After Uncle Zayk returned home, he excitedly told the news to his neighbors. However, except for himself who was so enthusiastic, everyone else had a hint of embarrassment on their faces, and some even closed the door directly.
In their eyes, this guy is a complete lunatic. Both of his sons died on the battlefield, yet he still supported the Caliph's war to conquer the so-called world. Now that you are old, who can you rely on?
The people around them all have children on the battlefield, and their lives are very difficult now. Due to the lack of labor at home, many people live in extreme poverty. What the king promised cannot be realized at all. They are still struggling for food and drink. As for the war waged by the empire, it has little to do with them. They just hope that their family members can come back safely.
Uncle Zaik didn't care about their attitude, but returned to his mud house honestly, and then hung a flag on the roof. This was the flag given to them by the Caliph. Whenever the army of the Arab Empire went out to fight, all the people had to hang it on their houses to show their support for this holy war.
The common people around didn't know what to say. If all the young nobles went to war, they wouldn't have such strong objections. But the problem was that these young nobles didn't go out, and all the ones who died on the battlefield were their sons. Now their families lacked labor, and it was extremely difficult to even survive. But the Khalifa was unwilling to care about them and still wanted to continue to wage war.
In their impression, the Tang Empire in the East is definitely not a small country. Last time, His Royal Highness the Prince lost hundreds of thousands of troops and lost all the land around the Governor-General's Office of Andong. That was a huge piece of land, and now it has been occupied by the Tang Empire. We still want to go to war against the Tang Empire. Are we crazy?
After closing the door, Zayk also sensed that something was wrong with the empire's leadership. It had been nearly a year since the war ended, but what did they know about the Tang Empire? They simply said that the last war was due to carelessness, but the question was, were there that many careless mistakes? Hundreds of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of people died on the battlefield. Can you justify this to the people of this country with just one simple act of carelessness?
Uncle Zaik could no longer care about so many things. He had done everything the Tang Dynasty spy asked him to do. Now he was just waiting for dark. The whole street was noisy and full of crazy people. These people were going crazy for the war for the Caliphate. Of course, Uncle Zaik had to behave like them, otherwise it would easily arouse the suspicion of the people in the capital.
When the whole city quieted down, Uncle Zayk slowly opened his door. Even the dogs were asleep on the streets, and a large number of people were lying in all directions on the main roads. The weather here was quite hot, so even if you slept on the street, there would be no problems with your health.
Uncle Zayk moved cautiously out of the city. Someone in the lobby had already told him that when there was news, it should be delivered in the middle of the night and never come during the day. The whole city was in a frenzy and many people were still very vigilant. If you go to some places that you don't go to often during the day, you will easily be spotted by others.
So in this situation, Uncle Zayk can only exercise at night. Drinking is not allowed here, so the people on the street are just tired. They all lie on the street honestly. Uncle Zayk walks past them gently. Even if someone wakes up, no one will say anything. They are just too sleepy.
It took nearly half an hour to finally reach the northern edge of the city. There was a small bronze house here, which was where the Tang Dynasty spies lived.
Uncle Zayk knocked on the door quietly. According to what the Tang Dynasty spy told him, after about a minute, the people inside pulled him in. It was a quiet world outside, but it was too lively inside. There were dozens of people reporting intelligence here.
These people were basically the families of the captives. After the people from the Imperial City Office learned the news, they immediately asked the captured Arab soldiers to write letters to their families. If you couldn't write, then the chance of contact would be deprived, so basically all the children who could come here could write.
No one was willing to give up their own children. Even if it meant betraying the entire Arab Empire, they still wanted their children back. After all, this war was not what they wanted. It was purely the king's desire to realize his lofty ambitions.
In the process of realizing this lofty ambition, if everyone can find benefits, then there will definitely be people willing to do it, but the problem is that there are no benefits at all, so now these people are extremely sad and angry. We have not gained any benefits, but our children have been captured by the Tang army. If you continue to fight with the Tang army, wouldn’t that be a death warrant for our children?
"Everyone, be quiet. Come one by one. Weren't we given numbers when you came in? Go back one by one according to your numbers. Don't make any noise here. If you do, you won't be able to register before tomorrow morning. When they find us, all of us will be tied to cacti in the desert."
Among all the people, there was a leader who served as an interpreter for the Tang Dynasty's spies. After hearing his words, many people present quieted down. If they continued to make such a commotion, in the end no news would be delivered, and they would not be able to return to their homes.
Recently, the Arab Empire has also established a powerful counter-espionage department, and appointed a prince as the chief executive. Whenever they catch a spy, they will tie him to a cactus in the desert, let the thorns pierce your skin, and let your blood slowly flow out. Coupled with the high temperature in the desert, your body will lose water and eventually turn you into a mummy. It is really a miserable death.
Uncle Zayk also understood that the reason why it was so lively today was that most people were here like him to report about the war, and many of them had received more detailed information than he did.
