Ten days later, in the afternoon, a hundred kilometers east of Lake Edda, wisps of mountain wind swept from the farther north of the distant mountains, followed by groups of geese or swans, much more endurance than humans, at least on the way to migration.

"Munich, is that what you call Kuzak?" He ordered the Duke to stop, and only after everyone around him had climbed the gentle slope did Lao Luo stop observing the situation in the distance.

As far as the telescope can reach, it shows a small earthen city in the distance mixed with wild grass and rocks, and there is no sign of human activity, but it is indeed a good place to build a city in terms of location.

To the north are the mountains, which can block the cold winter winds, and the trees on the mountains are lush, and to the south are open slopes, where traces of cultivation can be faintly seen, but there are already barren grasses everywhere.

"Yes, master, it should be Kuzak over there." Munich rode a pony, and without a telescope, he could not see the signs in the distance, but he could always tell the direction by the impressions he had seen.

"Okay......" Lao Luo felt a little strange and confused in his heart, if he remembered correctly, according to the direction, this was the place that was once called Lenin Labard in later generations, but the surrounding environment was very different from his memory, the surrounding terrain and water ripples were not at all the appearance of later generations, and the only thing that could be used as a geographical marker in his impression was the towering mountain peak in the distance - there was a forest park called Ugamchat in later generations.

Following Lao Luo to break away from the brigade and go first, only his personal guards and a scout of the city, everyone's expressions were a little puzzled at the moment, but no one moved, just watching around and waiting for Lao Luo's next order.

"Alright, Alker, send a team of scouts to report back to Cheng Shouru and order them to move on." Having come here, Lao Luo has nothing to worry about and hesitate, at least the mental power sensing has not found any danger, "Alki, order everyone to move forward." Eighteen Lang, take your people around and take a look! ”

"Yes, Lord." With the sound of the promise, the knights who had stopped were saddled up again.

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A few days ago, after hearing that there was a deserted town, Lao Luo had no interest in staying in Bukhara anymore, and it seemed that the delay was until the end of September, and if he did not prepare the winter camp before the first snow came, then he would have to wait for the cold to be frozen.

Nasreddin, the city lord of Bukhara, wanted to get closer to the eastbound battalion, but Lao Luo just ordered Helton to contact the other party, and as for what happened next, Lao Luo didn't care.

Along the way to the east, occasionally need to avoid the windy weather - no way, this season is the time of change, according to the later meteorological theory, the cold air mass in the north is constantly encroaching south, they cross the Ukrainian steppe, wrong, this era does not have the name of the Ukrainian steppe, in short, the cold air in the north is not blocked and goes straight to Central Asia, so it is the most important thing to hurry up while there is no wind.

Because they were in a hurry to find a place to spend the winter, no one wanted to stay in the empty and unsheltered wasteland, not to mention the nomadic tribes around who were also people and bandits. Passing through Samarkand, no one has any interest in staying, for Lao Luo, although Samarkand is very famous in later generations, and it is also a famous northern city in this era, but for the people in the camp, this place is a Bukhara that has been put in.

Qadir Khan, the Khan of the Qarakhanid Kingdom, mobilized all his military forces to Kashgar, and this place was simply undefended for Lao Luo, so the brigade of men and horses hurried all the way, ignoring the surprise of passers-by along the way and the panic in the city of Samarkand.

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Approaching the city of Kuzak in Muniqi's mouth, Lao Luo found that this was indeed a small city where many people lived, but it was full of broken walls and ruins, plus the bleak autumn, which made people see a barren scenery everywhere.

The ruins of this small city are in the southwest-northeast direction as a whole, built on the mountain, the main city gate is in the southeast direction, and the northeast and southwest can vaguely see that there is a smaller city gate each, although the city gate has been damaged, after the war, the people who cleaned the battlefield moved the original city gate. The outer city wall is still well preserved, except for a few broken openings, but it can be seen that it is a roughly rectangular city.

Lao Luo calculated that this irregular rectangle was about five miles long and four miles wide, and it was placed at the level of a small town in later generations, removing some places that could not be cleaned up in time, and the remaining places were enough for tens of thousands of people to live in.

After counting this, Lao Luo ordered everyone to disperse and search the specific situation here, and he himself began to carefully check the situation inside.

Planning a place where tens of thousands of people can recuperate for a winter is no easy task, especially in this day and age.

The city is also full of collapsed houses, improvised streets covered with dirt and stones, some withered weeds, and occasionally a trace of a feline or rat can be seen, and in the crevices of the weeds you can vaguely see the bones of unknown creatures, maybe human, and the remaining walls can occasionally see dark patches, shaped like traces of running water, which are the remnants of killing...... Everywhere it gives people a sense of desolation and decadence, much like the landscape pictures of abandoned cities in later generations, the only difference is the age difference of the remaining objects......

Occasionally, you can see buildings with collapsed half-roofs, mostly made of stone at the bottom and finished with rammed earth tops, with weathered wooden beams and soft mud roofs half-exposed...... In the center of the city there are still three or five relatively complete buildings with roofs, and their materials are completely different from those of other collapsed houses - they are all made of stone, the gap in the middle is very small, and a solid bond can be seen, the windows are small like archery battlements, there are no wooden windows, the doorway is at least three and a half to four meters high, it is very open, and there is a stout colonnade structure......

Lao Luo was not surprised by the former, this should be a product of the technical level of this area in this era, but a few well-preserved buildings in the center made him a little puzzled. This all-stone structure resembles the Mediterranean, or more precisely, the ancient Roman period - not the Eastern Romans of his time, but the earlier Western Roman era......

Because you can see some columns that are still intact, and they are close to a meter in diameter, which is not something that the nomads of Central Asia can make, let alone an Oriental style......

"Lord, this house seems to be a Roman'...... It seems to be the council chamber......" Alki, who was following Lao Luo, said softly.

"Maybe, do you know the writing on the wall?" Lao Luo pointed to a wall with inscriptions and said, the letters written on it are ancient Greek, Lao Luo only knows a few letters, but to let him understand what it means, it is estimated that he needs to study it for three or five years.

"General, I don't know...... Why don't you wait for Mr. Al Hesian to take a look? "Olki was basically illiterate when he was a gladiator, and now he has barely learned some Roman characters and Chinese characters, and he is forced to complete them.

"Okay, whatever...... Tell the soldiers to search all suspicious places and determine the safety status of this place...... "Lao Luo is too lazy to wonder about the origin of this building, whether he is a historian or not, it is estimated that those experts and professors in later generations will definitely go crazy if they reach this era."

"Will the lord ......" Alki did not accept Lao Luo's order, and showed an inquiring look to Lao Luo with some hesitation.

"What's the matter?"

"Are we really going to spend the winter here? I heard ......"

"What's wrong? Normally, Olki, you're not so hesitant. ”

"General, I heard from those two Qarluqs that this is a cursed place, and that's why this city is in ruins......"

"Nonsense, you see? Or did those two guys see it? Don't believe what you haven't seen with your own eyes...... Besides, what's really weird, what are your knives and spears for? "Lao Luo is not a pure Scientology, nor is he a supporter of a particular sect.

In fact, people like him are more likely to "believe that existence is truth", and some unbelievable things often happen on the battlefield, no matter what era or region. But he wouldn't believe the inexplicable curse rumors and the like, at least in the results he perceived with his spiritual power, he didn't find any danger.

"Well, Lord, listen to you!" With Lao Luo's words, Alki didn't hesitate anymore, he believed in his general more than the rumors - is there anyone in this world whose general is more amazing?

Lao Luo looked at these well-preserved buildings with some boredom, while thinking about the arrangements for a few months......

The floor was full of ash and dry, with remnants of wood that had not yet been burned, and some charcoal ash, and there were signs of smoke and fire on the walls...... In the other rooms, there were still bones in them, no broken weapons, probably taken away by passers-by, and no intact or broken furniture, probably taken away or burned......

A few shouts were heard.

"Stop, don't be afraid!"

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P.S.: Thank you for the tips of the book friend "Carpenter's Chair" and "** Type in YY".