Chapter 103 Section five

As expected by Lama Lama, some of the officers who came to the front line of Gyantse really neglected him.Before the three sticks of incense were burnt out, Numa Daiben and Ouzhu Daiben who were stationed at Zijin Temple, Chuchen Daiben who was stationed at Baiju Temple, Mazi Daiben who knew Lama Lama in Xijia, and Tuomei Living Buddha who had sternly told them to The two monks who obeyed Lama Lama Daiben Qunjue and Xialu.The other two militiamen with the largest number of people, Daiben of the regiment, came together after four sticks of incense. It seemed that they had negotiated and deliberately wanted to give Lama Lama a blow.Lama Lama was very angry. Originally, he was not likely to be angry, but now he must be angry. If he is not angry, how can it prove that he has a high status and majesty.He said, "You two are the last to arrive, but I want you to be the first to report your names now."

The members of the two militia regiments were both hereditary nobles with large manors. In their eyes, there was no well-known lama in La Liga, so they reported it indifferently. One was called Suonan and the other was called Xi Rao. Xijia said: "Zijin Temple is the farthest from Zongshan Castle. Please, Suonan Daiben and Xirao Daiben will go for a ride on horseback. Three sticks of incense will go, and three sticks of incense will come. There will be six sticks of incense in total. Come back before the six sticks of incense, I will give you the position of the front-line manager. If you don’t see your shadow after the six sticks of incense are burned, then I will still be the front-line manager. Listen everyone, listen to the Buddhas of Tibet, listen to the ghosts and gods of Zongshan Castle, I The lamas of La Liga mean what they say."

Sonam Daiben and Xi Raodaiben pondered: Isn't it just a trip, try it.Maybe, if you're lucky, the frontline manager...it doesn't matter if you're unlucky, Daiben is still Daiben.They said yes. Lama Xijia personally lit the Nimu Tibetan incense in front of the Buddha statue in the main hall. "If Liuzhuxiang came back before, will it be you or me?" "You are the vice-manager, and I am the chief-manager." The two Daiben went jokingly, and when they came back, they burned out the eight sticks of incense. Li Jia said to the two militiamen who were sweating profusely: "It seems that it takes at least four sticks of incense to go from Zijin Temple to Zongshan Castle. But there are some people who can get there without burning all three sticks of incense." Numa Daiben and Ouzhu Daiben who were sitting on the ground pulled up, "It's the two of them who have done what was impossible. Do you know why? Because they died and lived with me, and they have me in their hearts. I Just like the Buddha in their hearts, after listening to my order, their arms turned into wings. Now I need subordinates whose arms become wings. Only such subordinates can fly the bird of God into the Nianchu River. go."

Sonam Daiben and Xirao Daiben looked at each other, wondering what Lama Lama meant. La Liga said again: "I said, if you don't come back after the six sticks of incense are burned, I will still be the front-line manager. Now I ask you, do you admit that I am the front-line manager?" Both Sonam Daiben and Xirao Daiben said: "Admit, admit, how can you not admit it." La Liga said: "Since I admit it, I have to exercise my power. Did the head of Li Liga say that 'if the three sticks of incense cannot be burned, they will be dismissed immediately'?" Sonam Daiben and Xirao Daiben still said indifferently: "I heard about this."

La Liga said: "It's good to hear that, you have now been dismissed. Your troops are under the command of Numa Daiben and Ouzhu Daiben who have grown wings, and their troops are almost wiped out." Numa Daiben and Ouzhu Daiben looked at each other.Ou Zhu said: "Oh, our legs have become wings." Sonam Daiben and Xirao Daiben smiled, not believing that they had been dismissed: "We were recruited by the chief of the militia, Quzhe Dannuo. You go and tell Mr. Quzhe." Li Jia said: "Now is a war, here is a battlefield, and the Dalai Lama is me when he comes down. What is Mr. Quzhe, can he still have the final say? Mazi Daiben, tell your men to strip off the noble clothes of these two people, Let them wear the clothes of beggars and follow you to fight foreign demons. If one person kills ten foreign demons, the officials will be restored to their posts. If they don’t get enough of this number, they will never turn over. If they kill nine and a half foreign demons, they will still be beggars.”

Suonan Daiben and Xirao Daiben wanted to say something, but Mazi Daiben, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately called people in and quickly changed their clothes.When they saw that they were covered in beggar's rags and filth, they could no longer speak hard words. Xi Jia ignored them in a blink of an eye, and said to Gyantse Zongben Yancuo: "You are here, why didn't I see you? Did you arrive before three sticks of incense, or after three sticks of incense?" Zongben Yancuo hurriedly said, "Before, before." Xi Jia pointed to the guns, ammunition and food piled up in the main hall and side halls and said: "Seeing that the foreign demons are coming, why are these things still here? You recruit all the men of Gyantse Zong and give them all."

Zongben Yancuo said: "My lord, these items are the inventory of the Gyantse Zong government and cannot be distributed. Besides, who are these weapons distributed to? I don't have so many people." Li Jia said: "If you don't have enough people, go to Rinang Manor and Poal Manor to convey my order: Rinang Manor sends 500 troops, and Poal Manor sends 500 troops. If they don't send troops, and the foreign demons come, we will say, You are welcome to these two manors, if you want to occupy them, you can grab them casually, and our Tibetan soldiers, monk soldiers, and militiamen will not care about them."

Zongben Yancuo said: "That can't be divided. This five hundred and that five hundred are all untouchables. We are the first-level government in Tibet. We cannot give away the food and weapons in the government warehouse. According to the regulations , Anything removed from the warehouse must be reported to the Kashag for approval. Even if it is approved, it can only be distributed to the nobles, not to the untouchables." La Liga said: "Where do so many nobles come from? Can the defense of Tibet only rely on a few nobles with manors? Since Mount Rina, so many of our people have died, how many are nobles? No matter who came, As long as they can fight and eat, they will be given to them, even beggars will be given to them."

Zongben Yancuo didn't say yes or no. He lowered his head to avoid Lama Lama's eyes, walked over with a straight face, and sat down on the woven cow hair bag containing the drum grain. Li Jia was very dissatisfied with Zong Ben's attitude, and scolded: "Get up, get up, is the food for people to sit? You sit and sit, and when you eat it, it will all smell like farts." Faced with such scolding, Zongben Yancuo couldn't stand down, he shook his head and couldn't get up. La Liga ordered Adamima: "Call me." Adanima didn't seem to dare to do it himself, so he turned around and ordered the lama in charge of the guard: "Hit me."

La Liga immediately said: "You do it yourself, call me." Adanima had no choice but to take off the whip from his waist, walked over, and gave him a whip. Zongben Yancuo said tearfully, "I have been Zongben for 20 years, and neither the Dalai Lama nor the regent have ever beaten me." La Liga said: "What day is it today? The foreign demons are coming. If the Dalai Lama and the regent are here and kill nineteen of your lives, you have to be grateful. Kneel down and beg for mercy, or I will kill you." You're half dead." Zongben Yancuo looked at the whip that Adanima raised again, knelt down quickly, and kowtowed to Lama Lama.

In this way, the Xijia lama established the authority of a low-level lama on the battlefield by deposing Sonam Daiben and Xirao Daiben and whipping Zongben Yancuo, the chief executive of Gyantse.Then, a pre-war military meeting was held in Zongshan Castle.The meeting was held standing up, and everyone stood, because the time was not long.Of course, the meeting was not to discuss research, but Lama Lama of La Liga arranged his troops and described his strategies and tactics.Everyone was surprised: Why did you give up Zongshan Castle in the first place?This is a place that must be guarded. La Liga emphasized: "Giving up Zongshan Castle automatically is the key to our victory. Don't stare at me with wide-eyed eyes. What are the rules set by Sakyamuni? Have you forgotten?" He looked at the people in front of him one by one, It seems that the rules he created should be known in advance. "Forget what I told you: when you meet high, you go low, when you meet low, you go high; Zongshan can't go up, if you go up, you go down." The two new monks Daiben Qunjue and Xia Lu looked at each other and shook their heads disapprovingly.Qunjue Daiben also edited and wrote like Lama Lama: "I remember the rule set by Sakyamuni: stay condescending, and foreign demons go home." Li Jia said: "Wrong, only the rules I said are the rules of Sakyamuni." Qunjue Daiben and Xia Ludaiben were not convinced and wanted to refute.Numa Daiben, Ouzhu Daiben, Chuchen Daiben, and Mazi Daiben all said in a very devout tone: We will fight as the La Liga chief executive says.Qunjue and Xialu looked at them and had to shut up. Li Jia said: "There are still people in the castle. If there is no foreign demon, a person will suspect that we have an ambush. Zongben Yancuo leads people to guard here. Once the foreign demon attacks, you fire a few shots and retreat from the back of the mountain." Zongben Yancuo, who had just been beaten and knelt down, had pain and shame on his face, and he reluctantly laughed to show that he had accepted the order. Xijia also said: "Baiju Temple is very close to Zongshan Castle. We will not send troops for the time being. We will leave some lamas to guard it. The foreign demons came to welcome us. There is only one place, and we must stick to it from the beginning, and that is Zijin Temple. Once the Zijin Temple is lost, it is equivalent to opening the way to Shigatse for the foreign demons. Once the foreign demons occupy Shigatse, the entire Houzang will be theirs. Even if we block the foreign demons and prevent them from going to Lhasa. If you go to Shigatse, you will lose half of Tibet, which is the same as losing Lhasa. Numadaiben and Ozhudaiben, listen to me. I don’t care if you two live or die. I will take care of the Zijin Temple from beginning to end. is ours." Numa Daiben and Ouzhu Daiben agreed, and only then did they understand that Lama Lama handed over the troops of Sonam and Xirao to them, not because their arms became wings, but because they wanted them to lead heavy troops to live and die in Zijin Temple. They are two battle-tested field commanders who are not afraid of death. Ou Zhu Daiben said: "Master Li Jia, I am Zijin Temple, and Zijin Temple is me. If I don't die, Zijin Temple will not die. You put your heart in your stomach. Maitreya in the sky and Gomu on the ground will bless me." Li Jia said: "I believe that Maitreya blesses you, how can Guomu bless you? A worthless man, what else can you do without your wife?" Ou Zhudai knew that he had made a mistake, so he quickly stuck out his tongue.