When Li Simo and Liu Renliang returned to Lingzhou, the 30,000 horses borrowed from the East Palace from the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion were also brought back by Zhang Shigui's henchmen.

After several major battles, the 30,000 soldiers and horses borrowed at the beginning are now only more than 27,000 people, including the wounded, and more than 2,000 people have become ashes jars.

Zhang Shigui, as the governor of Lingzhou, personally went out of the city to meet this victorious army in order to gain the heart of the army.

Zhang Shigui and his entourage were stationed outside Lingzhou City, and when they saw from a distance that the front of the team was a spirit banner and a cart of ashes with their names written on it, Zhang Shigui's heart sank suddenly.

If he sees more people dying on the battlefield, he will not be soft-hearted. But at this time, seeing the cart of ashes jars, and then looking at the fresh lives behind the ashes cart, Zhang Shigui gave up all the performances he had prepared outside the city.

Silently get out of the way and let those columbarium cars enter the city.

Now there are half of the imperial court and more than 100,000 troops stationed inside and outside Lingzhou, no one thought that these 30,000 troops would enter the city like this, and many soldiers who were resting heard the news and ran out to stand on both sides of the avenue to watch, and the soldiers of other armies looked at these ashes jars marked with their names and surnames, and remembered that the robes they died in battle were just hastily buried in the wilderness, and they couldn't help but cry bitterly.

There are also some people who hold back tears and ask around, which army is this?

Who will the Lord be?

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And who ordered the collection of the bodies of the fallen soldiers?

With the 30,000 troops entering the city, Li Chengqian's reputation for loving soldiers like a son spread throughout Lingzhou City in one day.

Lingzhou City is a military city, and the people here are related to the military even if they are not in the military, and Li Chengqian sincerely treats the soldiers who died in battle, and many people immediately have a good impression of him and respect him like a god.

Li Chengqian had said many things that were beneficial to the sergeants, and at first only those who had fought with him believed them. The soldiers who had never been with Li Chengqian were just happy when they heard this, and after that, no one believed that the imperial court would be willing to give money for horses and weapons.

The government military system has also gone through several dynasties for nearly a hundred years, and many soldiers have been soldiers for generations, and they know how much benefit they can give to the soldiers, but since they saw the ashes of the fallen soldiers on that altar, many people have begun to have confidence in what Li Chengqian said.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Chengqian publicly issued an edict to hold a requiem meeting in the north of Lingzhou City five days later for the soldiers who died in the battle to destroy Xue Yantuo.

As soon as this order was issued, it immediately caused a sensation in various military camps inside and outside Lingzhou City, and the soldiers in the camp all praised Li Chengqian's saintly and brilliant incomparable.

However, Li Shiji, the secretary of the military department who received Li Chengqian's order, smiled bitterly, although he couldn't figure out what Li Chengqian wanted to do now, but he also knew that this matter was not for him to decide.

The crown prince personally attended the eulogy and delivered a eulogy of the same level as the national funeral, Li Shiji did not dare to make the decision, so he could only go to see Li Shimin and ask Li Shimin to show him.

Li Shiji entered Li Shimin's meeting hall to pay homage and handed over Li Chengqian's edict.

Li Shimin took the edict and glanced at it without speaking, but just took the edict in his hand and weighed it back and forth, Li Shiji didn't dare to come out when he looked at the atmosphere.

In the middle of the night, Li Shimin raised his head to look at Li Shiji and said lightly: "Mao Gong sit down first!" ”

Li Shiji found a seat to sit down, Li Shimin still didn't speak, and the hall was quiet and terrifying.

I don't know how long it took, Li Shimin, who only listened to the leader, asked faintly: "I heard that the soldiers of Lingzhou City now regard the prince as a god?"

When Li Shiji heard this, his scalp was numb, so he had to reply: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves his pawn like a son, and naturally he has won the hearts of the army. ”

Li Shimin nodded, and finally showed a decisive look in his eyes, put down the edict in his hand, looked at Li Shiji and said: "I also have the same feelings of mourning for the fallen soldiers as the prince, since the prince personally gave a eulogy, I will also personally come to the scene to burn incense and pay tribute." ”

"Obey the order!" Li Shiji said busily.

Li Shiji knew that this was Li Shimin's decision to put down his face and fight Li Chengqian in the ring, no wonder Li Shimin was so difficult to decide.

Li Shiji smiled bitterly when he thought of this, afraid that Li Shimin would have any more orders, and was about to retire when he heard Li Shimin say quietly: "Zhang Shigui has been handling the requiem conference a few days ago, you go to find Zhang Shigui and then gather with a few Chinese scholars to handle it well." ”

"Obey the order!" Li Shiji saluted and retired.

On the way to find someone, Li Shiji figured it out, Li Shimin must have arranged someone to whitewash him among these people, and when the time comes, he will only work without saying anything and let them handle it.

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Five days passed in a flash, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day of the Requiem Conference.

On the day of the Requiem Conference, Li Shiji came to the venue in the north of the city early in the morning, and looked at the two high platforms in the venue, Li Shiji smiled bitterly again.

Li Shimin sent people from the middle school to build momentum for him when arranging the venue, so Li Shimin, who was in the north, burned incense and offered sacrifices, and the high platform was very atmospheric and solemn, and Li Shimin's behavior also showed his noble status everywhere.

In order to make the scale bigger, Li Shimin also issued an order that not only the ministers of civil and military affairs and the soldiers inside and outside Lingzhou City should come to participate in the requiem meeting, but even the leaders of the various prefectures who had come to Lingzhou City should also participate.

Li Chengqian directly sent Xu Jingzong and Wang Fangyi to directly build a relatively simple high platform among the soldiers.

The bamboo pipe is also buried under the high platform, and the bamboo pipe extends to all sides, and a bamboo pipe is erected every other distance, and a trumpet-shaped wooden box is attached to the erected bamboo pipe, which is said to be able to amplify the sound.

However, Li Chengqian and the Pu Neng soldiers are so close that safety is a big problem.

Later, Zhang Shigui reminded those soldiers who had followed Li Chengqian in life and death, as well as the soldiers of the sixth rate of the East Palace, to be placed around the high platform set up by Li Chengqian, so as to protect Li Chengqian.

As time passed, the soldiers of the various ministries who came to participate in the requiem meeting began to enter in an orderly manner, followed by the leaders of the various prefectures, and then some officials who were not allowed to accompany them.

In the end, Li Shimin and Li Chengqian entered the venue one after the other, with their full guard of honor.

The gorgeous and huge honor guard made the ordinary soldiers stunned, and the process behind it was even more complicated to the point of outrageousness, and nearly 100,000 people in the whole venue watched Li Shimin, who was dressed in a gown, solemnly complete various rituals one by one on the high platform in the singing and praising of the ceremonial officials.

The soldiers below couldn't understand what these meant, but that didn't stop them from being unaware. During the two quarters of an hour of Li Shimin's sacrifice, the whole venue was very quiet, which made Li Shimin very satisfied.

After Li Shimin's set of etiquette is completed, there will be a large set of complicated soul-summing and requiem rituals.

By the time this process was completed, the sun was already in the west, and the ceremonial official who was in charge of presiding over today's festival said loudly: "Finally, I would like to invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give a eulogy to the fallen soldiers." ”

Li Chengqian had been waiting impatiently in the audience for a long time, especially when he saw that there were dozens of monks chanting scriptures in the place where the ashes altar was placed in front of Li Shimin's high platform.

Just now, when Li Shimin was burning incense on the high platform in the north, he didn't see these monks chanting scriptures, but as soon as he shouted out his eulogy, these monks actually dared to chant the Sanskrit scriptures.

Li Chengqian, dressed in plain clothes, frowned, and slowly walked to the simple small platform set up in the middle of the soldiers, glanced at the monks who were still chanting scriptures, and pointed at those monks and shouted angrily: "Fork those monks out to the lonely king!" ”

Hearing this, everyone in the audience was shocked.