Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 409

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Although the emperor ordered the news to be blocked.

However, news of Luo Cheng's defeat in Pyongyang and his suicide spread quickly across the Liaohe River like the wind.The news of Luo Cheng's death in battle was more shocking than the failure of the entire Eastern Expedition.

All the soldiers and civilians who heard the news were shocked.

"The white tiger Luo Cheng, who was like a god of war, was defeated and killed himself?"

"How could Luo Cheng be defeated? Since the Eastern Expedition, Luo Cheng has never been defeated?"

"Yeah, Luo Cheng fought fiercely, captured Xuantu, broke Nancang, and descended to Xincheng. He was always invincible, and he was invincible. Only the Goguryeo people were defeated by him, and I never saw it." Which Goguryeo man made him suffer."

"No, how many victories did Luo Cheng win in Liaodong? There must have been more than a dozen victories before and after, and five or six cities were captured, and tens of thousands of Goguryeo troops were annihilated, right?"

"It's more than tens of thousands. If you count the killed Goguryeo people, there will be a hundred thousand."

"Oh my god, one hundred thousand, killing one hundred thousand, wouldn't that be a massacre?"

"Will you be able to speak? If you kill one person to be a thief, kill ten thousand people to be a hero, and kill one hundred thousand enemies, then you are a hero among heroes."

Everyone sighed, how could such a God of War Luo Cheng die.

"It seems that the Marquis of Xiangyang is only 20 years old this year?"

"Yeah, it's a pity that I haven't officially become a adult yet."

"It's all the navy's fault. If the navy can help, how could Luohou die?"

"Blame the Eighth Army, they are incompetent."

"That is, if the Ninth Army had been commanded by Luo Hou, it would have taken Pyongyang long ago."

Yang Guang stayed in the wheel palace in a daze, while a few servants stood aside, whispering to the emperor all the arguments of the soldiers and civilians outside.

"Come and protect my son, Yu Wenshu, these idiots will destroy my God of War."

Empress Xiao came in with a bowl of freshly stewed ginseng soup, "Your Majesty, don't be too sad, let's have a bowl of ginseng soup."

"I can't drink it, Zi Tong, Luo Cheng is dead."

"The concubine has heard about it."

"Luo Cheng is dead, Luo Cheng is my champion, he is dead." Yang Guang felt extremely uncomfortable.

Once Luo Cheng died, the emperor's Eastern Expedition would be a complete failure. He had placed a little hope in Luo Cheng, but now his hope was completely shattered.

"Your Majesty, Luo Chengguo sacrificed his life for his righteousness."

"That's right, although Luo Cheng is young, he has a lot of ambition. He accompanied him to inquire about his crimes. He was the first to fall into the battle. He was righteous and righteous. He died but his merits were preserved."

"Call Pei Yun, I want to draw up an edict and let him draw up the edict."

As the emperor's pen holder, Pei Yun hurried over upon hearing the order.

"I read, you write."

"In order to recount his achievements and commend his loyalty, bravery and integrity, I specially decree that Luo Cheng will be bestowed with the rank of first-rank Guanglu doctor, and he will be named King of Liao, and his posthumous posthumous title is Zhongwu!"

Pei Yun's hands couldn't help shaking a few times.

Posthumous title Zhongwu, this is the highest posthumous title for military generals. You must know that since the Han Dynasty, the posthumous title system is very complete.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang was Zhongwu. Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei to become the emperor.

From him onwards, this posthumous title has been the dream of military generals during his lifetime, and it is a symbol of extreme honor after death.

After Zhuge Liang, there were only three people who received this posthumous title in the two Jin Dynasties. The most famous one was Wang Meng. Defeat Huanwen, destroy Qianyan, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and assist Fu Jian to unify the north.Known as "Gong Gai Zhuge No. 1", this posthumous title is well deserved.

The last time Mai Tiezhang died, the emperor gave him the posthumous title of Wu Lie, which is far from Zhong Wu.

Now Luo Cheng is a 20-year-old young man who is no more than a fourth-rank Hu Ben Lang general and no more than Xiangyang Marquis in terms of rank, but the emperor gave him the posthumous title of Zhongwu, which is not surprising.

Of course, what was even more shocking was that the emperor chased Luo to become the king of Liao.

Since the emperor changed the nobility system, at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the ninth-class titles were only the princes and marquises, and the princes were no longer divided into kings, county dukes, and state dukes, county dukes, and county dukes.

But Luo Cheng was originally just a lord, and now he is crowned king all of a sudden, which is too amazing, even if he is mourning after death, it is too much.

"Your Majesty, is it too much to be crowned king?"

"Well, I don't think so."

The Eastern Expedition was defeated, and Yang Guang needed to set an example. The best candidate for this example is Luo Cheng. Since the Eastern Expedition, Luo Cheng has been invincible and defeated the enemy city repeatedly. In the end, he died tragically, especially because he committed suicide. The Festival of Infidelity is even more worthy of showing.

As for the posthumous posthumous title of King Liao Zhongwu, Yang Guang felt that no amount of honor could be given to a dead person. After all, the deceased was dead, and Luo Cheng didn't really get these honors. Moreover, Luo Cheng was so young and didn't even have a son. There is no one to inherit the king.

Originally, the emperor wanted to give Luo Cheng a national surname and put it in the order of the royal family, but after thinking about it, Luo Cheng didn't even have a queen, so that's all.

Pei Yun drafted the draft edict, the emperor looked it over, and then asked it to be handed over to Su Wei.

Seeing this edict, the young Su Wei couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.

"Pursuing the title of a Duke is already extremely honorable, why are you still being crowned king? Why didn't you persuade the emperor, Doctor Pei, this is too outrageous."

Pei Yun had no choice but to smile bitterly, "It's true that I never persuaded you, but His Majesty is determined to do so now, and I, as subjects, can't do it either. But if you become a king, you can be a king. Anyway, it's for the dead, so it's nothing."

It is indeed unacceptable to confer kingship on a living person with a different surname.

But now, let's just follow the emperor's waywardness, which can be regarded as soothing the emperor's wounds after the failure of the Eastern Expedition.

Su Wei took the big seal and stamped it, and sighed, "It's really a pity for this Luo Cheng, he has a bright future."

"It's a pity for Luo Cheng, but once Luo Cheng died, Yu Wenshu and the others were also unlucky. Originally, the emperor was planning to let them out, but now that Luo Cheng died, the emperor just ordered that the nine armies get rid of Luo Cheng and Xin Shixiong. The general died, and the other seven generals were deprived of all official titles. Even Lai Huer, who had always been favored by the emperor, was deprived of his title. Guo Yan, who had been attacking the new city for a long time, was dismissed again this time. gone."

Su Wei snorted, "These useless warriors deserve it."

After the Ministry of Internal History used the seal, the emperor's draft edict became a formal edict issued.

The 20-year-old Luo Cheng was officially posthumously presented to Dr. Guanglu and the King of Liao, and his posthumous title was Zhongwu. The emperor also ordered the construction of Luo Zhongwuwang Temple outside Xiangping City, where a [-]-story Zhongwuwang Pagoda was built for Bury Luo Cheng's clothes.

Yu Wenshu and other generals who were dismissed as civilians were also ordered by the emperor to kneel down and cry for Luo Cheng in front of the Temple of King Zhongwu.

Luo Yi also came to see his son off in person, and among the people who cried for the funeral, only Luo Yi cried the most sincerely.

(End of this chapter)