WI: The Russian "Indian March of Paul" isn't stopped by the assassination of paul I?

So, this is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_March_of_Paul

Tsar Paul of Russia, during a brief alliance with France, tried to send 20,000 Cossacks to invade British India via the steppes of central Asia. Supposedly he got as far as Pugachyov at least before the commander Heard that Paul Iwas assassinated and stopped the march.

So, what if the march continues, either in spite of the assassination or due to the assassination not occuring? Obviously, from a logistics standpoint this operation is never going to conquer India. I'm curious though... just how far could the Cossacks gotten? would they even have avoided starving for long enough to be shot at by the Brits?

this source seams to have quite a few useful details about the Russian order: http://history-gatchina.ru/paul/india/india5.htm
 
A force of only 70,000 troops (a mixture of Cossacks and French soldiers) would quickly get smothered by local levies, even if those local levies had little love for the British. For example, Afghans have been punishing invading armies for thousands of years.
 
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