Chapter 16 Section five

"Holy History" pointed out that when the British explained the reasons for the war, they always emphasized that the Tibetan army fired first, but concealed the most important fact: the Tibetan army was guarding, and they were attacking; the Tibetan army was fighting against the sky, and they were facing people hit. As soon as the gun was fired, some of the Tibetan border guards fell down.Ou Zhujia thought she was frightened, but didn't pay much attention to it. While slowly filling the matchlock gun with gunpowder, she was still thinking: should I fight back?At this time, his wife Guomu screamed from behind: "Our people are dead." He turned his head and saw that a soldier named Yancuo Sandan was stained purple with blood, and he followed the soldier who suddenly appeared on Rina Mountain. The purple color is exactly the same.

This is the first dead man of this war.The Tibetan army, who had no knowledge of war before, realized that war is death.Ouzhu Jiaben, who had been at a loss for a long time, finally knew how to deal with the enemy at this moment, and shouted: "Is the ammunition loaded? Aim at the heart of the foreign demon, and hit me like a bear." Guomu drove the children who were watching the excitement into the accounting room, and took a few women with butter to wipe the backs of all the Tibetan soldiers.This is the meaning of avoiding evil and praying for blessings. The arrow stacks to protect them are gone, and even the God of War has been captured, so they have to rely on themselves.

What's worse is that many Tibetan soldiers couldn't load the ammunition clumsily, and when they were loaded, the flint couldn't fire, and finally found out that they forgot to plug in the matchlock.I was too nervous, it was the first time I fought a war, not to mention seeing dead people, Yan Cuosandan, who used to talk and laugh in the past, died without even groaning. Ou Zhujia scolded the soldiers loudly: "You lost stallion, you won't fight like mad again. What use are you for?" But his own matchlock couldn't light the fire either, and the flint seemed to be boiled in water. , Killed without sparks.Ou Zhu was so anxious that she wiped her sweat and prayed: "God is here, God is here, let us have a good shot."

Before the Tibetan border guards fired back, someone said: "I have persisted until now. It is not easy for you." Ouzhujiaben turned his head and saw that Xiama Ruben had arrived with reinforcements. There is no military salute in the Tibetan army. When subordinates see their immediate superiors, they always bend over, take off their hats, and stick out their tongues.Ou Zhujia climbed up hurriedly. Xiama Ruben squatted down, held him down and said, "Be careful, the bullet will jump into the pot on the scalp." Xiama Ruben received Ouzhu Jiaben's urgent call for help three days ago. The reason why he did not come for reinforcements was that there were also British people in Gangbazong where he led troops to garrison.

The British who came to Gangbazong were a priest and a group of soldiers who escorted the priest.The pastor was a well-mannered young man. He let the British army wait at the same place from a long distance away. He threw away his mount and came to the Tibetan army's camp alone. He said kindly in Tibetan, "I am Pastor Mahon. Came here and wanted to talk to your chief." Xiama thought: the buffalo doesn't show any viciousness on its face, and it still hits people when it should.Although the weather in winter is good, the more sunny and colder it is.He snorted, and told the tall and slender Pastor Ma Weng, who was dressed in black, "The mountains in Tibet are getting taller one after another, and our officers are getting bigger and bigger. I am a big officer. If I want to talk about it, I am not qualified. ...my mission is to keep you from crossing the border."

Pastor Mahon asked with a smile, "Where is the border line? Why didn't I see it?" Xiama said: "You wait, I will draw right away." Immediately ordered the soldiers to draw a line behind the pastor with a short knife. Pastor Mahon turned his head and looked in surprise, "Ah, why are you here?" Later, Pastor Ma Ong said that according to his knowledge, he and the soldiers who escorted him had actually penetrated more than ten kilometers into the Tibetan border. He did not expect that the Tibetan border guards would just so casually allocate more than ten kilometers to foreign countries.In fact, Xiama Ruben cannot be blamed for this.Zhe Mengxiong and Brukba, who were close to Tibet, were both vassals of Tibet at that time. Every year, they sent envoys to offer gifts to the Dalai Lama, the regent, the Kashag government and the minister in Tibet to congratulate the New Year.In return, the Tibetan side is obliged to send eminent monks and lay officials to mediate when there are internal disputes between Zhe Mengxiong and Brukba.The relationship at the top is so close and frequent, it doesn't matter whose foot is on whose ground.In addition, both sides are Tibetans, have the same belief and way of life, intermarry and do business, come and go, there are uncles on one side, and uncles on the other side, the border line has long been so-so.Xiama Ruben’s mistake was that he didn’t realize that Britain, the world’s number one colonial power, had basically controlled Zhe Mengxiong and Brukba while running India. Draw one here and one there.

Xiama Ruben drew the border line, waved his hand and said, "Go back, you have already stepped into the land of Tibet." Pastor Mahon took two steps back, stood outside the line and said, "Soldiers who are loyal to their duties, if you feel that it is not convenient for you to talk, let me go over and meet your local sect." Xiama said: "You can't come here. If you want to talk or meet, you are also here." Gangba Dzong is not only a Dzong (county) in Tibet, but also the manor of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet.Xiama Ruben immediately sent two people, one went to Zongben's residence and asked Zongben to be there; the other went to Gangba Monastery, which manages the manor, and asked them to send someone to report to Tashilhunpo Monastery.Originally, he should have sent someone to report to his immediate superior, Adani Madiben (regiment leader), but he had no idea where Adani Madiben was stationed, never knew.

Two hours later, Zong Ben sent the housekeeper of Zong Ben's mansion here. The housekeeper said: "Zongben has not received the documents from the Kashag, so we can't talk to foreigners. If we want to talk, the lamas from Tashilhunpo Monastery must be present. Let the British go back and talk about it later." Comes with wet cow dung.This is the habit of shepherds: put a pile of steaming wet cow dung in front of the counting house, indicating that the owner's house is sick and visitors are not welcome. Xiama said: "Do you think the British are your neighbors and brothers, and they won't come if they are not allowed to come?"

The housekeeper was surprised: "If you don't let him come, he will come. Is there such a person in the world?" Xiama Ruben and Pastor Mahon continued to stand in a stalemate. After two days of stalemate, the pastor left. When leaving, the pastor said, "We will not give up on Tibet, and we will come back in three days." Xiama said: "Is this an agreement? It will be three days. You are not allowed to come within three days. I hope you can keep it." Pastor Mahon said loudly, "Yes, it is an agreement, three days later." No matter what happens to him three days later, let's talk about reinforcements at Mount Rina.Xia Maru was proud of her strategy of slowing down the army.Staring at Pastor Mahon and his guards, they disappeared, leaving behind a squad of soldiers and all the women and children of the garrison officers and soldiers, and brought the other forty people, and rushed over without stopping.

The Crusaders' attack continued, and after a burst of gunfire, the figure began to move forward.Ou Zhujiaben said: "Look, the foreign demon is going to walk on four legs again." Xiama Ruben was a senior official, and immediately corrected him: "This is called crawling forward, and you have to do it like this when attacking. Learn from it." Ouzhu asked puzzledly: "Learn more? Learn from foreign demons?" Guomu threw a saber at her husband: "The foreign devil doesn't have this." Ou Zhu grabbed the knife and said, "You can't beat a gun, so let's fight with a knife."

It's useless, Mount Rina has actually fallen, and Colonel Gelan sent people to the small passes on the left and right before the Crusaders launched an attack from the front.The British army has now passed through the small pass.They are outflanking here.Several women saw them and cried out in panic. Ou Zhu looked at it and became angry: "Okay, they have come here without even saying hello. Then we will go over and occupy their place, so that we will not suffer from each other." Xia Ma Ruben agreed: "From here it is Zhe Mengxiong, and then it is India. On the other side of India is Britain. They occupy Tibet, and we occupy Britain." Ouzhu said seriously: "When I arrived in England, I stayed at their commander's house and never left." Xiama said, "What are you doing in his house?" Ou Zhu said: "He doesn't have a wife? When his wife got scared, she called him back." Xia Ma said: "Your method is very good, but I am just a Ruben, and I have no right to send you to England. I have to report to Daiben, and Daiben has to report to Tashilhunpo Monastery, and Tashilhunpo Monastery has to report to Lhasa. , I don’t know who Lhasa reported to.” Ou Zhu said, "Oh, I've been reporting. At the end of the report, I'm too old to walk. Can I still go to England?" Guomu was one of the rare people in Tibet who spoke without using metaphors and making detours. He became impatient and asked loudly, "There are foreign demons on the front, back, left, and right sides. What should I do now?" Xia Ma looked around and said, "Let's retreat, let's retreat to Mount Longtu." Ou Zhu subconsciously agreed, and suddenly said: "No way, my lord, we have already made an oath: even if the males and females are eliminated, we will never take half a step back." Xia Ma glanced at the burnt arrow stack and said: "There are no gods here, who did you swear to? Quickly retreat to Longtu Mountain with gods. Swear again." Ouzhu still wanted to argue, a gunshot fired, and bullets whizzed past her head.His wife Guomu suddenly snatched the gun from her husband, hit the match with the fire sickle she used to make tea, and fired at the British soldier closest to her, saying sadly: "We didn't mess with you, you come here." What are you doing?" Then he returned the gun to her husband and strode up the hill.