Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 294 294, Gushi Khan became angry from embarrassment, and the temples in Lhasa City suffered

Zhu Cihong was approaching Lhasa non-stop, and Gushi Khan was naturally well aware of this.

Gushi Khan is not a person who likes to sit and wait to die. In fact, he is a very decisive person, which can be seen from his decisive abandonment of southern Xinjiang to march into Tibet and the establishment of the Heshuote Khanate.

So this time, Gushi Khan also resolutely chose to send troops to meet Zhu Cihong.

Except for a part of the troops guarding Lhasa, Gushri Khan's troops were scattered all over Tibet, and it took a certain amount of time to gather them together, which is why he was slow to move.

During this period, Gushi Khan naturally also got the news that his four sons had defected to Daming successively, and that Chaolu and other sons had been killed.

"Short-sighted things, they really think that the Han people will give them glory and wealth? No, the Han people will only keep them as pets, and they will never be free for generations!" This is Gushi Khan's comment on the four surrendered sons.

Gushi Khan soon discovered that this was not the only bad news.

As time passed day by day, many subordinates and their troops who were supposed to come to Lhasa were delayed.

Gushi Khan's mood also changed from being ambitious at the beginning to being puzzled and then furious.

On the day when Gushi Khan was expected to lead his army to set off, there were only [-] cavalry gathered under his command.

But Gushri Khan believed that there should have been at least [-] Heshuote cavalry outside Lhasa.

"How dare these people betray this king?" Gushi Khan was so angry that he cursed in public in the hall.

A minister hesitated for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, they don't seem to have surrendered to the Han people, maybe it was just something happened on the way that caused a delay."

"Delay?" Gushi Khan sneered and said, "Where is the bullshit delay? They just want to see the result of this king and the Ming prince, and then decide who to pledge allegiance to!"

Gushi Khan also had to admit that Zhu Cihong's surrender was indeed a wonderful move.

For everyone in the Heshuote Khanate, the Wanming Army led by Zhu Cihong should have been the enemy.

But after Zhu Cihong successfully recruited several princes, things changed.

Many people chose to sit on the wall, because they felt that compared with Gushhan, allegiance to the Ming Kingdom might not be a bad idea.

Gushi Khan suffered heavy losses as a result, and at least [-] cavalry commanders chose to wait and see.

This made the number of Gush Khan's troops very embarrassing.

The [-] cavalry is indeed a lot more than Zhu Cihong's [-] cavalry.

However, there were [-] cavalry before Chaolu, but they were defeated by Zhu Cihong.

Moreover, Zhu Cihong's [-] soldiers and horses must have increased after recruiting and surrendering a large number of tribes in Qinghai and Shuote, at least about [-].

Under the circumstances of this ebb and flow, whether this battle can be won is really a big question mark.

Another minister asked: "King Khan, will you go out on time tomorrow?"

Gushi Khan's face changed for a long time, and he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Let's postpone the expedition for three days!"

This number of troops really did not give Gush Khan the confidence to win. He could only deceive himself and postpone the time for three days, hoping that someone would really do what the ministers said, and it was indeed delayed because of such and such things.

This pre-war meeting, which was supposed to be very exciting, dispersed in this dignified atmosphere.

Gushi Khan had just returned to the apse when he got another bad news.

"King Khan, I have been staring at the monastery during this time, and found that the monks are secretly sending messages to all the abbots of the monasteries outside of Lhasa, asking them to remain neutral in the next war and not to help each other. .”

When Gushi Khan heard the words, he immediately became angry and overturned the table on the spot.

"These ungrateful monks, how dare they do this!"

You must know that the monk class belongs to the ruling class in Tibet, and their monasteries have a lot of fields and wealth, and even monks and soldiers.

In order to win the support of the monks, Gushri Khan did not change the treatment of monks when he established the Heshuote Khanate, and even strengthened it a lot.

Today, Gushi Khan has a feeling of shooting himself in the foot.

In his rage, Gushi Khan directly led a cavalry of thousands of people to the largest monastery in Lhasa.

The gate of the temple was locked and no one answered.

Gushi Khan sneered: "Open it for Ben Khan, no matter what method is used!"

Half an hour later, the gate of the monastery was knocked open, and a large number of cavalry surrounded Gushi Khan and filed in, driving all the monks in the entire monastery to the open space in front of the gate.

With a calm expression, the eminent monk proclaimed the Buddha's name, and said, "I don't know why King Khan came here to disturb the monks' cultivation?"

Gushi Khan sneered and said: "Why does Ben Khan come here, don't the eminent monks know it well?"

The eminent monk shook his head and said: "King Khan is a great man, and his thoughts are naturally not something poor monks can guess at will."

Gushi Khan chuckled and said, "Since this is the case, then Ben Khan hopes to mobilize all the monks and soldiers to play a role in the war between Ben Khan and the Han people. I wonder what the eminent monk thinks?"

The eminent monk sighed and said: "Monks are not allowed to fight and kill. The monks and soldiers are only for the purpose of maintaining the safety of the monastery. King Khan's request is really too difficult for others."

Gushi Khan snorted and said, "It's fine without sending monks and soldiers. This Khan needs a large amount of military supplies and food for this battle. Presumably an eminent monk will not refuse this kind of thing, right? Don't forget, Ben Khan also Your apologist!"

The eminent monk was silent for a while, then said: "This matter is of great importance. The poor monk can donate half of the monastery's property to King Khan as military funds, but whether other monasteries can agree or not depends on the wishes of the abbots."

Gushi Khan said coldly: "That's not enough."

The eminent monk sighed again: "The poor monk is willing to donate [-]% of the property in this temple. I wonder if King Khan is satisfied?"

Gushi Khan said: "This king wants all monasteries to hand over [-]% of their property, and it must be completed within half a month!"

The eminent monk was silent for a while, then shook his head lightly: "King Khan, this is really impossible."

Gushi Khan let out a smirk: "Impossible? Come, someone, take down all these monks for Ben Khan, and copy all this monastery for Ben Khan!"

The eminent monk's complexion changed drastically, and he couldn't help raising his voice: "King Khan, there are many relics of eminent monks and sacred objects of our religion!"

Gushi Khan laughed loudly: "Holy things? If the life of the Protector of the Dharma King can't be saved, what's the use of these holy things? Copy them for Ben Khan!"

Later that day, other monasteries in Lhasa also suffered damage.

At night, the flames in the city of Lhasa soared into the sky and the thick smoke was billowing, which could be clearly seen even tens of miles away!

(End of this chapter)