Chapter 50: The Soul Returns Home

Li Zong was still waiting for the black army in Xiangcheng, but received that the black army slipped away from the city in the clouds, Zhang Gongjin's defenders were deceived by the black army overnight as a hundred horsemen to drink the drugged wine and food, and the anxious Li Zong rushed to the clouds, but where was there still a trace of the black army, only Zhang Gongjin looked dejected, Li Zong had no choice, blamed Zhang Gongjin, he didn't have the courage, he didn't have the power, he was a dignified prince, he was a hundred horsemen chief history, although he was the emperor's eagle dog, to take down Zhang Gongjin like a prince, Also want the emperor's will, Li Zong shook his head helplessly.

"Zou Guogong, I will report this matter to the saint truthfully, now that the black army has fled back to the Central Plains, if you want to find them again, it is absolutely impossible, farewell."

Li Zong saluted Zhang Gongjin and left the clouds with his subordinates, he wanted to rush back as soon as possible, the failure of the mission was a foregone conclusion, and it was inevitable to accept the punishment, and if you want to hate, hate those damned black soldiers. Xue Rengui took the black army day and night, avoiding countless checkpoints and thousands of mountains and rivers finally returned to Xishan, watching his relatives come back, the people of Xishan welcomed, the whole Xishan fell into a sea of joy, the people of Xishan shed tears happily, but more people looked for their relatives several times and did not find their relatives, painful tears, because they knew that they could not come back, at this time the residents of Xishan who were welcoming the black army back saw people holding white jars coming over, The black army parted ways and bowed their heads silently.

"Salute the heroic souls of the children of Xishan~"

Suddenly, all the black soldiers who bowed their heads all raised their heads, and then stood straight to salute their former comrades-in-arms with the highest military salute, Li Yong lying on the stretcher couldn't move his hands, but he asked the guards to help him up, Li Yong said lightly to the people of Xishan who were already crying, because his heart was painful at this time, but he had to hold back, the atmosphere that was still joyful immediately became heavy.

"Fellow villagers, it's me Li Yong I'm sorry for you, you handed over your husband, son, brother, and brother to me, but I didn't bring them back alive, I'm sorry for you."

Li Yong slowly bowed his head to the people of Xishan in front of him, tears flowed uncontrollably and fell to the ground, and an old man on crutches walked to the front with the support of a woman.

"My lord, did my second dog kill the enemy bravely? Do you fight to the death? Is it worthy of the children of Xishan? ”

Li Yong didn't know who the old man was talking about the second dog, but he knew that it must be the old man's relatives, just when Li Yong gritted his teeth in pain and said yes, a heart-rending cry came from behind him, and a wounded soldier holding the urn knelt down towards them, his face was already full of tears.

"Daddy Liu, the second dog died in my arms, he is good, he also pulled two Turkic dogs on his back before he died, I swear to God, I Liu Laosan will be your son from now on, you are my father, father~"

After the words of the black army Liu Laosan were finished, after shouting at the old man Dad, the black army in the audience knelt down neatly and shouted "Dad" together, and after the old man listened, he looked up at the sky and shouted.

"Ergou, rest in peace, Dad is proud of you."

After that, the old man's tears flowed, and the whole Xishan spread a sad atmosphere, the ashes altar was sent to their relatives one after another, and those who had no relatives were accepted by their own best comrades-in-arms, and the old man held his son's ashes altar with both hands and gently soothed, as if his son was not dead, but alive to be touched by him, Liu Laosan supported the old man and said.

"Dad, let's take the dog home."

"Go home, Daddy will take you home."

The entire empty space in Xishan was soon empty, leaving only officers such as Li Yong and Xue Rengui.

"Let my brother take a vacation, spend time with the family, and let's go back too."

Xue Rengui and others sent Li Yong back to the valley courtyard, Gao Da and others, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Li Yong lying on the stretcher injured, Chunlan and Xiaoxue's tears flowed down in a hurry, watching Li Yong's face that was not very handsome turned black, they were distressed, after settling Li Yong, Xue Rengui and others left the courtyard and returned to the Xishan military camp, because there were still many things for them to do, looking at the few people around them, and two crying like pear blossoms in a rainstorm, Li Yong was speechless, and said angrily.

"I'm not dead yet, I don't need to cry like this, don't I just break some bones, didn't the military doctor say that you will be fine if you have a good rest, and besides, you are not allowed to tell your master, or I will drive you out, do you hear?"

The two of them were obviously not afraid of Li Yong's warning, wiped their tears and left the room to help cook for the Zhang family, leaving Gouda alone in the room, Gouda didn't think about it like the two little girls.

"Boss, a lot of people died this time, right?"

"Yes, a lot of people died, and none of the more than 1,000 Xishan disciples came back alive."

“……”

Gundam was silent when he heard this, Li Yong didn't speak, and the whole room was quiet and terrifying.

"I want to build a martyr's cemetery, put those martyrs who are in it to protect their families and defend the country, and accept the worship of future generations, what do you say?"

"Okay, I'll take care of this myself, don't worry, boss."

The people of Xishan knew that Li Yong was going to build a martyr's cemetery, and they responded positively, saying that they had money to contribute power, but they were decisively refused to accept the money, only saying that everyone could contribute strongly, and they were not short of money, and the address was confirmed by Li Yong again and again, and finally set on the mountain between Xishan and the valley, saying that both sides could be protected by those sacrificed martyrs, Li Yong's martyr's cemetery was not like any martyrs' temple in the past, but a stone tablet with a height of 21 meters, and each sacrificial tombstone would be erected inside. Buried under the tombstone is the armor they once worn, such a design is not only simple, but also saves money, and it is very fast to build, but the twenty-one high stele is a little difficult, but after the construction experience of Xishan University Hall, it is not too difficult to build, the stele rises little by little under the action of a fast brick in reinforced concrete, and the kiln workshop continues to improve the porcelain tiles to be pasted on the stele and tombstone according to Li Yong's requirements, the kiln knows that it is made for the martyr's cemetery, and that is to stop all orders, Day and night debugging and improvement, until Li Yong is satisfied with the finished product. The carvers took the list of the dead provided by the Xishan Battalion, and carefully engraved the names, births, and companies of the martyrs on the tombstones with black porcelain tiles.

"Don't worry, children, I'll write you down all of them."

The carvers are seriously inscribed, and the tower in the martyr's cemetery is gradually being completed, but the inscription on it is not yet, Li Yong's hands can't write, and it is impossible to invite people outside, and finally this matter fell to Xue Rengui, he has been writing in the office for several days, and the waste paper all over the ground can see his intentions, but he is not a calligraphy master after all, plus he is also chasing ducks on the shelves, and now he can't help but accept this situation, after all, he is now the supreme commander of the Xishan Army, and he must take on this responsibility.

"Still no, alas~"

Xue Rengui sat unkempt on the chair, sighed helplessly, he washed his face and walked out of the office to the empty camp, which used to be full of laughter and slogans of various exercises, but now there are only a few of him and a few officers left, Xue Rengui walked silently all the way, until he walked to the playground, his depressed mood made him pull out the long knife on his waist and wave it, the fierce and fierce moves were full of murderous aura and his temperament at this moment, he waved the long knife unwillingly, but in his mind were those faces that could not be dispersed, The soldiers who had saluted him here, called him brigade commander, and played with him with a hippie smile, and then just like that, they kept falling before his eyes. Xue Rengui finally threw away the long knife in his hand and sat on the ground, after a long time, he picked up the long knife that he threw away and inserted it back into the scabbard, just like this two days later, a pair of big characters with heroic immortality written on the table, these words were told by Li Yong to write it, and it can be written out because he has been practicing knives on the playground every day in the past few days and thinking about those dead soldiers, when Xue Rengui sent these words to Li Yong, Li Yong looked at it for a long time and nodded, Then the carver didn't know how many pieces of porcelain he destroyed before he engraved these big characters. After a month of rushing work, the martyr's cemetery was finally completed, today Li Yong wore a black robe in Xiaoxue and Chunlan's support to the martyr's cemetery, this is the people of Xishan have come to fill the entire mountain, everyone looked at the towering tower in the garden, carved with the six characters of the martyrs and immortals, the whole audience was infected by these six characters, these six characters are full of sadness and pride, just like the unyielding spirit of the dead black army.

"The family members bury the relics of the martyrs."

The bereaved family members held the armor they had worn in both hands and reluctantly put it into the dug pit.

"Send the martyrs."

"Woo woo~~" The silent horn sounded throughout the mountain, the black army's charge and the farewell cries of relatives resounded through the clouds, and the pit was buried with loess, and then the tombstones with names engraved with black light were placed on it.

"All the Xishan Army has it, salute~"

All the Xishan troops saluted deeply to their comrades-in-arms, those family members and the people of Xishan silently bowed their heads to mourn for the people buried here, the heavens seemed to be moved, and it was drizzling, as if the deceased Xishan troops were saying goodbye to their relatives and comrades-in-arms, Li Yong looked up at the rainy sky, the tears on his face were mixed with the rain, and many words that had been held in his heart for a long time finally broke out into a sentence.

"Brothers, go all the way~"