Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3 The hero does not mention the courage of the year

Seeing that Zhao Yun was still hesitating in the city, Yuan Xi thought that there was an excellent opportunity in front of him, if he missed this time, he might never have it again.

After Zhao Yun defected to Gongsun Zan, he has not been highly valued, because Gongsun Zan's direct descendant is Baimayi, and Zhao Yun and Gongsun Zan's behavior style should not be congenial.

Just look at the current siege with only a few hundred soldiers. With these people alone, it is not so easy to take down Beixin City.

At that time, Zhao Yun, like Yang Jian in Fengshen, was doing the job of escorting food and grass, and he had no enemy generals to give him a record, so he couldn't show his strength.

Even Liu Bei at this time would not know Zhao Yun's achievements in the future, and the friendship between the two is mostly due to their congeniality.

One day, if Zhao Yunzhen kills the enemy's general, he will naturally become famous. At that time, it will be difficult for Yuan Xi to attack the wall!

Historically, after Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao, he shrank back into the city, and his generals gradually became alienated and left one after another. Zhao Yun also defected to Liu Bei at that time.

Yuan Xi knew how much he weighed, and he didn't want to be the first man Zhao Yun shot.

Otherwise, Romance of Later Generations should be written like this.

"Yuan Xi, the son of Yuan Shao, went out of the city for a fight without knowing what he could do. Zhao Yun beat his horse and came here. He shot him in the throat and stabbed him under the horse."

So in the face of Zhao Yun's siege, Yuan Xi has been holding out, not giving Zhao Yun a chance to achieve success, and often said some ambiguous words to Zhao Yun at the top of the city.

This matter will definitely reach Gongsun Zan's ears, adding to his distrust of Zhao Yun.

Moreover, this time Zhao Yun led troops to attack the city, it may not be Gongsun Zan who was probing.

Although Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan were both Lu Zhi's students, since Liu Bei helped Tian Kai and made friends with Tao Qian, there were signs of establishing a separate school.

Gongsun Zan is not stupid, so he also started to be wary of Zhao Yun. This may not be the reason why Zhao Yun left in the future.

But Gongsun Zan wanted to drive a wedge between Yuan Xi's people, so Yuan Xi didn't do the same thing.

Because he needs more help.

Governing a place requires both kindness and prestige. He has kindness, but prestige is not enough.

Youzhou, a place of many battles close to Wuhuan, Xianbei, Xiongnu and other foreign tribes, if they shrink into the city and cannot win the battle, the people will naturally feel that the garrison cannot protect them, and the hearts of the people will be unstable, so they will disperse and leave.

The reason why Yuan Xi rushed to Youzhou was because if he waited for Yuan Shao to defeat Gongsun Zan three years later, and then he came to Youzhou as governor, it would be too late.

So he risked his life and death in order to establish prestige in Youzhou early and buy people's hearts, so that the soldiers and civilians of Youzhou can be used by him wholeheartedly in the future.

As tough as it is, there is hope after all.

But at first Yuan Xi didn't expect that Gongsun Zan's army would be so difficult to deal with, especially Baima Yicong, the field battle was simply terrifying.

At that time, he didn't have Qu Yi to help him train soldiers. After suffering a few losses, he decisively chose to be a turtle with a shrunken head and give full play to his only advantage in his previous life.

Build walls with ashes.

Zhao Yun at the bottom of the city was also hesitant. On the opposite wall was Yuan Shao's second son, who had guarded the city for three years and was extremely cunning.

He never attacked during the day, but liked to send people to attack the camp at night. Gongsun Zan's army suffered losses several times, and later even Baima Yicong suffered many casualties.

In this era, elite soldiers are strong soldiers with complete armor, and attacking the camp at night is to catch the enemy before they can put on their armor in time, and to catch them by surprise.

But there are very few good generals who can fight at night, which means that there must be an extremely powerful person in Beixin City, which also makes Zhao Yun secretly vigilant.

Zhao Yun also wanted to lure the enemy at night, but he led troops over several times, but the opponent never left the city to fight him.

Zhao Yun was rather depressed. There are many generals in Gongsun Zan's army who are more famous than himself. You dare to sneak attack them, but you dare not sneak attack me?

why?
Just when Zhao Yun was also worrying about how to win Beixincheng, the other party threw a very important bet.

In this era, the aristocratic family valued credibility the most, so Yuan Xi gambled with the reputation of his father and family, if he did not abide by the bet afterwards, the reputation of the Yuan family in Runan would be ruined.

And if Zhao Yun wins, he will be able to win Beixincheng at the least cost, and many people will die less, which is actually quite in line with Zhao Yun's idea.

The general beside Zhao Yun said in a low voice: "General, I'm afraid that Yuan Xi will ignore his promise and take this opportunity to escape."

After hearing this, Zhao Yun said calmly, "Wouldn't that be just right?"

The general was taken aback for a moment, then understood, and immediately admired him.

Yuan Xi also knew at this time that Zhao Yun wished he could escape by himself, so that good soldiers could take down Beixin City without bloodshed.

This gambling fight was originally a psychological game between the two sides.

But Zhao Yun didn't know that Yuan Xi's target was himself!

If you lose the bet, you will still be jealous of Gongsun Zan when you go back, and when the time comes to add fuel to the flames, it will be Yuan Xi's time to cut off!
In the end, the two sides reached an agreement. Early tomorrow morning, they will set off from the north and south gates of Beixin City with a hundred people each to search for the traces of the Xiongnu bandits, each according to his own ability.

After the calculation was settled, Zhao Yun led his troops back.

Yuan Xi returned to the mansion, took off his armor, and went to the backyard, where there were several archery targets standing beside the wall.

He put on his fingers, picked up an ox horn bow, put on a feather arrow, slowly stretched his arms to draw the bowstring, and aimed at the target dozens of steps away.

As soon as the finger was loosened, the feather arrow shot out like a shooting star.

The feathered arrow pierced the board wall two feet away from the target.

Deviated.

He regained his composure and shot several more arrows one after another, finally half of them hit the target.

Hearing a rather rough voice behind him mockingly said: "If you meet a Hun archer, you will die with the first few arrows."

Yuan Xi turned his head, and at some time, a burly man was sitting on the table behind him, holding a jug in his hand, his palm was so wide that it looked like the jug was like a handle.

His cheeks were thin, his face was full of terrifying scars, and his face was covered with a messy beard. It was impossible to see his true face. He raised his head and poured all the wine from the flagon in his hand before shaking. Akira stood up.

His figure is extremely grown, but he looks a little thin.

The big man coughed a few times, took the bow and arrow from Yuan Xi's hand, and raised his hand to shoot an arrow.

Yuan Xi didn't see how he opened the bow, the feathered arrow had already hit the bull's-eye, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling.

Yuan Xi smiled slightly, and bowed to the big man: "Good arrow skills."

"My brother's qualifications are mediocre, how can I compare with my brother?"

"I'm going to trouble brother again tomorrow."

The big man shook the jug, "Are you betting against the other party in the city today?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Brother, have you heard about it?"

"It's hard to win this bet, it's all thanks to brother's help."

The big man snorted coldly: "Don't call me brother, I can't afford it."

"The unnamed young general who ordered Zhao Yun under the city, you also call him brother, the dignified son of the Yuan family, are you used to being a younger brother?"

His face was quite disdainful: "A little-known young general, I can pick him out of the city when I go out of the city!"

"But every time he brings troops over, you avoid fighting. Are you afraid that I won't be able to cure him?"

Yuan Xi thought to himself, no, I'm really afraid.

You are the only general I can use, if Zhao Yun picks you up with a single shot, then I will really be a bare rod.

He knew that the other party was arrogant, so he had to say haha, "Brother was seriously injured, and he hasn't recovered in the past two years. I'm afraid there will be a mistake. Wouldn't my brother's fame be paid for in the water?"

"Now that both sides have shown their skills in killing the Huns, can't they also show their prestige?"

The big man looked disdainful: "Don't please me, I won't take this kind of thing."

"That's how I fell into your old man's hands."

"Although I was rescued by you, now I don't have half of my abilities. I'm like a lost dog. I don't have a good name to speak of."

Yuan Xi sighed: "Brother Qu, how can you judge a hero based on temporary success or failure?"

Hearing this, the big man took another gulp of wine, and said in a deep voice, "You really don't doubt that I participated in the Yecheng Rebellion in the fourth year of Chuping?"

Yuan Xi was silent for a long time before he said, "I don't know."

"I just think that people like brother should die on the battlefield instead of being hacked to death in a banquet."

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty" - Qu Yi was self-reliant on meritorious service, arrogant and unruly, Shao called to kill him, and joined the crowd.

(End of this chapter)