Author: The beggar

Mount Wutai is a good place.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, monks have come here to build temples, and they have flourished from generation to generation. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, more and more temples were built, and the temples got bigger and bigger. In the Tang Dynasty, they were out of control, and the number of monks and nuns on the mountain reached tens of thousands.

The number of monks throughout China was extremely large, and temples of various sizes were built everywhere, occupying tens of millions of hectares of land in the Tang Dynasty at that time.

It also led to the "Huichang Destruction of Buddha" incident during the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty.

Temples were demolished, monks and nuns were ordered to return to secular life, and the land was recovered.

Wutai Mountain was naturally affected at that time, and later Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty revived Buddhism.

Wutai Mountain naturally became stronger again.

Therefore, Jierhalang led his army to station in Wutai Mountain, and naturally had to deal with the monks in the mountain.

After fleeing for two to three hundred miles, Jilharang's control over his soldiers naturally declined. It cannot be said that they were scattered. However, the pressure accumulated by the generals' communication and the soldiers' escape was difficult to overcome in this vast mountain forest.

He didn't care enough either.

"Thank you, Master."

Jierhalang was sitting in the Heavenly King Hall of Manjusri Temple on Bodhisattva Peak. The Han abbot of Qing Temple in front of him had just imitated the lama of Huang Temple and touched his forehead to bless him. When he saw him thanking him, he felt a little anxious.

The way.

"Please, Your Majesty, please restrain your subordinates and refrain from committing any more evil acts in the monastery where Manjushri Bodhisattva lives."

"Please also ask the master to give you food and drink."

Jilharang did not respond.

Wutai Mountain is rich. The huge white pagoda and the temples are magnificent, even more luxurious than the imperial city they loved back home when they were in Liaodong.

It’s not just Xiantong Temple.

There are temples everywhere in the mountainous area.

After Jierhalang's army entered the mountain, it was okay at first. The Manchus still respected the Buddha, even though there were mostly Han temples in the mountain.

But the army must be stationed separately.

The monks were naturally not happy for the army to enter the mountain. They had already sent people over to persuade Jierhalang to go around. However, the exhausted army lacked a place to hide and rest, so it was impossible to listen to the advice.

If you want to physically block it, there are several peaks in the entire mountain that are completely unblockable in front of the army, and they can't surround the mountain.

Jierhalang took the time to go to Xiantong Temple to offer incense and garrisoned troops there. The troops stationed in various mountains outside inevitably caused chaos.

I want to dig trenches at a Buddhist holy site, want something to eat or drink, or I have my sights on something, or the nun hiding in the nunnery has been discovered.

So Jierhalang waved his hand and asked his subordinates to bring a plate of gold and placed it in front of the abbot, asking the Buddha to take away a vegetarian meal, but it did not make the abbot look good at all.

Just because the gold might have been sourced locally.

But this is nonsense.

No matter how desperate you are, you still have this little money.

And he also had vegetarian food as he wished.

While we were eating, the chaos in the mountain became more and more intense.

Most of the soldiers followed the generals and set up defenses at the key roads in the mountains to prevent Black Flag's attack, but about 10% of the soldiers were wandering around causing chaos.

Naturally, the Black Flag Army pursuing them at the foot of the mountain would not sit idly by and ignore this.

A large group of monks came down from the mountain to ask for help. The influence of Buddhism was so great that at least Tang Hanfu did not dare to ignore it.

It's time to launch an attack. The cannons have been pulled up, and the monks have objections again.

It is already a grave sin to use weapons in a Buddhist holy place, but it is also necessary to use artillery. What if the temple and holy place on the mountain are blown up and the mountain is burned down?

Tang Hanfu also had a temper, so he became less anxious when he heard this.

He said that he was commanded by the flag master to lead the army as a general, and that he would attack with the lives of the flag men and armored men without using artillery fire, and that they all belonged to the flag master in terms of people and property.

We ourselves are the slaves of the flag master and have no qualifications to issue this order.

You must first ask for permission from the two flag masters, black, red, black and blue.

Or

Give me some money.

If the money given is large, then naturally some people in the black flag will be willing to sacrifice their lives, and the army can recruit troops on the spot, and then recruit some rural warriors from nearby counties and counties to train troops in the name of protecting the Buddhist holy land.

The Manchu and Qing Dynasty's open regiment training policy in order to resist Black Flag's fight against Ming Dynasty and Dashun was controlled and restricted after Black Flag came to power.

However, the local government cannot stop it all at once, so it is divided according to the Provincial Envoy Department. Each province has a fixed number of officers and is registered in the Ministry of War. This is a long-term problem, but it can be controlled in the short term.

If extra troops are needed at this time, they can be mobilized.

And when the Eight Banners dispersed into Hebei and Shanxi, the existence of regiment training also restrained the Eight Banners military group from suppressing local people to a certain extent.

And Tang Hanfu felt that the monks did not know what to do and said it casually.

But the monks and nuns in Mount Wutai were moved.

The Eight Banners are doing evil and causing chaos in the mountains, but the Black Flags at the foot of the mountain are not a good thing in their eyes, but the Tatars and another group of Tatars.

But the training of the rural warriors in nearby state capitals is different.

It's close and there are many contacts. If you pay a little money to invite him, you can get the money back when they make offerings to Buddha in the future.

"Then do as the general said. The rebellion in Wutai Mountain by the traitor Xianglan Banner and the false king is really a misfortune for our Buddhist community in Wutai Mountain. The super brave regent is the incarnation of Manjusri Bodhisattva, and the Zhenrongyuan in the mountain is the residence of Bodhisattva. If his army is allowed to

For fear of harming Shanmen and destroying the Buddha's land, I also ask the general to quickly invite warriors to protect the Dharma and destroy the rebels."

Unfortunately, they couldn't hire people privately, and had to let Tang Hanfu take the money to operate it. It was inevitable that they would reveal their wealth in front of Tang Hanfu.

Unprecedentedly, the monk took the initiative to take out the money.

The first sum of 20,000 taels for recruiting team trainers was placed in front of Tang Hanfu. Soon, the team trainers around Mount Wutai reported to the provincial government and sent them to the capital for approval. Then the local team trainers rushed to Mount Wutai.

The person who approved it was naturally Zhu Youjian.

This was the first time that the Black Flag Qing Dynasty used local regiments to train troops to participate in combat.

Zhu Youjian was also very concerned.

Most local governments voluntarily arm their own regiment training at their own expense. This time, with Black Flag paying the monks money, they were very motivated. In just two days, nearly 3,000 people arrived at Mount Wutai.

And then they will serve as the vanguard to launch an attack on the Eight Banners Army entrenched in the mountains.

Then, one business after another was delivered to Tang Hanfu.

Team training is not stupid.

They are really not qualified as forwards, and their lack of armor is a flaw.

But if they can get generous salaries and are registered in the province, the military merit system of the Qing Dynasty will also be effective for them. As long as they have achievements, it is no problem for them to become a regimental training flag-raising cadre and then rise to the top.

So the Hebei League Training Minister who was leading the team training came to discuss business.

He gave some money to rent armor for the army and returned it in full when the battle was over.

"If you add another sum of money for losses, the general will have pity on us Shanxi men. We go into battle to kill the enemy and quell the chaos, and we can't resist guns and artillery with our bodies!"

"Three hundred sets."

The court did not press, but the black, red, black and blue masters did. After weighing the situation, Tang Hanfu nodded in order to use this force to defeat the enemy as quickly as possible and reduce the losses of his own men.

"Thank you, General! Thank you, General!"
Chapter completed!