Looking at an oasis that is extremely quiet under the moonlight, even though the gusts of night wind blowing at this moment are already close to zero in the words of the leaders, it will feel a bit cold when it blows on people.
But under the command of Yang Dongli and others, Fan Lie, who was already a captain of ten, was still filled with unspeakable passion.
Because as expected, today will be the official first battle after the Bald Bandits formed an army, and their reputation will be officially spread in the Western Regions from now on.
Their target today is a group of sand pirates in the oasis.
According to information gathered from surrounding herdsmen, this group of sand bandits probably has a size of 300 people.
The leaders have made it very clear just now that in order to test their actual combat effectiveness after some training, no one will take action in this battle.
Even a small tribe of more than 200 cannon fodder soldiers would only gather around the oasis to capture prisoners.
As a result, they only have 113 official members of the Bald Bandits and 21 war slaves who officially participated in this battle. In total, they do not even have half the number of their opponents.
But even so, he was still full of confidence in winning.
Not only because they will use a sneak attack tonight, the opponent seems to have no defense at all; the key is that Fan Lie and others are confident in their equipment.
On his body was a half-breastplate hammered out with a water-powered hammer.
It is the kind that can only protect the chest and abdomen of the front half of the body, and is tied with a leather rope at the back; in terms of thickness, it is only about 1.2 mm.
There is also a leather helmet inlaid with steel plates,
However, even the leather armor is only available to the elite of the Western Regions. This thing completely represents the strength of a turtle shell.
In addition, under the half-breastplate, there is a piece of linen armor made of linen and rabbit glue, which can protect against wolf fang arrows.
It's like wearing two layers of armor, which is a powerful defense that Fan Lie and other barbarian natives can't even imagine.
The weapons were a scimitar, a horse bow, two barrels, and a total of 60 sharp arrows.
Forget about the horse bow, it was just an ordinary item seized from the horse bandits; but the scimitar, arrowheads, etc. were all made of high-quality steel.
The machete is also suitable for chopping. Fan Lie fell in love with this weapon as soon as he came into contact with it.
Even after a private estimate, just one such sword could be exchanged for a group of cattle, sheep and many women; Fan Lie had never thought of selling it.
Because this sword is his second life in the future, and it is more important than his future wife...
In fact, when Langqing was producing half-breastplates, scimitars, and other equipment, he carefully planned them in his mind, and finally proposed the above types of equipment at the meeting after some careful consideration.
Finally, after everyone unanimously agreed, we came to such a choice.
Because in comparison, it takes thousands of pieces of nail polish and a long time of processing by a craftsman to complete the nail polish.
On the contrary, after using a powerful hydraulic forging hammer, the half-breastplate can be hammered continuously to form a half-breastplate, which is actually easier to produce.
There is no need to worry about the materials, because after the blast furnace is officially put into operation, they can produce hundreds of kilograms of steel in one day.
Compared to the modern dimension, one furnace of molten steel can reach a terrifying output of 600,000 kilograms. This amount of steel is of course nothing.
However, it was completely enough for Lang Qing's trusted aborigines to equip each of his closest friends with an armor weighing no more than 20 kilograms.
As for such an armor similar to plate armor, which appeared almost thousands of years in advance, will it have some bad impact on the history of the Central Plains in later generations?
There is no need to worry about this, because as long as they don't leak it, the barbarians in the Western Regions will not be able to master the forging technology of the scimitar for a long, long time in the future.
Besides, they also need to have qualified steel before the plate armor can be used.
In terms of weapons, taking out a weapon like the scimitar would also bully the barbarians in the Western Regions, and it would take a long time to solve the problem of craftsmanship.
And what is the specific effect of such equipment?
With large-scale equipment, of course it is so strong that it has no friends.
I saw more than a hundred subordinates and war slaves beating the war horses after the spear held by Lao Yang with one hand was raised from high to flat.
After passing the group of people, they headed towards the oasis and killed them.
Perhaps the reason why you have been killing me and I have been killing you for so many years is that the sand bandits in the oasis were actually quite quick in their reactions.
As soon as the sound of horse hooves sounded, many shirtless sand bandits rushed out of the huts and tents where they lived with weapons in hand, showing great vigilance.
Although they were caught off guard, they had more than half the numerical advantage. According to normal principles, they could also cause many casualties to Yang Dongli and others' men.
But in reality, after counting the war slaves, there were only one death and three serious injuries.
The main reason is that the bronze weapons in the hands of the sand pirates cannot cause fatal harm to these people under normal circumstances.
It was night! Hu Biao and others captured 167 prisoners of war and were directly incorporated into the ranks of war slaves.
The kind that is monitored by Fan Lie and others and escorted to fight.
The other spoils of war were only about twenty women, some equipment and war horses, and some food. The rest were all given to the cannon fodder.
So much so that on the second day after they returned, some of the surrounding tribes and natives came to join them, so that they could follow the "bald bandits" when they took action next time.
It should be noted that Fan Lie and other eleven people killed three people in a row in the battle that night. Because of their outstanding performance, they were assigned to a woman with a big butt.
Ajiwu and other five war slaves were decapitated twice each during the battle. This was regarded as a qualified surrender and was released from the war slaves.
And because of the above examples, the fighting will of the remaining henchmen and war slaves has skyrocketed.
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With the sound of "drive~", the horse under the crotch was whipped by Hu Biao and let go of its speed and started running wildly.
In the position behind him, a total of 26 people including Ban Chao, Gan Ying, Ma San, Tian Li, AT, Xu Feng, and Zhan Xiang, were also galloping with one person riding two or three riding.
The hot wind mixed with hot breath and carrying gravel rushed towards their faces, making their faces feel a little painful.
But such a feeling makes them feel indescribably happy, because now they only have one thought in their hearts:
Western Region, here we come~
The sixteenth year of Yongping, early autumn.
When the decree of Han Ming Emperor Liu Zhuang arrived with the envoy in Dou Gu's army, Ban Chao finally removed the word "false" before the official position of "Fake Sima".
Regardless of the official position of "Sima", it is not as loud as "Grand Sima".
But under the general Dou Gu, there were only five commanders in total. Each of the five was responsible for a part of the military affairs, which was already quite impressive.
Of course, for Hu Biao and others who had known this bit of history for a long time, their reaction in their hearts was nothing more than mediocre.
What really excited them was that after being idle for such a long time, their bones were a little itchy, and they could finally start their trip to the Western Regions again.
Before leaving, Dou Gu originally thought of sending more troops and manpower to Ban Chao's men.
But Ban Chao said that there was no need to rush to add other manpower. He only needed to continue to bring Gan Ying and other guards, as well as Hu Yitong's men, and then go to Shanshanguo to join Yang Dongli and others.
Because if the situation changes and everyone is not very familiar with it, not only will they not be able to adapt to the situation, but they will also cause some trouble.
After hearing such an argument, Dou Gu thought for a while and immediately agreed.
Mainly, he also knew that he was just sending extra manpower to Ban Chao, which would only mean adding one more Han army with a hundred soldiers.
If we really encounter a big change, these 100 people will really not be able to solve the essential problem.
However, before Ban Chao and others left, Dou Gu gave Ban Chao a black-mouthed, yellow-haired sacred war horse, which was actually much better than the war elephant's war horse that belonged to the former Huns envoy.
It must be that if the situation changes, Ban Chao can ride this fast horse and run away.
After realizing this, Hu Biao and others felt extremely depressed. How much they looked down on them...
