As soon as Yuan Xi woke up, he remembered something and got up anxiously to find Dong Zhao and others.
Seeing Yuan Xi's nervous expression, Wu Zhao thought it must be an urgent matter, so he quickly comforted Yuan Xi to take a rest while she ran to the house to find someone.
She walked most of the way around the mansion before finding Qu Yi in the backyard martial arts field.
At this time, Qu Yi was holding a long wooden stick and staring at Zhao Yun in front of him with an unfriendly expression. The two had been fighting for some rounds, and it was obvious that Qu Yi failed to gain any advantage.
In the past two days, Zhao Yun was called by Qu Yi to live in the city lord's mansion, and was temporarily separated from his subordinates who had surrendered together earlier.
Zhao Yun knew that he was a newly surrendered general and Yuan Xi was unconscious. It was normal for Qu Yi to be wary of him at this time, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
In fact, another reason is that Qu Yi has always been resentful about losing half of the gunfight in the woods that day, and tried every means to regain his position.
Although Zhao Yun lowered his attitude, he would not let go in the duel. Naturally, he responded with all his strength. As a result, Qu Yi lost more than he won in two days and was extremely depressed.
Qu Yi discovered that Zhao Yun was actually not much better than himself at his peak now, but he had an extremely obvious advantage.
The explosion is extremely powerful.
This is reflected on the battlefield, that is, the first few shots are very fast and hard. If you can't block them, you will be furious on the spot.
And as long as you block Zhao Yun's first few moves with all your strength, slowly consume your energy with him, and fight a protracted battle, then both sides will be indifferent, and even the hope of winning will be greatly increased.
After Qu Yi was injured, his endurance was no longer good. Today, he saw Zhao Yun getting more and more brave as he fought, and he secretly complained in his heart. He wanted to save his face, and saw that after a few more moves, he would be knocked out of his long stick.
At this moment, Wu Zhao ran over panting and said that Yuan Xi was awake. As soon as he heard this, he said: "This must be something important. Let's go and take a look first."
After saying this, Qu Yi threw away his long stick and said to Zhao Yun: "Today we won't win or lose. Let's fight again tomorrow."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun put away the stick, smiled slightly, and said nothing.
When Qu Yi saw it, he gritted his teeth bitterly. I just haven't regained my strength. Don't act like a sensible person like this. It makes you look even more hateful!
Wu Zhao led the two of them to Yuan Xi's room. As soon as Qu Yi entered, Yuan Xi shouted anxiously: "Did Gongsun Zan's army attack in the past two days?"
Qu Yi thought that Yuan Xi was talking about military information, so he said easily: "Don't worry, I have sent sergeants out of the city every day to investigate. The city wall defenders are also on guard day and night. There has been no movement from Gongsun Zan's army in the past two days."
Yuan Xi looked at the sun outside and said, "I made a mistake. I forgot to tell you."
"This year's autumn rains have been continuous. The weather has finally cleared up in the past few days. The foreign enemies on both sides have also been eliminated. The wheat fields in the south of the city can be harvested with confidence."
Qu Yi was startled, then suddenly said: "I did make a mistake. Yesterday, Mr. Gongren mentioned it. I said that the animals in the city were used for pulling in the battle the day before yesterday, and they were extremely tired. I wanted to rest for a few more days.
So as not to die from exhaustion.”
Yuan Xi said: "Sooner rather than later, please go and gather all the livestock in the city that can pull carts, and let the people bring all the tools they can push and pick. We will go out of the city early tomorrow morning to collect them."
"I'll come over then."
Qu Yi nodded and was about to go out when he turned around and said, "Don't be brave. You have been in coma and had fever for two days. Wu Zhao took care of you for two days and two nights, and you haven't eaten a grain of rice. How can you have the energy to go out?"
"If you really want to go out, you should at least regain some energy."
After hearing this, Wu Zhao quickly stood up and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to make some porridge."
Qu Yi waited for Wu Zhao to go out and saw Zhao Yun still staying in the room. He hesitated for a moment and then heard Yuan Xi say: "Brother, just go out. Now Brother Zhao is on my side. I believe he is just like a brother."
After hearing this, Qu Yi stood up and went out.
Zhao Yun saw Qu Yi turning around three times with one step, and finally disappeared, and said to Yuan Xi: "General, it is a blessing to have such a loyal person as Qu Yi."
Yuan Xi stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, just ask me to show off my skills, otherwise I will look too raw."
Zhao Yun knelt down in front of the banquet and said, "Yun is scared. Gongsun Zan has many generals. I have wasted several years and my reputation has not improved. Why do you favor me alone?"
Yuan Xi thought to himself: How do you say this?
I can't say that you are one of the best generals of this era in terms of loyalty and force among future generations, so that makes me feel so reassured?
He thought for a while and said with a smile: "I once heard that Brother Zhao abandoned his father and went to Gongsun Zan. He had quite a story. I'm afraid the truth is not that simple, right?"
"Although there are many inappropriate things about my father's behavior, in terms of implementing benevolent government, he is no worse than Gongsun Zan, right?"
Zhao Yun was silent, because what Yuan Xi said was true.
Although Yuan Shao's Jizhou came from Han Fu's hands, Yuan Shao also did some things in order to win over the people.
Jizhou is the outbreak area of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Among them, the three brothers Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, are all located in Jizhou, and Julu County is the headquarters of the Yellow Turban Army. Before Yuan Shao arrived, it also suffered from the Black Mountain Army.
As well as the harassment by the Southern Xiongnu, it can be said that there are internal and external troubles.
Later, Yuan Shao implemented the policy of self-cultivation and regeneration in Jizhou, which changed the appearance of Jizhou. Yecheng, which was originally war-torn, also became a prosperous city with a developed economy. It not only won over the hearts of the local gentry, but also improved the lives of the people.
A lot.
In real history, even though Yuan Shao failed in the Battle of Guandu and was forced to retreat to Hebei to defend, Cao Cao pressed forward step by step, and some counties surrendered to Cao Cao.
But later, Cao Cao's army was unable to attack for a long time and had to retreat. Yuan Shao took back all these counties, which shows that he was still quite popular among the people.
It was not until the seventh year of Jian'an that Yuan Shao died, and Jizhou and Youzhou were occupied by Yuan Shao's three sons respectively, and they attacked each other, and Cao Cao found an opportunity to defeat them one by one.
Even so, when Cao Cao attacked Yecheng in the ninth year of Jian'an, from March to August, all methods of tunnels, earth mountains, and water attacks were used to prevent entry. In the end, Shen Pei's nephew Shen Rong opened the city and surrendered, and Cao Cao was able to conquer it.
Yecheng.
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao": His brother Rong was appointed as the captain of the East Gate. Rong opened the door at night and conducted military operations. He refused to fight in the city, and he was assigned to him alive.
From the time after the Battle of Guandu to the time when Cao Cao planned to attack Ye City, it took Cao Cao four years to break through the city run by Yuan Shao. It can be seen that Yuan Shao still retained a considerable part of his power after the Battle of Guandu.
After that, Cao Cao slowly turned Yecheng into the capital of his fiefdom, and the political center gradually moved from Xuchang to Yecheng. It can be seen that even as Yuan Shao's old rival, Cao Cao had a high opinion of Yuan Shao's management.
Seeing Zhao Yun's silence, Yuan Xi suddenly said: "Brother Yun is probably not defecting to Gongsun Zan, but to Liu Yu, right?"
"Is it because my father's actions during the Han Dynasty Rebellion a few years ago made Brother Yun somewhat disapproving?"
"Brother Yun's ambition is to revive the Han Dynasty?"
Zhao Yun was extremely surprised at this time. Why did the other party seem to see through his mind?
When Yuan Xi saw Zhao Yun's expression, he was determined. He had what happened to Zhao Yun in the second half of his life, which could confirm his thoughts.
Because after Liu Bei took control of Bashu, the two people who were originally quite close seemed to have some problems.
Especially when Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, Zhao Yun did not even appear on the list.
Furthermore, when Shu was attacking Wu, only Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang stood up to oppose it and decided to attack Wei first.
After this incident, Zhao Yun received a cold reception for a long period of time, which can be seen from the history books.