As an oasis within a radius of 200 miles, Mashhad is surrounded by meadows and few trees, so in winter, it is difficult to guarantee firewood for heating without food.

The plan to set off for the north was unopposed.

Nowadays, the way back to the east is basically along the ancient silk trade route, to this area, the route to the east is divided into three, the southern line has Turkmen Ghaznavids lying on the road, and then entanglement with them is very unwise, the middle line is because of the mountains and staggered travel difficult, want to pass is destined to use life to open up, so neither is suitable, can only go to the northern route.

What's more, Kashgar on the middle line is under the control of the Qarakhanid, and it is inevitable that there will be disputes again when passing there, although Lao Luo does not care about attacking, but there are a large number of civilians in the team who can't ignore it. Another key point is that to the east of Kashgar is the boundless Hanhai, which is the Taklamakan Desert in later generations. Carrying these tens of thousands of people safely across the desert? Even if Lao Luo had the space to fill up supplies, he wouldn't be able to do it.

Therefore, the long-term plan is to find a habitat in the east of Samarkand, and then quickly turn north after spring through the Ili River valley to the east, and return to the homeland from the northern part of western Xinjiang directly into the Hexi Corridor.

Lao Luo didn't know whether it would be safe along the way, but everything was considered, and as the leader of the group, everything he could or should have taken into account was in place, including all the things that might be attacked, the impact of bad weather, and even the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

Maybe the rest of the team will be a little dazed, but Lao Luo will not have any negative emotions.

Because of the same language, the people who came from Herat integrated very quickly, and it was a very simple truth that there was strength in numbers, and with the new staff, many preparations were made more quickly.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the situation of Lao Luo's cavalry family camp. When he first set off in Sylvan, Lao Luo planned to divide men and women into teams and arrange them according to the model of the army in later generations, but it turned out that this efficiency was not high, because the team was relatively long on the way, and as a family, they often did not walk together, and thinking about each other affected the efficiency.

Upon arrival in the vicinity of the city of Lai Lai the group was adjusted to form a small mutual aid group of several families in charge of the movement of two or three large carts, from among which one person was selected to be the interlocutor. Multiple teams are coordinated with each other and mobilized by several people with strong organizational skills, so as to ensure the speed of the whole team.

In this regard, the stubborn old man Dou Mo is definitely a good hand, with his military experience in the past, this old guy is definitely a capable person in low-level management. On the march every day, he is the loudest one, riding a green horse, supervising the rhythm of all the teams. That image, ignoring the clothing, is incomparably similar to the contractor of a later construction site.

These former Han slaves from Herat who are now collected have become strong and strong in the more than ten days of being fed and clothed, and their complexion is much better than before.

The old fellow Dou Mo separated them according to their blood relationship and arranged them into various groups, and specially assigned people to explain to them all kinds of essentials, from feeding the horses to the commissioning of the carts, from collecting the tents to eating, drinking, and lazing when camping. Well, this situation is also somewhat similar to the situation in later generations of construction sites, where big workers lead small workers.

Several times when Lao Luo passed by to check, he was suspicious in his heart - this old guy can't really be a contractor from the next generation, right?

Of course, this speculation is nothing more than nonsense, and in the words of later generations, there is no shortage of versatile talents among the grassroots, not that there is none, but no one pays attention. This era is certainly no exception.

With the old contractor Dou Mo as an example, the civilian layer managed by Li Xuan also began to follow suit, and the bottom layer that accepted newcomers everywhere regarded this matter as a craftsman with an apprentice, and the trivial matters of the details did not need to be told by Lao Luo.

As the order spread to begin preparing to pull out the camp to the north, tents were moved everywhere.

The scattered objects in the camp were packed first, and then the various personal belongings during the period were organized separately, and the craftsmen's tools and the like were the most, so they naturally had to start sorting out in advance, and the defensive facilities in various parts of the camp began to be retracted step by step, and even some horse leg pits and the like on the edge were being refilled little by little, and the civilians who were used to thrift were even ready to load the remaining firewood to take away......

The 3,000 Central Asian women that Lao Luo bought earlier have also begun to adapt to the rhythm of this team, and many of them are now optimistic about their goals. Although it has not yet reached the point of talking about marriage, the singles of the cavalry school or the garrison camp still sent some of their belongings over, and the chattering women also began to organize their personal belongings with cloth towels - for them, the Tang Dynasty once belonged to the legendary country, even if the Tang Dynasty is no longer there, but the East is still a symbol of wealth and worry-free life. It's nothing to be away from your parents' hometown, but what your future life will look forward to is the most worth looking forward to.

The lack of good roads was a nuisance for the roads of this period, especially for the heavier carriages. From the moment they stopped in Mashhad, the industrious craftsmen began to overhaul the condition of all the vehicles, replacing them with broken contours and adding additional brakes to each one, which was indispensable, and the steering linkage of the carriage was a relatively delicate object, which was also readjusted during this period.

On the contrary, it is the floating car that has been debugged too many times when it was made, but now it is the most worry-free, check the seams of the skin, check the sealing of the oil stove, and insist on whether the fasteners of the suspension are strong or not......

Carefree children also feel the busyness of the adults, and they also start packing their own snacks, toys, books and other things. It's just that this is a bit repetitive - put it up during the day and take it out again at night, because the whole finishing period lasts for three days, so they start to ask the people around them, "Will you leave tomorrow?" Or learn from the adults "Alas, I can't go today......"

……

On the afternoon of the first day of departure, Alker and Jin Qian returned from the southwest.

"General, Alker is back with the crowd!" Ark stood in front of Lao Luo and saluted respectfully.

"Thank you for your hard work...... Lao Luo carefully scanned the state of all the returning warriors, these guys are Han, Thracian, Bulgarian, Visigoth, Azerbaijanis...... Although the complexion is a little tired, everyone looks at it with a bloody feeling, except that there is no smell of gunsmoke on the body, in terms of the quality of individual soldiers, compared to the average special soldiers in later generations, there is nothing missing.

"Fight to the death for the general!" More than two dozen people replied in unison.

"Good!" Lao Luo cheered excitedly, "Alke and Jin Qian stay, and the rest of the people go to eat, take a bath and sleep...... Olki, help them arrange a place to stay......"

It was about to set off, although it was orderly, but the accommodation was still a bit chaotic, some tents in the scout camp had been packed, Min Monkey was exploring the way in the north, and the returning warriors had to rest well, this was not negotiable.

"Tell me, what's the result?" Sending away a group of soldiers, Lao Luo began to inquire about the achievements of Alke and Jin Qian, these people were all sent out on the night of the incident of Li Liu, and it was also the first time that the scout battalion carried out an urban killing mission.

"Mushara and the guards of his residence were all killed by eighty-seven men, and it just so happened that Haqmu was there that day, and he was also killed by us......," Arq recounted calmly.

"Hakmu too? Okay, count him unlucky...... "Lao Luo's target is Mushara's envoy sent by the Ghaznavid, although Hakmu is the assistant of the Great Imam, but if he kills him, he will kill it, and it is not a big deal, this era is not like the later generations to be careful not to cause any religious disputes and the like.

"General, I don't understand a little bit...... Jin Qian asked tentatively in surprise next to him.

"Well, you said ......" Lao Luo nodded.

"I would like to say that we have already defeated the Turkmens in Herat and plundered a large number of supplies, so why not stay here? There are also two countries that fight each other, and they do not cut them off...... Why kill Musala? "Jin Qian is about thirty years old, and as a successful hunter, he has a sharp mind.

This kind of question will not be asked by Alke, the Visigoths with white eyes are loyal admirers of Lao Luo, but this also shows that Jin Qian is a person who likes to use his brain, and Lao Luo naturally spares no effort to cultivate his subordinates.

"We have less than 15,000 warriors, and the Turkmen have hundreds of thousands of warriors, and although our people are elite, there are too many people on the other side, and we cannot afford to consume them. As for Musala? He is not a messenger, since he dares to contact the inner ghost to stir up trouble in our main camp, we can't spare him, as for the messenger, I am in Herat, and I will inform Ashina Duval to send a message to Ghaznavid's side, but I don't have to worry about the other party daring to come and pester us again. Lao Luo only gave a cursory explanation.

"Understood...... Jin Qian was silent for a while, and replied respectfully, "Thank you for solving your doubts!" ”

"Well, let's go and get ready to eat, I'm leaving tomorrow, and I'll have a good rest tonight!" Lao Luo waved his hand and drove them all away.

Guys like Alker who were born as gladiators crawled out of the pile of corpses, but as for a guy like Jin Qian, who was born as a hunter, he was thoughtful and coordinated, and there was no need to ask about Mashhad's affairs at all, and there would be no mistakes. For Lao Luo, the real purpose of killing Mushara was because he knew the details of the eastbound team, and God knows what Li Lian would say when he cooperated with the Ghaznavids, so he ...... Mushara knew what he shouldn't have known, and he had to die.

It's just that this kind of detail, at least for the time being, can't be detailed with his subordinates.

Nothing was said all night.

……

The day of departure has arrived, and it is about the same time as before.

There are also many different places, more people, more horses, and more vehicles......

The black balloons floated high, the hooves of horses rumbled, the wheels sparkled, and human voices, horses, dogs barked, cats barked......

On the back of the black clouds, Lao Luo was stationed and looked, the scenery of the wasteland in the south was still much better than in later generations, and Mashhad in the distance was only a few points on the horizon......

"Lord, all the people have set out, should we also go?" Alki rode to the rear of Lao Luo's side.

"Well, let's go." Lao Luo replied in a low voice, "Maybe one day, we will come back......"