When Yuan Xi opened his mouth, most of the people at the head of the city felt their hearts tremble, something bad had happened.
Yuan Xi's words contained so much information that Yuan Yao didn't react at first. When he thought about it, a murderous look suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he turned to Qiao Rui and said, "Mr. Qiao, who is this person?"
Qiao Rui's face showed bitterness, "These are the fierce tigers of the Yuan family, Yuan Xi and Yuan Xianyi."
"Oh?" Yuan Yao heard this and said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Qiao was captured by him and released again without any conditions?"
"It seems that Mr. Qiao and him are quite compatible."
Qiao Rui stiffened and said with a wry smile: "The general will have a clear conscience."
Yuan Yao laughed, reached out and patted Qiao Rui on the shoulder, and said, "I believe Mr. Qiao's words."
"This despicable tactic of alienation is too lame."
"However," Yuan Yao's face turned cold, "Why is this fierce tiger in Huaicheng?"
"He said he would marry Marquis Wen's noble daughter. What's going on?"
Seeing Zhang Xunqiao and others shaking their heads to express ignorance, Yuan Yao looked at Yuan Xi at the top of the city and said proudly: "Are you the one who has become quite fierce in the Yuan family in recent years?"
Yuan Xi straightened up slightly and said with a smile: "Calling me fierce tiger is too foreign. In terms of seniority, you can call me brother, and in terms of official position, you can call me envoy."
Yuan Yao choked, he had also heard that Yuan Shao adopted Yuan Xi into Yuan Ji's branch, and Yuan Ji was Yuan Shu's biological brother!
When Yuan Shu learned the news that day, he was so furious that he almost smashed the entire house. In Yuan Shu's view, Yuan Shao's behavior was simply breaking Yuan Shu's foundation. How could he admit it?
Because for Yuan Shu, this incident was extremely disgusting from beginning to end, and was filled with operations that made Yuan Shu extremely uncomfortable.
Yuan Shao was originally the bastard son of a maidservant, but by some strange combination of circumstances, he became the adopted son of Yuan Cheng.
In terms of seniority, Yuan Cheng was higher than Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's biological father Yuan Pang, so Yuan Shao naturally became the head of the Yuan family and had the right to take charge of the descendants of the step clan.
Moreover, Yuan Ji, who was adopted by Yuan Xi, had the highest status among the three Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. In this way, Yuan Xi became the senior member of the Yuan family's generation. Yuan Yao had to call him eldest brother when they met!
Yuan Yao was naturally reluctant. He rolled his eyes and said, "The title of Commander Fierce Tiger was given by Yuan Jizhou. It seems that it was not approved by the Han court, right?"
Yuan Xi laughed and said, "We Yuan family members know each other's ins and outs. Second brother, please stop making fun of the elder brother."
"Our Jizhou branch still supports the establishment of the Han Dynasty, but Yuan Gongli doesn't think so, right?"
Seeing that Yuan Shu's underwear would be exposed if he continued to speak, Yuan Yao hurriedly said: "It's useless to talk more!"
"I am following my father's order to marry the noble daughter of Marquis Wen. Why did the fierce tiger say such lies?"
Yuan Xi laughed: "What a joke, you just got married when you said you wanted to marry?"
"Did Marquis Wen agree?"
"Has Liuli left?"
"I also said that we are already married!"
Yuan Yao was angry, "I didn't go through the six rites, how could you just leave?"
Yuan Xi said proudly, "Of course, I paid all the betrothal gifts!"
Lu Bu's subordinates who knew the inside story at the top of the city hid their faces one after another. Yuan Xi sent Chen Gui for peace talks that day and gave him a lot of gifts. At that time, he didn't say they were betrothal gifts?
Speaking of betrothal gifts, Lu Bu had already kicked them out!
Are you so shameless and trying to put money on your face?
But now that Marquis Wen is not here, no one of Lu Bu's generals in the city will jump out to oppose him. They can only watch Yuan Xi perform on the top of the city.
Yuan Yao gnashed his teeth in front of the city. In fact, he didn't care at all what Marquis Wen's daughter was like.
He will be the eldest son of the emperor in the future. When Yuan Shu becomes emperor and Lu is no longer useful, he can just divorce Lu Bu's daughter. But now he needs this title to tie Lu Bu to Yuan Shu's ship.
So no matter what the situation is in the city, he will never give up.
The more Yuan Xi talked about the city, the more proud he became, "Looking at my brother's appearance, he is also a man with a bright future. Why should I compete with him to steal his wife?"
"If a girl doesn't marry two husbands, my brother should retreat quickly to avoid damaging the harmony between the two parties."
Yuan Yao became angry, "Can you represent Wen Hou?"
He pointed to the people in the city, "Why is the Yuan family of Jizhou in the city? Can you give me a satisfactory reason?"
Lu Bu's generals looked at each other, not to mention whether the marriage between Lu Bu's daughter and Yuan Xi would be possible, but because of Hao Meng's rebellion, the marriage with Yuan Shu would definitely not be possible.
Chen Gong immediately spoke up and said: "Marquis Wen has already made arrangements for matters in the city. I hope the young master will retreat."
Yuan Yao saw Yuan Xi's triumphant look on his face and said angrily: "Okay!"
"It seems that Marquis Wen has betrayed his trust a long time ago!"
He turned to Zhang Xunqiao and said: "Attack the city!"
Lu Bu is not in the city now. This is a great opportunity. When he captures Huaicheng, kidnaps his wife, and forces her to submit, Lu Bu will definitely give in!
As for the fierce tiger, Yuan Yao's face suddenly darkened.
Just kill him!
After hearing this, Zhang Xunqiaorui ordered his soldiers to set up their siege equipment. The soldiers were carrying earth bags and were ready to rush under the city wall at any time. When Lu Bu's generals saw this, they quickly ordered their men to climb to the top of the city to defend. The two sides were about to break out.
Yuan Xi took his personal guards to the edge of the city wall that he was responsible for. He occupied an arrow hole and looked out. He found that Yuan Shu's soldiers were quite well-equipped. He admired in his heart. Sure enough, this Skeleton King has a profound background. No wonder every time
A big defeat, every time it's like nothing happens.
Look at others, and then look at yourself, you are short of major generals, and you really want to fight a rich war.
As he was adjusting the bow strings, Lu Lingqi's voice came from behind, "So the jewelry sent that day was my betrothal gift?"
"You have a good plan. The betrothal gift will be used as my dowry, and then I will send it back. Once it comes, it will be back in your hands, right?"
Yuan Xi broke out in a cold sweat. He turned around and saw Lu Lingqi wearing ordinary armor and a small soldier's iron helmet. If you didn't look carefully, you really wouldn't recognize her.
Yuan Xi thought to himself that Lu Bu was not in the city. Lu Lingqi was herding sheep and she dared to come to the top of the fighting city!
He quickly said: "Why are you here from the house?"
"There's going to be a war here soon, get down quickly!"
Lu Lingqi knew that Yuan Xi wanted to ignore him, so she said angrily: "You always don't mean what you say!"
"You openly said that you would marry me in the city. Did my father agree?"
"If you spread rumors again, be careful with me."
Just as they were talking, they suddenly heard a roar from the city, "Let go!"
Then there was a loud crash and a sharp sound of breaking through the air. Yuan Xi stretched out his hand as a reflex, trying to push Lu Lingqi down, but Lu Lingqi jerked her shoulders and said angrily: "What are you doing?"
"You want to attack me again?"
Yuan Xi said anxiously: "An arrow has been released below!"
Lu Lingqi was startled, and Yuan Xi took the opportunity to pull her up. The two squatted behind the wall together. The soldiers on the top of the city also hid behind the wall to dodge. Sun Li, who had been following Yuan Xi, saw Yuan Xi leaning against Lu Lingqi and was very surprised.
He consciously took two steps away and hid under another arrow hole.
The next moment, countless arrows flew up to the top of the city, making endless clanging sounds.
Lu Lingqi heard the dull sound of arrows hitting the earthen wall. She was just about to say that it was nothing more than that, when several arrows shot in from the arrow holes.
An arrow hit a soldier's neck without any deviation. The man fell to the ground, twitched a few times and then became motionless.
After a while, the sound of the arrow slowly became quieter. Lu Lingqi wanted to get up and look out of the arrow hole. Yuan Xi said, "The stone is coming."
"The wave of arrows just now was just to show off your wealth and was of no use."
"It's difficult to attack the city. Only the trebuchet is of some use."
Sure enough, before he finished speaking, there was a roaring sound, and the trebuchets below began to throw stones. Some hit the city wall, some went over the city head, hit the tower, and then bounced down and fell into the crowd.
Lu Lingqi watched helplessly as several soldiers were hit on the head with stones and died instantly.
The stones kept falling, and a round stone hit several people. It rolled to a place a few steps away from the two people and stopped. Lu Lingqi's face turned pale when she saw that the stone was still stained with blood.
Yuan Xi sighed: "How about it, the battlefield is not as bad as expected, right?"
"The city defenders have to hide behind the city wall most of the time. When the time comes, they will wait for the opponent to attack the city, and then they will stand up to resist."
"When the boiling oily golden juice pours down, and the burnt smell fills the air, are you sure you can really stand it?"
Lu Lingqi saw the soldiers carrying a bucket of excrement and urine, hiding behind the tower and starting to boil it. The smell spread, and her face became paler.
Yuan Xi sighed: "Did you see it clearly?"
"I've been living like this in Beixin Town for several years."
Lu Lingqi gritted her teeth and said: "What a man can do, a woman can do too."
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It's up to you, as long as it doesn't hinder the soldiers."
"Otherwise they will hate you."
Lu Lingqi pouted.
Hearing the sound of killing, Sun Li glanced sideways outside the arrow hole and said, "Brother, the soldiers outside are about to rush into the range of the bow and arrow."
Yuan Xi covered half of his face with his arms, leaving only a pair of eyes. He lay down next to the arrow hole, took a look, and nodded.
He shouted to the left and right, "Click the bow and take the arrows!"
After hearing this, the Youzhou troops took off the horn bows from their backs and came out.
Yuan Xi saw that Lu Lingqi was lying on the arrow hole to look at her, and said, "Protect yourself carefully."
Seeing Yuan Shu's army approaching, he gave an order and everyone hid behind the arrow holes and fired arrows. Some of them couldn't occupy the arrow holes and waited for the opportunity to get up and draw their bows. After shooting, they squatted down immediately, one after another.
Lu Bu's army elsewhere also began to fire arrows at the same time. Arrows rained down from the top of the city for a while, covering Yuan Shu's army below the city, and screams were heard one after another.
Lu Lingqi watched as many soldiers stood up and started shooting, without paying much attention to accuracy, just to cover their bodies immediately. Yuan Shujun below the city also began to fire arrows back. Many of the soldiers at the top of the city took too long to aim and were hit by the counterattack below.
The shouts gradually became less and less in the city. Everyone was saving their energy and just silently bowed and shot arrows.
Lu Lingqi saw that it lasted for a full quarter of an hour, and the two sides had not stopped shooting arrows. She saw a sergeant next to her lying dead, so she squatted down and grabbed the bow in his hand. She pulled the quiver, bent the bow to nock an arrow, and then
Stand up suddenly.
Yuan Xi, who was shooting an arrow at the side, was startled. He saw Lu Lingqi draw the bow and shoot the arrow out with a whoosh.
After several times, Yuan Xi was surprised to find that Lu Lingqi moved extremely quickly and became more and more fluent. She also did not panic when faced with the enemy's arrows. She moved slightly and dodged.
Yuan Xi was dumbfounded. He knew that Lu Bu, as a world-famous archer, taught by words and deeds. Lu Lingqi had always been on the right path since she started archery in elementary school. It was difficult for her to go astray.
However, experience in killing people in battle formations requires a little bit of accumulation, but Lu Lingqi has adapted so quickly from the beginning to now, and is even more proficient than she was when she defended the city for more than a year!
There are really some people in this world who are born with talents that make people jealous.