In Chongsheng Temple, Qiongre Duojin was wearing a simple robe, without even a guard around him. He just stood at the door of the temple hall like a green pine.
Many monks from Chongsheng Temple peeked outside the door to see this brave general from the Central Plains. It was said that he was Jialan who was assigned by the Buddha to come down to earth to protect the supreme heaven.
Although the teachings of the Azhali Sect are vastly different from those of the Six Dharma Sects, everyone believes in the Buddha and can be the same in some places. Someone with Qiongre Duojin’s status will naturally attract onlookers.
The current head of Chongsheng Temple is surnamed Dong, and he is the fifth uncle of Dong Sankuo.
The monks of the Azhali sect can get married and have children, so there is no such thing as escaping into Buddhism. The fifth uncle of Dong Sankuo, the chief disciple of Juerong, not only has many children, but also has great-grandsons and great-granddaughters. Quite a few.
Qiongre Duojin looked at Monk Juerong walking toward him indifferently, without any expression on his face, and then turned his attention to the white-faced monk behind Monk Juerong.
Monk Juerong is over eighty years old this year, and his beard and hair are all white. This Azhali sect does not pay attention to tonsure, but it cannot have long hair, but a straight-cut hair similar to that of later generations. Of course you have to get tonsured, too. OK.
Compared with Monk Juerong, who had white beard and hair, this white-faced monk with a tall nose and deep eyes was at most in his thirties, and looked almost like Monk Juerong's grandson.
Qiongreduo Jinzai stared at the white-faced monk carefully. The more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt, as if he had seen it before somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.
Qiongre Duojin was still trying to remember, but the white-faced monk put his hands together, saluted him very piously, and said in a slightly jerky Tang tone:
"As expected, it's Jialan who's in front of me. I think it's the Dharma King himself who will do great things in China."
As soon as the title of Dharma King came out, Qiongre Duojin finally remembered that this white-faced monk seemed to be one of the disciples of the first monk Baotongzi of Nalanda Temple.
When Zhang Yan took them to move the treasures of Nalanda Temple, he asked these monks to help transport them because of insufficient manpower, so Qiongre Duojin still had some impressions.
Seeing this monk, Qiongre Duojin also knew what the old monk Juerong meant by asking the saint to send someone who had been to Tianzhu to come here to the Six Dharma Sect monks disguised as Jinyi guards.
"It seems that the magical master is not willing to be a pure child of the Supreme Heaven, but wants to return to the land of Buddha in Tianzhu?"
Qiongre Duojin wanted to laugh a little. He was a Tubo slave soldier, and he was a bit religious. After following Zhang Yan for so long, he still had good taste.
These monks are so whimsical! As far as the current situation of Tianzhu Buddhism is concerned, it is impossible to defeat those Brahmins. All pathways have been blocked by Brahmins.
The Azhali sect still wants to go to Tianzhu. Do they want to see with their own eyes how miserable Tianzhu Buddhism is?
Back then, the saint had personally told them that Buddhism in Tianzhu was destined to perish and would never have a chance. Qiongre Duojin believed it without a doubt.
Of course, Qiongre Duojin was professionally trained, and no matter how funny it was, he would never laugh, but his tone of voice was not very kind, and he immediately made Monk Juerong feel a little unnatural.
After a long while, the old monk smiled bitterly and said: "Don't blame Jialan, some things are already clear to the old monk at his age.
Since the eminent monk Zantuo Juduo came to Tiannan to teach the Dharma, Mahakara has been spread here for hundreds of years. But now that the Supreme Heaven is approaching, how can Mahakara continue to exist? It is better to go back to Tianzhu. . "
Qiongre Duojin's face remained calm, but he nodded in his heart, because no matter whether the saint allowed the Six Methods Sect to enter Dali or not, the Azali Sect had only two choices, either to convert to the Six Methods Sect or to be eliminated.
Because the Azhali sect and the Liufa sect are similar in some circumstances, both sects hold the Buddha high as a mascot.
The only difference is that the Six Dharma Sects regard the Supreme Being as the closed disciple of the Buddha and inherit the Buddha's will as the last Buddha in the world.
As for the Azhali sect, they worship two gods. Those who pray for blessings and avoid disasters and diseases are worshiped by Guanyin, and those who worship the Mahakala of Sheji, war, and natural disasters.
To put it more generally, the Ajali sect split the Supreme Heaven of the Six Dharmas Sect into the slender-waisted Avalokitesvara and Mahakala, the god of Mahakala.
Under this narrative system, sects such as the Liufa Sect and Zen Sect can debate each other's sutras in order to live in harmony, but for the Azhali sect, the only option is to use war to eliminate both body and mind.
The white-faced monk looked at Qiongre Duojin, who was beginning to think deeply, and reached out to hand over a letter written on a Bayeux leaf, also known as a Bedoro leaf.
"Please Jialan submit this letter to the Dharma King, and ask the Dharma King to show mercy and save Nalanda Temple again."
Juerong also echoed from the side: "The old monk is about to die and wants to be a believer in the Supreme Heaven. However, he is afraid that his children and grandchildren will cause trouble if they cannot see Mount Tai. If the Supreme Heaven can make it happen, the monks in Azhali will be grateful. I would like to leave some people to help the eldest prince to conquer Tiannan forever."
Qiongre Duojin thought for a while, although when he came, Zhang Yan had already granted him great autonomy, saying that all matters could be decided after discussing with Guo Rong and Zhang Fei.
Although Qiongre Duojin did not read the content of Baye's letter, he felt that it was unusual, so he decisively chose to send an urgent message to Luoyang, the capital of China, day and night.
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Luoyang, Jinyong Palace, Zhang Yan could not help but curl up the corner of his mouth while holding this volume of Bayeux letter. The content of the letter was very simple, he was here to ask for help.
The reason is that after Zhang Yan left Tianzhu, he left an extremely favorable situation for Tianzhu Buddhism and the Polo Kingdom.
But in these short twenty years, Tianzhu Buddhism has developed further, and they can't even defeat the Quzheluo-Palotihara Kingdom, which was divided into three parts.
Now Qunu City has long been lost, and Nalanda Temple is also in danger. The Polo Dynasty, which supports Buddhism, has been defeated in three consecutive wars and is almost on the verge of national subjugation.
When Zhang Gao was in Tianzhu, these people were eager for him to leave, but when they were in this situation, they immediately remembered Zhang Gao's kindness, so they quickly sent people to prepare to ask Zhang Gao for help.
However, Zhang Bingzhong of Zhenyuan State betrayed Zhang Yan and blocked the Tianzhu-Tocharo-Ningyuan-Anxi road to the Central Plains. Therefore, Nalanda Temple could only send monks to go to the Central Plains through the Shushen Poison Road with great hardships. turn out to be.
As a result, not long after arriving in Dali, they encountered Zhang Zhou's attack on Dali, and these Tianzhu monks were suddenly a little scared.
Because they remembered how Zhang Yan gave everyone a beating in Tianzhu.
So, after staying for a few months without daring to advance and not wanting to retreat, these Tianzhu monks contacted the Azhali sect of Chongsheng Temple.
It just so happened that the Azhali Sect had been worried about the Six Dharma Sect entering Dali a long time ago and had some plans for this. It was like falling asleep on the pillow.
Once the two parties combined, they planned to bring people of various ethnic groups from the Lishui Jiedushi (Myitkyina), Yongchang Jiedushi (Baoshan, Tengchong), and Yinsheng Jiedushi (Puer, Jinghong) who believed in the Azhali sect. Walk part of the way to Tianzhu.
At the same time, the Polo Kingdom was also ready to retreat to the northeast of Tianzhu. The two sides hit it off immediately, so the Bayeux Letter came into being.
Zhang Hao smiled faintly. He knew that this plan was feasible to a certain extent. Although the Shu Shen Poison Road was dangerous, it was not impenetrable.
Moreover, the Dali Kingdom at this time not only ruled Yunnan, but also ruled most of northern Myanmar and Laos in later generations. These areas were the key areas for Shu's poison to enter India.
Historically, the Ahong Kingdom of the Dai people slowly migrated to northeastern India through this road.
Most of the residents of Assam and Manipur who look similar to the Chinese on the Internet are descendants of the Ahom Kingdom.
The conditions proposed by these guys were that Zhang Gao agreed to take away some of the Dali warriors and thousands of sets of iron and leather armor, and at the same time reward them with some brocade, silk, salt, sugar, tea, etc.
Zhang Hao closed his eyes and thought for a moment. According to the knowledge of the Jinyi guards, the supply stations and road conditions along the Shushen Poison Road could allow up to a thousand people to pass through in two months.
If you want to move tens of thousands of people at once like the Dai people who migrated abroad to establish the Ahong Kingdom in history, you will need to travel and settle all the way, and it will ultimately take several years to reach your destination.
This is also the reason why the Azhali sect and the Tianzhu monks submitted a letter to him. The time was too long. It is possible that Dali had already been subjugated before they had moved many people, so Zhang Gao's permission was necessary.
It's not that I couldn't agree. After thinking for a while, Zhang Hao came to this conclusion.
The Azali sect is indeed a thorny problem. Such religious conflicts will not be resolved for decades unless they are massacred.
Now that the Azhali sect is willing to send away its core devout followers, it can be considered a good thing.
The vacancy left after they left would be filled by a group of people from the Black Cuan 21 in eastern Yunnan. The vacancy left by the Black Cuan 21 would be filled by a group of Han people.
The Han people who originally existed in the Nanzhong area can move to Yangju City and Shanchan Mansion to defend Zhang Xiancun.
So, Zhang Yan, who had basically finished thinking, immediately summoned the Prime Minister of the DPRK and the various Zhaowu scholars and asked them to make their idea into a plan.
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In ancient times, salt was a very special and valuable item. It was used in small amounts but was expensive.
And in this era, no matter whether it is a large household or a small household, generally they do not hoard a large amount of salt. On the one hand, it is expensive, and more importantly, it is not easy to store.
In general, households store salt in sealed clay pots, but there are a number of pots, and they cannot all be used to hold salt. Moreover, the amount is small, and it is not cost-effective to buy too much at once.
Therefore, in ancient times, the only places that could store salt on a large scale were salt farms and official warehouses.
This is due to the fact that in ancient times, salt was expensive and difficult to store, which made large-scale dumping possible.
In future generations, a few dollars a pack of salt would make dumping a fantasy, and it would be time to use rumors to trigger a run.
In the eighth year of the Shaoming Dynasty, in the year 953 of the Convention, at the beginning of July, the residents of Yangju City had been waiting for dark, and the strong and healthy women in each family were holding prepared bottles and cans.
Everyone's faces were a little mysterious, because they all received a message at the same time.
There was a very mysterious but powerful man who obtained a batch of refined salt. In order to build moral virtue for his seriously ill mother, he was willing to sell it to the poor in the country at less than 50% of the official salt price.
Of course, this is private salt and must be carried on someone's back, so it will only be sold after dark.
At this time, Yangju City and surrounding towns were still in a power vacuum, because King Duan Sicong, Qingping official Gao Fang and others had already gone to Shanchan Mansion, which allowed the Jinyi guards to bribe and infiltrate easily.
More importantly, with the quiet support of the middle and upper-level monks of the Azhali sect, this plan can be implemented more perfectly.
As a result, the people of Yangju City were able to buy a lot of salt very cheaply for the first time in the dark light.
Every household exchanged the money they could spare (shell coins) for precious salt that filled all the bottles and jars.
At the same time, the wealthy merchants and caravans who obtained large amounts of cheap salt from temples and other channels and then sold it also made a lot of money.
However, all the money they received was shell coins.
However, seven or eight days later, a horrifying scene happened. Almost overnight, inferior shell coins flooded into Yangju City like a tsunami.
There are also people who don’t know where they come from, using these shell coins to buy rice and grain that are necessary for daily life.
Within three days, they wiped out all the grain stores in Yangju City. At first, some local wealthy people took the opportunity to sell old grains, but as they continued to sell, they found that the other party's shell coins were almost endless, and they had so much. They were all a little flustered.
The price of grain in the market began to roar towards a high point. The people had just bought a large amount of salt and basically did not have much money left to buy grain. However, the price of grain had soared to the point that they could not understand it.
The money that could originally buy ten days of food can now only buy one meal. Panic began to spread everywhere, quickly affecting a large number of wealthy businessmen from small households.
Everyone's property is experiencing inexplicable devaluation, whether it is devalued more or less.
Ten days later, no one in Yangju City dared to collect shell coins.
After returning to barter, the rich people who had hoarded grain actually offered a price that was almost robbery, such as one pound of salt for two pounds of grain.
As a result, the boiling public sentiment quickly began to expand with the help of caring people, and a disturbance over rice grabbing soon began in Yangju City and surrounding towns.
Duan Sicong rushed back to Yangju City in a hurry. He wanted to use the official warehouse to stabilize the price of grain.
Although the food in the official warehouse is basically enough to support the army for more than half a year, if it is released, the army will be in trouble, but Duan Sicong has no choice.
If the price of food cannot be suppressed now, trouble will break out soon. Before the army can cause trouble, something will happen in Yangju City.
But before he started putting out food, the news actually reached the frontline army. The army was already dissatisfied with the long-term enlistment, and the news quickly began to spread throughout the camp. As he was high up on the frontline, he could only send fast horses back to the Yangtze River. Jumeicheng stopped Duan Sicong from releasing grain.
If you can save the soldiers, you cannot save the people. If you save the people, the army is likely to mutiny.
And this won't last long. Once the families of soldiers and officers start writing letters and crying, military morale will no longer be useful.
Now, two choices were placed in front of Gao Fang.
Either send troops back to Yangju City to implement military control and find out who is causing trouble behind the scenes. However, in this case, the front line may not be able to support it.
Or, as Dong Sankuo said, take advantage of the fact that the Zhou Kingdom has not yet increased its troops, and before the army's morale has collapsed, make a one-shot deal - attack the Zhou army's fortress in the Wumeng Mountain outside the city.
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In the eighth year of the Shaoming Dynasty, in the year 953 of the Convention, at the end of July, the actual leader of the Dali Kingdom, Gao Fang, the Qingping official, made a wish. He then made a wish and removed the army from the three cities, a total of 45,000 people, and concentrated them in Changcheng County (Hao Ming). ).
They set up flags and drums, went down the Niulan River, and rushed to attack Awang, a small town outside Wumeng Mountain where the peripheral army supplies a lot of supplies.
Gao Fang is still a bit skilled. He knows that attacking the fort built by Guo Rong will undoubtedly lead to death.
And he unexpectedly followed the current to attack the Zhou army's baggage area, which might have an unexpected effect. As long as the Zhou army's baggage rear area was destroyed, they would not be able to stay in Wumeng Mountain any longer.
This really caught Guo Rong off guard. Although the Zhou army saw the frequent movements of Dali troops on the mountain, they also knew that the direction was towards Changcheng County.
But Guo Rong really didn't expect that Gao Fang would be so courageous and gambling-minded. Instead of attacking Wumeng Mountain, he would go out of Niulanjiang and attack Awang.
However, Guo Rong was still a master of great talent and strategy in history. Although he did not expect Gao Fang to be so reckless, he never stopped building the defense of Awang.
In mid-August, the Dali army arrived outside Ngawang City. After only one night's rest, they began to attack the small city from both land and water.
It's just that the originally short fence of Awang City was turned into an earthen wall by the Zhou army in more than a year. The defending Zhou army was not one thousand as calculated by Gao Fang, but a full three thousand.
The two sides fought bloody battles for a day, but the Dali army made no progress and suffered heavy casualties. It was also unlucky for Gao Fang. Less than two days after he led his army to besiege Awang City, another Zhou army collided head-on.
This Zhou army was the 6,000 Hanshandu soldiers led by Zhang Hao specially ordered by Zhang Haozhong and Zhang Cheng to reinforce them after Murong Nobunaga's Eastern Expedition.
The Dali army ran into the most elite troops in Zhangzhou, even though they were eight times as powerful as Shanshandu, they were immediately beaten back as soon as they fought. Barbarian Bear even went into battle in person and slashed with Mo Dao.
The garrison of Awang City, Yuhou, was Zhang Liechao, the little black bear, son of the Barbarian Bear. When he saw his father arriving and going into battle in person, he was immediately inspired and led 1,500 elite soldiers to fight out of the city.
The father and son attacked from both sides, but the Dali front army could not resist and retreated directly.
Gao Fang was so anxious that he immediately ordered his eldest son to lead the Chinese army to respond. The two sides fought until dusk. The Dali army suffered thousands of casualties and had to retreat for more than ten miles before they could stabilize their position.
This battle made everyone in Dali clearly realize the strength of the Zhou army. Gao Fang could only order the armies to set up camp and then make plans.
But God would not give him this opportunity. On the seventh day of August, Guo Rong, who personally led 10,000 cavalry back, launched a surprise attack in the early morning.
The Dali army encamped by the Niulan River was caught off guard and was knocked into the camp by the Zhou army's cavalry in their sleep. The Man Xiong father and son and Zhang Cheng also came from Awang City to help in the battle.
In less than an hour of fighting, more than 70,000 Dali army generals and civilians were defeated. Thousands were killed. In panic, more than 10,000 people were killed when they threw themselves into the Niulan River. Most of the rest were captured.
Gao Fang and his son hurriedly led hundreds of people to escape through the mountains and ridges on a small road. They were finally caught by Wen Zhong, who was leading elite soldiers to pursue them. Gao Fang killed himself with a sword at the last moment, and the others surrendered.
On the tenth day of August, the leading troops of the Zhou army arrived outside Shanchan Mansion (Kunming). Under Dong Sankuo's persuasion, the remaining generals surrendered directly to the city.
At the same time, Yin Yaozi received reinforcements from a 15,000-strong army led by Fu Yanqing on the Jinsha River, and then directly began to forcefully cross the river. More than 30,000 elite Zhou troops, guided by stern ships, quickly crossed the river and stormed the Dukou City.
The Dali army guarding the city was frightened by the Zhou army's momentum in crossing the river. They had no idea that they would dare to cross the Jinsha River with only such slender stern ships.
Caught off guard, the Dali army did not even have the courage to defend the beach. The siege battle lasted less than half a day before the morale of the army collapsed. Thousands of soldiers surrendered one after another.
On August 22, Guo Rong led an army of 30,000 people to Shisang County (Chuxiong), and the defenders surrendered without a fight.
Then Yin Yaozi's army also moved south from the north. After the two armies merged, a total of 60,000 troops arrived in three groups near Yangju City (Dali).
(End of chapter)
