On 19 August, when the village of Osh was besieged by the Yarkand army, Andijan Berkesaifi, having received the news, again ordered Haidar to go with 3,000 cavalry to relieve the siege, and as for Babur, another son of the Guards Knight, who had lost more than 100 knights, this time he went with him as a commander of fifty men.

Hedar didn't like to see the brother, so he sent him out to be a forward ranger to find out what was going on around the army. Osh is located near the exit of the Akbra River, and Mount Suleyman crosses the southern part of the village of Osh from west to east.

To the north of the village is a large piedmont oasis, which is ideal for wheat and cotton cultivation due to its hot summers, wet springs and autumns, and colder winters, but with numerous rivers fed by melting snow and ice from the mountains.

Known as a sacred mountain, Mount Suleymani rises abruptly southwest of Osh like a huge rock falling from the sky, with little vegetation on it, but with many paths and caves. It is also a place of pilgrimage for the ethnic groups of the surrounding area, with many pilgrimage relics and two monasteries hidden in the mountains.

The village of Osh is located on a flat land between Mount Suleyman and the left bank of the Akbula River, and on the north side of the village there are two wooden bridges, which are also the main communication between Osh and Andijan. Ma Shouying personally led the three battalions of the left flank to guard the two wooden bridges to prevent the Andijan reinforcements from crossing the river.

Compared to a little more than a month ago, Babur is clearly much more stable. He found that the Yarkand army did not prevent them from scouting to the west and front, but once they crossed the east side of the Yarkand army's defensive line, they would be surrounded by the superior forces of the other side. To the east of the Yarkand army's defense, in addition to large cotton fields, there were hills and valleys, which seemed to be a good place to hide ambushes.

So when Haidar's army arrived, Babur spoke his suspicions to his brother. After running to a sand dune on the side of the road and looking at the surrounding terrain, Haidar laughed at his brother in front of his subordinates and said, "Are you frightened by those Yarkands?" Look at the terrain here, if the Yarkand really want to ambush us, they will also put the army in the western hills near the main road, it will be easier to cut off the rear road of our army.

If you put an ambush in the eastern hills, which are six or seven miles away from us, is this still called an ambush? By the time they ran out of the hills, we had already spotted their tracks, and we couldn't ask for anything in the field on such terrain.

Also, listen to the sound of fighting from across the river, where the fighting is raging. If we don't move faster, we're going to lose Osh. Since you are so worried about an enemy ambush in the east, then I am giving you 200 men, and you can take them to defend the east side of the army, and I will command the rescue of Osh..."

Babur walked down from under the sand dunes with a grim face, and called his men to the east side of the army. He didn't expect that his kind reminder would only get a humiliation, and he was excluded from the rescue of Osh by Haidar. Obviously, this brother did not intend to make him guilty of meritorious service, but just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to completely marginalize him.

Apparently having learned the lessons of their previous field defeats, the Yarkands made a large number of antlers to place on the left and right flanks when they set up a defensive line on the right bank of the Akbula River, and dug many discrete trenches behind the antlers to resist the charge of Andijan's heavy cavalry.

Haidar first sent out rangers to conduct a tentative attack, and then decided to place the main force on the left flank, while the right flank was mainly to attack and harass tactics. As soon as the left flank broke through the Yarkand defense, the Chinese army quickly moved forward and cooperated with the left flank to destroy the Yarkand army's defense.

However, Haidar obviously did not expect that when Ma Shouying chose to let the Yarkand soldiers dismount and fight, the resilience of this Yarkand army was several times stronger than that of the Yarkand army led by Shahbaz Berk before.

On the one hand, this is due to the fact that Ma Shou has been reorganizing and training this unit for more than a month. On the other hand, it is thanks to the fact that the Yarkands, who have lost their horses, will only die faster if they turn around and flee in addition to obeying orders to fight to the death.

Like Haidar's choice, Ma Shouying also placed the main force on his right flank, after all, they were facing the Akbra River to the west, which was not suitable for a large-scale cavalry charge.

Ma Shouying's conquest of the Uzgen region more than a month earlier saw the benefits in this war. Nearly 2,000 laborers from various villages not only made a large number of antlers for the Yarkand army, but also dug most of the trenches, so that the Yarkand army saved a lot of physical strength.

These antlers and trenches became a nightmare for the Andijans, the greatest power of the heavy cavalry was the charge in groups, and the power of the light cavalry was speed, and once these two advantages were lost, the cavalry was no different from the infantry.

So Haidar, who was watching the battle, saw that although his left flank quickly broke through the first antlers, the position of the Yarkand people was like a swamp, and the forces of his left flank were trapped there, and it was difficult to continue to break through the entire right flank of the Yarkands.

He had to continuously increase the strength of the left flank, hoping to tear apart the right flank of the Yarkand people as soon as possible. However, the right flank of the Yarkands, who were in danger several times, stabilized the situation under the concentrated fire of the musketeers, and the battle became cemented.

After three attempts, Haidar finally lost patience and decided to put the rest of his men in the middle, break through the Yarkand defenses from the front, and end the war.

Seeing that the Chinese army of the Andijan people finally moved, Ma Shouying finally breathed a sigh of relief, these Andijan people were really belligerent, if it wasn't for the new military system he implemented in the army, the left wing that had done so many defensive measures would have been defeated and collapsed by the other party.

"Go, light the signal, let Prince Ibraim attack..."Ma Shouying stood up and ordered the lieutenant general beside him, and then walked to the middle line of defense with the last reserves, Prince Ibraim could not let the Andijanites defeat him before the ambush arrived on the battlefield.

Haidar was right, when the Yarkand ambush emerged from the hills to the east, it had already been discovered by the Andijans. But this discovery was meaningless, and the plain between the hill where the Yarkand ambush army was located and the Andijan army was six or seven miles away, and it was only 10-15 minutes away for the cavalry.

If the Andijan army stays in place or is on the march, it has time to adjust its formation and resist and counterattack. But the Andijan troops, who were fighting with the Yarkand army in full force, did not have this time to adjust.

And the most terrifying thing is that the terrain of this plain also happened to accelerate the Yarkand cavalry to the most suitable state for charging.

When Babur saw such a large group of cavalry rushing out of the eastern hills, his mind suddenly felt blank. The subordinates standing behind him were also pale, knowing that their men and horses could not resist the charge of this group of cavalry, but everyone still silently held their weapons, ready to delay even a minute for their colleagues fighting behind them.

"Withdraw, withdraw to Andijan." An unbelievable order suddenly came from the ears of the people, and they subconsciously looked at their leader, trying to make sure that they had just heard wrong.

Babur ignored the suspicious gazes of his subordinates, but turned his horse's head directly and shouted to his subordinates, "Go." ”

Of the dozen or so knights of the guard who surrounded Babur, only two or three of them followed Babur and turned their horses' heads, and the others remained in place. But the light cavalry behind them did not hesitate to follow Babur.

The violent vibration from the ground finally brought the remaining guards knights to their senses, and one of the guards knights glanced at his comrades who were fighting behind him, and although he was ashamed, he still said to an older knight who was in a daze: "Lord Navoi, let's go quickly, or it will be too late." ”

Navoi looked at Babur, who turned around and left, without even looking back, and suddenly his heart was at a loss, and he replied blankly: "Where can we go?" If Haidar's army is wiped out, how long will Andijan be able to defend it? ”

The young knight looked at the Yarkand cavalry, which was becoming clearer and clearer, and said hurriedly: "We can still go to Kokand, and wait for the arrival of the Khan's army, and we will definitely recapture the city of Andijan." ”

Navoi looked back at his colleagues and muttered, "Will the Andijan of that time be the Andijan of now?" Can my family, relatives and friends wait until that moment? ”

The young knight did not hear Navoi's words clearly, and could not help but ask anxiously, "What are you talking about, my lord?" ”

Navoi looked up at his colleague and smiled, "I'm old and tired of running around, and the task of recovering Andijan is left to you." Please let me die with the old Andijan, just today. And, even if there is only one person, I want these Yarkand people to remember what is the courage of the Andijan people. ”

When Navoi finished speaking, he gently kicked his mount with his spur and rushed out towards the crowd of Yarkand cavalry. A knight, who was more burly than his colleagues, shook his head and said to everyone nonchalantly: "Your Excellency is right, we should let these Yarkand people witness what is the courage of the Andijan people, goodbye, everyone." ”

One Guards Knights followed Navoi into the Yarkand cavalry cluster, and only three Guards Knights fled. As the young knight fled, he turned his head to see Navoi and five or six other knights disappear into the Yarkands, which made him burst into tears.

When the Yarkand cavalry emerged from the east, Haidar was already panicking, and Babur was even more angry that he had abandoned himself and fled. But an army that has already launched an offensive formation cannot be adjusted during battle.

Haidar did not abandon the army and fled, he knew that this army was his foundation, and once he lost this army, not to mention Andijan City, even his family might not be able to continue.

"Surrender, shout to the general on the other side, tell him that we have surrendered..."Looking at the back of his brother's fleeing, Haidar suddenly shouted at his subordinates through gritted teeth.

When Prince Ibraim arrived at the defensive line that Ma Shouying had set up on the right bank of the Akbra River, he saw the general wearing Persian-style armor beside Ma Shouying, and he couldn't help but pout and say, "Is this the son of Andijan Berkesaifi?" Your surrender was timely. ”

Ma Shouying stretched out his hand and patted Haidar's shoulder beside him, and replied with a smile for the embarrassed Haidar: "What the prince said is not right, with the emir of Haidar to help us, this Fergana Basin will be in the pocket of the prince and the khanate sooner or later." ”

When Prince Ibraim heard this, his mood became a little more relaxed, and he dismounted and said, "Go and see what the long-known Oshbazar is like, for I have heard many merchants boast about it..."