Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 863

summer night.

More than [-] troops in Ganden Phodrang under Gyantse Dzongbao are in chaos, shouting and hissing everywhere, and fire everywhere.

Sonam Raodan was guarded by a group of Tibetan soldiers, and he didn't even know what happened.

Some people say that the Jishepa rebels made a surprise attack, others say that the monks of the Sakya sect made a surprise attack, some say that the Nyingma sect was in trouble, and even more that He Shuote came down from the mountain to make a surprise attack.

Seeing the increasingly chaotic camp, Sonam Raodan stomped his feet angrily, intending to gather the troops, but he couldn't even find the generals.

There are more than 1 soldiers in the camp, but they are very mixed. There are 3000 soldiers from Ganden Phodrang directly under it, and [-] monks and soldiers from the three major Yellow Sect temples including Drepung. Thousand soldiers.

It's just that although there are quite a lot of soldiers in Weizang, their military equipment has always been abandoned, their training is almost zero, and their equipment is still very backward. Just like the herdsmen, they are actually regardless of soldiers and farmers. The soldiers have almost no armor, lack of weapons, and are not sharp. firecracker artillery.

The soldiers were all civilians who served as errands, but in the end they were called away by the nobles to serve as errands. On the contrary, the monks and soldiers in the temple were stronger and better trained. They were even equipped with sticks, knives, guns, bows and arrows, and some armor.

From the complex situation in U-Tsang over the years, we can see its military level. What Zangba Khan and Jishepa fought in the past, the largest number was 8000 people at most, and even the Gelug sent several times to seek foreign aid from Mongolia. A few thousand Mongolian soldiers can be drawn to Lhasa to dominate.

After Heshuo Tegushi Khan entered Tibet, he established the Khan Court and established Ganden Phodrang, intending to establish a real court, and use the collected taxes to supply and equip a new army of 3000 people, pay the army, provide equipment, The pay is actually not high, each person is only two stones and five buckets of barley per year plus five qian qian per month. Not to mention compared with the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty today, it is not comparable to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the past.

Li Zicheng would have to go against this treatment again, but in U-Tsang, this condition is still very attractive to many people, and many young and middle-aged people signed up.

On the other hand, after the Gelug Sect introduced Heshuote into Tibet and defeated Zangba Khan, they not only forced some other monasteries to convert, but also began to spend money, grain, barley, butter, etc. to develop monks and soldiers.

Only the monks and soldiers of the three major temples can summon tens of thousands of people.

After Gush Khan entered Tibet, he counted more than [-] monasteries and more than [-] monks in U-Tsang, of which the Gelug Sect accounted for [-], and the three major monasteries accounted for more than half.

After Heshuote entered Tibet, the overall military strength of Tibet has gone up a big step. Not only thousands of Heshuote cavalry are stationed permanently, but Ganden Phodrang has also established a standing army of [-], and monasteries and nobles have also strengthened their troops. Armed.

But, after all, lack of experience, just quantity and some weapons are not enough.

Diba, Sonam Raodan, shouted and drank there for a long time, but it still didn't work at all, and it was all messed up.

A soldier can't find his own copy, and a copy can't find his own copy, if he can't find his own copy.Even the monks and soldiers couldn't find their leader.

Running around in the dark.

All kinds of news are very confusing.

The Zongbao on the mountain is quiet.

A group of people rushed to Suonan Raodan's place, and finally found several Jiaben. Originally, each of the Jiaben had 120 five soldiers, and one Ruben commanded two Jiaben, with 250 soldiers, but now each There is only a small group of people around.

Under Sonam Raodan's order, some of them didn't even put on their armor, and they held their knives and called out to the soldiers to line up to intercept them.

In the chaotic night, the troops seemed to be organized in an orderly manner, and they came straight ahead. A rain of arrows was thrown, and several Ganden Phodrang soldiers fell down, and then there were long-range strikes by throwing guns and throwing stones.

Then he rushed over on horseback.

In the past, the Tubo cavalry was tyrannical and invincible, able to defeat the Tang soldiers repeatedly, and the Tubo heavy cavalry had ruled the roost for a hundred years. Although it is said that it will not return to its ancestors and glory, a well-equipped cavalry assaulted a group of chaotic and unorganized skirmishers. Still have the upper hand.

People kept screaming and falling down.

Sonam Raodan used to be the attendant of the fourth Dalai, and later became the general manager of the fifth. He is also a senior monk of noble origin, with good knowledge and political ability, but he is a layman when it comes to fighting .

Seeing the person in front of him keep falling down, his legs trembled in fear.

"Go, Diba."

Several attendants were also pale, and they withdrew after putting Suonan Raodan on the shelf.

It is not the first time that Sonam Raodan has experienced such embarrassing scenes. In the past few decades, he has experienced many escapes. He was beaten by Zangba Khan and Khalkha people before, and he was safe when he attracted Gushi Khan. It's been ten years, but now it's so embarrassing.

"Go to the mountains."

"Perhaps the Heshuoite people turned against them."

"No, I recognized those people just now. They are monks and soldiers of the Sakya and Nyingma sects. These damned thieves are on the wrong side."

The Sakya Sect is also called the Flower Sect, and the Nyingma Sect is the Red Sect. They are also an important branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karma Kagyu Sect that Zangba Khan supported before is a branch of the White Sect Kagyu Sect.

Several major sects come from the same source, but later developed in different directions. In addition to the difference in scriptures, their monk clothes are also different.

The Gelug monks wear yellow hats and yellow clothes, while the Nyingma monks wear red hats and red clothes.

Although the sky was dark, Sonam Raodan could still see that the cavalry just now were obviously wearing red flower monk's clothes, they were monks and soldiers of the two sects of red and flower.

In this coalition, Sakya and Nyingma were also joined by monks and soldiers.

When the Gelug Sect introduced Gushri Khan to destroy Zangba Khan and suppressed the Karma Kagyu Sect, they indeed took revenge and forced many monasteries to change their sects, but it did not completely wipe out other sects.

Among the [-] monks in Tibet counted by Gushri Khan, the Gelug Sect, the biggest winner, only accounts for half of them, and the other sects also have [-].

The other sects also have their own reincarnation systems, including their own Patriarch Dharma King and their own Hutuktu, and each major sect has many temples.

It's just that in recent years, the fifth king has basically been respected as the largest head of Buddhism in the entire Tibetan area.

Although Sonam Raodan didn't understand why the Sakya and Nyingma sects in the army would make trouble, it was not the first time this kind of thing happened. In the past, when Ji Shepa was the biggest benefactor of the Gelug Sect, Ji Shepa and the Gelug Sect When the monk-soldier coalition forces of the three major monasteries fought against Zangba Khan, after defeating Zangba Khan, they had internal strife, and then Zangba Khan seized the opportunity to return the horse and shoot him back, and they were defeated.

Moreover, this kind of internal strife among the coalition forces not only happens frequently on the side of the Gelug Sect, but also happens frequently in other sects such as Zangba Khan, or other sects, as well as their supporters, such as Diba nobles.

Just like the Jishepa family did not belong to the Gelug Sect a long time ago, but later they switched to support the Gelug Sect and became the biggest benefactor of the Gelug Sect. After the region, the Gelug faction is actually attached to the Jishepa family.

The former Ganden Phodrang was equivalent to the House of Internal Affairs of Dalai, which dealt with secular affairs. After the Gelug sect formed an alliance with the Jishepa family, this Ganden Phodrang was under the jurisdiction of the Jishepa family. Guan Secular, a discipline sect, formed a group to deal with the alliance of Zangbadis and Kagyu sect.

It was only later that the Jishepa family could not defeat Zangba Khan and was driven to Qinghai, losing even the territory passed down from generation to generation. Later, the Gelug faction cited Mongolia as a stronger foreign aid.

With newcomers forgetting the old, the new allies Mongols had a conflict of interest with the local nobles like Jishepa. Later, the Jishepa family tried to let their children be the fourth reincarnation, and finally they were selected by the tsampa dumpling. But it belongs to the Qiong stammer family.

Later, they refused to give up, and conspired with Quetu Khan in Qinghai, planning to take the young V to Qinghai forcibly and let him go to the abbot of the monastery there, so that they could control it easily. Later, Suonan Raodan and others got the news and brought the five This conspiracy was broken, and because of this, the conflict between Ji Xuepa and Ganden Pozhang became more and more serious, and even became public.

Later, Gushi Khan was attracted, and Jishepa's family acted as a guide. The living monk of Jishepa's family was even honored as a guru by Gushi Khan. Gushi Khan also promised that after entering Tibet, he would take Jishepa The family's former territory, wealth, etc. were all returned to them, and their previous status was even restored.

But later, after Gu Shihan entered Tibet, he broke his promise and never mentioned that again.

Even when Sonam Raodan wanted to appease the Jishepa family with some territory and official positions, and tried to strengthen some local forces in U-Tsang to balance the Heshuote Mongols, Gu Shihan firmly opposed it.

Ji Xuepa's family became more and more dissatisfied, not only hated He Shuote, but also hated Sonam Raodan and even the fifth king, thinking that they were deliberately playing tricks on them.

Once the biggest benefactor, the biggest supporter, suddenly became the biggest opponent.

Sakya, Nyingma, etc. have turned against each other. Naturally, it is probably because of the same reason. The major factions have been fighting for hundreds of years, and all kinds of hatred and grievances are deep.

Heshuote and the Gelug faction formed an alliance, and after they gained political and religious power in Tibet, the two sides joined forces to establish a khan government that would rule the whole of Utgarh. The monasteries and monks are suppressed, especially the management rights of their manors are taken away.

You must know that those big families that have been passed down from generation to generation have a lot of manors in their hands. Those big manors are even equivalent to a sect. The land of the manor, including the population, is completely controlled by them. They have the final say on everything. Too much power.

What support troops, what taxes, what justice, all they have the final say.

Gushri Khan wanted to send officials to manage the thirteen sects, and he also wanted to bring under management the large and small manors that had previously belonged to the local diba nobles and monasteries. He sent officials and even established the Khanate government army, which naturally angered many people.

Although Gushri Khan's exchange condition was to recognize the hereditary status of their family descendants, and even give them official positions in the Khan court, noble titles, etc.

But the original Diba, the great nobles and even the great temple were actually the autonomous lords of one side of the separatist regime, but now they want to change their lands and return them to the people. Who wants to?
Gushi Khan has been fighting with Suonan Raodan for more than ten years, and the rebellions in various places have never stopped. Even those who have not rebelled, they have been suppressing that resentment in their hearts and waiting for a chance.

Why at this time?

Sonam Raodan called his subordinates to escort him to the mountain, but as soon as he got close to the castle, he was shot by random arrows, but he was caught off guard and shot down.

"I'm Sonam Raodan, open the city gate!"

A Heshuotetaiji in the city rushed down and shouted, "You can't do it even if you are the fifth generation. Get out, or don't blame us for not having eyes for bows and arrows."

Sonam Rao slapped his thigh in anger, but facing the tall Gyangze Dzongbu in a black light, he could only look at the fort and sigh.

Fortunately, the monk soldiers below did not catch up to the mountain, and were still rushing down the mountain.

(End of this chapter)