Zhao Hai was seated on Ban Zhu's back, a helpless look on his face. On his left was Barter, who was riding beside him, and on his right was Fire Phoenix.
In the end, Leader Feng had agreed to Fire Phoenix's request, allowing her to join the scout team with Zhao Hai. As such, the entire scout team was extremely arrogant. Everyone in the Sand Tiger Stockade knew that there were two great powerhouses in the Sand Tiger Stockade. One was Fire Phoenix, and she was the only Consolidated Equipment Stage powerhouse in the entire Sand Tiger Stockade. As such, many people thought that she was the top powerhouse in the entire Sand Tiger Stockade.
However, there were still some who said that the top powerhouse of the Sand Tiger Stockade should be Zhao Hai, as Zhao Hai had defeated Fire Phoenix before. Of course, there were many who disagreed. In their eyes, Fire Phoenix had just broken through to the Heavenly Jewel Stage, and was not familiar with her powers yet. That was why she had been defeated by Zhao Hai. Now, if Zhao Hai and Fire Phoenix were to fight again, the loser would definitely be Zhao Hai.
However, no matter if it was those who supported Fire Phoenix or those who supported Zhao Hai, they could not deny that the two of them were the strongest in the entire Sand Tiger Stockade. Now that both of them had joined the scout team, it made the entire scout team feel extremely arrogant.
Zhao Hai was also extremely annoyed. He really did not know what Fire Phoenix was thinking, and why she wanted to join the scout team with him. If she said that she liked him, Zhao Hai would not believe it. After all, who was Fire Phoenix? She was the leader of an entire stockade, and she had a blood feud on her shoulders. In fact, Zhao Hai could not even see any emotions in her eyes. Besides the time when she was facing the Fire Tiger, her eyes were cold and emotionless. How could such a person like him? Zhao Hai could not help but express his doubts.
However, no matter what, Fire Phoenix had already joined the scout team, and no matter the reason, he had to accept her. Zhao Hai took a deep breath, calming his emotions. Turning to Barter, he said: "Barter, how much do you know about this area?"
Barter replied in a deep voice, "Young Master Crane Grass, I don't know much about this place. We only learned a little about the situation here when we were fleeing."
Zhao Hai nodded and said: "It's fine if you don't know about it, but if you know about it, then our scout team would be useless. Let's move forward with all our strength, we don't need to cherish the horses. The team gave each of us two horses in order to help us understand the surrounding situation. Pass down my order, from now on, the scout team will be divided into ten teams, with 100 people in each team. If you encounter an enemy, immediately report back."
Barter immediately complied and went to pass down the order. Before long, the ten teams were divided into ten teams, and the team captains were also selected. Zhao Hai looked at the ten captains and said: "Remember, contact me at least once every hour. If you don't contact me within an hour, then it means that you have been attacked or have been killed. If I find out that you haven't been attacked and haven't contacted me at least once every hour, then according to military law, the distance between teams cannot exceed 10 li. Go."
As soon as the ten teams heard Zhao Hai, their hearts shook. Then they loudly complied and left. Barter personally commanded a team, while Zhao Hai and Fire Phoenix commanded a team of 100 people as they rushed forward.
After that, every hour or so, there would be people from each squad reporting their progress. Ten squads would push forward like this. In other words, they could at least observe the situation within a radius of a hundred li horizontally. Pushing forward like this, it was believed that no one could escape their eyes.
Fire Phoenix didn't say anything, she just sat on her horse and followed Zhao Hai all the way. She didn't express any opinion about Zhao Hai's arrangement, it was as if she was listening to everything Zhao Hai said. This made Zhao Hai puzzled, but also happy.
This time, they didn't encounter any other small tribes, but they did encounter some scattered herdsmen. For these herdsmen, there was no need for the army to come, Zhao Hai's scouts would have already dealt with them.
On this day, Fire Phoenix finally saw Zhao Hai's ruthless side. On this day, Zhao Hai didn't take any captives. All the herdsmen that they encountered, regardless of whether they were men or women, were all killed. Facing such a situation, Fire Phoenix didn't know what to say.
Although Fire Phoenix was now a thief, she had been educated since childhood on how to be a good soldier. And a good soldier wouldn't indiscriminately kill the innocent. However, Zhao Hai's actions, in her view, were indiscriminately killing the innocent. This made her have a new understanding of Zhao Hai. Therefore, she began to carefully size up Zhao Hai, she wanted to see something from Zhao Hai's eyes.
A murderous person's eyes would always reflect something. For example, the King of the Tiger Soul Nation was a murderous person. So every time he talked about killing, his eyes would shine, as if he was very excited.
Her father was a general. Sometimes, a general had no choice but to kill. However, her father wasn't a bloodthirsty person. Therefore, every time her father talked to her about killing, there would always be a trace of pain in his eyes.
However, Fire Phoenix also followed her father to the barracks. When they were in the barracks, Fire Phoenix also saw her father ordering people to kill. At that time, her father didn't show any signs of pain, only coldness. His cold eyes and cold tone made Fire Phoenix wake up from a nightmare. She didn't know if the person sitting in the tent was her father or a devil.
Of course, Fire Phoenix had also seen another type of person. This type of person was completely indifferent to life and death. In their eyes, life was nothing. When they killed people, they wouldn't have any emotional fluctuations. It was as if they were doing something insignificant. Fire Phoenix had also seen this type of person in the Tiger Soul Country. That person was a general who was even more famous than her father. Moreover, he was an old general. She was fortunate enough to see this old general commanding a battle. His indifferent tone made it seem as if he wasn't talking about killing people, but only about weeding. It was as if those weren't lives, but chess pieces in his hand.
Fire Phoenix also asked her father why the old General was like that. Her father told her that it was because the old General had seen too much life and death. The death of his own people, the death of his enemies, the death of soldiers, and the death of ordinary people. He had seen too much life and death. Because of this, he could completely ignore life and death. In his eyes, soldiers were chess pieces, enemies were also chess pieces. Either his chess pieces would be eaten by the enemy, or he would eat the enemy's chess pieces. Everything, for him, didn't make any difference, as if he was doing something insignificant. But this was a General who had been in the army for decades. He had experienced thousands of battles, both big and small. The number of people who died in his hands was close to ten million, and the number of deaths he saw with his own eyes was even more. It was precisely because of this that he developed the habit of ignoring life and death. If he cherished life like an ordinary person, then he would have already gone crazy.
Because of this experience, Fire Phoenix wanted to see what kind of person Zhao Hai was. Was he the kind of person who would kill, or was he the kind who would ignore life and death?
Fire Phoenix soon knew that Zhao Hai belonged to the latter. When he gave the order to kill, his tone didn't have any fluctuations. It wasn't cold, nor was it excited, it was just indifferent. It was as if he wasn't talking about human lives, but sand that could be seen everywhere in the desert. This made Fire Phoenix even more curious about Zhao Hai.
On the second day after Fire Phoenix joined the scouting team, they finally met a large tribe. It couldn't be called a large tribe, it could only be considered a medium sized tribe in the prairie. The name of the tribe was Abahai. Barter had heard of this tribe before, it was a very brave tribe. The adult men in the tribe were very brave. When the tribe was at its strongest, they had fifty thousand control warriors, and the tribe's population exceeded two hundred thousand. Such a tribe could already be considered a medium sized tribe in the prairie.
In recent years, the Abahai tribe's situation had been very good. Their population had already exceeded three hundred thousand, and they had eighty thousand control warriors. They would soon become one of the largest tribes in the prairie.
However, what made Barter puzzled was that the Abahai tribe had always been in a place called the Black Sea in the north. The water and grass there were very rich, but because it was close to the north, the temperature was very low. Half a year would be covered in ice and snow. Because of this, their living conditions were very difficult.
It might be because of this difficult living environment that the people of the Abahai tribe became even more brave. However, the Black Sea was very far from here. How did the Abahai tribe come here?
In order to confirm that this was the Abahai tribe, Barter had Zhao Hai draw the Abahai tribe's flag. The Abahai tribe's flag was very special. Their flag was triangular with a camel on top.
When Zhao Hai drew the Abahai tribe's flag, Barter was finally able to confirm that this was the Abahai tribe. After Barter introduced the Abahai tribe to Zhao Hai, Zhao Hai immediately decided to inform Captain Feng about this information before making a plan.
Because of this information, Captain Feng had already given the order to set up camp. At this time, their camp was only a hundred li away from the Abahai tribe's camp. This was a very dangerous distance, they could be discovered by the Abahai tribe at any time.
After Captain Feng's tent was set up, he called everyone to the tent. First, he told them about Zhao Hai's discovery of the Abahai tribe. Then he had Hei Tianhu and Barter tell them about the Abahai tribe's situation. After the two finished talking, Captain Feng looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, let's talk about how we should deal with the Abahai tribe."
Everyone was silent. Liu Yuangong and the others didn't have much experience in large-scale battles, so it wasn't convenient for them to speak. On the other hand, Hei Tianhu and the others were in a difficult position. This was because the Abahai tribe was a very hard bone to chew. If they attacked the Abahai tribe, they might suffer a lot. This was the reason why they were silent. Zhao Hai didn't want to be the first to speak, so he also didn't speak.
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