Chapter 540: The Fruit (2)
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The openness of the government of the Celestial Empire, as well as the relative unity of the collective leaders, in exchange for a bumper harvest in all aspects.
Under the consensus that "no foreign forces will be allowed to meddle in the Tibet issue, and no one will be allowed to disturb Tibet," the 40,000 Celestial Empire troops, headed by Huang Wenjin, the first commissioner of the Central Government of the Celestial Empire in Tibet, Shi Yukun, commander of the Red Third Army, and Lan Chaoding, commander of the Red 30th Army, marched into Tibet by two routes, north and south.
The political and religious elites and nobles, including the Panchen Lama and the Tibetan Kashag government, as well as the vast number of serfs in Tibet, showed great enthusiasm for the arrival of the Red Army of the Celestial Empire. As soon as the Tibetan people are mobilized, as soon as they are dispatched, they will immediately provide services to the army without complaint, and they will make powerful contributions, and those who have cattle will be sent out, serve as guides, and serve as husbands, and use yaks, horses, and hands to connect one after another steel-like transportation lines.
Taking Tashilhunpo Monastery as an example, in order to support the operations of the Red Third Army in Ali and Ladakh districts, the people to whom the monastery belonged, regardless of dignity or inferiority, regardless of men, women, old and young, all of them went out together, not only to contribute, but also to take out their own grain stocks, and in less than half a month, they reserved enough military rations for nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Red Third Army to point to Ali enough to support more than half a year.
The officers and men of the Red Army, who have relieved their worries about the future, will not fail to live up to the ardent expectations of the Tibetan compatriots. The Red 9th and 12th Divisions of the Red Third Army, which advanced into Ali's district, under the personal command of Shi Yukun, first defeated the 1st Samba Army, which had penetrated deep into Duigar (present-day Garyasha). Follow. With the full support of some Tibetan troops and Tibetan compatriots, they broke through the temporary defense line of the Lachu River (Gar River) of the Samba Army in one fell swoop, and completely annihilated more than 4,000 members of the South Route Army of the Samba Army in the area of Zarenzong (now Zada), and recovered Ali.
Immediately after, Shi Yukun's victorious division. Echoing from afar with the Red 10th and 11th Divisions of the Red Third Army in the district that was already close to Ladakh, it was like a big iron tong with an open mouth, roaring into Ladakh. At the same time, Wei Yide, the commander of the 13th Agricultural Army under the Xinjiang Agricultural Reclamation Corps, who had just arrived in Khotan, Xinjiang. He also led a group down from the north, crossed the Karakoram Pass, and unexpectedly broke into Ladakh like lightning.
The Tibetan people, who have been devastated by foreign enemies, have seen with their own eyes the more than 6,000 Samba, Kashmir, and Sikh follow-up coalition troops who had been cheering day and night for their own victory, and who had gathered in Ladakh with high morale and ready to continue to advance and expand their victories. At this time, under the pressure of the brave Celestial Empire Red Army, he could only retreat in the citadel of Leh, the capital of Ladakh. It became a turtle in an urn.
The panicked Samba people seemed to remember their usual lifeline of "negotiation peace" in the past, and made various conditions, hoping that the Red Army of the Celestial Empire would open the net and let them return to their hometowns, and swore that from now on, they would never have any thoughts of touching the territory of the Celestial Empire. But they were wrong, the leaders of the Supreme Revolutionary Command Council of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had delayed for so long to resolve the Tibetan issue. I already have my own bigger ambitions in my heart. In the treatment of these man-eating devils, the leaders of the Celestial Empire will never have any women's kindness.
Speaking of which, I cannot fail to add that, in fact, some of the things recounted by the Tibetan delegation led by Lobsang Chenrewangjue and the Tibetan delegation led by Shazha Wangchuppo Kalun when they asked for help in Tianjing are not in line with the facts, especially in their understanding of foreign enemies.
In the eyes of Tibetans, the Samba people are no longer the Dougla tribe of the past, and the puppet prince of Kashmir in their memory has long since disappeared. Kashmir today is part of the territory owned by Jammu King Lambir Singh. And in this territory. Among them is Ranbir Singh's father, who is now unable to handle government affairs due to a serious illness. The old king Gulabsingh, who had taken a back seat in advance and lived the life of the emperor in Srinagar, controlled the district of Ladakh in Tibet, China, which had been under control by force for more than ten years. And the so-called Sikh kingdom was betrayed by Gulabsingh, a traitor to the Sikh kingdom, a few years ago, and ruined in the hands of the British.
In Tianjing, Lobsang Chenre Wangjue and Shazha Wangchukpo also deliberately concealed the fact that no new fighting broke out in Ladakh on the northern front, and that the invasion of the "Sambas", that is, the Jammu army, did not begin with the invasion of Ladakh. Because, although they signed an agreement with the Tibetan garrison of Ladakh more than a decade ago, Gulabsingh never really implemented it. To put it mildly, the Jammu army was simply using Ladakh as a stronghold and then attacking southward, i.e., intending to seize all of Ali's districts. Of course, it is true that they also slaughtered the disobedient king of Ladakh, who had lost much real power.
However, Zeng Shuiyuan, who was in charge of the Southwest Military and Political Office, already had a detailed understanding of these situations and informed the Supreme Command. Under Lin Haifeng's reminder, Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai and others fully realized that the district of Ladakh has an extremely important strategic position. If the sovereignty of Ladakh is fully asserted, then in the future, a connection between Xinjiang and Tibet can be realized through the Guò Karakunlun Pass, and the land road between Xinjiang and Tibet can form a straight line. Not to mention the shortening of the distance between the two, and the altitude of the altitude can drop from five or six thousand meters in other passages to three or four thousand meters above sea level, which is equivalent to the highest point above sea level in Yunnan entering Tibet. This will not only greatly facilitate the mutual transportation of military and civilian materials between the two countries in the future, but also grasp the gateway to Central Asia.
For this reason, as early as the Red Army's recovery of Sichuan, the Supreme High Command instructed the newly established Southwest Military and Political Office to devote great efforts to preparing for the invasion of Tibet. Over the past year or so, the troops stationed in Sichuan have become the elite divisions that the Celestial Empire has focused on. The military horses of Yunnan and the northwest have also accepted the secret mission of supporting the Tibetan side in the war at any time. In the entire western region, it is no longer necessary to simply wage a limited local war, but to be prepared for a big fight in the event of a last-ditch situation. Therefore, the Red Army of the Celestial Empire will not stop its footsteps lightly.
The 6,000 Jammu army was wiped out in the castle of Ladakh, but sure enough, the heroic Celestial Red Army did not stop because of this. Ten days later, Ding Beng Mima, a veteran of the Tibetan army who had participated in the battle of "Duoyu" to resist the invasion of Ladakh by the Samba people more than ten years ago, led an army of several thousand people composed of the Tibetan army and the Fang armed forces loyal to the royal family of Ladakh, and first crossed the border between Ladakh and Kashmir, opening the curtain of a great drama of repaying blood debts and blood.
At this time, Gulabsingh, who was still suffering from the illness of Srina, the capital of Kashmir, was not only suffering from the defeat from the front, but also the unprecedented arrogance of the Tibetan army to penetrate into his empire. He arrived with even more shocking news, India under the rule of his British master in the south, and a great uprising broke out at this time.
Under this series of severe mental blows, Gulabsingh, who was already struggling to breathe, became dying, and he had a premonition that he had come to the end of his life, and at the same time, he also felt the hardships of the future of the "Jammu Empire" that he had worked so hard to build by serving as a vassal to the British. Without the great help of the British, where would they still be the opponent of the Chinese.
"The Chinese are not accustomed to expanding their power outward, and this provocative behavior of the Tibetan army is obviously a bargaining chip used by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government. Therefore, while insisting on resisting with all his might to the last man, we must quickly propose peace envoys, give them benefits, and give them anything, as long as they can keep the land of the empire without losing it......" Gula Bersinger, who had been amazed for decades, died after leaving this last lesson to his son.
Ranbil Singh strictly followed his father's will, the British were too busy to take care of themselves, and the elite soldiers equipped by the British were all lost in Ladakh and Ali, so he had to prepare for the transfer of Chamu, and on the other hand, he tearfully accused the Chinese of the "shameless invasion" of his empire on various occasions, and called on all patriots in Kashmir to actively go to the national disaster to resist the squadron that entered Kashmir. At the same time, he sent messengers, bringing fine shawls and jewels of various colors, to the military camp of the Red Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was still parked in Ladakh, and groveled to plead for reconciliation between the two sides.
What made Ranbir Singh feel a little relieved was that he did not encounter the disadvantage of being rejected by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Red as soon as the army trapped in Leh begged for peace. According to the reply of the returning envoy, Commander Shi Yukun, who was said to be the biggest leader of the Red Army in person, not only accepted all their gifts, but also expressed great interest in the peace talks. He also entrusted the envoy who came back to bring a message to His Majesty King Ranbir Singh, saying that the terms of the peace negotiations should be carefully considered, and if the conditions were low, then he would not be able to account for his own government and the suffering people of Tibet.
Seeing that there was still room for relaxation, Ranbir Singh temporarily gave up the idea of going to Jammu to avoid the limelight, and according to the other party's warning, he strictly ordered the Tibetan army led by Ding Bengmima to immediately retreat and disengage from contact with the Tibetan army, and never create any more trouble at this critical juncture. At the same time, he hurriedly summoned his confidant ministers to seriously discuss the appropriate conditions for peace.
Unfortunately, before the terms of Ranbir Singh's peace could be thought of, not only did the Tibetan army of Ding Bengmima start attacking his army again, but what made him even more frightened was that the main force of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Red Army had also invaded Kashmir in a big way. Using Ding Beng Mima's military horse to firmly attract the attention of his opponents, Shi Yukun began to sweep the entire Kashmir region with a knife to kill chickens.
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