Chapter 12: The Battle between Huang Hong (Five)

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, the clouds of the war finally approached Tibet. The dispute between the Yellow Sect, the Red Sect, the Bon Sect, and the White Sect seemed to have reached the time to decide the outcome.

At this time, Dunyue Dorje's secular power in Kang District reached its peak. The original policy of tolerance for Buddhists in the jurisdiction began to change. Because of the different Buddhist teachings, Dunyue Dorje severely rebuked Buddhist monks, especially Karmadanpei's believers. However, these rebukes did not lead to the open break between Dunyue Dorje and Buddhism.

Gu Shihan saw that the Ming court showed strong strength, but he did not seem to have intervened in Qinghai. At most, the army went out to the border to suppress bandits. He did not eliminate too much with Qinghai, Tibet chieftains, and the local kings. At most, there was some exchange between border trade officials. He thought that the religious struggles here were too complicated, and he wanted to watch the fire from the other side of the river, or wait for the cranes and clams to fight, and the fisherman benefited. Therefore, he quietly sent an envoy to Xining to see Zuo Liangyu, hoping to test the attitude of the Ming court first.

The Heshuo Special Army was willing to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and Zuo Liangyu naturally welcomed him, but he was the military chief and the trade and economic affairs were not his. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the court had a Tea-Master Office to take charge, so the Heshuo Special Army was sent to the Ming Dynasty.

Although the future has been dealt with, Zuo Liangyu has been paying great attention to the movements of Qinghai, Tibet and Mongolian tribes in the past three years. Although he cannot know everything, the movements of each tribe are basically very clear. In addition, the Military Information Department has also established an intelligence network that radiates the northwest with foot merchants in these areas. The Panchen Lasang of Huangjiao, Luosang, was the former Tibetan Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery, and was hosted to send close contacts between the confidant Lama monks and Gu Shihan. Under the strict monitoring of the Military Information Department, although the Huangjiao has some strength and does have some appeal among ordinary people, the Tibetan Bahan who believes in the Red Sect is in power in Tibet.

, hating the Huang Cult and occupying the secular regime of Lhasa made the living environment of the Huang Cult in Tibet more and more difficult, which forced them to look for foreign aid. Gu Shihan, the Hoshuo Special tribe of the Moxi Mongolian tribe, is a loyal believer of the Huang Cult. He is brave and resourceful and powerful. He finally convinced Gu Shihan to send troops to help the Huang Cult regain the controlled regime in Tibet. The Huang Cult's series of secret plans naturally made Zangba Khan alert, and the oppression of the Huang Cult suddenly increased. Not only did it seem to restrict the freedom of the Huang Cult monks, but the Panchen Lama himself and the Dalai Lama Fifth were secretly monitored, and sent people to unite with Tushetu Khan and asked him to send troops to Lhasa to help him destroy the Huang Cult in one fell swoop.

At this time, Gu Shihan also agreed to be the Huang Cult's Dharma King. In order to understand the actual situation, he first ordered the Shang Envoy to spy on the Ming court, and disguised himself as a pilgrimage to worship Buddha, and passed through Qinghai to Tibet from Xinjiang to conduct on-site investigations and investigate the enemy's situation.

At this time, Arslan, the son of Tushetutukhan, also led 10,000 Mongolian cavalry to head to Tibet, preparing to aid the Tibetan Bahan and eliminate the Gelug sect of the Yellow Sect.

The two teams suddenly met. Although Gu Shihan had only more than 100 guards around him, both sides were unspecified opponents. Gu Shihan met Arslan as a pilgrimage pilgrimage.

Arslan is not a fool either. A pilgrim is following more than a hundred tough guards. Is this something ordinary people can have? Gu Shihan did not immediately reveal his identity, but Arslan did not dare to neglect him. After his words, he was very pleased, so he invited Gu Shihan to go to Lhasa together.

Although Tushetuhan was a stray dog, most of his strength still existed. Therefore, the reason why he led his army to aid the Chahar Mongolian tribe has some relationship with the Ming court. After entering Qinghai, the Ming court also secretly gave him a lot of care, allowing him to quickly gain a foothold in Qinghai. After all, there is still a possibility of subdue the forces along the way. The Later Jin is also the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and the enemy is a friend!

Along the way, Gu Shihan persuaded Arslan not to be hostile to the Yellow Sect. Arslan was young after all, and could not withstand Gu Shihan's sweet words. He did not know the consequences of changing his faith at will, so he immediately changed his attitude. The Mongolian cavalry he led also listened to the lectures of the Fifth Dalai Lama Awang Luosang Gyatso.

Arslan's behavior was reported to Tushetu Khan by the Karma Kagyu Sect. Tushetu Khan was very angry and ordered his generals to assassinate Arslan.

Zuo Liangyu wrote a series of things worthy of attention that happened in Tibet and Qinghai into detailed memorials and submitted them to the court.

Zuo Liangyu's memorial attracted the attention of the Junji Pavilion. Zhu Yinglong's attention to Tibet was known to several ministers of the Junji Pavilion. Sooner or later, the court will intervene in the struggle in Tibet, but at this time, Zuo Liangyu's memorial may be advanced.

However, Sun Chengzong and others also had another concern, that is, the strength of Jin, the potential enemy behind the Ming Dynasty, has grown too fast in the past two years, and it also has a powerful weapon for siege - artillery. Although its power cannot be compared with that of the Ming Dynasty, it has already had a slight threat, and its military power is said to be 800,000.

As early as the Nurhaci period, there were 16 Han Niulu among the Eight Banners of Manchuria. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, in the third year of Tiancong, in the first month of the second year of Chongzhen, more than 2,000 Han Niulu were allocated, and officially became a Han army flag, and the Han official Tong Yangxing was ordered to rule. In the fifth year of Tiancong, in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji officially named the "old Han army" the Han army, marking the black flag. Because the person who cast artillery at that time was basically Han people, and those who used these firearms were also the ones who used the cannons.

Originally, he was a Han Chinese, and after he obtained hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians whom Mao Wenlong carried from the frozen island, Huang Taiji expanded the Han army into the Eight Banners, and obtained more than 100,000 infantry troops. In addition to the Mongolian army, the Korean army, and Huang Taiji expanded his army in the past two years. He saw a total of 32 banners of four tribes, and obtained about 600,000 troops, and was known as 800,000 to the public. Among them, the Later Jin and Mongolia each had about 200,000 iron cavalry, the Han army 120,000, including Mao Wenlong's elite troops, about 30,000 navy troops, and 80,000 Korean troops.

There is such a strong neighbor, and he can't wait to open his fangs, madly swallowing the weak forces around him, strengthening his own strength. Seeing that his opponents are becoming stronger day by day, the court has taken some measures to suppress the pace of the Later Jin Dynasty, but it is too late. Moreover, the court has focused its energy on the country. Although the military expenditure is increasing every year, it has enough defense and insufficient offense. If the court intervenes in the war in Tibet at this time, it is okay to quickly calm the situation of the war. If the war cannot be resolved quickly and is trapped in the quagmire, if it drags on for a few years, the evil wolf in the Northeast will become stronger again. Once the war begins, it may be difficult to take into account both.

"Tell Zuo Liangyu and let him maintain the status quo in Tibet for five years." Zhu Yinglong looked at Zuo Liangyu's memorial and said nothing, and directly gave the Military Machine Pavilion such an explanation.

When Zuo Liangyu received the order from the Military Machine Pavilion, he could only smile bitterly. The battle was about to start, and the status quo needs to be maintained for five years. How to maintain it?

Gu Shihan, dressed as a pilgrimage, and his party arrived in Lhasa safely. The Dalai Lama gave Gu Shihan the title of "Tenzin Chojie" (meaning the Dharma King of the Teachings). Gu Shihan secretly discussed with the fifth Dalai Lama and the fourth Panchen Lama, and decided that Gu Shihan would lead a large army to Qinghai from Xinjiang, saying that he would eliminate Bailitus Dunyuedorji, and then march to Tibet to eliminate Disizhaba.

After Arslan was killed, part of his 10,000 Mongolian cavalry followed Gu Shihan and Shuote's troops. Most of them were Arslan's confidants, and even after they went back, they would be cleaned up. Naturally, they would not be stupid enough to go back and wait for the beheading. Some were Tushetu Khan's subordinates, and this part was left in Lhasa and was treated as a guest of honor by Zangba Khan.

Due to Zuo Liangyu's intervention and even obscurely admonishing Tushetukhan not to intervene in the religious dispute in Tibet, Tushetukhan seemed to be a little remorseful and became a little alienated from Dunyue Dorje and Disizangba. However, the army sent to Lhasa was not recalled, but just maintained a lot of restraint.

In addition, Tu Xietu Khan went to Xining to pay homage to Zuo Liangyu and was personally received by Zuo Liangyu, which made Gu Shihan some concerns. He originally planned to destroy Tu Xietu Khan, but when the situation reversed, Gu Shihan did not dare to send troops easily, fearing that the Ming court would unite with Tu Xietu, and that he would not be able to fight at that time.

Zuo Liangyu wrote another letter to the court, asking Elinchen to invite the fourth Panchen Lama and the fifth Dalai Lama to visit Qingcheng in the name of the Living Buddha of Maidal. Behind Elinchen is the Ming Dynasty court. It is obvious that the Panchen Lama and the Dalai Lama to visit Qingcheng would not have been possible without the permission of the Ming Dynasty. This visit is of great significance. Huang Cult got a little breathing opportunity for this, and Zangba Khan did not dare to make any small moves behind the scenes of the visit of the two Popes of Huang Cult. If it provokes the Ming Dynasty, it will be of no benefit to Dunyue Duoji and Zangba Khan. Therefore, the clouds of war in Tibet quickly dissipated a lot. Zuo Liangyu successfully stabilized the current situation in Tibet, and the two sides were at peace for the time being.
Chapter completed!