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Conan may or may not have made good his boast to burn Jehungir's city of
Khawarizm, but in any event he builds his combined kozak and pirate raiders
into so formidable a threat that King Yezdigerd calls off his march of empire
to crush them. The Turanian forces are ordered back from the frontiers and in
one massive assulat succeed in breaking up the kozak host. Some survivors ride
east into the wilds of Hyrkania, others west to join the Zuagirs in the
desert. With a sizable band, Conan retreats southward through the passes of
the Ibars Mountains to take service as light cavalry in the army of one of
Yezdigerd's strongest rivals, Kobad Shah, king of Iranistan.
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