When Li Simo and Liu Rengui returned to Lingzhou, it turned out that the Eastern Palace borrowed 30,000 troops from the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion and were also brought back by a confidant general sent by Zhang Shigui.

After several wars, the 30,000 soldiers and horses that were borrowed from the first place, including the injured, are now only more than 27,000 left, and more than 2,000 people have become urns.

As the governor of Lingzhou, Zhang Shigui personally went out of the city to welcome this victorious army in order to gain the morale of the army.

Zhang Shigui and his entourage guards were stationed outside Lingzhou City. From a distance, they saw the spirit banners and caravans of urns with names written on them. Zhang Shigui's heart suddenly sank.

If he saw that many people died on the battlefield, he would not be soft-hearted. But at this time, he saw the cart of urns and looked at the living lives behind the urns, Zhang Shigui gave up all the performances he had prepared outside the city.

Silently let the road open and let the ashes enter the city first.

Now half of the imperial court and more than 100,000 troops stationed inside and outside Lingzhou, no one expected that these 30,000 troops would enter the city like this. Many soldiers who were resting in peace came out and stood on both sides of the avenue to watch. Other soldiers from other troops looked at these urns marked with names and names. When they remembered that their robes that died in battle were just buried in the wilderness, they couldn't help but cry.

Some people also held back their tears and asked around, which army was this?

Who is the Lord?

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Who ordered the dead soldiers to collect the bodies?

As the 30,000 troops entered the city, Li Chengqian's reputation of loving soldiers as much as his son spread throughout Lingzhou City in one day.

Lingzhou City is a military city. Even if the people here are not in the military, they are related to military. Li Chengqian sincerely treats the fallen soldiers and many people immediately have a great respect for him like a god.

Many things that Li Chengqian said before were beneficial to the soldiers. At first, only those who had fought with him believed it. The soldiers who had never followed Li Chengqian were just happy to hear this. After that, no one believed that the court would be willing to pay for the war horses and weapons.

The system of military service has been going on for nearly a hundred years for several dynasties. Many soldiers and soldiers have been in the army for generations and are very clear about the benefits they can give to the soldiers. However, since they saw the ashes of the fallen soldiers in the altar, many people began to gain confidence in what Li Chengqian said.

On the afternoon of the same day, Li Chengqian publicly issued an edict to hold a soul requiem meeting for the soldiers who died in the battle to destroy Xueyantuo in the north of Lingzhou City five days later. The Crown Prince Jieshi would be present in person and deliver a memorial service.

As soon as this order was released, it immediately caused a sensation in the military camps inside and outside Lingzhou City. All the soldiers in the camp praised Li Chengqian for his unparalleled sage.

However, Li Shiji, the Minister of War, who received the order from Li Chengqian, smiled bitterly. Although he couldn't figure out what Li Chengqian wanted to do now, he also knew that this matter was not something he could do.

The high standards of the crown prince who personally attended the speech were almost the same as those of the national mourning. Li Shiji did not dare to make decisions and could only go and ask for Li Shimin to see him.

Li Shiji went to Li Shimin's convention hall to pay homage and handed over Li Chengqian's order.

Li Shimin received the order and looked at it without saying a word. He just held the order in his hand and weighed it back and forth. Li Shiji looked at it and didn't dare to say anything.

After a while, Li Shimin looked up at Li Shiji and said lightly: "Maogong will sit down first!"

Li Shiji found a seat to sit down, but Li Shimin still didn't speak, and the hall was so quiet that it was terrible.

I don’t know how long it took, but Li Shimin, who only heard the head, asked quietly: “I heard that the soldiers in Lingzhou City now regard the prince as a god?”

Li Shiji's scalp was numb when he heard this, and he had to answer: "Your Highness the Crown Prince loves soldiers like his son, so he naturally gains the morale of the army."

Li Shimin nodded, and finally showed a decisive look in his eyes. He put the order in his hand down and looked at Li Shiji and said, "I have the same kind of condolences as the prince for the fallen soldiers. Since the prince personally gave me a memorial, I will be there to burn incense and sacrifice."

"I obey the order!" Li Shiji hurriedly said.

Li Shiji knew that Li Shimin decided to let go of his face and fight with Li Chengqian. No wonder Li Shimin was so difficult to decide.

Li Shiji smiled bitterly when he thought of this, afraid that Li Shimin would give him any more instructions. He was about to step down but heard Li Shimin say quietly: "Zhang Shigui has already been holding the requiem meeting a few days ago. You go find Zhang Shigui and a few Zhongshu Sheren to handle it well."

"I obey the order!" Li Shiji bowed and said his respect.

On the way to find someone, Li Shiji figured it out. Li Shimin must have arranged people among these people to whitewash him. At that time, he would only work but not speak and let them handle it.

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Five days passed in a flash, and the day of the Requiem Conference was approaching.

On this day of the Requiem Conference, Li Shiji arrived at the venue in the north of the city early in the morning. Looking at the two high platforms on the venue, Li Shiji smiled bitterly again.

Li Shimin sent the Secretariat to Ji to set up the venue to create momentum for him, so Li Shimin, in the north, held a high platform for burning incense and ceremonial sacrifices, and the layout was very grand and solemn and high-end. Li Shimin's actions also showed his noble identity everywhere.

In order to make the scale bigger, Li Shimin also issued an order to not only the civil and military ministers and soldiers inside and outside Lingzhou City to attend the Requiem Conference, but also the leaders of various prison states who had already arrived in Lingzhou City to attend.

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

A bamboo tube is still buried under the high platform. A bamboo tube is erected at every distance from the bamboo tube to extend to all directions. A trumpet-shaped wooden box is connected to the vertical bamboo tube, saying that it can amplify sounds.

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

Later, Zhang Shigui reminded that those soldiers who had been born and died with Li Chengqian and the soldiers led by the East Palace were listed around the high platform set up by Li Chengqian in order to protect Li Chengqian.

As time passed little by little, the soldiers from all departments who came to participate in the Requiem Conference began to enter the venue in an orderly manner, followed by the leaders of various banished states, and behind them were some officials who were not allowed to follow.

Finally, Li Shimin and Li Chengqian each set up a full guard of ceremonies and entered the venue with great grandeur.

The gorgeous and huge team of honor guards made ordinary soldiers stunned, and the subsequent process was even more complicated to a point of being outrageous. Nearly 100,000 people in the venue watched Li Shimin, wearing robe clothes, solemnly completing various etiquettes on the high platform amid the singing of the ritual officials.

The soldiers below couldn't understand what these meant at all, but this did not prevent them from not being able to understand. The entire venue was very quiet during the two quarters of the festival, which made Li Shimin very satisfied.

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

After this process is completed, the sun is already westward. Only the ritual officer responsible for presiding today's ceremony said loudly: "Finally, I would like to invite His Highness the Crown Prince to send me a memorial to the fallen soldiers."

Li Chengqian had been waiting in the audience for a long time, especially when he saw dozens of monks chanting scriptures in front of Li Shimin's high platform.

Just now, when Li Shimin burned incense on the high platform in the north, he did not see these monks chanting scriptures, but as soon as he shouted out his eulogy, these monks actually dared to chant the Buddhist scriptures.

Li Chengqian was wearing plain clothes and frowned, slowly walked to the simple small platform among the soldiers, and glanced at the monks who were still chanting scriptures. He pointed at the monks and shouted angrily: "Give those monks out for the Lone King!"

Everyone in the audience was shocked when they heard this.
Chapter completed!