Section 91 Countdown (1)
Even if Transcaucasia were to be united, no more than 200,000 troops could be mobilized, and the agrarian peoples were destined to be scattered because of their attachment to the land, which was incomparable with the nomads.
According to the semi-nomadic and semi-bandit habits of the steppe tribes in this era, the Turks only need to coordinate a few large tribes to form hundreds of thousands of mobile troops, so that the Georgians are at a relative disadvantage in comparison, and the history known by Lao Luo is also like this, in the face of the Turkic attack, the Georgians only held on for less than ten years, just like the Turks sued for peace and became a subject state of the Turks.
Lao Luo secretly calculated that when the eastbound team arrived in the east, under his own oppression, the Turks would definitely march to the west in advance, and if Bagrat III was still in the position of ruler at that time, the two symbols would definitely have a good situation.
After deciding to face the Turks head-on, there was such an opportunity to dig a pit for them, how could Lao Luo let it go?
In this way, Bahamir's door-to-door negotiation this time was actually a fat sheep sent to the door, but the knife bearer who slaughtered the sheep was not Lao Luo, but Helton. With Lao Luo's bottom line, Helton, who let go, is unstoppable, I'm afraid that this time the fat man Bahamir is going to lose weight successfully, oh, I don't know if there is such a concept as losing weight in this era.
The partial van is indeed a practical good thing to deal with cavalry, but it is not a unique magic weapon, as long as it is seen, it can always imitate something similar, of course, whether it can achieve the quality of the original is a question, and it is for this reason that Bahamir will make a deal.
It soon came to fruition, that Bahamir provided twenty thousand live cattle and sheep, eighty thousand talantes of wheat flour and various beans, a total of about two hundred and eight tons, and three hundred craftsmen plus their families, to be delivered within half a month from that hour; Lao Luo needs to provide a full set of drawings for the partial van, as well as ten finished partial vans, and the delivery date is set for a month and a half later, before the Tang Camp goes east. It is difficult to say who suffers and who takes advantage of this kind of transaction, for the Georgians, they have more combat records that can be held against infantry and a large number of cavalry, and for Lao Luo, the partial van is nothing at all, and the problem of the leather needed for the pontoon bridge is solved, and at the same time it can also cover up the problem of a large source of food here.
You must know that Lao Luo's previous harvest in Kutaisi and Tbilisi has never been counted, and it is conservatively estimated that the grain stored is enough for everyone in the Tang camp to eat for three or five years.
Another thing worth mentioning is that all the materials for the previous redemption of Samtz have been delivered, and the supply happens to be consumed by everyone, including the new barracks plus the newly recruited craftsmen, so it just so happens that Bahamir can understand his son Samtz by the way, this gentleman now looks like a strong man with knotted muscles.
In just over a month, the fur-covered noble boy had been transformed into a sturdy manual worker by the labor and strict discipline of the camp, and his once arrogant green eyes now looked much more pleasing to the eye.
When Bahamir said goodbye to Lao Luo, he was quite emotional, "Your Excellency Batol, now I don't know what to say about your detention of my son a few days ago......"
"Your Excellency Gong Qing saw the changes in Samtz and felt something in your heart, right?" Lao Luo also understands this emotion.
"That's right, seeing that Samtz seems to have become a lot more sensible, the materials sent to you are like teaching fees." Bahamir held his stomach and said with some embarrassment.
"But it's worth it, isn't it?" Old Luo glanced at Samtz in the distance, "At least he looks like a man now." ”
"Haha, yes, totally worth it!" Bahamir's eyes were also in the same direction as Lao Luo, and Lao Luo's words just happened to speak his mind, which naturally attracted a burst of laughter of approval.
As for the messenger that Bahamir said, the contact person of Soratinok, Lao Luo did not see it, maybe the other party was only responsible for contacting the Georgians, it just so happened that he didn't like to deal with the old fox of Soratinok, he was too tired, and he always had to worry that he would calculate people in that place, but Lao Luo never really suffered, but took a lot of advantages, and more than 100 elite gladiators under his command were the best harvest.
After this negotiation, Lao Luo knew that at least he didn't have to worry about the Georgians before he left the east, and as for the Sylvans, they were busy with civil strife and couldn't take care of the tens of thousands of people in the Tang camp.
Everything was on track, and the leisurely figures that had been seen in the small town of the Tang Dynasty were now gone, replaced by craftsmen and soldiers who walked like they were running, and merchants who hurried to and fro.
There was still more than a month before the departure, and according to the plan discussed in the council hall, everything began the final stage of preparation, that is, the countdown process. Lao Luo took the time to find Li Xuan, the all-round butler of the Li family who was now in charge of the information collection of the entire Tang camp.
"Brother Xuan, how is the situation of Zhang Peiwei's family recently?" Although Lao Luo also sent people to keep an eye on the movements of these families, after all, there was a shortage of manpower, and he was definitely not as familiar with all the surrounding situations as the Li family.
"The Zhang family is okay, but they keep testing Tanzu's attitude, and they want to meddle in the management of the joint workshop, but this is impossible." At present, Lao Luo is the protector of the entire Tang Battalion, the chief manager of the Li family, and the chief of the Tang Battalion's recent internal affairs and miscellaneous affairs, Li Xuan of course knows the recent movements of the Georgians. And as time progressed, there were more and more things that surprised him by the big man in front of him, "Pei Sihai's injury has not healed yet, and he can only stay in bed now, and there has been a lot of chaos in the Pei family, which seems to have stopped in recent days." As for the Wei family, their actions are very strange, and last month when you were away, a few people from their family went to Rai in the east, saying that they were buying food from the Persians, but I think they were in contact with the Turks. ”
Lao Luo was silent for a while, he didn't bother to pay attention to the Zhang family, he was useless as a scholar, and he was actually talking about this kind of pretentious family; It seems that the Pei family should have had a civil strife for the time being, but it is very strange that it is calmed down, and it seems that further news is still needed for reference and analysis; As for the Wei family, it seems that they are going to betray their mother, Rai is the Tehran of later generations, the earliest core city of the Persians, in this era, there should be many tribes living in a mixed manner, if there are Turks nearby, they will definitely be there.
"I suggest that the Pei Wei family be closely monitored to prevent the two families from destroying the interior." Lao Luo can only use the suggestion, after all, until now, the two sides have only been in a cooperative relationship, and no subordination has been determined.
"Impossible, right?" Li Xuan's face was shocked.
"Why can't it be? The Pei Wei family is now completely excluded, they have always been in contact with the Turks, once they feel that they can better survive by breaking away from the Tang camp, why can't they take revenge? For example, cold arrows, such as poisoning, such as arson...... "Lao Luo is not sure what will happen to the Pei Wei family, but it is better to prevent problems before they happen, and it is not too careful to be careful.
Li Xuan's face turned white in an instant, "The four families of Li Zhang and Pei Wei have supported each other for two hundred years, how could they do that?" Wouldn't that be tantamount to tearing your face? ”
"Now all the specific affairs of the Tang Battalion, Pei Wei and the two families have been excluded, isn't it a tearing face?" Lao Luo will not pin his hopes on others, from the perspective of war, any luck is the way to defeat.
I don't know what to remember, and in an instant, sweat appeared on Li Xuan's face, "I'll call someone to arrange the monitoring, thank you Luo Saburo for the reminder." ”
In other words, three points are enough, and it is not appropriate to substitute for others.
The current Tang camp is in charge of the Li family, and Lao Luo is not easy to meddle casually.
He just went to the United Workshop to find Li Nie and Du Ne, "Shibo, and Du Lao, how has it been in the last two days?" ”
"Fortunately, the manpower has been running in a lot better recently, and I can make at least four partial vans and two floating cars every day. Fortunately, there are few of us, otherwise there will definitely not be enough 100 floating cars. Dune's face was full of tiredness, and it seemed that he had been busy these days.
"Recently, the Armenians have sent a lot of camels and horses, and when the young and healthy people will all ride horses, and the camels will have a good load-bearing capacity, and there will be no problem in making some big carts for high-riders." Li Tan is still the same, as long as he has something to do, he looks energetic.
"Du Lao, if it weren't for the lack of people, we wouldn't have to leave. As long as there are 200,000 people, I can lead everyone to occupy this land, and all Persians and Georgians will listen to us. "Lao Luo doesn't have anything to worry about, if there are fewer people, use the method of fewer people, and there will be more people in it.
"San Lang's words are reasonable, if it weren't for the fact that there were too few of us, why would we have been moved around like sheep over the years." Li Nie's spirit has always been very good, and compared to Li Zhan, his mind is much more open-minded.
"Shibo doesn't need to praise me, I'm here to remind you two of one thing." Lao Luo used his spiritual power to investigate around him before he continued: "I just came from Li Xuan and asked him about the Pei Wei family, I think something is wrong, I am worried that the Pei Wei family will jump over the wall in a hurry and cause damage in the city. ”
"How dare the Pei family and the Wei family?" Dunne's face immediately changed color.
"Lao Du, you don't know what those two things are?" Li Nie didn't panic, and explained this old fellow.
"Damn it, if they succeed in making trouble, all these days of hard work will be in vain, we have to hurry up and investigate!" Dune was also anxious, and as soon as he was reminded, he immediately came to his senses.
"Don't worry, don't worry, Lao Du, how can you not be tired of doing things with such a temper, rest assured, I originally screened the people of Pei Wei's two families when I was selecting people to be close to the workshop, and even the people of the Zhang family were not allowed to enter the integration group behind, and if you want to destroy, someone must be able to come in." Li Nie said casually in a hurry, although this old man of Lao Luo's future husband was silent at the clan meeting, he was obviously a well-informed figure.
Lao Luo listened to it and couldn't help but secretly give a thumbs up, although Li Ji's grandfather usually looks like a rough craftsman, but he can always have the ability to do it at a critical time, "Shibo is powerful, but I also ask Shibo to send patrols to mainly defend the material yard, and at the same time strengthen the warehouse guards, and set up a defensive circle a hundred steps away." ”
"San Lang, you mean?" Li Nie looked at Lao Luo thoughtfully and asked casually.
"That's right, Shibo, there are a lot of people in the workshop, so I'm not worried about crowded places, but what if the other party sets fire to the raw material stack and the warehouse?" Lao Luo is most worried about fire, this year's materials are mostly wood, once the fire is a very headache.
"What San Lang said makes sense, and the fire oil refined recently is very easy to catch fire, so you must be careful." Li Nie's face also became solemn, "It seems that the more you get to the final stage of preparation, the more careful you have to be, not only the Pei Wei family, but also the Turkic people are very likely to be involved, even the Zhang family may not have any good intentions." ”