"You can't go in!"
Chongzhen and others were about to enter the gate of Hongci Temple, but several lamas blocked the door angrily.
"This is a Buddhist temple, no blood allowed!"
"Buddhism is a place of pure cultivation. Please do not participate in secular affairs. Please..."
"presumptuous!"
Cao Bianjiao, who was guarding Chongzhen, stepped forward and shouted angrily. Just as he was about to continue his angrily, Sun Chengzong stepped forward and patted Cao Bianjiao on the shoulder, indicating that he would handle it.
Cao Bianjiao took a step back, and Sun Chengzong stepped forward and looked at several lamas: "Tumote is the King of Shunyi conferred by the Ming Dynasty. This city was named Guihua City by the Ming Dynasty.
Even if Guihua City is occupied by Chahar, since you are in this city, you should be the subjects of the Ming Dynasty.
Now that the Emperor of Heaven has arrived in person, you are blocking our way in. Do you want to rebel?
Even if you don't recognize the imperial court, you are now prisoners of the Ming Dynasty. There is no distinction between monks and sergeants in treating prisoners.
If the tens of thousands of soldiers outside the city know that you have stopped His Majesty, they will demolish your Hongci Temple! "
In just a few words, the expressions of several lamas changed drastically, and in the end they had no choice but to let the temple door open.
Seeing this, Chongzhen and others went straight into the temple, passed through the main hall and sutra hall, and saw a tall and huge statue of Sakyamuni Buddha in the Buddhist hall.
"Mr. Sun Ge, this Buddha statue is a bit bigger. It is different from the Buddha statues enshrined in the Central Plains Buddhist Temple, but there is nothing special about it!"
"You...hey!"
Listening to the generals' doubts, Sun Chengzong shook his head. It was normal for a group of warriors to not know the ropes.
"Let me give you a hint. This Hongci Temple is also known as Silver Buddha Temple!"
"Silver Buddha Temple?"
Everyone was stunned after hearing the strange name. Zhou Yuji was thoughtful and suddenly said: "Mr. Sun Ge, isn't this Buddha statue made of silver?"
"That's right. This Buddha statue is nearly three meters high. It is said that it used more than three thousand kilograms of pure silver and was decorated with seven Buddhist treasures.
In the 14th year of Wanli, the third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, visited Hongci Temple in person to preside over the consecration ceremony of the Silver Buddha!
Mongolian tribes came here one after another to worship and invite monks to learn scriptures. This is another major reason why Tumut was recognized by the Monan Mongolian tribes. "
hiss……
Listening to Zhou Yuji's answer, everyone took a deep breath.
Three thousand kilograms of silver is not much, equivalent to only 30,000 taels, but the seven Buddhist treasures embellished with it are at least a hundred times the silver. A simple conversion shows that this Buddha statue is worth at least millions of taels of silver.
The most important thing is Sonam Gyatso, the third Dalai Lama, who is the great living Buddha of the Lu sect of Tibetan Buddhism, the Grand Master personally conferred by Emperor Wanli, and the highest spiritual leader of Mongolia and Tibetans.
If he personally consecrated it, the meaning of this Buddha statue would be completely different, and its value would definitely increase several times.
"This Buddhist temple is much more than just this silver Buddha!"
Sun Chengzong pointed to an incense burner: "If this incense burner had not been replaced, it should be the Xuande burner given to Hongci Temple by the imperial court!"
hiss……
Xuande furnace, this value...
"The two golden dragons on the sky-reaching pillars are about ten meters in length. They are made of clay and slurry stone. This technique will never be made by more than ten people in the entire Ming Dynasty!"
hiss……
"There are also murals around here, which depict various scenes from heaven, earth, and hell. The pictures are coherent as a whole and can be independent chapters. From what I have seen, there may not be more than three in the entire Ming Dynasty!"
hiss……
Every time Sun Chengzong said something, all the generals took a breath, their faces became more solemn, and there was more cold sweat on their foreheads.
Although they are military generals, they also know the value and meaning of these things.
Especially this Silver Buddha, it is a place of pilgrimage for all Mongolian tribes.
If Chahar defends the city and the Ming army attacks the city with firearms and destroys Hongci Temple, it will definitely arouse the hatred of the Mongolian tribes, and there will be no talk of surrender.
As for killing them all, I dare not say that there are too many tribes in Mongolia. There are millions of them. Can they all be killed?
Can we kill them all in the vast grassland?
Moreover, it will definitely be a major obstacle to the complete conquest of Usi Zang (Tibet) in the future.
They suddenly realized that no wonder Sun Chengzong was so lucky yesterday when he heard that Lin Dan Khan had withdrawn from Guihua City!
After everyone looked around, Chongzhen took a deep look at the Silver Buddha and said softly: "Let's go, take a look and go to the Shunyi Palace to wait for news!"
"Sun Chuanting, send troops to strictly guard Hongci Temple. No one is allowed to enter without my permission!"
Then he looked at the lamas at the door: "As for them, they are only allowed to move within a specific area of the temple and are not allowed to leave the temple!"
"In addition, some people were arranged to cooperate with the Jin Yiwei accompanying the army to collect items in Guihua City and gather them all.
Books and other written records are stored separately and cannot be read without permission! No violence or vandalism is allowed during the search, it will still be useful if you become a naturalized city! "
"I obey the decree!"
After Sun Chuanting responded, he immediately left to arrange for someone to sort it out.
No one saw that the emperor who was heading towards the Shunyi Palace had a cold look in his eyes when he talked about books.
At this moment, the palace was generally sorted out, and the lambs were cleaned and hung on the fire. The aroma of the meat was fragrant.
Teams of soldiers in the city searched for furs, medicinal materials, gold, silver, soft goods and other items from houses one after another, put them on Lele carts, and took them outside the city.
Groups of soldiers outside the city dispersed towards the surrounding area, gathering together the scattered cattle, horses, sheep and Mongolian people within a few miles, and gathered towards Guihua City.
A hundred miles away, there were 30,000 cavalrymen led by Hei Yunlong, advancing at a moderate speed, bringing up billowing smoke and grass clippings.
A hundred miles away, outside the gate of Dongsheng City, Lin Danhan's great fortune Jina Muzhong and his son Ezhe looked at the rolling army, their eyes full of sadness.
If the army retreats, it can only mean that the Great Khan has been defeated and can only continue to retreat!
At the gate of the city, Lin Danhan looked in the direction of the planned city, his eyes full of nostalgia and hatred.
Tashhai, the commander-in-chief of the left wing, said hurriedly: "Great Khan, we need to go to the ferry to cross the river immediately. According to our scouts, the Ming army cavalry is still about a hundred miles away, and they will arrive in more than two hours at the latest!"
"Yes, let's cross the river immediately while we have time. As long as we cross the Yellow River and rely on the Yellow River to resist defense, the Ming army can't do anything to us!"
"We still have 40,000 cavalry. When we enter the Hetao Plain, Ordos and other tribes can only surrender to us. We can wait until we gather our strength and then launch a counterattack!"
"Khan, don't hesitate any more. If you don't leave, it will be too late!"
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Listening to everyone's advice, Lin Danhan looked at the tired warriors, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, which was then replaced by anger.
Jiannu Huang Taiji forced him to move westward, which he accepted. After all, the other party was the cavalry of all Mongolian tribes.
But the Ming Dynasty, which was once regarded as a soft persimmon and would plunder whenever it wanted, now wiped out more than 50,000 of them in one battle and forced them to move westward.
"Warriors, this humiliation today, I promise you, I will pay it back tenfold and a hundredfold in the future!"
