After three full days on the shores of the Khorasan Salt Lake, southeast of the city of Rai, the Tang people's eastward return march began to march eastward on the morning of the fourth day, during which time all the people and events during this period did not delay the progress of the whole brigade.

Of course, the impact is still there, and it is positive, the mood of the non-combatants such as the family members of the inner camp is a little restless, but most of them are thoughts such as "that butcher is on our side", and the soldiers who protect the safety of the whole team are different from the apprehension when they first hit the road, and they have an invisibly more calm and self-confidence.

And this is exactly what Lao Luo expects - the temperament of an army needs blood to water, only the army that constantly defeats the enemy can become a hundred battles, and the army that comes out of the training camp can only be called a recruit no matter what the achievements of the training are, which is the same as the athletes who have not been on the competition field can only be called sports enthusiasts, and there is another example of the same, and those who have not performed on the stage can only be called ticket holders.

At present, the soldiers who are advancing in the garrison brigade obviously have the psychological ability to see the blood, and they dare not say that they will be calm in the face of the surprise attack, at least they will not be disturbed by the ground knocked by the horse's hooves.

Of course, Lao Luo is not really a "butcher", at least his battlefield experience did not teach him not to teach and be punished, but the current situation is destined for him to have no other choice, a group of guys who have discarded their weapons can barely be called incapable of resisting, but from their eyes, Lao Luo knows that he can only choose to be a "butcher", without him, this is a must to avoid his own people from being passive in the future.

Moreover, Geneva may still be a desert at this time, or there may be some mysterious monastery called "the place of God's blessing", which has nothing to do with prisoners of war.

Of course, this kind of "simple and rough" work is also most suitable for a naturally cold-faced guy like Lao Luo, and cutting butter with a hot knife is the best way. In the face of a place like Central Asia, if you change to another way, you can only make yourself fall into a quagmire, not to mention that in addition to the geographical environment, Lao Luo is not familiar with this place in this era. You don't see, how many self-proclaimed powerful countries in later generations have fallen in this land.

In the face of violence, choosing to solve it in a more violent way is domineering, and it is also the royal way. Lao Luo thinks so and does so. The notoriety of the "butcher" is nothing remarkable, at least many of the unnecessary threats will be eliminated. Because according to Lao Luo's prediction, this road must be full of conflicts, since it is impossible to coexist peacefully with the tribes of Central Asia, it is better to show people a posture that is harder than pig iron, cut off all the black hands that try to stretch out, and when everyone thinks that crushing this nut will lose their teeth, the eastbound brigade will have a peaceful and peaceful journey.

The advantage of this approach is that after the killing of more than 1,600 so-called "merchants" who snooped on them, the mutual market bazaar opened with the city of Rai became very peaceful, and all parties involved gained a lot. At least now when it is time to reopen, Lao Luo found that except for the old and weak, all the family members who can ride horses can do one person and two horses, and even less some carts that are not very suitable for long-distance use, and more camel teams with more than 1,000 camels, and the grain and grass consumed on the road in the previous month have been fully replenished here, which can be seen from the carts that are reloaded with supplies.

Of course, not to mention the supply of the army, the cavalry school can already do almost one person and three horses, and the armor and the war horses used for transfer have been replenished, although the current cavalry school does not dare to say that it is thousands of miles away, at least it can be safe within thirty miles of the surrounding area of the main camp.

After a short stay, in addition to deterring the grassland tribes and purchasing supplies, one more thing was resolved, the cavalry school, the garrison, and the main camp all had their own clear banners - it was originally just a Tang-style four-way divine beast flag and a main battle flag with a "Tang" on it. The cavalry school raised a black and red "Luo" flag, the garrison used a slightly smaller black and blue color "Cheng" flag, and the main brigade used the black and yellow color "Donggui" and "Luo" flags, the reason why in addition to "Donggui" and "Luo" flags, is because the main general will be Lao Luo, because the Tang Dynasty has actually fallen and can no longer appear as a deterrent banner, so the Tang flag can only be abandoned.

The establishment of the banner also officially implies Lao Luo's absolute command over this team, although the internal stability of this team is not completely stable, and it will also face the crisis of disintegration after arriving in the east in the future.

Lao Luo doesn't attach much importance to this, although he has a unified banner, which indicates that his control over the entire team is a little stronger. It's not that Lao Luo is hypocritical, but he has experienced the kind of restless society in later generations, his mood is very cold, in his opinion, the current situation of all people going to the east will not last long, at least after arriving in the east, more than 70% may fall apart, and then 10,000 people can already shout "long live".

Of course, 70 percent of this figure is Lao Luo's conclusion based on the empirical algorithm of later generations, and it is unknown whether this view is correct in this era. He has not read Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai", although it is only about the struggle between the samurai and the civilians and bandits on that island country, but the mystery of the human heart and the changes in human nature are universal.

It's not that Lao Luo is pessimistic, but he wants to use this thought to warn himself to be calm.

Looking at the guards who followed him, and then at the huge black balloons that were sinking in the distance, and the almost invisible cavalry school in the distance, listening to the melodious brass trumpet that sounded from time to time, Lao Luo retracted his thoughts, and warned himself that this was only the beginning of a journey of thousands of miles, and that the thousands of people captured before were just a rabble, at least according to his memory, the Ghaznavid Turks and the Oghuz of the Qarakhanid Dynasty during this period were not easy to deal with, and wanted to avoid losses, Everything that should be done in the early stage has been done, and you must do your best when you are about to fight.

"General, the merchant team that followed behind said that they could not keep up with the group, and asked if they could slow down the march, and several of them were sick." The captain of the guard, Olki, chased after him from behind on horseback, and now that Alki is back with Lao Luo, he has nothing to be reluctant to.

These former gladiators took fame and fortune lightly, perhaps because they had seen too much life and death in gladiator schools and gladiatorial arenas, even the irascible guy of Gonzhas would have been willing to stay by Lao Luo's side as he had been if it weren't for Lao Luo's request. Although there are a large number of people in this team, in addition to Lao Luo's own ability, it can be said that these muscular men who survived from the Colosseum of life and death are the core strength in his hands, and Lao Luo knows this very well.

"Send someone to tell Nowak that it is only a day's journey from Rai City, that the sick can go back, that no one orders them to follow, and that all those who can't keep up with the group can go back!" After more than a day of departure, the caravan of more than 800 people followed three miles away, and the situation along the way did not stop, and the leader of the caravan was an Armenian, named Nowak, this guy with the same name as the later "cat" coffee was the leader of a large caravan, but he did not have the courage to lead the caravan.

"Lord, do you want Haydn to show them?" Alki didn't know what he remembered, and the ghost asked such a sentence.

"No, Haydn is in the service of a fighting sergeant, and he is only good at healing sword damage, go and give orders." Lao Luo didn't want to blame the loyal Olki, this Bulgarian was always inexplicably soft-hearted at critical times, and he really didn't know how he survived in the Colosseum.

Alki turned his horse and passed on the order, Lao Luo actually understood his thoughts, after returning to the east, if there was a territory, they could not lack contacts with merchants, Alki's idea was just for Lao Luo to ease relations with merchants.

But in Lao Luo's view, the most important thing in dealing with businessmen is not a harmonious relationship, but that you can give him enough benefits, even if you ask him to kneel in front of you and shout "grandpa", those businessmen will rush to him. Of course, this idea may be exaggerated, but it is definitely not an exaggeration for these merchants who ventured along the Silk Road.

As a synthesis of adventurers and gamblers in this era, if these merchants can't even solve the immediate problem of hurrying, Lao Luo will wonder if they are impersonating.

The speed of travel along the way is not fast, in order to take care of the old and young in the main camp, set off at four o'clock in the morning, camp at eight o'clock in the evening, and stop to rest at the hottest time at noon, except for constantly changing horses or camels, this speed is no different from an outing in Lao Luo's opinion.

Now the place where the party walked was no longer as lush as Transcaucasia, and not even as good as the salt marshes south of the city of Lay, and looked up at the beginning of the barren beach all around, and there were only some lonely vegetation in the shade of the occasional mountain, which in later generations was called the Kumtachi Heights, and the next temporary camping site was Dhamgan. The reason why Lao Luo remembered this place was because it was once a battlefield of chemical weapons in later generations, and according to his familiarity with the military history of Central and West Asia, it was impossible to forget such a place.

However, thinking that this place will be a chemical weapons battlefield in the future, Lao Luo always has a strange feeling lingering in his heart. Is it the fallacious feeling of time and space confusion? He didn't know, but he always had a feeling of horror when he thought of the name Dhamgan.

"Nuralman, when was the last time the Alks sent someone to make a return?"

"When the rest begins before noon, the Lord!"

"No, Nuralman, get Gonzas for you, right now!"

Lao Luo decided to face up to the feeling in his heart, although he can't rely on intuition to plan a war, but the moment on the battlefield often needs some intuition of the battle, the sixth sense or something is said to be very magical in later generations, but it is never a rare thing on the battlefield full of blood, many old soldiers have the same kind of war intuition things, and there are obvious psychological foreshadowings of danger.

At this moment, there is no radar warning, no GPS satellite navigation, no drone circular reconnaissance, Lao Luo intends to use his battlefield intuition to solve the doubts in his heart.

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