Sang Chiruo, the commander-in-chief of the Tibetan army, could vaguely feel that Dunhuang City was lacking in troops and weapons.
In the past, when the Tubo army attacked the city, the Tang army could not only resist the attack, but also take the opportunity to leave the city to counterattack. But now, most of the Tang army can't defend. Another example is the explosive "earth-shaking thunder" in the hands of the Tang army, which could still be seen at first.
, it is used less and less now.
Sang Chiruo knew that the city of Dunhuang was about to be destroyed, so he promised the Tibetan army that once the city of Dunhuang was destroyed, he would massacre the city for three days without taking the sword out of its sheath. Except for the treasures in the city that would be dedicated to Zuzan, the soldiers would be allowed to plunder the rest freely.
With this order, the morale of the Tibetan army was greatly boosted, and Sang Chiruo's personal reputation rose to the highest level in a short time.
One morning after this, the soldiers of the Tibetan army who went to fetch water found a huge stone beside the river.
Taking a closer look, the Tibetan soldiers could not help but be frightened by the scene above and froze in place.
I saw countless ants crawling on the surface of the boulder.
However, the march of these ants is not chaotic, but faintly formed into several special patterns.
The Tibetan soldiers who were fetching water reported this rare phenomenon to the tribe.
After hearing the news, the tribe's scribe hurried to the boulder and saw at a glance that the pattern formed by these ants was the Yalong script (ancient Tibetan script).
The meaning of the combination is: God bless Gar.
The "god" in the Yalong text specifically refers to the shaman god in Bon religion. So what is Gar?
Gar is Sang Chiruo's surname and the name of his ancestors.
The Gar tribe originated from Sunbo and were conquered by Tubo. After that, members of the tribe held positions in the top management of Tibet for a long period of time.
For example, the Tubo Dagong Lungar Trizhazimen and the Gar Mangxiang pine bags all come from the Gar clan.
But when it comes to the Gar tribe, the two most famous prime ministers are:
One is Gar Dongzan (Lu Dongzan). As a minister, he conquered Zhangzhong, Qiangtang and other areas, unified the entire plateau, persuaded the Tang Dynasty to make peace, and carried out economic, military, and people's livelihood reforms.
A series of reforms in religion and so on established the Tubo Empire.
The name of the other one has become a taboo in the annals of the Tang Dynasty, and has become an old scar of the Tang army's undefeated history. Few Tang people dare to mention it publicly.
This person is the son of Ludongzan, Gar Qinling Zanzhuo (on Qinling).
On Qinling's status as a major Tubo official, he led the Tubo army for thirty years.
During these thirty years, he fought more than a hundred battles with the Tang army, large and small, and never suffered a defeat (in terms of personally leading the troops).
Xue Rengui, Li Jingxuan, Wei Daijia, Yan Wengu and other Tang generals were all defeated by Lun Qinling.
Finally, the prestige of Qinling in the Tubo Kingdom was so high that it even threatened the status of Tubo Zanpu.
Tubo Zanpu Qi Nu Xinong conspired with Minister Lunyan to go to Lunqinling's camp in the name of hunting and killed more than 2,000 of his party members. Lunqinling led his troops to rebel, but most of the generals chose to be loyal to Zanpu and not resist.
, on Qinling's army being defeated and committing suicide.
The famous Gar clan in the Tubo Kingdom was now completely in decline.
But now, beside the sweet spring water, suddenly there is such a huge stone, with ants on it and the words "God bless Gar", which has many thought-provoking meanings.
The word "ant" was quickly spread to the Tibetan camp.
Sang Chiruo's reputation was already at its peak, and now this incident was added to the mix. The look in the eyes of the entire Tibetan army changed a lot when they looked at him.
In the military camp that day, when many tribal generals or soldiers who believed in Bon religion saw Sang Chiruo, they would kneel on the ground, kiss the toes of his boots, and respectfully call him "King Yamoluo" (the Great Wisdom King).
At first Sang Chiruo didn't notice it and thought it was the soldiers who gave this gift out of respect.
But later, Sang Chiruo was shocked when he learned from others that ant was a Chinese character.
The Gar family has been feared and even hated by Zanpu for generations. This is almost universally known in the Tubo Kingdom.
Sang Chiruo endured the humiliation and humiliated himself, and finally got the opportunity to become a general today.
Even so, before Sang Chiruo sent out troops, Tubo Zuzan was still worried and specially sent a group of nobles from his family, named to assist, but actually to monitor, in order to fear that Sang Chiruo would control the military and have evil intentions.
But now, something like this happened, which made Sang Chiruo want to cry without tears.
In order to eliminate the adverse effects, Sang Chiruo quickly issued several orders in the army:
1. Immediately send troops to bury the boulders on the spot next to the sweet spring;
Second, soldiers are prohibited from discussing the word ant;
Third, he found the nobles of his family who were accompanying the army, expressed his loyalty to Zuzan, and secretly sent out many heavy gifts.
After a lot of hard work, the story of the word ant finally came to an end, but the rumor that the Gar family was blessed by the gods spread more and more widely.
One wave has not subsided, and another wave has arisen.
A few days later, some Tibetan soldiers went to fetch water again. In the upper reaches of the sweet spring, they once again found a large stone covered with ants, with characters still formed on it.
However, the text has changed a lot this time.
The military secretary read it again and found that the general meaning of the article was: "God will eventually defeat false religion."
The word "god" in the Yalong text specifically refers to the shaman god in Bon religion, and the word "pseudo-religion", as long as anyone with a discerning eye can see that it refers to the Tantric Buddhism.
The appearance of this passage completely changed the meaning of the whole thing.
If the first word ant was coined, it only elevated the Gar family to the level of God's blessing; then, the second time ant was coined, it involved the Gar family in the dispute over Foben in Tubo.
The Gar family believed in Bon religion from the very beginning. Later, due to the annexation to Tubo, they converted to Buddhism. After experiencing ups and downs, the Gar family was betrayed by the Buddhist Zanpu royal family and embarked on a path of destruction.
the way.
Therefore, the second word ant was formed into the word, in the name of the god, which pointed out the contradiction between Buddha and Ben in Tubo. If we combine it with the content of the first time ant was formed into the word, it is not difficult to infer that the god sent an omen in the hope of borrowing from the Gar family.
Eradicate Tantric Buddhism with your own hands.
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You must know that among the Tubo army, most of the people who believe in Buddhism are nobles of the same family who are loyal to Zuzan, and some Shannan nobles. And those who believe in Bon religion include not only Qiangtang, Xiangxiong, Doma and other tribes
The nobility, most of the untutored soldiers and slaves in the army also believed in Bon religion.
Therefore, all the Bon believers were very excited about the writing on this stone. In their view, this was a miracle, while in the view of Buddhists, this was a slander with ulterior motives.
Interestingly, when the Bon believers and the Buddhists were debating, the former brought out one thing and repeatedly preached it, that is, when the Tibetan army attacked the Rong Fort at Shanque Peak, they suffered heavy casualties due to tiger squatting cannons, and a sudden heavy rain not only
Wetting the enemy's weapons and blocking the Anxi Army and the Beiting Army thousands of miles away, this seems to be God's blessing for the general Sang Chiruo, and there is no room for doubt.
At this time, due to the appearance of two "miracles", Sang Chiruo was caught between the Bon believers and the Buddhists. He became an ant on the hot pot, neither left nor right. He could only try his best to persuade the two parties to put aside the dispute.
, first focus on the Dunhuang City in front of you.
As the controversy expanded and continued, the noble group of the clan, which was supervising the army on behalf of the Tubo ancestor, was afraid of the influence of the Bon religion's miracles and publicly announced that it would dismiss Sang Chiruo from his position as commander.
Sang Chiruo came forward and tried his best to persuade, hoping that the nobles would give him a few more days. Once Dunhuang City was defeated, he would take the initiative to hand over military power.
But the nobles of this family are unwilling and dare not believe this kind of rhetoric.
Some generals and nobles loyal to Sang Chiruo persuaded him that instead of handing over military power, they should disobey orders and arrest those nobles before continuing to attack the city.
After some thought, Sang Chiruo rejected the proposal out of long-term considerations and decided to hand over military power to his own noble group.
At this point, the Tubo army had to reorganize its forces because of the religious internal strife caused by the two stones, gave up the siege of Dunhuang, and began to slowly retreat towards Longle Mountain.
At the top of Dunhuang City, Guo Ziyi watched the Tibetan army go away and sighed to Kong You beside him: "Five soldiers and a few stones can defeat the 100,000 Tibetan army. You, sir, are really a god."
Kong You shook his head and said: "During the Wu Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Zetian sent troops and generals to conquer Tubo in the south several times, but they were all defeated by Lun Qinling. Minister Guo Yuanzhen suggested that the Tubo royal family believed in Buddhism and could send monks to explain Buddhism.
A plan to alienate people. The emperor promised it, but in the end Tubo Zanpu fell into the trap and killed the Gar clan."
After hearing this, Guo Ziyi nodded and said: "The Tubo people believe deeply in fortune telling, so it is not surprising that they fell into the trap... But how do you know how ants write?"
Kong You smiled and said: "This method is what the Prime Minister said."
Guo Ziyi asked curiously: "What did the Prime Minister say?"
Kong You: "You once chatted with the prime minister about unofficial history and the conflict between Chu and Han. The prime minister told an interesting story. It was said that Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, once sent people to spread nectar on a big stone and wrote the four words "Overlord will kill himself" to attract ants.
Cover it. When Xiang Yu saw it, he thought that there was no life left in the sky, so he committed suicide by the river."
After hearing this, Guo Ziyi burst into laughter and said, "I have never heard of such anecdotes. They are interesting and interesting!"
This chapter has been completed!