Chapter 529: The Fall of Kashgar
Knock knock knock······ The earth is shaking. Shamubek, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, understood that Khorasan had begun to attack the city again. Sure enough, a large number of foot soldiers approached the city wall, and one after another behemoths were shrouded in darkness along with the foot soldiers.
Just listen to the whoosh······ Boulders fly by. When it falls back to the ground, there is a loud bang. This is Khorasan's catapult, and today it is all on the battlefield.
The city wall, which had long been riddled with holes, was immediately smashed into dents by boulders. Many of the newly repaired walls are even more revealing hideous gaps. Shamubek didn't have time to care about the fire in the city, so he had to do his best to block the overwhelming siege of Khorasan.
But the soldiers below can't be so hard-hearted.
After all, the city is inhabited by their relatives! In the face of the fire, it is impossible to remain indifferent. Therefore, many soldiers took advantage of the negligence of the prison army and fled back to the city.
Siege ladders also leaned against the city walls, and the Khorasan soldiers climbed up like moths to the flames, and engaged in life-and-death offensive and defensive battles with the defenders.
There are seven walls of the city, both in the south, east and west. Because it was built on a terrace, the base of the castle was several meters higher than the water level. Due to the limitations of numbers, Tayang Valley only attacked the east and south gates.
This is the downward-sloping side of the mesa and is relatively easy to attack.
But this does not mean that Tayang Valley does not covet other city gates.
At this time, outside the city gate to the north, Unur and Barahi approached the city gate with 2,000 and 3,000 soldiers respectively. There is a moat river running through it. However, due to negligent management, sediment has accumulated and the riverbed is shallow. Coupled with the uncontrolled use of water in the city, the river was diverted to many fields.
The Unur and Barahi crossed the river with water up to their knees.
"The commander asked me to inform you, and when the war starts, you will be responsible for guarding the city gates." , A soldier of Ba Rahei rushed to the Unur and said in a somewhat proud tone.
"Captain Wan doesn't seem to have given such an order, right?" Before leaving, Tayang Valley only let them enter the city through this gate, and did not let any enemy go. As for who guarded the city gates, there was no clear order.
"We, the commanders, say that the war is changing rapidly. It is inevitable that there will be a leak, so it is better to arrange it in advance. The so-called official level crushes people to death! Khorasan's army was also very particular about following orders. The Unur is the head of a hundred households, and it is indeed lower than that of Barahei.
It stands to reason that it's not wrong to listen to him.
But the Unur knew that Ba Rahei's arrangement was obviously hiding his selfish intentions. Because when he came, Tayang Valley had already said that this battle was a combination of inside and outside. At the city gate, there has long been an inner guard. As long as they came to the city gate on time, they naturally entered the city smoothly.
Therefore, it is difficult to win any great success by guarding the city gates.
But no matter how unwilling he was, the Unur couldn't find a reason for violating the order. With a cold face, he let the messenger go down.
It didn't take long for the three thousand soldiers and horses led by Barahi to reach the city wall. After learning a few bird calls, the city did not respond for a long time. Ba Rahei was secretly anxious in his heart, it could be that something had happened.
Just as he was thinking wildly, the city finally responded. As the city gates opened, the smell of blood wafted out. The guards were the men of the family of Thiquini Tueddie, who were supposed to be able to open the gates of the city at the appointed time.
Where did it occur that the emir sent another group of defenders in. In order to prevent future troubles, the defenders could only kill all the emir's soldiers and horses first.
Yarahei listened, and didn't delay long. Then he led the defenders and hurried into the city to kill. The Unurs outside the city also entered the city and took over the defense of the defenders. But he was not willing to stay like this, and sent a team of 1,000 soldiers and horses to seize the nearest city gate.
In the Vizier Mansion, Alleton was sitting in the hall, pacing back and forth anxiously. It was also the fire that broke out everywhere in the city tonight, and instinctively made him smell a sense of conspiracy. Coupled with the incessant shouts of killing outside the city, it was even more difficult for him to feel at ease.
Boom······ The ground shook a little more. Fortunately, his mansion was far away from the city gate, otherwise it would not have been affected by the boulders.
Rustle rustle······ There was a rush of footsteps from far and near. I saw the subordinate who had just inquired about the news from outside running in, and he didn't care to wipe his sweat and said, "There are fires everywhere in the city." Even the mosque was burned. ”。
"How is the Mahmu Mansion going, is there a fire too?" , Alepon asked nervously. At this time, he had no master, and he just wanted to find Mahmut to discuss what to do.
"Mobs are raging in the streets, killing people and setting fires everywhere. If I go any slower, I won't come back. The subordinate replied with some fear.
Alep was even more alarmed. After walking back and forth for a few steps, he had a little thought and said, "Quickly gather the soldiers and horses in the house and pack up your things." ”。
Thirty-six plans to go up to the top! Seeing that the city was unstable, Alepon immediately prepared to pack up his belongings and flee for his life. However, he thought of something again, and said hurriedly: "Quickly lead the troops and horses to the palace to pick up the Khan King." If someone stops him, he will be killed. ”。
When the servants listened, they hurried down to prepare.
And in Mahmut Bai, the same scene is playing out. But when the fire broke out in the city, Mahmut Bai guessed that there were thieves in trouble. He hurriedly packed his things and prepared to flee for his life out of the city.
They moved quickly, and more than a dozen carriages loaded with gold and silver and hundreds of people rushed in the direction of the city gate. From time to time, rioters rushed up to rob property, but they were all quickly killed by good families.
After passing through the long street without danger, the outline of the city gate is already in sight.
This is also thanks to the burning mosque. The striking light of the fire reflected the whole city into daylight. It was as if the light of the true God had finally been sprinkled throughout the city at this moment.
A team of soldiers and horses rushed from the direction of the city gate, and the luck of the family was finally over.
The horseman, who was driving the car, grabbed the reins and immediately left his horse and ran. Sitting inside, Mahmut Tebai found that the car was not moving, and it was a little strange. It wasn't until the sound of the horse's hooves sounded outside the carriage that Mahmutebai's face changed.
When he opened the curtain, he saw the uniform style of ink-colored iron armor, and his face had turned pale and pale. The recruited soldiers also recognized that the other party was not the soldiers and horses of the khanate, and quickly fled. Then the soldiers surrounded the convoy, and Mahmut worshiped them but could not go if they wanted to.
Althorn, who was still waiting for the Khan to leave with him, learned that when the cathars entered the city, he didn't even want most of his family property. drove a carriage, took his wife and children, and fled out of the city while the chaos was taking advantage of the chaos.
Shamubek, who was facing the enemy at the head of the city, saw that there were more and more Khorasan soldiers climbing up the city, and he also knew that the loss was imminent. Guarded by his own soldiers, he hurriedly fled from the city wall. Immediately, the city gate opened, and tens of thousands of Khorasan soldiers and horses outside the city entered the city in a big way.