Although Luo Kaixian had mental power, which was similar to a cheating device with a small radar in his head, it was impossible for this thing to start from time to time after all, and it was impossible for him to really have the function of having a downwind ear, allowing him to hear the conversation of the Ma family outside the camp for more than a thousand meters.

To the people around him, Luo Kaixian put on an attitude of Shi Shiran, on the one hand, to teach the people around him, and more to appease people's hearts, although he was not a native of this era, but he knew the fanaticism of religious maniacs better than anyone else.

In his former mercenary career, two of his partners who had been in the army for 20 years died in a self-exposed car on the banks of the Euphrates, in this era, those religious madmen may not have all kinds of thermal weapons in later generations, but scimitars, bows and crossbows and poison are also not to be underestimated, not to mention that the people around him are also not the professional soldiers who have been honed in the high-intensity war environment all year round in later generations.

So, in this somewhat unclear state of mind, Lao Luo summoned Helton, Jin Qian and others at the dinner, and arranged a series of trivial tasks for them according to the predetermined plan that had been prepared for a long time, and of course, at the same time, he inevitably explained a large set of detailed precautions and various coping methods before sending them away.

Because sending people to Zhao Song is just to explore the way in the name of businessmen, in fact, there is not much to worry about - no matter what, where there is a legal system, it will always be more stable, even if this legal system is not so sound, especially for these guys under Luo Kaixian who are good at "convincing people with strength".

And this kind of exploration with the merchant team is just a simple infiltration mission, whether it is the experienced Helton or the alert and keen Jin Qian, they can be called experts, for an open country like Zhao Song, there is really no need for Luo to worry too much.

After arranging all this, Luo Kaixian deliberately left Siedek Nord, who was in charge of discipline, and at the same time sent someone to call Alke, Min Wenhou and Gonzas, who were out on patrol.

"Can anyone explain to me the situation in Xingzhou, Alke or Min Wenhou?" Still sitting around the long table in the tent, Luo Kaixian stared at a few of his subordinates opposite and asked.

In the face of straightforward titles with surnames, no one cares at all.

Because of the passage of time, Luo Kaixian no longer has any shrews about directly calling his subordinates by their full names, many people in the team have been in contact with a large number of foreigners, and there is no taboo like the old Confucian master to call them by their full names, in fact, Luo has only recently discovered that only the Zhang family, which prides itself on being a scholar, has such a habit, as a former descendant of the royal family, the Li family does not have such avoidance.

"Monkey, come on!" Alke pushed Min Wenhou beside him, "You Oriental faces are always easy for me to confuse, in addition to my own people, for outsiders, I can only distinguish between those who are distributed, those who pull their hair and those who have braids, I can't figure out the rest, not to mention Xingzhou, only you have led the team in, you say!" ”

"Yes, okay......" Min Wenhou agreed, and took out a thick parchment notebook from the placket of his clothes - this is almost a major feature of Lao Luo's subordinates, there are a lot of things to work every day, there are too many things to learn and record, and ...... Such a thick sheepskin book can be used as a heart shield when stuffed into clothes.

After bowing his head for a while, Min Wenhou raised his head and asked, "General, the record is a bit messy, what do you need to know?" ”

Patting his forehead, Luo Kaixian also had a headache, not far away, with his eyesight, of course he saw the ghost drawings on Min Wenhou's book on the opposite side - those handwriting is estimated to be understood by its monkey owner himself, "I need to know all the situation in Xingzhou, especially about the Ma family, what have you heard, just say!" ”

"Yes, Lord! It's just that I'm afraid it will take a long time...... "Min Wenhou originally had no taboos when he was used to speaking, but at this time, he was very restrained in front of Luo Kaixian.

It's not because of anything else, it's really all the way, from a team leader who is in a hurry to the big leader of more than 100,000 people who is now tempered by the wind and snow, the momentum of Luo someone's body has changed too much, maybe the people around Luo have not noticed anything, but people like Min Wenhou who are running around feel that the wooden face of their master is becoming more and more majestic and indescribable.

"It's okay, just say that Nuralman is in charge of the record, look at the book you recorded, this handwriting really looks like a monkey!" Luo Kaixian knew that many people had no taboos when they spoke, but when it came to formal occasions, they became at a loss, so he was not surprised by Min Wenhou's actions, but made a rare joke to try to ease the other party's emotions.

It's just that this method of easing the atmosphere doesn't seem to be of much use, at least for Min Wenhou, he swallowed his saliva, flipped through the notebook in his hand twice, and then said word by word: "Xingzhou...... There are ...... Dingkou ...... More than 40,000, including the elderly and children...... ...... with the female dependents"

"Well, keep ......" Although the language was a little stumbling, to directly explain the overview, Luo Kaixian did not interrupt him, but only encouraged him when he looked up to observe the words.

Perhaps because his thinking began to be clear, Min Wenhou's nervousness subsided a lot, "There are more than 40,000 people in Xingzhou...... The largest number of people are from the grasslands and deserts, there are about 30,000 of them, and most of them are ...... They all obeyed the instructions of the Ma family, and the rest were mostly Han Chinese, and the Wang family and the Cao family led them......"

"Good!" After encouraging again, Luo Kai opened his mouth and asked: "I have met the Ma family today, they don't seem to be of Han blood, do you know why they use Han surnames?" And what is the origin of the Wang family and the Cao family? ”

Luo Kaixian was not surprised that there were more than 40,000 people in Xingzhou -- according to the "historical books", Xingzhou was the capital of the "future" Western Xia, and it was absurd to count on immigrants without a fixed population.

"I'm in Xingzhou City...... I stayed for two days and listened to rumors...... The ancestors of the Ma family are a branch of the Tuguhun people (1), I don't know why they did not go through the desert to Kashgar, there are rumors that the Ma family has close contacts with the current Qarluq people, as for the Wang family, the general saying is that they were originally the side of the Taiyuan Wang family, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Taiyuan Wang family scattered, and the one left in Hexi was the descendants of the Hexi army in the past......"

"Well, then what is the origin of the Cao family?"

"The lord of the general, the Cao family has the least personnel, only more than 3,000 people, but there are 2,000 people who dare to fight, there are rumors that the current head of the Cao family in Xingzhou, Cao Yixing, is the nephew of the Cao Zongshou clan of the Guiyi Army, so it is said that the Cao family is the wedge buried in Xingzhou by the Guiyi Army, but the time for his subordinates to stay in Xingzhou is still short, and it has not been confirmed......" Min Wenhou said more and more fluently, and the later words could not hear the nervous emotions at all.

"Smack!" Luo Kai clapped his hands first, no one is perfect, a little nervousness is nothing at all, who can maintain a dignified posture without going through practice?

On the contrary, this kind of speech from stumbling to fluency is the most real, at least it can prove that Min Wenhou has a wide range of ideas, a broad focus, and can summarize things to this extent in a hurry, he can already be called an intelligence analysis talent, although it is still very rudimentary, Luo Kaixian feels very satisfied.

These people under his command can be trained, what kind of talent does he need to worry about?

Luo had a big heart, "This way, whether it is Kuzak or Bishkek, including the later Polo City, except for the Turkmen, it is the Qarluq people who have suffered the heaviest losses, they don't have the ability to send a large group of men and horses across thousands of miles to find us trouble, when we passed through Shazhou two months ago, the Cao clan of the Guiyi Army was also cleaned up by us, as for the sand thieves and horse bandits who were swept away along the way, all these people will never dare to confront us head-on!" Even if they join forces, it won't work! ”

In addition to being happy, Luo Kaixian's words were a bit overbearing, but no one reminded him, whether it was Alke, Gonzas and Min Wenhou, or Sidd Nord who was listening, or even Nuralman, who was in charge of recording, everyone's eyes were shining, not because they completely understood Luo someone's words, but because they had done too many incredible things under the leadership of Luo Kaixian, the main general, along the way.

The bits and pieces along the way are not legends, they have experienced them personally, especially the bitter slaves who came out of the gladiator camp, where would they have expected the smoothness and smoothness of this road when they were in Athens?

That's right, although there was no less fighting along the way, there was never a situation of death, except for the hard work and hardships on the road, it can really be called smooth and smooth!

As soon as the words came out, Luo Kaixian also sensed that he was a little arrogant, but he didn't take it to heart - although the wars of this era are won by many people, manpower is by no means the decisive factor for victory, and there are always subversive exceptions.

After easing his emotions, Luo Kaixian changed his title and said, "You monkey, you are clever enough!" Moving on, what else is there to say about the people of the Ma family? ”

It is really not easy to get Luo Kaixian's praise, Min Wenhou grabbed his chin with his left hand, and said with some excitement: "In Xingzhou, the soldiers of the Ma family are divided into five thousand teams, it is said that each team has at least a thousand people, whether the number is sufficient, the subordinates have not been able to see the whole, but most of them do not have complete armor, the weather is getting colder, and when the subordinates came back the day before yesterday, they found that most of them were just wearing dirty leather robes...... It doesn't look much stronger than the horse bandits in the wasteland. ”

Several people around the table showed a relaxed smile, including West Dirk Nord, who often had a cold face like Luo Kaixian.

"Okay, monkey, you go on ......" Observing Min Wenhou's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Luo Kai raised his hand first to stop the others, and motioned to continue, he didn't know what this thin boy who used to seem to just like to rap could say, but in any case, after today, when he was impressed.

"Yes, Lord!" Respectfully agreed, Min Wenhou's face lost the initial nervousness, and said with some confidence: "The subordinates know that the general has seen the three Ma family members today, and when the subordinates went to explore Xingzhou, they happened to hear someone talk about the details of the Ma family......

In front of the main general Luo Kaixian, this clever monkey didn't dare to sell Guanzi, he just paused slightly, and then continued: "There is a seven-person clan elder association within the Ma family, it is said that it is in accordance with the ordinances of the Ismaili sect of the Green Sect, and the one who is in charge of specific affairs is their patriarch Ma Zurong, who has also seen the Lord today, with a thin face, brown eyes, and a short beard on his chin, and he likes to groom his beard. ”

"It's the guy who didn't talk much this afternoon! Dare to come to the door to deceive! General, their camp should still be a few miles away, please allow your subordinates to bring someone to capture them! After listening for a long time, Olki Huoran took a few steps forward and gave a military salute to Luo Kai to ask for battle.

Olqui was a cautious man, but at the same time influenced by the Romans and a man who took honor very seriously. In his opinion, it is an offense that someone actually lied in front of the people he guarded!

Luo Kaixian hurriedly waved his hand, "Olki, don't worry about this, since that Ma Zurong dares to bring only a few people to explore us, he can be regarded as a warrior." Let alone...... I'm afraid it's too late for you to chase you out at this time, and they must have taken advantage of the night to return to Xingzhou, aren't they, Gonzas? ”

"Yes, Lord!" Gonzhas bowed and said, "The soldiers on patrol in the evening reported to me, and all the more than 100 people in Xingzhou Ma's team have withdrawn!" ”

"You hear that, Olki?" Luo Kai first signaled to the captain of his personal guard, and then turned his head to Min Wenhou and said, "Monkey, you continue!" ”

Helpless, Olki could only retreat without saying a word and continue his guard...... with listening.

"That coyote," Min Wenhou flipped through his notebook and continued: "His real name is Ma Xuanyi, and he is Ma Zurong's nephew, but it is rumored that he is Ma Zurong's illegitimate son, and it is said that he was once sent to Kashgar to study, and I have a well-informed Qarluq man under my command, according to him, this coyote was once seen getting very close to the Neshaburi people in Neishapur. ”

Trivialities such as illegitimate children were not worth Luo Kai's first concern, but the name of Neshapur made him feel very ...... Familiar, he didn't remember going there, but there was a sense of déjà vu surging in his heart, and he couldn't help but ask, "The Neshabri family?" ”

"Yes, Lord, it is said that the Neshabri family are devout supporters of the Ismaili sect of the Green Sect, and they are more extreme fanatics!" Min Wenhou said respectfully.

Luo Kaixian was stunned.

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(1) Tuguhun people, also known as Tuhun and Huihun people, are rumored to be a branch of the Xianbei Murong tribe, originally hunted and lived in Liaodong, and began to gradually migrate to the west and south in the third and fourth centuries AD, and then multiplied in the vast areas of Qinghai and even Sichuan and Shu.

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