Chapter 5 Section five

Kalimpong is also a leasehold of the British. It is connected to the Brukpa border, and less than 50 kilometers from the Brukba border, it is the Rina Mountain at the junction of Tibet and Zhe Mengxiong.Colonel Galan's primary purpose is to occupy the Rina Mountain guarded by the Tibetan army, and then occupy the Longtu Mountain.Both Rina Mountain and Longtu Mountain Pass are Tibetan fortresses, and only by staying here can we connect with logistics and fodder, and go deep into the hinterland of Tibet like a big gourd. When the crusaders arrived at Kalimpong, it was already dusk.Colonel Gelan led his troops quickly into the surveyed tea valley, quietly set up camp, and hid himself.The fighting force of the Crusaders consists of two parts, one is the British army, and the other is the mercenary army composed of local Christian natives.It is not enough to have combat troops, there must also be porters who deliver supplies.Colonel Galan has sent people to secretly recruit porters in Brukba and Zhe Mengxiong. He wants to complete the assembly of porters here. The first order he gave to the combat troops is: all soldiers are not allowed to go out of the valley during the standby period. , It is not allowed to raise cooking smoke, and it is not allowed to make a cry.The reason why it is so secretive is mainly because they don't want Zhe Mengxiong to notice.The colonel knew that although Zhe Mengxiong was very close to the Indians and the British, King Tudorangje and most of the citizens believed in Lamaism and spoke Tibetan.The same belief and language will naturally have the same emotion. In the eyes of all Buddhists, the British marching into Tibet was an attack on Buddhism.If the news is revealed, the Tibetan side will definitely strengthen the guards of Rina Mountain and Longtu Mountain, and it will be difficult for him to win by surprise.

The only ones that cannot guard against are the hawks at the southern foot of the Himalayas.As eagles like to eat crows, they also have the habit of crows, flying wherever there are more people.At this time, the crow and the hawk had arrived, the sky was buzzing, and the clouds were smashed to pieces.This is the only abnormality in the deep valley that attracts people's eyes, but it cannot be dispelled by shooting.Colonel Galan was a little irritable, and thought again: Who would have thought that the army came here instead of the shepherd's dinner? But the colonel didn't understand that it was impossible for the birds, beasts, and caterpillars here not to tell the secrets in the valley to the natives who were closely related to them. As early as the beginning of the secret training of the British cross soldiers in Darjeeling, the eagles leaked the news. Now He also notified the movement of the British army's migration in time-someone watched the eagle come, and after peeping at the camp of the Crusaders, he quickly reported it to the king.

King Tudor's face turned pale, and he murmured, "The British finally took action." That night, King Tudor revealed the news that the British moved from Darjeeling to Kalimpong to the princess, and sighed: "We are powerless to stop the British, and we are powerless to save the Tibetans. We can only swallow this breath and say nothing." .” Princess Rinchen Dawa is the daughter of Dhondup, the Kalon (minister) of the Tibetan Kashag government, so she cannot sit idly by.She said without hesitation: "Why not? As long as we tell the Tibetans, the Tibetans will be able to drive the British out of Tibet. The most frightening thing is that Lhasa doesn't know, and no one prays before the Buddha."

King Tudor said: "If we betray the English, I will not be king. But..." Princess Renqing said: "We do things for the Buddha, and the Buddha will protect us." King Tuduo took off the beads wrapped around his wrist, and twisted them silently one by one. After a long time, King Tudor and Princess Renqing quietly separated.The king walked to the living room on the right side of the palace, and the princess walked to the back garden.Hiding from each other, he and she did the same thing. King Tuduo leaned over his desk and wrote a letter to the Regent of Tibet, Living Buddha Di Mu:

There are indications that the pagan Englishmen of black water and white beasts have dispatched a sizable and well-armed army to invade Tibet, the Holy Land of Buddhism, with a lightning speed and a power to destroy mountains and trees that we slow-tempered Buddhists can't imagine. Therefore, I urge your Excellency to quickly dispatch capable officers and soldiers to guard the border to prevent paganism from invading the holy land and destroying Buddhism. Then summon the court messenger and let him enter Tibet overnight.Fast delivery. The messenger went to the stables to prepare the horses. Just as he was about to set off, he heard an order from the princess to come to the back garden.

Princess Renqing didn't know that the courier was about to leave, so she also handed him a handwritten letter, enjoining him mysteriously: "Leave now, or it will be too late if you don't." The letter was written to her father Dunzhu: Abba, the British troops have already marched towards Kalimpong, Tibet is about to suffer.Abba, you are a high official in Tibet, tell the Buddha quickly and let the Buddha stop the British.I miss Grandma, Buddha, Lhasa, and Abba. From Zhe Yuxiong to Lhasa, Tibet, it took six to seven days and nights to arrive at the normal speed of seven to ten kilometers per hour.But the king's order to the messenger is: it must be delivered within four days, otherwise do not come back.The messenger brought enough money, bought good horses along the way to transfer, and galloped all the way day and night.