Back in Kufa...

Back in Kufa, Mukhtar gets the news of the battle and the defeat of Zaeed; Mukhtar and Ibrahim now make strategic military decision that instead of going for the local perpetrators of Kerbala, now is the best opportunity to get Ubaydallah Ziyad in Mosul, for after all, Ubaydallah Ziyad was the main architect of carrying out Yazeed's order for the Kerbala massacre.

A huge army using all the reserves is assembled in Kufa with Ibrahim as its commander to head for Mosul, with the intention to finish off Ubaydallah Ziyad.

Ibrahim is worried though that with all the reserves out of Kufa, Mukhtar is left unguarded with so many enemies within; they decide that it is best to ask the prominent Kufians and the killers of Kerbala to have their household helps in Mukhtar's palace with the pretext of guarding Mukhtar, thereby reducing the chances of these killers mounting a surprise attack; the killers agreed to the plan for they had an ulterior motive of having reliable inside information on Mukhtar's activities.

Ibrahim and the assembled army of all the reserves leave for Mosul to confront Ubaydallah Ziyad. Previous…