The immortal of the Tang Dynasty, but the game starts at Xuanwu Gate?

While traveling, the three chatted about various things, but most of it revolved around cement.

Unlike Cheng Yaojin and his group, Chen Huai'an focused more on explaining the benefits to them, while when explaining to Li Shimin, he emphasized practicality.

Time passed slowly, and soon it was afternoon when they finally arrived at their destination.

In a small valley, there is a grove of trees and a stream in the distance.

Li Junxian quickly led his men to set up camp, while Du Ruhui and the others got off the carriage, rubbing their shoulders and backs.

"Ah, I'm getting old after all. Back in the day, I followed the army for three days and three nights without feeling tired," Du Ruhui said with a sigh.

Time is a cruel mistress!

Chen Huai'an joked, "I think you're not getting old, you just haven't been exercising in a long time."

"Look at His Majesty, he's in such a state, let alone you."

As he spoke, he patted Li Shimin's already showing belly.

The sound was crisp and clear.

Chen Huai'an almost called out "Xiao Du".

Li Shimin's face immediately darkened: "Damn it, where are you taking pictures?"

"Didn't you get enough spanking?"

After saying that, he looked down at himself, cupped his large belly in his hands, and his face darkened even more.

"Hahahaha." Du Ruhui couldn't help but laugh out loud, and Fang Xuanling and the others also laughed.

Wei Zheng leaned closer and said, "Your Majesty, look, he's the real country bumpkin, a complete idiot, he doesn't know any manners at all."

"This is truly despicable and deserves punishment."

"Get out of my way," Li Shimin said irritably. "Neither of you are any good. One is a country bumpkin, and the other is a starving ghost."

"How dare you say that?"

Wei Zheng: "..."

"Father, sir, look over there."

At this moment, Li Chengqian seemed to have discovered something, pointing to a spot with a trembling voice.

The crowd looked in the direction he was pointing and saw an incomplete skeleton leaning against a tree, with many teeth marks on it, as if it had been bitten by some kind of wild beast.

Li Shimin lost interest in chatting with Chen Huai'an and the others. He walked over, examined the wound carefully, and sighed, "This must have been a soldier before. Look at his arm bone; it's clearly a knife wound."

Li Junxian whispered an explanation from the side: "Your Majesty, a battle took place here at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Although it was not large in scale, under the circumstances at the time, there was no time to collect the remains, which is why this situation occurred."

"Our camp isn't far from the battlefield, and if we keep moving forward... there should be more."

"I remember this place!" Li Shimin looked around, seemingly reminiscing. "In the thirteenth year of the Daye era of the Sui Dynasty, on the way to Chang'an, Father Emperor, I defeated the barbarian bandit Liu Yaozi here and subdued his troops."

"The scale of this battle was not large. Liu Yaozi's men could not even be called an army; they were at most a band of mountain bandits."

"But in that chaotic era, mountain bandits like Liu Yaozi actually managed to gather some followers and did quite well."

"At that time, I was fighting the battle a little ahead of the enemy lines."

Upon hearing this, Changsun Wuji felt somewhat heavy-hearted: "Indeed, I remember this matter. At that time, we led the vanguard across the Yellow River and pacified the north of the Wei River, rushing to Sizhu."

"Although the battle was small, many soldiers still died. Later, we were busy conquering the country and didn't even have time to collect the remains of these soldiers. It was really wrong."

Li Shimin paused for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"Let's go, follow me forward."

With that, he mounted his horse and rode off.

Chen Huai'an and the others rode off on horseback.

Soon, they arrived at the battlefield, where there were even more skeletons, scattered everywhere, and it was almost impossible to find a single complete skeleton.

Upon seeing this, Li Shimin sighed slightly, dismounted, and went to a skeleton. He turned over the ground and found a nameplate.

"Zhang Dawei..."

He ran his fingers through the dust on the nameplate, revealing a very ordinary name.

Such names were common in the Tang Dynasty.

Chen Huai'an glanced at it but didn't say anything.

His sister's original name was Chen Xiuya.

"Chengqian, look around." Li Shimin pointed to the surroundings, "Many of these are soldiers who died fighting alongside me to conquer the world."

"Everyone says that I love my soldiers like my own children, but now it seems that I haven't done enough, far from enough."

"So many soldiers who followed me through thick and thin have been left to rot in the wilderness for so many years, unable to even be laid to rest, their bones being gnawed by wild animals. This is all my fault."

"You must learn from my mistake and not follow in my footsteps, understand?"

"Your subject remembers!" Li Chengqian's face was serious, and then he did something that no one expected.

In front of everyone, he bowed deeply three times to the fallen soldiers.

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback upon seeing this, but then an undisguised look of satisfaction appeared on his face. Without further hesitation, he also bowed.

"My lords and soldiers, I, Li Shimin, have failed you!"

"You followed me, Li Shimin, through thick and thin, yet you received neither wealth nor honor, and instead ended up in this predicament. This is my fault, Li Shimin!"

"Today, I, along with the Crown Prince and a host of ministers, will collect your remains and give you a proper burial."

Li Shimin solemnly promised, "Once I have ascertained your identities, I guarantee that your families will be treated well, and I hope you can rest in peace!"

Chen Huai'an clicked his tongue in amazement.

Erfeng truly lived up to her name; what you see in history books can never compare to the feeling of being there in person.

Perhaps many people will think that he is just putting on a show.

But at least he did it, didn't he?

Just like Liu Bei, everyone said he was a hypocrite.

But so what?

Even if he's faking it, if he can keep up the act for a lifetime, then he's a true gentleman.

A gentleman judges by actions, not by intentions.

Liu Bei's words, "Brothers, let's go together," forged a romantic legacy in the Shu Han dynasty.

Therefore, don't look at what others say, but look at what they do.

At least for now, the fact remains that Li Shimin personally came to collect the remains and personally led the crown prince to pay homage.

"Gather the remains!"

At Li Shimin's command, everyone sprang into action. The soldiers he brought were responsible for digging the pits, while they collected the remains, nameplates, and identity symbols.

Then they were laid to rest.

It was bound to be tough, but no one dared to say anything; everyone just worked silently.

It took them two whole days to collect all the remains and bury them not far from the stream. They also erected wooden plaques for them according to their identification tags.

Standing before the graves, Li Shimin suddenly said, "Huai'an, you are the best at writing poetry, why don't you compose a poem?"

Chen Huai'an raised an eyebrow and thought for a moment: "We vowed to sweep away the Xiongnu without regard for our own lives; five thousand sable-clad warriors perished in the dust of the barbarians."

"Pitiable are the bones by the Wuding River... still the object of dreams in the spring boudoir!"

"..."