sweeping the world

Chapter 1060 A day in the life of Liu Ming

"So hot!"

"Take it off?"

"That's not good……"

"too hot."

In Luke, which is close to the Asan continent in Persia, the weather in summer is muggy and hot, and even the wind blowing by the seaside does not feel the slightest bit of coolness.

The climate was dry and hot, and the environment looked like there was no fertile soil. Liu Ming didn't understand what to do with such a place.

Before Liu Ming went abroad, he heard rumors that the land in Outland was full of all kinds of good things. It seemed that he could pick up a piece of dog's head gold in just two steps, and even go to the forest to cut down a piece of valuable wood.

Perhaps there are so many opportunities in Nanyang and Indochina Peninsula as rumored, but the Asan Continent, which has been described as filthy rich, is actually not so beautiful. They have never been to Fahrenheit City, and they cannot see the extreme luxury. What other areas see is primitive and desolate.

Persian Sasanian is one of the three great empires in the known world, and the Han people have many rumors about Persia.

It is rumored that Persian Sassanid is a country with an extremely large territory. The environment in the east and center is not good, the north is a plateau state, the south is a dense jungle, and the main economically developed area is in the west.

"Fortunately, we don't have to go to the hinterland of Persia, otherwise would we still be alive?"

"What do you mean?"

"We are located in the southwest of Persia, and it is so harsh and sweltering. There are deserts everywhere in the east and middle, how hot should it be?"

"The people on the side of the fleet looked at the thermometer and said that the temperature was 39 degrees."

"Take a look at the local area. Is there any place where the temperature can reach 39 degrees?"

Liu Ming still couldn't bear it and took off his shirt, leaving only a pair of pants on his body.

The military uniforms of the Han army are divided into spring, summer, autumn, and winter, but it depends on where the army is located. Some places wear spring military uniforms all year round, and some places wear winter military uniforms all year round.Military uniforms in summer consisted of short jackets and shorts, ordinary uniforms were made of linen, dresses were made of brocade, and combat uniforms were made of woolen.

Wool is a product of Yuanshuo 14 years later, and it was considered a rare commodity at first, considered a luxury.However, as a large number of people went to the grassland to join the textile industry, coupled with Shaofu's mass production, it soon became a common thing.

But wool is actually not comfortable to wear, but the Han army only stipulated the appearance of the military uniform, and it didn’t matter what was worn inside. Many people would prepare silk or brocade or silk underwear by themselves.

In fact, the current Han Empire is so particular about it. In a way, it also shows that the military is not short of money. Not only is the military not short of money, but the soldiers also have enough money in their pockets. If you have a piece of clothing on your body for ten years, you are considered a wealthy family.

The wealth of the Han army is not only reflected in the exquisite clothing. In addition to clothing, the standard equipment issued by the military includes iron kettles, iron tableware, blankets, soap, belts... there are more than ten types, and rations are also different. There will be a lack of meat and dairy products,

In addition to the standard equipment issued by the military, soldiers also have a transport share, which is five catties for ordinary soldiers. The higher the position, the higher the transport share, and the title will also have a bonus.Their transportation share can be carrying items from the mainland, or mailing transportation from outside the mainland to the mainland.

Soldiers who go abroad to fight, their transportation share is usually used to mail some spoils.This way you don't have to always have a bunch of things with you.

The transportation is carried out once a month, that is, when the goods can be delivered to the person who wants to receive them, basically there is no exact time.

Is it too extravagant for soldiers to arrange transport shares?Thinking like this is probably not taking into account the deeper intentions.

The seemingly extravagant transportation share, even though the items transported back belonged to the soldiers privately, but those items were in the local area after all, and they would inevitably become part of the local area.

To put it bluntly, the military's extravagant allocation of transportation shares is actually acquiescing to the military's looting outside the country's borders.

Such behavior is now done in such an orderly manner by the Han Empire. Compared with the Han Empire, it is not that there is no robbery in other countries, but they are not as procedural as the Han Empire.

"They just surround us like this?"

"If you get close, you will be bombarded by the ship. They don't have the guts."

This Han army occupied the coastline of Luke, did not carry out any in-depth actions, and only built a camp on the beach.

In the short three days, the Persian army that slowly gathered should have about [-]?At the beginning, they would try to attack the Han army camp on the beach. Every time they entered the shooting range of the Han Empire gunboat, they would be bombarded, and then they would only encircle but not attack.

The Persian army's encirclement was about 25 miles away from the Han army's camp. They might be troops from different areas. Maybe they wanted to induce the Han army on land to take the initiative to attack. The Persian army of about [-] did not gather. Together, it is divided into at least twenty strands forming a semicircular distribution.

The Han army that landed was originally close to three thousand, but later withdrew two thousand at sea, leaving less than 1000 people in the camp on the beach. Liu Ming's team was one of them.

They originally thought that they would encounter a counterattack like a storm. To be honest, they were still a little nervous when facing an enemy army of about [-] with less than [-]. They retreated when they saw the enemy army being bombarded repeatedly.

The current shelling is far more powerful than the lethality, which is determined by the shell itself.

In fact, if they were not afraid of life and death and launched an attack, the Persian army would definitely be able to rush to the edge of the Han army camp. Once they approached the Han army camp, the gunboats at sea would definitely stop shelling to prevent accidental damage, but the Persian army obviously did not have enough determination.

One after another, the Persian army gathered from nowhere. The later the Persian army came, the more chaotic their clothes were. It didn't look like a standing army, it should be a temporary armed force gathered from the people?
The enemy army just besieged but did not attack, and did not seem to dare to approach, which caused the Han army in the camp to change from a high level of alert to a normal alert.

Liu Ming is not on duty today. They can even go back to the warships at sea if they want to, but the weather is really too hot. Not only is it not as comfortable to go back to sea as on land, but it may even be difficult for them to get back to the sea due to the salt water on the sea. Being exposed to the sun makes it more painful, so it is natural to choose to stay on land.

The Han army camp on the beach is not very particular. The outer perimeter is a temporary fence wall, and the rear is a total of six earth walls of different heights every ten meters, and no ditches have been dug.

Looking at the facilities in the camp, without local materials, it is impossible to build a house or anything, only rows of white triangular tents can be seen, and the larger tents are canteens or warehouses.

"There is movement!" Zhou Chubo stood up abruptly, raised his finger to the east: "Look over there!"

Almost at the next moment Zhou Chubo reminded, drums were sounded in the camp.

Twenty miles east of the Han army camp on the beach, you can see from a distance that the Persians are advancing in groups, but the distance between each of them is a bit far, and the closest one is beyond five meters.

Liang Min was drinking iced grape wine just now, when he heard the sound of drums from the land, he stood up and put down his glass, and picked up the binoculars to observe.

The Xingyang was one of the two gunboats left behind by Huan Wen, and the other was the Jingkou.

As captains, Bao Qing and Liang Min were both clearly told by Huan Wen that their main task was to ensure Liu Ming's safety. If nothing could be done, Liu Ming must be evacuated to the ship. Protecting the beach troops was another main task.

"The number is three thousand, and the enemy army is in skirmish formation." Xiao Xin has been an intelligence officer on the Xingyang for two years, and with sufficient experience, he just picked up a telescope and scanned it, and immediately judged the number and intentions of the enemy army.With the permission of the captain Liang Min, he walked to the microphone and shouted: "Fill the secondary battery with fragmentation shells and fire in bursts!"

The artillery of another Jingkou also received the same order.

Soon, the two gunboats anchored on the sea made their voices one after another. After the gun muzzles protruding from the hull roared, the gun body retreated into the cabin. The shells shot out in the thick smoke, and they entered the land after a short leap. The range is from the beach camp all the way to the east. After gradually losing kinetic energy, the position began to lower. The burning fuze inside bottomed out, and the projectile exploded, and the shrapnel was blasted out.

"Damn Persians!" Ibn Abdul stepped forward step by step, and every time he took a step, there would be a sharp pain in his body: "They should go to hell!"

Ibn Abdul is a familiar name?He was one of the Arab leaders funded by Wang Meng. He was captured in the Iraqi battlefield half a year ago and sent to the southern part of Sassanid a month ago.

If you carefully identify the people who are approaching the Han army camp on the beach, you can tell that most of them are not Persians at all just by their appearance, most of them are Arabs, a small number are Serbs, and even fewer are Persians.They were either prisoners of war or slaves, and the rest were overseers.

The captured Arabs were basically wounded, not from the fighting, but from the whips. For example, Ibn Abdul's arms, legs and back were full of whip marks.

Due to the extremely hot weather here, the wounds of many injured patients have already festered, and festering can be seen at a glance.If such a situation is not treated urgently, a high fever will usually occur in the inflammation, and death will occur if it does not survive.

Five or six meters above the sky, shells exploded constantly, and the flying shrapnel after each explosion could always knock down at least one or two people, and even take away a dozen people in severe cases.

Ibn Abdul saw a black thing flying towards him at a very fast speed, and instinctively fell to the ground. The next moment, the sound of an explosion came from above his head, and a Persian who raised a whip to beat him Blood burst out of the person's head in an instant.

Feeling that something heavy had been thrown down on his body, Ibn Abdul felt a sense of fright that the soul of the dead was about to explode. He turned his head and saw a head dripping with red and white liquid, and immediately heaved a sigh of relief.

Ibn Abdul already showed signs of fever, not only him, but most of the people who were driven out to attack the Han army camp on the beach were in very bad physical condition, and they belonged to the type that couldn’t last much longer. There is Persian waste utilization.

"Wait a while when you are close to the camp of the Han army, don't run!" Ibn Abdul knew that many Persians could understand Arabic, but now was not the time to care: "Attack the Persians around you right now." people, and then shouted 'I even made Alabo people'. Be sure to remember this sentence!"

There were constant responses to Ibn Abdul, both in terms of promises and threats. Those who responded were naturally the Arabs, and those who threatened and cursed were definitely Persians.

The Persians who can understand Arabic have already begun to attack the nearby Arabs and Serbs. Their behavior seems to be killing each other in the eyes of the Han army in the camp.

In fact, Han people can't tell who is Arab and who is Persian or Serb based on their appearance. They can only clearly distinguish between Asan and African black skin.Seeing that the enemy troops were dragging their feet towards the camp, they only suffered one shelling on the way, but they immediately fell into cannibalism. Many Han soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay.

Not long after, a group of Persian archers did something that made the Han army understand. The Persian archers were shooting arrows at the unknown armed forces who were in chaos.

"It should be prisoners of war or slaves." Liu Ming had already entered the combat position, guessing: "They were forced to attack us, and then chose to resist."

The Han people are no strangers to such a situation, and they are proud of it.

"The lieutenant has an order! Don't let anyone approach the camp!"

There were only about a thousand Han troops in the beach camp, but the chief officer was a school captain.

Chen Zhan is the chief officer of this camp. He doesn't care who is resisting the Persians, where they come from, or what they want to do. What he cares about is keeping the camp, and it is impossible to accept some guys of unknown origin.

Ibn Abdul got up again and trotted towards the beach camp. He looked at the Han army's camp with hope of survival.

The gunboats at sea are no longer bombarding them, they are extending backwards. Currently, the main guns and secondary guns are firing, and the shelling is the Persian army that has entered the firing range.

Ibn Abdul is a leader no matter what, and he must master the visual measurement of the distance.He approached the Han army camp about 150 meters away, and every step he took felt that he was facing survival.

On the side of the Han army camp, teams of crossbowmen have already entered the state of firing, and they shoot their own arrows amidst the sound of passwords.

Ibn Abdul was not surprised when he saw the Han army shooting arrows. Instead of stopping, he even accelerated his running speed.

"We are Arabs!" Ibn Abdul yelled loudly: "Dear Han brothers, don't shoot arrows!"

It's not just Ibn Abdul who is shouting, but only Ibn Abdul can speak the most standard Chinese.

"What are they shouting about?"

"Whatever it is, archery is right!"

(End of this chapter)