In the city guard's house, Sun Li was holding a wooden stick and was asking Zhao Yun for marksmanship.
He held the back end of the stick tightly, and with a roar, the end of the stick pierced Zhao Yun's chest. However, Zhao Yun gently pushed the stick with the stick. Sun Li's stick deflected in the direction, and his body was also moved around.
Semi-circle.
Sun Li was still trying to get back upright, but was hit on the shoulder by Zhao Yun's wooden stick.
Zhao Yun took back the stick and said calmly: "You held your hands too tightly, which caused the stick to move and your body to move, which broke your posture."
Sun Li scratched his head and said: "But if you don't hold it tightly, wouldn't it be like what happened just now, and it would be knocked off by Brother Zhao with just one blow?"
Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Indeed, that's why the gun is in hand."
"As long as you feel the opponent's strength and react faster than the opponent, you can respond in time and there will be no disadvantage."
After hearing this, Sun Li seemed to understand but said depressedly: "It's so troublesome. It's not as fun as shooting an arrow."
Zhao Yun smiled and said: "Indeed, most of the casualties on the battlefield are caused by bows and arrows, and the number of people injured in real close combat is actually only a small number."
"You are still young and inexperienced. It is not a bad thing to specialize in bows and arrows first."
After hearing this, Sun Li said happily: "Brother Zhao can still talk, but Brother Qu keeps laughing at me all day long!"
Zhao Yun heard the word "eldest brother" and recalled the names Liu, Guan and Zhang used to call each other when they were under Gongsun Zan. He asked curiously: "You call me General Yuan and General Qu, brother. Have you ever sworn sworn brothers?"
After hearing this, Sun Li quickly waved his hands and said: "Who am I? How can I become sworn sworn sworn brother like the Young Master, a noble son of the Yuan family!"
"The reason why I call you that is because my mother asked me to do it. Brother Yuan didn't agree at first, but in the end he didn't get over it."
Wu Zhao happened to come over, and with a thought in his heart, he said, "Do you know General Yuan and your mother?"
When Sun Li saw her, he quickly stood up and said, "I have met Sister Wu Zhao."
He knew that Wu Zhao had been helping Yuan Xi recently and was getting more and more attention. He immediately said: "More than a year ago, my family lived in the village of Rongcheng. My mother was widowed and took me to weave to make a living."
"At that time, Gongsun Zan, a thief, indulged his subordinates and led troops to plunder the village."
Wu Zhao was stunned: "Isn't Rongcheng Gongsun Zan's territory?"
Sun Li said angrily: "Yes, but they often come to our village to steal food!"
After hearing this, Zhao Yun couldn't help but sighed: "Since Gongsun Zan hid in Yijing, he has almost stopped restraining his subordinates. Military discipline has gradually deteriorated. This kind of thing often happens."
Sun Li said angrily: "At that time, more than a dozen cavalrymen came to the village, and they were robbed everywhere. Some bastards wanted to take my mother away by force because they saw her beauty."
As soon as these words came out, Wu Zhao and Zhao Yun had angry looks on their faces.
As a local official, he does not want to protect the people, but behaves like foreigners. If Gongsun Zan continues like this, he will perish sooner or later!
Sun Li said: "I went up to stop him, but was almost hacked to death. It was my mother who held him back and allowed me to take the opportunity to run away."
"Although I escaped, I had nowhere to go. Just when I was desperate, an army of troops came, led by Brother Yuan and Brother Qu."
"At that time, I thought they were also subordinates of Gongsun Zan, a thief. Seeing that they couldn't run away, I went up and cursed them angrily."
"Unexpectedly, after Brother Yuan heard this, he and Brother Qu led people into the village, killed those dozen people, and saved the village and my mother."
"After this incident, the village couldn't stay any longer. Our entire village was afraid of being retaliated, so we followed him to Beixin City."
"My mother told me that I should always remember Brother Yuan's life-saving grace. To call Brother Yuan this way is to treat him as an elder brother. If Brother Yuan is in trouble, he should die as retribution."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun understood the cause and effect of the matter. He also remembered that Liu, Guan, and Zhang were true sworn brothers. They shared a car when going out and a table when sleeping. Their relationship was so good that Zhao Yun felt a little envious in his heart.
Sun Li touched his head and said with a smile: "Although I call him Brother Yuan, I don't dare to recognize him as his younger brother. I am just a poor boy, how can I dare to have a relationship with Brother Yuan."
"On the contrary, I think Brother Zhao is favored by Brother Yuan and is much more powerful than me. He is very likely to become Brother Yuan's brother in the future."
Wu Zhao was thinking about something else. She said casually: "You usually live in the city lord's mansion, and your mother is in the city. It's hard to see each other every day, right?"
Sun Liqi said: "My mother also lives in the City Lord's Mansion."
"When you were rescued last time, my mother helped bandage the wound. You should have seen it."
Wu Zhao's heart skipped a beat. It turned out that the woman was Sun Li's mother?
She thought the woman was only in her twenties at most, but she didn't expect that she was Sun Li's mother!
Think about it, Sun Li was only fourteen or fifteen years old. At that time, there were many women giving birth to children in their mid-teens. Sun Li's mother was less than thirty, and she was young and beautiful. No wonder she misunderstood her.
No wonder Master Yuan Xi looks serious, but he doesn't have any concubines or maids around him. For a son of a noble family, this is too abnormal.
So he is a good wife?
No wonder the young servant girl was very talkative, she probably had lots of contact with Mr. Yuan on weekdays.
In fact, Wu Zhao's guess was not wrong. The woman who got married in this life was too young, which obviously did not conform to Yuan Xi's aesthetic taste for later generations.
Wu Zhao was thinking wildly when footsteps sounded behind him. Yuan Xi and Qu Yi came over. Seeing Wu Zhao and the three of them gathered together, they smiled and said, "This is rare. Brother Zhao, please come with me out of the city."
When Sun Li heard this, he muttered: "You won't take me with you?"
Yuan Xi smiled and patted Sun Li on the head: "Go and help your mother. A lot of people are coming to the house today."
When Wu Zhao heard this, he quickly stood up and said, "I'm going to the kitchen as well. How many people are going to come?"
Yuan Xi sighed: "A lot."
"My eldest brother is here with his troops."
"According to the scouts who came back, there are thousands of soldiers and horses."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed slightly.
Outside Beixin City, Yuan Tan looked at the layers of antlers on the outside of the city wall to resist the horses, and smiled at Xun Chen: "My brother is quite disciplined in defending the city."
Xun Chen nodded and said: "But if we only defend without attacking, it is still difficult to open up the situation in Youzhou."
Gao Lan also nodded in agreement: "What you said is absolutely true. Defending the city for a long time will only make morale even lower."
Yuan Tan thought, "Can I know?"
However, his father only gave Yuan Xi a few hundred soldiers. In the past three years, except for the barely adequate supply of food and grass, he did nothing to increase his troops.
A clever woman cannot make a meal without rice. It would be great if she could defend Beixin City with a few hundred soldiers. What else could she do?
Even if he brought thousands of soldiers and horses, it would actually be a drop in the bucket. Yuan Tan himself didn't fully understand what his father asked him to do.
If you really want to let Beixin City take away your second brother, one general is enough, why do you need to lead the troops yourself?
The city gate opened, and Yuan Xi led several people on horseback from the city to greet them.
Although Yuan Tan hadn't seen Yuan Xi for three years, he still recognized him at a glance. He quickly rode up and shouted: "Second brother!"
When Yuan Xi saw him, he also shouted: "Brother!"
Although he and Yuan Tan were not born from the same mother, they actually had a good relationship, at least better than Yuan Shang. Because Yuan Shao doted on Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi were actually destitute people in the world.
Qu Yi, who was standing by, heard Yuan Xi call him eldest brother, but couldn't help but want to laugh, thinking that Yuan Xi had called him eldest brother countless times in the past few years.
Yuan Tan turned his head and saw Qu Yi's terrifying face. He was startled and said, "Who is this?"
After hearing this, Qu Yi blurted out: "It's as crooked as wood."