In Huilongxiang, Li Yuanjia's sacrifice shocked the entire Huilongxiang.
Especially when the soldiers of the entire regiment led the villagers of Shanhuai Village back to Huilong Township the next day, the people in the entire township were shocked. The flood peak did not cause much damage to the downstream, but when they returned to Huilong Township Only then did the political commissar of the regiment learn that three of the ten soldiers they had sent earlier had died, and the news was sent to several villages downstream and Huilong Township overnight.
Although the remaining seven people did not die, they were almost all sick. Two soldiers died due to severe hypothermia when they returned to the downstream village. They relied on their will to support them and ran back.
The political commissar calculated that from the time the temporary dyke that sent the ten-man team to Shanhuai Village broke, the floodwaters rushed straight down, and the interval between them was no more than two hours.
In other words, they were only two hours ahead of the flood, and during the day they walked on the mountain road to Shanhuai Village for nearly half a day.
Extreme fatigue, dark nights, mountain roads, and severe hypothermia in the mountains led to this tragedy.
The political commissar learned that after these soldiers notified the first village downstream, in order to speed up their journey, they moved directly along the river valley because it would take longer to climb up the mountain road again.
Because the upper reaches were temporarily cut off, there was almost no water in the river valley, but it could point them in the direction.
And the risk of doing that is that if they don't run through the flood, what awaits them is total annihilation.
Even so, two soldiers died of hypothermia, and the remaining one missed his footing on the way back and fell into a nearby canyon.
No one had time to find the body.
The soldiers were almost covered in mud, and when they came back, these soldiers were carrying the stretcher. All the people in Huilong Township along the way were silent.
When these soldiers left, they knew why they left, to save the people of a village. Now, the people have been rescued, but they sacrificed four soldiers, including their regiment leader.
The young captain looked very young, but was very strict with his soldiers and very kind to the people.
Almost all the people in Huilong Township can recall the voice and smile of the young regiment leader, and many children even accepted the candy bars he gave them.
Today, that young man is lying quietly on the stretcher, unable to get up again.
The mayor of Huilong Township has already packed up some houses and resettled the villagers of Shanhuai Village.
And when the three thousand Royal Forest Army arrived, all the people who returned to Longxiang were shocked to find that the leader was actually a Tang Dynasty prince!
The story of Li Yuanjia's heroic rescue of Zhang Goudan's under-1-year-old baby has been spread throughout the village, but they never expected that this was actually a prince!
This is a prince!
In the past, not to mention princes, some small country squires might not look down upon untouchables like them, but now, a prince has sacrificed his life to save a commoner's child!
Such a huge impact made the entire Huilong Township people feel unreal, but these are the facts.
Similarly, this fact also made all the people silent, and every bit of what they encountered in the past came to mind again.
Accompanied by His Majesty's imperial edict, in addition to proclaiming the sacrificed prince Li Yuanjia as the King of Han of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial edict also issued an order that in accordance with the reform regulations of His Highness the King of Qin, the disaster-stricken people will be temporarily resettled by the disaster-stricken locust trees at the expense of the imperial court. All villagers in the village are invited to select a new village seat and allocate land for them.
He also expressed his sincere condolences to the people affected by the disaster, hoping that they can rebuild their homes with peace of mind and have confidence in the Tang Dynasty court and the Tang army. The head of Huilong Township was asked to appease the villagers and properly handle the disaster preparations for the villagers. All expenditures on food and other materials would be paid by the township, and the court would replenish it later.
There was no punishment or scolding from beginning to end, only condolences and concern.
When they heard the imperial edict, all the villagers in Shanhuai Village burst into tears. They couldn't express their feelings. When they knew that Li Yuanjia was a prince, it would be a lie to say that they were not worried.
Even if Li Yuanjia is willing to save people, he is His Majesty's brother after all.
After all, the changes in the Tang Dynasty did not last long, and many of these people even came from the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty. It is difficult for them not to worry about His Majesty's blame.
But now, not only is there no blame, the court still wants to prepare new villages for them and help them rebuild their homes.
Is there such a kind of saint in this world?
What shocked them even more was that when the imperial edict was announced to be over, a member of the Royal Forest Army gave Zhang Goudan a small but equally shocking amount of money.
"Zhang Goudan, this is the compensation given to you by the wife of Prince Li Yuanjia, the King of Korea. The money is not much, but the princess hopes you can accept it. The princess said that she did not expect that her father would be so strong and eventually lead to such a tragedy. The prince is in front of him. It is my duty to protect the people of the Tang Dynasty. If Prince Quanxia knows about your tragedy and does not deal with it, I am afraid that he will not be able to rest in peace."
"So the money is not much, but the princess hopes to buy a coffin for your father so that he can be buried properly. The princess has filial piety and cannot come to express condolences. I hope you can forgive me." The Imperial Forest Army conveyed Fang Jiao's words to Zhang Dog eggs.
These words made all the adults in Zhang Goudan's family burst into tears. Even Zhang Goudan was in tears. He should have refused, but when he thought of what the imperial guard said, if Prince Quanxia knew that he could not rest in peace, he would Can't refuse.
A prince who could sacrifice himself to save their children would definitely feel guilty for his father's death if he were alive. Therefore, although the money was not much, Zhang Goudan felt that it was as heavy as a thousand catties in his hands.
Many people in Shanhuai Village who were watching this scene were in tears. They originally blamed Zhang Goudan's family, but at this moment they couldn't blame them. Even the prince's family didn't blame them, so what did they have? right?
The cremation ceremony of Li Yuanjia and the three soldiers was held the next day. On this day, all the people in Huilong Township came. Not only did they come, but all the people who had white cloth at home wore filial piety, and those who didn't have white cloth were also wrapped in linen.
In Shanhuai Village, the whole village wears linen and mourning, even the old village chief.
The political commissar wanted to persuade him, but there were so many people that he could only give up.
When the raging flames engulfed the bodies of the four people, and when the flames finally extinguished, their remaining ashes and unburned bones were placed in coffins, and the Imperial Forest Army prepared to return to Chang'an.
