Chapter 142: Perfect Mobilization
The officials and gentry of Dingzhou, led by Shang Haibo and Lu Yiming, went out of the city for ten miles to welcome Li Qing's return. Wu guarded the border area and did not dare to leave easily, and Lu Dalin also sent his younger brother Lu Dabing back. Not to mention the county magistrates of each county gathered here. At this moment, the masters of Dingzhou officially belonged to Li Qing in name or in fact.
Li Qing smiled and accepted everyone's congratulations. The group began to set off towards Dingzhou City in a mighty manner. Where, there was a more grand entry ceremony waiting for Li Qing.
Still far away from Dingzhou City, I heard the gongs and drums and the high bronze horns in the direction of Dingzhou City. Someone had already gone to report the news first. When he got closer, Li Qing couldn't help but be stunned. Nearly a hundred meters from the city gate, he actually paved a good red carpet. The entire section of the city wall on the front was covered with red silk, and the people who were not qualified to greet Shang Haibo and others had stood densely along both sides of the red carpet.
"Is this necessary? How much does it cost?" Li Qing, who had just spent a lot of money in Fuzhou, was quite heartbroken. With this money, it would be better to add some armor to the soldiers and create some better weapons!
"This is the money that should be spent!" Shang Haibo emphasized, "Master, this is an announcement to Dingzhou and the people of the world that Dingzhou belongs. Even if Dingzhou is poor, this amount of money will still be taken out."
Li Qing shook his head indifferently. He was a practical person. Although he did not agree with Shang Haibo's statement, he could not refute his face. After all, he fought Qu Yongjie in the capital this time and won a lot of money. These expenses could be recorded in his own name, without spending money from the official warehouse.
"Congratulations to the Grandmaster!" Shang Haibo said with a smile.
"Hmm?" Li Qing looked at him in confusion.
"The Grand Marshal's trip is not just right. He not only became the legitimate Grand Marshal of Dingzhou, but also the princess of Da Chu, and also the famous Princess Qingcheng, which is very beneficial to our Dingzhou!" Shang Haibo's eyebrows were roaring. At this moment, his previous worries finally came to his stomach. Princess Qingcheng, haha, he had never thought of a better ending than this before!
"Are you happy?" Li Qing asked with a sarcastic sarcasm. Shang Haibo laughed halfway, looked at Li Qing's face and held it in his mouth. He thought to himself, "The handsome man seems to be unhappy, it's better not to stop this sign." He coughed a few times and stopped talking.
"Princess Qingcheng? Don't you know?" Li Qing sighed and suddenly stopped talking again, thinking that Qingcheng must be marrying her. If she really gets married, this kind of tigress wife is definitely a family scandal and must not be made public.
Shang Haibo looked at Li Qing in surprise and thought to himself, why did the Grandmaster speak in his heart? Could it be that Princess Qingcheng is not beautiful? No, Princess Qingcheng is famous all over the world, and she should be pretty good at all. Besides, Qingfeng around the Grandmaster is already a beauty baby, and Qingcheng is nothing to do with ugly people. An ugly wife in the family is a treasure. Even if Qingcheng grows like Wuyan, what does it matter? Where is the identity of the Grandmaster? It is better to have fewer beauties around him, and the gentle place is a hero's tomb! Shang Haibo said secretly, but he would definitely not say this. The Grandmaster is a man, and a young man with strong spirit. I am afraid that there will be beauties around him! He is in a stoop.
"Master, please!" Walking to the head of the red carpet, Shang Haibo grabbed the horse's head and reached out to invite him.
Li Qing held the reins and saw the bloody red carpet, but a little sadness arose in his heart. He turned around and said to Yang Yidao: "Please let the sacrificed warriors go first!"
Yang Yidao was stunned, "Master?"
"Go!" Li Qing said sternly.
Shang Haibo looked at Li Qing in confusion. Because Li Qing was assassinated, there were not many people outside who knew about the Li family affairs, and the Statistics and Investigation Department did not transmit the news back to Dingzhou. Shang Haibo and others did not know about it.
Yang Yidao jumped off the horse, walked to a carriage, reached out to pull the curtain, and Shang Haibo's eyes immediately narrowed. There were twelve small wooden boxes with white gauze tied there.
"General, what happened?" he asked in horror.
Li Qing shook his head, "Let's talk about it later!" He jumped off the horse and stood on one side with his hands. Seeing this, the rest of the people were not sure about it, but they also dismounted.
Yang Yidao, Tang Hu and ten personal guards stepped forward, each of them picked up a wooden box, and walked towards the red carpet with heavy steps. The gongs, drums, bronze trumpets and trumpets stopped on the city and under the city, and everyone's eyes were staring at the twelve small wooden boxes.
Li Qing clasped his fists with his hands, bowed deeply to the twelve wooden boxes entering the city, and shouted loudly: "Soul Xi is back, Soul Xi is back!"
With Li Qing's cry, Yang Yidao and twelve others raised the twelve wooden boxes high above their heads and walked step by step. The bronze trumpet in the city suddenly rang, but it turned into a sad and exciting voice. Following the sound of drums, the sound of killing suddenly rose.
"Soul is back!" Shang Haibo bowed to the ground, and the road was loud and bowed to the ground. In the outside of the city, everyone shouted in unison, and the sound of summoning the warriors resounded throughout Dingzhou City.
Li Qing walked into the city with great strides and walked up the high city tower along the steps. On the left and right sides, Yang Yidao and others stood solemnly with twelve spiritual boxes. Shang Haibo and others were still standing under the city, looking up at Li Qing standing upright on the top of the city.
"For a hundred years, our Dingzhou has fought against the barbarians, and has gone one after another. His father died and his son has never surrendered under the barbarians' iron hooves." Li Qing raised his hands high and shouted loudly.
There was silence above and below the city, only the wind raised the flag on the top of the city, and the sound of huh seemed to be making annotations for Li Qing's words.
"Countless heroes died in battle, their blood soaked every part of the land in Dingzhou. Their heroes never left us. They are still in Dingzhou. In front of every fortress in Dingzhou that fights against barbarians, we are watching us inherit their will and still striving."
"At our feet, our land, our home, the wealth we have worked hard to create, our parents and relatives, but the barbarians on the grassland want to steal our land, our wealth, and our relatives. Do we agree?"
"Don't agree, don't agree, kill the barbarians and kill them all!" An echo like a tsunami sounded above and below the city.
Li Qing nodded with satisfaction, "Although our Great Chu is a country of etiquette, we never fear barbarism. We hope for peace, but we are not afraid of war. For the sake of future generations, we have to fight. If there is battle, there will be death. Tell me, are you afraid of death?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Yes, we are not afraid of death, because we are fighting for our descendants and fighting for our eternal peace. For this purpose, we have to set foot on the battlefield again and again until we defeat the barbarians and conquer them." Li Qingkeng said with a sonorous voice, "For this purpose, we will die, and for this purpose, we will lose husbands, fathers, and sons, but it is worth it. Let our generation finish the war!"
"Thousands of victory, thousands of victory!"
"I, Dingzhou, will build a monument to commemorate the predecessors who sacrificed for Dingzhou. He will be located at the center of our Dingzhou for everyone to pay homage. He will be taller than any building in the city." Li Qing said: "Dingzhou will also build a church of heroes. Any warriors who died in future wars can place his spiritual position in it for our descendants to pay homage, so that they will always remember that their happiness was exchanged for life and blood by these heroes."
Shang Haibo raised his head and looked at Li Qing who was passionate on the city tower. His eyes suddenly became confused. After many years, he finally met a wise master, a person who truly had the spirit of a king. It was hard for him to imagine that Li Qing would use such an opportunity to gather the entire Dingzhou and share the same hatred of the enemy. Today was originally the most brilliant day for Li Qing, but he gave this opportunity to those warriors who died. But because of this, his reputation reached its peak at this moment. Shang Haibo could imagine that when Li Qing promised the monument and the memorial hall, standing in the center of Dingzhou City, it would definitely become the adhesive for the entire Dingzhou. The soldiers would die for him, and the people would send the men in their families to the battlefield for him!
He arranged this welcome venue, but Li Qing used it to make a perfect mobilization of the whole province and conquering the grasslands, starting from this moment.
Chapter completed!