In September on the Qingtang Plateau, there are occasional sparse snowflakes falling, but most of the time, the weather is still good.
Because it is located on a plateau, you can actually feel the heat of the sun even in this cold weather. It is a strange feeling that the temperature is not high, but it can make your skin hurt.
After crossing Tanggula Mountain, we reached the four northern territories - Nagqu, Yangbajing, Bangcang and Langru.
Among these four divisions, the Nagqu Division is the most powerful.
At this time, the Naqu tribe was called the Heishui tribe, which was called according to the custom of the Tang Dynasty. Because the Naqu River (the upper reaches of the Nu River) where the Naqu tribe got its name was called the Black Water at this time, the Naqu tribe was naturally called the Heishui tribe. Ministry of Water.
All members of the team were wrapped in silver war robes and carried six swastika flags on a silver and white background, gold sun and moon flags on a silver and white background of the Zhangzhou royal family, a silver and gold sun-shining flag on a silver and white background that represented Zhang Zhang's supreme status as heaven, and a The procession of the Three-Chen Banner with a silver-white background, symbolizing the Great Zhou Dynasty, was slowly passing through the territory of the Black Water Department.
Along with the team, there were a large number of monks wearing silver-white sea green robes.
They have thick hands and feet, holding Buddhist beads, drums, etc. Although they are not riding horses, they can keep up with the walking speed of the team with only a pair of iron feet.
During the march, these monks would sing sutras and songs from time to time, and many soldiers in the team would often dismount their horses to sing. It looked less like an army coming to conquer, and more like a team spreading the Dharma.
The leader of the Blackwater Tribe is called Naputa, which means black tiger. The Blackwater Tribe accepts the rule of the Lhasa king Zanpu Triwang Xuzan, and the fifth generation ancestor of Triwang Xuzan is the last Zang of the Tubo Empire who destroyed Buddhism. Purandama.
Seeing this strange team approaching, Napda quickly led 1,500 soldiers to stop it, but he was soon shocked and speechless.
Not only because there were more than 10,000 soldiers on the opposite side, but also because the soldiers on the opposite side were all wearing silver-white robes, and the black armor underneath looked very high-end.
For many years, Napda only knew from the oral tradition passed down by his ancestors that there was such an armored lion under Zampu when the empire was at its most glorious.
Napda glanced at the already somewhat old armor on his body, and suddenly felt a wave of inferiority in his heart, as if he was facing a proud and noble snow lion, and he was a wild dog that had only wallowed in the mire.
"What a wonderful armor! What a powerful war horse. If I could have such a war horse and precious armor, I would definitely go to Luozhe and show those annoying Luozhe nobles what true nobility is."
The youngest son of Naputa was chattering beside him. The last time he went to Luozhao, he fell in love with the daughter of a noble family. As a result, he was severely despised. He was still holding back his anger.
"Grandpa, get out of here, we can't stop it, even the black water can't stop these god-like warriors.
It is said that they are the punishment knights of the living Buddha, the Supreme Dharma King. Their swords and guns have been blessed by the Supreme Heaven. The souls of those killed by them will suffer in the endless hell forever. "
Napada knew that his eldest son would say this, because his majestic eldest son was known to outsiders as Gelon by the Black Water.
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Gelong means pure beggar in Tubo. Obviously, this is a Buddhist term.
And the reason why his eldest son was called Blackwater Biangelong was because he supported a mentor and his disciples in the tribe.
This mentor does not mean the Chinese mentor. It is pronounced as Lama in Tibetan, which means a person with supreme kindness.
Although the descendants of Langdama from Lhasa have been implementing the policy of suppressing Buddhism because their ancestors had exterminated Buddhism, this ban has become increasingly loosened now.
Lian Zanpu Triwang Xuzan's cousin Niobagon was expelled because of his belief in Buddha and lost the right to inherit Zampu's position.
But the descendants of Langda Mazampu like them are like this, and one can imagine the following situation.
However, Napda was not ready to retreat yet. The pontoon on the Black Water River had been demolished by him, and all nearby ferries were in the hands of the Black Water Department. There was no danger for the time being.
How could he give up in vain when he was stuck in such a natural danger? The other side should be heading towards Luoshe City. Tribes like the Black Water Tribe would not usually go on a killing spree.
Moreover, Napda knew in his heart that his eldest son Gelong had been suppressed by him because of his belief in Buddha. If he returned to the territory of the Black Water Tribe, he would let these cavalry pass.
Then when the news comes from some heavenly place that Zanpu has returned to Buddhism, the supporters behind the eldest son, the eldest son's uncle's family, will come to trouble him, and Napda may be driven out of office.
Therefore, he will not leave. He wants to see if these people on the other side will be willing to make some conditions.
Sure enough, after seeing that the cavalry of the Black Water Department did not leave, a man wearing a Tang white robe and a Tubo snow leopard skin hat came out from the opposite formation.
Behind him, there were several men dressed similar to Napda.
"The moon has already hung on the treetops, and the eagle has returned to the mountainside long ago. What makes the man from the Black Water Department not return to the felt tent?"
The man in white robe sang loudly, using a standard Luxe accent.
This is a characteristic of all ethnic groups in this era. This kind of scene meeting usually starts with a ballad.
The Han people were like this in the past. It is said that most of the 300 poems were applied to similar situations.
Napda feels a little inferior again, because he has a strong accent from the four northern regions, and he has not yet learned the gorgeous words and beautiful accents in Luozhe dialect.
But it was impossible not to answer, so he could only hold his nose and sing: "The moon is a god in the sky, so it can hang on the treetops.
The eagle has the most at ease soul, so it can fly back to the mountainside.
Poor people from the Blackwater Department! They are Zamp's giant mastiffs, and they have to guard the felt tent so they can't sleep. "
As soon as Napda finished speaking, the three Tibetan men who had been standing behind the white-robed man suddenly shouted in unison.
"The loyal mastiff is brave and good at fighting. In order to protect the felt tent, he is never afraid of jackals, tigers and leopards.
But Zampu of Luoxue City was not a merciful master and he never managed the family well.
Only Rinpoche came down from the mountain and brought the compassionate Dharma. "
There was nothing special about these words, but Napuda's eyes widened suddenly, because the three people singing across the river were the leaders of Yangbajing, Bangcang, and Langru.
They and the Blackwater Tribe are relatives of the era marriage, and are collectively known as the Four Northern Tribes.
In extreme shock, Napda no longer cared about singing answers. He hurried to the river. After seeing clearly that he was indeed the leader of the other three tribes, he shouted in disbelief: "Zampu is not a good leader. But he is always a Tibetan!"
"Jiamusa is from the Han region, but he is still the Bodhisattva of the Tibetan people.
Isn’t the mother of Dharma King Zampu Trisong Detsen also a princess from Han Dynasty?
Do the athletes from the Blackwater Division recognize this flag? "The man in white robes is Lun Boren, and the flag he is flying is also the banner with the emblem of the Gar family where their ancestor Lu Dongzan, the former Tibetan Prime Minister, was.
Napoda was greatly shocked. Although the Gar family had left the plateau for hundreds of years, the legend of their family had never ceased.
After all, Ludongzan's significance to the Tibetan people was sometimes even greater than that of Songtsen Gampo, and he could at least be compared to a heroic ancestor.
Seeing that Napda was shocked, Lunbo Ren spoke again, "Supreme Heaven's physical body was born in Dunhuang, Shazhou, and grew up in Dunhuang. Many people from the six generations of his father's ancestors came to Shazhou Jie, why did you take Supreme Heaven's physical body That it has nothing to do with the Tubo people?
What a courage! "
Jie'er is the name of a Tubo official position, which is roughly equivalent to the governor of the Tang Dynasty. Some ancestors of the Zhang family did serve as Jie'er in Shazhou.
In order to prevent Hexi Tang'er from violently resisting his rule, Tubo Zanpu Trisong Detsen always insisted that his biological mother was Princess Jincheng. Now the Liufa Sect just happened to seize the opportunity to accuse Han and Tibet of being the same family. People.
And this was Zhang Yan's advantage. No emperor in the past dynasties had such a close relationship with the Tubo people.
And because of the deeds of the Zhang family, especially Zhang Yichao, Zhang Yan can flexibly adjust the direction of publicity.
Normally speaking, Zhang Yichao is of course a great hero who never forgets his homeland and vows to return to the Tang Dynasty.
But the Tubo people can also be described as local powerful people who were dissatisfied with the oppression of the Zampu family and raised an army. Anyway, when Zhang Yichao raised an army that year, a large number of Tubo people participated under his command.
As for Zhang Yichao, who killed a large number of Tibetan nobles and officials and finally returned to the Tang Dynasty, this was nothing in the eyes of the Tibetan people.
Because just before and after Zhang Yichao raised his army a hundred years ago, a large-scale civilian uprising broke out in Tubo. They dug up the graves of Zampu of all generations and killed a large number of descendants and nobles of the Zampu family.
To be honest, the intensity of the Shazhou uprising at that time was smaller than that of the civilian uprising in Luoche. The ancestors of Napda started their careers due to this turmoil.
Therefore, after hearing what Lunbo Ren said, the last bit of discomfort in Napda's heart immediately disappeared. He was on the riverside, bowing to the monks of the Six Dharma Sect in the distance.
"Servant, I have heard for a long time that the Buddha's light shines outside the mountain. It is a great fate to see him today. Please wait a moment for Rinpoche. I will immediately build a bridge and send a boat to meet him."
After saying that, Napoda quickly ordered his youngest son to do things like building a bridge, and even changed his attitude towards his eldest son Gelong.
"My son is right. The Black Water Tribe should kneel down to welcome the light of mercy from the Supreme Heaven. You should quickly go and invite the mentors from the tribe. All of us must believe in Buddhism."
Nagqu is the northern gateway to Luoshu. With the help of the Black Water Division, the coalition of more than 10,000 people, composed of the Sixth Department of Dafeichuan and the 31st Dongdai of Songpan Prefecture, quickly passed the natural barrier of the Nagqu River and began to advance towards Luosu. .
At the same time, after passing Nagqu, we came to the relatively dense core area of the plateau.
Along the way, thanks to the big-mouthed propaganda from the four northern ministries, the news that the benevolent light of the Supreme God was about to descend on Luoche spread rapidly throughout the country like the cold wind in September.
Soon, plateau Buddhism, which had been suppressed for more than a hundred years, began to wake up. Countless rinpoches, lamas, and Gelongs emerged from their hidden holes like awakened marmots and followed the team one after another.
Even if the cold wind blows along the way, there are always pious people with their families waiting on the roadside to greet them.
They held up their only food, hoping that this Buddhist team from outside the mountain would accept their offerings.
Countless Buddhists who had been oppressed took wooden spears and broken knives and followed the team towards Luoche.
When Lun Boren waited for Nagqu, he only had 10,000 horsemen. After passing Dangxiong, there were almost 30,000 people. When he arrived outside Luoche City, the flags were flying in the sky and there was a huge water. There were at least 50,000 or 60,000 people. Riding a lot.
This is also an important reason why Lun Boren and others decided to go directly to Luoche. Originally, he wanted to camp in Naqu and wait for next spring to go to Luoche for a decisive battle with the Zanpu army.
Of course, these 50,000 to 60,000 cavalry are just here with them. If there really is a fight, the outcome will still be decided by these 10,000 cavalry.
Of the remaining 40,000 to 50,000 riders, even though many of them are Buddhist believers or even monks, the vast majority of them are also helping whoever wins them.
In Luoxue City, Zanpu Chiwang Xuzan discussed with the ministers around him in fear. This was really an unforeseen disaster!
You must know that the royal line of Lhasa has been passed down to this day only by the feudal aristocratic families such as Lu Hui, Ba, and Re, who held it up as a nominal Zanpu. The power cannot leave the Potala Palace.
Could it be that now, even this little power has to be taken away?
When they arrived outside Luoche City, Lunbo Ren also deliberately stayed in the village without provoking any provocation. The frightened Zampu and Tubo nobles in the whole city didn't know what they were doing.
After waiting for two days, in this strange atmosphere, at least nearly one hundred thousand Tubo people gathered outside Luoche City, and a huge crowd came to watch the excitement.
Lunbo Rencai ordered people to go forward to challenge, and outside the city, he enumerated the atrocities of the Zanpu family in destroying the Buddha and the cruel oppression of the rule.
This was a strategy that had been prepared by the Zhaowu Scholars' Office of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the think tanks of the Confucians themselves when they went out for the expedition.
If a war really started, although the Zampu family would have been torn apart long ago, the Lhasa royal family would not have much power.
However, as the core area of the plateau, Luosuo is still surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people, and its combat effectiveness is not low. In addition, there are several reasons such as natural dangers and climate.
With the Tibetan leftovers like Dafeichuan Liubu and Songpan Thirty-one Dongdai, with the concerted efforts of the local people, there is a high probability that they will be defeated.
But now that they are doing this, they immediately turn what was originally a move to seize power into a resurgence of the Buddhists on the plateau and the Gar family's return for revenge.
Then this is a lively event. There hasn’t been such a lively show on the plateau for hundreds of years.
Anyway, it is an internal struggle and does not involve other people. Many tribal warriors and ordinary people come with their families to watch. It is more lively than the Asam Festival, the predecessor of the Tibetan New Year.
When Lunbo Ren saw this, he immediately ordered his soldiers to kill cattle and sheep, cook salty and sweet milk tea, make delicious highland barley tsampa, and even bring out the wine produced in Khotan. The fragrance attracted the salivation of warriors from all tribes. Three feet.
At this time, life on the Qingtang Plateau was still relatively difficult without the product support of the Huangshui Valley and northern Tianzhu.
Sugar and salt, especially white sugar, are very precious on the plateau and cannot be eaten by ordinary people, not to mention Khotan wine. Zampu can only drink a small cup every day.
At this time, the master of manipulating people's hearts hidden in the team, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guards, Li Xiaojie, appeared.
He ordered the monks of the Six Dharma Sect to preach on the left. Anyone who was willing to listen to the monks' sermons and chant the Buddha's name of the Six Dharma Sect was given tsampa and small pieces of beef and mutton. The children were also given white sugar lard cakes from the Central Plains.
Also, Bo Ren and others set up a ring on the right and invited Tibetan warriors to compete on the stage. The winner drank Khotanese wine and ate large pieces of beef and mutton.
The loser also gets a bowl of steaming milk tea to drink and tsampa to eat.
This is so attractive. Under Li Xiaojie's manipulation, there is really a sea of people outside Luozhe City. It has not been so lively in many years.
Young and old are listening to the Dharma and paying homage. Men compete in the ring and on the racecourse, and use martial arts to make friends. Women dressed in colorful clothes sang and danced everywhere, and drank sweet milk tea greedily together.
There are even some small tribes and herdsmen who specially bring their wives and daughters here to exchange genes with these people from outside the mountains, so as to prevent fools from being born in the tribe.
Zamp and the nobles in the city were all dumbfounded. Damn it, are you here to fight, or are you here to visit relatives?
