Abudullah, the king of the Yarkand Khanate, scolded the Tang army who was bombarding the city with heavy artillery on the opposite side ten thousand times with the dirtiest words.

But soon, while he was still secretly scolding, Tang Jun was ready for the next salvo shot.

Seeing that the Tang army began to adjust the muzzle of the cannon again, and was about to start shooting again, Abdullah's heart was as uncomfortable as a knife.

Alas, the artillery of the Tang army is so fierce, the offensive is so fierce, these poor defenders on the city wall can only sit and wait for the slaughter, there is only the slightest chance to turn the tables and win, so force themselves to support, so in vain to let their soldiers innocently die, what is the purpose!

On the four walls of Kashgar City, when the defenders finally regained stability, the next round of artillery bombardment of the Tang army began.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

Another 360 jet-black 32-pound iron bullets, like a heavy fist swung by the god of death, spread their black wings, and roared in an extremely terrifying attitude.

There was another deafening crash, and on the entire northern city wall, broken bricks rained down, large chunks of rammed earth inside cracked, and yellow dust and mist flew up all over the sky. The dense cobwebs and cracks on the entire northern wall have reached a shocking level.

In the face of such fierce violence and complete death, the struggle and resistance of human beings is almost a joke.

The rest of the defenders, who were already frightened, no longer need to be mobilized, I don't know who shouted, these guys immediately abandoned their posts, howled and hugged their heads and ran away. Their flight was so resolute, so unstoppable, that it was like a horde of mad beasts that seemed to knock anything in their way to the ground.

The explosion shook Abdullah into the air, and his body fell heavily on the battlement, and then rebounded back under the city wall, causing him to scream loudly in pain.

"General, the Tang army's artillery is too fierce, and our army can't hold it anymore, so please ask the general to withdraw from the city and reorganize the guard!" One of the guards, whose nose was bleeding from a flying brick, shouted at Abdullah in an almost pleading voice.

Abdullah's mind was so shocked that he tried to get up, but there was an inexplicable pain in his waist, and he lost consciousness from the waist down.

, I guess this fell too hard, breaking the lumbar vertebrae and ribs.

He was in pain, and tried hard to support his body with his hands, but he couldn't do it, but he fell to the ground again.

The Lord was wounded, and the eldest son, Yaolevas, who was guarding the side of the wall, immediately rushed to him.

"Father Khan, I will help you up." Yaolevas, who was also covered with dust, hurriedly stretched out his hands from the side, trying to help him up.

Abdullah turned his head with difficulty to see his son's reddened teary eyes and trembling lips.

At this moment, Abdullah, full of sadness, waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to touch himself.

"Father Khan ......" the lieutenant general's throat swelled, and his voice choked.

Abdullah calmed down at this time. He didn't take his son's hand and get up, but just supported it with his hands, so that his body was as close to the pheasant as possible, showing a half-lying posture.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to."

He muttered, his eyes half-drooping, looking at the eldest son in front of him who had seen him grow up with his own eyes: "It's just that I, Abdullah, am the king of the Western Regions, and if I surrender here, I will never be able to do it!" You remember, if I die in battle, the soldiers and horses in the city are all under your command, you will take them and continue to resist the Tang army, and you must not insult the dignity of the Yarkand royal family! ”

A gloomy gaze flashed from Yaolevas's eyes, but he said sadly: "Father Khan, don't you think about it! ”

Just when the father and son performed a hypocritical drama of father, kindness and filial piety to resist the enemy in between this cannon, the third round of artillery bombardment of the Tang army began again.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

The dazzling fire flashed, the choking smoke floated up, and three hundred and sixty thirty-two pound iron bullets roared away, and the sound of the huge iron bullets crashing and the dull sound of the collapse of the city wall were continuous, and the smell made people palpitate.

After this bombardment, there were nearly four or five gaps in the four walls of the entire city of Kashgar, and many of the places that were continuously bombarded have completely collapsed.

The location of the city wall where Abdullah was located suddenly collapsed, like a fluttering leaf falling from the sky, and after falling from the air, it was instantly buried in the ruins of bricks and loess.

"Father Khan! Hurry up and save Father Khan! ”

Yaolevas exclaimed, and immediately excavated, and with great difficulty was able to dig out the mortally injured Abdullah out of the earth.

At this time, Abdullah was already unconscious and unconscious, Yaolvas gritted his teeth and immediately ordered that the seriously injured Abdullah be sent back to the palace first, and the defense of the city would be personally responsible.

Abuldullah was settled here, and the Tang army was still bombarding the city with heavy artillery on that side, and the shelling finally stopped after several rounds of firing in succession, when the entire Kashgar city wall was about to crumble.

Mo Changrong, the commander of the Tang Army who was commanding the siege outside, looked regretful, but now every artillery piece is so hot that it has reached the highest number of firing attempts, at least today, it can no longer be used.

However, the purpose of Li Xiao's fire feint, striking and destroying the city wall, and deterring the enemy army at the same time had been achieved, so Mo Changrong was still satisfied, so he ordered to retreat and return to the camp and wait for tomorrow to attack again.

Tomorrow, it is estimated that the emperor should also go to Kashgar, but unfortunately he wanted to take the lead and failed to do so......

Mo Changrong let out a long sigh, and then returned to the camp with a group of guards.

Wengula entered Dehe Lecheng, and hurried all the way to the palace.

At this time, when the city of Kashgar was crumbling, the Tang army finally retreated, and the remaining soldiers and horses of the Yarkand Khanate at the head of the city finally couldn't help cheering in unison.

Yaolevas is also a pouting eye, it is not easy, when life and death hang in the balance, it is extremely difficult to finally save his life, as for tomorrow, and wait for tomorrow.

He ordered the whole city to be dispatched to repair the city walls immediately, and the soldiers everywhere were on strict alert, so they returned to the palace under the protection of a group of guards.

After entering the palace, Yaolevas immediately went to see his father, Khan Abdullah.

At this time, Abdullah had already woken up, and in the palace of his father Khan, Yaolevas withdrew from others, knelt on the ground, and secretly communicated with the dying father Khan.

The expression on Abdullah's face, a mixture of anger and helplessness, was very complicated.

And Yaolevas, who was kneeling on the ground, also had a numb expression, like a puppet.

In the end, it was Abdullah who asked with difficulty: "Yaolevas, in your opinion, the Tang army is so coercive that our country surrenders, does Ben Khan have to agree to them?" “

Yaolevas trembled, his eyes rolled, and he lowered his head and said: "Father Khan, forgive the son's minister, although such an order of the Tang Army is extremely strong and rude, but our country is small, and there is really no room for resistance!" If we don't surrender urgently, I'm afraid that after the city of Kashgar is broken, there will be no more chasms in my Yarkand Khanate! “

"Oh......"

"Father Khan, think about it, my national strength is concentrated in Kashgar, but there are only less than 50,000 people, and now there is a lack of food and grass inside, and there are no reinforcements outside, how can this strength alone be the opponent of nearly 300,000 Tang troops outside the city! And now the Tang army's artillery bombardment of the city is extremely powerful, and I Kashgar barely escaped this catastrophe today, but what about tomorrow? If the Tang army continues to attack with heavy artillery tomorrow, the last soldiers and horses of our Yarkand Khanate and the people of the whole city can only wait to be killed?! At this point, Iolevas had tears in his eyes.

"Then do you mean that you can only surrender......" Abdullah asked in a low voice, with a gloomy face.

Yaolevas sighed lightly, gritted his teeth and replied: "Father Khan, according to Erchen, if I can seize this last opportunity to surrender to the Tang army before the city is broken, it will actually be a good ending for my royal family. ”

"The most? Why do you think so? A mocking smile flashed on Abdullah's face: "Is it that Tang General Mo Changrong's words have already moved you?" “

Yaolevas was stunned when he heard this, but immediately said: "Father Khan, now that you are in such a situation, are you still dreaming of the Lord of the Western Regions?" In the past few years, our country has fought against Li Zicheng's Shun Dynasty and the Dzungar Khanate in the north, losing cities and land, and weakening its national strength. In this world of great controversy, the castration of the country has already been protracted and difficult to continue. From the child's point of view, even if the Tang army does not come to fight for our territory, I am afraid that my Yarkand Khanate will either die at the hands of the Dzungars or at the hands of the Russians further north! Father Khan, don't you really have a clear understanding of such a serious situation? Elovas sighed with a worried face.

Abdullah's face was very ugly, he rubbed his beard and frowned, but he did not speak.

Yaolewaston paused, and continued: "Father Khan, the country is already in danger, how can you take care of your face anymore? If we can make a quick decision and quickly surrender to the Tang army, the members of the royal family and their property can be preserved. And with these accumulated large amounts of property, although my royal family abdicated and removed the country, it was enough to continue to live a good and leisurely life with these treasures. And if our country is finally destroyed by the Tang Army, I am afraid that my royal family members will be killed by these Han people, and all their property will be taken away by them. ”

After saying these words, Yaolevas let out another long sigh.

What Yaolevas didn't expect was that after saying so much, Abdullah's expression became more and more hideous.

He struggled to sit up and shouted, "Yaolevas! You dog without courage and determination, you are simply a disgrace to my Yarkand Khanate! The Tang army is so deceitful that it is bound to destroy my glorious Yarkand Khanate, and you are embarrassed to defend it, saying that you use the protection of my royal family as an excuse to achieve the goal of bending to the Tang army and suing for peace, which is really hateful and hateful! Listen to me, even if we are defeated in the end, we will be eagles with broken wings, and we will never become begging dogs! I want you, not at what cost, but to lead the whole country and fight to the death! ”

Unexpectedly, in spite of Abdullah's annoyance, Yolevas stood with a blank face, as if he had not listened to his words at all, and the empty eyes of the eldest son, whom he had trusted the most, seemed to be looking at a very distant place.

Seeing him like this, Abdullah's heart became more and more annoyed, and he shouted at him again: "You remember my words, don't stand here, and retreat first." “

"Father!" Yaolevas looked unspeakable, and he stopped talking.

"Stand down!"

Yaolevas stamped his foot in hatred, and finally left his father's khan's chamber in anger.

In the huge dormitory, there was silence.

Abdullah lay stiffly on the bed, his expression was fierce, but his eyes were full of confusion

And after returning to his own palace, the eldest prince Yaolevas paced back and forth in the room like a trapped beast, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet in resentment.

Beside him, a man in a black clerical uniform also stood with a gloomy face.

This person was the leader of the Black Mountain faction of the Yarkand Khanate, and the most trusted adviser of Yaolvas. Yusuf.

"Hmph, my father is so paranoid, and so ignorant of current affairs, he wants to fight to the death with the Tang Army for glory and dignity, this, this is simply asking my Yarkand Saiyid royal family to exterminate themselves, such a stupid behavior really makes me feel painful!"

Yaolevas, who had a hideous face, finished speaking loudly, and Yusufu, who was next to him with a gloomy face, said in a low voice: "Prince, the matter has come to this, what can you do if you are dissatisfied?" “

"Yu Sufu, you are my most trusted advisor, and now there is no need to hide it. Tell me the truth, is there anything you can do to turn things around in this situation? Herovas's eyes were blood-red.

You Sufu sneered, and then said in a low voice: "Prince, you must know that the gods will not refuse those who work hard, how can there be no way at all. “

"Oh?"

"Great Prince, the situation is already so critical, we can only take extraordinary measures." Yusufu said with a fierce face: "In my opinion, only the eldest prince can only have a glimmer of life if you take power urgently, quickly take over the supreme power of the Yarkand Khanate, truly control all the soldiers and horses in the city, and then immediately open the door to welcome the Tang army. “

Yusufu said this in a gloomy voice, and Yaolevas's face had changed greatly.

"You mean, you mean ......"

Yu Sufu looked directly at the eldest prince's rather panicked eyes, but nodded firmly, and at the same time made a fierce downward movement with his right hand.

Yaolevas's face suddenly turned pale, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

"O great prince, there is a way that should be interrupted, and it will be disturbed. If you don't hurry up and act quickly to deal with the king and the generals who are loyal to him, in case the Tang army starts to attack the city, it will be cooked with raw rice, and it will be too late! Yusufu said hurriedly.

Yaolevas let out a long sigh, but his face gradually became more and more hideous.

"Take!"

With a muffled sound, Gyolvasten pulled out a knife from his waist and slammed it into the table.

He used great force, this small knife was completely gone, and only one handle was exposed on the table, still trembling slightly.

"Good! Do as you say! ”

Yaolevas's eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "Father Khan, don't blame the child for being ruthless, it's just that now the country is so critical, and you insist on fighting to the end, the child and I can only be loyal and filial, not both, and I have done this very trick." ”