16. The Great Invasion of Western Tibet

Zampu was stunned at first, why didn't my father reincarnate in the land of Xifan, why did he run to Tianzhu?

However, since Trisong Detsen believes in Buddhism, he was quickly relieved, in the minds of the people of Xifan, Sakyamuni is from Tianzhu, and many monks come from the Han land (Xifan thinks that the Qingliang Temple in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi is the holy place in his mind), and we are now the "Yongzhong Land" to protect Buddhism, so my father was reincarnated after his death and went to Tianzhu to promote Buddhist exchanges, which is also a good thing.

"And who was my father reincarnated?"

"He is now in Tianzhu, a Banda philosopher, very young, but full of wisdom, and this scholar will come to the land of Dabo when your descendants are Zampu."

Trisong Detsen was so moved that he asked his ministers to record the prophecy of Padmasambhava – that when my father was reincarnated in the palace of Tsangpo, he would be given a grand reception.

Many ministers of Western Tibet still did not particularly believe in Buddhism in their hearts, but now they heard the false talk of rebirth, and they became even more disgusted and disgusted.

Then Zampu asked, "Where was my mother's rebirth after she died?"

Padmasambhava then told him that if it was your mother, Mangbao Jesard, who was asked, she was now reborn as a daughter in a poor family in Sukha. ”

"What about my Han mother?" Zampu suddenly asked this sentence with great sadness.

The Han mother in his mouth is the princess of Jincheng.

Because Princess Jincheng was also a devout Buddhist, Padmasambhava couldn't bear it, so she said that your Han mother had been reincarnated in the territory of the Tang family and returned to her homeland.

So Zampu stood in the beautiful translation field in the southwest corner of Samye Monastery, looking out to the far east, as if his Han mother, Princess Jincheng, was really reincarnated somewhere there, and could not see him.

Then Trisong Detsen said to the minister beside him, "My mother's reincarnation cannot be so painful – let me go to Sukha and find the daughter of the poor family in which my dead mother was reincarnated, and I will take her as a concubine." ”

Marrying the mother's reincarnation as a concubine, this is simply true!

A group of ministers were a little unbearable.

But then Trisong Detsen did something even more shocking: "In order to thank Guru Padmasambhava for giving me the empowerment, I want to give my favorite concubine, Kasi Satsotje, to Venerable Guru. ”

Padmasambhava did not refuse, he was a Buddhist monk from Tianzhu and did not observe the precepts of not approaching beauty.

"What?" Many ministers were horrified.

Someone whispered, "It is said that since Padmasambhava entered my Dafan, he has subdued many mountain gods who stand in his way (the Western Tibetan people have a strong concept of mountain worship, which is also part of Bon), and the gods of Bon have been transformed into the patron saints of Buddhism. Today, he is going to marry the concubine of the god Zampu, so that in the future his power will surpass all the 'Shang' and 'Comment' (1), and he will even take away the power of Dafan......"

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, but ministers can only do it.

Soon, Trisong Detsen received envoys from the Tang court, such as Cui Hanheng, Shen Fang, and Han Chaocai.

Cui Hanheng has been engaged in diplomatic activities with Xibo in recent years, and Zampu is very familiar with him.

Regarding the incident of Tang building a city in Pingliang, Cui Hanheng tried his best to defend it, saying that there were many bandits and bandits in the idle field between Tang and Fan, and in order to protect the safety of the mutual market, there was a move to build a city.

"What is the real reason for my uncle (Xifan calls Tang uncle) such an act, the envoy is always in my palace, I am afraid I don't know it clearly." Zampu's words were gentle, but it was also clear that he would not reach any agreement with Choi Hanheng.

Cui Hanheng resorted to delaying the army again, and he asked Zampu to temporarily relax and wait until the matter was thoroughly investigated before making a decision.

Trisong Dezan nodded and said, "I have let the host Shang Jiezan take full charge of this matter, and I am waiting for his news." ”

Cui Hanheng was shocked, he had been in Tibet for a long time, and he naturally knew a lot about the Western Tibetan system, and the position of "Visiting the Border of the Eastern Province" itself was set up for the invasion of the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

"The relationship between my Tang Emperor and Zan Punai's uncle and nephew, please be sure to maintain the friendship between the two states." Cui Hanheng tried hard to persuade Trisong Dezan.

Trisong Detsen regretfully said: "Ben Yongzhong's golden arrow has been sent, and he has gone not only to Shanzhou, where the host is located, but also to the northern province (Hexi), the middle road (Qinghai) and the southern province (Jiannanxi), and they will choose the opportunity to hold a sacred assembly of virtues to discuss this matter, and I am also waiting for news from my uncle in the palace." ”

Surrounded by a group of ministers, guards and monks, Trisong Detsen then turned to the Uze Hall of Samye Monastery.

Only three Tang Dynasty envoys were left, looking at each other.

When the host of Xifan, Shang Jiezan, got the golden arrow of Zampu, he had already stood at the mountain pass of the high Longshan Mountain, and at his feet, the mountain road stretched and bent the queue of 30,000 elite soldiers of Xifan, pointing directly to the area from Longzhou to Fengxiangfu; In addition, there are 30,000 elites on other roads, who are being commanded by his deputy general Xu Li, from Qinzhou to Yuanzhou, through the destruction of sand castles, and then along the Hulu River, straight to the direction of Anle Prefecture (south of Lingwu).

"I have a big fan, there is the corner of Qinghai in the east, the danger of the Yellow River in the west, the solid of Tieling in the south, and the prison of the snow-capped mountains in the north. Outside of the logic, it is extremely Kunlun, next to Kunlun, water transports seafood, boats and sails cover the sky, cattle and horses are flat. The country is rich and numerous, the land is vast and the territory is violated, the country with a radius of tens of thousands of miles, occupying two-thirds of the world's area, and the land of Yongzhong guarded by the Buddha! Countless warriors, rush to the other side of this Longshan, where countless riches and glory await you, Zanpu's warriors, many of you, have already entered Chang'an City once twenty years ago, and now the second opportunity to enter it has arrivedβ€”to the arrogant Tang Emperor, all we have to do is to insert Zampu's golden arrow into his palace gate, and hang Zampu's boots in his palace. Shang Jiezan stood on the cliff of Longshan Mountain, holding aloft the golden arrows given by Zampu, and agitated for conquest and slaughter against the Western Tibetan army below.

"We are willing to die for the god Zampu, and enjoy peace and auspiciousness forever!" All the Western Tibetan cavalry threw their arms up and cheered.

Then they sang the song that Zampu once sang: "The dreams of happiness in this life are hypocrisy; For a long-term plan in the next life, you need to cultivate Bodhi. Then there was the galloping of thousands of horses, they pulled the reins, let their mounts gallop, carrying flags, weapons, rushed through the Great Earthquake Pass, then Anrong Pass, and then boundless poured into the border of Longzhou.

After receiving the news from the front, Duan Xiushi of Fengxiang Mansion immediately ordered 3,000 elite soldiers to go to Huangyang to prevent Xifan from penetrating into Fengxiang.

However, Shang Jiezan was extremely cunning, he left 5,000 soldiers under the city of Huangyang to watch, and then he led the main force back to the northeast, through the valley of the Huanghe River, and appeared in the middle of Liangyuan City and Baili City in Jingzhou.

There are more than 1,000 Shence troops in Liangyuan City, and Ma Youlin is led by Shence; Baili City has 3,000 Shence troops, led by Shence Zhu Zhongliang, all of which belong to the sequence of Shence's right battalion.

The second general saw the invasion of Xifan and hurriedly held the city.