A knife in love

Chapter 2805
Wang Xiaoyu listened to the conversation between Zhang Gui and the two generals on the other side of the river. Although she was overwhelmed with mist, most of them didn't know where to go, but she finally understood that "Lu Xuan" was none other than Zhang Gui.She thought to herself, this guy Zhang Gui is obviously a rough guy, yet he even called himself such an elegant word, which is really funny.

Wang Xiaoyu made fun of Zhang Gui in his heart, but he didn't know the reason for this.According to official practice, when officials talk to their colleagues in court and in the yamen, they naturally have to address each other's official titles to show respect.However, when chatting with colleagues in private, they often call each other's name to show affection.Zhang Gui was born in the army, and he didn't even have a name at the beginning, but he was called Zhang Wu in the name of his brother's ranking.Later, he accumulated military merits and was promoted from a small soldier to the general, and then he was promoted to a general after accumulating meritorious service. He was favored by Liu Kang and accepted as a student.At that time, Liu Kang said to Zhang Gui that since he was a general, his official position was not low. If Zhang Wu was still named, he would be looked down upon by the superiors and colleagues.Zhang Gui looks rough and bold, but in fact he is extremely shrewd. He has climbed up to Liu Kang's high position and is thinking of making a big splash in the officialdom.Therefore, after listening to Liu Kang, Zhang Gui took advantage of the situation and asked Liu Kang to give him a name, and Liu Kang changed the word Zhang Wu to Zhang Gui.At that time, the two were talking in the wing room in the backyard of Liu's mansion. This wing room was named Lu Xuan, and Liu Kang had an idea, so he changed the word Lu Xuan into Zhang Gui's.This move is naturally to remind Zhang Gui not to forget his roots, knowing that his high-ranking officials and rich salary are all thanks to Liu Kang.Only Liu Kang and Zhang Gui knew about this matter, Wang Xiaoyu didn't know about Zhang Gui's background, and didn't know why this rude man took Lu Xuan as his name, but it wasn't unusual.

While Wang Xiaoyu was thinking, Zhang Gui said loudly: "Everyone, take a few steps back and ask Feng Yanqing, General of Shanhaiguan, to cross the river!"

When Zhang Gui was speaking, he deliberately said "Master Feng Yanqing, Chief Soldier of Shanhai Pass" very strangely, his tone was full of sarcasm.After he finished speaking, he immediately turned his horse's head and retreated. Naturally, everyone did not dare to neglect, so they retreated one after another.Li Qiufeng was worried about the Japanese pirates coming to attack, so he retreated and looked south.I saw more than a dozen Japanese pirates phalanx slowly moving forward, but they were still hundreds of feet away from the crowd.Thinking about going through several fierce battles at Old Man Mountain and the beach, the Japanese pirates were also afraid. Although they had the upper hand at this time, they did not dare to rush forward like before.

After everyone withdrew for three or four feet, they stopped.Seeing more than a dozen soldiers walking out from behind Feng Yanqing's horse, they walked all the way to the edge of the river bank, and then stopped, bowing their bows one by one and aiming at the south bank of the river.Seeing these sergeants aiming their feather arrows at them, everyone was startled, thinking to themselves, didn't the soldiers from Shanhaiguan come to deal with the Japanese pirates?Why shoot us with bows and arrows?
When everyone was wondering, they could only hear the sound of "swish". More than a dozen sergeants had already loosened their bowstrings, and more than a dozen feathered arrows flew out from the north bank of the river and flew towards the south bank.Everyone was startled, and couldn't help but backed away. Li Qiufeng and Qi Jiu even guarded Murong Danyan and Wang Xiaoyu at the same time, lest the two girls be injured by feather arrows.It was only when more than a dozen feathered arrows flew close that everyone realized that these feathered arrows did not fly towards the crowd, but flew straight towards a mound of soil on the bank.Only the sound of "Pu Pu" could be heard endlessly, more than a dozen feathered arrows all hit the mound, and most of the arrows were buried in the soil.

Everyone watched more than a dozen feathered arrows shoot into the mound, and their hearts were full of surprise.At this moment, Wang Xiaoyu said loudly: "Look! What is tied to the tail of the feather arrow!"

When Li Qiufeng and the others heard Wang Xiaoyu's yell, their hearts trembled, and they all looked at the dozen feathered arrows.I saw a very thin white thread tied to the tail of each feather arrow, if you don't look carefully, you can't see it.Previously, everyone was only thinking of avoiding the feather arrows, and retreated hastily, but they didn't notice any difference in the arrow's tail.Only Wang Xiaoyu retreated with the crowd, but she was very courageous and kept staring at the feather arrow, only then did she find that the arrow tail was tied with a white thread.

When everyone was wondering, Feng Yanqing, who reined in his horse and stood on the north bank of the river, said loudly: "Brother Lu Xuan, please find some strong brothers to grab the feather arrows and drag the chain to the south bank, so we can build a bridge."

Although Zhang Gui's face was not very good-looking, but after hearing Feng Yanqing's words, he did not refuse, and turned his head to whisper a few words to Li Chengliang.After Li Chengliang listened, he bowed his hands to Zhang Gui, and then quickly walked through the crowd, and walked straight to the officers and soldiers who were preparing to fight the Japanese pirates.After a while, he came back with more than [-] officers and soldiers, and whispered a few words to Zhang Gui.With a wave of Zhang Gui's right hand, more than [-] officers and soldiers rushed forward. Each of them held a feathered arrow shaft, pulled out more than a dozen feathered arrows from the mound, and then pulled them backwards.More than a dozen white threads were pulled from the other side of the river by these officers and soldiers.After a while, the white line pulled out a dozen or so iron chains as thick as a child's arm from the north bank, and moved straight to the south bank.
Li Qiufeng and the others watched the white thread pull the iron chain and move towards the south bank, and they finally understood Feng Yanqing's plan in their hearts.It turned out that when the feather arrow hit the south bank, the tail of the arrow was tied with a white thread, and the end of the white thread was connected to the iron chain.More than [-] officers and soldiers pulled the white line to the south bank, and finally pulled more than a dozen iron chains to the south bank.In this way, the iron chain is hanging in the air, connecting the north and south banks together.At that time, fix the two ends of the iron chain on the north and south banks, and lay wooden boards on the iron chain to build a suspended bridge. Feng Yanqing can lead the officers and soldiers across the river and join hands with everyone to deal with the Japanese pirates.Judging by the way Feng Yanqing's officers and soldiers shoot arrows, they must have practiced bridge-building skills before.

Sure enough, after more than [-] officers and soldiers pulled the iron chain to the south bank of the river, Feng Yanqing asked Zhang Gui to order the officers and soldiers under him to tighten the iron chain. Waiting, holding the iron chain tightly with both hands, hanging his body in the air, with his hands intertwined, he even crossed the big river holding the iron chain, until he reached the south bank.After these men came ashore, they first accused Zhang Gui of their crimes, and then immediately dug a hole in the ground with a shovel.A dozen or so men were thick and strong, and within a short while, they dug two deep pits five or six feet deep in the ground.Then these men put two large wooden pillars into the pit, filled them with soil, and exposed the wooden pillars outside the pit to a height of about Zhang Xu.The men took the iron chains from the officers and soldiers, and nailed more than a dozen iron chains firmly to the wooden posts with hammers and nails.

When everyone saw this situation, their hearts became brighter, knowing that these men had been busy for a long time, and it turned out that they wanted to build a chain bridge.More than a dozen men were highly skilled, nailing more than a dozen iron chains to the wooden pillars in the blink of an eye.On the north bank of the river, more than [-] men also set up wooden pillars and fastened iron chains.After confirming that the wooden pillars and iron chains were firmly nailed, dozens of officers and soldiers on the north bank carried the wooden boards and laid them on the iron chains one by one.In the blink of an eye, the planks had been laid to the south bank of the great river.Everyone saw that it was only half a stick of incense, and a wooden bridge with iron chains about ten feet wide appeared in front of them. They were both surprised and admired, and they all looked at each other, unable to speak for a while.

(End of this chapter)