Chapter 282: Sacrifice
Li Ze stayed in Mengjindu for three days, and Li Xin, the king of fortune, also stayed here for three days. The Shence army also increased from more than 1,000 people who arrived in a hurry on the first day to a full 3,000 people, and if you add the naval army anchored in the Yellow River, this number will continue to rise.
Li Ze didn't leave because he insisted on burying his subordinates who died in battle. And the place of burial, he chose the place where these people fell, Mengjindu Guanyi.
Fu Wang Li Xin gave an order, and dozens of coffins were collected the next day, and after the location of the main building of the official post that had become a ruin was cleaned up, a huge pit was dug. Under Li Ze's gaze, a coffin was placed in it. It only took a day for the huge tomb to stand above the original official position.
One stele is engraved with the names of these heroes who died in battle, and the other is inscribed with their heroic deeds, killing hundreds of enemies and thwarting enemy plots.
On the incense case, the three animal offerings are all ready, and the green smoke rises in the huge incense burner.
Li Ze held the three pillars of fragrance in his hand, strode forward, raised his hand over his forehead, and touched the ground deeply. After three consecutive strokes, he inserted the incense into the incense burner with both hands, looked at the stone tablet engraved with the names of the soldiers who died in the battle, and said: "You can go with confidence!" Your parents, wives and children, I will support them for you. You have not killed all the enemies, and I will kill them one by one for you in the future, and sacrifice your heroic souls with their heads. ”
When Li Ze said this, his voice was low and his expression was calm, but it was precisely because of this calmness that Li Xin behind him had goosebumps. Calm does not mean that there is no anger, on the contrary, I am afraid that at this time, Li Ze's anger has reached the highest point, and the extremes of things will be reversed, and when they reach the highest point, they will touch the ceiling, and people will calm down.
Li Xin had no doubt about Li Ze's determination to say this at this time.
Although he and Li Ze have reached a consensus that the truth of this matter will not be revealed in a short period of time, this is only for the moment.
Li Ze's oath before the spirit today was made publicly in front of so many people, and it will not be long before it will spread all over the world and reach the ears of those who have a heart.
I'm afraid that's exactly what Li Ze meant.
Now that the feud had been settled, he didn't mind letting out his angry voice at his enemies.
The oath made by the Chengde people really can't be regarded as child's play. Cao Xin made an oath in Shenzhou City, and after Zhenwu perished, Wang Feng was razed to the three clans.
Li Ze raised his hand again, then turned around and strode back.
Behind him, Mrs. Wang, who was wearing a veil, stepped forward with the support of Xia He and Liu Ruyan, and also put on three pillars of fragrance. Then there were Mr. and Mrs. Liu, and then there were the generals under Li Ze. By the time all the people had finished the sacrifice, there was no longer a gap in the huge incense burner.
Li Ze raised his hand, and the guards behind him knelt on one leg in unison, choking, and the horizontal knife was unsheathed and raised high above his head.
"Brothers, go all the way!" Li Ze said loudly.
"Go all the way!" All the generals and guards shouted in unison, although the number was small, but the voice was unusually neat and loud.
Li Xin silently watched everything Li Ze had done, and now he understood why Li Ze's subordinates were so brave and good at fighting, and why he was able to use the power of a state to defeat Henghai into an army, and finally became his bag. Looking back at the Shence Army under his command, they were also all different at this time, obviously, they were also moved by this scene.
"I really love soldiers like children!" Li Xin said in his heart.
In fact, the so-called love for soldiers is like a son, Li Xin's idea is completely different from Li Ze's idea. Li Ze would never deliberately do certain things in order to achieve the reputation of loving soldiers like sons, for example, some people eat and live with ordinary soldiers, but Li Ze will not do it. As for some famous generals in the world, they actually went to suck the purulent wounds of ordinary soldiers, Li Ze was disgusted when he thought about it, and he wouldn't do it. He was supported by the soldiers, and he didn't rely on any of that at all.
He equipped the soldiers with the best weapons, equipped them with the best logistics, paid them well, gave them good treatment for their families, solved their worries, and worked hard to equip doctors to every combat unit, every song, every outpost, and although the advance was now slow because of a serious shortage of manpower, the soldiers could see his efforts. When soldiers see a doctor behind them during battle, they are more courageous into battle. When they die, they will be grieved, their families will be given generous pensions, and if they are disabled, they will receive special local care, and they will also have a disability allowance that can be paid, so that they will not be impoverished after a heroic battle, because of lack of food and clothing.
In Li Ze's words, his warriors must not be allowed to shed both blood and tears.
This is the reason why Li Ze is deeply supported by the soldiers.
And after doing this, Li Ze will not pull down the privileges that should be enjoyed. He eats and shelters many times better than ordinary soldiers, and some of them are even unimaginable.
To put it in a cheesy phrase, it's that poverty limits their imagination.
But Li Ze didn't feel the slightest sense of guilt.
And their soldiers took it for granted.
The big guys have meat to eat, and they feel that they can take a sip of the broth, and that's satisfying.
This has been true in the past, and it will be true in the future. In the last life, Li Ze was such a person who struggled step by step from the bottom line.
The difference in rights brought about by the difference in class is the internal factor that encourages the bottom to never be satisfied and always maintain an upward heart.
If you want to be treated better, then work hard, and with every level you move up, you will get treatment that matches your status.
Li Ze doesn't think there's anything wrong with that.
On the contrary, this is where the truth lies.
Fuwang Li Xin naturally does not understand these deepest reasons.
He only saw such a great achievement of Li Ze, the soldiers fought for it, and the people were desperate for it. This is also the conclusion that Wang Duo came to after returning from his personal investigation in Wuyi and other places.
In the afternoon, Li Ze left the Mengjindu Guanyi, leaving only the huge tomb standing on the original site, reminding everyone that there had been a terrible battle here.
At the Mengjin Ferry, Li Ze saw a real warship of the Tang Dynasty for the first time.
This is a naval warship subordinate to the Luoyang Defense Mission.
Datang's navy, in that era, could almost be called unique in the world. In Li Ze's previous life, our clansmen finally understood that there would be no strong country without a strong sailor, but they had fallen behind in their homework for many years, and if they wanted to make up for it in a short period of time and become an honor student again, the price paid was extremely huge. But in the Tang Dynasty, the craftsmanship of shipbuilding was still first-class.
The merchant ships used for trade in the Tang Dynasty often had three-story battles, and the large ships carrying hundreds of people in 20 zhang could only be regarded as common in the ships of the Tang Dynasty. There are even many ships that are often connected to form a "connecting boat", swaggering on the sea surface of Asia and Africa, and it is extremely windy wherever they go.
Compared with merchant ships, the warships of the Tang Dynasty are armed to the teeth, and the warship style of the Tang Dynasty Navy is in the same vein as the Han and Tang dynasties, and there are also warship types such as warships, fighting ships, and building ships in the Han and Tang dynasties. But there are also a few unique weapons of its own, the first of which is the ship, that is, the warship that drives the boulder to strike the enemy ship in a water battle. Although this kind of fierce equipment has appeared in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was not until the Tang Dynasty that the technology really matured, with a giant winch with scientific design, whistling and waving giant stones, like a heavy punch in a water war, encountering the enemy is an unreasonable beating, and there is no match for them. In addition to this ship, the Tang Dynasty developed a vehicle ship, this kind of pedal drive to move forward a new type of warship, the speed is extremely fast, often used as an assault on the battlefield, when the vehicle and ship and ship technology combined, its combat effectiveness is even more terrifying.
In the Battle of Baijiang, where the Tang Dynasty fought Japan all over the place, the Tang Navy, which was absolutely inferior in numbers, relied on this exclusive warship advantage to beat more than 50,000 Japanese troops into the sea to feed the fish. At that time, in addition to these advanced ships, the Tang army relied on another naval warfare weapon, the Sea Falcon. This kind of sea warship already has the prototype of a keel, and its body is huge, which can be called a sea monster, but with the decline of the Tang Dynasty, these advanced technologies are disappearing little by little. Li Ze didn't even know that the current Datang still had an organized maritime armed fleet.
Datang's overseas trade was unprecedentedly developed, thanks to advanced shipbuilding technology and a powerful navy, and Guangzhou, Quangang, which was originally a deserted land of smoke barriers in the southern barbarians, also prospered because of overseas trade.
By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the economic center of gravity was actually shifting to the south, and the places where these ports were gathered were extremely prosperous, and these places were also the places that Li Ze coveted the most.
At this time, the Tang people probably did not have any awareness of sea power. Everyone's focus is still on land, but Li Ze is well aware of the importance of this. At the earliest time, he tirelessly wanted to take Yokohae, and he also fell in love with the seaside land under Yokomi's rule.
Li Xin accompanied Li Ze's family to board, it was the largest car and ship in this sailor team, for these northerners, although boats are very common, but such warships are the first time to see, all of them are Grandma Liu into the Grand View Garden, all of them staring at this strange thing.
No one could be seen paddling, but the warship was sailing smoothly on the Yellow River, and Li Ze also carefully looked at the warship under his feet. But in his heart, he was thinking about when he would be able to have a real team of sailors.