as a result, in 1765 when sucheng commandeered 240 men to take official gifts to peking, the enslaved porters and the townspeople revolted. ‘abd allah, sucheng, the garrisoned qing force and other qing officials, were slaughtered and the rebels took command of the qing fortress. in response to the revolt, the qing brought a large force to the city and besieged the rebels in their compound for several months until they surrendered. the qing then cruelly retaliated against the rebels by executing over 2,000 men and exiling some 8,000 women.