Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 302 I recommend my Buddha with my blood (Part )
Politics is the art of compromise. For the sake of power and interests, politicians who just vowed to kill each other can become close friends in the blink of an eye. The divine monk Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen was a politician, and so was the Qianyuan Emperor Suletan. After coercing his opponents to write a letter persuading Dorje Lepa to surrender, he changed his arrogant and rude attitude and ordered his subordinates to serve as national advisors. The great monk was treated with courtesy, except that he was not allowed to leave Tashilhunpo Monastery, and all etiquette and food and clothing were provided as usual.

Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen was a wonderful man. As soon as he surrendered, he presented a large gift to the emperor and released Uzangcheng's political envoy Pilenley Zamusu and the inspector Ngawang Jikezhak from the Zen room at the back. . As a mature politician, he always kept a tightrope in everything he did. After catching these two high-ranking officials, instead of killing them, he treated them with courtesy and placed them under house arrest in the Zen room behind them. At this moment, it worked wonders. The emperor originally thought that these two ministers had died for the country, so he secretly kept a small account for the monk. Unexpectedly, he survived, and his attitude towards the great monk suddenly improved a lot.

Sultan was a ruthless man. While focusing on the political solution to the Gelug forces, he also actively made military preparations. While hoarding grain, grass and weapons, he urged Erkataji, Aldar, Shuoqi and Ororik to He Shuoqi led the main force of the 40,000-strong Northern Expedition Army to quickly cross the Brahmaputra River and join him.

The waiting made people anxious, so the emperor had his own way to solve the problem. When he had nothing to do, he went for a stroll along the banks of the Brahmaputra River to experience the feeling of going east to the east of the Yangtze River. On this day, when I came to the river, I couldn't help but sigh at the surging water. From ancient times to the present, how many heroes have been turned into ashes, but the river is still rushing! Then he took up his pen and wrote a lyric:
"Yong Yu Le·Nostalgia on the Brahmaputra River"

The red sun is like a wheel, the river is like a belt, where are the heroes?

Generals, ministers, princes, common people,
Return to dust in the end.

A group of monks became Buddhas and ancestors,

Hundreds of twists and turns, thousands of calamities, and eternity.

All are going, the surging river water,

Submerged riverside bones.

In the old land of Tubo, the people drew their swords,
May I ask who belongs to the country?

Fighting in the north and conquering the south, subduing the dragon and subduing the tiger,
Just for An Li Shu.

Right or wrong, success or failure, merits and demerits over the ages,
Let’s watch herons fly and gulls dance.

The water flows quickly, and the sound is whimpering, crying for me.

The soldiers on the front line are fighting to death, but the emperor in the rear has free time to stroll around the Brahmaputra River. When he is happy, he can write lyrics and reminisce about the past. When ordinary people die, it is called "die", and when the emperor dies, it is called "collapse". What does it mean? The sky is falling. In fact, it was just self-deception. The emperor himself understood clearly that generals, ministers, princes and ordinary people were the same. They would die when they died. The sky would not fall, and the Brahmaputra River would still flow.

This is life, don't accept it. For this supreme imperial power, in order to be able to bear the word "collapse" after death, countless heroes were killed until rivers of blood flowed. At this moment, a bloody battle is breaking out in Gyantse City, Yangsi Dowanhu Prefecture, southeast of Shigatse. The defenders of the city were Dash, the governor of Uzbekistan, Batu Mengke, the commander-in-chief, and Sakyamuni Gyatso, who joined the army, as well as 6,000 soldiers and some people under their command; the attackers were Khenpo Dorje Lepa of Tashilhunpo Monastery. Seven thousand Gelug troops led by him, and six thousand Sharp troops led by Fatai Butun of Sharp Monastery.

The Three Stooges are better than Zhuge Liang. Dash, Batu Mengke, and Sakyamuni Gyatso decided to adopt the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, moving all the residents outside the city into the city, and then setting fire to all the houses outside the city, leaving nothing to exploit when the enemy arrived. bunker. Dash even pricked his blood to write a book to boost morale. The soldiers were greatly moved and vowed to live and die with Gyantse City; Batu Mengke showed his iron-blooded side and beheaded more than ten captured deserters in public, and their bodies were hung on the city wall; Sakyamuni Gyatso was in charge of logistics and arranged everything in an orderly manner.

Dorje Lepa and Butun were both monks and had never fought in any major battles. However, their subordinates have devout beliefs, high fighting spirit, and extremely high morale. Although he has never fought in a big battle, Dorje Lepa's subordinates do have several veteran generals. He is also a kind person and is good at accepting other people's opinions. Under his command, the rebels actually fought vigorously.

They chose Baiju Temple in the west of the city as their base camp. This temple is very strange. It is the product of the competing and evenly matched sects. The three sects of Gelug, Sakya and Xialu coexist in one temple and chant sutras in the same large sutra hall. After setting up camp, Dorje Leba sent troops to occupy the highlands around Gyantse and cut off reinforcements and food transportation in the city. Then, a bloody siege began.

"Whoever kills Dash will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver; whoever kills Batu Mengke and Sakyamuni Gyatso will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver each." This military order quickly spread throughout the army. Although the monks and soldiers were fighting for their faith, their morale was boosted when they heard that they were being rewarded with silver.

Cannons and stones rained down on the city. Under the cover of muskets and arrows, the rebels pushed ladder trucks and attacked the city despite the firing of the defenders. The two sides strangled each other, and people kept falling from the city walls. The corpses under the city were piled up into a hill.

After three months of hard fighting, the rebels relied on their numerical advantage to slowly capture the outer city walls. The guards withdrew to Zongshan in the center of the city and defended the mountain, vowing not to surrender until death.

The attack was repelled again. One of the guards lifted a large stone and threw it down hard, hitting a rebel who was attacking the mountain. His brains were splashed everywhere. This scene was seen by Dorje Lepa who was watching the battle. He stared at the towering Zong Mountain and looked up to the sky and sighed, "How can I have the face to see the holy monk if I can't conquer it for a long time?"

As a monk who has been a monk in Tashilhunpo Monastery since childhood, he has already regarded Tashilhunpo Monastery as his own home, and regards the sacred monk Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen as his father. Step by step, he has grown from a novice to a khenpo. , the teacher’s kindness can’t be repaid by being broken into pieces!

"Kenpo, don't worry. The guards can't hold on for long. They will destroy Zongshan in a month at most," said Butun, Fatai of Xiapu Monastery. The Xiapu sect was originally aloof from the world, but this Dharma master was not willing to be an unknown Dharma master of a small sect. He wanted Xiapu to restore the glory it had when the first abbot Buton Rinchendrup was the first abbot, and become a leader with the Gelug, Kagyu, and The Sakya and Nyingma sects were equally famous, so they clung to the lap of the divine monk Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen and signed an offensive and defensive alliance with Gelug.

"Amitabha! I hope what the master said can be realized immediately, otherwise once the main force of the guard army returns from the north, the situation will not be optimistic," said Dorje Lepa with a worried look on his face.

"Alas! It would be great if all the factions in Shannan are willing to join forces to support us." Buton also sighed. After the major forces in Shannan seized the territory, they had their own agendas. After the great monk Bawo of Lodhar and the Bhutanese army joined forces to conquer Shengge Dzong, they had conflicts with General Rumesepo of Bhutan over the issue of territorial division. He contacted Dubu and Basang Wangbu and his son who had captured Qiongjie to jointly fight against the Sudanese. For a time, the Shannan rebels were at odds within themselves and no longer had the energy to interfere with Gyantse's business.

"Two masters, a messenger has arrived from Shigatse." Dorje Lepa and Butun were discussing the situation when their subordinates came to report.

(End of this chapter)