Chapter eight hundred and thirty eight: Memorial
The flag was waving... the sound of hooves was rumbling... The water of the sunken river was rolling down... Just two days ago, the water level of the Tuojiang River was much higher and extremely turbulent. The spiraling river water swallowed the floating objects on the river from time to time, and spit out not far away. The naval troops arrived at the Dingzhou Navy yesterday were all ships of thousands of materials, rising and falling on the surface of the rapid river. The entire ship was covered with white cloth. The helmets of the navy officials were also wearing a white tassel strap, standing straight and up and down. The up and down ships could not shake them at all. For these sailors who were used to rushing in the strong winds and waves on the sea, these winds and waves had no effect at all.
The Black Hawk's face was solemn, and he stood on the deck. He saw the horses rolling in the distance. He shouted, "Stand solemnly, call the drums, and roar!" On the deck, the drums and roars sounded, and the Black Hawk led more than a dozen naval officers to step down the ship along the springboard.
The first one to come was the vanguard cavalry of Wang Yan's Changsheng Camp. Thousands of knights lined up in two neat rows and trotted all the way. Not far behind them, Li Qing's Li-character flag fluttered in the wind.
Behind Li Qing, all the senior generals of the Dingzhou Army in Quancheng were not allowed. Except for Guo Quan, Liang Yi, Zhou Shuwen, He Ping and others advanced to Liao Chen, others such as Lu Dalin, Tian Feng, Wei Xin, Lu Dabing, Li Wen, and Tie Bao followed. Everyone's faces were extremely heavy. As Tian Feng, Wei Xin, Lu Dabing and others who participated in the Liao Chen battle that year, they were even more in tears.
Li Qing's armor was covered with a piece of clothing, and his helmet was completely covered with white cloth. Behind him, all the generals were dressed in this way.
"General Deng Peng, Dingzhou Navy, led a total of 2,152 people to pay tribute to the lord!" Black Hawk knelt on his knees and kowtowed heavily. Speaking of which, Black Hawk was also a veteran general of the Dingzhou Navy. When the Dingzhou Navy first entered the Black Water Ocean, the first person to recover was Black Hawk. Following the Dingzhou Navy's southern expedition for several years, Black Hawk was promoted from an officer of the school bureau to a fifth-level general in Dingzhou, General Dingyuan, who met Li Qing himself for the first time.
Black Hawk was a little nervous, lowered his head, and his palms were covered in sweat.
"Get up!" A gentle voice rang out.
"Yes!" Black Eagle knocked another head, then stood up, and looked up at Li Qing on the horse with courage. On the Chinese-shaped face, his bright eyes were covered with a layer of melancholy. His face was clearly angular and clear, and at a glance, he knew that he was the kind of person who was extremely scheming. His neatly decorated beard made him even more majestic.
Seeing the Black Hawk looking at him, Li Qing smiled slightly, "Are you Black Hawk?"
Black Eagle was delighted, "The lord also knew that my bandit name was Yuan, and I got this name because Mo Jiang liked to play with Eagle. Few people called him the real name."
"Although I've seen you for the first time today, I've heard of your name for a long time. Well, I was trying to rob Zheng Zhiyuan's fleet that was defeated and surrendered to Dingzhou Navy. Later, I made many achievements and promoted to General Dingyuan. By the way, your method of training pigeons has been popularized in the Dingzhou army. This alone has made great contributions to the Dingzhou army."
Black Hawk's face was sweating, "When I think about it now, Mo Jiang is really grateful to the fleet that robbed General Zheng back then. Without that robbery, how could there be today's Black Hawk? Mo Jiang is blushing from the ancestral grave. Only then can he be lucky enough to follow his lord!"
Li Qing turned over and dismounted and said, "This is fate, but you have achieved what you have today, so you still amazed your efforts. By the way, your eagle, let me see it!"
The Black Hawk turned his head, put his fingers in his mouth and made a whistle. On the boat on the river, a black shadow rose into the air, went straight to the sky, hovering in the air, and landed steadily on the Black Hawk's outstretched right arm.
"Okay, it's true that Shen Jun!" Li Qing looked at the big eagle on the black eagle's arm, "I heard that he is your capable helper in combat?"
"Yes, lord, with him, the general can discover the enemy a lot in advance and make corresponding arrangements. In recent years, Black Hawk survived without any danger, but he has made great contributions."
"Let's go back and start training a batch, this guy is of great use." Li Qing said.
Black Hawk was a little nervous, "Lord, Mo Jiang is unwilling to leave the navy. Mo Jiang spent half his life trying to make a living on the sea. He left the water, then, that..."
Li Qing glanced at him and said, "If you have time, train a group of people and teach a few more disciples. Those people from the Supervision Institute are familiar with the pigeons. It's not enough to be able to kill eagles!"
Li Wen walked up and said, "Lord, it's time, get on the boat!"
Black Hawk quickly said, "Master, please get on the ship."
Li Qing nodded and walked forward with big strides.
"Dear generals, please!" Black Eagle saluted to Lu Dalin and others behind Li Qing.
On the other side of the Tuojiang River, on the battlefield of the past between the two mountains, Buguai, who arrived first, had already been closely guarded. The surrounding mountains had been carefully sorted out to ensure that there were no mistakes or any assassins hiding there.
Several degrees of cold and heat, several degrees of ice, and several degrees of water waves, but the fortifications built by Chen Fayue back then are still vaguely distinguishable. According to the mountains, under the old craftsmanship, the layers of layers... is the place where ten dead generals were buried in the past.
Li Qing held the railing tightly, his eyes were filled with tears, and he stared at the resting place of soldiers, his body slightly begging. His troops were the biggest defeat in his life. Chen Zeyue led tens of thousands of subordinates to fight fiercely with the enemy's main force for days and nights, and blood was rolling on the entire Youjiang ice surface.
"Lord, let me mourn!" Lu Dalin walked over, "The soldiers knew that the lord came to welcome them home in person today, and even if they were in the nine springs, they would be grateful to Lingting."
Li Qing shook his head slightly and sighed: "A general's success has been undone. Dalin. The great cause of our Dingzhou is built by these ordinary soldiers with blood and life. They fought bloody battles on the battlefield, abandoning their parents, wives and children. After their death, they did not even have horses and grass. They just lay on the ground layer by layer. It hurts to think of it. Dalin. Therefore, we must treat our people well. It is because they raised such an excellent son that we have today!"
Lu Dalin nodded heavily, "Dalin remembers the lord's teachings. Lord, get off the boat. The ceremony below has been prepared, so I'll wait for the lord."
"Let's go, pick our soldiers up home." Li Qing raised his head and strode off the boat.
Tiebao had already been waiting on the shore, waiting for the Dingzhou military flag in his hand to Li Qing, holding the Dingzhou military flag in one hand, Li Qing walked forward with great strides. Behind him, dozens of broken military flags were raised high by senior generals of Dingzhou, and followed closely behind Li Qing. These military flags were the military flags of the troops belonging to the soldiers who fought fiercely here. All of these troops were killed, and only one broken military flag was left left and was taken back to Dingzhou and presented to the Hall of Heroes.
With dozens of broken military flags being raised, tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides of the Tuojiang River were silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on these military flags. Wherever Dingzhou Army went, there were more victory than defeat. Even if it failed, there were few such scenes of dozens of troops killed. Seeing these broken military flags, all the soldiers could imagine how cruel this battle was.
A high altar had been set up in the center of the battlefield. Li Qing held the Dingfang Army Flag and walked slowly up, while generals such as Lu Dalin held the military flag in their hands and followed closely behind.
Standing on the altar, Li Qing's eyes slowly swept across the battlefield ruins. The eyes of soldiers on both sides of the straits moved with Li Qing's eyes. The wind whistled across the mountains and blew through the withered yellow plants and trees that were half tall above the battlefield, making a whimpering sound.
On the altar, a soldier raised the drumstick high and fell heavily.
With a thud, the monotonous and dull drum sounded immediately between this silent world
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
The drum sounded continuously, and after dozens of sounds, a ox horn joined in. The desolate and long horn sounded along with the dull drum sound, echoing between the earth and the sky for a long time.
The drum horn suddenly stopped.
Li Qing took a deep breath and shouted loudly with all his strength: "The whole army suppressed the flag!"
With a clamor, the military flag in Li Qing's hand rolled up and was placed flat. As the military flag in Li Qing's hand was placed flat, thousands of military flags on both sides of the Tuojiang River were put down almost at the same time. Thousand flags fell down. On the surface of the river, the main flags of the masts of the twelve warships were also lowered to the center of the masts. On both sides, only dozens of broken military flags were left fluttering in the wind.
All the soldiers knelt on one knee, their heads hanging deep.
"Soul, come back!" Li Qing shouted loudly.
Lu Dalin, Tian Feng, Wei Xin, Lu Dabing, Wang Yan, Li Wen and others waved the military flag in their hands and shouted in unison: "Hushen Xi, come back!"
"Soul, come back!" Thousands of soldiers shouted in unison on the battlefield ruins!
"Soul, come back!" More than two thousand navy soldiers shouted in unison on the Tuo River!
"Soul, come back!" Thousands of cavalry shouted in unison on the other side of the Tuo River.
"Soul, come back!" Tens of thousands of people on both sides shouted in unison, shaking the clouds.
With a pounding sound, the drum sounded again. After ten consecutive sounds, the rhythm of the drum sound began to change. The passionate drum sounded like the soldiers returning to the battlefield of fighting. The blood in their bodies was ignited, and the sound of the war horn sounded, which was the sound of charge.
"Rise the flag, Dingzhou army, advance!" Li Qing shouted loudly.
"Rise the flag, Dingzhou Army, advance!" The soldiers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait stood up at the same time, and thousands of battle flags were waving. Lu Dalin, Tian Feng and others held the military flags in their hands, trotted all the ruins of the battlefield, rushed to various positions of that year, inserted the military flags in their hands on the high point, and stood with their hands holding the flags, standing with awe.
"Dingzhou Army, advance!"
"Dingzhou Army, thousands of victories!"
Chapter completed!