Half an hour had passed, and the messenger from the siege front came to report that the Han soldiers who had blocked the gap in the wall of Kashgar had been shot and killed by 300 of them, and the gap in the wall had been loosened, and they would soon be able to enter the city.

Aguba was a little comforted in his heart, and strictly ordered that the city must be broken within the second half hour. He thought that as long as he attacked the city, everything would be settled, and even if the enemy's reinforcements arrived, he would be able to defend the city or meet it in formation.

At this time, there was a noisy and dense gunfire from the southeast, and the fire was lit, and sure enough, it was the reinforcements of the Han army in the city, and the army sent by himself to intercept it had already encountered the other party and was engaged in a fierce battle. After a while, the gunfire became more and more intense, and Aguba smelled a pungent smell of gunsmoke, which turned out to be a southeast wind, blowing the choking smell of sulfur from the muskets.

Before a galloping fast horse could get closer, a messenger from Kokand, who was embarrassed and wounded, turned over and dismounted, and ran to Aguba with a rolling belt, gasping for a report, a large number of enemy reinforcements were attacking from the southeast, and his own 6,000 troops had been defeated, 2,000 infantry had been annihilated, 4,000 cavalry had lost more than 1,000, hundreds were lost in the night, and the remaining 2,300 horsemen had fled back.

Aguba was stunned when he heard this, and only came back to his senses after half a sound. He couldn't believe that he transferred the two thousand tiger-clothed rattan soldiers and four thousand elite cavalry around him to intercept the enemy's army, but in less than an hour, he was defeated and almost wiped out, and even the two thousand tiger-clothed rattan soldiers he was always proud of were all wiped out. This, how many troops does this attacking enemy army have? How strong is the combat power? Aguba couldn't help but be horrified from the bottom of his heart!

The messenger from the front line of the siege came again: "Lord Pasha, the warriors of Kokand have already rushed into the city wall, but they did not expect that the evil Han people in the city actually had a terrifying fire-breathing evil spirit, and burned to death hundreds of Kokand warriors crowded in the gap in the city wall, like an abyss hell. The Warriors are already preparing to attack again. ”

"Bastard!" Aguba was extremely angry, pulled out the Damascus half-moon scimitar, cut the messenger's throat with a bang, and then kicked the opponent's body that was still in extreme fear: "The herald quickly breaks the city!" Death to those who retreat! ”。

The frightened guards hurriedly acted as messengers and flew away.

Aguba thought that he would not be able to do so, he had to personally press the formation in order to attack the city faster, so he just wanted to lead the remaining five hundred guards to the gap in the southern city wall, but he heard a whining sound from the southeast, and quickly from far to near, like a group of cavalry, roared in front of him in a short time.

Sure enough, a large group of cavalry fled in disarray, and the leader, one of his close cavalry generals, came to Agubo with a blank face and shouted: "Lord Pasha, it's not good, the evil heretics have slain!" More than 3,000 Sikh cavalry, as well as thousands of Han infantry and horses like those in Kashgar, came at us. Four thousand Kokand cavalry and two thousand tiger-clothed rattan soldiers were completely unable to resist, and their subordinates saw that the situation was not good, so they led two thousand cavalry warriors to rush back to defend the Pasha, my lord, the situation is urgent, quickly call back the soldiers who are besieging the city, and deal with the incoming infidels! ”

Aguba was still hesitating.

Seeing that the city of Kashgar is about to be captured, if it is stopped at this time, let the Han army in the city ease up, and fill the gap in the city wall, plus the enemy army that comes to help is so strong, there is no hope of breaking the city.

He gritted his teeth, thinking that those who achieve great things must have the determination and courage to make a desperate move, and maybe this is the test that the true (righteous) Lord has given him, so he shouted: "Send an order to go down, draw 2,000 men from the east and west of the city, and gather here to entangle the enemy, and it will only take a quarter of an hour, wait for Ben Pasha to personally supervise the battle and take the city of Kashgar, and remember the first merit!" After speaking, regardless of the despair of the cavalry general, he led five hundred guards to the gap in the southern wall of the city.

Perhaps Aguba's decision doomed the tragedy of nearly 20,000 Kokand soldiers. At that time, he was only thinking about breaking the city as soon as possible, and completely ignored one question, that is, could the 4,000 infantry and more than 2,000 Kokand cavalry he mobilized stop the attacking enemy? He also knew that he could not defeat the enemy, but he still hoped to delay the enemy, but he forgot that even the most powerful soldiers under his command, the 4,000 Kokand cavalry and the 2,000 tiger-clothed rattan soldiers, could not hold out for half an hour.

Therefore, when the leader of the Kokand cavalry with a desperate face hardened his head, led 2,000 Kokand cavalry bravery, and the 2,000 besieging soldiers in the west of the city who had just arrived, he set up a position, and a puff of dust had already rolled up in the southeast direction - the reinforcements of the Han people in the city had been killed!

A large group of scarf-clad Sikh cavalry roared and charged, the first two rows of cavalry leveling their spears, and the back rows drawing their swords or curved sabers, and together they launched a swift charge at the Kokand cavalry in the center.

More than 2,000 Kokand cavalry, led by their leader, also drew their steel swords and brandished them to meet the charging enemy. The Kokand infantry on both sides fired with bows and arrows and arquebuses.

Hundreds of Sikh cavalry were shot and fell from their high-speed horses, but this did not affect the Sikh cavalry at all, for these Sikh cavalrymen, they believed that men should face their enemies head-on, and defeat them with God-given strength and skill, they did not even use muskets, preferring cold weapons such as spears and sabers and scimitars. Moreover, these Sikh cavalry white-knuckle combat skills are quite exquisite, and in just more than ten seconds, they have already rushed into the array of Kokand soldiers, impacting them into chaos, and under the attack of high-speed charge, the entire Kokand army formation has been driven, like sharp arrows, shooting into the crowd and gradually spreading around.

And, that's not all! The Sikh cavalry, which was about 4,000 people, divided into two columns and scattered the Kokand cavalry, still did not stop, but the speed slowed down a little, but after they broke through the Kokand formation, they accelerated again after a detour, and then rushed into the front of the nearby Kokand infantry formation, and slaughtered the poor Kokand soldiers who had just been replaced from the siege front.

Yes, this is a one-sided slaughter. These Kokand infantry were already poor in siege physical strength, and when they encountered the Sikh cavalry rushing to their side at high speed, rows of spears pierced into their bodies with flat ends, and scimitars swung and cut their throats and bodies, and in less than ten minutes, the entire Kokand infantry completely collapsed and fled in all directions.

And that's not all. Following the Sikh cavalry, a large group of horses rushed forward, stopped a few hundred meters away, and quickly dispersed into several rectangular infantry formations, muskets in hand, and slaughtered the chaotic Kokand soldiers.

The heart of the leader of the Kokand cavalry sank to the bottom. He knew that his side would definitely lose, and he knew that it would be difficult for him to complete the task of Pasha Aguba, but he could still intercept this enemy army for a while and fight to kill some of his brothers. But he didn't expect everything in front of him to tell him that it was just his fantasy.

He didn't have time to gather his men when he heard a dense and crisp burst of gunfire, and the smoke filled the air, and when he stepped onto his horse, the smoke cleared slightly, and he looked around, and with the steady advance of the neat ranks, the disorganized Kokand infantry had fallen in a pool of blood.

The leader of the Kokand cavalry could only lead the 400 cavalry he had gathered to the gap in the southern wall of the city to report the news, but then he found that the Sikh cavalry, who had dispersed the infantry, had already brandished their scimitars and swords, and killed the Kokand soldiers besieging the city wall one step ahead of them.

Here, Agubai screamed and roared as hard as he could, and he even transferred 400 of the 500 horsemen around him to attack the city, and finally the Han people in the city could not resist it, and the Kokand army advanced into the city step by step.

Standing on a dirt slope without the need for a telescope, Agubo could see behind a gap in the wall, where thousands of bloodstained, ragged Han Chinese soldiers were fighting their men with musket bayonets, and they were constantly falling to the ground.

Aguba was overjoyed, he realized that the defenders of the city had probably run out of ammunition, and this was really the will of God, and even the heavens had to take care of him. If you continue like this, you will be able to enter the city in a few minutes.

Seeing that he was about to enter the city, he was about to give the order to kill all the Han people, when suddenly a thunderous horse cry sounded behind him, and the whole ground shook, and after a while, the shouts of killing and screams rang out.

Agubai's face changed drastically, how quickly did the damned 6,000 Kokand soldiers collapse at the touch of a button, and they were so defeated that they didn't even have anyone to report to themselves?

He was thinking about it, when the leader of the cavalry, the leader of the cavalry, who was a close subordinate, rushed over with people covered in blood, and shouted: "Lord Pasha, the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, and his subordinates can't resist it, so please ...... Ah......h

Before he could finish his words, half of his head was slashed off by a scimitar, and he fell off his horse with blood on his body. Behind him, among the dust raised, a large group of Sikh cavalry, waving their weapons, rushed in the direction of Aquba.

"Come on, stop the thieves!" Looking at the Sikh cavalry that was getting closer and closer, Aguba finally panicked, shouted while no longer caring about attacking the city, and retreated from the dirt slope to the west under the escort of more than 100 personal horsemen around him. In fact, he was also very helpless, as long as these reinforcements came two minutes late, he would definitely be able to attack Kashgar City. He even thought about taking the risk of attacking the city first and then organizing the defense, but when he saw that the agile cavalry leader was actually killed in one round, the breath of death rising from the soles of his feet still made him terrified, he couldn't hold on any longer, interrupted the idea of attacking the city, and only thought about escaping.

And with his move, the entire siege of the Kokand soldiers was affected, plus they were all infantry, and they quickly collapsed under the sweep of the swarming Sikh cavalry. The originally brave Kokand soldiers should not have been so bad, but in the face of a city that they had not been able to conquer for three months, they suffered a huge blow, their morale was extremely low, and they encountered the most heroic Sikh cavalry in all of India, and they became a flock of sheep waiting to be slaughtered, and fled with their Pasha Aquba.

Aguba, who was fleeing westward, suddenly heard the Kokand soldiers around him shouting in unison: "Pasha be careful! Protect Lord Pasha! He knew that something was wrong, and when he turned his head, he saw that dozens of Kokand horsemen behind him had been cut down by the Sikh cavalry who were sprinting at high speed, and dozens of Sikh cavalrymen wearing large scarves were rushing towards him with hateful eyes, and the beard on his lips and the sinister smile on his face were clearly visible.

Aguba clamped the horse's belly hard, trying to speed the horse. However, it was too late. He was too slow compared to the Sikh cavalry who were already sprinting at high speed, and hundreds of Sikh cavalry slashed at him, one of the strong and tall Sikh cavalrymen, raising his scimitar in the air, had already slashed at him.

Although he saw the anxious Kokand soldiers shouting and swarming around, Aguba didn't hear a sound, and the whole world seemed to be quiet, and then it was dark in front of him, and he lost all his strength at once.

At this time, all his ambitions and desires seemed to be far away from him, and he completely forgot them, he only thought of the old dog that he had at home when he was a child, and the smiling girl who had been digging wild vegetables with him when he was young, and he seemed to hear the birds and the wind in the steppe of his hometown, as if lying in the arms of his relatives, and his body slowly became lighter, and fluttered with the wind—in the frightened screams of the Kokand soldiers around him, their Pasha Aquba fell heavily from his horse and fell to the ground, but Aguba could no longer feel it, He has returned to the arms of God.

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