Gen. Ma Fuyuan of the 36th Division then stormed Kashgar and attacked the Uighur and Kirghiz rebels of the First East Turkestan Republic. He freed Ma Zhancang and the trapped Chinese troops. Ma Zhancang and Ma Fuyuan then defeated and drove out the remaining Turkic fighters. Estimates are that 2,000 to 8,000 Uighur civilians were killed in revenge for the Kizil massacre. In April 1934, Gen. Ma Zhongying personally gave a speech at Idgah mosque, telling the Uighurs to be loyal to the Republic of China government at Nanjing. Several British citizens at the British consulate were killed by troops of the 36th Division. The Chinese Muslims were referred to as "Tungan tribesmen", initial reports were that 2,000 uighurs and several members of the British consulate were killed. The Uighurs were re