The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 99: Sacrifice to Heaven
After Li Chengdao gave the order, Jia Xu and others were busy reorganizing the army while starting to carry out sacrifices.

In ancient society, the emperor's power was given by heaven, so offering sacrifices to heaven and earth was an extremely solemn and complicated matter.

Whether it is etiquette, altars or sacrifices, they are all very particular.

It took Yue Fei and Jia Xu two full days to arrange all the items needed for the sacrifice.
At the top of Langjuxu Mountain, a huge altar was built.

On February [-]rd, Li Chengdao offered sacrifices to heaven and earth at Langjuxu Mountain and set up a monument to record his merits in recognition of his immortal contribution to the destruction of the Turks!
“Boom—!
Eight quarters before sunrise, when the hour comes, the war drums of the white-robed army will sound like thunder, ninety-nine times and 81 times.

Li Chengdao led his advisors and generals to walk all the way to the altar located at the top of Langjuxu Mountain.

When Li Chengdao walked up to the altar, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven officially began!
Although it was Li Chengdao's first time to host a sacrifice to heaven, with the all-rounder Jia Xu here, everything would naturally not be a problem.

Jia Xu stood at the right rear of Li Chengdao, with a serious look on his face, and shouted loudly: "Welcome to the gods!"

After hearing the words, the two guards immediately stepped forward and respectfully placed the throne of the Emperor of Heaven on the altar.

After the god's throne is in place, fireworks are raised in the wood stove, and the atmosphere of the fireworks conveys the earth's respect for heaven to heaven.

After the fireworks rose, Jia Xu shouted again: "Kneel down!"

Li Chengdao and all the soldiers of the three armies present immediately knelt on the ground.

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All the soldiers of the three armies knelt and stood motionless, their fiery eyes focused on Li Chengdao's back. Li Chengdao walked to the throne of the Emperor's God Tablet and knelt down to worship.

Bow three times and kowtow!To offer sacrifices to heaven, only he is qualified to kneel down and prostrate.

The rest of the people could only kneel and remain motionless.

After three bows and nine kowtows, Li Chengdao stood up, and then Jia Xu solemnly shouted: "Sacrifice!"

After the words fell, soldiers immediately slaughtered nine green cattle and nine white horses on the spot, but the blood did not flow to the ground, and collected them all in a basin.

Then the abdomens of these cows and horses were cut open, their internal organs were taken out, and placed in basins one by one, and placed in front of the gods one by one.

In ancient sacrifices, only the internal organs of animals were regarded as sacrifices to the gods. The other parts were filthy and were not qualified to be presented on the altar.

After the sacrifices were presented, Jia Xu began to recite the sacrificial inscription solemnly: "In January of the 11th year of Wude, the great grandson Li Chengdao led an army from Youzhou to the west, entered the desert to the north, and attacked the Turkic royal court!"

"Kill the barbarians, subjugate eight tribes, protect the safety of Youzhou, and ensure peace for all generations!"

"Cross the West River, cross the desert, attack the royal court, pursue the poor bandits, reach Langjuxu Mountain, drink in the vast sea of ​​​​horses, rush all the way for three thousand miles, annihilate the Turkic army, and capture Jieli and Tuli Khan alive!"

"Today, we are going to worship the Emperor and the Heavenly Father at Langjuxu Mountain to show our great grandson's bravery and to honor the achievements of the three armies!"

"So far, everything east of Mount Xu, where Wolf lives, is Han territory! Everything that the iron hoof has stepped on is Tang territory!"

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Jia Xu's literary talent was outstanding, and his speech was brilliant and powerful. Just listening to it made the kneeling soldiers feel excited.After reciting the sacrificial words, Jia Xu threw the sacrificial words into the altar and burned them, and then Li Chengdao bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to complete the sacrifice.

Seal the wolf house!

After the sacrifice, Li Chengdao straightened up and turned to look at the army under the altar. He held the knife across his waist and the white cloak behind him rustled in the cold wind.

"Gu led the army to attack the Turks in the north, fought three thousand miles, and completely destroyed the Turkic army."

"However, the victory in this battle was not the result of a single person, but the contributions of all the soldiers of the three armies!"

"In this battle, more than [-] soldiers of our Tang Dynasty died. They are all warriors and heroes of our Tang Dynasty! It was they who established the eternal peace of the border! I will never forget their contribution, and the world will never forget it. I will forget!”

Li Chengdao said solemnly, and then shouted in a deep voice: "Erect a monument!"

After Li Chengdao finished speaking, dozens of white-robed soldiers carried a huge stone tablet onto the altar and erected it on the top of Langjuxu Mountain.

There are dense inscriptions written on this stone tablet, but it is not an article commemorating meritorious service, but the names of soldiers who died in battle one after another!

On the most conspicuous place of the stone tablet, there are eight characters written: "The heroes of the Tang Dynasty will forever guard the frontier!"

Qingshan has the honor to bury loyal bones. The bones of all the soldiers who died in this battle will be buried in Langjuxu Mountain, and their heroic spirits will also stay here to guard the border forever!Protect the Tang Dynasty!
Seeing such a scene, all the white-robed soldiers couldn't help but blush.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty! Long live His Highness the Grand Sun!"

"Long live the Tang Dynasty! Long live His Highness the Grand Sun!"

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The white-robed army officers all shouted loudly with red faces and thick necks, their voices slightly choked with sobs.

They were just soldiers, far inferior to generals such as Yue Fei, but Li Chengdao engraved the names of all the soldiers who died in the battle on the monument, and they will be passed down forever together with his achievements!
How could such a monarch not be followed willingly to death?
More and more people shouted in unison, and the sound turned into rolling sound waves, rising straight into the sky. It was as if the heaven and earth were in awe at this moment, and the snowflakes fell slowly.

Li Chengdao was silent as he looked at the endless desert and the majestic soldiers of the three armies.

His losses in the battle made him feel heartbroken, and also made him feel his responsibility as a king!

Under the altar, Yue Fei, Luo Yi, Jia Xu and others looked at Li Chengdao's growing taller figure, their expressions full of sincere respect and admiration.

"Your Highness is the one worthy of our following! I don't know how many times better than King Qin!"

Luo Yi said from the bottom of his heart, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes when he mentioned King Qin Li Shimin.

In the past few days, he also learned about the situation in Chang'an City. Youzhou was besieged, and Chang'an City did not send troops or even notify the surrounding armies to rush for reinforcements. It was simply unreasonable!

"Your Highness will one day ascend to the throne, and only he is qualified to ascend to the throne and become the monarch of the Tang Dynasty!"

Jia Xu said firmly, and everyone agreed with his words.

(End of this chapter)