Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 12
The chief of the Xiongnu saw hundreds of Qingqi on his side being ambushed by the opponent's ambush, half of them were killed or injured after a few encounters, and the rest had to flee back in a hurry, feeling cold in their hearts.

The opponent came prepared!

He hastily ordered the front army to get out of the way of the center and let his Qingqi escape back, and at the same time ordered the soldiers behind to push all the carts to the front of the formation and block the entrance of the valley.

This is the method of chariot formation used by the Han army that he learned in the Northland, blocking the carriage in front of the formation to prevent the opponent's cavalry from charging into the formation.

He also ordered the Xiongnu soldiers to drive the hundreds of captive women to the gap between the carriages as another layer of buffer.

Hundreds of women cried and crouched on the ground, surrounded by Xiongnu soldiers watching over them to prevent them from escaping.

After the carriage, the chief of the Xiongnu ordered people to shoot arrows continuously to prevent the cavalry of Yuan Xi and Zhao soldiers from approaching.

At this time, Qu Yi did not chase after the Huns' rout, rashly rushed into the formation, but let his heavy cavalry return to the formation.

If one's own infantry fails to keep up with the support in time, the cavalry will be entangled by the opponent, losing speed, and will eventually be encircled and annihilated by the opponent.

Qu Yi squinted his eyes and saw that the Xiongnu Qingqi had already fled into the formation, thinking about how to break the formation. At this time, Yuan Xi rode over and said, "The formation is formed on the opposite side, how should we deal with it?"

Qu Yi looked at Taniguchi, and said, "If you don't care about those women, you can use bows and arrows to suppress them first, and I will lead the troops to break in forcefully, and the young master will let the infantry follow up."

At this time, Zhao Yun did not chase after him, and also called his subordinates back, Qu Yi's words reached his ears, Zhao Yun's expression changed slightly after hearing this.

He stared at Yuan Xi closely, watching Yuan Xi's answer.

Zhao Yun had a ruler in his heart. As a native of Jizhou, he had his own reasons for abandoning Yuan Shao and voting for Gongsun Zan.

When Zhao Yun voted for Gongsun Zan, the reason was "discussion in the poor state, from the benevolent government".

After hearing this, Gongsun Zan thought that what Zhao Yun said meant that he was more capable of implementing benevolent government than Yuan Shao.

But in fact, Gongsun Zan has always been warlike. Over the years, he has always advocated the killing policy in the border areas, advocated the use of force to solve problems, and even sent troops to plunder the people due to lack of food.

However, Yuan Shao's policies in Jizhou were much more moderate than those of Gongsun Zan. Most of them were recuperating with the people, which can be said to be more popular with the people.

As for what Zhao Yun said, Gongsun Zan probably felt that Zhao Yun was lying. Even though he had taken him under his command, he still didn't trust Zhao Yun very much.

However, Zhao Yun has a secret in his heart.

When he voted for Youzhou, he didn't intend to go to Gongsun Zan, but he wanted to join Gongsun Zan's immediate boss at that time, Liu Yu, governor of Youzhou!
Liu Yu is an authentic clan member of the Han Dynasty. In his early years, he served as a Cao official by promoting Xiaolian, and was promoted to a county official. Because of his outstanding political achievements, he was appointed as the governor of Youzhou.

During this period, he spread benevolent government in Youzhou, persuaded the people to farm, opened the Shanggu market to trade with foreigners, and mined the salt and iron mines in Yuyang to obtain income. .

And Zhao Yun has the ambition to restore the Han Dynasty, and he has been running towards this goal from the beginning to the end.

In other words, what he really wanted to follow was Liu Yu.

However, a few months ago, something happened that made Zhao Yun extremely disheartened.

Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan attacked each other, but they were defeated and killed.

At this time, Zhao Yun served as Liu Bei's chief cavalry man, which was Gongsun Zan's way to win over Liu Bei, but Zhao Yun had already given up on it, so Zhao Yun was going to use the excuse of his brother's death to leave Gongsun Zan and seek refuge in the benevolence and righteousness who could restore the Han Dynasty lord.

In fact, at this time, Liu Bei's attitude towards the restoration of the Han Dynasty was still very vague. At this time, Cao Cao, the loyal minister of the great Han in the eyes of scholars, even ranked ahead of Liu Bei because he had joined the anti-Dong coalition army.

It was not until seven years later that Cao Cao coerced the emperor and ordered the princes to be dictatorial. Zhao Yun then turned to Liu Bei and dedicated his life to the great cause of defeating Wei to restore the Han Dynasty.

At this time, Liu Bei was looking for a piece of land of his own, and went to Xuzhou to help Tao Qian. Gongsun Zan might have seen the signs of Liu Bei's self-reliance, but let Zhao Yun lead the army to attack Beixin City, which was also a test for Zhao Yun.

However, what Yuan Xicheng said touched Zhao Yun.

Liu Yuquan knows, what should I do?
By assisting Gongsun Zan, is he helping the evildoer?
The Xiongnu plundered and tortured the people of the Han family, do you want to take action?
So Zhao Yun risked being dealt with by the military law and agreed to this rather absurd bet.

Now that Zhao Yun heard Qu Yi's words, he immediately turned his head away. He wanted to see whether this Yuan Xi was just trying to gain fame, or if he really meant what he said!

If the other party really had the idea of ​​practicing benevolence and righteousness, they would not let the cavalry attack the children of the Han family.

But if he didn't do so, he would not only bear the risk of a large number of casualties among his soldiers, but also bear the result of failing the bet with Zhao Yun.

How will he choose?

You know, when Liu Yu attacked Gongsun Zan, it was because he was so benevolent and pedantic that he said "don't hurt people too much, just kill Gongsun Zan". Gongsun Zan found an opportunity to counterattack, so he was defeated and killed.

In this chaotic world, being too benevolent or too cruel is not the way to protect oneself. The current situation in Taniguchi is a dilemma.

If it was Zhao Yun himself, he didn't even know how to make a choice!

Yuan Xi didn't know that Zhao Yun was paying attention to him. He stared at Taniguchi in the distance, thought for a while, and said, "You can't just rush in like this."

Zhao Yun heard it from a distance, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Yuan Xi's idea is very simple, if he really wants to do this, if it gets out, his reputation will be ruined.

Fame in this world is extremely useful, even if you pretend it, you have to pretend it.

What's more, he really couldn't let Ma trample on the woman of the Han family.

But in this way, he had to think of a proper way to break the formation, he didn't want to send the hard-trained soldiers to death needlessly.

After hearing this, Qu Yi said, "Since this is the case, the time will be prolonged, and there may be changes."

Yuan Xi said: "Let's go back to the woods first."

Qu Yi hesitated and said: "But in this way, if Zhao Yun takes the opportunity to make a move, we will lose the bet."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said decisively: "He is not that kind of person."

He wanted to subdue Zhao Yun, and getting his recognition and loyalty was not as simple as winning or losing on the battlefield.

Zhao Yun's body was shocked when he heard this. This Yuan Xi and himself were strangers, how could he know him so well?
Yuan Xi saw that the other party was using a Han family woman as a human shield, and he looked confident, so he was angry and shouted: "Before you leave, cut off the heads of Hu Gou!"

Qu Yi immediately commanded his infantry to chop off the heads of the corpses of Hun cavalrymen with the Huan Shou Dao.

Seeing it from a distance, the soldiers of the Huns roared angrily and wanted to rush out to fight, but was stopped by general Hu.

The patriarch of the Xiongnu looked gloomy, watching the other party take the head, retreat into the woods and disappear.

Now it was his turn to be caught between a rock and a hard place.

If you want to advance, you have to pass through the woods. It is difficult to maintain the formation during the march, and you are very likely to be ambushed.

If you retreat, you will go back to the valley, stagnant, unable to go to Bingzhou.

If the opponents were really Gongsun Zan's army and Yuan Shao's army, they must be vanguards. What if reinforcements came and surrounded us?
It was a smooth plunder going south, but now hundreds of elite soldiers have lost nearly a hundred, how could it become like this?
The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, he couldn't help but let out a loud roar, he slashed down with the long knife in his hand, splitting the head of a woman from the Han family beside him in half, and the women's cries became even louder.

At this moment in the woods, Yuan Xijun and Zhao Yunjun nodded their heads respectively, Qu Yi's heavy cavalry was surprised to find that Zhao Yun had killed a dozen more than his side!

Although this had something to do with Zhao Yun rushing into the enemy's line and killing the general of the Huns' right army, leaving the other party leaderless, this result still made them feel frustrated.

What they saw just now was that Zhao Yun was not only extremely accurate with his bow and arrows, and his marksmanship was terrifying, but he also commanded his subordinates like his arms and fingers.
No wonder Second Master Yuan is so wary of Zhao Yunna!

That's not timid and cautious, it's because he saw Zhao Yun's strength in advance!

Thinking of this, they felt ashamed for their incomprehension of Yuan Xi.

At the same time, their confidence in Yuan Xi was much stronger.

At this moment, Yuan Xi understood that if he didn't try his best, it would be impossible to defeat Zhao Yun!

(End of this chapter)