Chapter 435: Waiting

Three days later, the reinforcement of the rope bridge was completed. The entire bridge is connected by dense thousands of thick cables, which are firmly fixed on both sides of the river in a network with each other. Dozens of logs have been carved into the cliff wall to take root, supporting the bridge deck at both ends.

In order to ensure the stability and durability of the bridge deck, Wang Yuan ordered the soldiers to go into the mountains and forests to cut down seven or eight ancient trees as thick as a water tank and drag them to the bridgehead, scorch the skin with charcoal fire to make simple antiseptic wood, and bury them upright on the ground on both sides of the bridge deck one by one, and use slightly shorter logs to support the left and right without moving.

Dozens of ropes are born from the top of the towering giant trees, which are pulled on the ropes on both sides of the bridge deck to make the whole rope bridge more stable and firm. Although it is a bridge made of ropes after all, it is still a little rickety, but it is not at all worried about breaking and collapsing.

Li Mi erected a boulder on the north bank of the rope bridge and asked Wang Yuan to name the bridge. Wang Yuan happily agreed, put pen to paper, thought about it for a while, and wrote down the four words "Lushui Flying" to commemorate the incident of the long rope flying across that night. Li Mi ordered people to carve the four characters on the boulder and stand on the bridge. The bridge was later also shortened to the Flying Bridge by the locals.

On 14 February, 50,000 soldiers from Jiannan crossed the bridge and marched south to the city of Yaozhou. Yaozhou was already an empty city, and Ge Luofeng did not occupy Yaozhou to defend it, but after looting it on a large scale, he evacuated Yaozhou as early as five days ago. There are only a small number of Ge Luofeng's soldiers and horses in Yaozhou City. When they heard the news of the arrival of the Jiannan army, these barbarians also fled without any resistance.

At noon, the army marched into the city, and in the afternoon, the people who fled to the mountains and forests to avoid disaster learned that the Tang Dynasty army had recovered Yaozhou, and they all came out of the mountains and forests to return to their homes. Song Jiangong and Liu Jun were busy inspecting the city defense, remaking and installing the broken city gate suspension bridge when Yaozhou was broken, rebuilding and improving the collapsed city wall and enemy towers, and restoring the most basic defense function of Yaozhou City. Li Mi and Liu Dehai were busy settling the people, relieving the people, and settling the garrison of the army.

Ge Luofeng is still a bit humane, he did not destroy Yaozhou City, most of the buildings and residences in the city are well preserved, which gives the army and the people a place to stay. For this alone, Wang Yuan did not have a bitter hatred for Ge Luofeng. However, the population of the people in Yaozhou City has grown from nearly 20,000 people at the beginning to less than 4,000 now. These people were spared by hiding in the mountains and forests when the city of Yaozhou was broken, and the rest of the people, regardless of men, women, and children, were all taken captive by Ge Luofeng. The food and goods were also looted.

But in any case, the reoccupation of Yaozhou means that the war against Nanzhao has gotten rid of its previous disadvantages. The southwest of Yaozhou is the border of Nanzhao, and then entering the army is a real crusade against Nanzhao, which is of great significance.

But when the generals in the city were busy and their feet did not touch the ground, Wang Yuan was very leisurely. After entering the city, Wang Yuan of course lived in the well-preserved Yamen Mansion of the Governor of Yaozhou, and used it as his command post.

At noon, Wang Yuan held a family banquet, called Gongsun Lan and Ziyun'er Qingyun'er to serve together, and ordered someone to open a jar of wine. All the women thought that they thought that Wang Yuan was happy about the recovery of Yaozhou, so he drank wine, but he didn't expect Wang Yuan to take out three bunches of bright wildflowers picked in the mountains and forests at the banquet and present them to the three of them.

The three of them were very puzzled and asked Wang Yuan what he meant. Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Today is February 14th, and somewhere, this day is called Valentine's Day, which is a day for men and women to express love. Although we don't like this in Datang, I want to celebrate this festival. I don't like the days of Rong Ma and my heart, which will cause you to suffer and feel uneasy, so I offer flowers to express my love and apologies. ”

The three daughters believed what Wang Yuan said about Valentine's Day, and they all thought that Wang Yuan was just a rhetoric to please herself. But no matter what, the show of love for my sweetheart is still very happy. Especially Ziyun'er, the name of following Wang Yuan's side is actually undecided, and Wang Yuan's move is also an acceptance.

But for Gongsun Lan, she was happy but felt a little surprised. Wang Yuan did this to disclose the relationship between himself and Wang Yuan to Qingyun'er and Ziyun'er, and Gongsun Lan didn't want to be known to everyone so soon. So for Wang Yuan's actions, Gongsun Lan had mixed feelings. So after the banquet, he had to explain to Qingyun'er and Ziyun'er, saying that Wang Yuan was drunk and talking nonsense about Yunyun, and he was not his lover.

Qingyun'er and Ziyun'er tacitly agreed, but they didn't break it. Regarding the relationship between Miss Gongsun and the Wang family's housemother, Twelve Niang, who is a master and apprentice, and the unclear relationship with Wang Yuan, both of them have already heard of it. For such an indecent love, the two were surprised but not so surprised. After all, His Majesty of the Tang Dynasty has robbed his daughter-in-law as a concubine, and it is actually not a big deal to go up and down.

Wang Yuan fulfilled his promise at the wine table, and spent the afternoon walking and laughing with the three of them in the back garden of the Governor's Mansion, and everyone outside was busy turning the sky upside down, and he didn't care about it. No matter what, when Li Mi and Song Jiangong came to see him and asked for some of his opinions, Wang Yuan also choked the two of them back with the words "If I have to decide these things, don't you exhaust me to death".

That night, Wang Yuan did everything that a good lover should do, after taking a bath for dinner, he plunged into Qingyun'er and Ziyun'er's room, pulled the two concubines into bed and didn't let them go, and tossed until midnight, before the two exhausted lover concubines fell asleep. Wang Yuan also sneaked into Gongsun Lan's room with a thief heart, if he hadn't been kicked out by Gongsun Lan, I am afraid that he would still want to have a Valentine's Day with one stone.

Yaozhou City is in ruins, and all kinds of affairs are complicated and complicated, which keeps Song Jiangong and Li Mi and others busy half to death. Vice Marshal Wang didn't interfere in anything, and only let everyone play their own roles. It's not that Wang Yuan doesn't want to work hard, but he really doesn't understand these things, and he doesn't want to show his cowardice, which ruins the image of the wise and martial deputy marshal. Song Jiangong, Li Mi and others would be mistaken, thinking that the deputy marshal would let them do things with absolute trust, but they also did their best, although they were tired and half dead, they didn't complain about being tired or tired.

A few days later, the order in the city of Yaozhou gradually became orderly, and the simple rest of the city gate and city wall came to an end, and the next plan was also put on the desk. Entering Nanzhao, how to march, these things are not ideas that Song Jiangong, Li Mi and others can take, and this matter must be done by the deputy marshal.

So everyone began to ask Wang Yuan about his next plan and was ready to discuss the matter, but Wang Yuan said: "We'll talk about this matter tomorrow after February 19." ”

Li Mi was puzzled and asked, "Why does it have to be after February 19?" ”

Wang Yuan was surprised: "Have you forgotten the ten-day appointment I gave to Xian Yu Dashuai?" February 19 was the 10th day, and Xian Yu decided whether to march into Nanzhao after the arrival of the commander. ”

Everyone was stunned, if the deputy marshal wanted to come to the army within ten days, everyone had already taken it to heart, and privately thought that it was impossible for Xian Yu Zhongtong to come, and the words that the deputy marshal asked Zhao Qing to say were also said to everyone, in fact, it was impossible to speak to Xian Yu Dashuai in that tone. I didn't expect the deputy marshal to really take this matter seriously.

"This ...... Xian Yu Dashuai may not come. Vice-marshal, why bother? Li Mi smacked his lips and said.

Wang Yuan sneered: "If he dares not to come, I admire him as a man." I have to teach him a lesson in this. ”

"But...... What if Xian Yu Dashuai really doesn't come? What can you do, Lieutenant Marshal? Song Jiangong asked cautiously.

"If he doesn't come, Nanzhao won't be busy marching into the army, let's wave the army to Chengdu, if he doesn't come, I'll go to find him in person." However, forgive him for not having the courage not to come. General Song, you just have to count the names of the more than 1,000 soldiers who died, find a place in Yaozhou City to engrave a tablet and stand it, and then put up an incense case for worship. Otherwise, our Xianyu Dashuai is here, and if there is nowhere to worship, I can settle accounts with you. By the way, the soldiers who were poisoned to the point of being disabled also had to attend that day, so that Xian Yu Dashuai could see the good things he had done. Wang Yuan smiled.

Everyone opened their mouths wide to smoke cold air, and the deputy marshal's temper was too bad, and he actually wanted to wave his army north to Chengdu to find Xian Yu Zhongtong, if this is the case, the matter will be a big problem.

Song Jiangong secretly thought that things had to be prepared according to the order, but he did not report hope that the handsome would really come tomorrow. Xian Yu Zhongtong doesn't look like a person who is bullied casually, the deputy marshal is young and vigorous, and although he is bold, he is afraid that he will be embarrassed tomorrow. What we should be thinking about now is how to let the deputy marshal have a step down tomorrow, so that he won't really be able to get off the stage and go to Chengdu, which is really a joke.