Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 397: The Tibetan war breaks out in full force

Zhu Chun had previously written to his eleventh brother, Zhu Chun, the king of Shu whose fiefdom was in Chengdu, Sichuan, and invited him to send troops to Tibet together.

Now that he saw Brother Eleven's messenger coming from Shu to Tibet to find him, he couldn't help but look happy.

But when he actually opened the envelope, he couldn't help but be disappointed.

It turned out that Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, rejected Zhu Chun's invitation and did not send troops together.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu is filial and kind by nature, loves reading and doing good deeds, is a Confucian scholar and can write articles, and is also very concerned about Buddhism in Shu. I'm afraid he won't accept the invitation," Qu Neng seemed to have guessed the result and said to Zhu Chu.

It was because of the rebellion of the barbarians in Xifan, Sichuan that the imperial court sent Qu Neng and Lan Yu to take charge respectively to put down the rebellion.

Then he was intercepted by Zhu Zhen.

Now that Lan Yu has been killed and Qu Neng is with Zhu Chun, poor Zhu Chun may only have the last three guard posts left in his hands.

So there is really nothing I can do to help.

Zhu Chun's original plan was to divide Tibet into two parts, north and south, in the Uszangdusi area. The King of Shu, Zhu Chun, would march from Duogandusi and send his troops from here, sweeping across the entire Tibetan area while rushing to the main battlefield.

At this time, less than half of Zhu Chu's army of more than 500,000 men remained.

Li Jinglong was immediately overjoyed, jumped off his horse and knelt on the ground, shouting: "The end will be here."

At the same time, deep in Tibet, there was the Oris military and civilian marshal's mansion.

It is equivalent to saying that Zhu Zhen has united another 100,000 Yao militiamen, so that they can cooperate more tacitly.

Because the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was coming fiercely and it involved religious wars.

Zhu Zhen began to issue new orders.

The main reason is that Zhu Chun was born too late. Zhu Chun was born in the fourth year of Hongwu, and he was among the group of kings in the eleventh year of Hongwu. He went to become a vassal in the eighteenth year of Hongwu.

After such a short period of experience, he finally looked good.

Li Jinglong led the 50,000 Yao people who were separated from Hou Dagou's command.

Therefore, even if these two troops are placed at the farthest distance, they can be dispatched back at any time.

"Li Jinglong and Hou Dagou obey orders."

"Uncle Eighteen, please rest assured that my nephew will never let you down," Li Jinglong agreed seriously, and then made arrangements and preparations with Hou Dagou.

Subsequently, under the assignment of Zhu Zhen, the army changed to Qu Neng's troops as the vanguard and walked at the forefront. The central army was Zhu Zhen's headquarters led by Mu Sheng. Following Qu Neng in the front was Cen Hua's troops, and the Naxi troops were in the rear. The Queen.

I haven’t known Zhu Xi very well, and I’m afraid I don’t even know who he is now that I’ve met him.

"You two bring fifty artillery pieces and five thousand rounds of artillery shells. Head to the north immediately, sweep across the entire Duogandusi, and go straight to Duokangmu," Zhu Zhen gave the order to the two men.

In addition, Zhu Chun was a scholar himself. He was not a military general like Zhu Chun. He did not like to fight and kill. Instead, he liked to go to Mount Emei to worship Buddha. It is said that the Qingyin Pavilion and Prince Pavilion built on Mount Emei was to welcome Zhu Chun. Designed.

Although Xisi Gong, who was imprisoned, is not a lama, it does not prevent him from being a Buddhist believer.

In fact, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had already begun to use troops against Tibet half a month ago, but the scale was not large at the time, and there were already many frictions between the two places, so they did not take it seriously.

Zhu Zhen could only sigh. They said that brothers fighting against tigers were fighting with father and son as soldiers. He really wanted to take this opportunity to connect with these vassal brothers and build a relationship.

But Zhu Zhen deliberately regarded the vassal king as a national weapon rather than a hidden danger to the country.

"Li Jinglong," Zhu Zhen suddenly stopped Li Jinglong and said seriously: "Now on the battlefield, we must not play tricks, let alone be arrogant. We must discuss everything with Hou Dagou before making decisions and plans. And we must not harm the Tibetans easily. common people.”

As long as there are no problems with this route, the supply of food and grass for the army can be guaranteed.

Moreover, Li Jinglong is now convinced of him, and Hou Dagou is extremely pious.

In an instant, there were 300,000 troops, divided into three teams and heading in three directions.

Li Jinglong and Hou Dagou immediately took orders.

Hou Dagou also quickly knelt down and listened to the order.

Therefore, Zhu Chun had no intention of sending troops.

"Let's continue moving forward. Mo'er survey will be handed over to Muchun and the others, and it will be our rear base. In the future, grain and grass shipped from Yunnan will be continuously imported from here, and we will have no worries," Zhu said, referring to Mo'er. Exploration and construction established an important route from Yunnan to Tibet.

Otherwise, once the food and grass in the rear are cut off, they will become a lonely army, which is very dangerous.

Unfortunately, King Zhu Chun of Shu did not agree, so he had to do it himself.

You are the pagan, your whole family is a pagan, and we are lamas, why should we be called pagans?

As Tibetan Buddhism begins to take root, it can be said that Tibet is now full of believers.

He did not dare to take any chances when Xisi Gong was out of prison, so he quickly summoned other tribes and gathered a total of 250,000 troops.

But suddenly, the new Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, the Black Erhuo, shouted jihad and said that he would pacify these infidels in Tibet.

Xisi Gongli was pacing back and forth quickly, his face full of anxiety.

"As ordered."

One day in the future, I will definitely reunite with these brothers.

"Forget it, since Brother Eleven won't come, let's fight on our own."

Even if the route Zhu Chu chose at this time was to walk between Mo'erkan and Zelagang, which would go straight into the heart of Tibet, which was also the main battlefield where the war began, there would be no worries.

What's more, Zhu Chu's ambition needs the throne to support him. If his brothers don't accept him as the emperor, it will be a problem.

There are also 150 cannons and more than 200,000 rounds of artillery shells.

According to the administrative plan of the Ming Dynasty in Tibet, there were seventeen houses with a thousand households: Duo Gansi, Suo Lazong, Suo Boliga, Suo Zhang Hexi, Suo Duoba Sansun, Suo Jiaba, Suo Zhaori, Nazhu .

There are four in Wanhu: Shaerke, Naizhu, Luo Siduan and Besima.

Among them, Duogansi, Duoganlongda, Duogandan, Duogancanglu, Duoganchuan and Moerkan are the recruiting divisions.

There are also Xuanwei envoys: Duogan, Dongbu Hanhu, Changhe Xiyutong Ningyuan.

And the commanding officer: Longda.

Hedu commanders: Wu Si Zang and Duo Gan.

There are seventeen thousand-household settlements, which is close to more than 20,000 people.

There are also four ten thousand household offices, as well as the command and envoy division and the capital command and envoy division.

In addition, although the official title system used in the Jisi system is similar to the Ming Dynasty system, in fact, Tibet implements the chieftain officer system, which means that each tribe in each place has its own leader and its own militia.

Therefore, Xisi Gong was out of prison and could quickly recruit 250,000 horses.

But this is his limit.

When Xi Si Gong was released from prison, he heard that the black Er Huo Zhe Khan had raised an army of three to four hundred thousand, claiming to be an army of half a million, and came in force.

Xisi Gong was out of prison and knew full well that he was no match.

So Xisi Gong was out of jail and sent envoys. One of them went to Duogan Dusi, hoping that Duogan Dusi could send troops to help.

At the same time, he also sent people to send letters to the Ming Dynasty, begging for support from the "Emperor Manjusri of the Ming Dynasty".

This is when Zhu Yuanzhang established the Duogan Xingdu Command Department and the Wusizang Xingdu Command Department, and confirmed that the snow area had belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

Tibetan Buddhism regards Zhu Yuanzhang as the reincarnation of Manjushri Bodhisattva, so he was called Emperor Manjushri of the Ming Dynasty.

Edicts and seals used in official positions must also be issued by the court with the approval of the emperor.

Therefore, the early Ming Dynasty's control over the vassal system and vassal states was extremely stable, and it was also the actual controller.

However, what Xie Sigong did not know at this time was that Zhu Yu was more ambitious than Zhu Yuanzhang, and the mere prison system could not satisfy him.

Therefore, Xi Sigong, who was out of prison, could no longer ask for help because Duo Gandusi was also in trouble.

"Report to the chief, the army of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate has entered the northern Tibetan grasslands and is heading straight for Lhasa."

Lhasa used to be called Luoxie, but it was renamed Lhasa during the Tang Dynasty, and it has been passed down since then.

Moreover, the pronunciation of Luosu has the transliteration of 'Lhasa'. If the huge Tibetan area is divided into two parts, Uszangdusi is on the left and Duogandusi is on the right.

Now Zhu Gong's army is invading Duogandusi on a large scale, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is also marching into the hinterland of Uzzandusi.

It can be said that Tibet is suffering from enemies from both sides.

At this time, Xi Sigong, who was out of jail, did not know the news that the Ming army had launched a massive invasion, but after hearing about the movements of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, he immediately said with a gloomy face: "Do they still think this is the era of the Mongol Empire? Genghis Khan has died a long time ago. I’m afraid they still don’t know that the Tatar grassland has consecrated the Ming Dynasty Prince Dian as the Holy Khan. They are just Mongolian Tatars, but they are a bereaved dog.”

There are also large areas of grassland in Tibet, and they are also herdsmen. They have their own pastures and cattle and sheep. In fact, they live a life similar to that of the Mongolian grasslands.

In fact, the living habits of the two nations have many similarities, even the slavery system is exactly the same.

Moreover, during the period of the Mongol Empire, a group of Mongolian "nobles" were sent to rule Lhasa. It was not until the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Northern Yuan Dynasty that the influence of the Yuan Dynasty was replaced by the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, Xisi Gong is out of prison and does not take the Eastern Chagatai Khanate seriously at all.

It's just that the difference in strength between the enemy and ours is too big, and Xie Sigong has no choice but to stick to the city to avoid the battle.

At the same time, because the northern Tibetan grassland is a large grassland, there are few large-scale cities. Only herders make a living by grazing in the form of nomadic herding.

This also led to the fact that the black Erhuo Zhe led the Eastern Chagatai Khanate army to the city of Lhasa as if they were entering uninhabited territory.

"They are just heathens from inferior people. In front of our saints, they will only disintegrate into ashes," the black fireman couldn't help shouting.

It seems that they did not show any mercy to the herdsmen they encountered along the way, but in the name of the so-called jihad, they swept them away, even the unarmed and defenseless slaves.

Is this what is called a saint?

Where is the 'sacred'?

However, they themselves do not think so. They also think that this is a holy war, which is extremely pious and crazy.

"Now we only need to conquer this city to spread the truth of Allah throughout this place. The Lord said that except in the place where He (Allah) has revealed, they can never understand His mysteries. And as believers in Allah, we must Bring the truth and light of the Lord to every place in the world.”

The black Erhuo Zhe looked more and more crazy as he spoke, and his big face that was originally rough became a little distorted.

But those who follow him are all fanatical believers, and they are only crazier than him.

It is hard to imagine that the once powerful Mongol Empire was assimilated by religion after conquering West Asia.

They abandoned their own immortality and turned to worship Allah and were willing to wage jihad for him without fear of life or death.

So a big war broke out.

The black Erhuo led hundreds of thousands of troops to surround Lhasa, vowing to break through the city.

At the same time, Mu Chun, Niu Sheng and Peng Yue led two troops and began to attack Moerkan.

Speaking of which, Niu Sheng and Peng Yue were both commanders. It stands to reason that everyone else is qualified to lead an army of their own, and so can Niu Sheng and Peng Yue.

But because the composition of Zhu Chu's army was too complicated, including various Ming army troops and several ethnic groups, they had no choice but to let the two of them continue to be together.

At this time, the three generals divided the two troops into one on the left and one on the right, and attacked Mo'erkan from a flank.

On top of the city, Mo'er Kanzhao Si looked in shock at the two Ming armies that suddenly appeared from under the city. He couldn't help shouting, "Why are the Ming armies under the city here? We are personally appointed officials from the imperial court." , Emperor Manjusri of the Ming Dynasty personally granted the seal, so don’t hurt the harmony.”

Because it is the chieftain officer system of the Jisi system, the Zhaoshuisi is the highest native official in the city and is in charge of military and civil affairs.

At this time he was facing the direction of Muchun.

Mu Chun was riding on his horse and said unhurriedly: "Listen to me, the guards on the city. I am Mu Chun, the vanguard of Xipinghou under the King of Dian's tent. I have come to conquer you this time for no other reason. I just want you to surrender completely.”

The petitioners in the city were helpless and shouted: "Submit, we have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty a long time ago."

Otherwise, what was he talking about for a long time?

Isn't this official of his conferred by our Ming Emperor?

Muchun raised his head, showed a sneer, and said: "I blame me for not making it clear. I am not talking about you dog officials, but the common people."

The Recruitment Division still did not understand the difference and said: "As long as we surrender to Emperor Manjusri of the Ming Dynasty, we can govern the local people on behalf of the court, and we do manage this place in an orderly manner."

He feels aggrieved. You want me to surrender? Sorry, I don’t need you to ask for it, and I don’t need you to fight. We surrendered from the beginning.

As for the people? Where are the people? Once we have subdued the people, we will be submissive. Don’t worry, we will keep the people in check.

Muchun sighed. The cultural level of this Tibetan area is not as good as that of the Yunnan chieftains. Don't you understand such an obvious truth?

If the King of Dian wants to change his position, the first thing he must eliminate are these officials of the chieftain system. Otherwise, how can he liberate the people? How to distribute land to the people? How to win people's hearts?

Moreover, if we cannot destroy the people, how can we completely solve the prison system, and how can the imperial court send officials to govern the place?

I really don’t understand anything.

"Forget it, I can't explain it to you. Just wait until you get underground and ask the King of Hell. After all, you are Buddhists," Mu Chun said with a little humor.

The theory of the Ten Halls of Yama and Hell is part of Buddhism, while Taoism refers to the ghost city of Fengdu and the Emperor Fengdu, or Empress Houtu, and even the Emperor Donghua, the City God, and the Earth God. These are the Taoist gods of the underworld.

On the top of the city, the expression of the Secretary of Recruitment also turned cold. Since no matter what he said, it was of no use, he simply didn't bother to make excuses anymore, so he simply raised his hand and shouted: "Archer."

A group of Tibetans who were already ready to attack showed their bodies with long bows, raised their long bows, loaded arrows, and pointed towards the Ming army below the city.

The recruiting officer finally warned: "Ming army, if you retreat at this time, you can live in peace. Otherwise, not only will you die in vain, but I will also write a letter asking Emperor Manjusri of the Ming Dynasty to punish you."

Muchun sneered secretly, His Highness sent a message to Yunnan half a year ago. Yunnan has been preparing for this war for half a year. How could His Majesty not know?

Moreover, with His Majesty's carefulness and Jin Yiwei's eyes and ears all over the world, even Shen Rong, a businessman, could find out the news. How could His Majesty not know about it?

If this battle is defeated, there is no doubt that someone will take the blame. At that time, no matter how easy it is for Zhu Yuanzhang to appease him, he can pretend that nothing happened.

But once they win, Tibet will completely belong to Ming Dynasty.

So Muchun did not hesitate, turned to look behind him, and asked some of the people wearing special services: "How are the preparations for the artillery soldiers?"

Artillery soldiers are a group of special arms. Zhu Zhen was worried that many of them had never used firearms, so he asked Muchun to select a group of former firearms soldiers and distribute 400 sets of new military uniforms.

Each artillery will be followed by a soldier who understands firearms and is responsible for filling gunpowder and loading, as well as adjusting the angle of the artillery.

"Report to the Marquis of Xiping, we are ready and can run away at any time," the subordinate reported.

Muchun nodded, glanced at the enemy troops on the city wall, sneered and led the others back, leaving only fifty black cannons pointed at the city head and the soldiers holding fire sticks.

"Light the fuse."

Following Muchun's order.

The soldiers put their hands on the fuses.

The fuse was quickly ignited and submerged into the base of the barrel in an instant.

The summons department on the top of the city felt something was wrong and was about to give the order to shoot arrows.

But the next second, there was only a terrible sound of "boom, boom, boom", like a thunderbolt from the blue.

Fifty cannons were lined up in a row, each one roaring like a wild beast. Under the huge recoil, the cannon bodies were almost ejected. Fortunately, they were supported by a strong tripod and did not fly out.

At the same time, fifty terrifying cannonballs burst out from the front of the muzzle, making a terrifying whistling sound, and finally hit the city wall or the middle part of the city wall.

Those cannonballs either exploded with a huge bang, blowing a huge hole in the city wall, or blowing away the enemy troops on top of the city.

Some of the cannonballs were solid iron bullets, which actually penetrated the thick city wall when they hit it, and even fell into the city and hit unknown places, causing screams.

There were also several explosive bombs mixed into it, which not only caused considerable impact and damage when the gunpowder exploded, but also caused countless terrifying sharp iron pieces to fly out, like a goddess scattering flowers, indiscriminately covering the surrounding area.

Even the city walls were pierced by iron pieces, let alone human flesh and blood.

Even the recruiter was hit by a solid iron bullet. His whole body was torn apart and disappeared instantly.

The terrifying power of the Hongyi cannon instantly silenced the battlefield, and both the enemy and ourselves were deeply shocked.

(As an aside, I have something to say. I really have a headache when I write this. Because it involves religious beliefs, it is very troublesome. I don’t need to elaborate on it. Everyone should understand that if I write it well, I still can’t write it well. It’s all a lot of trouble. So it’s really difficult to write. In fact, the recent plot is very difficult.

When I wrote "Jiangnan Family", I originally wanted to write it in a more detailed way and write some interesting plots. I even re-read Ji Xiaolan's interesting story. I want to add a sophistry between He Shen and Ji Xiaolan in the disaster situation. The debate between honest officials and corrupt officials.

But subscriptions started to drop. It hurts so much. So it accelerated. In fact, when writing this plot of Luo Guanzhong, I once wanted to introduce some characters based on characters from the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin. For example, Gu Wen, I have already made it clear that Gu Wen is Jia Xu. Let's take a guess at who Qian Gui is. He must not be the Prime Minister. I can't write about the Prime Minister.

But what I want to say more is that I really wanted to save 20 chapters and save them as manuscripts, and then update them during the Chinese New Year to repay everyone's support. But it's a pity. This plot was too difficult to write, so it didn’t break out.

Okay I apologize. And happy new year. )

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