Plateau, in the Hongwu period had been attached to the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu considered that the plateau was too poor, and felt that it was not cost-effective to send troops, so he chose this semi-dependent state.

In order to ensure the stability of the plateau, he ignored the suffering of the serfs at the bottom and wantonly rewarded the monks to rule in name.

The plateau is also a good man, and after attaching himself to the Ming Dynasty, he comes to pay tribute every year.

It's not how loyal they are, but that Da Ming gives too much, and if you go and come back, you will make a lot of money, so a fool won't go.

That is, it is not easy to go to the plateau next time, otherwise they can do it once a month.

After the old man ascended the throne, there was no impulsive action on the plateau, and after the other state capitals chose to support the old man, they also expressed their support for the old man.

Originally, everything was normal, in real history, the plateau went all the way to the Chongzhen period, except for some twists and turns in the Jiajing period, they all nominally obeyed the Ming Dynasty.

But I don't know what went wrong in this era, or if Arutai on the grassland gave too much, when Arutai and the Western Regions Alliance, they also joined it, planning to attack Daming together with the three parties.

As a result, before their side started, the Arutai side was defeated, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in the Western Regions was even captured by its own king.

This is embarrassing for the plateau.

I'm waiting here to go down and kill you guys, but before I can appear, you're all cold, what do you want me to do.

Let's keep fighting, I may not be able to get Da Ming.

Don't fight, like before, this is all under the banner of preparing to rebel, and suddenly ran to Daming and said that it was a misunderstanding, I won't fight, embarrassed or not embarrassed.

In this way, the plateau was made up and down, and surrender was not either, nor was it not surrendered.

Daming waited here for a long time, and seeing that the plateau did not express his attitude, the old man finally couldn't help it, and decided to go up directly and beat him up, and subdue it by force, not to surrender nominally, he wanted to actually master the plateau.

Lhasa, Potala Palace.

Today, the monks gathered, and the monks turned the prayer wheel in their hands, bowed their heads and silently recited the scriptures, waiting for the arrival of the Dafa King.

The news of the Ming army's attack, they have already received it, not because they are well-informed, but because they have been staring at the Ming army early in the morning.

The Ming army has been training next to the plateau for so many years, and they are not blind, so as soon as the Ming army moved, they received the news on their side.

The goal of the Ming army was very obvious, they went straight to Zelagang after leaving Moerkan, presumably planning to fight directly along the Brahmaputra River to Lhasa, and then go west to take the entire plateau.

It is an offensive posture from east to west, the speed is very fast, and the offensive momentum is also very fierce.

The cathars in Zelagang did not resist even a day, and they were annihilated by the Ming cannons, as well as the huge airships, and the integrated attack of land and air.

After finishing the Zelagang, after a simple day of rest, the Ming army went along the Brahmaputra River to the station of King Xihua.

The ferocity of the Ming army and the speed of the march made these monks who thought they had the protection of a heaven-sent land frightened.

It was only at this moment that they were stunned to discover that the mysterious force that protected the plateau did not work on the Ming army.

The plateau, a heaven-sent land, a place that has never been hit by the enemy, has finally ushered in the enemy's iron hooves.

This made those very calm monks, as well as the nobles who controlled the whole place, completely panicked, and rushed to the Potala Palace one after another, found their Great Treasure King, and discussed what to do.

"The Great Treasure Venerable King has arrived!"

A shout interrupted the chanting, and all the monks and nobles opened their eyes and looked at the entrance of the main hall.

Under the gaze of everyone, an old monk wearing a Dharma robe and a Dharma hat walked in strolling, shaking the prayer wheel in his hand.

The person who came was none other than the five Karma living Buddhas of the Karma Kagyu school, Deyin Xieppa.

This person is not simple, he once traveled around Kham to teach the Fa, and his reputation was very great.

In the 7th year of Yongle, the old man sent the young eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch to Wusi Zangdu Division, and when he built a feudal mansion, he announced that he would go to Jinling together.

Yongle came to Jinling in the 8th year, and the old monk was invited by the old man to do 14 days of Dharma for the old man and his wife, and also gave the old man some immeasurable empowerment. Out of the intention of stabilizing the plateau, the old man gave a heavy reward, gave him the title of the head of Tibetan Buddhism, crowned the Great Treasure Dharma King, and became the nominal supreme commander of the plateau.

Later, the old monk toured around the Ming Dynasty, and finally stayed in Wutai Mountain and other places for more than a year before saying goodbye to the old man and returning to the plateau.

Zhu Zhangui was not there at that time, but the old monk got a lot of treasures from the old man, and the old man sent officials to escort him home.

After the Ming Dynasty received such a high treatment, it is conceivable that after the old monk returned to the plateau, how high his reputation and prestige were, coupled with the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, the old monk naturally became the highest head of the plateau.

"Meet the Great Treasure King!"

All the monks and nobles, after the old monks sat on the throne, saluted and worshipped in unison.

"Get up!"

The old monk's eyes didn't open, I don't know if he was older, or he enjoyed the feeling of being worshipped very much, and after a long time, his lips moved slightly, allowing everyone to get up.

"Thank you, Venerable Dabao!"

Everyone returned to their seats, and the Great Treasure finally opened his old yellow eyes.

"Everyone, I just received news that the Ming army has reached Tsariba, and the leader is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty."

"The Ming side did not attack immediately, but gave us an ultimatum, asking our three Dharma kings and five godfathers to order all the troops to lay down their arms and gather at the Potala Palace to wait for the verdict of the Ming Dynasty."

It was as quiet as death below, and no one dared to make a noise, let alone make a decision.

Seeing that no one was silent, the Great Treasure Venerable King sighed slightly, and then said: "A friend of mine in Daming sincerely told me that Daming's determination to recover the plateau this time is very heavy. And he also learned that the imperial court this time to recover the plateau, not to hand over the management to us as before, but to ask like the Ming Dynasty, by the officials to be responsible for management, we monks can no longer participate in any political affairs, otherwise the entire temple will be canceled, and all monks will be forcibly returned to the laity. ”

"This is too deceitful, too much, our plateau has been managed like this for many years, why do we have to listen to them when the Ming Dynasty comes."

"That is, Dharma King, the entire plateau is our property, we will never allow these robbers to take away our things, we fight with them, and the Buddha will definitely bless us."

"Yes, fight with them, we are familiar with the terrain here, we don't fight them head-on, we specifically find places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then take advantage of the dark night or bad weather to sneak attack them, defeat them, and drive them out of our plateau."

As soon as the Great Treasure Dharma King finished saying that the Ming Dynasty had recovered the plateau, the originally calm monks instantly became excited about the ruling method of the plateau.

They were silent just now because they didn't know how to deal with Da Ming, not that they were willing to be arrested.

Of course, if Daming can still guarantee their current treatment, it is not impossible to return to Daming's arms again.

But the question is, is that possible?

Although they are on the plateau, it does not mean that they are deaf and blind.

Now the three regions in the southeast and north of the plateau have all fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and there is a small mouth in the west, which is still in the hands of the Timurid Empire.

On his own territory, he has to get the consent of his own livestock to convey an order, and no one can stand it.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty wanted to take over the plateau strongly, and even sent officials to revoke their rights, which had long been expected by the monks and nobles.

They still choose to die, and they didn't talk to Daming, because they didn't want to give up the benefits and rights they had gotten.

One party wants to take it back, and the other party doesn't want to give, so what should I do? You can only fight.

At the beginning, all the monks and nobles thought that the plateau was protected by the Buddha, and the army of those outsiders would be cursed as soon as they stepped into the plateau, and the elite army would become soft-footed shrimp.

When the time comes, they will send troops to fight casually, and after they win, they can negotiate with Daming, and they will want whatever they want? .

As a result, now, there is no need to talk about it.

The defending army didn't last even a day, and it was defeated by the Ming in a daze.

They still haven't figured out how it is possible that a place with such good terrain could not be carried for a day?

The defeat of the army made them panicked, and they prayed in their hearts that the army of the Ming Dynasty could not adapt to the climate of the plateau, and they fell ill after not going far, and finally had no choice but to retreat.

But this time the Buddha seemed to be ineffective, and according to the information they received, the Ming army did not react at all except for some discomfort.

Now, coupled with the news from the Great Treasure Venerable King, everyone is desperate.

Could it be that they who have ruled the plateau for many years are going to fall into power and become those stinky monks in the Central Plains who can only recite scriptures and eat fasting?

No, it's not what they want, and they don't want to live like this.

Every day is used to being high and let them live a serf-like life, and they would rather choose to die.

"Everyone, please be quiet, please be quiet!"

Perhaps unable to stand the noise of the crowd, the Great Treasure Dharma King, who was originally sitting above with squinting eyes and shaking the prayer wheel, opened his eyes and pressed his hand to keep everyone quiet.

Seeing that His Holiness had something to say, everyone closed their mouths and sat down looking at him expectantly, hoping to receive enlightenment from the Buddha.

"Everyone..."

King Dabao coughed lightly, looked at everyone and said slowly: "Now that we have no way out, I wanted to talk to Daming, but Emperor Daming rejected me and asked me to surrender unconditionally and accept the trial of the imperial court." ”

"I chose to refuse this, we are the disciples of the Buddha, and only the Buddha can judge us."

"Now that the two sides have no possibility of negotiation, we can only use our strength to force Daming back to the negotiating table, so as to get everything we want."

"And this power is war, only death and blood can make these arrogant Ming people understand the power of our Tibetan Buddha."

"That's right, the Great Treasure Dharma King is right, fight with them, beat them to the point of bleeding, and they can honestly negotiate with us."

"That's right, fight them to the end, and even if they want to negotiate with us and fail to meet the requirements we want, we will not stop the war."

"What the Living Buddha of Tiida said is right, not only do we have to continue the current rights, but we also want the Ming Dynasty to give us the Three Elements Province, which is the place where the Buddha was born, and it should be handed over to us to manage."

"Yes, yes, the land there was given to us by the Buddha, and we should manage it."

Man's greed is limitless.

These monks and nobles just wanted to maintain their current rights at first, but when they were talking, they didn't know which nerve was wrong, and they actually felt that they could defeat Daming.

Some even thought about how to ask Daming for something after the war ended.

Some of them are even more greedy, and they have extended their claws to the Three Provinces of Ah Sanxing, wanting to put the Three Provinces under their management.

Looking at the monks and nobles below who were full of interest and discussing the division of the spoils after the war, King Dabao shook his head slightly.

The interests are moving, and the Buddha will fall if he is stained with money.

After discussion, all the monks and nobles decided to fight a decisive battle with the Ming in Lhasa, and with the help of the terrain that Lhasa was conducive to defense, they would fight to the death with the Ming to the end, force the Ming to return to the negotiating table, and force the Ming to come up with more benefits.

After the meeting, His Holiness returned to his resting place.

"You guys stand down first, I'm tired and want to rest for a while."

Arriving at the door, the Great Treasure King waved off his entourage and pushed the door alone and walked in.

Although the doors and windows of the house were closed, they were still very bright under the candlelight.

In front of the Buddha statue, a desk from the Central Plains is placed there, and on a chair on one side of the desk, a man wearing a monk's cloak is holding a book, shaking his head and reading carefully.

"Yu Shangshu, I've kept you waiting!"

Venerable Dabao sorted out his mood, folded his hands, stepped forward with a smile, and bowed to the man.

"Hehe, it's okay, there are these books, you can wait a long time."

Yu Qian, who was not accustomed to the plateau environment, gasped slightly, put the book in his hand on the desk, and got up with a smile to greet the Great Treasure Venerable King.

He was so fascinated by what he saw just now that he didn't know when the other party came in.

The two exchanged politeness, and the Great Treasure invited Yu Qian to take a seat, and said to Yu Qian after a while: "I have asked them to gather all the troops in Lhasa according to the requirements of the Great Ming. ”

Yu Qian nodded slightly, and arched his hand at the Great Treasure Dharma King.

"Your Majesty's merits, I will show your majesty, when the war begins, I hope that the King can find a safe place to hide, and when the war is over, His Highness will personally receive you."

That's right, the Great Treasure Dharma King has taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

Although he is the nominal administrator of the plateau, because he is not good at managing these, the other two Dharma Kings and the other five great sect kings have long since divided his rights, and he is now like a mascot in the plateau.

Some time ago, when the Ming Dynasty was about to attack the plateau, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, carried a letter from the Emperor Taishang and secretly found him, hoping that he could help the imperial court and quickly solve the plateau problem.

He also promised him that he would build a temple for him in the Central Plains afterwards, so that he could preach and receive the Dharma in the Central Plains.

King Dabao thought about it, the plateau would definitely not be able to stop the Ming Dynasty, and there was no right in his hands, if he didn't surrender in advance, not only would he have nothing if he won the victory in the future, but he might also become a prisoner.

So he directly chose to surrender and decided to help the Ming Dynasty and speed up the plan to recover the plateau.

Da Ming can break through Zelagang so quickly, in addition to the powerful firepower, it is also inseparable from the secret help of the Great Treasure Dharma King.

Even the route into the interior of the plateau was provided by this old monk.

Therefore, the strong fortresses all collapsed from the inside, not to mention that the pillars and pillars were rotten, and this undefeated ghost is a ghost.

"The other two Dharma Kings, can you also ask them to bring people to Lhasa and defend with you."

After talking about the follow-up questions, Yu Qian thought that there were two other Dharma Kings here on the plateau, so he thought if he could solve them together.

The Great Treasure King shook his head helplessly.

"Those two guys don't deal with me, they have been dissatisfied with me as the supreme manager of the entire plateau for so many years, and it is difficult to call them here."

Yu Qian nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Even so, I suggest you try it, under the so-called nest, if there are eggs, you can't hold it on your side, and they don't want to feel good, so in this crisis situation, they are likely to come over and join forces with you to fight against Da Ming together." ”

The Great Treasure Dharma King opened his mouth, thinking that it might be difficult, but in the end he gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

Now that he has boarded the thief ship, if he doesn't listen to Da Ming, Da Ming tells the monks and nobles below the news of his refuge, then he will be completely finished.

In the middle of April of the 4th year of Hongxi, the Dharma King Dabao, who was in Lhasa, sent a letter to the other two Dharma kings and five religious kings, inviting them to fight against the Ming Dynasty, protect their homeland, and defend their rights and status.

and told them that if they did not unite together, they would be broken by the Ming Dynasty, and also told them about the possible way of the imperial court's rule and management behind the plateau.

It's completely like Da Ming is already planning to kill us, and you guys will do it yourself.

The two Dharma Kings and the five Sect Kings, after careful consideration, agreed to the Great Treasure of His Holiness.

After leaving the forces to protect the fiefdoms, he led his troops to Lhasa, preparing to unite the forces of the entire plateau, defeat the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, and force the Ming back to the negotiating table.

At the end of April of the fourth year of Hongxi, the Ming army, under the leadership of Zhu Zhangui, broke through Chaliba and crossed the Brahmaputra River to force Lhasa.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the fourth year of Hongxi, the Ming army arrived at the periphery of Lhasa and confronted the defending plateau troops.

This war for the dominance of the plateau officially began.

This is the first main battle, and it is also the last battle.

(End of chapter)