Zhu Cixuan was constantly approaching Lhasa, so Gu Shihan naturally knew this.

Gushikhan is not a person who likes to sit and wait for death. In fact, he is a very decisive person. This can be seen from his decisive abandonment of southern Xinjiang and marching into Tibet and establishing the Hoshuot Khanate.

So this time, Gu Shihan also chose to send troops to fight Zhu Cixuan very decisively.

In addition to some of the troops guarding Lhasa, Gushikhan's troops were scattered throughout Tibet, and it took a certain amount of time to gather together, which is why he was slow to move.

During this period, Gushihan naturally received news that his four sons had defected to the Ming Dynasty and that several sons including Chaolu were killed.

"Do they really think that the Han people will give them glory and wealth? No, the Han people will only keep them as pets, and they will never have freedom for generations!" This is Gushihan's comment on the four surrendered sons.

Gu Shihan soon discovered that this was not the only bad news.

As time passed day by day, many subordinates and their troops who were supposed to come to Lhasa had not arrived for a long time.

Gu Shihan's mood also went from being ambitious at the beginning to being puzzled the next, and then became furious.

On the day when Gushikhan expected to lead his army, only 60,000 cavalry gathered under him.

Gushihan believed that at least 100,000 Heshuo Special Cavalry should have appeared outside Lhasa City.

"How dare these people betray me?" Gu Shihan was so angry that he cursed in public in the hall.

A minister hesitated for a moment and said, "King, they did not seem to surrender to the Han people. Perhaps it was just that something happened on the road and it was delayed."

"Depend?" Gu Shihan sneered: "What's the bullshit delay? They just want to see the result of this and the prince of Ming Kingdom, and then decide who to be loyal to!"

Gushihan also had to admit that Zhu Cilang's surrender was indeed a wonderful move.

For everyone in the Khanate, the ten thousand Ming troops led by Zhu Cilang should have been the enemy.

But after Zhu Cilang successfully surrendered several princes, things changed.

Many people chose to ride on the fence because they felt that compared to Gushikhan, loyalty to Ming Kingdom may not be a good plan.

Gushikhan suffered heavy losses as a result, and at least 40,000 cavalry commanders chose to wait and see.

This made Gushihan's number of troops very embarrassing.

The 60,000 cavalry is indeed a lot more than Zhu Cilang's 17,000 soldiers and horses.

However, there were 50,000 cavalry before Chaolu, but they were defeated by Zhu Cilang.

Moreover, after Zhu Cilang's 17,000 troops surrendered many tribes in Heshuote in Qinghai, it must have grown, at least about 20,000.

With this situation of increasing and declining, whether this battle can be won is really a big question mark.

Another minister asked, "King, will you still go to the expedition on time tomorrow?"

Gu Shihan's face changed for a long time, and he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Let's postpone the battle for three days first!"

This number of troops really cannot give Gu Shihan the confidence to win. He can only deceive himself and postpone it for three days, hoping that someone would really delay it as the ministers said, because of all kinds of things.

This pre-war meeting, which should have been very exciting, dissipated in this solemn atmosphere.

Gu Shihan had just turned back to the back hall and got another bad news.

"King Khan, I have been staring at the temples for a while and found that the monks were secretly sending messages to all the temple leaders outside Lhasa, asking them to remain neutral in the next war and not help each other."

Gu Shihan suddenly became angry when he heard this and overturned the table on the spot.

"How dare these ungrateful monks do this!"

You should know that the monk class belongs to the ruling class in Tibet, and their monasteries have a lot of land and wealth, and even monk soldiers.

In order to win the support of the monk class, Gushikhan did not change the treatment of monks when establishing the Hoshuot Khanate, and even strengthened a lot.

Now, Gu Shihan feels like shooting himself in the foot.

In a furious state, Gu Shihan directly led a cavalry of thousands of people to the largest temple in Lhasa.

The temple gate was locked and no one answered.

Gu Shihan sneered: "Whether you open it for me, no matter what method you use!"

Half an hour later, the gate of the temple was knocked open, and a large number of cavalry surrounded Gushihan and rushed in, rushing all the monks in the entire temple to the open space in front of the gate.

The monk's expression was calm, and he pronounced the Buddha's name, saying, "I wonder why the Khan came here and wanted to disrupt the monk's cultivation?"

Gu Shihan sneered: "Why did I come here? Isn't the monk aware of the eminent monk?"

The monk shook his head and said, "King Khan is very talented and has no idea what I can guess at will."

Gu Shihan smiled and said, "Since that's the case, Ben Khan hopes to mobilize all the monk soldiers to play some role in the war between Ben Khan and the Han people. I wonder what the monks think?"

The monk sighed and said, "Mencius cannot fight, kill, and the monks are just for the purpose of maintaining the safety of the temple. The Khan's request is too difficult."

Gu Shihan snorted and said, "It's okay not to mobilize monks. This time, Ben Khan needs a large number of military supplies and food supplies. I believe the monks will not refuse such matters, right? Don't forget that Ben Khan is also the Dharma King who protects the teachings!"

The monk was silent for a while and said, "This matter is of great importance. I can donate half of the property in this temple to the Khan as military funds, but whether other temples can agree depends on the abbots' wishes."

Gu Shihan said coldly: "That's not enough."

The monk sighed again: "I am willing to donate 80% of the property in this temple. I wonder if the Khan is satisfied?"

Gu Shihan said, "I want all temples to hand over 80% of the property, and it must be completed within half a month!"

The monk was silent for a while and shook his head gently: "King Khan, this is really impossible to do."

Gu Shihan smiled grimly: "Can't do it? Come on, take down all these monks for Ben Khan, and then copy the temple to Ben Khan!"

The monk's face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but raise his tone: "King Khan, there are many relics of monks and holy relics of this religion here!"

Gushi Khan laughed: "Sacred objects? If the life of the Dharma King of Protectors cannot be saved, what's the use of these holy objects? Copy this for me!"

Later that day, all other temples in Lhasa City were affected.
Chapter completed!