In the Majestic Temple, the atmosphere suddenly became tense after Long Bian and Yelu Abli arrived.
From time to time, patrols wearing leather robes and carrying long swords on their waists walked around outside the majestic temple. The believers who usually came to pray and burn incense at this time were also missing.
Since Lanzhou has the official position of Lanzhou Governor, it naturally has corresponding arrangements.
This was a rule established decades ago. Lanzhou City was initially controlled by the Wang family, and most of the patrols at that time were members of the Wang family.
The Shatuo Li family can now become the "talker" of the Wang family and suppress the Wang family in Jincheng until they can move, just because they have control of the patrols in Lanzhou City.
Most of these patrols were selected from the brave Dingzhuang of the Shatuo Li family, and there were as many as a thousand people.
Near Lanzhou City, the Shatuo Li clan and the Qiang tribe allied with them numbered more than 40,000 people.
In these semi-nomadic farming tribes, men can fight with swords and guns, and can mobilize tens of thousands of people at any time.
This was the main supporting force for the Shatuo Li family to occupy Lanzhou City, while the Jincheng Wang family's power was squeezed out to the east and south of Lanzhou.
The former is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River in the Lanzhou section. It is the essence of Jincheng that the Wang family can continue to control. The hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile farmland that Wang Zongheng is reluctant to part with are located here.
The latter is close to Weizhou, and there are Han in-laws of the Jincheng Wang family nearby, so the two parties can hug each other for warmth.
In Lanzhou City, the Jincheng Wang family could still use no more than 200 patrols. If it weren't for Wang Zongheng's son Wang Tinghan, who had a team of more than fifty soldiers composed of Wang family members, the Wang family would have been destroyed by Shatuo long ago.
Li was killed.
At the same time, in addition to the Li and Wang families, there are still some armed forces in Lanzhou City, including hundreds of people from the Su Lun Family and more than a hundred monks and soldiers from the Weiyan Temple.
The Su Lun family's base is in the west of Lanzhou, close to Shanzhou, and there are not many monks in the Weiyan Temple. Therefore, apart from a sudden attack, they do not have the ability of the Shatuo Li family to mobilize tens of thousands of people in a short period of time.
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At this moment, Master Dinghui, the abbot of the Majestic Temple, felt numb. He felt as if he had fallen into a series of traps.
This Dharma King Zhang, who returned from Tianzhu, first used a huge amount of Buddhist treasures and Buddhist scriptures to get the temple in Longyou, Hexi Province to recognize his Dharma King status.
Then ask them to help with some small things, such as gathering a few small tribal leaders who believe in Buddhism, or helping to hold a Dharma ceremony.
Then there is the thing of throwing out banknotes, which connects major temples with money.
Slowly, now, monk soldiers from major temples have begun to be used.
Master Dinghui wanted to refuse, but he also realized that if he refused, the future of the presiding master and the majestic temple might be somewhat unfavorable.
This was physically not good, because the head monk of Dayun Temple sitting in front of him held a stick in his hand that was said to be the truth of Buddhism and could emit the lion's roar, the highest secret of Buddhism.
Chanting sutras and chanting, the enlightened lion roars. Master Dinghui is very familiar with it because he is good at this method of chanting and chanting.
He was familiar with the lion's roar of the wooden stick opposite him, and he also knew that as long as a spark flashed, the people around him would go to see the Buddha.
In addition to this physical threat, Master Dinghui suddenly realized that he had to follow Fawang Zhang's footsteps.
Because he could not openly oppose the Buddhist Jade Girl Treasure, the monks from the capital of Hexi Province ordered Master Long Bian and others to enter the Weiyan Temple.
As soon as they entered the Weiyan Temple, they were followed by thirty Liangzhou warriors, seventy Suzhou Long family warriors, and fifty Khitan warriors.
As soon as these one hundred and fifty people entered the city, they were immediately targeted by the Li family patrolmen outside.
This is really a mute person who cannot explain the suffering of Coptis chinensis. If Master Dinghui goes out and says that everything about Fa Wang Zhang of Liangzhou has nothing to do with them, it would be difficult to explain to fellow Buddhists, and even the Li family would not believe it.
Seeing that the master Dinghui in front of him didn't say either to do it or not to do it, Wen Chongle understood.
If it's not easy to make a choice, then just help him make the choice. Wen Chongle then decisively handed over his hand to Master Dinghui.
"Since the master has no objection, please hand over the monks of your temple to my command. When we hear three cannon shots at Yinshi tomorrow, we will open the west gate and welcome the Dharma King's army into the city."
Master Dinghui nodded slowly, made a fingerprint, and pronounced the Buddha's name.
"Namo Chakravartin King Bodhisattva, everything is in accordance with the Bodhisattva's decree!"
Sitting on the left side of Master Dinghui, the Hexi Du monk Tong Longbian was so used to this that he didn't even have any trouble on his face. For Hexi, this was just a basic practice.
Only Yeluhe and Mu Shunyi were greatly surprised that such a famous eminent monk who presided over a Buddhist temple could not resist the order of a Dharma King who only occupied Liangzhou.
And all it takes is sending a general to force the eminent monk to submit.
This is extremely rare not to mention among the Khitan tribes, even in the Central Plains.
Yeluhe seemed to have discovered a road to the sky. What his father wanted to do was to return to Khitan and take back their tribe. It seemed that he could use the power of King Zhang!
This is really not a fantasy. Historically, the Khitan Liao Kingdom was destroyed by excessive worship of Buddhism. Worshiping Buddhism can be said to be engraved in the genes of the Khitan people.
In order to attract the Han people to join him, Yelu Abaoji, the Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, insisted on ranking Confucius before Buddha, but this caused a big disturbance.
Not even the founding heroes like Yelu Abaoji could suppress the worship of Buddhism in the Khitan, let alone the fact that the Khitan was destined to be associated with the Buddha and had a visible and tangible strength.
At this time, Yeluhe even felt some distant respect for the Reverend King who was far away in Liangzhou. He cupped his hands and looked at Wen Chongle.
"General Wen, some of the Khitan warriors who escorted Jade Girl Baoxi to the west are also followers of Buddha. They are all skilled in spears, clubs, bows and horses. We are also willing to help King Zhang open Lanzhou City."
Wen Chongle glanced at Yeluhe. These Khitan warriors had calluses on their jaws. They were tall, had long arms and were good at shooting and riding. They must be either cheating or not knowing their combat effectiveness.
But no matter what, it is always good to fight with fifty more people.
"I would be very grateful to Mr. Yelu Lang for your help!"
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Lanzhou City was built along the Yellow River. It was called Jincheng in ancient times, after the Jincheng Tangchi, which means solid as golden soup.
In the Tang Dynasty, when Shanzhou, where the Longyou Jiedushi was located, was not occupied, Lanzhou was the second largest military town in Longyou, Hexi, after Liangzhou.
However, after the Tang Dynasty, Lanzhou occupied Shanzhou, which had a more important terrain, and its military fronts were directed at Dafeichuan, so Lanzhou's military status declined compared to the Han Dynasty.
But despite so many years of desolation and decline in status, Lanzhou City is still one of the largest cities in Hexi.
Ma Shacai led 1,200 people. After crossing Yema Ridge, he lost more than 200 people. He only had more than 900 people left.
Braving the wind and snow, running thousands of miles is easy to say, and it sounds bloody romantic, but it is quite difficult to do.
You must know that the 860 tribesmen selected this time are all elites among the six tribes. The remaining soldiers selected from Yucheng Town and Hanhai are even more extraordinary than ordinary soldiers.
However, after 1,500 people marched for more than 500 miles, the number of stragglers and attrition still exceeded the terrifying one-third.
After getting off Yema Ridge, it is impossible to hide your whereabouts, because the valley where the Yellow River flows through Lanzhou is extremely rich and is the essence of Lanzhou. There are a large number of people called Lanzhou Aimo living everywhere. Shatuo Li family, and other Qiang tribesmen.
Therefore, when they were about ten miles away from Lanzhou, more than 900 people led by Ma Shacai were already targeted.
At first, the Lanzhou Ammo tribesmen who rode ponies and held inferior swords dared to spy on them from a distance.
However, after Ma Shacai personally led the elite cavalry of Hanhai Town and used the explosive power of the broken-eared horses to quickly approach and kill dozens of them, these people did not dare to come up and take a peek.
But they still continued to gather their troops and followed the Guiyi army, which was alone and deep, from a distance of two or three miles.
Ma Shacai snorted coldly, ignored them, and led his troops directly to Lanzhou.
And when the news came that Ma Shacai had led his army to Lanzhou City, the atmosphere in Lanzhou City became even more solemn, and the streets were instantly deserted.
Wang Zongheng and his son Wang Tinghan did not expect that the Guiyi Army would actually be able to cross the Hongchi Mountains in winter and suddenly arrive at the foot of Lanzhou City.
At this moment, their crotches were covered with yellow mud, and they were either feces or feces.
The trembling Wang Zongheng looked at his second son Wang Tinghan, who was fully armored, and said, "Erlang, please quickly send someone to drop a letter outside the Li Family Fort. We really don't want to hook up with Zhang Sikong of Liangzhou. Please don't misunderstand, Chief Li."
Wang Tinghan looked at the two younger brothers around him speechlessly. For the first time, he felt that his father was already old.
How can you still explain it clearly now? Whether it is true or false, it is impossible for the Li family to believe it.
"Uncle! Second brother! The Li family summoned all the patrols and went to the Majestic Temple!"
At this time, a member of the Wang family ran in from outside the door. Wang Tinghan, who was still thinking about how to veto his father's opinion, was overjoyed when he heard this.
The Li family is looking for death. If they leave the city immediately and gather the people, they can fight and talk with the Liangzhou warriors. In the worst case, they can go back to the mountains.
But now when we go to Majestic Temple, if we can't attack it within a short period of time, then everything will be over.
"Erlang! Call our Li family patrolmen, and we will also go to threaten..."
"Sir, you are wise! Let us also go to help Weiya Temple and defeat the white-eyed wolves of the Li family, right now!"
Before Wang Zongheng finished speaking, Wang Tinghan interrupted his father. He was trembling a little because of excitement or something else.
"You're blind..." Wang Zongheng was angry and anxious. What was this traitor talking about without even listening to what he was saying? He wanted to call the Wang family's patrol to go to the Majestic Temple to have a look, and help whoever had the upper hand.
"Brother! Father agreed, he just asked you to give the order!"
Unfortunately, Wang Zongheng didn't say anything, and the fifth son Wang Tingbi also shouted excitedly, interrupting his words.
Now, no matter how slow Wang Zongheng reacted, he knew what it meant. He opened his mouth and looked at the two bastards, whose faces were red with excitement. The word "nonsense" got stuck in his throat and he couldn't spit it out for a long time.
After a long moment of awkward silence, Wang Zongheng gently stroked his chest and waved weakly.
This chapter has been completed!