Chapter 27 Section VI

After Guo Guodaiben returned to Shigatse from Lhasa, he found that he no longer knew his subordinates.He stood in front of the line and took the roll call. His memory told him that the Nima he called should be a fat man in his prime, but the one who walked out of the line was an old man with a thin face.He roared angrily: "I ordered Ruben Nima, what are you doing here?" The old man with a thin face said: "My lord, I am Ruben Nima." Guoguo was startled: Nima has changed?Then he discovered that he no longer knew all the Ru, Jia, and Final versions.There is no need to trace the reasons, the officials are all from rich and powerful families, and it is common to spend money to hire people to serve as soldiers.But never like this.Except for himself, all the officers were impostors.

War, no one wants to face war.What about him?He didn't want to either. Guoguo Daiben went home.The home is in the most prominent courtyard in the camp.Surrounding the Daiben courtyard, there are piles of mud houses of officers and soldiers piled up high and low.Almost all the officers and soldiers are carrying small families, and the camp has become a randomly arranged village.Rooster crowing, dogs barking horns, cattle, sheep and people mixed together.There is a weekly gathering, but it is just roll call.the rest of the time.Gambling, drinking, going out to wander, going home to work, going to ordinary people's homes to extort food and drink.Guoguo said to everyone: "My soldiers can only show their prestige in front of the common people. It is impossible to fight wars, let alone fight against foreign demons. It is because the necks of sheep are hardened to the blade."

But Guoguo is leading an army that plays a decisive role in poor and weak Tibet. No one can ignore its existence, nor can it predict its future.The chief commander of the Magang Armed Forces, the Living Buddha of Maiba Zhacang at Ganden Monastery, called Guoguo to Lhasa and told him face to face: stick to Shigatse, never leave, and use our strength to complete Ergalon.Ergalon is the regent Dimu and the people of Drepung Monastery.More importantly, how can we fight the British?The arrival of the British will do us no harm but good.Buddha opened his eyes, we have long been related to the British.His name is Sugshun, and he is a priest, and we are indebted to him.

Guoguo Daiben said: "But the Red Pepper Arrow Book has arrived." Living Buddha Zhou said: "Step on the mud with one boot. Even if the regent gave Ergalon the power to execute you, how can the foreign demons have the force to arrest you in the barracks?" Guoguo Daiben believed the words of the Living Buddha of Zhou, so when he was walking home, he saw some strange herdsmen coming on horseback and asking him about Guoguo Daiben with a smile, he said without hesitation: "I am." The person who came opened a cowhide bag containing highland barley and said, "We are here to send the Buddha to the west. Look inside, is it the golden lotus sun wheel seat of Yama?"

Guoguo poked his head to look, but the cowhide bag flew up and put it on his head, and then he tied the mouth of the bag, no matter how much he yelled, the Tibetan soldiers in the mud houses on both sides could not hear him.He waved his hands wildly, and shouted with the wit that his life should never die: "Yan Luomu asked me to say something, my lord, the front-line supervisor, Mr Erkalun, Yan Luomu has something to say..." The assassin was going to stab him to death on the spot, but he thought: Didn't I lie to him about Yan Luomu? Why did it seem to be true?Then listen to what Yan Luomu has to say first.They quickly lifted Guoguo onto the horse's back and drove off.

Three days later, Guoguo Daiben was kidnapped and taken to Gyantse Poal Manor. She slapped Mrs. Poal, who had reddened Ergalon's face, and then turned the anger of the slap into enthusiasm.It was as if they were enemies from a previous life, and according to the rule of "no friends don't get together", they quickly got together.The first step in the warm and kind treatment was to ask Ergalon to leave the Zongben compound and move to Po'al Manor.Ergalon feared the close concern between Gyantse Zongben Yancuo and Rinang Manor, and looked forward to Mrs. Po'al's favor, so he followed Mrs. Po'al's arrangement without hesitation.

After Guoguo Daiben, who was supposed to die, extended his life to Poal Manor, he explained to Ergalon everything about the Magang Armed Forces to the best of his knowledge.Earle said the whistleblowing would not change the practice of legal death for failure to enforce the Chili Pepper Arrows.Didn't Guoguo say it was just to fight foreign demons?He said that within ten days, his own people must be drawn to the border.In addition, he can also persuade Xia Qiongwa, who is stationed in Nimu, to break away from the Magang armed forces and drive to the front together.Er still shook his head, because the assassin who went to assassinate Xia Qiongwa came back and said that Xia Qiongwa had already led people to the front line and was about to pass through Gyantse.

Guoguo said: "But Yan Luomu has something to say, the foreign demon meets Guoguo, the field mouse meets the eagle." Er asked: "Which Yan Luomu, when and where, said this?" Guoguo said: "It is the wife of Heiye Yama, who said at night, in a dream..." Ergalon, the frontline manager, knew that this was Guoguo's deceit, and Yan Luomu was just a cover, but he still bent down in awe, and said sternly: "There are many ways to kill you, don't leave the owl like a crow. I thought there would be no more birds to eat it." After that, he took a string of gold-encrusted sandalwood Buddhist beads given to him by the eminent monk of Baiju Temple and put it around Guoguo Heiqu's neck.Guoguo held the beads in both hands, stared at them with wide eyes, and knew that it was a treasure he had never owned, an auspicious sacred object of the Buddha, and couldn't help shouting: "Oh yeah..." He was flattered and didn't know what to say , and suddenly shouted, "Master Er, King Yama and Mother Yama are watching, I'm going to die for you."

Er nodded and smiled.He was very proud that he disintegrated the Guoguo Daiben of Ma Gang's armed forces in a blink of an eye.Now only Xia Qiongwa is left to act as a substitute: "Look at how Gyantse defends himself when he comes." The day when Xia Qiongwa replaced Gyantse was the second day after Guoguo replaced Ben and left the front line.As soon as he saw Ergalon, he showed that he was a smart and well-behaved person.He said: "My lord, I said that I want to ask for forgiveness of the death penalty and make up for my mistakes. What kind of merit should I take to make up for my mistakes? My lord may already know that my acting group used to have only 300 people, but now there are more than 700 people. I expanded it privately, and I have never dared to tell the Kashag. Now that there is a war, the more people the better, I will not hide it. As long as you use the rations of the Kashag instead of the rations of the Rinang Manor, my soldiers will be justified. If I have a full stomach, I can sever ties with Rinang Wangqin. We are not the private armed forces of Rinang Manor, nor are we part of the Magang armed forces, we are us. The upright Tibetan army Xia Qiongwa is on behalf of the regiment."

Steward Er was silent for a moment, and when he spoke, he suddenly changed his tone, which was both stern and friendly: "You are welcome to sever ties with Risang Manor and Magang Armed Forces, and you must never eat their rations again. It’s easy to eat Kashag’s rations. I’m here on behalf of the regent, and I’ll just pass him a sentence after I return to Lhasa. But right now, the Kashag’s rations can’t be delivered for a while, so I’m considering letting the Poal Manor supply you first. Of course, it will definitely be better than the tsampa in Rinang Manor and have more meat. There is another advantage of doing this. You don’t have to rush to the front line, and you are temporarily stationed in Gyantse. If you suffer even the slightest loss, no matter who bullies you, whether it is Rinang Wangqin or Gyantse Zongben, you have to face Poal Manor."

Xia Qiongwa was surprised and said: "Sir, I heard you right, are we not allowed to go to the front line?" Earl said, "Do you want to go to the front, or don't you want to go to the front?" Xia Qiongwa said: "I want to, and I don't want to. I listen to the adults. Xia Qiongwa will be the adults' team from now on." Er said: "Whoever eats the food, you have to listen to Mrs. Po'ale." Xia Qiongwa hesitated a little and said: "That's natural."