The political meeting in Liaodong lasted for several days, and after discussing various governing issues, the Confucians were ready to leave. At this time, someone happened to report: Zhao Yun, Yu Ban, Tai Shici, they won and returned to the court!

So the Confucians didn't leave, and everyone happily and happily went to the city gate to welcome the soldiers who returned from victory.

Zhao Yun and the others spent more than two months to completely clean up the Wofu tribe and Goguryeo tribe in the southeast of Goguryeo. Together with the cavalry of Buyeo, they defeated the mixed forces of tens of thousands of people of various tribes that were tangled with the Goguryeo king Bogu. The Goguryeo king Bogu and the second prince Juan Nuga both died in the rebellion. The booty captured after the war and the gold, silver and jewelry carried by Bogu were divided equally between Zhao Yun and the eldest prince of Buyeo, Jane.

The cavalry of Buyeo happily fought with the spoils until Vladivostok before returning to Buyeo in victory.

Zhao Yun and the others, seeing that Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang and officials at all levels in Liaodong were all far away from the city gate to greet them, they hurriedly dismounted and led the horses forward.

Gongsun Du highly praised the heroic struggle, courage to sacrifice, and selfless dedication of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry for the Han Dynasty. And in public, they were announced to be rewarded in various ways.

The people of Xiangping City also spontaneously came to welcome the heroes who returned from victory. The scene was very lively and exciting!

In the center of the boundless Liaodong Iron Cavalry, hundreds of carriages covered with white cloth were guarded, and the ashes of more than 10,000 soldiers who died in the war were loaded.

The general died in a hundred battles, and the warriors died in battle. Sacrifice is inevitable, and the key is to make the martyrs and future generations feel that this sacrifice is worth it.

The next day, Gongsun Du personally presided over the burial ceremony of the sacrificed soldiers. Gongsun Kang stood aside to assist.

The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong. In China, ancestor worship is an important ritual to maintain order, hierarchy, legitimacy and cohesion, and it is also a fundamental means to inherit clan traditions, maintain social beliefs, consolidate social order, and unite people's hearts. Therefore, Gongsun Du personally came forward to preside, representing the highest level in Liaodong.

Today, it is the day when the fallen soldiers of Liaodong are buried in peace, and the martyrs' cemetery 10 miles outside Xiangping City has become a sea of white. Pile of white garlands.

There are no high-ranking monks chanting sutras, and Liaodong does not implement this. Gongsun Kang from later generations is more or less atheistic, but his legendary life and superhuman thunder and lightning abilities have mythologized himself. It can be said that Gongsun Kang is the faith of the people of Liaodong.

Today, the people standing here are not only the families of the fallen soldiers, but also almost all the high-level officials in Liaodong, and even the residents in Xiangping City.

With the order of the ceremonial officer, in the sound of whimpering horns, five thousand serious Liaodong soldiers gently picked up five thousand urns of ashes, slowly stepped forward, and carefully placed them in the tomb.

The other two soldiers standing next to the tomb gently covered the tomb with bluestone slabs; Then a stone tombstone with the name of the martyr engraved on it two feet high, one foot wide and three fingers thick was inserted into the cement base in front of the martyr's cemetery; Finally, the stone slabs were covered with loess, blocking all the gaps. The loess ram is made in the shape of a mound, a little higher than the ground, which is a mark, so that future generations will not accidentally step on it.

All the soldiers were dressed in black and had white strips of cloth tied around their arms. Military family members wear white clothing with white bands on their heads.

The music at the scene was unusually sad, and the families of the fallen soldiers cried even more sadly at this time!

After the same process was carried out three times, the ashes of more than 10,000 fallen soldiers were all buried.

Dressed in black clothes and with a white cloth strip tied to his arm, Gongsun Du came to a very large wooden black offering table, and according to the way of the Han Dynasty to worship the heroic spirits, he offered three animals, offered incense, worshiped heaven and earth, and then burned the watch.

Gongsun Du recited aloud the seal to the heavens, he highly praised the bravery and fearlessness of these warriors, and thanked the heavens for giving these brave and loyal soldiers to the people of Liaodong, wishing these soldiers to obtain the grace of the emperor and live happily in the heavenly realm.

"Their exploits will go down in history! Their light will shine on Bandai! Their blessings will overshadow their descendants! ”

"They are the warriors of the nation! They are great men of history! They are the pride of the Chinese nation! They are the backbone of the descendants of Yan and Huang! ”

Gongsun Du did not hesitate to praise his words of praise and highly praised the sacrificed soldiers.

Gongsun Du solemnly completed all the rituals required to commemorate the martyrs, without the slightest omission or mistake, let alone the slightest anxiety and perfunctory.

On the third day, Gongsun Kang held an unveiling ceremony for the Martyrs' Monument and the Martyrs' Hall in the center of the new city of Xiangping City.

The Martyrs' Monument and the Martyrs' Hall have completed all the works more than a month ago. But the unveiling ceremony needed an opportunity. Now, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry has returned victoriously, the martyrs have been buried, and the time is ripe.

The Hall of Martyrs covers an area of 50,000 square meters, and is a grand and solemn building. It is mainly dedicated to the tablets of the martyrs and records the deeds of the martyrs. It is an important place for future commemoration and revolutionary education.

The Martyrs' Monument is in front of the Martyrs' Hall, which is more than 20 meters high, and it is thanks to the invention of cement that it would not have been possible to build so tall. In any corner of Xiangping New District, you can see the majestic martyrs' monument.

The pedestal is divided into two tiers, surrounded by white marble railings, both with steps. The upper small Sumeru seat is engraved with eight wreaths composed of peonies, lotuses, chrysanthemums, and drapies. The two-story Sumeru seat supports the tall monument.

The front of the stele is engraved with eight gilt characters of "the people's martyrs are immortal"; It is the handwriting of the great Confucian Cai Yong, and it is said that Cai Yong wrote dozens of times before he chose to draw this majestic and solemn big character.

The two sides of the monument are decorated with relief garlands composed of five stars, pines and cypresses and flags, symbolizing the great spirit of the people's heroes for eternity.

At that time, the audience stood in silence to pay tribute to the revolutionary martyrs. As the red curtain slowly opened, the granite background wall of the monument more than 20 meters high reads, "The people's martyrs are immortal!" "The eight big characters are majestic and solemn. 、

Senior officials from various counties in eastern Liaoning presented flower baskets to the monument in turn, and slowly walked up the stairs with representatives from all walks of life to pay respects to the monument to the revolutionary martyrs, visit the Hall of Martyrs, and express their deep remembrance of the revolutionary martyrs.

Gongsun Kang's loud voice spread throughout the audience: "In order to oppose internal and external enemies, strive for national independence and the freedom and happiness of the people, the heroes of the people of Liaodong who sacrificed their lives in the previous struggles are immortal!" ”

With regard to the martyrs, special departments have been set up to implement the annual memorial ceremonies for the martyrs, the various commendations for the martyrs, the inheritance of the rights of the martyrs' families, the measures for raising the children of the martyrs, and the oath taken by the recruits before the martyrs' graves. With Cao Huachun's Jinyi guard superintendent, the martyrs don't have to worry about what happens behind them, they can smile at Jiuquan.

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