Shattered Leaf City, once the westernmost military town of the Tang Dynasty, where the glory of the Tang Dynasty has been wiped out for decades, became the center of rule of the Qarluqs and an important commercial transit point on the Silk Road.

Broken Leaf City is located in the northwest of Atami, on the south bank of the Broken Leaf River, although Broken Leaf City is the lair of the Qarluq people, but the royal tent of the Qarluq Khan is not in the Broken Leaf City, as a leader of a nomadic people, he cannot build his royal tent in the city.

One of the ten major crimes denounced by his uncle Zhu Xie Jinhai was that he forgot his roots, forgot the living customs of his ancestors, and lived in Yiwu City.

Located on the grasslands north of Broken Leaf City, the royal tent of Qarluq Khan was a large leather tent covering an area of about five acres, which was divided into countless small tents, and although it was a tent, it was no less luxurious than a palace.

Qarluq Khan was about 30 years old when he plotted to assassinate Amit, and he was the brother of the previous Qarluq Khan, who inherited the position of elder brother and also served as the chief of the assassination department.

The assassin Amit has a square face, dark skin, a pair of rough sword eyebrows, and a fierce god inserted into the heavenly court, looking full of fierceness and fear.

Amit has already received a report from the fleeing soldiers and herdsmen, the Tang army actually sent troops to the Yili River Valley, annihilated his own 10,000 troops, and drove back all the more than 4,000 herdsmen who had just moved to the Yili River Valley.

Amit immediately summoned ten tribal leaders to urgently discuss countermeasures, saying that it was a countermeasure, but in fact it was how to retaliate against the Tang army, a characteristic of the Qarluqs, they have a proverb, 'never let the anger in your heart stay overnight', if there is any dissatisfaction, it will be resolved on the same day, and it will never be delayed until tomorrow.

Hatred is the same, you won't endure, if you have revenge, you have to take revenge, the so-called deliberation is to discuss how to take revenge?

"Khan, I have an idea!"

The commander who spoke was called Mozuo, who was Amit's cousin and a famous general of Qarlulu, who had led his army to defeat the Hui Western Route Army, and was deeply trusted by Amit.

"What thoughts?" Amit asked hurriedly.

"Humble considerations, the Tang army can completely annihilate our army in the Yili River Valley, their army will not be less than 10,000 people, then Tingzhou must be empty at this time, we can send a large army to kill from the north of Cheling, and take Tingzhou directly, the families of the Tang army soldiers are in Tingzhou, they will inevitably retreat in a panic, and we will wait for work and face the head-on attack, so that we will not only seize Tingzhou, but also recover the Yili River Valley."

The strategy of assassinating Mozuo won the applause of the Qarlu chieftains present, and Amit pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that the Hui people will interfere!" ”

Another chief said: "Khan, we know the Hui people very well, as long as they don't touch his interests, they will definitely not send troops to help the Tang army, maybe they want a piece of the pie." ”

That's right, the Hui people are indeed this virtue, there is no charcoal in the snow, but they are indispensable when they fall into the well, Amit finally made up his mind, "This method is feasible, and I will send troops to Tingzhou!" ”

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In Broken Leaf City, Scout Captain Zhang Yuanzhi has turned into a merchant, and he led a few retinues to lead more than a hundred camels loaded with goods to stroll on Broken Leaf Street.

The streets of Broken Leaves are very lively, merchants from all over the world gather in this commercial city, and people come and go on the streets, shouting and shouting one after another, buying and selling all kinds of goods.

Broken Leaf City was once a military town of the Tang Dynasty, and there were many Han people living here, and Zhang Yuanzhi's Han faces were not uncommon at all.

"Head, let's go have a drink!" Zhang Yuanzhi's subordinates were hungry and thirsty, and couldn't help but suggest.

Zhang Yuanzhi saw that there was a restaurant on the side of the road, and the style of the restaurant was no different from that of the Central Plains, and the six big characters of 'authentic Taibai Restaurant' were written on it, which seemed to be opened by the Han people, so he smiled and said: "Go and have a look!" ”

They stepped forward, and a man greeted them, and asked with a happy face: "Are the guest officers from the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"We're coming from Hexi, let's have a drink, can we have a seat?"

"Yes! Yes! A few guest officers upstairs please, the camel handed over to me, put it in the backyard safely, along with the goods, to ensure that no one moves. ”

Zhang Yuanzhi asked his subordinates to hand over the camels to the men, and they went up to the second floor, there were not many customers in the restaurant, there were Han and other Hu people, most of the second floor was empty, and they found a seat by the window to sit down.

The shopkeeper stepped forward and said excitedly: "I heard from the guy, how many guest officers are from Hexi?" ”

Zhang Yuanzhi smiled and nodded, "Exactly, I said shopkeeper, how can the name of this restaurant be called Authentic Taibai Restaurant?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled, "This restaurant belongs to Li Bai's family, and the current proprietor is still the Li family." ”

"I see!"

The bartender served them wine and a few plates of cold dishes, but the shopkeeper was still unsatisfied and did not want to leave.

"I heard that the Tang army recovered Beiting and Anxi, is it true?" The shopkeeper asked again.

Zhang Yuanzhi drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Of course it's true, Hexi Jiedu made Guo Yuanjun repel Tubo, exterminate Shatuo, and completely recovered Anxi and Beiting last year. ”

The shopkeeper clapped his hands and said excitedly: "That's great, we can also return to our hometown." ”

"Where is the shopkeeper?" Zhang Yuanzhi asked with a smile.

"I'm from Longyou County."

Zhang Yuanzhi's eyes lit up, "Yo! We are fellow villagers! But what's wrong with the shopkeeper's accent? ”

"I've been away from home for so long, and my accent has changed."

When the shopkeeper heard that Zhang Yuanzhi was also from Shanxian County, he immediately asked with anticipation: "How is the situation in my hometown now?" ”

"The year before last, Tubo invaded Longyou, and the people of Shanxian County fled to Hexi, and now it has not recovered!"

The shopkeeper's eyes were gloomy, and he sighed, "There is chaos everywhere, when will it be the head!" ”

At this moment, a low horn sound came from a distance, 'Woo-woo-' The sound of the horn continued, as if hundreds of people were blowing in a relay.

Zhang Yuanzhi was stunned and hurriedly asked, "What are you doing?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head, "This is the sound of the trumpet of the Qarluq army. ”

Zhang Yuanzhi was overjoyed in his heart, he came to break the leaves just to find out this information!

He drank the wine from his glass, leaving two of his men to watch the camels, while he hurried away with the others.......

On the steppe north of Broken Leaves, countless cavalry were gathering, and the army of 30,000 khans mobilized by Qarlu was already in place, and they began to slaughter in a mighty northeast direction with dry cakes, dried mutton, and dried cheese.

Zhang Yuanzhi and his men outside the city had converged, and they followed the Qarlu army, but soon, Zhang Yuanzhi noticed an anomaly, this army of tens of thousands of people was not heading towards the Yili River Valley, but heading northeast.

This was an extremely important discovery, and it was necessary to go back immediately to report it, and Zhang Yuanzhi immediately divided his troops into two routes, with some of his men continuing to follow the Qarluq army, and he rushed to the Yili River Valley with ten of his men day and night.

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Guo Song's army was still stationed in Gongyue City in the Yili River Valley, and it took the army ten days to rebuild Gongyue City, making it a fortified city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At this time, Guo Song was still waiting for news from Ge Lulu, killing 10,000 troops of Ge Lulu, he didn't believe that the other party could endure this breath, not to mention that Ge Lulu was recognized as a nation that did not take revenge overnight, and the Ge Lulu army would definitely kill back to the Yili River Valley soon.

That night, Guo Song was writing a letter in the big tent, and a report from his own soldiers came from outside the door, "Envoy, there is urgent information from Broken Leaves!" ”

"Come on in!"

After a while, Zhang Yuanzhi was led into the big tent by his own soldiers, Zhang Yuanzhi met the leader Zhang Yun and his party on the way back from Broken Leaf, Zhang Yun heard that the information had changed, and immediately ordered his subordinates to bring Zhang Yuanzhi back to report, and he continued to lead his men to Broken Leaf.

"See the envoy for your humble position!" Zhang Yuanzhi knelt down on one knee and saluted.

"Captain Zhang, please get up!"

Guo Song still remembers this scout lieutenant, Zhang Yun's right-hand man.

Zhang Yuanzhi was overjoyed in his heart, so that Jun still remembered himself, he got up and said: "I want to report urgent information, there are about 30,000 Qarlu cavalry, and they are not coming to the Yili River Valley, but going to the northeast. ”