Nearly 1,000 people were brought into the ceremony, and a large number of them were originally to be beheaded during the ceremony, leaving only a small number of people with special status.

Groups of prisoners of war were pulled out and lined up to cut off their heads, headless corpses piled up in piles, and scarlet liquid flowed down the lower lying spots into the drains. The corpses would then be pulled and cremated, but the severed heads would be collected, and one head after another would be sprinkled with lime on the spot, and then piled up on one side of the city gate to form a kyokan.

Yes, it is a Beijing official made of heads, which is also a part of the Chinese triumphal ceremony, and the piling of Beijing officials with the enemy's head is an act of force and a necessary means of suppressing disobedience. To put it simply, it is a demonstration or deterrence, allowing the spies of the enemy country to send the news back, and they will not accept it and fight again.

"They are provoking, as the strong side is provoking the vanquished, so that the losing side will raise troops again, and the strong country will feel victorious again on the battlefield!"

"It's strange, they killed a lot of prisoners of war, but they didn't carry out the sacrifice ceremony that should be, isn't there a god to worship in the Eastern Empire?"

"Yes, there are certain gods that we will sacrifice to the Olympic gods during the ceremony, such as Zeus, the king of the gods, or Apollo, the god of war."

The Greek civilization had a period of heyday, and they not only spread their own culture, but also their own religion~religion. Each Greek city-state had its own main god, such as Athens, which was dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom. Some city-states will worship the same god, so the city-states dedicated to the same god will naturally be closer. Although some city-states worship the same god, they do not get close because of this, but fight for some sects~religions or differences all year round.

Greece invaded Central Asia more than once, and many Greeks settled directly in Central Asia, and many Greeks even established states in Central Asia and became kings. Their culture and religion also spread in Central Asia.

At this stage of history, Greece has ceased to be glorious, but many countries in Central Asia are still ruled by the Greeks. For example, Seleucus and Bactria were kings of Greek origin, and most of the nobles of the two countries were also of Greek origin. Among the countries in Central Asia that were not ruled by Greeks, the only relatively powerful was Parthia, which was of Persian descent.

In the near future. The Romans would expand to the Greek peninsula, the Romans would conquer many Greek city-states, and the Greek gods would be plundered away by the Romans.

On the side of the empire, it is not that there are no gods in the Chinese civilization, it should be said that there are many gods on the Chinese side who believe in "everything has a spirit", but there is no system, but the rivers have river gods, the mountains have mountain gods, and the earth has the earth and many land gods. Other than that. Some of the gods with names have different audiences, and many gods are also transformed by living people in the past, such as the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, or some gods from the community.

It must be noted that there is no fixed main god in the Huaxia Sect ~ religion culture, and some gods have been worshiped in the past dynasties, such as the Shang generation, which is mainly dedicated to Nuwa Niangniang.

The empire founded by Lü Zhe did not have a main god, but on some occasions paid homage to certain gods among some shamans in accordance with the custom of Chinese culture. Among them are the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors.

In fact, history has come to the end of the pre-Qin era in ancient times. Many gods in later generations did not appear at all, such as Sanqing and many star gods, Li Er's identity was still the director of the Lu National Library in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he did not have the god position of Laojun.

Did Lu Zhe ever think about choosing a main god to worship? To be honest, I have thought about it, but sect~religion is not a simple matter, especially the gods who are specially recognized by the state as the main god. It should be cautious, and the main deity to be worshiped has not been determined for a long time.

If the main god is not chosen, there will be no special ceremony for killing the prisoner during the sacrifice ceremony, but it is inevitable that some respects will be paid to the Hou Tu Niang Niang when cleaning up the scene.

Hou Tu Niang Niang is another manifestation of "Hou Virtue to Load" in the Chinese god system, and the farmer is the first choice when he prays to Hou Tu Niang. Pray to Hou Tu Niang Niang that the land will be more fertile, and then worship some gods who are in charge of rainwater.

The ceremony has entered the stage of paying respect to some gods, and Lu Zhe also led the civil and military officials down the city tower at this time, and the civil and military officials will burn incense and pray under the leadership of Lu Zhe, and the god they worship now is Hou Tu Niangniang. And burning incense is really burning incense, not taking a stick of incense to light it, but throwing some powder into the tripod shape, and finally throwing the written prayer into it to burn.

On one side, he continued to kill prisoners, while on the other side he was worshipping the gods, and this kind of thing has not been stopped since ancient times, so it can be seen that the gods should not be some kind of merciful lords. Or is man sacrificing to the gods in the wrong way?

"It turns out that there are still gods in the Eastern Empire?"

"Looks like so."

"I don't know who the gods of the Eastern Empire are, seeing that the Eastern Empire is so powerful, their gods must be very powerful!"

Some of the envoys seem to be interested in the Empire's sect~religion? In fact, the Greek civilization ...... In other words, in the entire culture of Europa, they agreed that whether the country can be strong or not is directly related to the gods worshipped, and the more powerful the gods enshrined, the more protection the country can get, and even when the country suffers a crisis of destruction, the gods will directly appear and save the crisis.

In the context of the belief that being protected by the gods can become stronger, it is necessary to know any powerful god, and it is not only necessary but also unimaginably important. It is in this resectarian ~ religious cognition that the power of the priest responsible for worshipping the gods is unimaginably great, and some countries do not start wars for land or resources when they start wars, but simply because of the words of the priests.

It has to be said that in the Greek system, the king often did not have the power to directly wage war, and if he wanted to mobilize the army to let the army enter the war, the king needed to get the consent of the gods, and the gods could not speak, so the shaman directly represented the gods. Whether or not a war is blessed by a god (in fact, a shaman) is a matter of morale for the army. If the shaman did not agree to send troops, the king's even mandatory dispatch would lead to a very low morale of the army.

"They worship a god called Houtu Niangniang."

"Hou Tu Niang? Is it a goddess? Like our goddess of war? ”

"You can inquire later, now is not a good time."

There are many goddesses of war in the Greek god system, and many Olympic gods are also the goddess of war, such as Athena is the goddess of wisdom and war.

Some of the envoys, most of whom were of Greek origin, were expectant and curious. Many of them have already made up their minds. Wait to hear the good news, get the information of the god Hou Tu Niang, and when you go back, you will also add a Hou Tu Niang Niang to the gods worshiped by your family.

In fact, it's not funny at all to find a powerful god to worship, or it can feel like child's play. Later, those envoys also really brought back many gods from the imperial side, such as Houtu Niangniang, who was worshiped by the emperor and civil and military ministers in this captive sacrifice ceremony, is one of the most popular and valued Chinese gods. In the future, the statue of Hou Tu Niang Niang will appear in many countries, and the state or family will make special offerings.

When in Central Asia or Europe and Rome, the army of a country or family shouted "Fight for Hou Tu Niangniang" to win the war, the more armies shouted the name of the Chinese gods. The more victories you get, the more foreigners who believe in the Chinese gods.

It was not only the Houtu Niangniang who were brought back by the envoys of various countries, but also the three emperors and the five emperors who had to be worshiped in the Chinese dynasties also entered the god system of Central Asia and Europa, and were worshiped by a few or many people in those countries.

No one knows what will happen in history that follows, and in the decades or even hundreds of years that followed, the gods of China began to spread into Central Asia and Europa, spreading as far as Rome at the end of the world island.

The process of killing the prisoners of war continued, and the leaders who were still alive. One by one, they watched as the warriors of their tribe were slaughtered like pigs, some struggling and roaring angrily. It's more about feeling a deep sense of fear.

After the ordinary prisoners of war were killed, the leaders who were struggling and screaming were singled out and beheaded again. The feast of slaughter did not end until all the surviving POWs behaved meekly.

At the end of the massacre, the prisoners of war in the prisoner car were released, and the prisoners of war, including Touman, were escorted by the armor soldiers to bow down to Lu Zhe. In an instant, the crowd erupted in cheers again, unanimously shouting "Wan Sheng!" Wansheng! Wansheng! With the sound of the slogan, I don't know how many people stepped on the ground.

The ceremony of the city gate came to an end here, and someone drove a horse to bring the king's chariot, and Lu Zhe took the lead in going up. After he stood still, he extended an invitation to Sima Xin.

The chariot was not built to be extravagant or opulent, but was made of bronze and wood, pulled by eight sturdy Wusun horses. If these Wusun horses are divided in detail, they are the qualities of the black horses.

There are not many healthy horses similar to the black horse in Chinese history, and the horse of the same bloodline will have a special name because of the different color of the hair on the body, but it will definitely be the favorite horse of some peerless generals, such as the mount of the overlord of Chu in the late Qin Dynasty, the red rabbit of Lu Bu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the shadow of Cao Cao and some other famous horses, basically with the blood of Central Asia.

Sima Xin was modest and didn't dare to get into the king's car, so he excused himself three times, and Lu Zhe also invited him three times, and finally he respectfully bowed to Lu Zhe before getting into the king's car.

The not ornate royal chariot has a large flag, which is a royal flag with a phoenix pattern, the flag is a black background, with a red thread embroidered with a phoenix pattern on it, the four sides of the flag are embroidered with gold threads, and red and gold catkins flutter at the end of the flag.

"Your Majesty, those envoys are talking about our gods, and the ministers have heard many things in the northwest of many Central Asian countries and the distant Mediterranean, and they have a strong religious ~ religious atmosphere there, we may be able to do something in this regard?"

"Oh? I also got a report on it, and that's what it means. ”

"What is the king going to do with Touman?"

"Someone from Jituo's side has come, and he begged me to release Touman in exchange for an alliance with the Empire, and to send 50,000 war horses and 2 million cattle and sheep as an apology for the invasion of the Empire."

The two behaved slightly closely, and they also made some communication about how to deal with Touman, and the only thing that is certain is that the empire will definitely make some articles with Touman.

The royal chariot was followed by a number of chariots, each of which had at least one lieutenant general corps commander, and almost all of the military attachés with sufficient qualifications rode in chariots. In addition to Xiao He, who was in charge of the government, some county guards who governed the local area well were also honored, and in addition, there were some meritorious civil officials in the center.

Behind the royal chariot were a group of people who were not qualified to ride, Lu Zhe had many sons of older or younger, behind the princes were civil and military officials, and the troops participating in the triumphal ceremony were used as the final echelon.

The team walked on the avenue and entered the city directly from the middle gate, which was also a rare opportunity for some people other than Lu Zhe to enter the city from the middle gate. They appeared in the city from the city gate, and the crowd who had been waiting impatiently on both sides of the avenue immediately cheered, and some of the people on the tall buildings on both sides of the avenue who were under surveillance also sprinkled all kinds of flower petals.

Surveillance? When the ruler of the empire appears in public, it is natural that someone will carry out all-round security, and it has nothing to do with whether the people who trust their rule or not, because the safety of the ruler of the empire is too important. In addition, today is a great day of triumph and sacrifice of prisoners, and the officials will never allow any accidents.

The cheers were endless, and every onlooker looked at Wang Che with excitement or fanaticism, Lu Zhe basically stayed in Nanjun for a long time from his rise to the establishment of the empire, and he did not leave except for leading the army to fight in addition to establishing the Xiongcheng of Nanling. If Nanjun is the land of the empire, Nanling is the heart of the empire, and the people in Nanling are also the first group of people to receive various policies and benefits promulgated by Lu Zhe.

"A well-equipped army, they have twenty regiments of the Wehrmacht, about 1.8 million second-line troops, and another 200,000 forbidden troops."

"I heard that the forbidden army is a warrior selected from millions of troops, and the forbidden army is the elite of the elite?"

"Their national defense force is already elite enough, and the so-called second-line troops we see on the road are not much weaker than the elites of some small countries."

"Yes, who would have thought that there would be such a terrifying empire in the far east?"

If the countries of Central Asia could talk with a smile on their faces, it would be difficult for representatives of the countries or powers adjacent to the empire to laugh. (To be continued......)