Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1

The first year of Xingping (194 AD).

Youzhou, Zhuojun, Beixincheng.

The coolness of late autumn, along with the cold wind, poured into the city through the mottled brown city walls.

At the foot of the wall, more than a dozen people dressed as soldiers squatted on the ground, holding wooden bowls, and struggled to pick up the beans and rice in the bowls with wooden spoons.

The leader was a young man with a tall figure and a clear face. He felt the coolness falling from the top of his head and couldn't help shivering slightly.

The rice in the bowl is quite rough, with a lot of sand mixed in it, eating it in the mouth, it hurts the teeth.

He tried his best to crush the half-baked beans and corn with his tongue, sent them to the molars for fine grinding, until the bitterness in his mouth returned to a hint of sweetness, and then he swallowed forcefully.

For him who was used to eating modern food in his previous life, the bean rice that needs to be chewed many times before he can swallow it can be said to be far inferior in taste, but it is already considered a rare delicacy nowadays.

The sound of footsteps came, and two men came from a distance, carrying a bundle of broken mats, revealing a pair of skinny but pale and swollen feet.

The two walked crookedly, the corpse in the mat shook a few times, the person walking in front couldn't help but said: "Erlang, hold it steady, don't tear the mat, it will be taken back for use later."

The people behind couldn't help but said: "Da Lang, why don't you just bury your sister-in-law like this?"

Da Lang in front sighed, "Buried?"

"If you can't leave the city now, where will you be buried?"

Na Erlang asked suspiciously, "Then where are we going, is it possible that we want to exchange my sister-in-law with someone else?"

Da Lang was silent for a while, then said: "Forget it, let's throw it from the top of the city."

The two wandered past, and there was an unpleasant smell, and the soldiers couldn't swallow the food in their mouths.

They stood up and wanted to make a gesture to shout, but seeing the young man was still eating beans and rice in silence, they had no choice but to sit down again.

When the two of them walked over, the young man thought for a while, and said to the [-] or [-]-year-old boy beside him, "Sun Li, go and ask them, have the rations in the city been delivered to them these days, what happened to the people in the mat?" dead."

The young man hurriedly got up and chased after him, and came back after a while and said: "Brother Yuan, I asked, they said that the rations were delivered to them, and the woman in the mat died of illness."

Sun Li hesitated for a while, then said, "Even if we don't get enough to eat recently, they have no choice but to do this."

The young man was stunned and said nothing. This was the chaotic times of the Three Kingdoms where there were no chickens crowing for thousands of miles and the bones were exposed in the wild. It was far less beautiful than he had imagined.

His real name was Yuan Xi. He was killed by a dump truck three years ago when he was collecting ashes on the construction site. He traveled to the Three Kingdoms era and became Yuan Shao's 17-year-old second son Yuan Xi.

It was the third year of Chuping (192 A.D.), just as Yuan Shao broke Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao. Gongsun Zan fled to Yijing at the turn of Youji to defend himself.

In history, this Yuan Xi was sandwiched between his elder brother Yuan Tan and third younger brother Yuan Shang, and there were few records. The only deed that was talked about was marrying Zhen Mi, one of the most famous beauties in the Three Kingdoms.

According to historical development, Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, and Yuan Xi was appointed governor of Youzhou. Later, Yuan Shao was defeated and died of illness at Guandu.

After Yuan Xi understood the situation in the world, he asked Yuan Shao to come to the front line of Youzhou.

He wants to buy time.

Because it was not until 199 AD that Gongsun Zan was completely defeated by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Xi was awarded the governor of Youzhou, and in 200 AD, it was the Battle of Guandu!
Historically, after Yuan Shao died of illness, Yuan Xi was defeated by Cao Cao's troops. Of course, it was because of Cao Cao's power. Another reason was that Yuan Xi only operated in Youzhou for a few years, which was too short a time.

Since God gave him a few more years to travel through this life, Yuan Xi decided to seize this opportunity and make plans early.

Yuan Xi knew that Yuan Shao would fail sooner or later if this continued, but the key was still on Cao Cao.

The Battle of Guandu originated when Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou and Yuzhou, and Yuan Shao couldn't stand it, so the two sides went to war. In this case, trying to slow down the speed of Cao Cao's expansion, will it change history?
In order to cultivate his own power, Yuan Xi asked Yuan Shao for hundreds of soldiers to come to Beixin City in the south of Zhuojun County, Youzhou, to guard the city and farm at the same time.

According to Yuan Xi's expectation, at this time Gongsun Zan was fighting with Liu Yuhuo, governor of Youzhou, so he should not be able to deal with him for a while.

However, there has been a slight deviation in history. Qu Yi, the hero of the Battle of Jieqiao, was hacked to death by Yuan Shao when he was patrolling Beixin City last year because of his arrogance.

This fierce general, who was supposed to retire from the stage of history a few years later, had his Liangzhou soldiers annexed by Yuan Shao after his death. Gongsun Zan found a loophole in the Youzhou front, which could have maintained a balance of power, and sent troops to attack the city from time to time, making it difficult for Yuan Xi to support.

However, after several times of attacking and defending, he also gradually became proficient in some battle formation techniques, and relying on the experience of fighting ashes in his previous life, he tried to strengthen the city wall, and finally defended it.

However, six months ago, Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan, and Gongsun Zan began to free up his hands to deal with Beixin City. As a result, the food and grass in the city could not be delivered in time, so the city was often short of food.

Yuan Xi tried every means to distribute some food to the people in the city so as not to cause a major famine, but sometimes people were so hungry that it was very difficult for him to control what they did in private.

Of course, there is no shortage of food, because the thousands of acres of wheat in the south of Beixin City will be harvested soon.

But what bothered Yuan Xi was that he couldn't send people out of the city to harvest wheat now.

Because not only was Gongsun Zan's army blocking the outside of Beixin City, Yuan Xi also got news that a bandit from the Southern Huns was also coming from the mountain south of Beixin City!

It was the time of the autumn harvest, but he was surrounded by both sides and couldn't leave the city!

His cheap father, Yuan Shao, seemed to have little regard for Beixincheng. A few days ago, he sent a letter asking Yuan Xi to go back to Yecheng, saying that he was old enough to get married.

According to the trend of history, it is almost time for Yuan Xi to marry Zhen Mi, although according to the official history, he still has a wife named Wu who does not know where.

And counting the time, at this time Cao Cao is about to attack Xuzhou for the second time, and the people of Xuzhou will usher in another massacre of the city.

This matter was too disastrous, Yuan Xi thought that he must meet Yuan Shao anyway, to see if he could stop this matter, and prevent Cao Cao from becoming a big deal.

But the most urgent task is how to untie the siege of Beixincheng.

He watched the soldiers go up and down the city wall. Although their expressions were fine, they all looked tired. It is true that defending the city is easier than attacking it, but the pressure is not small. Now that the two enemy troops are outside, how to solve the predicament ?

While Yuan Xi was thinking about it, Sun Li ran over: "Brother Yuan, that young general from Gongsun Zan's army has brought troops to call for battle again!"

Hearing the shouts of soldiers outside the city, Yuan Xi pulled the remaining mouthfuls of rice in the wooden bowl into his mouth and stood up.

He fastened his armor carefully, put on his iron helmet, and said to everyone, "Go, go up to the top of the city and have a look."

He took the lead to walk towards the city wall, and several soldiers who followed in the distance whispered.

"General Yuan is good at everything. He is handsome and tall. I heard that his archery skills are not very good, but he is too cautious."

"That's right, we've all seen Gongsun Zan's famous generals before. The one outside the city who has been fighting for several days is a little-known young general. I really don't understand why the general is so afraid."

"That's right, we have been fighting in the city for several days, but we can't go out to fight. It's really aggrieved."

Yuan Xi acted as if he hadn't heard the words of the soldiers behind him. He walked up to the top of the wall, bent down, moved his head to the arrow hole, and slowly revealed one eye.

Seeing hundreds of soldiers and horses in the city lined up and no one shooting bows and arrows, he straightened up and poked his head out.

In front of the enemy's formation, there was a young general in silver armor and helmet, riding a white horse, carrying a horn bow and carrying a spear, but he was alone on the horse and went to the city to fight.

Seeing Yuan Xi showing his head, the young general immediately shouted: "Yuan Xi, go out of the city to fight!"

Yuan Xi heard this, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, why bother shouting and killing in such a cold day, it's better to go back and rest early, so that the soldiers can have a full meal."

The man said angrily, "Don't call me brother Zhao! When did I become your brother!"

"Let's stop talking nonsense, it's the man who left the city quickly and fought with me, Changshan Zhao Zilong!"

Yuan Xi, 20 years old, had traveled through time for three years, and was about to return to Yecheng to marry Zhen Mi and reach the pinnacle of life, but the door was blocked.

At that time, a man named Zhao Zilong in the city was still unknown, and he was looking for an opponent who could become famous in one battle.

(End of this chapter)