The sky is bright very early, after all, it is already the season of early spring, Smyrna belongs to the Mediterranean climate, even in winter is not cold, according to Lao Luo's estimate, in this era, there is no urban heat island effect, about three or five degrees lower than the temperature of later generations, a robe plus thick bloomers with a cuff, boots, enough to ensure the temperature of the body.

When the sun was just out of the east, everyone had already packed up and eaten breakfast, except for those who were on duty at night, and all of them were in high spirits straddling the Bactrian humpback, with skins filled with water, lassoes, rolled blankets, and bags hanging diagonally on the sides, in which were bows and arrows or swords and shields, and the spare horses carried a little luggage on their backs, and the rest of the camels carried all kinds of goods.

A group of young riders shouted at the unruly horses with excitement, and more than 100 people went straight to the east gate of Smyrna and left the city. Lao Luo's seat is also a Bactrian camel, the tall black cloud is on his other side, and a pair of smart big eyes stare at Lao Luo from time to time, as if to say why is it not on my back? Are you afraid that I will not be able to carry you?

Lao Luo couldn't help but wonder, this big guy is really good, such a spiritual horse is rare even in later generations, and the so-called aristocratic horse purebred horse Lao Luo has also seen a lot in later generations, but in fact, they are not war horses. Compared with the big guy in front of him, this black cloud is a fierce warrior, and the ace horse racing horse of later generations is just a pampered son.

The order of the march was naturally greeted by his subordinates, Alc kept sending people to test the way forward, Gonzhas was responsible for the security of the team, Olki was responsible for delivering the news, and the rest of the people who had nothing to do naturally only took care of their mounts and the horses next to them.

There are naturally a lot of people entering and exiting the city gate, whether it is the East or the West, the city gate is closed at night, so the passers-by who arrive at Smyrna at night are naturally unable to enter the city, when the city gate is opened in the morning, there is a long queue outside the city gate, there are many people entering the city, and there are few people going out of the city.

The leader of the team is the grumpy Gonzas, Lao Luo is far away in the back team, this is to train his subordinates, and at the same time, Lao Luo who is in the back team is also easy to control the overall situation, and Alke is responsible for echoing before and after, observing and summarizing information.

There were too many people at the gates, carts, mules and horses, and many merchants who had come from afar, and Gonzhas shouted to the guards at the gate in a rough voice: "Soldiers, let our men go out first, or it will be blocked." ”

The soldiers guarding the gate only collect the city tax, and the people who go out are not good-tempered, "What do you shout, when the people are almost there, you can go out." ”

"You ......" Gonzhas was a red-brown-haired fellow, and when he was about to lose his anger, Alker rode over and grabbed his arm.

"Gonzas, it's not worth getting angry with a soldier like them, it's okay to wait a while, you look, at most fifty counts, he has to let us go first." Alc whispered as he approached Gonzas.

"How is that possible?" Gonzhas turned his head to look at Alker and asked rhetorically, with some disbelief.

Sure enough, as Alker expected, after a while, a guy who seemed to be a city gate official ran over, "Guys, hurry up, hurry up, get out of here." ”

Gonzhas was a little confused, beckoning people to lead the camels and horses away, and looked sideways at his companion, "Alc, what's going on?" ”

"Gonzhas, remember the other day that a cavalry captain was eyeing us?" Alc whispered.

"You mean...... The cavalry captain wants us to get out of town quickly, and his men are waiting for us outside? Gonzas's reaction was not slow, and Alker woke him up with a word.

"That's right, that's the guy." Out of the city gate, Alc climbed on the camel's back, "Gonzas, I'm going to go to the front to have a look, and then I'm going to report the situation to the boss, you can greet people." ”

"Well, get busy, be careful, Alc!" Gonzhas waved at Alk and turned back to beckon his man to go.

When they got out of the city gates, they bypassed the crowd at the gates, and everyone got on their camels, and the speed of the people was much faster.

The population of this era is actually really small, especially in the West, almost all people live around the city, and the land of West Asia is not peaceful, so after traveling about five kilometers, there are basically no people on both sides of the road.

Because of the season, there are no crops planted on the cultivated land on both sides, and now it is a barren land except for weeds, perhaps because it is close to the Mediterranean Sea, but it is not the desert scenery of Central Asia, because there are always some sparse trees near and far, but these trees are not tall, and it is estimated that they are local dwarf shrubs such as dates or dates.

The surrounding field of vision is very wide, if there is a crowd approaching, you can see it from a distance, Lao Luo's people have mounts to walk, far away from the city, the road here has not been repaired, just a dirt road stepped out by pedestrians, along this road directly to the east is not far away is the mountain range, the plain is not worried about the enemy, although there are not many people at the moment.

If I'm not mistaken, the cavalry captain's man was waiting near the hill, at least there were fewer pedestrians over there, and it was suitable for those guys to hide their eyes. Not to Lao Luo's expectations, Alke, who went out of the city in advance to explore the way, rushed back.

"Boss, I saw those people who were spying on us, they were all gathered at a pass at the foot of the mountain, and there was a big rocky beach next to it......" Alke rode back and forth, and his breath was still very unstable at this time, "It is estimated that there are about three hundred people, all on horseback, I don't see how many archers there are, and most of their weapons are scimitars." ”

"Okay, Alc, you are very careful," Lao Luo waved his hand and beckoned everyone to stop, and Olki, who always followed, and Gonzas, who saw Alc's return, were also there, "How many archers are there, can there be an exact number?" ”

"No more than thirty people...... And...... Their bows are not as good as ours. Alker thought about it carefully and said slowly.

"Okay, that's enough," Lao Luo knew in his heart, just such a few people want to ambush themselves, they look down on people too much, "Gonzas, beckon everyone to take out their equipment and put on their armor!" This time, the opponent will be handed over to you to command, and it will be up to you to see the results of your training. ”

"Understood, boss!" Gonzhas knew in his heart that this was Lao Luo's test of their former gladiators, after all, since Athens, his people have been eating, sleeping, and training, and they don't know the taste of blood.

Everyone got off the camel and stayed in place and began to sort out the armor and weapons, Lao Luo was not idle, took out his rhinoceros leather armor, this thing has not experienced a battle since it was made, although the number of opponents is not large, and it is not necessarily strong, but there must always be necessary preparations, and capsizing in the gutter is not only a funny word.

"Third brother, what kind of armor is this?" Although Li Ji has been with her uncle Li Zhan and Zhang Lu and four female men since she started on the road, she has always been staring at Lao Luo's back from a distance. No, the four female men were also wearing armor, and Li Ji took advantage of the situation and ran to Lao Luo's side.

Lao Luo's rhinoceros leather armor is still made in Mombasa, according to his design style, compared with similar armor, not to mention, the defense is much stronger than the general plate armor chain mail, the heart and vest and other important positions are also equipped with wrought iron plates, shoulders, elbows and knees and other positions also have offensive defense with spikes, the only trouble is that this thing is very inconvenient to wear alone, and needs the assistance of people next to you.

Li Ji came over at the right time, and Lao Luo said directly, "Come, Siniang, help me put on my armor." This thing is made of rhinoceros skin, and it has been made for a long time, but it has never been used. ”

In ancient times, the generals who fought were assisted by guards, and they would not use women to help, and these women who helped must be the general's family members, as soon as Lao Luo's words came out, Li Ji's face suddenly turned red, this guy, this guy, Li Ji understood the meaning of this.

Lao Luo looked at Li Ji in a daze and blushed without moving, and immediately understood, this little woman. The armor is worn step by step, the armor of the lower body is actually easy to wear, the shin armor is the first, then the thigh armor, and then the knee armor, interlocking, around the leather skirt, he hung the cuirass on his body, stretched out his hand to wear the sleeves, the side of the cuirass is a leather buckle, the metal hook is not a big problem as long as it is hung up, the arm armor is hung on the arm, and the leather rope on the inside still needs "Siniang, come and help me tie this." ”

Li Ji relieved herself from her shyness, watched Lao Luo hang up the upper body armor, hurriedly stepped forward to help, looked at the cascading rules of the armor, tied the armor hook and leather rope behind Lao Luo, glanced at Lao Luo's smiling expression, and said hatefully: "The smile on his face is not a good thing." ”

The voice was not very low, Lao Luo could hear it clearly, but it was not easy to answer, but his smile was more obvious.

Finally put on all the armor, Li Ji felt that his whole body seemed to have a layer of fine sweat, as if the armor was worn on his body, this guy in front of him was really burly, this armor looked very powerful, the black rhinoceros skin was very thick, with the components of black wrought iron, Lao Luo's fierce aura was completely released, and Li Ji felt a little palpitations.

Lao Luo didn't have time to take care of Li Ji's mood at this time, and the psychology of children's love can't escape, but it shouldn't be at this time. He just patted Li Ji, who was blushing and in a daze, on the shoulder, pushed her between the four female men, and asked them to protect the fire girl, and then began to inspect all the battle slaves who were ready to meet the enemy.

The armor of these people under Lao Luo is not neat, the armor of Naga and Mnaqi is the same as Lao Luo's, and the material is also made of rhinoceros leather, the armor of Cui Shibalang and Nuralman is a combination of leather armor and chain mail made in Cairo, as for the armor of the war slaves, it is a Byzantine-style armor obtained from Soratinok, because of the problem of time, as well as the difference in body shape, these armor styles are different, what chain mail, chain mail, half-body plate armor are all available.

You know, gladiators rarely have the opportunity to wear armor, and in the dueling arena, gladiators are just clowns for the pleasure of the nobles. At this time, Lao Luo pulled these people out and put armor on them, and a feeling of rebirth was never broken in the hearts of these people.

So from the beginning of the manor in Athens to the hard training until arriving in Smyrna, there was never a single guy complaining. Draped in armor and sharpened with blades, a fierceness and blood swung through the chests of these sturdy former gladiators.

Of course, Lao Luo can understand the pride of this kind of warrior, this expected battle will be the first battle formation cooperation of these people in front of him, and it is destined to not be smooth sailing on the way back, and these tough guys in front of him will be his best siblings.

Looking at the mountains not far away, the morning fog is gradually dissipating, there are no pedestrians on the road, Lao Luo pressed his thoughts of rushing forward to kill, at the foot of the invisible mountain, the so-called cavalry captain is waiting there, see what level of guy you are, whether it is a rock or a bubble, wait for my verdict.

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