"What do you say? There is a very famous monk who led his troops to the outside of Ganzhou City, and now the people outside the city have been scattered? Ma Buxiang stared at the big eyes and shouted at the person in front of him.

"Brother Ma, not a very well-known monk, is His Holiness Tsongkhapa, who arrived outside the city of Ganzhou two moments ago with several of his disciples and thousands of monks and soldiers who escorted him. Soraha sent people to negotiate with them, not wanting to fight with the monks and soldiers of His Holiness Tsongkhapa. But before anything happened, the monks suddenly attacked us, and then the army outside the city dispersed and fled. The man said.

"There are five thousand people outside the city, and the monks and soldiers are about this number, even if they are well-trained, they can't compare to the upper guards of the Ming Kingdom, so they won't be scattered in an instant!" Ma Buxiang continued to roar.

He had to roar. The people outside the city were scattered, and there was a huge hole in his battle plan, and it was likely that it would fail completely, and the fire in his heart must be flared up; And he felt that when the troops were equal, how could he not be defeated in an instant, and he was even more angry. At the same time, complaining in his heart about Soraha: How did you command!

"Brother Ma, that's the monk soldiers led by His Holiness Tsongkhapa himself!" The man shouted, "Lama Tsongkhapa was born in a Brahmin family in India in his previous life, became a bodhisattva's attendant, was personally taught by the bodhisattva, and even met the Buddha!" ”

"Since His Holiness wants to fight us, it means that what we are doing is wrong, and the mistake is so great that even the Buddha and the Bodhisattva can't see it. How can we resist? Naturally, they scattered and fled. The man said.

Hearing this, Ma Buxiang slapped himself in the face! He forgot that more than 30 percent of the bandits he had collected were Tibetans, more than 30 percent were Mongols, less than 30 percent were Han Chinese, and a very small number of the remaining bandits were Semu. The vast majority of Tibetans, Mongols, and Han Chinese believe in Tibetan Buddhism. He was very strange when he first learned this, but after a long time, he didn't care, anyway, they didn't believe in Han Buddhism, and it didn't affect the burning, killing and looting in Han land.

But at this time, a Tibetan Buddhist monk suddenly appeared in Ganzhou City, which became very fatal. In the face of Tsongkhapa, the vast majority of people did not have the will to resist at all, and because they thought of themselves and scared themselves, they all ran away in an instant. Although Soraha wanted to lead his troops to resist, he was really no opponent with the 500 people under his command, so he also led his troops to retreat in order to preserve his strength, and sent a person to the city to inform Ma Buxiang before retreating. Unfortunately, the man accidentally fell off his horse and died on the way. If it weren't for the fact that a Tibetan who entered the city to attack Suwangfu was his good brother, Ma Buxiang would not know it now.

"It's really up to people to make things happen, and it's up to heaven to make things happen!" He couldn't help but sigh, feeling like Zhuge Liang who wanted to burn the valley above, but the flames were extinguished by the heavy rain.

"Come here, I have something to tell you." After sighing, Ma Buxiang said to the person who came to report the news.

The Tibetan did not doubt him, and bent forward, attaching his ear to Ma Buxiang's side. But at this moment, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and then he didn't know anything.

"My lord, what's going on?" Hearing a voice coming from the house, the two men walked in and saw a corpse, and couldn't help but ask. Because the sound on the battlefield was noisy and difficult to hear, Ma Buxiang chose a house in the front yard to see the Tibetans who reported the news.

"A Tibetan Buddhist monk came to the city of Ganzhou for some reason and sent monks to attack. The people outside the city had been routed, and even Soraha had withdrawn with his men. Ma Buxiang said: "They will soon rush into the city, and most of the people who are looting the official treasury and attacking the Suwang Mansion in front of them also believe in Tibetan Buddhism, and it is estimated that they will also disperse when they see the monks." ”

"Then we'll only be three or four hundred left! With the three or four hundred of us, it is absolutely impossible to take down the backyard of King Su's Mansion, and even if we can't get out of Ganzhou City slowly, we will be wiped out! Therefore, you must prepare to retreat immediately, and when the time comes, you will be mixed with the others and flee! ”

Although Ma Buxiang was very loyal to Timur, his own life was also very important, and if there was no way to retreat, he would choose to fight to the death, but if there was still a way to retreat, he would retreat.

"Let our people all quietly withdraw, gather together, and retreat when the monks and soldiers come." And he commanded.

One of them led the way, and the other asked, "My lord, where are we leaving?" ”

"I originally planned to plunder the city of Ganzhou and then cross the Qilian Mountains in the south, through the Qaidam Basin through the Altun Mountains to the Tarim Basin, and then cross the Pamirs to return to Samarkand. But now that the monks are coming from the south, we can't go south; To the east is the Ming mainland, and to the west, there will be a lot of Ming soldiers who can't leave, and now it seems that they can only go to the north. After escaping the pursuit of the Ming army, he tried his best to return to Samarkand. ”

"When he gathers dozens of people, you will rush to the north gate of Ganzhou City first and guard the retreat road." Ma Buxiang said.

"Yes, sir." The man agreed, and stepped back to carry out his orders.

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In the backyard of King Su's mansion, shouts rang out one after another, but no matter who it was, the shouts were all this sentence: "The robbers have all run away!" The bandits are all gone! ”

"They all ran away? Why exactly? Yun Zhi stood at the door of the main hall of the backyard in a daze, looking at the courtyard outside that had become empty, and only a corpse remained, and muttered to herself.

"Could it be that the Buddha appeared and blessed us?" She had always believed in Buddhism, and just now she vaguely heard the Buddha's horn coming from the air, and she couldn't help but think so.

"Quick, put out the fire!" Zhang Wuji didn't think about the reason for the bandits' escape like her, but immediately commanded to extinguish the fire.

"Extinguish the fire! Go fetch water! Hearing Zhang Wuji's words, the guards and palace maids who were also stunned just now reacted one after another and began to extinguish the fire.

But at this time, the scene was in a panic, and by the time the water came, the fire was too big to be extinguished. Zhang Wuji had no choice but to send someone to rescue Xu Miaojin, Princess Su and others from the main hall, and everyone was transferred to another palace.

"Commander Qu, Guard Zhang, what the hell is going on, why did the bandits suddenly retreat?" After being rescued, Xu Miaojin didn't care about what Su Wangfu had lost, nor did he care how many palace maids and maids had died, so he called Zhang Wuji and Qu Feng to ask.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, the minister doesn't know. However, the minister has already sent someone out of the palace to investigate, and there will be a reward in a while. Qu Feng bowed and said. He finally maintained his true character as a general, and after the bandits retreated, he let the remnants of the soldiers reoccupy the backyard wall while sending people to find out the news.

"I heard the sound of chanting Buddha in a trance, have you ever heard it?" Xu Miaojin said again.

"Sister-in-law, I heard it too." At this time, Yun Zhi had already come back to her senses, and when she heard Xu Miaojin's words, she hurriedly said.

"Huainan, don't be rude in front of everyone." Xu Miaojin said.

"Yes, Concubine Chen." Xu Miaojin said hurriedly. According to the etiquette system, she can call herself Wu, Bengong, Gu and other titles in front of outsiders, but she can't call herself me; You can't call the imperial concubine sister-in-law, only the queen is the only sister-in-law, and the high-status imperial concubine is called a title, and the low-status title is called.

Xu Miaojin was about to say something more, but a person ran in from the gate, ran to Qu Feng and knelt down and said, "My lord, the reason for the bandits' retreat is already known, it was the Venerable Tsongkhapa, a high monk of Tibetan Buddhism, who led the monks to Ganzhou City. ”

"Most of the robbers who besieged the city believed in Tibetan Buddhism, and they retreated after seeing the monks, and the few who did not believe in Tibetan Buddhism did not dare to stay, so they retreated together."

"Tsongkhapa, the master of Tibetan Buddhism? How did he suddenly come to Ganzhou City? What is the purpose? Xu Miaojin asked suspiciously. Do you want to be wary of him?

Qu Feng and the others shook their heads, and they didn't know why Tsongkhapa suddenly appeared here. But Yun Zhi suddenly thought of something, and said: "Concubine Chen, Commander Qu, there was a holy decree before, the imperial brother sent someone to invite a Tibetan Buddhist monk to come to Ganzhou City to meet, the name of this monk is not clear, but it seems to be this." ”

As soon as she said it, Xu Miaojin also remembered this holy decree, and said with a sigh of relief: "Since it was invited by His Majesty before, it is about nothing." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Now that they can prove that Tsongkhapa has no ill intentions, they don't have to worry about it.

After the security of the city is solved, order will be restored to the city. Xu Miaojin instructed: "Commander Qu, you immediately start to rectify the order in the city, and count how many soldiers have been killed in battle, how many civilians have been killed, and how many things have been looted from various official treasury." ”

"We must also settle Lama Tsongkhapa and the monks and soldiers he has brought with him, and we must not neglect them. Lama Tsongkhapa settled in a post house in the city. This palace remembers that His Majesty said that the envoys of Fanguo who went to the Central Plains from the northwest were all settled in the post house, which was not rude. If the inn has been destroyed, he will be placed in the Great Buddha Temple in the city. ”

"Princess Su," she turned to face Princess Su again: "Please immediately rectify the palace of King Su." ”

Xu Miaojin ordered them one by one, and everyone agreed, except for Princess Su, who was frightened and still did not recover; Xu Miaojin saw that Princess Su was afraid that she would not be able to take on the important task of restoring order in the palace, so she called the maids and eunuchs who were still alive in charge of the palace and gave them instructions in person.

After telling the matter, Xu Miaojin ordered someone to take good care of Princess Su, and was about to find a palace with Yun Zhi that was not destroyed to rest for a while, when suddenly someone reported: "Niangniang, the imperial guard Chen Lijie asks to see you." ”

"Chen Lijie? How did he end up in Ganzhou City? Xu Miaojin was puzzled, but immediately said: "Xuan He is coming." ”

Chen Lijie quickly came to the palace, knelt down and said: "Chen Lijie, I have seen Concubine Chen, and I have seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Huainan. ”

"No need to be polite."

Chen Lijie kowtowed and stood up, bowed down and said, "Niangniang, the minister is appointed by His Majesty to return to Ganzhou City to prepare for matters first." ”

But he didn't want the minister to arrive at Ganzhou City early this morning, and found that there were bandits attacking the city. At that time, the three souls and seven spirits were almost frightened, for fear that the city would be captured by bandits, so he immediately led troops to fight the bandits. ”

......, the minister immediately led his troops into the city, but they were still blocked by bandits, and it was difficult to rush to the rescue of the palace. But fortunately, with the blessing of God and the Buddha, the bandits were suddenly defeated by themselves, the population scattered, and the siege of the palace was relieved. The minister took the opportunity to block one of them and annihilate it. ”

After that, the ministers hurriedly led the soldiers to the Su Wangfu. Seeing that the commander of Qu was settling the order in the city, the minister handed over the soldiers to the commander of Qu and rushed to report to Niangniang. ”

"Guard Chen has worked hard. This battle can hold the palace, you have merit, this palace will inform Your Majesty. Xu Miaojin saw through the reason why Chen Lijie said so much at a glance, and she would not be a villain.

"Thank you, mother." Chen Lijie immediately knelt down and said, and at the same time said happily in his heart: Finally, I have another battle achievement.

"How many bandits have you killed? Is there a leader of the bandits? Since he showed himself merits, Xu Miaojin also asked casually.

"Niangniang, the minister has not caught the two most important leaders. At that time, the minister also encountered the Semu bandits, but this bandit was very powerful, and escaped after being killed by the minister. ”

"Danchen captured and killed more than a dozen ordinary leaders of bandits, all of whom were the leaders of the bandit cottages of the original Gansu Xingdu Division."

"From sunrise to this time, the sun has turned west, and the Chen guards have worked hard. Have you already arranged your men's quarters tonight? ”

"It's already arranged."

"In that case, there won't be more guards in the palace. The palace will inform Your Majesty of your merits, and you will be rewarded after Your Majesty comes to Ganzhou City. Stand down. ”

"You go and count the bandit heads that Guard Chen has served." She commanded another guard.

The guards took the order; Chen Lijie also agreed, bowed and retreated.

During this process, Yun Zhi didn't speak, just thinking about something. Xu Miaojin didn't speak to her either, and after resting for a while, he asked Zhang Wuji: "Guard Zhang, you go and ask Master Tsongkhapa, who asked Commander Qu how to settle down, and after hearing the news, invite Master Tsongkhapa to King Su's Mansion, and the palace will receive him." ”

Zhang Wuji hesitated for a moment before agreeing. It stands to reason that the imperial concubine cannot meet with monks and Taoists without the permission of the emperor, but now is an extraordinary time, and she can't take care of so much.

Zhang Wuji turned his head and saw Yun Zhi still staring at the door in a daze. She sighed and coughed, Yun Zhi came back to her senses, looked at Zhang Wuji with some embarrassment, and hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, what's the matter?" ”

"After a while, my sister-in-law wants to see Lama Tsongkhapa, and you and your sister-in-law will meet him together." Xu Miaojin said.

"Okay, sister-in-law." Yun Zhi hurriedly agreed.

"My sister-in-law heard that this Tibetan Buddhist master named Tsongkhapa is very capable, and if you ask him for advice, you will definitely be able to gain something." Xu Miaojin said meaningfully. But Yun Zhi didn't know what she was thinking at this time, and she didn't understand what she meant.