Because the Tirchishi warrior blocking the way was too close to him, Giza beside him could not give any hints, and Li Siye could only tilt his head slightly and listen to the chatter of the person below.

Li Siye's palm holding the handle of the knife was sweating, but the more he talked, the more angry he became, and his loud voice was very fierce, causing all the Turks to look at this side.

At this moment, the sky was dark, and there were torches inlaid on both sides of the city wall, and he could only see that this man was short and thick, and he could not understand a word of Turkic language.

He hummed again mechanically, but the Thirshi warrior jumped to his feet excitedly, tugging at his black cloak.

Li Siye subconsciously covered his stomach, lay on the horse and waved his other hand at the person. Giza hurriedly bent down and hugged the man's chest, and muttered again.

The fat and strong man was pulled aside by the other two Tuqi soldiers, and Li Siye hurriedly grabbed the horse's belly and quickly fled forward.

As they walked through the sparsely populated streets of the city, Li Siye moved his shoulders and felt that his back was wet with cold sweat. He turned his head and asked Giza sternly, "What happened just now?" ”

"Gang leader Su Ke owes that person a lot of money for gambling, and he hasn't paid it back for several months, so he stopped you at the door and clamored for you to pay it back."

"I owe money." Li Siye was stunned, but also felt afraid, fortunately, his act of pretending to have a stomachache just now was correct, if he made two mistakes and scraped the other party's ears, their dozens of lives would be all confessed at the city gate.

Giza complimented him again and again: "Fortunately, Captain Lieutenant, you reacted quickly, so I told Nabusan that the captain had a bad stomach, and now he hurts badly, and he will definitely pay you back another day." So that we are not suspected. ”

Li Siye glanced at this Giza suspiciously, it stands to reason that he shouldn't have known that Su Ke was gambling, why didn't he remind him that this was a creditor, could it be that this Tuqi Shi was bold and dared to be cautious? He then became murderous, and glanced left and right, and now in the open space of the city, he was afraid that he would attract others to worry about him after a while.

As most of the city's inhabitants were driven away, the city of Talas was dark and gloomy, with the lights lining the streets of the earthen flat-roofed or igloos, and the noise of the Turas men drinking and shouting. On top of that, there is a lonely place as far as the eye can see, with the occasional crow landing on the rooftop, adding a bit of the exotic atmosphere of a desolate castle.

Giza took the initiative to lead the way to a more deserted clearing in the city, in front of which was a row of straw huts made of thatch and wooden pillars dozens of zhang long, with mountains of hay inside, and new grass spread out in the open space outside.

There were also a few guards here, and Giza said that they were just a few old guys, and he personally went up to negotiate. Li Siye and his entourage watched coldly from the side, and the herdsmen went to the corner and took out a wooden fork, and Duan Xiushi took the lead to unload the forage.

Gisa somehow lured away a few veterans and led them to the street, and Bai Xiaode took the initiative to follow Giza to prevent him from making any hints of ventilating the news.

Duan Xiushi and the others sped up their movements, unloaded the grass on the twenty cars and spread them out, and transferred all the weapons under the cars to the haystacks in the shed.

After a while, Giza arrived under the escort of Bai Xiaode, and reported to Li Siye with his shoulders bent: "Those old soldiers, I spent a few dollars to invite them to the city wine shop to drink."

Li Siye nodded and said to everyone: "Understand the situation as soon as possible and settle everyone down." I took 22 people to the camp, and Duan Xiushi led 26 people to stay among the herdsmen. ”

Bai Xiaode talked with several herdsmen for a while, and learned that there were a total of 60 people working in the forage field, more than 40 were responsible for harvesting the grass outside the city, and more than a dozen people stayed to cut the grass to supply horses, cattle and sheep. Since the news of the Tang army's capture of Broken Leaf City came, the Khan forbade the soldiers and herdsmen to go out of the city to graze, and in the past few days, the fodder for nearly 10,000 horses and tens of thousands of livestock in the entire city has been supplied from here, which shows the great labor intensity.

To the west of the hay field is a full row of troughs with cutters and troughs, as well as three wells. Every day, all the soldiers and herdsmen in the city would bring horses, cattle and sheep to feed and drink, and the carriages and horses were lined up from morning to night, and the herdsmen who worked could not have enough to eat, but they were so tired that they even had their fingers cut off by a lawn chopper because of dizziness.

Bai Xiaode told these herdsmen not to tell others their identities for the time being, and the herdsmen nodded submissively.

After all the weapons were hidden and the forage was spread out in the field, Duan Xiushi clapped his palms and walked over to ask Giza, "Where are we staying tonight?"

Giza's face changed slightly, and he muttered embarrassedly: "Uncle Tang Jun, I have to be wronged and wronged by you tonight."

Duan Xiushi glanced at the others with a strange expression, and said with a calm face, "Take us there."

Giza stretched out his hand to give him a finger, and the crowd noticed that the edge of the hay field shed had a very low thatched roof. When they got closer, they saw that the roof was only half a person high, and half of the space was dug into the ground, which was the so-called underground nest.

Giza laughed and stepped down the dug steps into the nest, and used the key to open the wooden fences on the chains, and a foul smell came to his face. Duan Xiushi bent down and looked inside, and there were a pair of eyes flashing with a ghostly light in the darkness, like a frightened ghost.

He turned back to a herdsman and asked, "This is where you live?"

The herdsman replied to him in Turkic: "That's right, it's just enough for sixty people to lie side by side, and when they don't work or eat, the door is locked, and the peeing and feces are all inside, so it stinks."

Duan Xiushi regretted choosing to play the role of a herdsman, but he didn't expect to sneak into the city and drill this kind of nest. He himself came from a poor background, so of course there was no problem in enduring hardship, but the smell was really unbearable for a person with a slight habit of cleanliness.

Li Siye said in a gentle tone outside: "Duan Lang, can you do it, if you can't, change someone else."

"No need." Duan Xiushi gritted his teeth and got in, and the other herdsmen dressed as Tang Jun also pinched their noses and fished in, but the dozen or so herdsmen were accustomed to it and followed them in.

Giza said with a smile on his face while carrying the chain: "Brother Tang Jun, I locked the door."

The last glimmer of light in front of him disappeared, and the entire nest exuded a sweet and rancid smell, Duan Xiushi and his comrades squatted together, feeling that it was acceptable at the moment, but it was just a night and a day.

Li Siye's living conditions are much better than those of the herdsmen, with a spacious flat-roofed house and a small yard where they can cool off on the roof on a summer evening. In order to stubbornly resist the Tang, the local residents' houses were requisitioned, and the aborigines in the city were imprisoned in the dark dens.

Giza led them into the house and lit the oil lamp hanging on the wall. Li Siye gave Tian Zhen a look, Tian Zhen suddenly raised his foot and kicked it, kicked it against the wall, pounced and pulled out the scimitar from his waist, held the handle of the knife with his right hand to clamp Giza, and the cold blade stuck to his Adam's apple.

"Uncle Tang Jun spares his life, I am still useful to you! Don't kill me! I swear, I'm absolutely loyal to you!"

Giza was terrified, leaning his neck and head against the wall, one foot as if he had stepped into the ghost gate, and his lips trembled and pleaded with Li Siye.