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Chapter 563

As night fell, Turpan City located in the Turpan Basin was gradually engulfed by darkness.There is a brazier set up at the top of the city, and the curling flames dance in the colder night air.There are also fires in the barracks of the Kyushu Army outside the city, and they are more prosperous than the city, because there are a total of 5 Kyushu Army under the city.You must know that the population of the entire Turpan Basin at this time is only about one hundred thousand, and an army of 5 people has gathered outside the city. The two sides are not of the same order at all.The Yarkand soldiers and Dorgon's improvised herdsmen soldiers looked at the figures of the soldiers of the Kyushu Army in the flames below the city, feeling uneasy.

The Kyushu Army, which has an absolute superiority in troops and firepower, seems not to be so eager to capture Turpan City, but to set up camps, as if waiting for tomorrow's dawn before launching the final offensive.

"Hey, are you Yarkand people from the south of the Tianshan Mountains? Why did you come to our Turpan and bring endless disasters?" A Turpan man who was recruited by Dorgon was so regretful that his intestines were green. Taking refuge in the powerful coalition forces from the West will actually attract the even more powerful Kyushu Army.

"Don't blame me, I'm just a soldier who obeys the orders of our Great Khan. Our Great Khan is going to station in Turpan, so I can only leave my hometown and relatives and come here to fight." With the spear in his hand, there was some worry in his eyes.

"I thought every Yarkandian was a vicious person. I didn't expect there to be someone like you who misses his hometown and relatives." The Turpan soldier said.

"Do you have any misunderstanding about our Yarkand Khanate? Turpan is adjacent to our Yarkand Khanate. Our Yarkand Khanate once occupied this place. It is not bad for you Turpan people. Really kill Turpan People, that is, the Cossack cavalry and Kazakh cavalry who came here. They are not the same people as us, and they are not polite to us." The Yarkand soldier said helplessly.

"Hey, if the Kyushu army attacks the city tomorrow, I don't know if they will let us go. If they want to punish us for helping the Western coalition forces, it is very likely that we will all be executed and our heads will be hanged in Turpan city. Make a public display at the city gate," said the Turpan soldier.

"As a soldier, shouldn't you have thought that this day would come?" the Yarkand soldier said, "All of this is God's will."

While the Yarkand soldiers were chatting with the Turpan soldiers, a group of Yarkand soldiers went up to the city wall and said something to their companions on the city wall, which caused a commotion.

"Did your Yarkand commander give any order?" The Turpan soldiers noticed that the Yarkand army seemed to be moving.

"I don't know." The Yarkand soldier standing here was also a little dazed.He was ordered to be on night shift before, and now that the Kyushu army below has not attacked the city, what else can happen?

The Yarkand captain who stepped on the city wall came over and said to the Yarkand soldiers here: "The soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate come down to the city wall with me, and there is no need to defend the city today."

"Why?" The Yarkand soldiers couldn't help being surprised when they saw that they didn't have to defend the city.

"This is the commander's order, don't ask why, carry out the military order!" Captain Yarkand shouted.

"Yes." The Yarkand soldiers gestured slightly to the Turpan soldiers, and then followed their captain down the city wall.

Hundreds of Yarkand soldiers on the city wall went down to the city, and only the herdsmen in Turpan who had defected to Dorgon were left.They saw that the Yarkand soldiers did not have to guard the city for a long night, and they felt unspeakable.

In the city of Turpan, Yarkand commander Su Li gathered Yarkand soldiers from all over the city.He rode on a war horse and looked at the Yarkand army that should have tens of thousands in front of him, but at this time there were only a few thousand left.Some subordinates were killed or captured by the Kyushu Army in the Hami area, and they no longer entered the Turpan Basin in high spirits.

"Commander, the more than 6000 soldiers in the city have all assembled, and we can return to the Yarkand Khanate." A Yarkand man dressed as a general came to Suli's horse and said to Suli.

"Okay, we're going to leave the city. This time it's really eight lifetimes of blood mold, and we will encounter a powerful Central Plains army here. When we return to the Khanate, we must rectify the Khanate's army and prepare to resist the attack of the Central Plains army." Su Li hadn't formally fought against the Kyushu Army yet, but he was already terrified and decided to retreat from Turpan City and return to the Yarkand Khanate.

On the west city wall, Dorgon watched the Yarkant Khanate army gathering with torches about to leave, the fire reflected in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.The situation has changed beyond his imagination. The reinforcements from the West are suspended. If the Kazakh cavalry dies, only Tsarist Russia can save him.The main force of Tsarist Russia is in Eastern Europe, which is too far away from Turpan, and the speed of arrival must not be as fast as that of the Kazakh cavalry.Maybe before the Russian cavalry arrived, [-]% of the city of Turpan had already been captured.As soon as the army of the Yarkand Khanate withdrew from Turpan City, there were only a few thousand Turpan soldiers left in the city. Leaving aside the combat effectiveness of these soldiers, their loyalty alone was doubtful. The army of the Yarkand Khanate left In the future, it is very likely that this group of temporarily recruited soldiers will mutiny.

Outside the city, Xu Shi, the commander of the Seventh Corps, didn't know that the Yarkand troops in the city were about to flee, but after the Seventh Corps merged three cavalry regiments, it also had its own actions.

In the center of the camp, there was a pile of fire dancing. Xu Shi, the commander of the Seventh Corps, Sun Sheng, the commander of the Liaodong Cavalry, Wu Keshan, the commander of the Monan Cavalry, Qi Xing, the commander of the Mobei Cavalry, and other top members of the Kyushu Army A group of bigwigs gathered together, and there were also new senior generals such as Sun Chuanting, who almost represented one-third of the strength of the Kyushu Army.Batur, the leader of the Zhungeer tribe, and Gushri Khan, the leader of the Oirat alliance and the leader of the Heshuote tribe, were invited to participate in tonight's operation as guest troops.

Batur and Gushi Khan didn't know what amazing move the Kyushu Army had made tonight, but they were just called by Xu Shi temporarily.

"Tonight we will break open the city gate and conquer Turpan City."

As soon as Xu Shi's words came out, Batur and Gushi Khan were taken aback.

Before, Xu Shi was calm and disapproving of attacking Turpan City, but now he suddenly wants to launch an offensive against Turpan at night?

· "Wu Keshan, Qi Xing, have your two cavalry regiments been arranged according to the plan?" Xu Shi asked Wu Keshan and Qi Xing.

"Don't worry, when we arrived with the cavalry, we purposely left [-] cavalry in ambush on the west side and did not follow us. If they abandon the city and flee, the ambush on their way back will let them drink a pot. "Wu Keshan said.

(End of this chapter)