Chapter 107 first quarter

Pastor Ma Weng returned to Gyantse, and Lieutenant Rong He and his subordinates who followed him quietly had no choice but to return the same way.As soon as he came back, he left Pastor Mahon behind.It is no longer important to follow the pastor who is walking forward on the dangerous road of preaching. What is important is to catch up with Colonel Galan who has left.Lieutenant Rong He led his men to gallop on horseback, and when they passed Zongshan Castle in the distance, they caught up with Colonel Galan. Lieutenant Rong He got off his horse and asked, "Colonel, how did you become a prisoner? We failed?"

"No, we are retreating." "Since it's a retreat, why did you leave me?" "I didn't abandon you. If you are smart, you shouldn't expose yourself by chasing us." Colonel Galan looked at Zongben Yancuo who escorted them from afar, pointed to Zongshan Castle and said, "I will come back Lieutenant, hurry up, there are our people there. As long as you stick to it for 20 days, I can lead a brand new crusader to fight back. Remember, 20 days, within 20 days, I will definitely come back.” "What about twenty days later?" Lieutenant Rong He asked.

"If I haven't shown up in twenty days, then never will be." "What shall I do, Colonel, if you do not appear after twenty days?" "Whatever, whether you commit suicide or surrender, you are a child of God and a hero of the British Empire." Colonel Galan said with a wry smile. Zongben Yancuo came here with a group of Gyantse militiamen.Lieutenant Rong He turned his head to look, waved to his subordinates, jumped on his horse, and ran towards Zongshan Castle. Although the main force of the Crusaders had been defeated miserably, and the commander, Colonel Galan, had evacuated Gyantse with the rest of the dead, but in the eyes of Lama Lamas, the war was far from over because Zongshan Castle was still in the hands of the Crusaders.

It is urgent to recover Zongshan Castle. The lama of La Liga is a little strange: the elite cross soldiers occupying Zongshan Castle should be more aware of their own crisis than anyone else, but they still stand still.According to common sense, even if the occupier is unwilling to surrender, he will take the opportunity to escape.For this reason, Lama Lama did not even order monks and militiamen to surround Zongshan, meaning to let them go, it is better to go back alive than dead.Even though La Liga has already suffered countless crimes of killing and extermination, he has not broken the can, and still feels that compassion is the duty of Buddhists: it is better to kill less than to kill more, and it is better not to kill than to kill less.As long as the occupiers leave Tibet, they can blow trumpets, beat drums, offer hada and give gifts.Besides, let them go back alive and spread the word everywhere: There is a lama, his name is Li Jia.It can also let God understand: Tibet cannot be invaded, and the Buddha is so powerful.

However, there was no movement. Three days passed, not only was there no movement of evacuation at all, but it seemed that they had vowed to stay longer.One morning, a young woman who carried water by the Chu River last year passed by the foot of Zongshan Mountain, and quietly found a few cross soldiers from the castle, grabbed the woman, and carried her up the mountain into the castle. The woman was released the next day, and she went crazy after she came out, and she kept saying: "The foreign demon is not leaving, the goddess is angry." Listening to that tone, it seemed that she was conveying an oracle.

Someone asked the mad woman: "Which goddess is angry?" She said, "Mam Aja the nagging ghost (sister), Mam Aja with bleeding eyes." Everyone knows that Mamu Ajia, the nagging ghost, poisoned her words, and Mamu Ajia, whose eyes were bleeding, poisoned her drinking water.As the lords of disasters who have not yet been domesticated by Buddhism, they are synonymous with curse and poison. Someone reported the crazy woman's words to Lama Lama.Li Jia shook his head when he heard it, even if it was an oracle, he couldn't follow it.How about sending a woman to poison Zongshan Castle?The foreign monsters in the castle are beasts, women will suffer, and there are already women suffering, let alone pretend not to know.He is a lama, how can a lama make Tibetan women pay the price of their bodies?Even if it's for Buddhism, Tibet, or war, that won't work.

Since the foreign demons won't leave, the best way is of course to surround them and starve them to death.However, Zongben Yancuo of Gyantse left so much flour, highland barley, wheat, peas, dried beef, dried mutton, and even cellar water to the Crusaders in order to prevent the untouchables in Tibet from getting weapons and food in accordance with the established practice. Don't worry about food and drink. No, how can the foreign demon spend half a year safely in Zongshan Castle?That shows that Lama Lama did not win, but he lost.As the head of the front line, he allowed the Crusaders to easily occupy the castle on the premise that they could be driven away at any time.However, Lama Lama organized monk soldiers and militiamen to launch five consecutive attacks, and the results were not good.Zongshan was precipitously isolated, and there were only two narrow attack routes, front and rear, and they could not swarm up.The most important thing is that the Crusaders do not use rifles with limited ammunition, but gunpowder packs that are more powerful than shells.The gunpowder kit is made from the gunpowder and lighting rope left by Zongben Yancuo, and the storage of Tibetans has become a weapon to destroy Tibetans.The occupiers dropped it effortlessly from the high towers of the castle. Every time there was an explosion, the Tibetans felt that the deadly King of Hades was coming, and countless man-eating fangs and sharp mouths descended.

Lama Lama wondered, why not use the cannons and mountain field artillery that the elite cross soldiers hastily abandoned?Although no one can aim and fire, they can learn. Numa Daiben can be used as the gunner. After all, he is the leader of the Samba Army who mainly shoots cannons.Thinking about it again, we must not throw shells at Zongshan Castle. It seems that the latter is more important than protecting the castle by blowing up the foreign demons. Then go on the offensive.The offensive lasted a full eight days.There were at least five attacks every day for eight days, and the process of each attack was the same: as soon as they approached the castle, gunpowder packets would be thrown down.Once there was a bang, there would be no possibility of rushing forward, and running for one's life became the most effective means.In the end, the attack is no longer an attack, but a seduction: hope that the gunpowder piled up in the castle will be consumed as soon as possible.

But this is impossible. Gyantse Zongben Yancuo not only provided free food for half a year, but also provided free gunpowder that would last for half a year. Lama Lama couldn't think of a solution, so he had to pull out Priest Ma Weng who was detained by him.Just like in Qumei Xianguo, he ordered Priest Ma Weng and twenty guard soldiers to be tied up and pushed to the front.He himself followed with his men: Come on, bomb it, kill the Tibetans and kill your pastor and twenty purebred Englishmen at the same time.But the Crusaders who occupied the castle didn't care about the existence of the priest and the British, and the gunpowder packets still fell from the sky.Seeing that something was wrong, Lama Lama quickly hugged Pastor Ma Weng and rolled down the mountain road.The twenty guard soldiers also ran down in a panic. They were bound just for show, and the rope fell off with a flick.Those who were killed were still a few Tibetans, because they never dreamed that the foreign demons above would blow up the foreign demons below.

Pastor Mahon said in horror: "God, even I will be blown up to death. These people are not your believers. Among the Crusaders, how can there be Crusaders who kill evangelists?" The Lama Lama said: "I owe you again, I always owe you. You saved me at the foot of Zelila Mountain, you bought us time in Qumei Xianguo, and you helped us defend our position in Zachang Valley. Under the mountain castle, you were almost killed by your own people because of us. I said I would send you to Lhasa safely, and I must do it this time. When will you leave Gyantse? I will listen to you."

When Pastor Ma Weng left Gyantse, he was tied up with an apricot-yellow rope. It was not a rope, but a yellow satin cloak of Khenpo Zhuomi of Baiju Monastery. Lama Xijia asked for it and tore it into strips.People tied with yellow satin, even war criminals, are extremely noble.At present, the whole of Tibet, including the ants, hate foreigners. Pastor Ma Weng and his guards may be arrested and beaten wherever they go. Binding means that the foxes that are killed cannot be beaten again, and the foreign demons that are captured cannot be caught again.There were also 20 guard soldiers who were tied up, wearing strips of red cassock, which also appeared to be much nobler than ordinary war criminals.Noble foreign demon criminals must be handed over to noble people. For this reason, Lama Lama dictated it himself, asked Khenpo Zhuomi to record it, and wrote a letter.The content of the letter is: The Dalai Lama, who is more enviable than heaven, supreme, and has a long life: the bird that lives on the Golden Mountain is regarded as gold by people.I am that bird, born to know that if I get close to noble people, I will get long-term happiness.A happy person, now give one hada, one god priest, twenty guards and foreign demons.This priest has very high mana and is good at healing injuries.In my opinion, there are fewer and fewer creatures in Tibet these years. Ants are no longer crowded in the dark, sparrows are no longer covering the sun, bison are less than domestic cattle, gazelles are less than goats, and tigers, lions, elephants, and horses are no longer seen around Lhasa. One, but there are so many evil wolves that they have formed ten substitute regiments to harm the children of the common people.This is because the mountain god is sick and doesn't care about things.In order to let God's pastor heal the mountain god's illness, I asked him to cross the mountain and cross the river to Lhasa.Lama Lama kowtowed to the Dalai Lama, kowtowed again, and kowtowed three times in a row, not lip kowtow, but real kowtow, and his forehead was broken. Although Lama Lama emphasized that he really kowtowed, he actually kowtowed because he forgot about the kowtow after dictating the letter.The most important question is: must this letter be delivered to the Dalai Lama?No one knows.Escorting Pastor Maun and his party were his Tibetan believers Xiama Rubon and his subordinates, and they naturally obeyed Pastor Maun.In Pastor Mahon's view, as long as a pastor can reach Lhasa safely, it is the victory of Christ.As for what to do in Lhasa, he is still unclear, let alone guessed by others. Pastor Mahon said, "Thank you, Lama. With this letter, I can meet the Dalai Lama?" He really hoped to see him, no matter what the result would be. La Liga said: "Of course, this is a letter from the frontline chief. If anyone stops you, you can take out the letter." Pastor Mahon understood that this letter was mainly for traveling.He set off on the road, walking towards Lhasa in his own daze and Tibet's daze.What was left to the Lama of La Liga was even more at a loss: What about Zongshan Castle?It's been more than ten days, and I still can't recover. At this time Lama Xijia thought of his teacher Tuomei Living Buddha, and Tuomei Living Buddha also thought of his disciples.Li Jia thought: Why don't you ask the respected teacher?If you can't even respect the teacher, then you have to hand it over to the Dalai Lama.The Dalai Lama came in person, and the recovery of Zongshan Castle was nothing more than fluff from the butter and milking on the teats, it was very easy.He was about to send people to Lhasa to meet Tuomei Living Buddha, when he saw Tuomei Living Buddha walking towards him. Tuomei Living Buddha said: "When you miss me, I miss you. Come, come, and there will be a monk-soldier on behalf of the regiment personally commanded by Zhou Living Buddha of Ganden Monastery's Mai Ba Dzacang." Xijia said: "Master, you don't know. What I want is the idea of ​​recovering Zongshan Castle, not monks and soldiers to replace the regiment. There is no need for so many troops now, and the main force of the foreign demons has already retreated." Tuomei said: "Have you seen the river flowing backwards? I have seen it in a dream ten days ago. You have defeated the foreign demons, but you have not wiped them out. People who go south will turn around and go back. Go north, you have to be careful. Now, Lama Lama, you listen to the front line. I give you the idea of ​​​​taking back Zongshan Castle, and I will give you a monk soldier. This is the last monk soldier. The monks from Tibet are here. That’s enough, even if the Dalai Lama goes out in person, no monks and soldiers will come to fight.” La Liga was not interested in the monks acting on behalf of the group, and asked anxiously: "Master, let's talk about it quickly." Tuomei said: "Make the goddess angry. My lord, why don't you make the goddess angry?" Xijia was taken aback, shook his head, and said seriously: "Why is Master also thinking this way? No, no." Then he turned around and left, blaming himself, "We are followers of Sakyamuni, such an idea It will make the Buddha eat and sleep well." Tuomei said loudly, "Then you can do what you see. Just to give you this idea, I came to Gyantse to meet you. I'm going back to Lhasa. Something big is going to happen in Lhasa." Tuomei Living Buddha left in a hurry.The Lama Lama watched his revered master off, thinking that the major event in Lhasa could be as big as the recovery of Zongshan Castle? In the early morning of this day, Lama Xijia came to the Nianchu River.It is a short distance from Baiju Temple where he lives to Nianchu River.He squatted by the river and touched the water with his hands. He felt the coldness from the iceberg and snow water, and realized that he didn't come for the water.He came here because he saw from the top of Baiju Pagoda that many women carrying water walked towards the river.He came for a woman, a lama, when he thought of the girl Sangzhu, he couldn't help but walk towards the woman. He got up, wiped his wet hands on the cassock, and walked up and down along the river, looking at this woman and that woman. Adanima, who was following him, said, "Master La Liga, are you looking for your girl?" Lama Lama turned his head and glanced at him, acquiescing. Adanima said: "I heard women say that she is over there, in the woods, under the cliff, where no one else can see, and soaks herself in the Nianchu River every day." La Liga frowned and asked, "Why?" Adanima said, "Your girl, she has suffered." In fact, Lama Xijia had already thought of it, and Miss Sangzhu wanted to clean herself inside and out.The living Buddhas and lamas of Baiju Temple all said that the Nianchu River originating from the Himalayas can wash away all the sins and filth of people.This is of course fortunate. Tibet always makes a person see hope in times of despair.The existence of Tibet is the existence of comfort.But the reason why Miss Sangzhu needed to cleanse herself made Lama Lama heartache, and also made him often consciously or unintentionally refine his emotions in anger and hatred.Perhaps the purpose of fighting the foreign demons is to avenge Miss Sangzhu?If Miss Sangzhu didn't suffer, wouldn't there be cremation of foreign demons?The fire destroyed the foreign demon and the aggression of the Crusaders, but did it also destroy his hatred?No no, hatred will not disappear, not to mention that behind the hatred there is obligation and sorrow, and there is also a belief that a lama died for Buddhism and lived for Tibet.But at this moment, he felt sad for all the Tibetan women, because he felt that maybe the Reverend Master Tuomei Rinpoche was right, and there was only one idea in recovering Zongshan Castle: to make the goddess angry. Lama Lama doesn't want to have such thoughts.But this kind of thought stubbornly occupied his mind, like a powerful and constant force, involuntarily making him think: who is the goddess I need? He is even more reluctant to put the choice of Goddess into action, but such an action is undeniably coming quietly.Everything was arranged by Adanima, the captain of the chief guard.La Liga didn't seem to explain anything to Adanima, but Adanima reported to him: "Master La Liga, everything is ready as you ordered." La Liga asked: "What is that woman's name? Where is she from?" Adanima said: "I don't know where, but I know it's Zhuoma. I heard that a woman was going to be sent to Zongshan Castle, and she said let me go. I'm not afraid of foreign demons." Xijia said: "If you find out whose family the woman is, I will distribute the gold and silver of the nobles to her family. I will also tell the Dalai Lama that Zongshan Castle will not be called Zongshan Castle in the future, but will be called Zhuoma Castle." Adanima agreed and left. La Liga chased after him and said, "I haven't finished my question yet, why are you leaving?" Adanima said: "My leg didn't listen to me. It knew that the adult hadn't finished asking, so it left by itself." La Liga asked again: "Is the poison ready?" Adanima said: "Okay. The Tibetan medical lama of Baiju Temple said that it can poison a thousand yaks and ten thousand goats, and asked Khenpo Zhuomi to recite the poisonous mantra." La Liga nodded and kicked him: "I'm done asking, why don't you leave?" He wants to kick people right now, wishing to kick Adanima to the ground, who made you so clever and arranged the matter that made the goddess angry so smoothly?He couldn't imagine what kind of ordeal the Sangzhu girl had suffered, but he could guess that it must be the most intolerable disaster for a woman, and it is also a fact that a Tibetan man cannot accept.Yes, he is a man from Tibet, even though his cassock reminds him that the world is broken at any time. But he had to admit that there was a cruel will stored in his system that ordinary people do not have. Compared with his compassion for women, he cared more about his mission as the frontline chief. He had to be responsible for Tibet and the war. A few hours later, a young and beautiful woman from the Chu River last year passed by the foot of Zongshan Mountain.When she returned the same way, several crusaders suddenly ran out of the castle.The woman was bent over by the heavy bucket and couldn't see the front and sides at all.A few crusaders overturned the bucket, carried the woman and ran up, happily hiding in the castle. Everything is seen by Lama Lama.He was stunned, then turned around suddenly, and asked Adanima angrily: "I asked you what that woman's name was, and you said it was Dolma. I asked where she was from, but you said you didn't know. Why did you lie to me? Crow Light up the stars in the sky, and who doesn't know you're a lying goblin." Adanima was terrified: "Master La Liga, I didn't lie to you. The woman I arranged is called Dolma. But, but, why isn't it anymore? How come it's your girl again? It must be Your girl knows, tell Dolma, let me go, I am the girl of La Liga, I have more magic power than you, and I am the real goddess who should be angry." Lama Xijia suddenly tore off his cassock and chattered: "Why is the goddess angry, why did the male god go? Sangzhu, Sangzhu, you came from the devil's heap, and you are going to the devil's heap again. Why don't I go, I Go poison it." It seemed that he really wanted to go, and after walking a few steps, he felt that it was impossible for him to enter the castle, so he sighed despondently, "Buddha, you should let me die, you let a girl push Sangzhu into the fire pit Your lama should die now." Then he shouted to Adanima, "Send the order, send the order, all the three major forces of Tibetan soldiers, monk soldiers, and militiamen, surround Zongshan Castle." Adanima was going to deliver an order, but she came back and said, "My lord, if your girls don't go, girls from Dolma will go. They are all girls from Tibet." Li Jia said: "Are you blaming me? You only care about your own girl. Then go, my girl. Li Jia, Li Jia, your girl is going to suffer again, but you can't save her. You won't Animals that carry people, flies that can’t fly, mosquitoes that can’t bite, toads that can’t jump, lamas that can’t mana, and frontline managers who can’t fight foreign demons.” Adanima said: "No, sir, you are a beast that can carry people, a fly that can fly, a mosquito that can bite, a toad that can jump, a lama that can mana, and a frontline supervisor who can fight foreign demons. I Let's pass the order to surround Zongshan Castle and fight against foreign demons."