A night patrol on foot is actually a physical task, and despite the moonlight, the hills without mountain roads are not easy roads, not to mention the occasional need to avoid low bushes, and the journey around the camp for at least fifteen Roman miles in a week, is by no means an easy task, counting the undulations of the terrain.

Fortunately, these pro-soldiers under Lao Luo are all strictly selected guys, and this kind of work that doesn't have much weight and just walks and patrols is completely difficult for them, but Nuralman, a young boy, is not enough, and he is already tired and almost can't lift his legs halfway through, so Lao Luo had to send him back to rest.

"In the end, I still haven't exercised much, young people don't have any physical strength, and I must take the opportunity to practice this lazy worm when I go back." Olki sent a soldier to escort Nuralman back, muttering something about it.

Lao Luo looked at Olki, this guy was much more cheerful than when he was by his side as a sideman, perhaps it was his own series of actions that made these guys who had fought in the Colosseum for several years finally come back to life, and they were no longer as lifeless as they were when they were in Athens at the beginning, "Nuralman, this kid was originally just a student in the Fatimid temple, where can he compare with you, a warrior who has been fighting all year round?" ”

"No wonder, my lord, I thought he had come with you from Africa, like Nagar and Mnachi." Olki spoke very casually in front of Lao Luo, but his demeanor was never disrespectful.

"Naga and Mnachi? Those two black boys are guys who are born to chase and kill lions on the grassland, and they can't be compared at all. After saying this, Lao Luo waved his hand to interrupt the topic, pointing to the position near the edge of the cliff to the north not far away, "I remember saying during the day that although there are not too many people here, there are also soldiers on duty, and there must be at least one soldier to defend it, why is there no one here now?" ”

Lao Luo was still kind when he said the previous sentence, but in the latter sentence, he straightened his face, and his tone of voice began to become cold. Alki, the captain of the personal army, usually takes care of passing Lao Luo's military orders downward, and naturally remembers the main points of all the key orders very clearly, "General, all the orders before the evening meeting have been passed down, and it is the same here, General Cheng promised to arrange two curved soldiers here on the northern front......"

"Send someone on horseback to find out where the soldiers in charge of guarding are, two curves are not enough, the entire northern front is at least three thousand paces, what can I do with just two hundred people?" What Lao Luo hates the most is that this kind of order cannot be effectively transmitted to the bottom, which is the biggest omission of lack of control for a general with troops.

The two soldiers found two horses nearby and then went to explore by moonlight, after all, it was only a gentle slope, and the terrain was not so complicated, as long as it was not a galloping horse, it was still okay. Olki returned to Lao Luo's side and asked tentatively, "Lord, there are at least three hundred steps to the bottom of the cliff, and no one can climb up to ......."

"Are you sure?" Lao Luo glanced at the Bulgarians beside him, it is said that the Bulgarians in this period are of the same blood as the Thracians, and Olki does look very much like the Southern Europeans, and his facial features are as handsome as Greek sculptures, but his words obviously feel that he is making a fuss, "As long as I have the right tools, I can climb up from the bottom in a maximum of three hundred numbers, if there is an enemy attack in the south, as long as there are people, not more, a dozen people are enough, and rush into the rear camp while there is no one to defend, what should I do?" ”

There is an enemy attacking outside, and thieves are making trouble inside, so can there be any good? Olki was speechless, but whispered, "Not everyone is as good as the general. ”

Lao Luo's hearing is keen, not to mention that he is facing his subordinates who have a promising future, of course he will not pretend to be deaf and dumb, and patted the other party's shoulder, "Olki, don't think that you can't do what you can't do, others can't do it either." The world is big, and there will always be people you can't think of, things you can't guess. ”

As Lao Luo said, he himself has seen many things that ordinary people can hardly imagine, such as the primitive tribes in the Amazon forest who can crawl around on the top of huge trees thirty or fifty meters high without worrying about falling, such as the black African who can track their prey to a hundred and twenty kilometers away in a day with just their sense of smell, and the guy who can play with a bow and arrow comparable to a semi-automatic rifle (1), and the guy who climbs skyscrapers with his bare hands, so in this era, although his physique is far beyond ordinary people, But he still never dared to relax his daily boxing exercises, so from East Africa to Central Asia, he never touched some of the core secrets of the great empire, and never touched the sensitive areas of certain religions.

The more you know, the more ignorant you become (2), this sentence is very biting, but Lao Luo knows that it is correct.

Olki pondered for a while before he said a little depressedly, "You're right, Lord. I've seen two Orthodox ascetics, and that kind of awesome guy can definitely climb up. But here? I'm afraid ......"

"I'm afraid of what? I'm afraid it can't be a supernatural character? Lao Luo continued in Olki's tone, and then without waiting for the other party to answer, he continued, "As a warrior, you can't talk about what ifs after the fact, not to mention that it is very unwise to pin victory on the stupidity of the enemy." I know Olki, you like to be cautious, how can you have this kind of fluke thought? ”

"...... the lord," Olki did not finish with some embarrassment.

"Don't speak, remember this thing, doing defense is like laying a net, any omission may be discovered by the enemy, and you can't underestimate any enemy, even if they are barbarians on the steppe." Lao Luo's tone was not heavy, and it was even a little fluctuating under the silent night breeze, but the content of the words was engraved into Olki's mind word for word.

When the surrounding soldiers were also listening attentively, the continuous sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and the two personal soldiers who were sent out to find people came back, and they also brought a few people behind them, including Cheng Shouru, the general of the garrison battalion.

He didn't blame the man for the door, because the guy had already been whipped in the evening, and Lao Luo just told Alki to repeat what he had said to him.

The reason why he didn't blame Cheng Shouru was because the man himself had just come out of the small town of Sylvan, although he had been a city guard for several years, he was definitely not an experienced general, and he was able to insist on patrolling at night after being whipped in the evening, which was already considered a dedication, and thirty whips plus salt water to clean the wound, that kind of taste is not something that anyone can bear.

"Old Cheng, no matter how short of manpower other places are, this place must be garrisoned by five hundred people, and at least half of these people are required to be archers." Lao Luo didn't say anything polite, and directly talked about the specific requirements for cliff defense.

"Yes, Lord." Although Cheng Shouru was whipped, the arrogance in his heart was completely destroyed, and together with the title, he also maintained the same title as Lao Luo's former gladiator warriors, "It's just that there are more archers, and there are fewer in the south of the camp, if there is an enemy to attack, I am worried about ......"

"Don't worry, if you meet the enemy in the south, you don't need the archers to shoot directly, just throwing is enough, not to mention the stone thrower and the bed crossbow, and when you get close, you will naturally have a spear to entertain them." Lao Luo is not worried about the defense of the front formation, so many trenches and iron thistle horse leg pits are not decorations, "As for this side, although there will not be too many enemies to attack, but if there is an enemy, it must be a good hand among the enemies, why not let the recruits who can't shoot accurately deal with them?" ”

"Yes, Lord, I see." Cheng Shouru immediately understood, if there is an enemy who can come up, it must not be a mediocre hand, so he should use elite soldiers to deal with it, as for the front, there is really no need to worry, there are enough people, and it can also play a role in training recruits. When he was called, he also brought seven or eight of his own soldiers, and hurriedly called one of them to give the order.

After he took care of all the orders, he heard Lao Luo greet him, "Just now I asked someone to send the three people captured by Mi Bonan to the military justice department, that Mi Bonan is a good seedling, you can see the opportunity to cultivate it." ”

"It's not wrong to be optimistic about the Lord." didn't see Lao Luo getting angry, Cheng Shouru's heart also relaxed a little, he didn't dare to scream like a big man anymore, the Cheng family likes to be brutal, but it also depends on who is right.

"Don't smile like this on your door panel, it makes me look too awkward." Lao Luo pointed at Cheng Shouru's smile with his finger, quite a little crying and laughing, it was really the smile on the other party's big face that looked too weird in the moonlight, "What I'm talking about is that Mi Bonan needs to exercise, and it may come in handy at a critical time." ”

"Yes, Mi Bonan has a good archery skill, and I will send him more tasks the day after tomorrow." Cheng Shouru was not annoyed, in fact, although he was whipped in the evening, he knew that Lao Luo was actually still protecting him, although the whipping was painful, it was only the pain of the skin, which was much stronger than the hard wound of the military stick. Mi Bonan is a low-level officer under him, how can he not know how to perform, with Lao Luo's eyesight as a reference, it is estimated that it will not take long to cultivate into a talent who stands alone.

After a pause, Lao Luo remembered what Alki had just said about the Orthodox ascetics, and asked Cheng Shouru, "Lao Cheng, have you heard of any strange masters here?" The kind that has outstanding physical strength or combat power. ”

Cheng Shouru pondered for a while before saying: "I haven't heard of it in recent years, when my grandfather was still alive when I was a child, I heard him say that there are people in the East who like to live in the mountains, and they can do everything over the mountains, and some will do some tricks, and they are all called aliens." As for the Turks, I've just heard that there are some guys who are very good at riding and archery, and I've also heard that there are people who believe in the Sun Cult and know some witchcraft or something, which is very weird. ”

Lao Luo was silent, stranger, at this time there are at least millions of people in Central Asia, and it is not surprising that there are a few guys who are outstanding in riding and shooting, as for what Cheng Shouru said, it may be some physical strength experts who like to live in seclusion, mountain hunters, etc., but in this wasteland, it is estimated that it is difficult to find mountain warriors, but ...... I have to guard against it.

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(1) It is an exaggeration to say that it is comparable to a semi-automatic rifle, a Danish guy named Lars Anderson (Lars Anderson) can fire 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, and can also accurately fire arrows at different angles with different postures and even fast movements, known as the realistic version of the elven archer Legolas.

(2) Socrates famously said that wisdom means self-knowledge and ignorance. Albert Einstein once used a diagram to describe the relationship between the known and the unknown, two circles, the inner layer represents the known, the outer layer represents the unknown, the larger the inner circle, the larger the outer circle will become.