The more than 10,000 troops in Ganden Phodrang under the Gyantse Dzong Fort are in chaos. They are shouting and hissing, and fires are breaking out everywhere.
Suonan Raodan was protected by a group of Tibetan soldiers and did not even know what happened.
Some people say it was a sneak attack by Ji Sheba's rebels, others say it was a surprise attack by monks from the Sakya sect, some said it was the Nyingma sect who was causing trouble, and some even said it was a surprise attack by Heshuote who came down from the mountain.
Suonan Raodan looked at the increasingly chaotic camp, stamped his feet angrily, and deliberately wanted to gather the troops, but in the end he couldn't even find the generals.
There are more than 10,000 soldiers in the camp, but they are very mixed. There are 3,000 troops from Ganden Phodrang's direct subordinates, 3,000 monks and soldiers from Drepung and other three major Yellow Sect monasteries, and there are also soldiers from other monasteries, sects, and nobles.
Five thousand soldiers.
It’s just that although there are quite a lot of them, the soldiers of Weizang have always been out-of-arms, training is almost zero, and the equipment is still very backward. Like the herdsmen, they are actually soldiers and peasants. The soldiers have almost no armor, lack of weapons, and they are not sharp.
blunderbuss and artillery.
The soldiers were all common people, and in the end they were called away by the nobles to serve as servants. The monk soldiers in the big temple were actually stronger, better trained, and even equipped with sticks, swords, guns, bows and arrows, and some armor.
We can see its military level from the complex changes in the situation in Weizang over the years. Zangpa Khan, Jisheba and others fought in the past, and the largest number of them was only 8,000 people. The Gelug sect even asked Mongolia for foreign aid several times.
, just a few thousand Mongolian soldiers can pull Lhasa to dominate.
After Heshuote Gushi Khan entered Tibet, he established the Khan Court and established the Ganden Phodrang, intending to establish a real court and use the taxes collected to provide and equip a new army of 3,000 people, to provide military pay and equipment.
, the salary is actually not high, only two stones and five measures of highland barley per person per year plus five coins of silver per month, not to mention compared to the Ming Dynasty soldiers today, even compared to the Ming Dynasty soldiers in the past.
Li Zicheng would have to resist this kind of treatment again, but in Weizang, this condition is still very attractive to many people, and many young people signed up.
On the other hand, after the Gelug sect introduced Heshuote into Tibet and defeated Zangba Khan, it not only forced some other monasteries to change their names and convert to other religions, but also began to spend money, grains, highland barley butter, etc. to develop monk soldiers.
The monk soldiers from the three major monasteries alone can muster tens of thousands of people.
After Gushi Khan entered Tibet, he counted more than 1,800 temples in Uizang and more than 100,000 monks, of which the Gelug sect accounted for 50,000, and the three major monasteries accounted for most of them.
After Heshuote entered Tibet, the overall military strength of Tibet rose to a big level. Not only were thousands of Heshuote cavalry stationed there, but Ganden Phodrang also established a standing army of 3,000, and monasteries and nobles were also strengthened.
Armed.
However, after all, there is a lack of experience, and just having numbers and some weapons is not enough.
Suonan Raodan, the Diba, spent a long time there shouting and shouting, but in the end it still had no effect at all and everything was in chaos.
Soldiers can't find their Aben, and Jiaben can't find their Ruben. If they can't find their Zongben, even the monks and soldiers can't find their leader.
Running around in the dark.
The news is very confusing.
The castle on the mountain was quiet.
A group of men and horses went to kill Suonan Raodan and finally found several Jiaben. Originally, each of the Jiaben had 125 soldiers. One Ruben commanded two Jiaben, with 250 soldiers.
Soldiers, but now each one has only a small group of people around him.
Under Suonan Raodan's order, some of them didn't even wear their armor. They held knives and shouted at the soldiers to form an array to intercept them.
In the chaotic night, the incoming troops seemed to be well-organized and attacked straight away. Several Ganden Phodrang soldiers fell down with a hail of arrows, and then there were long-range attacks by throwing spears and stones.
Then he rushed over on horseback.
In the past, the Tubo cavalry was also powerful and invincible, able to defeat the Tang Dynasty soldiers repeatedly. The Tubo heavy cavalry had been dominant for hundreds of years. Although it was said that it had lost its glory, a well-equipped cavalry could attack a group of chaotic and unorganized skirmishers, but it was
Still have the upper hand.
People kept screaming and falling down.
Suonan Raodan was once the attendant of the fourth generation Dalai, and later became the general manager of the fifth generation. He himself was also a senior monk with a noble background. His knowledge and political abilities were not bad, but when it came to fighting, he was purely a layman.
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Seeing the people in front of me falling down one after another, my legs were already shaking with fear.
"Diba, hurry up."
Several of the attendants also had pale faces, so they withdrew after putting Suonan Raodan on the stand.
This is not the first time that Suonan Raodan has experienced such an embarrassing scene. He has been on the run many times in the past few decades. He was beaten by Zangba Khan and the Khalkhas in the past, but he was finally stable after attracting Gushi Khan.
It has been more than ten years, but now I am in such a mess again.
"Go to the mountains."
"Maybe the Heshuote people are rebelling."
"No, I recognized those people just now. They are monk soldiers from the Sakya and Nyingma sects. These damn thieves have rebelled."
The Sakya Sect is also called the Flower Sect, and the Nyingma Sect is the Red Sect. They are also important branches of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karma Kagyu Sect, which was previously supported by Zangpa Khan, is a branch of the White Sect Kagyu Sect.
Several major sects came from the same origin, but later developed in different directions. In addition to the different meanings of the scriptures, their monks' robes are also different.
Monks of the Gelug sect wear yellow hats and yellow clothes, while monks of the Nyingma sect wear red hats and red clothes.
Although the sky was dark, Suonan Raodan still saw that the cavalry just now were obviously monks wearing red flower robes. They were monk soldiers from the red and flower sects.
In this coalition, there were also monk soldiers from Sakya and Nyingma.
When the Gelug sect led Gushi Khan to annihilate Zangba Khan and suppressed the Karma Kagyu sect, they did retaliate and forced many monasteries to change their religions, but it did not completely wipe out other sects.
Among the 100,000 monks in Tibet counted by Gushi Khan, the Gelug sect, the biggest winner, only accounts for half, and there are also 50,000 from other sects.
Several other sects also have their own reincarnation systems, including their own patriarchs, kings, and hutuktu. Each major sect has many temples.
It’s just that in recent years, the fifth generation has been basically respected as the greatest leader of the entire Tibetan Buddhism.
Although Suonan Raodan didn't understand why the Sakya and Nyingma sects in the army would cause chaos, this was not the first time. In the past, when Jisheba was still the largest benefactor of the Gelug sect, Jisheba and the Gelug sect
When the allied forces of monks and soldiers from the three major monasteries fought against Zangba Khan, they also had internal strife after defeating Zangba Khan. Then Zangba Khan seized the opportunity to return to his horse and defeated him with a shot.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Moreover, this kind of internal strife among the coalition forces often happens not only with the Gelug sect, but also with others such as Zangba Khan, other sects, and their supporters.
It is commonplace for the Diba nobles and so on.
For example, the Jisheba family was not from the Gelug sect a long time ago, but later they changed their support to the Gelug sect and became the largest benefactor of the Gelug sect. The Jisheba family even acquired the north and south banks of Doulung Deji in the northwest of Lhasa.
After the region, the Gelug sect was actually attached to the Jisheba family.
The previous Ganden Phodrang was equivalent to Dalai's internal affairs office, which handled secular affairs. After the Gelug sect formed an alliance with the Jisheba family, this Ganden Phodrang was under the jurisdiction of the Jishepa family. The two parties formed an alliance, and a
Guanshen, a Guanshi sect, united to deal with the alliance between the Tsangpadis and the Kagyu sect.
But later on, the Jisheba family could not defeat Zangba Khan and was driven to Qinghai, losing even the territory passed down from generation to generation. Later, the Gelug sect attracted Mongolia as a stronger foreign aid.
With the new people forgetting the old, the new allies, the Mongols, had conflicts of interest with local nobles like Jisheba. Later, the Jisheba family tried to make their children the fourth reincarnation, and finally selected them with tsampa dumplings.
But it belongs to the Qiong Stuttering family.
Later, they did not give up and conspired with Quitu Khan of Qinghai to take the young Fifth to Qinghai and make him the abbot of the temple there. This would make it easier for them to control. Later, Suonan Raodan and others got the news and took Five with them.
Shijiu ran away and broke the conspiracy. As a result, the conflict between Ji Sheba and Ganden Phodrang became deeper and deeper, and even became public.
Later, Gushi Khan was attracted, and Jisheba's family acted as guides. The living Buddha of Jisheba's family was even respected as a guru by Gushi Khan. Gushi Khan also promised to bring Jisheba to Tibet after he entered Tibet.
The family's previous territory, wealth, etc. were all returned to them, and their previous status was even restored.
But later, after Gu Shihan entered Tibet, he broke his promise and never mentioned those things again.
Even when Suonan Raodan wanted to give the Jisheba family some territory and official positions to appease them, and tried to strengthen some local forces in Weizang to balance the Hoshuote Mongols, Gu Shihan was firmly opposed.
The Jisheba family became more and more dissatisfied. They not only hated Heshuote, but also Suonan Raodan and even the fifth generation. They felt that they were deliberately playing tricks on them.
The once biggest benefactor and biggest supporter suddenly became the biggest opponent.
The Sakya, Nyingma and others rebelled, and naturally it was probably for the same reason. Several major sects have been fighting for hundreds of years, and they have deep hatreds and grudges.
After the Heshuote and the Gelug sect formed an alliance and gained political and religious power in Tibet, the two parties joined forces to establish a Khan government that would rule all of Tibet. They would not only attack the aristocratic Diba family who were the original local traditional forces, but also attack other sects.
The monasteries and monks suppressed them, especially taking away the management rights of their manors.
You must know that those big families that have been passed down from generation to generation have many manors in their hands. Those large manors are even equivalent to a clan. The land of the manor, including the population, is completely controlled by them. They have the final say in everything.
Too much power.
They have the final say on matters such as military support, taxation, and justice.
Gushi Khan wanted to send floating officials to manage the thirteen sects, and also brought under management the large and small estates that had previously belonged to the local nobles and monasteries of Diba, sent floating officials, and even established the Khanate government army, etc. This naturally angered many people.
Although the exchange condition proposed by Gushi Khan was to recognize the hereditary status of their family's descendants, and even grant them official positions in the Khan's court, noble titles, etc.
But the original Diba, the great nobles and even the great temples were actually autonomous lords of one of the separatist parties. Now they want to return to their old ways. Who is willing?
Gushi Khan and Suonan Raodan have been fighting for more than ten years, and rebellions have never stopped in various places. Even those who have not rebelled have always suppressed their resentment in their hearts and waited for an opportunity.
Why rebel at this time?
Suonan Raodan asked his subordinates to escort him to the mountain, but as soon as he approached the castle, he was shot by random arrows. Instead, he was caught off guard and was shot down.
"I am Suonan Raodan, open the city gate quickly!"
A Heshuote Taiji from the city shouted down below, "Even if you are the fifth Dalai Lama, you can't do it. Get out of here, otherwise don't blame us for not having eyes in our bows and arrows."
Suonan Rao Dan slapped his thigh angrily, but facing the tall Gyantse Clan Fort in the dark, he could only look at it and sigh.
Fortunately, the monk soldiers below did not chase them up the mountain and were still rushing down the mountain.
