Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 299: Soldiers quickly put down the rebellion (Part )

A rumor spread like wildfire on the snow-covered plateau that a demon had possessed the bodies of Suonan Qunpei, the rapist of three major monasteries, and Dorje Lepa, the abbot of Tashilhunpo Monastery. These two evil spirits instigated two holy monks to launch a conspiracy. The rebellion led to unrest and bloodshed on the snowy plateau. This matter is absolutely true, and the Gelug monks Zanyabandida and Daca have both spoken out to prove it. well! Demons harm people!

Rumors spread quickly, and so did Emperor Qianyuan's army. Even though the emperor is only thirty years old this year, he has been fighting for many years and knows the importance of speed. Especially for this kind of rebellion, the sooner it is eradicated, the easier it is, but the longer it takes, the harder it is. Therefore, he took ten thousand carefully selected warriors, each with three horses, and galloped towards Lhasa day and night. It took just over a month to reach Damxung in the north of Damsa.

The Damu grassland where Damxiong is located is the grazing land of the Mongols. The people of the Fourth Otok directly under the emperor and the Third Otok affiliated with the emperor nomadic here, so the imperial court is strong here. As soon as the rebellion broke out, King Sumur of Liao and Zaisang and the heads of thousands of households in Otok killed a small group of rebels near Damxiong and quickly stabilized the situation in Damu grassland.

Hearing that the emperor was back, King Sumur of Liao hurriedly brought Zaisang and heads of thousands of households in Otok to see him. Naturally, Suletan wanted to comfort these heroes in countering the rebellion one by one.

"The young monk saw His Majesty and thought that Dorje would launch a rebellion and harm the common people. It is really a shame for Karma Kagyu. The young monk and him are incompatible with each other," suddenly a monk wearing a red tapo hat said.

Suletan took a closer look and recognized it. But it was one of the seven great national masters he personally anointed, Karma Kagyu Red Hat Dharma Platform Chozhu Jiadun. It is said that Karma Kagyu is divided into two groups: black hat and red hat. Originally, the Black Hat was stronger than the Red Hat, but because Qu cited Dorje to support Zangba Khan, it was suppressed and its power declined greatly. However, the Red Hat's Zhu Jiadun saw that the situation was not good and turned to support Suletan, and was granted the title of National Master. , the strength is greatly increased.

Zhujiadun's current status is mainly due to the support of Emperor Qianyuan, so Quyin Dorje's disciple Yixi Dorje rebelled in Tsurbu Temple and captured Suoba County. When he was asked to join him, he flatly refused. Not only did he refuse, he also informed the court. Although the main temple of Red Hat is Yangbajing Temple in Damxiong, the leader has been stationed at Gangbo Temple in Shannan for a long time. When the rebellion started, he estimated that the emperor's army would inevitably return from Damxiong, so he simply changed his residence to Yangbajing Temple in order to become the first great monk to express his loyalty to the emperor in person.

Suletan was very moved and felt that his previous view was wrong. Bald donkey, no, there are still good people among monks, but Zhu Jiadun is very good. He can be of one mind with me and the court at the critical moment!

"Alas! The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough wind knows the honest minister. In critical moments, the master can brave the wind and rain and be loyal to the court. I will remember this loyalty in my heart," he said with a smile.

After receiving the emperor's praise, Zhu Jiadun only felt that his bones were lighter by a few kilograms, and he hurriedly expressed his loyalty, "Your Majesty has shown great kindness to my Red Hat family. Those people actually dared to launch a rebellion. I swear that I will not be in conflict with them." !”

"Good~good~" Emperor Qianyuan praised several times. Suddenly he remembered and asked Liu Haogu, the Minister of Rites, "I remember that Zhigong Temple was seriously damaged after Master Queji Wangqiu was killed by Arslan. Now. How's it going?" He asked knowingly, because he was afraid of the power of the great monks. Whenever he encountered a temple that was damaged in the war, he would not spend a penny to repair it. Instead, he would take the opportunity to take back the temple property that could not provide proof of title deeds and so on. Treasury. Therefore, Zhigong Temple is definitely not repaired.

Sure enough, Liu Haogu said: "Your Majesty, Zhigong Temple is currently abandoned and uninhabited."

"Master Liu, I will allocate a sum of money from the internal funds to the Ministry of Rites. You will urge people to rebuild Zhigong Temple and hand it over to Master Chozhu Jiadun."

"Yes, Your Majesty." In the blink of an eye, the emperor gave the Karma Kagyu Red Hat Sect a large temple. He just wants to tell the world through such a generous gesture that I will not treat those who are loyal to me badly.

After receiving the leading civil and military officials and carefully understanding the current situation, the emperor stared at the map and fell into deep thought. After the Karma Kagyu black hat army captured Suoba, the Gelug army in Shigatse did not dare to cross the Yarlung Zangbo River to join forces with them to attack Lhasa due to the resistance of Yangsiduo, Lingsibenzhai and Langkazi. This gives me every opportunity to defeat them!
However, the rebellion in Lhasa had just been put down, and the head of ten thousand households, Narisong, and Lhasa's commander-in-chief, Saihan, still had to guard the capital and station troops everywhere, so they could not mobilize troops to assist in the battle. The only ones who could participate in the war were the 10,000 elite soldiers he brought and some Mongolian herdsmen from the Damu Grassland, while Yixi Duoji's rebels also numbered more than 10,000. In terms of numbers, both sides were evenly matched. Whether to fight now or wait until the army behind arrives and then fight with absolute certainty needs to be weighed.

"Haha", Suletan suddenly laughed, "What's wrong with me? Why do I become less courageous the more we fight? My ten thousand troops are all warriors who came out of the sea of ​​​​blood along with me. How can it be compared to those rabble?
Thinking of this, he ordered Deputy Ten Thousand Household Chief Sandan and Du Qianhu Tegus Chaoketu to lead 3,000 troops as the vanguard. He also led 7,000 middle troops. He also ordered his younger brother Sumur to lead 2,000 troops to recruit from Damu Grassland. The army was the rear army and quietly crossed Nyenchen Tangla Mountain.

The majestic Nyenchen Tangla Mountain has an average altitude of more than 6,000 meters. The top of the mountain is covered with thick ice and snow all year round. It is one of the three sacred mountains in the snow area together with Gangdise and Maji Snow Mountain. The people in the snowy land have given this mountain a romantic legend. The holy lake Namtso in the north and Nyenchen Tangla were once a loving couple. He was her husband and she was his concubine.

The main camp of the Yixi Duoji rebels was located in the Chubu Temple on the south side of the mountain. To put down the rebellion, they had to cross the mountain first.

The wise and powerful Emperor Qianyuan was right. The combat power of the Guards was indeed much higher than that of the rebels. However, he did not expect that the main enemy of the Guards was not the rebels, but this sacred mountain. Although the Guardsmen had experienced hundreds of battles and had rich experience in mountain marches, they still suffered greatly when they climbed the towering Nyenchen Tangla Mountains in winter.

The soldiers carried weapons and packages on their backs, led their horses, and set out on a path along the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Looking from a distance, the sacred mountain looks like a mighty warrior blocking the way. The top of the mountain was covered with snow and the white light was dazzling. The weapons and packages were as heavy as a thousand pounds, forcing them to slow down. As I crawled, my chest felt like a fire was burning, and my limbs gradually became weak. Fortunately, they were all veterans, working in groups of three or five, eating dry food and chewing snow, replenishing their strength while walking. Marks were also set along the way, so they did not dare to fall behind, and almost no one fell behind. Falling behind means danger and death.

The snow on the mountain was calm and smooth, emitting a dazzling white light under the weak and dim sunlight. These veterans have climbed over snow-capped mountains many times and know that the snow on the mountains is extremely deep. If one foot steps down and the other foot cannot be replaced, the person will sink into the snow and be swallowed up by the snow. So everyone cheered up, gritted their teeth, stepped down with their left foot, hurriedly moved their right foot to the front and stepped down, and then quickly pulled out their left foot, so that they advanced alternately one foot after another, climbing to the top of the mountain.

Seeing that they were halfway up the mountain, the veteran Alani breathed a sigh of relief. According to experience, the terrain halfway up the mountain was flatter and there would be less snow. In the past, when marching in the mountains, they would climb halfway up the mountain to make rice. Thinking of the fragrant dried beef and mutton, his mouth watered, and his muscles relaxed unconsciously. He accidentally stepped on a piece of ice and his body tilted, falling down the mountainside into the valley.

"Ah~"

A long echo echoed in the valley. The other veterans seemed not to hear it and continued to climb up in silence.

After the 3,000 forwards led by Sandan and Teguschaoketu crossed Nyenchen Tangla Mountain, their 27 veterans were buried forever in the mountain.

(End of this chapter)