Seeing that the guards and cavalry allocated to him by Abu Aggis dismounted unwillingly and attacked the Yarkand camp with the army of the city of Namugan, Haidar also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

As the Namugan army and the Guards cavalry attacked, Haidar was left with less than 600 soldiers, of which more than 400 were Andijanians, and more than 300 Andijanians were his close men.

Haidar immediately called more than a dozen generals, and after isolating the others, he whispered: "Then you all go back and control your troops, and when the three red flags are raised in the opposite camp, you will move on the Mugan people, and then shout in unison: defeated, defeated." Once the Mugan people are dispersed, we will turn around and withdraw from the battlefield, do you understand? ”

Although the generals around Haidar had strange expressions, they all agreed to Haidar and then retreated to organize their teams.

Haidar then focused on the Yarkand camp, if he had a choice, of course he would not choose to be a Yarkand spy, but when he surrendered, there was no choice.

When the Yarkands defeated his army in an ambush at Osh, they hurried to the city of Andijan. When the Yarkand army attacked, they did not forget to take him with them, and wanted to use him to subdue the defenders of Andijan City.

It's just that his father refused to see him, and his younger brother Babur, who fled back to the city first, scolded him, thinking that he had lost the face of the family by falling into the hands of the Yarkand people alive, and now he dared to come to Andijan City, which was simply shameless.

Babur swore to the crowd that if Haidar went ahead, he would kill his brother with his own hands to protect the family's reputation. He also said that winter was coming, and Bukhara's reinforcements were not far away, and that the Yarkand would not see spring if they did not turn around and flee.

Babur's words displeased Prince Ibraim and Prince Ismailil, who had intended to kill Haidar in public and then drive the surrendered Andijanites to attack the city.

However, Ma Shouying still persuaded the two princes and saved Haidar's life. Ma Shouying believed that Babur's intention was to provoke them to attack the city, and with the defense of Andijan, the Yarkand army obviously had to pay great sacrifices.

If they take the city of Andijan at the cost of crippling themselves, what will they do with Bukhara reinforcements when they arrive? Besides, the Northern Route Army led by Arslan is not far from Andijan City, and how to attack Andijan City should still discuss a plan with the Northern Route Army.

The two princes eventually accepted Ma Shouying's suggestion and built a large camp under the city of Andijan and stationed them, but did not immediately attack the city. The Andijan people, who were already short of major generals in the city, naturally did not go out of the city to challenge, but just closed the city gate and waited for it.

A day later, Arslan arrived northeast of Andijan with his army and the Kyrgyz, and the generals of both sides met in the Yarkand camp to discuss the next step in the battle.

Princes Ibraim and Ismailil decided that storming Andijan was not a good option, but they had to find a foothold in the eastern part of the Ferghana Basin after heavy snow in winter.

The city of Andijan is located on the eastern trade and travel artery, not only has convenient transportation conditions, but also reserves a large number of supplies, if they take the city of Andijan, then even if the eastern part of the Fergana Basin is united, they can rely on the city of Andijan as the core to resist the attack of the Bukharan army.

Otherwise, once the Bukhara army gains the city of Andijan, the eastern core of the Ferghana basin will be returned to the control of the Bukhara army, and the Bukhara army will be able to regain the initiative in the war.

In addition, the two princes were also worried that the heavy snow that would close the mountains after the onset of winter would make it difficult for their two armies to be able to withstand the attack of the Bukhara army without a strong city to rely on until the beginning of the spring of the next year.

However, Ma Shouying and Arslan's subordinates Xu Du and Yang Weizhi did not agree with the two princes' ideas, thinking that they were too conservative.

Xu Du said at that time: "Our armies from the north and south will meet, and now there are 27,000 troops. Although Andijan City is important, it is only a small city of more than 50,000 people, such a city, if you want to besiege more than 10,000 people, the rest of the army can't do nothing under Andijan City, right? ”

Yang Weizhi also chimed in: "There are only four cities in the Ferghana Basin, with Kokand in the west and Andijan in the east.

Now the city of Andijan is no longer capable of going out of the city to counterattack our army, but if our army storms this city, it will be held back by a huge number of troops, and in my opinion, this seems to me to be more than worth the loss.

The news that the city of Andijan was attacked by our army spread about a long time ago, but no reinforcements had arrived until this time, what does this mean?

I think this shows that these four cities have their own problems, and they are not all together. Unless the Bukhara army arrives in the Ferghana Basin, the four cities will not work together to fight our army.

In this case, we should attack the three cities in the western part of the basin while the Bukhara army has not yet reached Kokand, and plunder as many people and supplies as possible from them, so as to weaken the strength of the Bukhara army that can support the Bukhara army.

Moreover, the fact that our troops took the initiative to attack the three western cities would also make them wonder whether the city of Andijan had surrendered, and thus give us more time to repair our troops and wait for the mountain roads to open again in the spring of the following year. ”

It was also at this time that Ma Shouying suddenly proposed a plan, believing that both the two princes and Arslan's subordinates were on the defensive side of delaying time, but neither strategy could prevent the Bukhara army from amassing more and more troops.

After all, this is the territory of the Bukhara Khanate, and it is more convenient for the Bukharans to mobilize their forces into the Ferghana basin than for them to come. Once the two sides have fought a war of attrition, there is no guarantee of who will win the war.

Therefore, Ma Shouying believed that instead of sending troops to the three western cities to clear the walls and fields to slow down the eastward advance of the Bukhara army, it was better to lure the enemy to go deeper, lure the Kokand army or the former Bukhara army, which did not know much about the situation, to advance eastward, and encircle and annihilate one of them under the city of Andijan.

In this way, the defeat of the former Bukhara army will inevitably affect the judgment of the Bukhara army commander, thus giving them more time to consolidate their control over the Ferghana Basin. And the Andijanites will inevitably lose the confidence to defend the city after seeing the reinforcements being defeated, thus creating conditions for the capture of Andijan.

After some discussion and persuasion, Ma Shouying's strategy was finally affirmed by everyone. With the assistance of Xu Du and Yang Weizhi, Ma Shouying's plan to lure the enemy into depth was also perfected.

Haidar, who had surrendered to the Yarkands, was exploited by Ma Shouying, who asked Yang Weizhi's men to disguise themselves as Andijan cavalry and flee with Haidar to the city of Margalang, while he and Xu Du each led a team of cavalry to pursue him.

The defenders of Margalang saw that dozens of Andijan cavalry were being pursued by hundreds of soldiers, so they sent a team out of the city to rescue them. But their kindness was not rewarded.

The Andijan general, who called himself Haidar, suddenly attacked and seized the city gate when he fled into the city, and a large cavalry force appeared in the distance outside the city, and this team was divided into two teams when they were about to arrive at the city gate, one group of men and horses cooperated with the previous return troops to encircle and suppress the defenders who had left the city, and the other team rushed directly to the city gate.

The city of Margalang is only a small city of less than 10,000 people, and the already rudimentary city defense is even more vulnerable after the city gate is lost.

In less than an hour, the entire city of Margalang fell into the hands of Yarkand and the Mongols, and because Ma Shouying had already arranged a ranger between the city of Margalang and the city of Namgan, when the city of Margalang fell, none of the inhabitants of the entire city were able to flee to the city of Namugan.

It was only after the capture of Margalang that Ma Shouying revealed his next plan to Haidar, asking him to disguise himself as an Andijan envoy seeking reinforcements and go to Kokand City for help.

Haidar did not want to accept such a difficult task at first, and his ability to surrender to the Yarkand army on the spot shows that he is a person who cherishes his life very much. Being coerced by the Mongols to capture the city of Margalang was not a decision he could resist.

However, disguised as an envoy from Andijan City, he fled to Kokand City to ask for help, not to mention how many variables there are in this, even if he successfully lured reinforcements to Andijan City, whether he could escape on the battlefield is still a question.

However, Ma Shouying only asked him one question: "If we are defeated by the Bukhara army, what do you think will happen to you if you take us to capture the city of Margalang today?" ”

Haidar, who had already been abandoned by his family, naturally did not want to be abandoned by the Yarkand again, and when Ma Shouying promised him that as long as they gained a firm foothold in the Ferghana Basin, he would support him to take over the position of Andijan Burke, so he reluctantly accepted the task.

It's just that Haidar didn't expect that his luck would be so good and that he would be appreciated by Prince Abu Agis. But the more he was appreciated by Prince Abu Ajis, the more he feared that the other party would know that he had deceived him.

For some people in high positions, they may not mind giving preferential treatment to people who speak ill of them, which can show their belly. But they will never let go of those who dare to deceive themselves, because the deceived superior can only make people think that he is stupid, which will greatly damage his prestige.

Prince Abu Aggis was clearly not a man of the upper echelons who was willing to forgive liars, and the army he led was not strong enough for Haidar to risk his life to confess. Therefore, Haidar finally tried his best to get here step by step according to the plan formulated by Ma Shouying.