Perhaps it was due to the proper defenses, or perhaps the Ghaznavid Turkmen really did not have much suitable manpower for attacking in Mashhad, but in short, the eastward return team was a rare three-day quiet repair in this land full of aliens.

It is not true to say that it is quiet, every morning the soldiers of the garrison camp have to bury a dozen or twenty unidentified corpses - these are all from the sneaky tempters who roam at night, compared to the night, there is no killing around the Donggui main camp during the day, of course, thanks to the entry and exit ban issued by Lao Luo.

Unlike on the outskirts of the city of Rai, this time civilian craftsmen were not allowed to go to the city of Mashhad, and the trade and other things were completely handled by the army, so there were two reasons for Lao Luo to issue such unpopular military orders, one was to prevent anyone from colluding with the Ghaznavid Turkmen internally, and the other was to prevent uneasy and well-meaning people from injuring their own people in the name of bandits and disrupting the pre-war defense deployment.

Of course, restricting people's access is not the same as waiting for the enemy to come to the door, and there is no shortage of things to do. First of all, the repair of the camp was not completely in place, because there were enough manpower, and in just three days, the five hundred meters around the camp were dug everywhere with traps and all kinds of fortifications, and the reason why it was limited to five hundred meters was because five hundred meters was already the maximum range of the small trebuchets carried, and it would be meaningless if it was far away, because the enemy would not be fools, watching the traps be carried inside.

Of course, the fortifications in the current area are sufficient, at least the cavalry needs to be very careful to pass, and the cavalry in the camp needs to dismount and lead the tossing and walking with a small amount of entry and exit, and it is completely conceivable what kind of headache the locals must have when they fall into this area.

In addition to the fortifications of the front battalion, the places on both sides that are not suitable for cavalry assault are also arranged to defend against infantry, such as lassoes, rolling stones, traps and the like.

As for the cliff in the north, it is not suitable for arranging fortifications, but it does not stump Lao Luo, the shrubs on the top of the cliff are cut horizontally, the loose stone wall is made, and the fallen rocks on the top of the cliff are preset, anyway, how to come insidiously, and the soldiers who cooperate with the clifftop guards, I believe that whether it is a mountain hunter who is good at climbing or a fanatical believer who is full of spirit, do not want to get benefits, unless it is a guy who can put on his wings to get rid of gravity, but Lao Luo calculates according to what he has seen and heard, there should be no gods and ghosts in this world, Rather, it is a mortal world dominated by land creatures, just like the afterlife.

The soldiers and the people were instructed to arrange the perimeter of the camp like a minefield, and Lao Luo was not idle, and took the officers of the garrison camp and above to discuss various solutions in the face of the enemy's attack - this is nothing to keep secret, and the officers of the garrison battalion were under the auspices of Siedeknod after Ardabil, and there was no shortage of supervision and random inspections of the people on the way, and all the guys who might be related to the Turks have been excluded.

As for discussing countermeasures, in fact, it is still a meeting led by Lao Luo and obeyed by others, no way, almost all soldiers have not experienced the baptism of the battlefield, although there are occasional ideas of inspiration, but after all, it is not a system, and there is no coherence of operations. Although Lao Luo, a soldier in the era of hot weapons in later generations, is not familiar with cold weapon combat, he is a professional soldier after all, and his sensitivity to the battlefield is first-class, not to mention that no matter what period of war, it is the central principle to kill and injure the enemy more effectively and quickly, and there are no exceptions.

So much so that this kind of meeting eventually evolved into a military class presided over by Lao Luo, who made a large stone slab and then drew a schematic diagram with charcoal strips, explaining in front of him various methods of killing and injuring the enemy, methods of preventing the enemy's rescue, methods for targeting different weapons, essentials of tactical convergence, and even the norms for collecting prisoners, the procedures for treating the wounded, and the norms for resolving disputes in the camp...... It's really not easy to pour these things into everyone's heads, so many literate officers began to use charcoal to record desperately on paper like Nuralman, and the illiterate officers next to them looked at Lao Luo with red eyes, and at the same time flattered the literate guy with a hippie smile after that, no way, this kind of knowledge is the capital to settle down and make a living, so they can't help it.

Even a guy like Cheng Shouru who has two "Sima Fa" or "Liutao" and "Wei Xuanzi" at home can't help but be serious, because the book is definitely not as detailed as Lao Luo's explanation in the vernacular, not to mention that there is a huge difference in the times, and the Tang people who fell into Central Asia never had the whole book of these books.

In the end, together with guys like Cheng Shouru, they were already convinced by Lao Luo, and they no longer had the idea of trying to compete with Lao Luo or even desperately, without him, there was no hope of victory.

It took three days to repair the camp, and three days to the military meeting, and there was no one to disturb them, except for the unfortunate work of being killed or captured at night.

On the morning of the fourth day, Lao Luo was tidying up his things in the tent and was about to go to see the situation at the cavalry school, when Olki hurriedly walked in, "General, there is a report outside that it is a messenger from the Imam of the Mashhad Green Sect, hoping to see the general. ”

"Oh? I thought the Arabs really didn't react," Lao Luo said casually, he thought that Mashhad would send someone to inquire two days ago, but he didn't expect that no one came, and no one came to explore until now, "Well, Olki, you ask someone to bring the messenger in, you know the rules." ”

"Yes, Lord. Only one attendant is allowed, no one else is allowed to enter. Olki made a military salute in a proper manner, repeated the military discipline, and saw Lao Luo nodding before turning around and going out.

Lao Luo is not in a hurry to go to the cavalry school, since Mashhad has sent people, whether it is etiquette or other reasons, he has to receive it, and the main reason is that although he has become hostile to the Turks, it is better to avoid involving the Arabs as much as possible.

Although the power of the Abbasids in Central Asia has begun to decline due to internal strife, their influence still exists because of religion, not to mention the fact that it is not uncommon for an ethnic group to reintegrate within due to external pressures.

Now the main purpose is to bring the eastward return team to the east, not to attract more eyes to the east, not to mention the limited manpower at the moment, what to do here is completely unrealistic, it is not bad to be able to bury a few dark chess pieces (the partial car technology is half sold and half given to the Georgians, and Justin was redeemed by the Hardy Ministry), and doing too much is to make wedding clothes for others.

It was about half an hour before Olki came over with two men in white Arabic robes - the camp was arranged like a maze, and it was rare to be able to come at this speed.

Lao Luo didn't go to greet any messengers, but he still had to do the face work of waiting out of the camp. From afar, he said in Arabic: "Asara'i Ala-khaku, welcome the servants of Allah!" ”

His attitude is not humble, but his words are sincere, at least not hostile.

"Hello, General Bartol, may Allah bless you!" The Arab at the head was a typical Mediterranean-faced fellow, about thirty or forty years old, about one meter seven or eight tall, and had a beard about two inches long. The other, who did not speak, made a bent chest salute, a typical entourage.

The two parties entered the tent and sat down, and Lao Luo learned from the greetings that the messenger's name was Abdulhakm, a very common religious name, and he was the personal entourage of the local great imam Abdulhakim, and from the words and demeanor of the expression, he was a humble and pious green believer, and his peaceful eyes were far less extreme and stubborn than the kind of religious fanatics.

"Forgive me for not going to the Great Imam, because we are only Tang people who have returned to the East, not followers of Allah." Lao Luo went straight to the point and explained that he did not go to Mashhad as an excuse, and he was not worried that the local Shia organization of the Green Sect would obstruct his group's trip, not to mention that there were contradictions between the sect and the regime, even if there were also various disputes within the Green Sect.

Of course, if the other party really has the intention of obstructing and implements it, Lao Luo is not afraid to use blood and fire to make them understand his determination.

"I see, but I see ......," Hakmu pointed to the way, "the outside of your camp is more dangerous than the castle, do you want to stay here?" ”

Lao Luo didn't know what this imam's entourage thought, he could know that his name should have been told about his own line, the most likely thing he was talking about was the mouth of the cat merchant Nuak, and he must also know the contradiction between himself and the Ghaznavids. He didn't care whether the other party knew the truth or not, there was nothing to shy away from, "Your Excellency Hakmu, we have a conflict with Mahmoud's men on the Ghaznavid side, and there is news that the emir wants to keep us in this land, but we people want to return to our hometown, and we don't want to leave any war and killing in this land, but there is a saying in the East that it is necessary to guard against people. That's the reality......"

This kind of statement basically describes the matter clearly, Lao Luo did not expose the other party's pretending to be confused, but the meaning of the words is superficial - if you want to leave us behind, then don't want to escape the war and killing.

Obviously, he didn't expect Lao Luo's words, Abdulhakmu pondered for a while before he said with some hesitation: "General Bartol, there will inevitably be casualties in the war, can't we all sit together and discuss how to solve this problem?" ”

Lao Luo didn't know if the other party was really a pacifist, or if he wanted to confuse his will, but at this time he couldn't back down, "No one likes war, Your Excellency Hakmu, but now the Ghaznavids don't want us to go back to their hometown, and they use the worst force to persecute us, we have no choice, since the truth can only be explained with a scimitar, then we have to pick up a scimitar to speak." ”

After another long silence, Hakmu stood up with a helpless expression, "Okay, General Bartol, I will convey to His Excellency Abdullah Alimu, maybe His Excellency Abdullah Alimu will send someone to summon and persuade the Emir of Mahmud, and please exercise restraint until there is no news from His Excellency the Great Imam." ”

"Well, thank you for your hard work, and thank you for your attention and understanding of us." Standing up, Lao Luo said high-sounding kind words and sent the messenger away who couldn't see his mind clearly.

When he was on the way to check the cavalry school, Olki couldn't help but ask Lao Luo, "General, do we really listen to them and wait until the news is over before fighting?" ”

"How is that possible?" Lao Luo glanced at Olki, whose face was a little flushed by the sun, "We are not followers of Allah, so why should we listen to his servants?" ”

"That's ......," Olki was obviously a little puzzled by Lao Luo's previous reply to Hakmu.

"The Great Imam and this Hakmu just now are both believers and politicians, and both believers and politicians can only listen to half of what they say, don't you know?" It's not that Lao Luo doesn't keep his promises, but he doesn't need to keep his promises to believers and politicians.

The group rode slowly to the garrison of the cavalry school, the sun was reflected overhead, the stream of the Kashav valley was winding around, and a knight on a maroon horse chased from a distance behind, and when he came close, the knight turned over and dismounted, "report...... Captain Alck of the Scout Battalion has returned. ”

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