"Defeated! Defeated! We're defeated!" Yun

In Kochikala, news of the defeat quickly reached the governor's palace in the center of the city, as well as to the temporary regent of the Khiva Khanate, Ishak.

Although the Khiva royal family was ready to flee to the Persian capital for refuge, during their temporary stay here, the Sultan of Anusa was so frightened that he could not afford to travel long distances when he heard the bad news that Khiva had been slaughtered, so the royal family had to stay here.

"Father! Father!"

Ishaq hurriedly broke into the Sultan's dormitory in the Governor's Palace, and when he rushed into the room, Anusa Sultan was leaning against the wall, weakly eating food under the service of his attendants.

"Ishak, what's going on?" He didn't care about reprimanding his eldest son's gaffe, and hurriedly asked.

"Defeated, defeated!" Ishaq rushed to the edge of the bed, fell to his knees, and cried out, "Father, the coalition army has been defeated, Fatil has failed to stop the Xia army, and our army has been lost on the north bank!"

"What?!" Yun

When Sultan Anusa heard this, his blood surged again, his eyes bulging, and he gave a sharp wow, spitting out everything he had just eaten.

"Father......" Ishak hurriedly stepped forward to help, but he was pushed away by the Sultan's struggle, under Ishaq's puzzled gaze, the Sultan kept coughing, and said, "Ishak, hurry up, let the forbidden army pack up our things, we must get out of here before the Xia army comes!"

"But your body ......," Ishak stood still.

"Never mind, do you want us all to die here?"

Seeing that the Sultan was angry, Ishaq had no choice but to turn around and walk away quickly, and hurriedly ordered the forbidden army guarding around the governor's palace to assemble, and the forbidden army had already prepared for battle after hearing the continuous gunfire on the other side of the river, so after receiving the order, they quickly assembled, stabilized the large and small bags that had not been opened, and pulled the carriages outside the governor's palace.

Not only the Governor's Palace, but also the news of the defeat of the coalition forces soon spread throughout the streets and alleys of Kochikala City, and the panic quickly spread throughout the city, whether it was the nobles and the rich, or the middle-class citizens, or the lowest commoners, they all began to pack up their homes and rush to the city gates.

At the same time as the Praetorian Guards assembled, Ishak also ordered someone to carry the Sultan lying on the sickbed into the carriage, and the Khiva general Abu Saeed Batutai ran over with a few guards at this time, he looked at the Sultan who was sent to the carriage with the bed, and then looked at Ishak, and said in a serious tone: Yun

"Your Highness Ishak, the remaining troops in the city have been assembled, but the citizens of the city are crowded behind the city gates, and they all want to flee the city."

Rather than being sent to command the army on the other side of the river with Fatil, Batutai escaped as one of the surviving high-ranking generals of the Khiva Khanate, who witnessed the defeat of the coalition forces on the city walls, and when he saw the defeat of the coalition forces, he decisively ordered the army to be assembled and prepared to evacuate the city.

"To expel the citizens, we must make a way for our convoys." Ishak didn't think about it, and said in a tough tone, "If necessary, you can use force to drive you away!" ….

Without the slightest hesitation, Batutai nodded in agreement, and rushed to the crowded city gate with the troops remaining in the city.

After Batutai led his army away, Ishaq let out a long breath, he looked at the Praetorian soldiers who had worked together to carry some valuables into the carriage, shook his head and shook off the cloudy thoughts in his heart, and turned on his horse with the assistance of his attendants.

Then, as he was about to give the order to go, his mother suddenly poked her head out of the carriage window, looked at him and shouted, "Ishak, stay safe."

Ishak was slightly stunned, he nodded, agreed, and then shouted, "Let's go!" Yun

The royal convoy then set off, through the chaotic streets and alleys, galloping in the direction of the city gate, Ishak rode his horse at the front of the convoy, he could see many panicked civilians fleeing with large bags and small bags in the streets and alleys along the way, when the Xia army was about to cross the river, only a few of them still remembered the awe of the royal family, and did not dare to step forward for fear of ramming the royal car.

But most of them still rushed to the streets regardless of it, wanting to run to the city gate before the royal family, and some people followed the royal convoy with wit, they knew very well that the royal family would definitely be able to leave the city first, and those who followed behind them could rush out as long as they moved quickly.

In addition to those who fled, there were also many ruffians who took the opportunity to have a final revelry, breaking into the shops on both sides of the street or the homes of the rich, and looting the valuables inside, and some of the merchants who did not flee tried to protect their belongings, but were then killed by the mob without hesitation.

The whole city was in chaos, panicked civilians everywhere, rioters with weapons roaming the streets, doing anything against the law, enjoying the pleasure of having no legal constraints, standing in the chaotic streets with looted belongings and laughing.

No one paid any attention to them, and everyone only wanted to escape from here before the Xia army arrived.

By the time the royal convoy reached the southern gate, it was completely out of order, and the civilians scrambled towards the gate, but the Khiva army led by Baturon took control of the gate, shouting at the out-of-control civilians and ordering them to retreat, but the civilians ignored their shouts.

Seeing more and more civilians rushing towards him, Baturun did not hesitate to order his soldiers to use force, and those archers who climbed the city wall with bows and arrows to occupy the vantage point set up their bows and arrows, and shot a deadly rain of arrows into the crowd. Yun

After the arrows fell into the crowd, they splashed blood, and the civilians fell in pieces like ears of rice after autumn, and the merciless slaughter of the army shocked the civilians, and they scattered out howling wolves, for fear that the arrows would fall on their heads in the next second.

The Khiva shooters only aimed to disperse them, so they stopped firing after they dispersed and waited until the royal convoy arrived.

Seeing the arrival of the royal convoy, Baturun hurriedly ordered the infantry who formed a shield array at the city gate to disperse and make way for the convoy, and Ishaq was the first to ride his horse into the passage, and he came to Baturun, and did not question the corpses in that place, but said in a deep voice: "Let the archers on the city wall withdraw, and after the convoy has passed, you will also retreat." ….

"Understood." Baturon agreed, and immediately ordered the archers on the walls to withdraw.

Ishak did not continue to walk in the front, he watched dozens of carts full of carts pass through the city gate, his heart was full of anxiety, he did not know what the situation was on the north bank of the Jezhan River, he only hoped that the Xia army would spend all their time on clearing the battlefield and collecting prisoners, and did not force the Tezhan River to attack the city.

Unfortunately, Ishak's hopes were disappointed, and after defeating the main force of the coalition forces, Mu Tianbo ordered the withdrawal of the cavalry brigade that had gone to pursue the deserters, and ordered them to go forward to seize the bridge through the Tezhan River to prevent the enemy from damaging the bridge after escaping.

At the same time, he also sent a herald to find his eldest son, and ordered Mu Zhongxian to lead the fourth brigade to follow the cavalry to seize the bridge, and he could also wait for an opportunity to carry out a tentative siege of Kochikala. Yun

Although the Xia cavalry moved quickly, and after receiving the order, they rushed towards the stone bridge that straddled the banks of the Tezhan River, but the Persian commander Fatil, who had withdrawn from the battlefield before them, moved faster, and after fleeing to the south bank in a hurry surrounded by his lieutenant general and guards, he looked at the enemy cavalry that was rushing towards this side, and instantly thought of destroying the stone bridge to prevent them from continuing to pursue.

However, this stone bridge has existed for hundreds of years and is very strong, unless it is bombarded by artillery, how can it be destroyed so easily, not to mention that there are only a few dozen people around him, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Therefore, he could only continue to run frantically after a short break.

"General, shall we retreat into Kochikala?"

His adjutant hurriedly asked, seeing that he didn't seem to be heading in the direction of Kochikala.

"the fart!" Fatil shouted, "Go and wait to be surrounded by the Xia people? The next step for the Xia people will definitely be to attack that city, and we will directly cross the Khazar Masjed Mountains and return to Mashhad!"

With that, he raised his whip and whipped it on the horse's buttocks, which let out a long neighing sound and sped up its run

。 Yun

Before the danger of being captured alive by the Xia army, Fatil could no longer care about the Khiva royal family, which might still be in Kochikala at this time, and he thought in his heart that if the Khiva royal family didn't know how to run away after knowing such a big thing, and finally fell into the hands of the Xia people, it would be their own choice.

On the other side, the convoy of the Khiva royal family was finally able to pass smoothly, and Ishak, who was watching the convoy pass by, was immediately relieved when he saw the last carriage passing, he was worried that the carriage would not drop its chain at this critical moment, if one of them happened to be damaged in the doorway and blocked it so that it could not enter or exit, not only would they not be able to get out, but those civilians who were already dissatisfied with the royal family's abandonment of them would definitely get up and kill them.

Fortunately, nothing happened, and after the convoy passed, Ishaq looked at Baturon beside him and said, "Baturun, take all the soldiers and evacuate here with me."

Baturon agreed, waved to the assembled soldiers, and ordered the evacuation of the city, and the only remaining Khiva soldiers, who obeyed the orders of the Khiva royal family, passed through the city gate in an orderly manner, and soon followed the convoy that had not gone far away, heading towards the towering mountains in the distance. ….

As soon as the army withdrew, civilians rushed to the gates, pushing and crowding to be the first to flee, but they soon became a mess, and the carriages of the rich and bureaucrats driving the carriages were quickly blocked in front of the gates, and they even did not hesitate to wave butcher knives in order to clear a road.

But the anger of the civilians had been suppressed for a long time, and after seeing blood again, the civilians finally got rid of their shackles, set off ***, and rushed towards the rich and bureaucrats who were usually high up, and the back of the city gate was also reduced to a battlefield......

"Brigade commander, Kochikala is right in front of you, why do I look like there are no defenders on the walls?" Yun

The stone bridge over the Tezhan River, which was easily captured by the cavalry brigade under the 6th Town, took control of the entire bridge and waited for the arrival of the 4th brigade.

Brigade Marshal Feng Zhengguang listened to the words of his generals, and looked at the city wall of Kochikala that he pointed to, even though there was still a relatively long distance from the bridge to the city, they could still vaguely see that there seemed to be no one on the city wall.

Seeing this, Feng Zhengguang's heart moved slightly, but he quickly dispelled the thoughts that had just emerged in his heart, and he said scoldingly: "Damn, we don't have artillery in our hands, how can we enter the closed city gate, we still have to wait for the infantry of the Fourth Brigade to arrive."

The general also pouted when he heard this, he originally wanted to encourage the brigade commander to take advantage of the fourth brigade to see if he could take the lead in attacking the city in a humble way, but they did not have siege equipment, and the gate alone was enough to stop them.

However, he heard Feng Zhengguang continue: "If there are no defenders in Kochikala, the people inside are very likely to flee, his grandmother's, are these barbarians rabbits, one of them is faster than the other."

He took advantage of the situation to look at Feng Zhengguang who was speaking, the latter's eyes were purring, obviously moving something, after a few seconds, I saw that he summoned the herald, said a few words to the herald, the latter immediately saluted, rode his horse and rushed out, towards the fourth brigade that was rushing towards this side.

Then, I saw Feng Zhengguang wave his hand and shouted, "Brothers, those barbarians are very likely to escape, follow me to bypass Kochikala to block their retreat, if you can really catch them, it will be a great achievement!" Yun

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The Cossack cavalry shouted in agreement, and then followed Feng Zhengguang and moved on horseback, bypassing the walls of Kochkala and rushing to the south.

And the herald he sent before leaving also saw Mu Zhongxian quickly, and after seeing the son of Dadu Hu, the herald turned over and dismounted, saluted and said, "General Mu, Brigade Marshal Feng saw that there were no enemy defenders on the wall of Kochikala, and judged that the enemy was very likely to flee, so he led his army to chase after him, please launch an attack on the city immediately after crossing the bridge."

Mu Zhongxian agreed, led the army to quickly cross the stone bridge of the Tezhan River, and then launched an attack on the city of Kochikala, they saw that there were no defenders on the city wall, so they directly hit the 12-pounder infantry cannon near the city gate to bombard, after a few shells, the city gate was collapsed.

The city gate was blown down, and the chaotic streets inside were immediately revealed in the sight of the soldiers of the Xia army

Zhongxian didn't see the defenders all the time, and he was a little sure of Feng Zhengguang's guess in his heart.

"Enter the city!"

With his order, the Xia soldiers stepped through the scattered fragments of the city gate and rushed into the chaotic streets, and they advanced directly along the main road towards the governor's palace in the center of the city, trying to confirm the news of the withdrawal of the Khiva royal family. Yun

They found that not all the civilians in the city had fled, but there were still many people hiding in the dense and complex alleys of houses, and their figures flashed from time to time, or they peeked in horror at the Xia army entering the city from a crack.

Tears.