only three weeks after the events in kucha, revolt broke out in the eastern circuit. the dungan soldiers of the ürümqi garrison rebelled on june26, 1864, soon after learning about the kucha revolt. the two dungan leaders were tuo ming (a.k.a. tuo delin), a new teaching "ahong" from gansu, and suo huanzhang, an officer who also had close ties to hui religious leaders. large parts of the city were destroyed, the tea warehouses burned, and the manchu fortress besieged. the ürümqi rebels then advanced westward through what is today changji hui autonomous prefecture, taking the cities of manas (also known then as suilai) on july17 (the manchu fort there fell on september16) and wusu (qur qarausu) on september29.