The Mistery of Belicena Villca
Later incubated by the Lama Dusk , under the Aspect of a Serpent Naga , both eggs gave rise to a pair of hybrid twins , --a third of Crane , a third of man , and a third of serpent-- who would be the Great Ancestors of the Duskhas .
It should not be surprising , then , that with such a belief they claimed their kinship with the King of the World and became their most fanatical worshipers , demanding from anyone who tried to clear the Portal of Shambhala the offering of pain of a human victim , a pleasant gift for that who holds the titles of " Father of Human Pain ", " Lord of the Lords of Karma ”, and “ Supreme Master of the Kâlachakra ”.
Since then , the Duskhas , a people descended from the mythical Dusk , jealously guarded the region and built the Temple to Rigden Jyepo on the " White Island ", named after Chang Swetadvipa , the " White Island of the North ”, invisible to human eyes and seat of the Gate of Chang Shambhala , the Mansion of the Bodhisattvas . Over the centuries , the people of the Duskhas grew , as did the number of their community of Lamas , forced to build the huge Gompa Ashram Jafran , surrounded by beautiful Pagodas , dedicated to the worship of various Deities of the White Fraternity . The island with its Temple , was very close to the Western shore of the lake ; in front of it , the Monastery with its ring of Pagodas was erected on the mainland ; and further back , forming a wide semicircle that covered and at the same time protected the group of religious buildings , was the village of the Duskhas .
The Hoang-Ho , or Yellow River , has always constituted in that region a triple border between the Kingdoms of Tibet , Mongolia and China . During thousands of years the invading armies , coming from this or that Kingdom , passed in front of the Ashram Jafran , frequently respecting its religious community status but sometimes trying to occupy the village or subjecting it to plunder . That reality forced the Duskhas to fortify the place , building a high stone wall in the shape of a " U ", which went from shore to shore of Lake Kyaring : at the opening of the " U ", opposite the open space in the lake between the ends of the wall , was the White Island with the Temple and the prisoner who were trying to liberate .
And at the base of the " U ", which was the front of the walled city , there was a huge wooden door , framed in two elevated towers that served as watchtowers , permanently occupied by armed lookouts . On the two angles of the " U " there were also two towers with their respective sentinels .
It is good to clarify that such security measures had arisen forced by circumstances , that is , by the need to protect the Temples and the Ashram from possible invaders , for the Duskhas lacked at all , despite their ferocity for the Ritual Sacrifice , of a warrior vocation . They made up , however , a people of natural-born Priests , whose members entered from an early age in the practice of the Cult and lived always ascetically , displaying an ultramontane rigorism . Not only were they not warriors , but war caused an essential horror , and they imagined it as an effect of human error , of the blindness of man , that did not see , like them , the Goodness of the Gods Creators of the Universe .
Their firearms were reduced to a scarce hundred Martini-Henry rifles of the XIX century and six small pieces of fixed artillery , mounted on the towers of the wall : they were completely devoid of fist weapons . Instead the cutlery was plentiful and varied , and handled with fair dexterity .
To these material deficiencies , was added the scarce strategic vision of those wretches , who had quartered the entirety of their garrison , about a hundred troops , in two barracks located on both sides of the main gate . Obviously , the whole weight of their defense was based more on psychological than real factors , that is to say , that they relied on the dissuasion of their walls , and the meager loot behind them , to discourage the potential attackers . The artillery pieces represented a dissuasive object rather than a real danger to the besiegers , since they would hardly work : and that if the ideal conditions were given for there to be dry gunpowder , ammunition and fuse , and these elements were placed in the correct way .
In short , as the region was quiet for the moment , and they had no reason to suspect an attack , the guard was reduced to its minimum expression : one man in each tower , that is , six lookouts ; two at the main door and one behind each of the other four side doors , that is , six more guards ; six other guards at the White Island Temple , two outside and four in ; and forty troops sleeping in each of the barracks , but ready to leave at the slightest alarm .
On that night , Kâly would make the Gurkha ' s prayers come true . It would not be the strokes of the Trident of Shiva , nor the Fire of the Ray of Indra , nor the certainty of Arjuna ' s arrows , but Bangi ' s revenge would be implemented by means of other similar powers : the blows of the bullets of our rifles , the fire of the hand-grenades , and the accuracy of the arrows of the Lopas .
By the number of troops it counted , the formation commanded by Von Grossen was hardly a squad ; but , for the combative morale and conscience of the own force , it had to be described as phalanx or legion . A legion , it would be said , for its great mobility for the blitzkrieg . From the outset , we would attack divided : Von Grossen would lead the bulk of the squad , while a squad led by me
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