Xu Shi, Sun Chuanting and others led the army to Karashar City and discovered that Karashar City and the defenders of the two cities had abandoned two cities and led the people in the city to retreat to the south. The defenders of Karashar City were caught by Wu Keshan on the way to retreat, capturing two thousand Yerkand soldiers and intercepting the food of Karashar City. If the defenders of Karashar City had not spent a lot of time loading food, they might have escaped Wu Keshan's pursuit.

"I really gave Wu Keshan the lucky kid, and he actually made a great contribution. It was also because the guards of Karashar City were too greedy and wanted to transport all the food in Karashar City. For example, the defenders of Korla City, who had less than half of the food and ran away, but they escaped Wu Keshan's pursuit. They should have retreated to Kuche City now, right?" Xu Shi said to several important subordinates.

The guard of Karashar City who was brought to Xu Shi heard the generals of the Jiuzhou Army who seemed to be very high and regretted that he was greedy. Why did he have to load all the food before leaving Karashar City? If he ran away like the guard of Korla City, he would not be a prisoner now.

"Captain of the Corps, General Wu Keshan divided 200 cavalry to escort this group of useless prisoners back to Karashar City, and there were only 1,800 cavalry left on his side. We have limited information about Kuche City. According to the explanation of the Yarkand soldiers we captured, there were 4,000 troops alone and tens of thousands of residents. If General Wu Keshan continued to go deeper, he would likely encounter an enemy's siege." Sun Chuanting expressed concern about Wu Keshan's safety who continued to go deeper into the enemy's territory.

Finally, some people from the Jiuzhou Army felt that it was inappropriate to go deep into the Tarim Basin with more than a thousand cavalry! The captured Karashar City guard looked at Sun Chuanting as if he was looking at a normal person. Unexpectedly, there were people in the Jiuzhou Army that were not crazy.

"You are right. After breaking through Karashar City, Korla City has 20,000 of our main forces in the rear to support him. I am afraid that if he continues to go deeper, he will fall into the siege of the enemy. We leave two teams to stay in Karashar City and Korla City to ensure the smooth flow of food. The remaining troops followed me and continued to move south. The remaining troops of the Monan Cavalry Corps quickly attacked south to support your corps commander." Xu Shi decided.

"Abide by the order!" A group of officers from the Monan Cavalry Regiment turned over and led the remaining eight thousand cavalry to quickly go south to support.

The head of the Karashar City buzzed at this time. He just heard from Xu Shi's words that the Jiuzhou Army troops that attacked the Yarkand Khanate this time had only 20,000 people, not the imagined army of 70,000! Twenty thousand people, 20,000 people. With the remote terrain of the Yarkand Khanate, there may not be no chance to resist the offensive of the Jiuzhou Army. Why did he surrender so easily?

The 1,800 cavalry led by Wu Keshan arrived outside Kuche City, and the flying black dragon flag made the defenders of Kuche City frightened.

The Kuche Guardian and the Korla Guardian who fled to Kuche City, had 6,000 troops combined. They temporarily recruited thousands of strong men from Kuche City and formed a 10,000 defender. Although the troops in the city are more than five times the more than a thousand cavalry in the south of the desert outside the city and have a solid city wall as a support, the Yarkand defenders in the city feel that their situation is very dangerous. They unanimously believe that behind this cavalry is the main force of the Jiuzhou Army, otherwise how could there be only more than one thousand cavalry to attack Kuche City?

"What are the Central Plains cavalry under the city thinking? They really think that they can break through the strong Kuche City with the muskets and sabers in their hands?" The Kuche Guardian stood above the city wall and carefully observed the actions of the cavalry outside the city, but did not see how the cavalry outside the city could attack the Kuche City with strict defense.

"They didn't even bring artillery. They probably didn't come to attack the city. They were mostly their vanguard, and there might be a hundred thousand troops behind them." The defender who fled from Korla City even exaggerated the strength of the Jiuzhou Army because of fear, 20,000 speculations were called into 100,000.

If the guards of Karashar City were here, they would definitely slap him hard.

"When the main army of the Jiuzhou Army arrives, it may be a very difficult battle. Maybe the entire Kuche City will be razed to the ground by them. After all, they have a hundred thousand troops, and even Commander Suri is captured." The Kuche Guard knocked the city wall with his fingers and said hesitantly, "Do you think we should eat their vanguard troops before the main army of the Jiuzhou Army arrives? They are only more than a thousand people outside the city, and we have the strength to kill them."

"We now have a city wall as our support, so there is no need to risk going out of the city to fight. If this is the Jiuzhou Army's plan to lure snakes out of the cave, then Kuche City will not be as safe as it is now." The Korla guard said cautiously. As an old fox, he was able to withdraw early before Wu Keshan arrived, and he had already noticed some dangerous aura.

"You said that." The Guardian of Kuche City was also a little negative, "It's just that this is so unpleasant. He actually watched more than a thousand cavalry showing off their power under the city, but tens of thousands of people in the city were helpless."

At this time, a Yarkand soldier came to report: "Two generals, the guards of the royal capital came to the south gate. They said that the Khan would personally lead 20,000 troops to reinforce our Kuche. The vanguard of the 5,000 cavalry were about to arrive at Kuche City!"

"Khan is here in person?" Guardian Kuche and Korla are overjoyed.

"Especially the vanguard of the 5,000 cavalry troops, if our city defenders attack inside and outside, we will have a chance to annihilate the Central Plains cavalry outside the city at the lowest cost and give them a warning!" The guardian of Kuche City said happily.

"This may not be a good opportunity!" The Korla defender was also moved.

There are 10,000 guards in the city and the 5,000 Yerkand cavalry who are about to arrive outside the city can kill more than 1,000 Central Plains cavalry outside the city, right?

Outside Kuche City, Wu Keshan took 1,800 cavalrymen in the south of the Mo District to look at Kuche City. This Tarim Basin is considered a very large city. He did not mean to attack Kuche City overestimate his own ability, but instead asked his subordinates to disperse and record the nearby terrain.

At this time, Wu Keshan had not realized that the Yarkand Khan was also sending troops to rescue him as soon as possible. Five thousand Yarkand cavalry were rushing to Kuche City, and the defenders in the city were also planning to push back.

"During this period, you all say that you have read "The Art of War" well, but can you get rid of Kuche City with wisdom?" Wu Keshan asked several capable Mongolian generals under him.

Several Mongolian generals looked at each other and shook their heads. Not to mention reading "The Art of War", even if Sun Wu reincarnated, he would not be able to use more than a thousand cavalry to capture a well-prepared city, right?
Chapter completed!