Chapter 0998: Sacrifice
Xun Yu stood in a very high position among Li Yi's descendants, his face was a little pale. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
He whispered to his nephew Xun You beside him: "Gongda, after the lord returned from Xiliang this time, I feel that he has changed a lot......
Xun You naturally knew what Xun Yu said about the changes in the lord, and he also knew what these changes meant, but Xun You didn't think it was inappropriate, he whispered: "Uncle, four hundred years ago, Han Neng replaced Qin. Four hundred years later, the Tang Dynasty was able to replace the Han Dynasty. The lord is the immortal holy lord, who raises my Chinese heavenly prestige and opens up thousands of miles of territory for my Chinese people. It is already inevitable that Tang will replace Han. ”
"Expanding the territory...... Xun Yu's eyes appeared in front of the vast eastern Liaodong, desert and western frontiers on the territory of the Han Dynasty, and his face finally improved.
At this time, solemn music sounded.
Chen Qun bowed loudly and said: "Please Tang Gong, the general, and the great Sima Li Yi to pay tribute to the soldiers of our army who are not afraid of sacrifice and fight bravely in previous wars." ”
Li Yi walked to the altar, his expression was heavy, and the scenes of soldiers rushing to kill in blood echoed in his mind. The chilling cry of "fighting for the Lord" seemed to sound again.
Chen Qun shouted loudly: "Summoning the heroic soul, bow!" ”
"The deceased lasts forever, two bows!"
"The heroic spirit is immortal, you go to Huaxia, three bows!"
Li Yi bowed three times, each time heavier than the other. At this moment, how much he wanted to be with these soldiers who had fought and lived together. However, he can't yet. He swore that he would use the knowledge of later generations to make China strong at this time. Let the Chinese family stand on top of the world.
"The heroic spirit is immortal, bless me Huaxia!"
"The heroic spirit is immortal, bless me Huaxia!"
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Inside and outside the cemetery, 50,000 soldiers raised their arms and shouted, and in this call, the heavens and the earth changed color.
"Long live the General!"
"Long live the Northern Frontier Army!"
"Hooray!"
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Outside the cemetery, hundreds of thousands of people chanted. They know very well that today's happy life is not easy to come by, and all this is the respected general led by the officers and soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army, with more than ten years of life and death battles, with their lives and blood in exchange. At this moment, how could they not shout?
In the midst of this cry, the memorial continues.
Blood is a special kind of sacrifice. The ancients believed that blood has a soul, and that blood can sustain the life of a person or animal, and that once blood is lost, it means injury or even death, as if blood has a magical power.
The blood of the sacrifice was human blood and the blood of animals.
"Zhou Li: Uncle Dazong" once said: "Sacrifice the Sheji with blood".
The blood sacrifice is covered with a drop of blood on the ground, penetrates into the ground, and reaches the gods. This method was never advocated in later generations, but it was an irreplaceable and sacred way in ancient times.
In the roar of the "roaring ......" tiger, a colorful tiger, under the restraint of Li Cunxiao and Gao Chong, two generals of the personal guard who were full of military value, was forcibly dragged to the altar. This king of beasts, helplessly scratching the tiger's claws, left deep marks on the bluestone ground. However, it had to bow its noble head before the altar of the Heroic Spirit.
The color of the hundred officials changed, they had only seen the slaughter of pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, how could they have seen the sacrifice with the blood of Wang Hu? !
And the eyes of the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army flashed with excitement, only Wang Hu's blood can be worthy of the dead heroic soul!
However, Li Yi terminated Wang Hu's blood sacrifice.
In the puzzled eyes of everyone, he strode forward and took the jade knife from the altar. Under the astonished gaze of the people, he stretched out his left arm, went out of the vein of his left hand, and cut it hard.
Under the shocked gaze of everyone, bright red blood gushed out.
Li Yi cut his veins, his eyes were deep and heroic, he let his blood spill on the altar, raised his right fist, and shouted: "In the past, the sages used blood to sacrifice Sheji, and today they will sacrifice with blood to sacrifice the martyrs!" ”
He looked at the mausoleum in the forest in the distance and shouted: "Although the general can't be with you at this time, the blood of the general will last forever with you!" ”
Chen Qun, the celebrant, had never thought that the Lord Guild would do this. His eyes at the moment revealed fanaticism, he picked up the jade spoon that exuded a moisturizing aura, knelt in front of Li Yi, and carefully caught the hot blood that kept gushing out.
When Li Yi's blood was filled with the jade spoon, when his blood was poured into the "Heart of the Heroic Soul" in the center of the altar, his blood penetrated into the ground with this deep heart and reached the Yellow Spring.
No king has ever sacrificed with his own blood. Because they think that they are the sons of heaven, the sons of heaven, and everything on earth is their appendage.
Inside and outside the cemetery, 50,000 soldiers, the shock in their eyes was replaced by fanaticism, they raised the sharp blades in their hands, raised their arms and shouted: "In my name, fight for the Lord to bless my China, and protect my society for eternity, and die as it deserves!" ”
"Battle—"
"Battle—"
"Battle—"
"Kill—"
"Kill—"
"Kill—"
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The heavens and the earth were darkened in the cry of the warriors. Even generals such as Yue Fei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Zhang He, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Gao Changgong couldn't help but chant with the soldiers. And Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Xu Shu and other scribes worshipped. They seemed to have seen that the battle flag of the lord was fluttering throughout the land of China, and fearless warriors gathered under this battle flag. Bless China, eternal existence.
Li Cunxiao and Gao Zhong unconsciously let go of the shackles of the tiger, and this king of the jungle, in the call of the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army, has become a well-behaved big cat.
In this call, Li Yi opened his arms that could tolerate the world, and his blazing tiger eyes were full of ambition to swallow heaven and earth. The little bit of blood that fell to the ground glowed red in the sun.
At this moment, he is the king here, he is the supreme king!
On the side, Liu Xie, the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, has mixed feelings in his heart at the moment. That powerful man used to be the person he admired the most and the most loyal to the Han, but since he came to the northern Xinjiang eight years ago, this young man of heaven has gradually discovered that everything can't withstand the passage of time, let alone the temptation of power.
In this call, he seemed to see with his own eyes that the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of the Han family were leaving him.
Looking up, the mighty battle flag fluttered, and the huge word "Li" on it was so dazzling.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty slowly closed his eyes, he didn't want to open them anymore, he didn't want to see the idol he once worshipped, but now it was the figure that made him the most angry. He didn't want to hear his people cheering at another person.
Liu Xie also has the ambition of Zhongxing, and he also has Yang Biao and other die-hard courtiers. However, in the face of the general trend of the times, all this seems so pale and weak. They, the remnants of these decaying dynasties, can only look forward to the ethereal hope.
However, that ethereal hope is gradually converging. Because, Li Yi's strong rise under the repeated measures in the north made the princes in the south frightened.
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Just when Li Yi was planning to wait until the spring flowers bloomed, while raising troops to march south, the object of his plot was also thinking of a way to deal with him.
Shouchun City, Cao Cao's residence of King Wei.
In the conference hall, Cao Cao's valuable civil officials gathered, including Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, and Liu Ye. There are also the four generals of the Cao family, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong.
"My lord, the text has been completed, please take a look." Xi Zhicai said.
Cao Cao took it and looked at it, there was no need to question Xi Zhicai's talent, so he was very satisfied with this article.
"Zhicai, the text has been prepared, just waiting to be issued, but will the princes respond to me?" Cao Cao took the model of the text and walked around the hall, unable to hide his anxiety. The heart said that if the princes did not respond, he would put on a big oolong and offend Li Yi. If Li Yi's kid in turn unites the princes to crusade against him, it will be over.
Cao Cao was even more anxious because of this.
Xi Zhicai said confidently: "In today's world, it seems that in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, no prince can resist the brutal Northern Frontier Army. Moreover, the riches of the north were coveted by the princes. ”
At this time, Cheng Yu said: "Li Yi returned from the expedition to the western frontier, although he opened up the territory and expanded the territory, but the loss of troops and generals is also a fact that cannot be ignored, in my opinion, they will definitely not let go of this opportunity." ”
According to the news from all sides, in a series of wars last year, although the Northern Frontier Army won major victories, it also paid a huge price.
First of all, at the beginning of the year, in the battle with himself, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Liu Biao, the Northern Xinjiang Army dispatched more than 100,000 troops and fought fiercely with the Quartet for three months, with nearly 20,000 casualties.
Subsequently, the Northern Xinjiang Army launched the Battle of the Western Expedition, and fought fiercely with Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, and the Qiang people for half a year, and suffered heavy losses. In particular, although the 70,000 main forces of the Qiang people were completely annihilated, the 70,000 Northern Xinjiang Army that went to the West Sea Plateau also lost more than half, and almost all the several legions participating in the war lost their combat effectiveness.
According to the information obtained by Cao Cao, in the entire battle of the Western Expedition, the Northern Xinjiang Army suffered more than 20,000 casualties and more than 50,000 minor and serious injuries.
"Lord, we practice every day, and the soldiers use their lives, just waiting for the Lord to go into battle to kill the enemy!" Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and other generals also said with full of fighting spirit.
Cao Cao was deeply pleased, he was not afraid of any other princes, but to be honest, he had a psychological barrier to Li Yi, so he said worriedly: "The intelligence presented by the secret agent, the north has incomparable war potential, and Li Yi may recover soon." ”
Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "No one can stop this, but the lord should know the difference between a warrior and a recruit." ”
Cao Cao also thinks so, and he really deserves to be a drama talent, which has won my heart.
He settled down, and after sitting down, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "What Zhicai said is very true, this is a rare opportunity, and it is also our last chance, if we miss it, when Li Yi recovers from it, we will have no chance to defeat him." ”
He stood up and said solemnly: "This time, it is a matter of great luck. You should unite as one and prepare for war! ”
The generals and strategists bowed down one after another and said, "Oh! ”