In fact, the journey to Erzurum is not far, after two or three hours, you can see the city wall at the foot of the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and the road from west to east is relatively flat, and you can see a large open belt. The only problem was that the journey from west to east began to climb higher, and the horses and camels began to struggle to walk.

Because they had been running for a while, and from the point of view of cherishing the physical strength of the horses or camels, fortunately the condition of a few wounds was not a serious problem, and everyone got off their mounts and marched on foot like Erzurum.

Lao Luo gradually felt that he was becoming more and more clear-hearted, and he no longer felt like he had always felt separated from the world by a veil.

Holding the time between Li Ji and Al Heisien chatting, Lao Luo couldn't help but be a little afraid, people are self-aware, he is not a scholar or the like, but he knows that he originally had the sequelae of the war, and he didn't expect that in this era, there was such a big problem unknowingly.

Thinking that if it weren't for practicing Jingyuan's secret technique, maybe he would gradually be manipulated by desire, regardless of the life and death of everyone around him, and he wouldn't be so calm to analyze himself, and now he is in such a clear state. However, this process of recovering is dangerous enough, and the process of re-examining oneself clearly remembers that if someone disturbs or interferes in the middle, you may become a madman who has lost a certain concept.

In this way, Taoist cultivation can not only help oneself to become familiar with the current state, but also treat the sequelae left over from the battlefield, and now it seems that Taoist cultivation has become a part of one's life. Now that I think about it, Lao Luo can't help but laugh at his past, when he was young, he blindly rejected the old academics taught by his father, and after joining the army, he thought he was smart and didn't believe anything, and he didn't dare to return to his hometown after many years of bloody life, but now he is back to his roots, is this the so-called experience of Taoism?

Another point, even in the era of the great prosperity of science and technology in later generations, remote or some dark corners, there are also unknown forces, in the past, Lao Luo was from unbelief to half-belief, but now he can't help but say that he seems to have experienced a reincarnation, the reincarnation of faith, from ignorance to paranoia, from paranoia to doubt, from doubt to enlightenment, so now is the stage of enlightenment?

I can't figure it out, but the people of later generations have too many desires, and people's hearts are complicated, and these people around them in this era, although they seem to be wise, or ignorant, or blindly obedient, are actually very simple, and they are generally good for themselves, in the words of later generations, and look at and cherish it.

Lao Luo's strength is very great, Li Ji wrapped in a blanket seems to have nothing in his arms, and the sleeping girl is still holding Lao Luo's placket tightly in her dreams, even if he gets off the camel's back, he does not wake up. A girl of this age in later generations is just a big girl, but in this era, it is ...... This affection is very precious.

Erzurum is in front of you, a military city that does not look very big, from a distance there are tall buildings that combine Roman style and Persian style, it should be a church or temple or the like, the space inside the distance should not be large, the periphery of the city is very open and empty, similar to Ankara, there are some caravans entrenched there, but the scale is much smaller than Ankara.

Alker and Heldon, who were exploring the way ahead, were already negotiating with the soldiers guarding the city, and Lao Luo guessed that although his team was not many, it was estimated that it would be difficult to be allowed to enter the city to rest because most of them were muscular men.

Sure enough, when everyone gathered in the open field, Alker and Helton returned to Lao Luo from the patrol soldiers, "Master, the sergeant major of the soldiers here said that we are too numerous, and we all look strong, and we are not allowed to go into the city to live for fear of chaos, but we can go to the city to buy supplies in a scattered manner." ”

"Well, forget it, tell Gonzhas and Stan to find a suitable place to camp according to the old rules, and settle the injured brother first." Lao Luo didn't plan to live in the city, although it may be possible to live more comfortably in the city, but this kind of place is really not at ease to hand over the safety to others.

"Also, master," said Arke, who deliberately lowered his voice close to Lao Luo, "the soldiers here said that we were allowed to camp because we came from Ankara, and all the Arabs were either killed or driven here, and they were very well guarded. ”

"Did Helton confirm that?" As soon as Lao Luo heard it, he understood that this kind of news was definitely not the credit of Alke, this guy Alke was good at battlefield observation, and when it came to inquiring about personnel, it was Helton, a profiteer-like guy, who was more powerful.

"That's right, profiteers are really good at this." Alker reached out and put his arm around Helton's shoulder, they had already nicknamed Helton, "The Profiteer", but he lived up to his name.

"Hurdon is doing a good job," said Old Law, staring at Helton's slender fellow, "in this case, I'll give you a mission, go to Stan's to fetch five hundred solidus, and take a few men around the city to see if there's anything to buy, and by the way, find out if there's any news of the Qarluqs, I remember they left five days before us." ”

"Understood, wise master!" Helton, the kid, screamed excitedly and hurried away.

Lao Luo is a little funny, but the mental state of these people under him is getting better and better, and they are beginning to show their true nature. But Alk didn't leave Lao Luo's side yet, "Alke, you go to Gonzas, the camp is set up as far away from other caravans as possible, be prepared, this is more dangerous than Ankara." ”

Gonzas's temper is said to have been mixed in the army, and he has a set of defense and attack, combined with Lao Luo's several instructions, and it is not a problem to arrange a defensive camp or something, and Lao Luo is very relieved about this. When the camp was arranged, the people shouted and neighed, and it was very noisy, and it was inconvenient for him to hold the sleeping fire girl to join in the fun.

But fortunately, Lao Luo's strength is far from being comparable to that of later generations, and there are enough manpower, and there are many exercises on the way to camp, and in more than half an hour, the tent in the camp was erected.

The camp is located on a hillside slope with a valley on one side and a water source on the other, and two outposts are set up on the high slope behind the camp, which is very deep and difficult to cross and eliminates the need to build complex defenses. The tents for the female dependents and the wounded soldiers were set up the fastest, and Lao Luo hugged Li Ji, planning to place the sleeping cat first, and he needed to take care of the wounded quickly.

Li Ji's maid Ge Rina and four not-so-female men quickly cleaned up the interior of the tent, Lao Luo carried the fire girl into the tent, just put it on the thick sleeping blanket, and wanted to take the ** hand off the placket, but heard a "third brother ......", yes, I didn't want to wake her up.

"Siniang woke up? It's okay, let's go back to sleep. Lao Luo was rarely gentle.

Li Ji looked left and right, and saw that her hand was still holding the front of Lao Luo's clothes, and she hurriedly withdrew her hand, "Third brother, are we here?" ”

"That's right, you haven't rested well for days to take care of me. Sleep a little longer, and call you when it's time to eat. Lao Luo tidied up his messy wrinkled clothes and stood up, "I'll go see those injured brothers and talk to you later." ”

"No, if I don't sleep, I'm going too." As she spoke, Li Ji sat up sideways.

"Show people what the wound is so beautiful, go to sleep." Lao Luo's rare patience had already given a stiff order before, and he walked out after speaking.

Li Jiteng stood up, caught up with Lao Luo directly, and grabbed Lao Luo's arm, "Don't sleep, let's go together." Eat and go to bed again. ”

Lao Luo couldn't do anything now, originally he planned to take out a little high wine from the space with people on his back, or he got it in Athens, but there was no such thing in the goods on the camel's back. He knows this ** pestering kung fu, but since he accepted this woman in his heart, some things about himself may need her to understand slowly.

Seeing that Lao Luo didn't refuse, Li Ji was so happy that she slept enough, and pulled Lao Luo out with brisk steps.

Lao Luo felt helpless, but also a little happy, grabbed this fire girl to his newly erected tent, turned around and took out a bunch of gauze and sheepskin wine bags, and by the way, he also faked out some small knives, these things are not what should be in this empty tent, Li Ji was stunned for a moment, "Third brother, will you still play illusions?" What else will you play? ”

"Illusion?" Lao Luo was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it, but it was the saying that this word became magic in the Tang Dynasty, and some people in later generations still called it that, "No, girl, this is a secret, I'll tell you when I get back." It's still important to save people. ”

"Hmm." The fire girl Li Ji listened to Lao Luo's intimateness, her face turned red, but her eyes were fixed on Lao Luo's hands holding things.

Lao Luo didn't say anything more, turned around and went to the wounded's tent, and Li Ji followed suit.

All the seriously wounded were arranged in a big tent, and Helton was not needed for treatment now, most of them were in charge of Haydn, but this time the arrow wound was different from the past, Lao Luo carefully checked the side, and it was finally okay, it did not involve the position of the internal organs, the most serious thing was the shoulder penetrating wound, as for the cause of the fever, although the pirate learned to stitch up the wound, he did not notice that the wound was not cleaned, and the enemy's arrow had rust and other dirty things on it, and now it is a little suppurated, Fortunately, the fighters have been well nourished recently, their resistance is very good, and they are still conscious.

Lao Luo got some prepared anesthetic for them to drink, and after the anesthetic took effect, he dismantled all the original wound sutures, and used a sterilized knife to cut off the carrion, until he saw that there was blood oozing, and then he cleaned the wound with high wine, cleaned all the things that did not belong to the subcutaneous tissue, and then sutured the wound.

There were a total of six seriously injured people, and by the time they were all dealt with, the sky was about to get dark, and Li Ji was not impatient, she didn't want to see Lao Luo heal his injuries, she just wanted to pester this man, just staring at Lao Luo with a pair of beautiful eyes. Also meticulously staring at Lao Luo's movements is Haydn, a Norman, this guy is now about to become a trauma doctor in the team, Lao Luo is also focusing on cultivating him, there will be more people in the future, Lao Luo can't do everything himself.

The layout of the camp has already been made, dinner, it is dinner, several large cauldrons are added to the bonfire, inside is stewed mountain mushroom bone broth, Lao Luo, who has not eaten much carefully for several days, has a great appetite, and the leaders of several teams are sitting together, and there is no need to talk about any rules for eating in the wild, and talking about the things on the road in the past few days while eating.

Alke suddenly stopped his appetite, "Master, there is something wrong with the valley on the right, when I set up camp, I sent two good men who climbed the rope to take a look, and found a lot of bones. ”

Lao Luo was stunned, he had also seen corpses on the side of the road along the way, but they were all dead animal bones, and now that Alke said this, it was definitely not an animal, but a person, "Well, I don't need to say much now, I'll talk about this later, I'll go down tomorrow to take a look." Gonzas, double the sentry post at night, pay attention to the vigilance. ”