After the two sides agreed, Ziyad gave Mutaia a hundred elite Khorasan cavalry and put him in charge of defending Kudulu. And these 100 Khorasan cavalry are also tasked with training the Thoras in the future.

Ziyad also asked Hamid to buy a few maids from the city of Talas to take care of Kudulu's daily life.

Kudulu didn't care about trivial matters at this time, in addition to practicing riding and archery and sword skills every day, he was thinking hard about how to recover Broken Leaf City.

It's just that he currently has only a hundred Khorasan cavalry under his command, and he has no clansmen, so he can only talk on paper.

Kudulu was anxious to find Ayitengna, but Mude'a advised him not to act rashly until he had known for sure. And Qi Yade had already promised that he would mobilize the spies and eyeliners of Da Shi and Shi Guo in the Tang Dynasty to make every effort to find out the whereabouts of the county lord of Aitengna.

A few days later, Qi Yad told Kudulu that according to the Shiguo caravan, which had just returned from the Tang Dynasty, they had met a Cao caravan in Chang'an, and the Cao caravan said that when they were chasing wild horses near Yibohai a few months ago, they had encountered the Tang army returning from the east, and the wild horses they had been captured by the Tang army. In the Tang Army, I once saw a little girl of seven or eight years old, who looked and dressed like a Turgi Shiren.

On the way back to Talas City from Chang'an, the Shiguo caravan rested for two days in Tingzhou South City. I once heard from the guy from Wenxitang, the largest shop in Tingzhou, that after seeing that the king of the Beiting Protector had brought back a little maid from the Broken Leaf Class, which caused the house in the Duhu Mansion to be restless......

The more Kudulu listened, the more he felt that the little maid of the Turks that the caravan was talking about was Ayitengna. He was just a little strange, why didn't Beiting Jun send his sister to Chang'an?

However, Kudulu, who was eager to save his sister, didn't care about thinking about the mystery at all. He was very angry in his heart, his sister, who had always been spoiled by his father, had become a servant girl who served others, which was really unbearable.

Kudulu couldn't wait to fly to Tingzhou City immediately to rescue his sister from the dire situation.

Kudulu was in a very urgent mood, but he also knew that if he wanted to break into the Longtan Tiger's Den in Tingzhou City and rescue his sister under the nose of the Beiting Army, he had to rely on the assistance of the Great Cannibal.

Qi Yade had long expected that Kudulu would be in a hurry to go to Tingzhou, and he said confidently: "Your Highness, don't be in a hurry! Judging from the information brought by the caravan, the county lord may have been wronged in Tingzhou, but there is no danger. It just so happens that I am going to send people and horses to infiltrate Datang to investigate the news, and I can go to Tingzhou to rescue the county lord, Your Highness may as well wait for good news. ”

The anxious Kudulu was able to sit there after learning of his sister's whereabouts. At his repeated insistence, Ziyad agreed to let him go with him.

Two days later, Kudulu disguised himself as a Sogdian, disguised as a young man from a caravan, and left the city of Talas and headed east.

In order to cover Khudulu's face, Ziyad also had fish gelatin on his face covered with the Sogdians' favorite beard. Unless he was a close relative, it would be difficult for anyone else to recognize this bearded Sogdian boy as a special agent of the Turgish Khanate.

Ziyad was particularly well prepared, procuring a large number of precious stones, spices, and gold and silver utensils, and also found Shi An, a jewelry merchant from Talas who had been traveling with Talas and Chang'an Shiguo for a long time, and made him the nominal leader of the caravan.

A hundred Khorasan cavalry led by Mutaia were transformed into mercenary warriors who escorted caravans.

In addition to Mudea'a, Ziyad also recruited a centurion named Rahman from the Great Eaters stationed in Talas to join the caravan. This Rahaman does not look as strong as Mudea'a, but he is proficient in Turkic and some Tang dialects. The more than twenty men he brought with him were all disguised as caravan men.

The mighty caravan, except for Shi An, was actually all soldiers and spies of the Great Eclipse. Even Shi An and Kudulu found that he had a particularly close relationship with the Great Cannibal, and this was obviously not the first time he had served the Great Cannibal.

During his time in Talas City, what surprised Kudulu the most was the depth of the Great Cannibal's infiltration of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu. The military and political strategy of the Shi Kingdom was controlled by the Great Cannibals, and several other Zhaowu countries also colluded with the Great Cannibals, which was unclear.

Remembering that the Turgish Khanate was once the mainstay of the defense against the eastward invasion of the Great Food, Kudulu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed and uneasy, he actually had to cooperate with the enemy that his father Khan had fought against for many years, was it right to do so?

With apprehensive thoughts, Kudulu followed the caravan through Kulan City and Ashibulai City on the border of Shiguo.

After passing the city of Ashibulai, the caravan still marched east along the Suyeshui River Valley. The farther east he went, the more uncomfortable Khudulu became, for he was about to enter the Turgish Khanate. Of course, there is no Turgish Khanate anymore at this moment......

As we got closer to Shattered Leaf City, there were more and more people dressed in the costumes of the Turgish. They either looked after the chariots and horses of the Shatuo people in the north of Suye Shui, or milked the Qarluqs and made cheese by the tents on the south bank of Suye Shui.

Kudulu tried to go up and talk to the Turgish several times, but was stopped by Mudea'a. Proficient in the Turkic language, Rahman always came out at the right time, carrying small gifts, and chatting with the Shatuos, Qarluqs, and Turgish.

Rahaman, who always has a humble smile on his face, is especially good at clichés. Soon, he understood. After the Tang army of Beiting left, he rewarded the Broken Leaf City to the Qarluq people as a tooth tent.

At this moment, the Qarlu Department, the big tooth is in Broken Leaf, and the small tooth is in Gongyue City in the northeast of Broken Leaf City. Its power is so strong that it seems to be the largest tribe in the river.

Obviously, the Tang army was not very comfortable with the Qarlu tribe sitting in the river, so they gave a lot of pastures in Suye Shuibei to the Shatuo tribe. In this way, the nomadic range of the Shatuo tribe is embedded between the big and small teeth of the Qarluq, and they are clamped down.

Khudulu noticed that Rahman was not only good at conversation, but also had a very good memory. The information collected along the way has never been recorded anywhere by him. But when he analyzed it with Mutaia afterwards, he was always able to come out with all the information in an orderly and clear manner.

After crossing the frozen Suye Water, the caravan entered Shattered Leaf City through the North Gate. Originally, Khudulu was worried that he would encounter trouble when entering the city, but the management of the Qarluqs was very loose. After the caravan showed the pass issued by the stone country and stuffed a few silver coins with the soldiers guarding the gate, it was exempted from inspection and entered Shattered Leaf City with all its weapons.

When entering the city, the caravan also encountered a Tang caravan that was in a hurry to leave the city. The two caravans traveling in the opposite direction made the vicinity of the north gate crowded for a time.

The whole city has experienced last year's war, and the ruins have not been completely cleaned up, and many of the walls still have traces of smoke and fire.

In the very center of the northern city, there was originally a pole and a big flag, fluttering the golden wolf flag of the Tuqi Shi people. Under the banner of the golden wolf, it is the golden tooth tent that Kudulu is extremely familiar with and misses.

But now, the golden wolf flag has long been replaced by the black wolf flag of the Qarluqs, and the golden tooth tent of Tuqishi has also become a dark tent.

Looking at the hometown where things are not people, Kudulu burst into tears. The hard-hearted Mu Tai'a couldn't help but sigh when he remembered the sinister situation on the day of the Battle of Broken Leaves. Before the caravan could settle down, Rahman hurriedly took more than a dozen of his men to the shops and hotels in the eastern and western cities to inquire about the news.

That night, the caravan stayed in a hotel in the eastern city of Shattered Leaf City. Kuduru tossed and turned in his room, unable to sleep.

In the dead of night, Kudulu pushed open the Xuan window and looked at the Dayun Temple in the southeast corner of Broken Leaf City. The city is lonely, only the bells on the Futu Tower, knocking on the ice and jade in the cold north wind, and ringing, setting off the lonely Broken Leaf City more and more deserted.

The next day, Kudulu no longer wanted to stay in the heartbroken Leaf City, and he proposed to Mutaia to immediately go north to Gongyue City and rush to Tingzhou as soon as possible.

It seems that Rahaman had long anticipated that Kuduru would not want to stay long, so he hastened to complete the intelligence gathering work.

At the urging of Kudulu, the caravan hurried out of the city through the north gate of Broken Leaves.

After leaving the city, the caravan once again crossed the Suye Water on the ice and headed north. After a short rest in Gongyue City, he continued northward until he reached Yibohai, and then turned eastward.

The sea of Yiso, which is light in the west and salty in the east, has long been covered in silver and frozen for thousands of miles in the cold wind of winter, which makes people feel extremely cold.

As he traveled, the tired Kudulu would sometimes ride on a camel and take a nap on the hump. Between half sleeping and half waking up, he often couldn't stop imagining how painful and helpless Aitengana must have been when she was coerced by the Tang Army to the north and east!

Every time he thought of this, Kudulu couldn't wait to turn into an eagle in the sky and fly directly to Tingzhou City.

But in fact, the whole team is already advancing at the fastest speed. The Khorasan cavalry, the most elite of the Great Eclipse, was also so tired from the rapid march that they fell asleep every night.

As for Shi An, his originally obese body has obviously lost weight. Of course, after losing a lot of weight, he is still much more fruitful than ordinary people.

In the whole team, although Kudulu is the youngest, he has received the most care, so he can barely support it. Apart from him, the strong Mudea and the lean Lahaman were not tired.

In addition to hurrying, Rahman also had the spare energy to discuss with Mutai'a the information he had gathered along the way.

In order not to be too anxious, Kudulu sometimes leaned over to listen. What Qarluqs are very ambitious, and the two princes are at odds; The Shatuo people are brave in battle, not to be taken lightly, and so on. Kudulu listened and listened often, and fell asleep on the hump.

Hurried all the way, on the morning of the seventh day of the second month of Tianbao's eighth year, Kudulu finally saw Tingzhou City constantly emerging on the horizon.

When passing by the city temple outside the west gate of Tingzhou, Kudulu noticed that there was a simple polo field near the temple, and some Tang teenagers were happily playing polo.

Seeing the polo field, Kudulu remembered that he hadn't played polo for a long time.

Khudulu was also one of the most important polo players among the young nobles of the Turgish Khanate. When he used to play polo, his sister would wave the flag and cheer him on the side of the court. When he scores, his sister yells excitedly. At that time, the sky was blue, the clouds were white, the wind was gentle, and life was colorful.

What carefree days it was! Now, all the good things have been swallowed up by nightmares, and all colors have been drowned out by darkness, leaving only a world as cold as iron for Kudulu to endure alone.

And the people who caused this evil dwelt in this city! His most cherished sister is also enslaved by others. Kudulu hated to turn into a vengeful heavenly fire and burned the entire city to ruins. Of course, that was after I rescued Aitengana.

The first time I saw Mutaia and Rahman in the Tang military town, I was shocked. They passed through Broken Leaf City and Bow Moon City, and they looked down on the loose military style and inefficient management of the Qarluqs. They thought that the affiliated tribes of the Tang Dynasty were nothing more than Erer, and it was the same thing to think that the Tang people would come to them. Once the civil war is won, the Khorasan elite army will march eastward with all its might, and they will definitely be able to beat the Tang people to the point of losing their armor and making an uproar.

But when they came to Tingzhou, looking at the well-functioning city defense system and the meticulous and serious patrolling generals, they really realized that the Tang people were definitely much stronger than the Qarlu Department!

When entering the west gate, the guards strictly inspected the caravan's pass, carefully checked and recorded the goods they carried, and demanded that all long weapons be left at the west gate, and that only one scimitar per person was allowed to enter the city.

The general guarding the gate also stared at Kudulu curiously for a long time, probably a little suspicious of why there was a young man with an extraordinary temperament in the caravan.

After Shi An was kicked by Rahaman, he hurriedly went up and explained that Kudulu was his son, and he brought it out for training, so that he could take over the caravan in the future.

When Kudulu and his entourage were strictly inspected at the west gate of Tingzhou, the east gate of Tingzhou City was quietly opened.

The east gate of Tingzhou is directly facing the inner city, and the management is stricter, and there are many fewer people coming and going than the west gate in normal times.

The soldiers of the Beiting guarding the east gate respectfully stood aside, watching the amiable Beiting deputy capital escort Ashina Yang ride his horse into Tingzhou City. The three Ashina siblings excitedly waved their hands at their father to welcome him back from Chang'an.

Behind Ashina Yang was the suspicious captain Ma Xuan and dozens of tooth soldiers.

At the start of the day, the Tooth Soldiers drove Pegasi and a herd of newly tamed wild horses. When he returned, the horses were gone, but there was a gorgeous carriage in the procession, and next to the carriage was a tall white-clothed samurai.

On the school field of Tingzhou Metropolitan Protectorate, Ayi Tenggena and Wang Fei rode on Chiyanhua, listening to the sound of horses' hooves like gold and stone clashing, and they were so happy.

Wang Yong, who had just recovered from his injuries, stood on the sidelines of the school yard, looking at the shiny horseshoe flying by Chi Yanhua, and his heart was particularly proud and joyful. However, he didn't put this joy on his lips, but urged: "Xiao Langjun, it's almost over, get off the horse and rest for a while, the county lord of Huaiyuan is about to arrive." ”

Time passed quietly, and the same group of people who were involved in the Broken Leaf War last year gathered together again fatefully. No one knows what kind of fate will be for them.

The entire land of Moxi, after the Broken Leaf War, is brewing a new war. And all of them will once again be propelled by the torrent of fate into the oven of iron and blood.