Fifty kilometres to the east of Erzurum are the mountains, which, unlike later generations, had only narrow valley trails and were constantly exposed to the danger of falling rocks and avalanches. Even if Lao Luo is a team of musclemen, he doesn't dare to shout loudly while walking.

Not to mention the bones of the exposed wilderness along the way, as well as the piles of stones of the companions buried by the caravan, no one wants to encounter danger here, although danger is everywhere, and no one wants to ambush the enemy in such a position, because if you are not careful, you will die with the enemy.

Most of the owners of the bones along the way actually died in various accidents, accidental falls, accidental rockfalls, accidental avalanches, and accidental falls to the cracks......

So Lao Luo's party passed through the area with the same caution as the Qarluqs in front of them, for they had not far entered the valley and saw the dead bodies abandoned along the way. Even with such care, the hundred-man group left behind the carcasses of a horse and two camels - they were killed by rocks blown by the wind, and the absence of human losses was already a great blessing.

The name of this land is different, very messy, Lao Luo did not ask Arke for the detailed name, he knew that later generations through this area to the east is Armenia, no longer the territory of the Turks, out of the valley to the east is an open belt, the terrain is similar to Erzurum, the altitude is slightly lower, and then to the south is the city of Yerevan in later Armenia, and the news that Alk Tan heard is that there is a town of Armenians, called Yerevan.

However, there is almost no information about Yerevan, except that it is known that it is an Armenian settlement, and it is not possible to determine the composition of the settlement or whether there is a Qarluq response.

The people of this era are very xenophobic, and it is difficult for Alk to hear from the Armenian population about their internal news, and the population is really pitiful, Lao Luo only encountered two caravans along the way, and he still has a very heavy sense of precaution.

Out of the valley's rockfall, Alck's scouts were sent out. Because this place was planned to be the best place to pursue the Qarluqs, further south would be inconsistent with the route of Lao Luo to Baku.

Finding a suitable place to camp and rest, by the way, to ease the mood of the mount, all over the rocks and dangerous places, it is a great psychological test for both the personnel and the horses.

"Third brother, this road is so difficult." Li Ji sat on a large rock and watched the busy muscular men camp.

"Well, there aren't many places like this, so it's okay if everyone is careful." Lao Luo actually admires the fire girl in front of him, the women of this era are much stronger than those of later generations, Li Ji is not the kind of delicate girl who can't see blood, a camel that was stoned to death in the valley is about a few horses away from Li Ji, and she is paralyzed by fright when she puts it on ordinary people.

"If there are a lot of these roads, then it is better to take the sea route." Li Ji's face was tired.

Lao Luo looked at the other party's tired and slightly frightened little face, and couldn't help but feel a little sorry for this stubborn girl, and directly grabbed this reluctant little woman to eat, and then forced several female men to watch her sleep, anyway, the next thing did not need to be done by women, because the scouts sent by Alke to investigate the Qarluqs returned.

In fact, it's not how important this group of Qarluqs is, Lao Luo must take the initiative to attack them, but in the face of the chaos and unclear Central Asia, the artisan battalion that doesn't know how to fight can't be a source of information at all, but the artisan battalion is more likely to drag everyone down. Lao Luo, who fought in the war of the afterlife, knows very well what the consequences of information asymmetry will be, not to mention that his 100 people have to carry tens of thousands of civilians and craftsmen with little combat effectiveness.

Regardless of whether the Qarluq people in front of him are enemies or not, as long as they know that the other party has betrayed and attacked their own people, Lao Luo has no psychological burden, not to mention how Lao Luo, who has served in Xinjiang, does not understand the ethnic disputes in Central Asia? In later generations, Lao Luo, who was stationed in Xinjiang, often crossed the border to hunt down rioters, and at that time, the people with ulterior motives behind it were all in this area.

As for whether the Qarluq people in this era are innocent, there is really no need to consider it, the people living on the steppe during this period, the tribal wars are endless, and no one can talk about kindness and benevolence when they get off their horses to be herdsmen and become warriors.

Although Lao Luo can't be said to be absolutely cold-blooded, he has absolutely no sympathy for people who have nothing to do with him, nothing else, just because all the people who indiscriminately express sympathy on the battlefield are dead.

The information detected by the scout team was very beneficial to Lao Luo, although there were many camel caravans prepared by the Qarluqs, but the rockfalls through the valley still caused them a lot of trouble, because the camels were burdened with heavy pig iron, more than ten camels were stoned to death, and the people who led the camels to drive could also be pleased, five or six died, and more than ten were wounded, that is to say, the current Qarluq team was not in a high mood, and because of the wounded dragged down, they were resting twenty miles ahead.

Twenty li here is twenty Roman li, that is, about thirty kilometers, and according to the speed of the horses, it is two or two hours to walk slowly, according to this time it is about four o'clock in the afternoon, and when you reach the Qarluq camp it is night, and Lao Luo's goal is to capture a small number of prisoners, and then destroy all the enemies, which is difficult to achieve. Not to mention that it is not easy to control the situation when fighting at night, it is also difficult to control your own attack power, and once the news leaks, it will be a huge hidden danger.

No one could help Lao Luo make a suitable battle plan, and neither could Gonzas, a Thracian who, despite being a natural warrior, was only a novice in commanding night battles. After thinking silently for a long time, Lao Luo made a slightly risky decision - he sent forty men to attack the Qarluqs, and the others defended on the spot.

The reason why it is a little risky is that on this empty plateau, no one can guarantee whether there will be other enemies, and the rest of the men have to take care of those who are not good at fighting in addition to guarding the camp and guarding the goods.

As for whether the forty people would take risks in the face of the Qarluqs, Lao Luo was not worried, he believed that even if he was alone, he could defeat the other party, and the only thing he was not sure about was to completely control the situation of the battle and control the fleeing people.

Considering the entire battle plan in detail, this will be the first time that this team has taken the initiative to fight against most of the enemies, Lao Luo has experienced too many such battles in later generations, but it is the first time that so many people have fought purposefully under the cold weapon, and when he took Naga and Munaqi and Cui Shibalang in the past, it was mostly a war of annihilation, as long as killing was enough, but now he can't help but think about it as carefully as possible, at least he doesn't want his group of carefully cultivated subordinates to have any losses.

The moon rose in the middle of the night, and Lao Luo quietly arrived at the outskirts of the Qarluq camp with forty warriors, contacted the scouts of his own team, inquired about the information in the camp, and then began to assign tasks to the various battle groups. This time, the battle group was divided according to the attributes of being good at attacking, the three five-person groups would snipe with bows and arrows with Lao Luo, and the other three five-person groups would be responsible for charging and killing, and the remaining two five-person groups would be responsible for intercepting the escaped Qarluqs. The tactics are simple, but the test is the ability to cooperate flexibly and the warrior's own combat ability, but fortunately, the forty warriors are all covered with perfect armor, and their weapons are much more powerful than the Qarluqs who acted as merchants.

Moreover, these warriors who have turned from gladiators, under the conditions provided by Lao Luo, are all reborn like vitality, and almost every time Lao Luo tests their combat effectiveness, he will find a difference.

At the moment, there is mental arithmetic or not, coupled with the huge difference in equipment, the only thing that needs to be cared about is whether the combat goal can be perfectly achieved.

The Qarluqs were not ignorant, at least they were experienced warriors in the steppe. Corn Philo actually realized that the environment in which his team was located was not very safe, but when he came out of the rugged valley, everyone was a little tired and depressed, and not far ahead was the stronghold of the Ama, Yerevan, where there were also people in charge of answering, and it would be too unkind to urge his subordinates to travel a hundred and ten miles without resting.

The short man Munich approached Corn Philo and whispered, "Chief, how do I feel that someone is eyeing us?" ”

"Didn't you send spies around?" Corn Philo was somewhat aware of the shrewdness of this subordinate, but he was still a little hesitant when he had just recovered from his fatigue.

"The spies didn't find anything, but I always had a sense of something staring at me from a distance." It must be said that Munich had a keen sense, but in any case, he could not imagine that the person staring at them was two kilometers away in the wild grass, and he was using a telescope for the first time in this era.

"Well, our camp is on the hillside, and there is an open field nearby, and the people in the team can pick up knives and cut people." Corn Philo waved his hand weakly, "Everyone is tired, rest early, and if you are afraid of danger, you will set off as soon as possible tomorrow." ”

"Alright, Chief." Hearing these words, Munich also felt that he was a little suspicious, so he simply shut up and went back to rest.

The camp of the Qarluqs was located on a high slope, which was indeed not suitable for cavalry storming, and coupled with the expertise of the nomads, it cannot but be said that the ideas of Corn Philo and Munich were wrong. It's just that the characteristics of the times determine their vision, and a warrior like Lao Luo, who does not belong to this era at all, is actually the biggest loophole in this world, not only about Lao Luo's own combat power, but also about the difference in thinking in his head.

Therefore, from the moment the Qarluq people were targeted by Lao Luo, their fate was sealed.