Chapter 3 A hero does not mention his former bravery
Author: Glorious Little Rabbit
Chapter 3 A hero does not mention his former bravery
Yuan Xi saw that Zhao Yun was still hesitating outside the city, and thought that there was an excellent opportunity in front of him. If he missed it this time, he might never see it again in the future.
After Zhao Yun defected to Gongsun Zan, he was not put into great use because Gongsun Zan's direct descendant was Baima Yicong, and the acting styles of Zhao Yun and Gongsun Zan probably did not agree with each other.
Judging from the current attack on the city, they only bring a few hundred soldiers. With these people alone, it is not that easy to capture Beixin City.
At that time, Zhao Yun, like Yang Jian in Conferred Gods, was doing the job of escorting grain and grass. There were no enemy generals to improve his performance, so he could not show his power.
Even at this time, Liu Bei would not know about Zhao Yun's future achievements. The friendship between the two was mostly due to their congeniality.
If one day Zhao Yun's formation kills the enemy general, he will naturally become famous. By then, it will be difficult for Yuan Xi to poach him!
Historically, after Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao, he retreated into the city and his generals gradually became alienated and fled one after another. Zhao Yun also defected to Liu Bei at that time. From then on, he lurked out of the abyss and eventually became a famous general.
Yuan Xi knew how much he weighed, but he didn't want to be the first man shot by Zhao Yun.
Otherwise, future novels should be written like this.
"Yuan Xi, the son of Yuan Shao, did not know his own strength and went out to fight. Zhao Yun rushed to the city and shot him in the throat, stabbing him under the horse."
Therefore, in the face of Zhao Yun's attack on the city, Yuan Xi remained stubborn and refused to give Zhao Yun a chance to improve his performance. He often said ambiguous words to Zhao Yun at the top of the city, causing the soldiers under the city to listen and think that the two were familiar with each other in private.
This matter will definitely spread to 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 is testing him.
Although Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan were both students of Lu Zhi, ever since Liu Bei helped Tian Kai and made friends with Tao Qian, there were signs of establishing another branch.
Gongsun Zan was not stupid, so he began to be wary of Zhao Yun. This may not be the reason why Zhao Yun ran away in the future.
But Gongsun Zan wanted to alienate Yuan Xi's people in the city, so Yuan Xi did the same thing.
Because he needs more help.
Governing a place requires both grace and power. Even if they have grace, their power is not enough.
If Youzhou, a place like Wuhuan, Xianbei, Xiongnu and other foreign tribes that fought hundreds of battles, huddled in the city and could not win the battle, the people would naturally feel that the garrison could not protect them, and their hearts would be unstable, so they would disperse and leave.
The reason why Yuan Xi rushed to Youzhou in a hurry was because if he waited three years for Yuan Shao to defeat Gongsun Zan and then come to Youzhou as governor, it would be too late.
Therefore, he risked his life and death just to establish prestige in Youzhou early and win over people's hearts, so that in the future, the soldiers and people of Youzhou could work for him wholeheartedly.
Although it is difficult, there is hope after all.
But at first Yuan Xi did not expect that Gongsun Zan's army would be so difficult to deal with, especially the white horse Yicong, and the field battle was simply terrifying.
At that time, he didn't have Qu Yi to help him train troops. After suffering several losses, he decisively chose to be a coward and take advantage of his only advantage in his previous life.
Build a wall with dust.
Zhao Yun at the foot 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 several losses, and later even the Baima Yicong suffered many casualties.
In this era, elite soldiers were strong soldiers with complete armor. To attack the camp at night was to catch the enemy unawares before he could reach his armor.
However, there were only a few good generals who could fight at night, which meant that there must be someone extremely powerful in Beixin City, which also made Zhao Yun secretly vigilant.
Zhao Yun also wanted to lure the enemy at night, but he led his troops several times, but the enemy never came out of the city to fight with him.
Zhao Yun was quite depressed. There were many generals in Gongsun Zan's army who were more famous than him. You dared to sneak attack on them, but you didn't dare to sneak attack on me?
Why?
Just when Zhao Yun was also worrying about how to capture Beixin City, the other party offered him a very important bet.
In this era, reputation is the most important thing for aristocratic families, so Yuan Xi bets on the reputation of his father and the family. If he fails to abide by the bet afterwards, the reputation of the Yuan family in Runan will be ruined.
And if Zhao Yun wins, he can capture Beixin City at the minimum cost, and many fewer people will die. This is actually quite in line with Zhao Yun's ideas.
The general beside Zhao Yun whispered: "General, I'm afraid that Yuan Xi will ignore his promise and take this opportunity to escape."
Zhao Yun listened and said calmly: "Isn't that just right?"
The general was stunned for a moment, then understood and immediately respected him.
At this time, Yuan Xi also knew that Zhao Yun wished he could escape and capture Beixin City without any bloodshed.
This gambling battle is originally a psychological game between the two parties.
But Zhao Yun didn't know that Yuan Xi's target was himself!
If you lose the bet, you will be jealous of Gongsun Zan when you go back. If you add fuel to the flames, it will be the time for Yuan Xi to cut off Hu!
In the end, the two parties reached an agreement that early tomorrow morning, they would each set out with a hundred people from the north and south gates of Beixin City to search for traces of the Huns' bandits, each according to his own ability.
The calculation was settled, Zhao Yun led his troops to retreat.
Yuan Xi returned to the mansion, took off his armor, and went to the backyard. There were several archery targets lined up along the wall.
He put on the ring finger, picked up the ox-horn bow, put on the feather arrows, slowly raised his arm to raise the bowstring, and aimed at the target dozens of steps away.
He loosened his fingers and arrows shot out like meteors.
The arrow was stuck on the wall two feet away from the target.
Off the mark.
He calmed down and shot several more arrows in succession, and finally half of them hit the target.
I heard a rather rough voice behind me mockingly: "If you encounter a Hun archer, you will die in the first few arrows."
Yuan Xi turned around, and at some point, he saw a tall man sitting on the table behind him, holding a wine bottle in his hand. His palm was so wide that the wine bottle looked like a handle.
His cheeks were thin, his face was covered with horrific scars, and his face was covered with a messy beard. It was hard to see his true face. He raised his head, poured all the wine from the flask in his hand into his mouth, and then shook his head.
Akira stood up.
His figure was extremely tall, but he seemed a little thin.
The big man coughed a few times, took the bow and arrow from Yuan Xi's hand, raised his hand and shot an arrow.
Yuan Xi didn't even see how he opened the bow. The arrow had already hit the bullseye, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling.
Yuan Xi smiled slightly and bowed to the big man: "Good archery skills."
"My brother's qualifications are mediocre, how can he be compared with my brother?"
"I'm going to trouble my brother again tomorrow."
The big man shook the wine pot and said, "What about the gambling fight between you and the other party at the top of the city today?"
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Brother, have you heard about it?"
"This bet is not easy to win. It all depends on my brother's help."
The big man snorted coldly: "Don't call me brother, I can't afford it."
"The unknown young general who ordered Zhao Yun under the city, you also call him brother. He is a noble member of the Yuan family. Are you used to being the younger brother?"
He looked quite disdainful: "A little-known young general, I can defeat him even if I go out of the city three times!"
"But every time he comes with troops, you avoid fighting. Are you still afraid that I can't cure him?"
Yuan Xi thought to himself, no, I'm really scared.
I am the only general who can use you. If you are picked out by Zhao Yun, then I will really be useless.
He knew that the other party was arrogant, so he had to joke, "Brother was seriously injured and has not recovered in the past two years. I'm afraid that if something goes wrong, my whole life's fame will be wasted."
"Now that both sides are showing off their abilities in killing the Xiongnu, wouldn't they also be able to show off their brotherly power?"
The big man looked disdainful: "No need to please me, I won't do this."
"That's how I fell into your hands."
"Although I was rescued by you, I don't have half of my abilities now. I'm like a lost dog. I don't have any reputation to speak of."
Yuan Xi sighed: "Brother Qu, how can you judge a hero based on his immediate success or failure?"
After hearing this, the big man took another swig 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 and then said: "I don't know."
"I just think that people like me should die on the battlefield instead of being hacked to death at a banquet."
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty" - Qu Yi relied on his merits and was arrogant and unruly. Shao summoned him to kill him and merged with others.