor, and picked up their weapons. The entire camp instantly went from tranquility to a tense state of combat readiness.

The Northern Barbarian camp in the distance was still burning, with thick smoke and flames interweaving in the night sky, as if opening the curtain for the upcoming battle.

Yelu Cangqi stood on a high place in the camp, staring coldly at the fire in the distance.

There was a hint of calm consideration in his eyes, as if he was waiting for something.

“Rebels, you are indeed smart, but smart people often die faster.” He whispered, then turned back to the tent and began to prepare for the next action.

……

The night wind howled and the wilderness was silent. Only the sound of horse hooves echoed across the earth, like the whisper of the night, telling of endless loneliness and desolation.

Hu Yanhuan was riding on a horse, wearing heavy armor, as if blending into the night.

His eyes were deep, staring through the darkness at the raging fire rising into the sky in the distance. The fire was like stars in the night sky, piercing the night curtain and illuminating half of the sky red.

The thick smoke rolled like a giant dragon rising, as if silently announcing the disaster in the Northern Barbarian Camp.

Even though it was dozens of miles away, the destructiveness of the sea of ​​fire was still clearly visible, like a silent disaster, shocking everyone who witnessed it.

There was no panic on Hu Yanhuan’s face. Instead, he showed a meaningful sneer, as if everything was under his control.

There was a hint of coldness in his eyes and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, as if he was mocking the fickleness of fate.

“Oh… you finally can’t hold it in anymore?” He whispered to himself, with a hint of indifference and sarcasm in his voice, as if he was mocking those who tried to challenge him.

At this moment, a spy came galloping from a distance, dismounted, knelt in front of Hu Yanhuan, and reported anxiously: “General, something terrible has happened! The camp is on fire, the rebels have attacked, and the loss of food and supplies is heavy!”

There was a hint of panic in the spy’s voice, and he was obviously shocked by the situation.

However, Hu Yanhuan remained calm throughout, his eyes still fixed on the fire in the distance, the sneer on his face not diminished at all.

“I understand.” Hu Yanhuan said calmly, without a trace of emotion in his tone, as if everything was within his expectations. The spy was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Hu Yanhuan cautiously: “General, do we… need to return for help immediately?”

“General! The camp has been attacked. What should we do?” A deputy general hurried forward and said anxiously, “If the food and baggage are all destroyed, how will we get the follow-up supplies? Should we return to provide assistance immediately?”

“Yes, General!” another general echoed, with a hint of panic in his tone, “The rebels obviously took advantage of our absence to launch a surprise attack. If we don’t go back, I’m afraid the camp won’t even be able to survive!”

At once, everyone spoke up, suggesting that they should send for help immediately. Their voices were filled with anxiety and uneasiness, and they were obviously helpless in the current situation.

However, Hu Yanhuan remained silent.

He sat upright on his horse, staring coldly at the fire in the distance. There was no trace of panic on his face, but instead a meaningful sneer.

After a moment, Hu Yanhuan slowly spoke, his voice low and cold: “What are you going back for?”

His voice was not loud, but it was like a heavy hammer, instantly interrupting everyone’s anxiety. Everyone was stunned and looked up at him with a hint of doubt in their eyes.

“General, this…” The deputy general hesitated and seemed unable to believe his ears. “Are we just going to watch the camp burn down?”

Hu Yanhuan turned his head, his eyes as sharp as a knife, and scanned everyone coldly. There was a trace of disdain and mockery in his eyes, and his tone was filled with a chilling majesty: “That camp was already abandoned when I left.”

“Abandoned pawn?” Everyone looked at each other, obviously shocked by Hu Yanhuan’s choice of words.

Hu Yanhuan ignored their reactions and continued, “Food and supplies are important, but the battle itself is more important.

In order to rescue Li Zhongwu, the rebels will inevitably take risks. Now that Li Zhongwu has been rescued by them, what will they do next? “

He paused, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes: “Lin Zhongyun will never choose to continue living in Hailan Ranch.

He knew that as long as he stayed there, he would be completely surrounded and killed by us. Therefore, his only choice was to try his best to join the rebels outside. “

Hu Yanhuan’s analysis caused everyone to be silent for a while, but one general still couldn’t help but say: “General, but our camp…”

“Shut up!” Hu Yanhuan interrupted him coldly, with a hint of cold murderous intent in his eyes, “Come back for help? Come back for help for what? Are you going to give up bigger prey for a few tents?”

There was an unquestionable majesty in his voice, which made everyone bow their heads.

“Do you think the rebels will wait for us to return to the camp?”

Hu Yanhuan sneered, his tone full of sarcasm, “Their goal is to rescue people, not to occupy the camp.

Now that Li Zhongwu has been rescued, they will surely evacuate quickly and reunite with Lin Zhongyun.”

He looked up at the fire in the distance, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: “That fire is just a smoke screen created by the rebels to cover their retreat.

If you are fooled by this little trick, I will be very disappointed.”

Hu Yanhuan turned his head and looked at everyone, his tone low and cold: “Pass on my order, everyone move forward with all their strength and do not act rashly. We only need to intercept them at the front line, there is no need to rush.”

He paused, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes: “After Lin Zhongyun and Li Zhongwu meet up, he will definitely think that he is safe.

But they don’t know that we have already laid a net, waiting for them to fall into it.”

Hu Yanhuan smiled slightly, with a hint of complacency and calmness in his eyes: “The biggest weakness of the rebels is their self-confidence.

They thought they had seized their opportunity, but they didn’t know that I had it all under control.”

The night wind was still howling, and the wilderness was dead silent.

The fire in the distance gradually weakened, and the blazing red light began to disappear into the night, but the thick smoke still rolled in the sky, like a giant dragon circling in the night sky.

The burning breath drifted in with the wind, bringing with it a suffocating feeling of oppression.

Hu Yanhuan sat upright on his horse, his cloak fluttering in the night wind.

His eyes were coldly fixed on the distant sky, and there was no fluctuation in his expression, as if the burned camp had nothing to do with him.

“Lin Zhongyun, Li Zhongwu… I have seen clearly the chess game of your rebel army.” He whispered, with a hint of unquestionable confidence in his tone, “Soon, this game will be over, and the winner… can only be me.”

In fact, Hu Yanhuan had already anticipated the rebels’ move of burning down the camps.

Before deciding to lead his troops out of the camp, he had already made all the necessary preparations.

He knew very well that the goal of the rebel army was not only to rescue Li Zhongwu, but also to weaken the combat effectiveness of the Northern Barbarians by destroying their logistical supplies.

Hu Yanhuan had already seen through this simple and direct tactic.

Therefore, before leaving the camp, he ordered his men to secretly move most of the baggage and food in the camp to a hidden location, leaving only a portion of the supplies as “bait.”

These supplies were deliberately piled in conspicuous locations, as if they were the core of the Northern Barbarians’ logistics.

“They thought that by burning our food supplies, they could shake our foundation.” Hu Yanhuan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a sneer, “Little did they know that those were just the ‘gifts’ I prepared for them.”

“The rebels’ vision is always too short-sighted. They thought that burning a few tents would force us to retreat, but they didn’t know that the real price of this fire was their own lives.”

In his view, the burned supplies were just discarded pawns in the war.

For the entire Northern Barbarian Army, these losses are insignificant and will not have any substantial impact on the war situation.

What’s more, the fire was part of his plan.

“To exchange some insignificant supplies for the complete defeat of the rebel army is simply a great deal.” Hu Yanhuan said in a low voice, with a hint of mockery and complacency in his eyes.

Hu Yanhuan glanced at the generals beside him, and said with a hint of coldness in his tone: “Do you think I will let the rebels succeed easily? What they burned was just the ‘waste’ I deliberately left behind.”

He paused, his eyes flashing with a sharpness: “The real baggage and food have already been moved to a safe place. Even if they burn down the entire camp, it will not have any impact on our combat effectiveness.”

When the generals heard this, they all showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

They were originally anxious about the burning of the camp, but at this moment they were impressed by Hu Yanhuan’s foresight.

“The general is indeed wise!” A deputy general said with a hint of admiration in his tone, “The rebels thought they had a good plan, but they didn’t know they had already fallen into the general’s trap.”

Hu Yanhuan smiled slightly, with a hint of calm confidence in his eyes: “I have been in control of this hunting game from the beginning.” (End of this chapter)