Chapter Seventy-Nine: A Hero's Day
In a vacant lot on the north side of Yuanhe City, a large number of workers are busy, and it can be seen from the unfinished prototype that a building is to be built on this vacant land, and in front of this building there will be a square, and there is a huge statue being carved on the square. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
What to build in this vacant land, only a few people in the entire Siqi Province know, Yan Xueyi, as the ruler of the Siqi Province, is naturally one of them, not to mention that this building is Yan Xueyi's request to build, from the beginning of the construction of the Siqi Province after it was occupied by the Han army, and it will be completed in less than half a month, and even in order to complete it as soon as possible, Yan Xueyi also sent a robot to participate.
What exactly is this building?
The answer was revealed on September 9, 1883.
The 20,000 soldiers of the Han army defeated the 150,000 Manchu army in five ways, and the Han army that returned victoriously did not continue to disperse the various units of the Han army in various cities, and most of the resistance forces in those cities were wiped out, and the rest was left to the police and the recruits led by the veterans.
The four brigades of the Han army will be stationed in the four directions of Siqi Province, Zhao Gang's first brigade will be deployed in the Shaanxi-Gansu border area, Niu Dehou's second brigade will be deployed in the border area of Xuhai and Xiqiang, Chen Haojie's third brigade will be deployed in the Huguang border area, and Sun Ran's fourth brigade will be deployed in the Yunnan-Guizhou border area.
The four brigades of the Han army will always be stationed on the border of Siqi Province, guarding the four directions of Siqi Province and not putting a single enemy into Siqi.
Although the four Han brigades were stationed in the border area immediately after the end of the war against the Manchus, the commanders of the four brigades would personally return to Yuanhe City with the ashes of the fallen soldiers to participate in a special ceremony.
On September 9, 1883, it was almost a month since the Han army defeated the 150,000 Manchu army, and the building on the open space on the north side of Yuanhe City had been completed and officially opened today, but before the opening, there was still a special ceremony to be held.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the square in front of this place named [Heroes Memorial] was crowded with people, and I couldn't count how many people were in the square, and I didn't know how many people were outside the square.
On today's important day, not only the residents of Yuanhe City came to the [Heroes Memorial Hall], but also Yan Xueyi, the ruler of Siqi Province, Yan Xuecai, the provincial government of Siqi and other high-ranking officials, and some officers and soldiers of the Han Army, one of the most important characters, also came.
Xiao Mei, who was wearing a black long skirt (similar to a European classical long skirt), held Yan Xueyi, who was dressed in a black suit (modern suit, of course, Yan Xueyi would not say the name of the suit in this era), and walked step by step to the [Hero Monument] at the front of the square.
The image of [Hero Monument] is an officer running forward with a revolver, and his prototype is the only Han army officer who died in the liberation of Siqi Province by the Han army - squad leader Huang Yao, squad leader Huang Yao was shot with a bow and arrow when leading his squad soldiers to rush to the enemy, becoming the first officer of the Han army to die, and finally Yan Xueyi portrayed him as the image of [Hero Monument].
Behind Yan Xueyi and Xiao Mei were Yan Xuecai, Liu Huamao and other Siqi provincial government officials and Yuanhe city government officials, all of whom were dressed in black formal suits similar to Yan Xueyi.
At the end, one of the protagonists of this special ceremony, the officers and soldiers of the Han army, dressed in neat uniforms, marched forward step by step, with officers in front, soldiers behind, and most importantly, two warriors holding a wreath in their hands.
Under the gaze of the residents of Yuanhe City, the soldiers placed wreaths under the [Heroes Monument], and Yan Xueyi led government officials and Han army officers to bend down and bow deeply to the [Heroes Monument] and then observed silence for three minutes.
In these three minutes, an atmosphere of sadness permeated the whole square, and in this sad atmosphere, not a single person whispered, more eyes were red, and even tears flowed.
Compared with the people in other parts of the province, the residents of Yuanhe City know better who gave everything today.
Of course, it was given by the Han king, the ruler of the current Siqi Province (the name of Yan Xueyi by the residents of Yuanhe City, there is a Han army, so there is a Han king, but it has not yet been officially characterized), and the Han army of the Han king fought a bloody battle with the 150,000 army of the Manchu Tartars in order to defend our homeland, and finally won the victory, and did not let the Manchu Tartars enter the Siqi again and continue to enslave us.
Before the Han King and his Han army appeared, what was our life like, it was a kind of day when we didn't have enough food and clothing, and we still had to pay taxes, and if we couldn't get the money, we would be beaten by the officials who collected taxes, and we were miserable.
But after the appearance of the Han King and his Han army, our lives have changed dramatically, and we can eat well, live in a house, and have money to buy luxury goods that were unimaginable before, all of which were brought by the Han King.
If there is no Han army of the Han King to fight bloody battles in front and defend our homeland, we will lose everything now, and we must thank those Han soldiers who fought desperately for our homeland.
In the square, in this sad atmosphere, it was difficult for anyone to laugh anymore, their eyes were red, or they had shed tears, even the strong Han soldiers.
After a long time, Yan Xueyi gave his first public speech under the [Heroes Monument], and this speech moved countless people, and made countless people want to join the Han army and fight for their homeland for life.
"Today is the festival of heroes, although they are gone from us, they will always live in our hearts...... They fought to defend our homeland, they were great, they were glorious, and they sacrificed their young lives to defend our homeland...... The Manchu Tartars wanted us to return to the era when we were oppressed and did not have enough food and clothing, and we did not want to, it was the Han soldiers who stepped forward to defeat the vicious enemy...... In the face of a vicious enemy, we must say no to the fierce enemy just like the brave Han soldiers. ”
"Long live King Han!"
"Long live the Han Army!"
After Yan Xueyi's speech, the cheers of the excited crowd washed away the sad atmosphere, as if the vicious enemy would also be scared away by the cheers.
"See off our fighters."
Salute and fire gunshots.
Then Yan Xueyi and Xiao Mei put a chrysanthemum in front of the [Hero Monument], and the others immediately put down the flower in their hands, and the crowd in the square held a flower in their hands and slowly followed the queue.
September 9 is a festival of heroes, always remembered.