General Chernyaev besieged Shymkent for ten days, during which there were daily battles; he eventually withdrew without taking the city.

[2] He quickly prepared for the battle and set up an artillery and he stood in a square, the Kokandans conducted two attacks, the first was the largest and most dangerous, confusing the Russians with an incredible hum and shout they could break through their formation, however, the artillery sounded louder and the Cossacks repelled the onslaught with incredibly heavy losses for the Kokandans.

[5] Three hours later, the Kokand people repeated the attack, but not so decisively and were forced to retreat, the khanate's losses up to 3,000 killed.

[7] On September 22, the city was stormed, which ended a few hours later, almost the entire garrison fell,[2] while Russian losses amounted to 47 people wounded and killed.

[8] The capture of Shymkent effectively deprived the Kokand people of the opportunity to win the war, despite limited success in defending Tashkent, their offensive actions ended after the defeat at Ican.