Tianbao eight years, the seventh day of February. In the Yumen Pass, the warm and humid spring breeze has come from the east and quietly arrived, dyeing 800 miles of Qinchuan, Youyan land and the Central Plains Prefecture capital.

Yizhou and Yangzhou south of the Yangtze River, and Guangzhou and Liuzhou south of Meiling have long been in full bloom and spring rain.

But at this time, Tingzhou is still a cold winter. The vast snow-capped mountains in the distance outside the city are like silent giants, guarding the vast land against the ice that will not melt for thousands of years.

Kudulu was dressed as a Sogdian merchant, facing the nascent rising sun in the east, looking at the city of Tingzhou on the horizon, and his heart was very excited and shocked.

It has been almost five months since the Battle of Broken Leaves, and above the court of the Tang Dynasty, the battle of attacking the Turks has long ceased to be concerned; In Beiting, the tragedy of the Yuanxi fire also made people gradually forget about the battle; In the Qarluq, Shatuo, and Tunjath tribes, people only mention the war fought months ago when they call for slaves.

But for Kudulu, the Broken Leaf War, which changed his life forever, was a nightmare that he would never get rid of.

After being rescued by the man in black on the south bank of Suyeshui, Kudulu, who lost his three souls and six souls due to his father Khan's self-slaughter, was taken by the man in black in a daze, and rode all the way along the Suyeshui River Valley to the west.

Halfway through the journey, Kudulu, who was sad and depressed, had a serious illness and a high fever after a long journey.

When he was unconscious, he only vaguely remembered that it was the man in black who gave him medical advice and medicine, and took care of his diet and daily life.

Due to Kudulu's sudden illness, the speed of the two slowed down significantly. At first, Kudulu was also worried that the Tang army or the Qarluqs would send troops to search for him.

But after most of the journey, Kudulu found that his previous worries were completely unnecessary. In the Suyeshui River Valley, except for the caravans that communicated things and came and went, there was no sign of chasing troops at all.

"It seems that this little Turkish-Khanate agent is not valued by the Heavenly Khan at all!" Kudulu, who had recovered half of his body, smiled bitterly, not knowing whether to feel sad or happy.

After the man in black also sensed that there was no danger, he continued to maintain his slow pace in order to recuperate from Kudulu.

The man in black knew a little Turkic, and Kudulu communicated with him by gesture, and continued to learn the language of the man in black.

In the process of learning, Kudulu discovered that the man in black actually knew two languages. One of them is the language spoken by the Persians in the Khorasan region, Persian; The other is the lingua franca of the Great Food Empire, that is, the Great Food Language.

While in Shattered Leaf City, Kudulu was often criticized by his father Khan, saying that he was not as smart as his sister Ayitengna.

When he was criticized by his father Khan, Kudulu never complained, because he himself felt that his sister was too precocious and disobedient to the point of not daring to be jealous.

The Chinese characters used by the Tang people are very difficult to learn. Every time Kudulu picked up the "Book of Songs" and "Analects", he felt that his head was going to explode. He would rather hunt black bears and tigers in the jungle alone than pick up a fluttering scroll.

For Aitenggna, learning Tang dialect and reading Central Plains classics is as natural and natural as drinking water and eating, without the slightest pressure.

Under the light of Ayitengna's aura, Kudulu often thought he was stupid. But what he didn't actually pay attention to was that his Tang dialect could be regarded as a correct word in the Turgish Khanate.

In the process of learning Persian and the Great Food Language with the man in black, Kudulu gradually figured out the cause and effect of many things on the night of the Battle of Broken Leaves.

The man in black was called Mudea, and he was a Persian from the Khorasan region of the Great Food Empire.

He had previously been the governor of Khorasan, Abu? Muslim's personal guard. For his prominence in the war against the Umayyads, Mudea was promoted to the rank of Gh'aid, or centurion, who was responsible for leading nearly a hundred of the most elite Khorasan scouts.

And the reason why Mutaia appeared on the battlefield of the Broken Leaf War was because a month before the Great War, Abu ? Governor Muslim received a secret message from spies lurking in Damascus that Marwan II, the ruler of the Umayyads, was not optimistic about the prospects of the war, and had sent members of the royal family scattered around, either to call for help from neighboring countries or to organize local armies to rescue Damascus.

Among them, Abdul? Rahman was sent to Spain, and Montzil to Egypt...... But neither of these people passed through Abu? Muslim's defense zone has little to do with him.

In addition to the above two family members, there is a road that is even more special. Marwan II ordered more than fifty palace guards disguised as caravanserans, secretly taking the little princess Anice, and tried to continue eastward through the Khorasan region.

Abu? Based on the intelligence and clues in his hands, Muslim immediately deduced that the final destination of the little princess Anicee was the powerful Tang Dynasty in the East.

Although the Umayyad family had collided with the Tang Dynasty in the Sogdian region, and fought with the Turgish people of the Tang Dynasty. But in the last two decades or so, the Umayyad family has lost the vigor to expand its territory, and is content to infiltrate the Sogdian state east of the Wuhu River on a small scale, rather than directly confronting the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Marwan II probably wanted to take his daughter hostage in exchange for the Tang Dynasty's support for the Umayyad family.

For the distant and powerful Tang Dynasty, Abu? Muslim had heard many times from the Sogdians. In the eyes of the Sogdians, the Tang Dynasty was the most powerful country in the world, and the scale and prosperity of Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, were far from comparable to Damascus. As for Mulu, the capital of the Khorasan region, it may not even be comparable to a border prefecture and county in the Tang Dynasty.

For the Sogdians, Abu? Muslim was skeptical. The Turgish people, who were strong enough to resist the eastward advance of the Umayyad family, also had to submit to the Tang Dynasty, which convinced him that the Tang Dynasty must be a powerful country that could compete with the Great Food Empire; But Abu? Muslim would never have believed that there would be a more prosperous city in the world than Damascus.

But believe it or not, Abu? Muslim would not let the little princess of the Umayyad family pass through Khorasan smoothly and enter the Tang Dynasty.

When Anice's journey to the east was obtained, Abu? Muslim is leading the Khorasan cavalry to follow the leader Abu Abu Lee, who is rebelling against the rule of the Umayyads. The Abbasids, east of Baghdad, fought fiercely with troops loyal to the Umayyads.

The two sides are evenly matched, and the war is at a critical juncture. Therefore, although it is uncertain whether Datang will intervene after learning of the internal disputes in the Great Food Country, Abu? Muslim still hopes that Datang will get the relevant information later.

So, Abu? Muslim sent Mudea's 100-man team to find the little princess and her party as soon as possible, prevent them from reaching the Tang Dynasty, and capture Anicese alive.

The Khorasan region, as a stronghold of resistance against the Umayyad family, has long been raised by the Abu Abu of Sri Lanka. Muslim was firmly in control. Therefore, Mudea's hundred-man team, like a fish in water in the Khorasan region, soon discovered the little princess and her party who were stealthy in disguise.

The scouts ambushed and wounded most of the palace guards. But what Mu Tai'a didn't expect was that there were quite a few masters in this group of palace guards, and they took the little princess and more than ten palace guards to fight their way out of the encirclement.

When Mutaia was in a hurry to catch up, he was caught by the other party. Taking advantage of the scouts' complacency, the opponent took advantage of the terrain to set a fire and burned and shot many scouts.

After the opponent succeeded, he continued to advance eastward. Mudea left the wounded and led the remaining thirty or so scouts to chase them all the way.

The two sides fought and marched all the way, and there were casualties on each other. The final battle took place in the woods near the city of Shattered Leaves, the capital of the Turgish Khanate.

At that time, with the advantage of numbers, Mutaia finally gained the upper hand after heavy losses. The opponent has fought to the last man, and his strength is exhausted.

As long as this person is killed, the little princess will be at her fingertips, and Mudeah will be able to lead the last four brothers back to the errand.

Thinking of the dozens of robes who died in battle, Mu Tai'a was full of hatred. He was about to kill his opponent when a rider burst into the woods. Behind the horseman, there were signs of a large group of people and horses.

Thinking that their battle had alarmed the Turgish army, Mude'a hastily withdrew.

When evacuating, Mudea found that the horseman had taken the little princess away.

Mudea followed the horsemen far behind, and found that the "Turgish" had plundered the little princess to a military camp south of Broken Leaf City.

Before joining the army, Mudea was only a fierce Persian slave in the territory of the Great Food Empire. If it weren't for Abu, who was also a slave of Persia? Muslim has stirred up a storm of rebellion against the Umayyad rule in the Khorasan region, and Mudea is still working for his master.

In his ignorance, Mude'a followed many Persian slaves and stood at Abu Abu? Under the banner of Muslim, he fought for freedom.

In the war, Mude'a fought bravely, and was defeated by Abu ? Muslim took a fancy to it and became an honorable governor's bodyguard.

Although Mutaia was brave in battle and resourceful, he was illiterate, let alone able to know Chinese characters. Therefore, he did not know that it was not the soldiers of the Tuqi Shi people stationed in the military camp in the south of Broken Leaf City, but the army of the Tang Dynasty Beiting Protectorate.

But no matter what Longtan Tiger's Den is, Mutaia is going to break through. Accept the order, either complete the order, or die on the battlefield, Mudea is such a simple person.

While lurking near the military camp, Mudea discovered that a big battle was going on near Shattered Leaf City.

Unable to read the text and logos, Mude'a could not understand which forces were fighting. But the patrol scouts that spilled out of the various military camps made Mutaia surprised and secretly rejoiced at the same time.

At this time, there were only five people and more than a dozen war horses in their group, and the team size was very small. With the help of the woods and wild grass, it is still easy to slip through the gaps of patrol scouts. If it was still the size of a hundred-man team, it would have been discovered by the army a long time ago.