The gates of Yarkand City were wide open, and Babai Ibraim took 5,000 Turkic cavalry, with the rank of man, Malekou, without torches, and with the help of the moonlight, quietly walked towards the coalition camp ten miles away. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ten miles of road, if you march during the day, it only takes an hour to arrive. Marching without torches at night, the Turkic cavalry walked for about two hours only by the light of the moon, before they reached the outside of the coalition camp.

In a dark grove on the side of the main road, several coalition sentries were hidden. Every move of the Turks was watched by the secret sentinels, and some of them quietly ran back to report the news.

"The Turks are here!" When Li Laiheng received the report, he immediately asked people to wake up the sleeping soldiers.

The loyal battalion deliberately sold a flaw to the Turks, but there was no guarantee that the Turks would definitely come to attack the barracks at night, so the officers and soldiers were allowed to sleep peacefully, but a secret sentry was arranged on the periphery of the barracks to observe the counterpart. Upon receiving the news of the sudden sneak attack, the officers and men at the grassroots level immediately woke up the officers and men.

Babai Ibraim led his men to the gate of the coalition camp, and several cavalrymen flew out of the ropes, put them on the wooden fence, and then waved their whips to drive the horses to pull the wooden fence, only to hear a "boom", and the wooden fence fell to the ground with a bang.

The Turks lit their torches, and Babai Ibraim drew his scimitar and shouted: "Kill! ”

"Kill!" Five thousand Turkic cavalry shouted in unison and poured into the barracks.

The Turks rushed into the camp, and Babai Iblaim took the lead and slashed at him, and the head of a Mongol soldier standing guard in the barracks flew into the sky, but the body did not fall. At this time, Babai Ibraim realized that the Mongolian soldier was actually a scarecrow!

"Oh no, we've been tricked!" Babai Iblaim shouted.

It was too late, and the 5,000 Turkic cavalry had already entered the camp and became a turtle in the urn. Behind the yurts, countless barrels and bows and arrows stretched out, aimed at the Turkic cavalry surrounded in the middle. Only an order was heard, muskets roared, arrows fired in volleys, and the Turkic cavalry sprayed blood mist one after another, screaming and falling from their horses.

Hordes of pikemen burst out of the barracks and slaughtered the Turks in disarray.

Babai Ibraim, with his own soldiers, turned to run, but was surrounded by a group of pikemen. Several of his own soldiers were skewered into meat skewers with spears stabbed. Babai Ibraim slashed continuously, cutting off several spears, but more spears stabbed. The horses, which had lost their speed, were unable to break out of the encirclement, and Babai Ibraim was eventually stabbed to death by pikemen.

The 5,000 Turkic cavalry encircled in the camp resisted stubbornly, but the coalition forces withstood with pikemen in front, and the musketeers and archers in the rear continued to output firepower, and after a fierce battle, the 5,000 Turkic cavalry were completely annihilated.

"Too little!" Hearing the report of the soldiers cleaning the battlefield, Li Laiheng shook his head, "I ambushed five thousand Turks, which is too few!" We were also busy all night. ”

Galdan laughed: "It's okay! How many people did the Yarkand Khanate have? However, there are only four or five hundred thousand people, and the cavalry is only 20,000, plus the more than 5,000 cavalry that we have eliminated one after another, and their cavalry has lost more than half. ”

"The Turks are still defending the city or infantry, let the brethren pack up and rest! Depart tomorrow at noon. Li Laiheng said.

Galdan nodded, turned his head and gave the order: "Rest until noon tomorrow!" ”

Ismailel in Yarkand waited all night, and when it was dawn, before Babai Iblaim returned, he knew that he was not good: "Yes, General Babai Ibraim must have been ambushed!" ”

Then the Turks sent scout cavalry to the coalition camp to reconnoitre. Soon after, the scout cavalry returned to report that the coalition camp had traces of the previous night's engagement. Outside the barracks, there are traces of the bodies buried by the auxiliaries. The Turkic scout cavalry was just about to approach to reconnoitre, but when they saw several Mongol cavalry rushing from a distance, the Turks turned around and ran away in fright.

"It seems that General Babai Iblaim is really in ambush! He must have met with misfortune. Hearing the news of the return of the scout cavalry, Ismael said bitterly.

In the afternoon, Ismailel, who was standing at the head of the city, finally saw the shadow of the coalition army outside the city.

A Mongolian cavalryman with a human head in his hand galloped out of the coalition formation, rushed straight to the outside of the city's arrows, and shouted at the city: "Last night, your general Babai Ibraim led the cavalry to attack our army, but fortunately, our army has been prepared, your Babai Ibraim has been killed, and the head is here!" ”

After the Mongol cavalry shouted, several of He Zhuo's cronies rode to the city and shouted to the city: "King Ismaye Khan, 200,000 allied troops have arrived at the city!" Hurry up and open the city gate and surrender! As long as you surrender and give up the throne of the Khan King, we will tell Lord Zhuo that we can spare you a way out! ”

Standing at the head of the city, Ismael saw the Turks in the ranks of the coalition army, and scolded angrily: "Hezhuo! You traitor! When you were hunted down and killed, it was Ben Khan who took you in! Today you came to the door with the infidels! When you die, your soul will go to hell! God will punish you! ”

He Zhuo didn't dare to get too close to the city, he couldn't hear the content of Isma'er's shout, so he asked the soldiers who were riding their horses back, "What did the puppet Khan king shout just now?" ”

The soldiers didn't dare to answer truthfully, for fear of angering He Zhuo, so they said: "Lord He Zhuo, just now the puppet Khan King refused to surrender, and he must resist to the end. ”

He Zhuo was furious: "Since he refuses to surrender, then attack the city and send the pseudo-Khan King to hell!" ”

The coalition forces did not have heavy artillery and did not have large siege weapons. But all this is difficult for Galdan and Apak and Zhuo, and even Li Laiheng is not a good type, and the three of them thought of a way to attack the city.

"Let the cavalry go to the surrounding villages and arrest people! Regardless of men, women, children, old and weak, all of them are caught! Catch all the people in three days! Let them craft siege weapons and reload sacks. "Apak and Zhuo were the first to give the order.

"Great idea!" Galdan smiled and nodded, looking at Apak and Zhuo like a dog.

The Mongol cavalry and the Turkic cavalry who had taken refuge in Galdan came out of the camp one after another, and the Mongols, led by the Turkic cavalry, went to the villages near the city of Yarkand to arrest people.

"Gather all the people in the village!" The Mongols gave an order to the Turks who were leading the group.

The Turks received the order, rushed into the village, drove people out from house to house, and concentrated in the open land at the entrance of the village. After everyone was gathered, the Turkic soldiers, under the command of the Mongols, took all the captured villagers away and escorted them to the barracks several miles away, as if they were driving cattle and sheep.

Within three days, the Mongols and the Turks who had taken refuge in them went out in all directions, capturing tens of thousands of civilians.