After two days of exploration, the scout team finally figured out the situation in the entire Pazar area, the situation given by the commander Modo was not wrong, those barbarians did have troops stationed on the Rila Mountain, but the army of the Eastern Roman Empire was stationed on the Rhodope Mountain Range in the south, and the situation given by Modo was somewhat different from the actual reconnaissance.

Zheli reported the situation to Qin Dong, he pointed to a sheepskin map and said: "My lord, look here, those Germans have troops stationed on the five city walls in the relatively flat area of the Lila Mountain, although they have not many troops stationed in these five places, each of them is only about two hundred people, but with these people stationed, it is very difficult for us to cross the Lila Mountain, and it is basically impossible to climb the Lila from other places, because the terrain is too steep, and they have beacon towers in other commanding heights, Once a certain place is attacked, the nearby beacon tower will be ignited immediately, and the barbarians behind the mountain must be prepared when they see these beacons, and gather troops on a large scale!

Also, here, this place is called Razlog, located in the middle of the Rila Mountain, there is a road leading to the southwest of the Rila Mountain, most of those barbarians live in the southwest of the Rila Mountain, and in Lazlog there is a barbarian army and herdsmen stationed in this area to graze, look at the number of tents, the number of people is about 3,000 people, at least 700 cavalry, and in the small town of Gotzedale at the junction of the Rila Mountain and the Rhodope Mountains, there is a 480-strong Eastern Roman Empire infantry garrison! ”

After listening to this, Qin Dong nodded, and asked again: "How many troops does the Eastern Roman Empire have stationed on the Rhodope Mountains?" And how many cantonment points are there? ”

Zheli introduced: "My lord, the Eastern Roman Empire has a total of 3,000 people stationed here, and there are ten garrisons, but the grassland to the north of them is the garrison of the centurion Ramado, and Ramado often harasses them, these infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire can only cower on the mountain, they should not be a threat to us!" ”

Qin Dong was puzzled: "Since this Ramo is so arrogant, when we didn't come, why didn't he include such a large piece of grassland in his pocket?" We're next door to him, not far away! ”

Zheli reminded: "My lord, after all, the territory here is too big, after all, Ramado's troops are limited, and they can't control such a large area, those armies of the Eastern Roman Empire may be afraid of him, but those Germanic barbarians also have cavalry, their number is much more than Ramodo, and they are not afraid of him, if he dares to come here, the Germanic cavalry stationed in Lazlog will definitely sneak attack his herd, and when we don't come, he has to worry that his right flank will be threatened by those barbarians, Now that we're here we've helped him hold the right flank, he's certainly happy! ”

Qin Dong looked at the map and nodded, and said, "Well, in this case, we only need to concentrate on dealing with the Germanic barbarians in the southwest, and as for the border garrison of the Eastern Roman Empire in the south, we will hand it over to Ramado to carry!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Qin Dong praised: "Okay, Zheli, your reconnaissance team has done a good job in the reconnaissance mission in the past few days, and it should be rewarded, and you will go to Wang Liu to receive a reward of ten silver coins for each of you later!" ”

Zheli was very happy to hear that there was still a reward, "Thank you, my brothers, I am on behalf of the Detective Cavalry team, thank you for the reward!" ”

Qin Dong smiled: "Okay, you can't relax these days, the east is Ramado, so whose territory is the north and the west, how many people are they and how many cavalry?" I don't know any of this yet, so I need you to find out! ”

Zheli was puzzled: "My lord, they are all their own people, do they also want to investigate?" ”

"Zheli, you are still too simple, often the most ferocious attacks come from behind, sometimes you can't even think of it, for these own people, we can't help but mention the heart of defense, know their situation, it's right to make some preparations!"

"Okay, my lord, I'll find out!"

For Qin Dong, the surrounding shape is worrying, although the total number of his subordinates adds up to thousands of people, the loyal cavalry force has more than 400 people, and there are more than 300 infantry, but the loyalty of these infantry needs to be improved, and the training has not been completed, and can not be put into battle immediately, at least within two months, he can only take out the battle of 400 cavalry, he believes that his force is definitely the largest among the surrounding Huns, but he has no friendship with the surrounding Hun centurions, I don't even know each other, and I don't know if it's friend or foe.

Although the Huns are very upright and disdain to play these conspiracies, it is difficult to ensure that they are not provoked by others, and it is difficult to ensure that there are no treacherous people among the Huns.

The top priority at the moment is to increase the strength, and at the same time, it is also necessary to develop intelligence forces and infiltrate the surrounding forces.

At this stage, it is impossible to strengthen the cavalry, it would be good if there were free Huns to take refuge, but this generation is estimated to have no free Huns, thinking of increasing strength, Qin Dong thought of Afard, the captured mercenary leader, he still has more than 200 cavalry nesting in the nest, if you can deceive this cavalry is not bad, although these people's riding ability needs to be improved, but these people are good cannon fodder, anyway, in this era and this year, as long as you have money to take, where is not to be a soldier?

At this time, there was no national and national consciousness in Europe, and there were not a few barbarians who joined the Roman Imperial army, and there were also many barbarians who served as high-ranking generals in the armies of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, and there were also countless scholars and intellectuals of the Roman Empire who held official positions in the Hun Empire, the Visigothic Kingdom, the Frankish Kingdom, and the Vandal Kingdom.

Alfald was quickly brought over by two soldiers, and after entering the big tent, Qin Dong asked the soldiers to loosen the rope for him, stretched out his hand and said: "Alfard, things are too busy during this time, I just stationed here, and I have a lot of waste to do, so I don't have time to deal with your affairs, I hope you don't be surprised!" ”

Alfard, the barbarian man, actually bent down and saluted Qin Dong rarely, "My lord, the villain can understand, the villain has been observing the adults and your subordinates from time to time during this time, you are a different person, you are not as murderous as other Hun generals, under your influence, the officers and soldiers under your command are different from other Huns, although you are also arrogant, I find that you are not an unreasonable person, other Hun tribes have never been engaged in production, and you actually took your tribe to production and construction." , which I have never seen before! ”

Qin Dong smiled: "To be precise, I am not a Huns, I am just basically similar to the Huns in appearance, my father is a Han Chinese, my mother is an Eastern Roman, my father is from the distant ancient country of the East, where my father's clansmen and compatriots created a civilization that is not inferior to the Roman Empire, they lived in a large house very early, ate exquisite food, wore gorgeous clothes, and read books made of bamboo chips, and at that time the people of Europa were still drinking blood from Rumao."

Alfard was shocked and said, "Oh, is it? It's unbelievable, could it be that the silk and tea here in Europa came from your father's land? ”

"Yes, you guessed it! In my father's country, almost everyone could drink tea, but only the nobility could afford it! ”

Afald yearned: "Your father is so happy to be in such a country, by the way, your father ......"

Qin Dong said calmly: "He died, he came to Justaninople with a large number of tea and silk, encountered bandits looting, all the goods were robbed, so he could only stay, and then he married my mother in Constantinople and gave birth to me, when I was twelve years old, I went out of the city with my father to work, but I didn't expect to encounter the siege of the Huns, our father and son became slaves of the Huns, and the other three family members did not escape, a year later my father died of illness, I became a centurion of the Huns with my own ability, That's the way it is! ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm not just your father who has died!"

Qin Dong waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Affard, I asked you to come over today just to ask you, last time you said that you were going to take your people to follow me, does what you said still count?" ”

Alfald immediately knelt down on one knee: "My lord, what Alfald said is like water that cannot be taken back, please believe in my sincerity!" ”

Qin Dong stared at him for a while before he spoke: "Okay, I believe you for the time being, now I need you to do two things, first, there are many Germanic people living on and behind the Lila Mountain, two hundred miles to the southwest, I am afraid that they will attack my camp, so I need to know about their situation, you and your more than twenty brothers who were captured together are Germanic, So I would like you to help me select ten clever people from these twenty or so to blend in with the Germanic people in the south, find out how many of them there are, where they are mainly distributed, how many troops they can muster, what the weapons and equipment of their armies are, and report to me at any time on the movements of those Germanic people!

Second, don't you still have more than 200 cavalry left in your lair? I need this strength, of course you can rest assured, they fight for me, I will not treat them badly, my Hun cavalry will eat whatever they eat, except that the salary is slightly less than that of the Hun cavalry, the other treatment is the same, if anyone has a heavy meritorious service table, I can even raise his salary to the same as the Hun cavalry, and there are additional rewards! When these people's combat effectiveness can be the same as that of the Hun cavalry, their salaries will also rise to the same as the Hun cavalry, for the Huns, I am also a foreigner, although we have the same skin color and appearance, so I will not engage in racial discrimination, in my place, whether it is the Huns, Germans, or Romans are all the same! ”

Alfold prostrated on the ground gratefully and said: "Lord Xie has given us the same status as other races, and I, Alfard, swear: I will swear allegiance to Lord in this life!" ”

Qin Dong knew very well that the Huns alone could not develop and grow their power, and the Huns could not do anything except fight and graze, and he was also a foreigner for the Huns, if his power grew and developed, when the Hun Empire collapsed, would these Huns still submit to him, the Han? It's really hard to say this, so if you want to keep the army and rights, you can't only have the Huns under your hands, but also the strength of other nationalities to form a balance on the Hun cavalry in your army, and only by forming a balance can after the collapse of the Hun Empire, those Huns will not and dare not betray him casually. If there were a lot of Han Chinese in Europe at this time, he would definitely try to unite those Han people, after all, it was easier for people of the same race to trust each other.