People rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and Tang De now deeply understands why there is such a sentence.

The design of the Imperial military uniform is full of stories, and the initial request was to facilitate the flexibility of the fight, but then it was slowly added with elements such as buttons, and gradually began to become gorgeous.

Buttons inject new vitality into the aesthetic fashion of clothes, and can make even the most ordinary clothes move closer to the direction of "tall, big, and up" because of the different layout of buttons.

The addition of buttons to the military uniform was only the first step, and then various trims were also added, and after the trim, there were stripes, which made the military uniform of the empire more and more gorgeous.

In the old days, many people thought that soldiers should dress as plainly as possible, and they generally felt that soldiers were just consumables, and it was good to be able to wear them. They ignore the fact that gorgeous military uniforms can attract more young men to yearn for the army, and it seems that gorgeous military uniforms can also have feelings of envy at first sight when facing other ethnic groups.

Tang De and other knights are from the Qin feudal kingdom ......, oh, according to the people of Central Asia or the Western Regions, it is not called a feudal country, but a kingdom.

It seems that the names of Central Asians and people from the Western Regions were quickly accepted by Fusu and others, and they began to be happy to be called the Qin Kingdom rather than the Qin feudal state. However, everyone knows that the term "kingdom" is never used within the empire.

The advance party of the Qin army led by Feng Zao set out from the Western Regions in the autumn of last year, and together with them was part of the imperial envoy corps, and the combined strength of the two sides was 25,000 cavalry, of which 5,000 cavalry belonged to the hired team hired by Feng Zao in the Western Regions.

Tang De was one of the hired mercenaries, they were a whole team of mercenaries hired, with nearly two hundred warriors who could ride into battle. The knights who arrived with him were also veterans who had retired from the army.

Mercenaries don't actually pay attention to uniform uniforms, but who told them not to work for the caravan now? It is hired to become an armed force to the west, and then there are other armies to move forward together, and the unity of clothing is very necessary, after all, if you kill on the battlefield, whether you wear the same clothes has become the most direct way to identify the enemy and me, not wearing the same uniform, and the accidental injury will be very serious when you kill the red eye.

Mercenaries are pleasantly hired by the state, and usually have good dividends, and some of the treatment is not comparable to that of civilian hires. Those mercenaries hired by the Qin Kingdom, in addition to their basic salary, they will also have a sum of money that is forced to be used for the purchase of equipment, at least they need a uniform of the same uniform, and the weapons will also be unified according to the different sequences.

The uniform is indeed the key, even if it is simple, it should be uniform, and it should not give people the feeling that it is a ragtag army when they see it. Before World War I, any country's military uniform would also be required to be as gorgeous as possible, which was not only a pursuit of beauty, but actually a way to show national strength, such as the "lobster suit" of the empire on which the sun never sets.

The Empire demanded flamboyance in military uniforms, but there was no such paranoid requirement for armor. The main thing is that if the armor is beautiful, it will destroy some defense, such as carving patterns on the plate armor or casting something, any bump is to find an entry point and a focus point for the enemy's weapons or arrows, or smoothing is more beneficial to defense.

Very few people on Kang Juguo's side have seen the existence of imperial cavalry, and Tang De and other knights were blocked when they entered the city, but they were soon allowed to enter the city.

It wasn't that the Kangju soldiers at the city gate were so discerning or took bribes, it was that the tax collector happened to be nearby at that time, he went over when the conflict was about to break out, and recognized Tang De and the others as from the empire, he was stunned, stunned, and surprised, and asked Tang De and the others to come just to buy necessary supplies, so he ordered not to stop them.

In fact, Tang De and the others really didn't just come to this city, they were one of the teams that were ordered to be the lead, and there were seven or eight similar cavalry teams, which were in different directions.

Qin Fengguo and the vanguard team of the envoy group, they did not have a plan to enter the Kangju country, Tang De's cavalry team ...... How so? They were a little dizzy, and after repeatedly comparing the map, they found that they had gone wrong, and after a delay to determine that they needed to be recharged, they happened to reconnoiter that there was a nearby town, and they came over.

The empire will have a fixed market in the city, but other countries do not seem to have such a habit, Tang De and the others first got together, and then had to meet at a better place and time, divided into several teams, and began to look for a place to buy supplies in the chaotic city.

"What the hell!" Tang De's face was full of gloom, and he used his horsewhip to smoke the air and make a "sigh" sound, while saying: "The merchants in this city will come because of the people who come over, but all those who can run run run away, and those who don't run will close their doors and stop doing business!" ”

Mao Dun was indeed moving west, they were forced to move west, because there was a split inside, some of the Xiongnu could no longer stand the high-pressure rule of Mao Dun, and learned that Tou Mandan Yu positioned Mao Dun as the biggest traitor to the Xiongnu, and chose to return to the real Xiongnu royal court.

Without any surprise, Maudun assembled an army to attack the subordinates who had caused the actual division, using non-Huns to fight the Huns who wanted to return to the royal court of Wolf Juxu Mountain.

Maudun was actually victorious, with a bloody execution of the Huns who led the way, and then a more heavy-handed attempt to subdue the rest of the Huns. If there was no intervention from Meng Tian, Mao Dun estimated that he would be able to maintain a good rule, but Meng Tian not only used public opinion, but also directly used the army to attack the Xiongnu who were dissatisfied with Mao Dun inside and outside, and as a result, Mao Dun suffered heavy losses.

Having lost about half of the Huns, and then more than 80,000 people gathered from the chaotic ethnic groups died in the battle, the Wan Kingdom also began to retreat because it no longer had the support of Parthia and Bactria, and Mao Dun was unprecedentedly isolated in the Western Regions, he was not a man who wanted to stay where he was and wait for death, and decided without hesitation to leave the land of right and wrong in the Western Regions and migrate further west.

Presumably because the empire wanted to keep its contracts with Parthia and Bactria, the troops pursuing Maudun stopped when they reached the border of Kangju. Maybe it was also because Meng Tian was not sure that he would kill Maudun, and in rational considerations, he turned to target the Wanguo that had lost Parthia and Bactria?

Maudun had retreated to the territory of Kangju, and the worlds of Parthia and Bactria would appear in Kangju precisely because of this event.

Now that the Seleucid Empire had once again crusade eastward, Parthia and Bactria no longer had the spare strength to deal with Maudun, so even if Maudun had actually entered the Kangju country, the Kangju army only fortified the necessary places and did not attack.

In fact, Kang Juguo is already scared, this country only has a standing army of more than 10,000 people, if the maximum mobilization is to pull up more than 100,000 soldiers, and most of the soldiers can only wave their flags and shout, without the support of the powerful country, even if Maodun has just suffered a heavy defeat and there are only about 100,000 people left, even if it is the invasion that Maodun has actually caused, they do not dare to go to war.

It is precisely because the whole country of Kangju has fallen into a state of panic and anxiety that the people who can escape in the easternmost cities have fled cleanly, leaving behind some people who cannot escape, and then from the border to the hinterland, especially reflected in the merchants, they are eager to grow two legs and use them to run away.

"This city is dying, huh?"

Don De felt bored, and they scattered and searched all morning, still not finding anyone who could sell a large amount of goods. He thinks that this is extremely wrong, and that when there is going to be war, the merchants should be in a hurry to sell their goods? They had clearly shown that they were able to eat the goods in large quantities, and not a single merchant had come out.

How can it be understood? So Don De is just a mercenary, not a businessman!

What was most important during the war years? It's not gold and silver and other things that can't be eaten or worn, the most important food! No one will sell large quantities of food in an area where war is about to break out until they have enough, especially if the price has not yet reached the expected profiteering.

"Captain, we've met a strange bunch of guys who say they can help us buy enough supplies."

"Strange guy? What do you mean? ”

"Claiming to be from the Parthian and Bactrian side."

"Oh, but as far as I know, those two countries aren't so friendly to us, are they?"

"They have a request that they make deals in a competitive way, not in currency."

Tang De may not be a person who reads poetry and books, but it definitely does not mean that he is stupid. He immediately sensed that something was wrong, and after thinking about it, he did not think that the Parthians and Bactria would risk offending the empire and use a conspiracy to kill their gang of hundreds of people in the city.

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. It was in the city lord's palace that Calvers once again saw a group of knights from the Eastern Empire, and when he saw Tang De and the others, according to Roman habits, lying on a chaise longue as if half-paralyzed, a Macedonian slave girl was feeding grapes.

Pound was actually a little surprised when he was ushered into the room, he had seen too many blondes and blue-eyed people since he went west, and the black hair and black eyes could only be seen when facing his own people.

The Romans are a kind of Latimite, in fact, the real Romans, they are really black hair and black eyes, those blonde guys Gauls, Germans, Normans, Vikings and other races in Europe, in fact, in the eyes of the Romans are barbarians. (In other words, in the current BC, most of them are really primitive people)

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers was also stunned when he saw Tang De and other imperial people up close. The reason why he was stunned was very simple, because Tang De and the others had already taken off their helmets, and they also looked like they had black hair and black eyes.

In ancient Rome there was a saying that only the black-haired and black-eyed race was the most warlike race in the world, and such a race was destined to rule the world. (not)

The difference between people on the Empire side and those on the Roman side is skin color and facial features. To tell the truth, often exposed to the wind and sun, in addition to being born with dark skin, otherwise it will become a dark wheat color, so whether it is Tang De or Kirusliwei. Luce. Scipio. Calfus, when the two of them saw each other, if it weren't for the obvious difference in facial features, they would wonder if the other party was their own clan.

Inside the room except for Kirusriwei. Luce. Scipio. In addition to Calphus, there were Apollodas and Miratus, the latter two who came to accompany and act as necessary interpreters.

"They came from Rome, a powerful country in the far west." After a brief translation, Miratus asked again: "What is your title?" ”

Don De has been staring at Kiru Sriwei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers looked, as a kind of intuition of the warrior, and he found that Ki Ruslivi. Luce. Scipio. Culvers was constantly scrutinizing himself, with suspicion and provocation.

Hearing Mirats' question, Don De asked rhetorically, "Is this guy wanting to know?" ”

"No, no." Milates smiled and said, "I have been to your country, and I know some about the Empire, and I need to know your title or title before arranging your next treatment. ”

Tang De raised his eyebrows, didn't speak, but directly opened the cloak around the neckline of the cuirass a little bit, revealing a button, which had a pattern on it, which was the pattern of the long sword nailed to the wolf's head.

The Empire, Central Asia, and Europa currently have one thing in common, that is, the nobility usually has their own family coat of arms, and the person who wears the family coat of arms on them will be a nobleman.

Miratus and Apollodas stood up in unison and bowed to Donde, who stood up and saluted in return, and then everyone sat down again.

"Now that we know who you are, things will be easy to arrange." Apollodas began to reveal a kind of affection, and he said with a smile on his face: "I really didn't expect to see a nobleman of the empire in a distant part of the empire. ”

Tang De had an appropriately proud expression on his face. That's right, he's a nobleman of the Empire, but he's just a lord who can't be passed on to his heirs and doesn't have any fiefs. He was not given the title of Lord when he served in the army, but when he participated in the first explorations of the South Seas, discovered an island that was considered valuable, and then considered worthy of knighthood by the ruling government.

Of course, Tang Decai didn't want to explain so much to these aliens, he said straight to the point: "I need to get a batch of food supplies." ", looked at the obvious Lord of the Lord of the Kiru Sri Vi. Luce. Scipio. Calvers then said, "Whether it's paying, it's competing, we don't need to waste time." ”

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers laughed, and he said in a way that Donde didn't understand, "Sure enough, this is worthy of having black hair and black eyes!" ”

Well, this guy's phrase actually means belligerence, and the courage to conquer. (To be continued.) )