Chapter 3 The Heavenly Iron Artillery is closely surrounded
When the news reached Tibet, the whole Tibet, including the newly appointed regent Dezhu Living Buddha, were all panicked: What does this mean?
The imperial court announced that the first-class viscount, the governor of Anhui, and the commander of the third division of the Songjiang Army of the Xuanjun Army, Yixan, as the "Minister of Supervision of the Sichuan-Tibet Military Affairs", led the third division of the Songjiang Army into Sichuan, and announced the route of the Xuanjun's march: take the sea route, from Tianjin to Shanghai, and then trace the west to the west, until Yibin, the capital of Xuzhou, Sichuan; Then enter the Minjiang River in the north, go to Leshan in Jiading Fu, abandon the boat and land.
Then, go west to Litang.
The whole process of sea and river waterways is transported by China Merchants Steamship.
The ships of the steamship China Merchants Bureau are all steamships, and if the days are calculated, if it goes well, it will only take a few months, and the Xuan army will be able to come to Litang.
The imperial court decreed that Wu Tang, the governor of Sichuan, and Li Hongzhang, the governor of Huguang, should prepare military supplies as soon as possible and transport the front line at any time.
It's no joke - it's going to be real!
Xuan Jun's appearance in the minds of Tibetans was originally not much different from that of the Demon Vajra. Zhang Liu's incident, 2,000 salt people, was slaughtered by the Xuan army; It didn't take long for Li Shizhong, a hero, to be cut off by Ixan himself at the banquet. These two incidents that happened not long ago further smeared Xuan Jun's angry and hideous image with heavy oil paint.
By the way, this time, the "Minister of Supervision of Sichuan-Tibet Military Affairs" is this Ixsan!
"Supervising the Minister of Military Affairs of Sichuan and Tibet" is a very scary name. Generally speaking, in the case of a corner of the rebellion such as Dingzhan and Litang, the commander of the army does not necessarily have to add the name of "Qincha". Even if it is to be added, "supervise the military affairs of the Kawabe". That's enough. "Supervise the military affairs of Sichuan and Tibet", but supervise the military affairs of the two provinces, under normal circumstances. Only by flattening and returning to that kind of big mess can there be a need to supervise the military affairs of several provinces, and it is too exaggerated to use it here!
The most important thing is that although the Tibetan army is currently being used to quell the disorder, it is clear that Litang is located in Sichuan, and Tibet itself does not have any military affairs to be "supervised." Why are Sichuan and Tibet tied together?
What will happen to this Xuan army after it enters Tibet?
"Sorting out government affairs", how to "sort out" the law?
I think of a saying: "A thief comes like a comb." Soldiers come like shaves, and officials come like shavings" -- shudder!
Below the living Buddha of Dezhu, the front Tibet, the back Tibet, the monks and lay nobles. Swift unification: It must be before the Xuan army arrives. Settle the internal disputes among the Tibetans and put down the rebellion in Zhan Zheng and Litang, so that the imperial army will not have enough reason and necessity to enter Tibet.
"Resolving the internal disputes among the Tibetans" means settling the issue of Bedan Tondrup.
As soon as he received the news that the imperial court would send the Xuan army to calm the rebellion, Bei Dan Dunzhu felt that it was not good. He wandered for a few days, and finally made up his mind: break the kettle and sink the boat, and do a big job!
His plan: an armed coup d'état. Seize the young Dalai Lama, thinking that he will be the capital for negotiations with the imperial court. If you still can't talk about it in the end. He hijacked the Dalai Lama and fled, and set up a separate "central government."
However, when he sought allies, the situation was wrong: those who had sworn to heaven and swore to the sky, advanced and retreated with him, and shared life and death, were all vain and wronged, and refused to say a word of truth; Or they talk about him left and right, and they won't even answer his words.
At the same time, the Dalai Lama's guards were suddenly greatly strengthened, and the original Tibetan guards alone became the joint guards of Han and Tibetan soldiers.
Immediately after that, there was a wave of resignations from the "Ganzhe Zhongji", and in a few days, the "Ganzhe Zhongji", who was famous and once overrode the regent and the Kashag, became an empty shelf.
Bei Dan Dunzhu was shocked to realize that in just a few days, he had already betrayed his relatives and left!
At present, the only one who has not abandoned himself is the old nest Ganden Monastery.
He felt that danger was closing in on him like a large net.
He plunged into the Ganden Monastery and did not leave an inch.
There is no way to talk about "seizing the Dalai Lama," and what we have to consider now is: Should I escape?
Before he could figure it out, it was time for him to do it.
Dezhu Living Buddha conspired with Tang Huaiwu, the acting deputy minister, and after careful planning, the two suddenly made a big attack, and rode around, and the henchmen left by Bei Dan Dunzhu outside the Ganden Monastery were captured.
Then, he ordered Bedantondrup to leave the temple and surrender himself.
Refusing to obey the order, Bedantondrup ordered the construction of fortifications and put on a posture of fighting to the death.
Dezhu and Tang Huaiwu mobilized the Han and Tibetan troops stationed in Lhasa and surrounded the Ganden Monastery.
Ganden Monastery is built on the Mount Wangbori, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. That's it, the key is that the status of Gaden Monastery is special, if it is destroyed in the war, everyone's face must not look good.
Therefore, Dezhu and Tang Huaiwu did not immediately order an attack, but first sent an envoy to enter the temple and sternly reprimanded the following monks of Bei Dan Dunzhu: Ganden Monastery is my Huangjiao ancestral temple, created by Master Tsongkhapa, the head of the "six major monasteries", not the property of a certain person! If you continue to be stubborn and resist, under the fire of artillery, the jade will be burned, and the centuries-old temple will be destroyed, and your sin will be great! Hmph, if you die and go to Hellfire, you will not be able to atone for your sins!
There is an edict from the imperial court, and the Dalai Lama also said: Only one person is guilty of Bei Dan Tonzhu, and the rest of the people, as long as they put down their weapons and lose their sincerity, they will not be guilty!
At the same time, Dezhu asked someone to compose a song, and ordered the soldiers besieging Ganden Monastery to sing loudly day and night: "Ganden Monastery on Wangbo Mountain, surrounded by Tiantie artillery. Darhambedandunzhu, do you go to heaven or to earth? ”
The psychological defenses of Gaden Monastery quickly collapsed. Seeing the fluctuating hearts of the people around him, Bei Dan Dunzhu knew that the Ganden Monastery was no longer to be feared, so he was helpless, and under the cover of night, he escaped from the Ganden Monastery with a few henchmen.
However, it didn't go far before it was discovered. Seeing the Han and Tibetan soldiers besieging the temple, the black pressure pressed up, Bei Dan Dunzhu sighed, ordered his subordinates to surrender, raised his Tibetan knife, and wiped his neck.
After Bei Dan Dunzhu subdued the law, Tang Huaiwu immediately sent Ma Tengjiao to lead a reinforcement army to Litang and unified the command of the Tibetan army on the front line.
As soon as Ma Tengjiao arrived in Litang, the first thing he did was to arrest Zongdui, take over his troops, and then, together with Pulongba, reorganize the army and prepare to attack again.
Since Gong Brownjie received the news that the Xuan army was about to enter Sichuan to quell the chaos, he was frightened day by day, and now Lhasa has undergone great changes, and the backstage boss Bei Dan Dunzhu has hung up, and the governor can no longer do anything, so he hurriedly said to Ma Tengjiao: In the past, all kinds of misunderstandings were misunderstandings, and now the misunderstanding has been opened, and we are going to look back tomorrow.
Come as you want? Just go if you want to go? You're really beautiful.
Ma Tengjiao replied: Fengxuan County Wang Jun, Gong Brown Jie's father and son, if they go to the camp to surrender, they can protect the leader. However, you don't want to think about what to do with the right head, and obediently go to Chengdu to eat in prison. If you sincerely repent, after three or five years, you can probably release it, "hand it over to the magistrate to control", eat a sip of tea and rice, and live the rest of your life.
Don't say yes? Then the imperial army marched into the army, "all the old and the young are left, and the jade is burned"!
*(To be continued......)