The reason why the cave restaurant can be used as a restaurant is because this cave space should be at the height of the mountain, there are three cracked openings at the top, the openings look up from the bottom, the walls stand thousands of miles, like a line of sky, the cave ground except for some stalagmites on the side, most of the positions are very flat, move a few flat big stones as a dining table, and then get a few slightly smaller stones to spread fur as seats, and the "stove" can be placed under the gap...... The space is huge, and although it is irregular, it is perfectly fine to accommodate hundreds of people at the same time.

As for food, in the battle on the west bank of the Hari River, Lao Luo almost completely collected the food supplies of 20,000 people for ten days, took out some of them and threw them in the "warehouse", plus the thighs of horses that died during the battle, as well as the wild boars, coyotes, wild deer hunted along the way, etc., these materials were enough for all the soldiers to eat for half a year.

Old Luo was lying on a "dining table", grabbing a knife in one hand and gobbling up a roasted horse leg with meat in the other, when it was not necessary, he was too lazy to pretend to be elegant, Alke sat next to him, and several people in Olki were also sitting around, with a similar posture to him, everyone was about the same as a hungry tiger.

Making food does not require a special cooking class or the like, every soldier in the team knows a little bit of barbecue and other skills, Lao Luo pointed out a few times, and now almost every Shiwu has a few good hands at boiling soup and rice.

The soup was full, and Alke leaned comfortably on the cave wall behind him, holding his stomach, and sighed a little short of breath, "I've eaten enough, I've been hungry for the past two days." ”

A few guys who ate about the same amount next to him all had similar expressions.

Grabbing the sweat towel made of cotton and linen beside him to wipe his mouth and hands, Lao Luo also stopped fighting, "Well, you've worked hard for the past few days, let's talk about the news I got recently, especially from Herat." ”

In this era, scouts are often more elite fighters than the official arms, and they are the executors of tactics such as lurking, exploring, and assassinating, so in this era of cold weapons, they are not only required to have combat skills that can attack and defend, but also have excellent minds and astute observation.

So after verifying Alker's loyalty, Lao Luo even allowed him to choose his subordinates freely, of course, these people must also be assessed by Lao Luo. As for the rebellion of his subordinates that many people are worried about, Lao Luo has never had this taboo, not to mention that he has his own set of experience in selecting his subordinates, and his sense of battlefield is also invincible in insight into people's hearts, although it is not as evil as mind reading, at least it is no problem to distinguish the direction of thinking of the people around him and whether he is loyal to himself, of course, Lao Luo's combat effectiveness that he has never been able to exert to his full strength is also the capital of his self-confidence, which is still increasing with the passage of time.

"Let me tell you...... "The first thing that started was naturally Arke, "The battle on the Hari River is already well known, and nearly 20,000 elite soldiers were lost in battle. Massoud's death is said to have caused great panic among the lords of Herat, who were half-Iranian, Turkmen who were said to be related to the Ashina family, the former royal family of the Turks, and were called Ashina Duval......"

Lao Luo nodded, this is something that has been expected for a long time, everyone is tired after the battle that day, and it is already good to be able to hastily collect the loot, helping nearly 20,000 people collect the corpses? That's impossible. Therefore, it is inevitable to cause panic, and what you want is to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, not to mention that the Ghaznavids can be regarded as tigers? Lao Luo never felt it.

"Ashina Duval has only 15,000 defenders under his command, and in the last two days Herat has begun to enforce a curfew, and the city gates are closed before the sun sets in the evening...... The six tribes that were originally used as auxiliaries by the Ghaznavid side all stopped around Herat, well, their total number was about 60,000 people, because there was no unified command, there were contradictions between the six tribes, so ...... That's right, the order is chaotic. As the scout leader, Alker did a news roundup, so he talked a lot.

Nuralman was abandoned by Lao Luo in the eastbound main camp because he was not good at fighting, and now it was Olki who was in charge of recording the part-time clerk, and several well-fed generals, including Gonzas, were listening attentively on the side.

This kind of atmosphere seems to be similar to when he was a mercenary in later generations, and Lao Luo accidentally slipped away to find this in his spare time thinking about the situation. His stiff face twitched, and Lao Luo turned his gaze to Alke, "Yes, very detailed. Let's talk about their supplies, and where the supplies are stored in Herat, more than 60,000 people gathered in Herat, how many days can their food last? And can you provoke a few discordant tribes to fight? ”

The names of the specific tribes and what kind of contradictions they have, who is righteous and who is vicious, no one cares, after all, Herat's side is hostile to his side, and this condition is enough.

"Although the city of Herat was not large, it had a lot of merchants, all of whom were very wealthy, and their dwellings often had a very secret storehouse for storing grain and their treasures, so that they would not be short of food for a short time. As for stirring up conflicts between the tribes as the Lord said, it is indeed possible to try to let them fight on their own, but once they fight, they will be uncontrollable, and I don't know if it will be beneficial to us. Alg rubbed his swollen stomach and said in detail.

Alk's scruples were not unreasonable, there were indeed contradictions between the subordinate tribes of the Ghaznavids, and it would be beneficial for Lao Luo's team to fight among themselves. But there are good and bad in everything, you can't treat others as fools, if the dispute that is provoked is stopped, it will definitely be exposed that someone deliberately stirs up right and wrong, and then the tribal forces with the same hatred will focus on Lao Luo's side.

What happens when you use a bamboo pole to poke a hornet's nest?

It's what Lao Luo is facing now, 30,000 and 20,000 Turkic soldiers have nothing to care about, and they can always find an opportunity to deal with it, but at the moment there are at least 70,000 tribal warriors in Herat, plus the armed retinue of merchants and many civilians, it is almost 100,000 numbers, so many people have evolved into a situation where many ants bite and kill elephants, but it is impossible not to make people scruple.

When Lao Luo didn't think of any good ideas for a while, Alke spoke beside him, "General, in addition to these news, there is another thing that needs to be explained......

"Oh? You ...... said, "It is definitely not a small problem for Alke to take the initiative to interrupt his train of thought, and Lao Luo naturally has nothing to do."

"In the city of Herat...... Wait, it's up to you. Alker began, then pulled a man out of the way.

Pulled out is now Alke's men, once a very famous hunter during the camp of the Sylvan Tang people, maybe his father used to like Zhang Qian's character, the name is Jin Qian, the result is always called money, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, good at a spear, and a good archery, because every time you come back from hunting, you will never return empty-handed, so you get another nickname, called the money leopard.

"It's a leopard, you come along!" This money leopard doesn't speak much, but he has good observation and combat ability, and his temper is very similar to his own, and it is also very similar to the background of many comrades-in-arms in later generations, so Lao Luo likes this guy very much.

"General, there are many Han people in the city of Herat, and there are also many Han people in the six camps." Jin Qian, this guy is really concise, and he only said two and a half sentences.

Old Luo Deng came to his senses, yes, this is close to the east, according to historical records, although the Tang Dynasty declined and perished, but the Han people in this land did not completely withdraw from this area, some died because of the war, and more changed their beliefs and became yellow-skinned green cultists, forgetting their ancestors.

As for the Han people in Jin Qian's mouth, there is nothing difficult to explain, the Tang people are just the overall name of the foreign tribes in the East, and the Han people in the East have collectively called themselves Han people since the Han Dynasty.

"Leopard, you're going to die if you say something detailed?" Lao Luo was angry, this bastard boy, at this time he still has the temperament of hunting in the deep mountains and old forests, "Tell me how many Han people are in the six camps, not counting those who convert to the Green Religion, and how many Han people are in Herat City, what is the situation?" ”

"No, Lord!" It's not that this Jin Qian can't speak, but because he often shoots in the forest, you must know that it is necessary not to alarm the prey before attacking when hunting, so this guy has developed the habit of speaking little, "Half of the six camps are Han people, and most of them are surnamed Zhang, Ma, Li, and Wang, but they are all green cultists now, and many of them can't speak Chinese......

"Well, that's good, go on." Lao Luo nodded.

"There are about three to five thousand Han people in the city of Herat, divided into three kinds, one is the Green Cult civilians, this one is the majority, one is the merchants from the East, these people are very mixed, there are all kinds of things, and the other is because they are unwilling to respect the Green Religion and have been reduced to slaves, this part of the people is about more than 1,000 people." Jin Qian barely had any mood fluctuations when he spoke, but his eyes were a little fierce when he spoke of the latter.

Lao Luo also paid attention to this, "Tell me about the latter, what kind of people are they, and how did they become slaves?" ”

Lao Luo didn't care at all about the Han people who had become Green Cultists -- the people who changed their ancestors' beliefs were no longer his own people, and it was up to him to live or die. Merchants are not the target of Lao Luo's attention, since they come for profit, then they die for profit.

The most noteworthy is the latter, don't look at the tens of thousands of Tang people in his current team, but the number is still too small, and it is not a good thing for a simple group to control himself in the future. Since Herat has Han Chinese who insist on their blood beliefs, they are the objects that need to be saved.

"General, it is not accurate to say that there are more than a thousand people, because time ...... Most of these people's ancestors are descendants of warriors who were captured in the war with the Turks, and some are ...... out of hatred," Jin Qian's words were a little slurred.

Lao Luo didn't care about this, and waved his hand to stop.

It is very understandable that the advice of the ancestors and the hatred of the fathers are normal in this era.

"Alright, pack up and go to rest! Gonzas, arrange the soldiers on duty, tomorrow we will start the battle again! "Send everyone away, and Lao Luo also went back to the cave where he slept.

There was no decision to make it lightly, and this battle was destined to be different.

There are at least 70,000 enemies, mixed ingredients, and more than 1,000 compatriots who need to be saved, these people are of different ages and genders, and it will definitely not be easy to save, what should we do?

After arriving in this era, the first huge problem along the way was placed in front of Lao Luo.

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P.S.: Thank you for the book friend "Cat Boy in the Crater" for his reward again!