When dawn appeared and a flash of fish belly white appeared on the horizon, the fighting outside the city came to an abrupt end.

The air was mixed with the smell of blood, gunpowder smoke and sweat, and moans could be heard from time to time on the ground.

Although Khurazbek died, his men were still tenacious. In the end, only more than a thousand horsemen escaped.

Although the war outside the city is over, the war inside the city has just begun.

Unlike the city of Zarafshan, the residents of the city do not care who rules. However, most of the residents of Chimboy are Manjit people. They are well aware of their fate after the city is broken. Therefore, when Chu

When Hu Er returned to the city gate, he was immediately attacked by the residents of the city.

After annihilating all the families near the city gate, the infantry stationed in the military camp in the city moved into action. About 60% of the infantry who entered the city successfully entered the military camp, so there were still as many as 5,000 people in the city!
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Fortunately, as the fighting outside the city gradually ended, a large number of Truqin soldiers entered the city. They not only assisted the warriors leading the city wall to stabilize the entire city wall, but also set up artillery near the city gate.

Under the artillery attack, the infantry retreated into the city again. At this time, they still had more than 4,000 people.

This is the situation faced by Kitard who fought hard all night.

Different from the fortress like the great carousel of Zarafshan, the military camp in the city is square and square. In the center is the "Khan Palace" of Yilak Artuk of the Khiva Khanate. Although he is not the Great Khan, but just the chief minister, in private

Still calling himself Great Khan.

The walls of the military camp are made of white stones, one meter thick, and a hundred-jin artillery shell can only leave a white mark on it.

The Khan's Mansion is also built of white marble and covers an area of ​​about 100 acres. The building in the middle has two floors, and the street can be clearly seen from above.

The Khan's palace built by the tribal nobles for hundreds of years is strong, and there are more than 4,000 loyal people. Manjit's version of Yenicherry, who has been trained and taught by them since childhood, can imagine how difficult it is to successfully win this place.

Know.

Fortunately, Rasim still had nearly two thousand riders. After they all entered the city, Kitard asked Rasim to deal with the elusive militiamen in the city, while he led the remaining 1,600 people to surround the military camp.

In the battle that just passed, the Truqin army lost more than 300 people. No one knows how many troops Artuk still has to reach here. Therefore, Kitard wants to capture the Khan Palace as soon as possible.

Urgent.

With artillery and grenades in hand, Truchin's army surrounded the two gates of the military camp and easily suppressed the matchlock guns inside, and was able to plan the attack at leisure.

After a while, Kitard finally discovered the only weakness of the military camp.

Camp gate!

Since the Khan Palace is located in the center of the military camp, the camp gate is not just strong and convenient like the gates of ordinary military camps, but is extremely beautifully decorated.

Although it is also made of polished boulders, its defensive power is greatly reduced due to too many patterns on it.

Even so, Kitard pressed it with his hands, and according to the sound he heard back, it was clear that the big stone door was still a foot thick!

There is a gap at the bottom of the stone door, and you can clearly see that there is a stone wheel underneath. Otherwise, whether it can be closed quickly in an emergency is a problem.

The crack in the door was about three inches wide, and Kitard finally thought of a way.

He asked people to pack the gunpowder for the artillery into two wooden boxes about one meter long, three inches wide and three inches high. They were originally used to carry spare sabers. They cut them down to about two inches and placed them side by side on the big door.

The bottom of the stone gate.

After throwing a few grenades behind the stone door, he immediately lit the match.

The morning light appeared, and the sparks of the lead also flashed in the morning light.

The Truqin people retreated to the streets on both sides of the stone gate, waiting for a moment of hope.

"Boom..."

With a loud noise, both stone doors fell down!

After the three small cannons fired a barrage of shotguns at the open space, the soldiers on both sides of the stone gate threw a large number of grenades into the stone wall.

Still headed by Chu Hu'er, he rushed in with two hundred "heavy" cavalry wearing cotton armor.

"Wait a minute..."

At this time, opposite the Khan Palace, there were densely packed Turkmen infantry waiting for the enemy to attack. Each of them had a matchlock gun and was already aiming at Chuhuer and the others.

Relying on the impact of the heavy cavalry, it is only a matter of time before Chu Huer wants to defeat them. Naturally, he will suffer some casualties, but victory will come sooner or later.

At this moment, Rashim's familiar voice appeared.

Rashim, who used to be plump and full of flesh, seemed to have lost a lot of weight after a night of fighting, and his face no longer had the usual calmness, but was extremely anxious.

Kitard smiled and said: "Do you want to persuade them to surrender?"

Rasim said seriously: "It's not about persuading surrender, it's about persuading surrender."

"Oh? What does this mean?"

Rasim sighed, "There are only about 10,000 desert Turkmen households, and they are scattered across the vast desert. It is completely impossible to establish a foothold in Zarafshan and make great achievements."

"The only option is to enter the Khiva Oasis and coexist with other major tribes"

"To enter the oasis, the only way is to capture a strong castle. Chinboy is the most ideal castle. Now because of the appearance of your army, first in Kirgiz, then in Sayat, and then here, if my estimate is good

, Manjit’s core military strength has been lost at least half”

"Therefore, it is a question whether the Manjit can continue to be the head of the four major tribes and serve as the Yilak of the Khanate."

"In this case, the remaining three major tribes will never lend a helping hand. Instead, they hope to further weaken them."

"If my guess is correct, when the Hongjila people in Kungele City get this news, not only will they not support Artuk, but they will fight back."

"Coupled with the strength of your army in Kirgiz, Artuk has no choice but to retreat from Nukus. The city of Nukus and the surrounding oasis farms are still very large, but just occupying one castle and the surrounding oasis is not enough to control the entire Khanate."

"Before this, he no longer has the strength to regain the city of Qinboi, but will secretly accumulate strength in the city of Nukus. As for Yilak of the Khanate, he will definitely be attacked by the three tribes of Qincha, Hongji, and Naiman.

Most of them were taken away by the Naiman people whose territory was entirely located in the south."

"The Manjits have controlled the Khanate for nearly fifty years, and their influence is everywhere. Even if the Naiman comes to power, it is impossible to completely eliminate Nukus's power, but they will not actively win over the Manjits."<

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"If the Turkmens occupy Chinboy and the surrounding oases, they will be able to stand on equal footing with the other four tribes. If the Turkmen attack our tribe first, they will face the danger of being greatly weakened, which will in turn cause the other three tribes to covet us."

"So, in the next five to ten years, there will be a fragile balance in the Khiva Oasis, but..."

Kitard understood what he was thinking, "The Turkmen are the weakest and urgently need a large number of people to supplement them. The Turkmen in the oasis area, whether they are Islamic or Zoroastrian, are all your targets."

"But will the Turkmen infantry here listen to you?"

"How would you know if you don't give it a try? What's more, the Turkmen infantry here is not like the Ottoman Yenicheri. They have a history of hundreds of years and have formed a force that cannot be ignored."

"But the Yenicheris here have just emerged. To put it bluntly, they are just mercenaries with good salaries. I, the Turkmen, can give me what the Mangit can give me. What's more, they are Turkmens."

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Kitard nodded, but he also found clues in Rasim's words.

"What you can give should not be the property you earned before, but the things in the Khan's palace."

Even Rashim of Richa Khiva became interested in the Khan Palace, and Kitard couldn't help but admire it.

He finally agreed to Rashim's suggestion and recruited Chu Huer back.

Rasim walked to the front of the infantry one by one. This time he did not pretend to be a fool, but delivered an impassioned speech.

It’s nothing more than “You are all Turkmens, wouldn’t it be better for the Turkmen Khan to pay your salaries from now on?”

He also elaborated on the surrounding situation that he had just told Chitard, and naturally said, "I have received strong support from the son of the neighboring Kazakh Khan Xiaoyuzi". Anyway, we must conquer these people first. There is no need to pay taxes for bragging.

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After a while, perhaps because they agreed with Rasim's statement, or more likely because they were afraid of the Truchin artillery and heavy cavalry in front of them, the soldiers put down their weapons.

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In the evening, Chuhuer, who was 10,000 times more excited than the last time he was in Zarafshan, excitedly rushed into a room in the Khan Palace where Kitard was resting with a big face.

Although he really wanted to see in person the wealth accumulated by the first tribe that had ruled this oasis for nearly fifty years, he was too tired after all, so Kitard slept through the day.

"Huntaiji, developed, developed!"

Kitard didn't show any excitement at all. He stopped him from eagerly reporting the seizure, and instead asked: "What's going on over there with Shen Muhua?"

Chu Huer was stunned, and then replied: "I got the news about half an hour before I came in. Since Hamu Yang Zaisang returned to the vicinity of Kirgiz, he lurked during the day and came out to harass the Artuk tribe at night. Killed some of his men again"

"In addition, due to the arrival of Techina, Shen Muhua had some more ammunition, which made Artuk gradually lose confidence. In addition, the news of the fall of Qinboi City reached him, and he retreated early in the morning. "

"On the way, I was intercepted by Hongji Laren from Kungele City. After a fight, I returned to Nukus with only two or three thousand riders."

"So, the Hongji people took over the city of Kungele"

"Okay, you quickly send out the reconnaissance cavalry and ask Hamu Yang and Shen Muhua to break camp and head east, directly to Qinboyi"

When Chuhu'er came back again, Kitard said: "You can report now."

"Huntaiji, the wealth of the Khan Palace is extremely amazing. A large amount of ordnance, supplies, gold and silver coins, gold ingots, silver ingots, and large pieces of jade are all hidden underground. Rashim and I spent half a day checking together to find out. Results"

"The total value is about two million silver coins!"

"At the four corners of the Khan Palace, there are four huge granaries with nearly half a million dan of grain!"

"According to your negotiation with Rashim, we can take half of it"

"Not only that, I have already told Rasim that I will take away all the Turkmen serfs who are transporting grain to Khurazbek and have no families. It is said that there are more than 2,000 people, all of whom are young people."

"I also want to take away more than 2,000 families of Turkmen serfs near the city of Chimboy, totaling 5,000 families."
Chapter completed!