Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 840
Historically, the combat effectiveness of the men on the Batang Plateau seems to have declined very quickly.
In the eyes of those who don't understand the situation, they are almost warriors who have fought all over the world since the Tubo Empire era, and they have declined into existences that can be controlled by a few hundred Mongolian cavalry in an instant.

It seems that in the past, the plateau giant in Dafeichuan had a slight advantage against the Tang Dynasty by virtue of the plateau climate, and later beat the Uyghur and Dashi violently. After the fall of the Tubo Empire, it became a Tibetan antelope that is harmless to humans and animals.

But in fact this is not the case. The combat effectiveness of the Tubo people did not decline so quickly, nor were they limped by the tantra as the public imagined.

The real reason, or the most important reason, is that on this plateau, after the fall of the Tubo Empire, there was no future for being a warrior.

After the Tubo Empire fell apart, the Tubo people lost the wealthy Hexi Longyou (compared to Tubo), and there was no Anxi who could draw blood wantonly.

And because of their own separatism and chaos, they lost the warm and humid colony by the Ganges River, and lost the important way to make money that can continue to grab wealth from Tianzhu.

Without the nourishment of external wealth, the natural environment of the Batang Plateau, where the gravel is as big as buckets and walks on the ground with the wind, and Hu Tian is snowing in August, does not need many warriors at all, and there is no need to use it. A soldier piled up with a lot of gold and silver.

What do you need so many soldiers for?Just such a small amount of output is given to the soldiers. What do the gentlemen eat?
Therefore, without the Tubo Empire, which expanded outwards and could grab a lot of wealth from the plateau every year, the Tubo warriors became cubs who lost their parents.

This plateau not only no longer needs them, but even treats them as a burden.

This situation was first discovered by Li Cunhui.

Because since he went to the plateau and promulgated the imperial court's plan to set up [-] soldiers on the border facing Tianzhu, countless soldiers came to join the army overnight.

Of course, these 'soldiers' are not real soldiers. Although they have armors, they are not as strong as the Central Plains soldiers, and they don't have much military experience.

The armor in their hands is genuine Tubo-style armor, but it was used by their grandfather's generation.

Martial skills may still be passed down to their generation, but the ability to fight muscles and bones is gone. Most people wear the armor of their ancestors and will lose their strength in a fierce battle for a quarter of an hour.

But Li Cunhui knew that they could still be saved, because the collapse of the Tubo Empire was only a hundred years old, and this physical strength and combat experience could be exercised, as long as food was guaranteed and systematic training was needed.

So after consulting Zhang Zhao, Li Cunhui selected most of the soldiers who had armor in their families and were already in distress.

They are going to be placed on a territory roughly equivalent to the three countries of Ali, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan in later generations.

Li Cunhui believes that when Dazhou gave these military families the dignity of a new life and gave them the opportunity to go down the mountain to grab wealth, the [-] families of Tubo soldiers would become the most loyal of Dazhou in the Batang Plateau. Fans.

This is also the most important reason why Guo Tiance and Li Cunhui were able to stabilize the plateau in such a short period of time.

The military power of the Tubo Empire has also collapsed with the collapse of the Tubo Empire.

When the Da Zhou army entered the border area, the only remaining flame was ready to resist.

But they suddenly discovered that they didn't know whether the Zhou people did all kinds of evil or not, but they saw clearly that these Zhou people were here to restore their glory and dignity, so they quickly joined them without resisting or saying anything.

And Zhang Zhao's three-movement game to stabilize the Batang Plateau was also well thought out.

First of all, Dafeichuan and Songpan were drawn out, and then the core areas of the plateau were sealed off except for the logical places to stabilize the nobles, and finally the grassroots forces were brought to the frontiers for control.

In this case, Dafeichuan and Songpan will gradually lose touch with logic.The force on the border will soon become the thugs for the imperial court to control Tianzhu.

As for other veteran nobles, you can play whatever you want, as long as you don't make trouble, there will be rewards during festivals, and the court will help mediate if there are conflicts.

In this way, the three-pronged approach plus the assistance of the Six Dharma Sect will work together.

It's just that we have to wait for the placement of [-] government soldiers on the border, because it's already September, and it's snowing heavily, and it's next year to fight.

So Li Cunhui, while reforming the military system on the Batang Plateau, ordered the local nobles who took refuge in the imperial court to give the last of the three kings of Shanggun who occupied the big and small Bolu areas. Jiri Bagun sent a letter to persuade him to submit to the court.

Historically, the Guge dynasty established by Jidnimagun was actually very short-lived. Only after the death of Jidnimagun, the three sons divided the dynasty left by him.

The eldest son, Beji Ripagun, controlled the Big and Small Bolu area, which is part of Ladakh and Congling in later generations.

Begi Ripagun is the founder of the Ladakh Dynasty. This place was seized by Indian Asan in later generations, and it has not been taken back yet.

The second son, De Zugun, controlled the core Ali region, and has always flaunted orthodoxy. The Guge Kingdom in history refers to the family of De Zugun.

The third son, Zhaxi Degun, was assigned to the east of the Ngari region, including a large area of ​​western Nepal in later generations, which was the predecessor of the Gongtang Dynasty.

And before that, in the Battle of Luoxie, Beiji Ripagun's third brother Tashi Degun was urged to be a Zanpu to save the crisis.

As a result, the [-] army suddenly fell into a landslide, and I was captured alive. Now the whole family has been taken to Luoyang, the capital of the gods, to wait for their execution.

After Tashi Degun was captured, Baiji Ripagun's second brother, Dezugun, jumped out again.

However, De Zugun is much more cunning. He asked his son and son-in-law to come forward, but he remained ambiguous.

As a result, the coalition forces were still defeated, and De Zugun would also be relocated to the Central Plains. However, because he was a refugee, and the Ngari region still needed the support of these veteran nobles, one or two more obedient descendants might be left behind. some as mascots.

In this case, when the final choice came to Beiji Ripagun, facing the testimony of his two younger brothers, he thought for a while and made a decision.

He sent someone to tell Li Cunhui that as long as the imperial court treats him favorably, he will accept the court's canonization, and he will come here to become a rich man, and the territory of Ladakh will be divided among his three sons.

He also allowed Rinpoche of the Six Dharma Schools to preach in the Kingdom of Ladakh, and allowed the imperial court to send officials from Khotan and Luoxie to Leh as guardians.

And Li Cunhui immediately agreed to Beiji Ripagun's request.

Those who have gone through the Ali Middle Line and Ali North Line in later generations know that, especially the Ali Middle Line, it was a big problem during the Republic period, let alone this period.

Although Li Cunhui had the support of a large number of local people, but after walking the central line of Ali once and defeating the coalition forces on the south side of Gangdise Mountain, it was difficult to drive his soldiers to attack Ladakh and Congling in the northwest.

With this energy, it is better to quickly settle the arrangement of the soldiers in the Guge area, and then go back to attack the Lamen area (eastern Nepal + Sikkim) and the Yomen area (Bhutan).

He must complete the construction of the Guge Military Mansion, Lamen Military Mansion, and Yuemen Military Mansion before next year.

. . . .

In the extreme east of the sea, the scorching sun hangs high.

Looking around, there is nothing but blue water.

Monk Yanshou was wearing a simple unlined garment with his trouser legs rolled up to his knees. The waves on the sea were fluctuating, but he sat firmly in the lotus position without being affected at all.

Thin, with cheekbones sticking out of his face like two pillars, and only the black eyeballs in the deep-set eye sockets still showed a look of determination.

Monk Yanshou went to sea in the fourth year of Shaoming, and arrived in the country of Wa in the fifth year of Shaoming. This year is the sixth year of Shaoming.

During these three years, Monk Yanshou spent all the gold and silver raised from the two Zhejiang provinces, the sponsorship from the Buddhist sect of the Wa Kingdom, and the reward from the Minister of the Wa Kingdom, Fujiwara Mirai.

The sum of these gold and silver silk brocades is not less than [-] guan, and it is measured by Chinese prices. At this time, the Wa Kingdom is a considerable fortune.

After spending all the money, Yanshou also used up all the halos on his body from eminent monks in the Central Plains.

Originally, after he traveled eastward to Japan, whether it was knowledge, debating scriptures, or the act of traveling eastward to the Japanese country despite the hardships and dangers, he directly killed all the monks in the Japanese country.

When he first arrived, Emperor Murakami of Wakoku, Emperor Suzaku, or Fujiwara Miyori who held the real power, and even a group of samurai in Dongguo all regarded Yanshou as the second master of Jianzhen.

But after Yanshou came to the country of Wa, he said that he was looking for Cangmingzhishui and Dongshengshenzhou, and after putting it into practice, everyone in the country of Wa began to think that Yanshou was mentally ill.

I have been waiting here to take root and sprout for hundreds of years, how come I don't know that there is deep water around me?
Returning to Dongshengshenzhou, if there is such a treasure land, these Wa people can still wait for the Central Plains people to find it. They have already immigrated to Dongshengshenzhou.

So soon, Yanshou won the title of an insane monk. Except for the disciples brought by Yanshou and the believers he developed in Japan, almost no one believed in Yanshou.

Amid the high wind and high waves, Monk Yanshou took out a small golden Buddha from his arms.

This was presented to him by the Emperor of Japan at Todaiji Temple in Nara when he first arrived in the country of Japan. It is said that it is a golden Buddha cast from the purple gold (copper) left by the master Jianzhen who passed the sea in the past.

Today, the monks of Todaiji Temple in Nara regard him as a madman, but only this golden Buddha statue of Master Jianzhen is still inspiring to prolong life.

"The Sri Lankan people falsely claim that he is the last Buddha in the Dharma-ending era, which has led to the fall of all places outside the Central Plains. The six Dharma sects do not debate the meaning of the scriptures, but blindly advocate the power of gods and Buddhas. Obviously, they completely betray the purpose of my Buddha."

Talking to himself in a low voice, as if to cheer himself up, another storm hit, and Yanshou raised the Buddha statue high.

"My Buddha is merciful. My disciple Yanshou is determined to fight against this heresy to the end. The Six Dharma Schools claimed that there would be deep sea water four or five hundred miles away from the Wa Kingdom. Today, the disciple has traveled four hundred miles and still hasn't found anything. It shows that Zhang Zhao , is lying!"

Yanshou has already called Zhang Zhao directly, but in his heart, he doesn't know whether to be disappointed or happy.

Those who are lost are because there will be no gods and Buddhas in this world. Although I knew there were no gods and Buddhas before I extended my life, but at this moment, my illusions are completely shattered, and I still feel a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Fa Ming, the life-extending disciple who was standing at the bow, let out a scream and fell to his knees with a plop.

After being stunned for a moment, the 40-something-year-old monk suddenly began to worship frantically at the bow of the boat, still shouting frantically: "Master, there is really dark water!"

Yanshou stood up abruptly. He ran to the ship's side and looked into the distance. He saw that in the endless blue water, there was an extremely wide black water at least a hundred miles wide, winding towards the northeast like a black dragon. and go.

The sailors on the ship knelt down in fright, and countless people were praying in low voices, full of awe at this vision between heaven and earth.

This is the Japanese Current, also known as the Kuroshio Current.

In fact, ocean currents were not discovered in modern times. As early as the Han Dynasty or even earlier, fishermen along the coast had been aware of this sea water flow hidden deep under the sea.

But after all, ocean currents are hidden deep in the deep sea, so even if an extremely experienced fisherman can observe them to a certain extent, he can't sum up or even figure out its principles, and it can only be regarded as some kind of miracle.

Moreover, general ocean currents are difficult to detect, so they are not widely known.

But the Kuroshio is different. First of all, it is obviously blue-black. Compared with other ocean currents, it is easier to be observed by the naked eye. Secondly, the Kuroshio moves extremely fast and is easier to perceive.

It is also because it is hundreds of miles away from the mainland of Japan. With the fishing boats at this time, it is difficult to go to sea so far to fish.

Not to mention large warships. Japanese warships are basically on the side of the Korean Strait.

More importantly, if an ordinary Japanese small fishing boat in the [-]th century really encountered the Great Kuroshio Current like today, with its power, it would be difficult to return to the mainland of Japan.

Amid the sound of prayers, the [-]-ton boat that Yanshou was in was driven by the sea water and went straight into the Kuroshio.

At this time, Yanshou looked down carefully, and the originally conspicuous blue-black seemed to have turned into a clear and transparent colorless.

Moreover, Yanshou obviously felt that there was indeed a huge thrust under the sea water, pushing the boat forward, so that it could sail forward without relying on wind power at all.

"Signal, let the two ships behind follow!" After finally finding the dark water, Yanshou was surprisingly calm, although the fingers holding the Golden Buddha were already turning white.

At the same time, he recalled in his mind what he said after he was summoned by the Supreme Heaven on the eve before he decided to return to Wuyue.

The emperor in the hipless shirt said to him: "The water of the deep sea must exist, but ordinary people, even if they find the deep water, it is difficult to follow it to Dongshengshenzhou.

Because the sea is unpredictable, a wave or a gust of wind can kill a person.

But I know that you must go to prolong your life, you are a person with great perseverance, and you will definitely succeed.

So you remember, following the Kuroshio Current, there will be no shortage of food. As long as there are not many people, even fishing can solve the food for many people. On the sea, drinking water and vegetables are the most scarce.

Without the former, you will die of thirst, and without the latter, your blood will rot, so I suggest you reserve a lot of spirits to exchange and drink with rainwater, keep enough sour oranges on board, and use raw soybean yellow rolls for backup.

And the rainwater can't be drunk directly, so I still have a way to filter the rainwater, which may be useful.

But even so, it is still a near-death situation. Whether you can survive these four and a half months depends entirely on your luck. If you are sincere, you may be able to reach Dongshengshenzhou. "

"Why did Supreme Heaven know all of this, even though he hadn't been to Dongshengshenzhou or followed the deep water? Could there really be a Buddha?" Yanshou stood on the side of the boat, completely insane.

"Master, I know why brothers Fazheng and Faxin have gone and never returned. How can mortals get out of this dark water so easily? They can't come back even if they want to report!"

Monk Faming suddenly burst into tears. Before Yanshou decided to go to sea by himself, there were three fleets of Fazheng and Faxin going to sea, but there was no news from them.

Among them, Monk Faxin is also the big pirate of Mingzhou who was inspired by the extension of life. If he did not really encounter problems, he would definitely be able to come back.

Well, Monk Yanshou’s boat, following Zhang Zhao’s suggestion, is filled with spirits, citrus, charcoal, gravel, etc., and all of them are Chinese-style hard sails, and there is no porch hole for rowing.

With such a heavy weight, once you enter the Kuroshio, it is really not easy to leave.

Yanshou let out a long sigh, and patted Faming on the shoulder, "This is the destiny of our believers, if the Buddha blesses us, we will be able to meet Faxin and the others in Dongshengshenzhou.

If we die on the way, we will meet in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. "

　The whole body hurts, this f*cking two yangs are not much lighter than one yang!The whole family recruited, the old mother, wife and children felt that it was nothing but a cold, but I was in pain like being tied up and beaten. Book friends, please wear masks. After hiding for ten and a half months, it is estimated that the immunity barrier will be formed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)