Before mobilizing, Lieder did another thing first.
After the demons retreated, Fang Shisan immediately sent people out to find the soldiers' bones, but unfortunately not many were found. Most of the soldiers lost their bones in the turbulent tide of the demons. Most of the recovered ones were missing arms and legs. Fang Shisan burned one by one, and sent the ashes back to the soldiers' homes.
After Lide asked the names of these soldiers, he sent the list to Liushi, and asked Liushi to make a huge stone tablet in a hurry, and engraved the names and birthdays of all the soldiers on it. Then an additional spacious memorial hall was set up in Yuxi City, and the stone tablet was solemnly placed inside.
On that day, many people spontaneously came to find out, and the surrounding area of the memorial hall was blocked by crowds.
He Yue didn't dress up, but simply brushed her hair together, and played and sang a tune. The sound echoed in the empty venue, accompanied by the clank of the piano. The opening is full of murderous spirit, and the middle part interprets the tragedy to the extreme. When she sang the phrase "No way out, no way out, no way out, the road is too far away in the plain" at the peak, her voice trembled a little, and most of the people listening outside had tears in their eyes.
This song was given to him by Li De. In fact, only one person in the world can sing it so contagiously.
After singing the song, Lide, who was dressed in white, walked slowly to the stone tablet, stood there for a while, and stroked the names on it with his fingers. He drew out a dagger, and suddenly cut his wrist with a knife, and blood spurted out. Lide shook his hand violently, blood splashed profusely on the stone tablet, and flowed along the smooth stone tablet to the engraved names one by one. The gray and white stele was stained with blood, and many names were dyed bright blood red.
Lid lowered his hand, the blood still couldn't stop falling on the ground.
He turned his head and said calmly to the management of Yuxi City following behind him:
"When will the shame brought by the demons be washed away, and when will the blood be wiped away?"
After finishing speaking, Lied threw the dagger in front of the stone tablet with a clatter, and turned to leave. His sleeves hung down to cover the wound on his wrist, but the blood still dripped down all the way. Fang Shisan, Bai Huang and others didn't say a word. Everyone bowed in front of the stele, and then left behind Li De.
After the blood dries, it looks like blood plum blossoms extending all the way on the ground.
The next day, when Lide convened the people in the central square again, it could almost be said that it was overcrowded. But this time, when Lide stood on the high platform, none of the people below were whispering, and all eyes fell on him. Unexpectedly, Lide didn't say any bold words to them, and said in a deep voice as soon as he opened his mouth:
"The army of Yuxi City is guarding the east and west this time. None of the soldiers in the west came back alive. Facing the demons who are countless times stronger than themselves, they stood firm until the last moment. If it weren't for them, Yuxi City There was no waiting for reinforcements. We survived and they stayed there forever."
"I don't know if you have already learned that the defenders in the east are commanded by Luge, a general from Yuxi City, guarding the four cities of [Suppression Demon], [Iron Wall], [Fire Sun], and [Apocalypse]. Don’t even dare to withdraw to help us! Our people could have sacrificed less, and the people around you could have survived more! Are they timid? No, they can’t get away! The demons look at us Yuxi City is the springboard for the invasion of human beings, and Yuxi City is the front line against the demons. When the battle was at a stalemate, Li Yi, the eldest son of Lord Yunyang, brought his own army and surrounded Luge's entire half under Tianqi City. moon!"
Lide's eyes were as sharp as a knife's edge, he raised his hand high, pointed to the east, and said loudly:
"They want to take advantage of the fire and rob us, and want our lives!"
The crowd became chaotic with a "coax" sound, all the people were whispering to each other, most of them looked displeased, and someone shouted loudly:
"Why besiege our city? Have the ability to fight against the demons!"
This sentence quickly aroused the approval of other people, and protests continued one after another.
"These bastards, we have lost so many people, they don't feel sorry for them!"
"It's fine if you don't help, but you still make trouble behind your back, is this still a person?!"
"My son didn't have to die, it was them, it was all them!!"
Lied raised his hand and pressed down, and the voice of the crowd suddenly became much quieter.
Lide said with a blank face:
"I believe that most of you understand the truth. But I also heard a saying that if I hadn't offended Lord Yunyang and was sent here to be the city lord, Yuxi City would never have done it alone. Resist the attack of the demons. But think about it, I was not born 21 years ago. At that time, when the demons invaded, did Yunyang give any support to Yuxi City? Didn't you just let you fend for yourself? , let the demons break into the city, burn, kill, loot, and commit countless unforgivable sins?!"
Lide spoke louder and louder, and suddenly said loudly to the complex-looking people below:
"In the end, it's not my problem, nor Yunyang's or the royal family's problem, it's your problem!"
"Because of your weakness, no one cares about your life and death! Just because of your weakness, no matter what kind of cat or dog it is, it dares to bully you! Everything you have today will never be secure, because maybe some The sky will be robbed and ruined! If I take down half of Yunyang in Yuxi City, can the royal family still sit back and watch this large piece of land go to the demons? If I take down the entire Yunyang in Yuxi City, it may not be impossible to do it alone. Stop the demons directly outside the border - just like the Lingwu in the north!!"
No one can remain indifferent to being scolded by pointing their noses like this.
Anger, grievance, unwillingness... All kinds of emotions were mixed together, and everyone gritted their teeth and clenched their fists.
Lide slowly recovered his breathing, and his voice gradually became deeper.
"So in the next few days, I will lead you to become stronger. Let the demons no longer covet our Yuxi City, let those murderers kneel in front of us and apologize, and let them take away the things they stole from us. , return it with interest!"
"I will help you pave the road under your feet. I will show you the direction to go until each of you can see it clearly! As long as you are united like you were defending the city, grit your teeth and use all your strength Going forward, everyone's life can be better and better. I Yuxi City, sooner or later I will no longer have to rely on others, but let the whole world remember me Yuxi City, and let those who are now defiant look at us carefully It depends on your face! I will let the name of Yuxi City be heard clearly in heaven and hell, so that the dead will not be bullied even there—"
"Of course, I also know that it is difficult. Maybe in your eyes, everything is still far away. But look back and think about it, last year today, this is just a crumbling small town, relying on Felita to support her. .Most of you still had to abandon your dignity and live hard at that time. From that kind of life to today, it is less than a year! So you can trust me, it will not be long, never again People dare to underestimate my Yuxi City, and no one dares to treat your lives like nothing!"
Lid lowered his hands, and a gust of wind blew his hair and sleeves up at the same time.
Lide's voice was a little hoarse:
"The blood debt owed by those guys, the dead brothers have no time to ask them for it. Those of us who are alive must remember this debt, and in the not-too-distant future, we will help those brothers get it back ten times and a hundred times!"
The voice fell, and the voice boiled.
Li De quietly looked at the people who raised their arms and shouted. On the high platform, he stood there alone.
The sunlight was just right, coating his body with a light layer of gold.