After making up his mind, Zampu personally led his servants to the "Tiger Garden" outside the Red Palace, took out the red book used in the "Great Collection", and then held a general meeting between the monarchs and ministers of Western Tibet at Chamatang at the meanders of the Gyeonggi River in advance, and it was also a mobilization before the general attack of the Tang army in Victoria.

Like a flock of birds with outstretched wings, Zampu's bird envoys soon spread all over the plateau on all sides of the city, bringing Zampu's instructions to the nobles of Western Tibet: Bring your slaves, children, horses, and weapons to Chamatang to receive the material collection and reading of the god Zampu!

The alliance between Zampu and the nobles was usually a small meeting once a year, a general meeting every three years, held in summer or winter, and had three main functions: first, the monarch and ministers consolidated the relationship through banquets, hunting, oaths and other behaviors; Second, Zampu can hold the red book of wooden slips, check and count all the "Ruben" and "Dongdai" labor and military service, and verify the field endowment; The third is the general mobilization in front of the station.

Since the Battle of Huating, Zampu has rarely held such an alliance, probably because the war is mainly responsible for the "moral theory" of the border areas, and the plateau is rarely affected by the war.

However, just two or three years later, with the Tang Army's majestic counteroffensive, the clouds of war were quickly pushed back to the plateau, and the feeling of impending wind and rain shrouded the hearts of every Xifan nobleman.

Chamatang, countless colorful flags fluttering under the vast sky, the sound of hunting horns is dense and extraordinary, a large number of Xibo nobles, in groups of three or five, holding full bows and arrows, galloping to hunt and kill the yaks that are still running away with blood, and their "support" and "yong" are guarding in groups on all sides of their own "Fulu".

This kind of Fulu is the home of the Xibo people, although most of the conquerors in the Xibo region of Helongdi used palaces and forts to exercise power, which is equivalent to the Han people's government office; However, in the highlands, countless whisks made of cowhide and sheepskin are still the mainstream: the whisks are named because of the trumpet-style openings in the dome of the tents.

Hundreds of whisks, like white sand and gravel on the riverbank, densely surround the tooth tent of the god Zampu.

Zampu's tooth tent, the fence is not made of wood, but is tied with a sharp lance, dividing out the narrow road, every other section has a well-dressed guard guard, to the middle door of the tooth tent, set up three tooth flags, each 100 steps apart, Zampu's head knot rises to the sun, wearing a plain lapel gown, arms and necklines wear gold ornaments with tiger and leopard patterns, wear gold swords, hold a red book and sit on the high platform of the tooth tent, Queen Cai Bang wears a gold silk turban, also wears a splendid gown with a lapel, and her forehead is decorated with a sir, serving by Zampu's side.

The rest of the concubines, including Zampu's favorite concubine Boyong, could only stand in rows.

Under the high stage, the wizards danced wildly and sang: "When the sky is blue and the earth is warm, elk will be born." The white feathers are fine, and the arrows are sharp, so they shoot elks and live. ”

Then in the sound of drums and horns, the nobles on the plateau, such as Wei, Niang, Wulu, Cai Bang, etc., were kneeling continuously, holding the wine made from barley in their hands, and the slave children next to them were holding armor or long swords dedicated to Zampu, and after Zampu raised his hand, the group of nobles drank the wine, and then held the ground with both hands, bowed to the ground with their heads, and their mouths were half open, making bursts of dog barking - this is the etiquette and ritual of Xifan's worship.

The Bon shaman, wearing a crown of bird feathers, then killed a man, a cow, a dog, a sheep, and a horse under the altar of the high platform, despite the opposition of the Buddhist monks present, as a sacrifice to the ancestors and gods for the "wedding feast".

The monks were pained to see that the cattle, dogs, sheep and horses, as well as the human animal, had been broken by the shamans, then their abdomen had been dissected, their bloody intestines had been torn open, and finally their heads had been decapitated.

Although he believed in Buddhism, he still followed the Bon rituals when he went out into the army, because the latter was more able to inspire the primitive and savage bravery of the warriors, and also to inspire the loyalty of his subordinates.

"You must work together to serve Dai Ben Yongzhong. Only the gods of heaven and earth, the common knowledge of Erzhi. If you break your oath, you will have your body torn apart with this animal. Zamp Lang on the high platform said.

"We will never abandon Zampu, never let Zampu lose face, absolutely forget the past, absolutely obey Zampu's orders, absolutely dedicate ourselves to Zampu, and never be deceived by the good words of others, I swear so!" Under the high platform, groups of nobles were prostrate on the ground, reading the oath aloud.

After taking the oath, Zampu said that the purpose of this conference alliance was to send out a total of 61 Dongdai soldiers from the country's five Ruben to fight to the death with Gao Yue and Wei Gao of the Tang Army under the Pengpo Snow Mountain.

Which five Ruben?

"Weiru" with the Gyeonggi River (Lhasa River) as the core, a total of nine Dongdai;

The "Yoru" with Yalong Changzhu (now Shannan, Nyingchi) as the core in the south of Luo, a total of nine Dongdai;

"Yeru" with Xiangdi Xiongba Garden (now Xiangqu River area in the northwest of Lhasa) as the core, a total of nine Dongdai;

"Laru" with the capital of Chezhierbana (today's Kaze region) as the core, a total of nine Dongdai;

There are eleven Dongdai with Jiaxue Daba Cai (now Tanggula Mountain in the northeast of Lhasa) as the core;

In addition to these five Ru, there is also the "Xiangxiong Ru" with Zhangxiong as the core, and there are ten Dongdai under it, so that there are fifty-seven Dongdai.

In addition, Weiru, Yoru, Yeru and Laru each have a Dongdai, which respectively form the "Janissary Dongdai" on the east, north, west and south sides of Zampu, so that together they are the military strength of sixty-one Dongdai.

One of the forbidden troops stayed by Zampu's side, and the other had just been recaptured from Shang Jiezan's hands and was on the way back, and the Zampu Assembly League was expected to gather all the non-forbidden troops in the country's Liuru Ben, Dongdai.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that among the six Ruben Dongdai, there is also a "small Dongdai" (small Qianhu), the commander is called "Dongben", this small Dongdai is all elite infantry, and in wartime with other Dongdai cavalry to fight.

Zampu then demanded that each Ruben should draw four Dongdai to fight at this time, and gathered twenty-four Dongdai, so that there were more than 7,000 "Gui", that is, Western Tibetan warriors who started with iron, plus 15,000 archers and supporters, and when each nobleman or warrior went out to fight, there were also a number of armed "Yong" around him, who played the role of camp, logistics and light infantry, which actually had a scale of 100,000 people.

Coupled with the Dongdai of the Janissaries in the northeast and southwest of Zampu, the total size is 30,000 people.

There are also the party items of Qinghai and Bailan and other Qianghu servant armies, as well as the "Tongxiang" of Qinghai and Dongdao, so that it is a 160,000 army, which is really a battle for the whole country.

In terms of regulation, Zampu said that Wei Ru was the middle army, Yoru was the left wing, Ye Ru was the right wing, Laru and Sun Boru were the vanguards, and the Janissaries Dongdai and Zhangxiong Ru were the queen of the palace. Mangtso (he is the queen's brother) is the commander, with the monk Qixin'er as the left and right assistants, and Noppensong as the Sima official in charge of supervision, and the whole army will be developed to the battlefield in Victoria after it is assembled!

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