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they fled away. Now only the Sikh soldiers remained behind in the rank
and file of the Banda Singh’s army.
When both armies confronted each other, the Sikhs made a
powerful attack on the Mughal army compelling them to withdraw.
While fleeing the battle-filed, they left behind them even one cannon,
which was captured by the Sikhs. Now, the Sikh army attacked and
occupied Mustafabad city and compelled the rulers and the umraa to
pay tribute to the Sikhs.

Attack on Kunjpura

After the victory of Mustafabad, the Sikh army was in possession of the
most of the Forts around Sarhind; they had, now, seven Forts in their
possession and had mustered a several thousand fully armed soldiers
too. Now, they could think of an attack on Sarhind, for which they had
been planning for more than six months. But, Banda Singh wanted to
wait still more. He was of the opinion that an attack on Sarhind should
be so perfect that there should not be left even the slightest possibility
of losing it.
incidently around this time, the Sikhs captured a man whom Wazir
Khan had sent for getting reports about the Sikh army. The Sikhs, instead
of killing or torturing him, let him off and asked him to inform Wazir
Khan that the Sikh army was coming very soon to attack Sarhind. Banda
Singh also asked him to inform Wazir Khan that before attacking Sarhind
the Sikhs would attack his native town of Kunjpura.
When Wazir Khan received this information, he got quite scared.
By this time he had known that the Sikhs had occupied not only Samana
but also Sanaur, Ghuram, Thanesar, Thaska, Shahbad and Mustafapur.
Now, he was sure that the Sikhs would definitely attack Sarhind and
Kunjpura, so he dispatched four thousand soldiers as well as two big
cannons to Kunjpura, to crush the Sikh army.
But, before Wazir Khan’s soldiers could reach Kunjpura, the Sikhs
had already occupied it; and, when Wazir Khan’s army reached there,
the Sikh army made a fierce attack on them and killed hundreds of
them in no time. After such a loss, the Sarhind army fled the field leaving