The first year of Xingping (AD 194).
Youzhou, Zhuojun, Beixincheng.
The coolness of late autumn flowed into the city through the mottled brown city walls with the cold wind.
At the foot of the wall, a dozen people dressed as soldiers squatted on the ground, holding wooden bowls and struggling to scoop up the rice and beans in the bowls with wooden spoons.
The leader was a young man with an upright figure and a clear face. He felt the coolness falling on the top of his head and couldn't help but tremble slightly.
The rice in the bowl is quite rough, with a lot of sand mixed in it, which makes your teeth hurt when you eat it.
He worked hard to crush the half-cooked beans and corns with his tongue, and grind them carefully on his molars. He swallowed them hard until a hint of sweetness returned to the bitterness in his mouth.
For him, who was used to eating modern meals in his previous life, the rice with beans, which required a lot of effort to chew before swallowing, was far from delicious, but it was already considered a rare delicacy nowadays.
The sound of footsteps came, and two men came from a distance, carrying a bundle of rolled up tattered mats, revealing a pair of skinny, pale and swollen feet.
The two of them walked crookedly, and the body in the mat shook a few times. The person walking in front couldn't help but said: "Erlang, lift it more steadily, don't tear the mat, we will bring it back later."
The people behind couldn't help but said: "Da Lang, do you just want to bury your sister-in-law like this?"
The Dalang in front sighed: "Buried?"
"Now that I can't leave the city, where can I be buried?"
Na Erlang asked doubtfully, "Where are we going? Are we going to exchange my sister-in-law with someone else?"
Dalang was silent for a moment and said: "Forget it, let's throw it from the top of the city."
As the two wandered past, an unpleasant smell came, and the soldiers and generals couldn't swallow the food in their mouths.
They stood up and wanted to shout, but saw that the young man was still eating beans and rice in silence, so they had to sit down again.
After the two people walked over, the young man thought for a while and said to the fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old boy next to him: "Sun Li, go ask them if the food rations in the city have been distributed these days. How are the people in the mat doing?" dead."
The young man hurriedly got up and chased after him. After a while, he came back and said, "Brother Yuan, after asking, they said that the rations were distributed to the hands, and the woman on the mat died of illness."
Sun Li hesitated for a while and said, "Even we haven't had enough to eat recently. They have no choice but to do this."
The young man was stunned and speechless. This was the chaotic time of the Three Kingdoms where there was no cockcrow for thousands of miles and bones were exposed in the wild. It was far from being as beautiful as he had originally imagined.
His real name was Yuan Xi. He was killed by a dump truck while clearing dust at the construction site three years ago. He traveled through the Three Kingdoms era and became Yuan Shao's seventeen-year-old second son Yuan Xi.
It was the third year of Chuping (AD 192), when Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao. Gongsun Zan fled to Yijing, Youzhou to defend himself. After that, the two sides fought, each with their own victory or defeat.
In history, Yuan Xi was sandwiched between his eldest brother Yuan Tan and his third brother Yuan Shang. There are very few records. The only deed that is talked about is that he married one of the most famous beauties in the Three Kingdoms, Zhen Mi.
According to historical development, Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, and Yuan Xi was appointed the governor of Youzhou. Later, Yuan Shao was defeated in Guandu and died of illness. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fought for power and killed each other. They were defeated by Cao Cao one by one. The three brothers of the Yuan family died one after another.
After Yuan Xi understood the situation in the world, he asked Yuan Shao for orders to come to the Youzhou front line.
He wants to buy time.
Because it was not until 199 AD that Gongsun Zan was completely defeated by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Xi was appointed governor of Youzhou. In 200 AD, it was the Battle of Guandu!
Historically, after Yuan Shao died of illness, Yuan Xi was defeated by Cao Cao's troops. Although Cao Cao was powerful, another reason was that Yuan Xi only operated in the Youzhou area for a few years, which was too short.
Since God gave him a few more years to travel through this life, Yuan Xi decided to seize this opportunity and make plans early.
Yuan Xi knew that if this continued, Yuan Shao would fail sooner or later, but the key still lay with Cao Cao.
The Battle of Guandu originated from the fact that Cao Cao gained power after conquering Xuzhou and Yuzhou. Yuan Shao couldn't bear it, so the two sides started a war. In this case, will trying to slow down Cao Cao's expansion speed change history?
In order to cultivate his own power, Yuan Xi asked Yuan Shao for hundreds of soldiers and came to Beixin City, south of Zhuojun, Youzhou, to defend the city and farm at the same time.
According to Yuan Xi's expectation, at this time, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yuhuo, the governor of Youzhou, should be unable to deal with him for a while.
However, history has a slight deviation. Qu Yi, the hero of the Battle of Jieqiao, was hacked to death by Yuan Shao while patrolling Beixin City last year because of his arrogance and domineering.
This fierce general who was supposed to retire from the stage of history a few years later, after his death, his Liangzhou soldiers were annexed by Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zan found a flaw in the Youzhou front that could have maintained the balance of power, and sent troops to attack the city from time to time, making it difficult for Yuan Xi to support it.
However, after several attacks and defenses, he gradually became familiar with some battle formation techniques, and relying on his experience in fighting dust in his previous life, he found ways to strengthen the city wall and finally defended it.
However, Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan half a year ago. Gongsun Zan began to free up his hands to deal with Beixin City. As a result, the food and grass in the city could not be transported in time, so the city was often short of food.
Yuan Xi tried every means to distribute some food to the people in the city so as not to cause a big famine, but there were often people who were hungry and it was difficult for him to control what they did in private.
Of course, there is no shortage of food, because thousands of acres of wheat in the south of Beixin City will be harvested soon.
But what bothers Yuan Xi is that he can't send people out of the city to harvest wheat now.
Because now, not only was Gongsun Zan's troops blocking the outside of Beixin City, but Yuan Xi also received news that a rogue bandit from the Southern Huns was also coming from the mountains south of Beixin City!
During the autumn harvest, I was surrounded by both sides and couldn't leave the city!
His cheap father Yuan Shao seemed to have little regard for Beixin City. He sent a letter to Yuan Xi a few days ago asking Yuan Xi to return to Yecheng, saying that he was old enough to get married.
According to historical trends, it is almost time for Yuan Xi to marry Zhen Mi. Although according to official historical records, he also has an official wife named Wu who is unknown.
And counting the time, Cao Cao is about to attack Xuzhou for the second time at this time, and the people of Xuzhou will face another massacre.
This incident hurt Tianhe so much that Yuan Xi wanted to see Yuan Shao no matter what, to see if he could stop this incident and prevent Cao Cao from becoming powerful.
But the most urgent task is how to break the siege of Beixin City.
He looked at the soldiers going up and down the city wall. Although they looked good, they all looked tired. Defending the city was indeed easier than attacking it, but it was also stressful. Now that two enemy armies were outside, how to solve the dilemma? ?
While Yuan Xi was thinking about it, Sun Li ran over: "Brother Yuan, the young general from Gongsun Zan's army has led his troops to call for formation again!"
When Yuan Xi heard the shouts of soldiers outside the city, he took the few mouthfuls of rice left in the wooden bowl and stood up.
He fastened his armor carefully, put on his iron helmet, and said to everyone: "Let's go up to the top of the city and have a look."
He took the lead and walked towards the city wall, while several soldiers following him in the distance whispered.
"General Yuan is good at everything. He has a handsome appearance and a great height. I heard that his archery skills are not very good, but he is too cautious."
"Yes, we have all met Gongsun Zan's famous generals. The one who has been calling for battle outside the city for several days is an unknown young general. I really don't understand why the general is so afraid."
"It's just that we have been calling for formation under the city for several days, but we can't go out to charge. It's really frustrating."
Yuan Xi seemed to have ignored the words of the soldiers behind him. He walked up to the top of the city, bent down, and moved his head toward the arrow hole, slowly revealing one eye.
Seeing hundreds of soldiers and horses under the city, no one was setting up a bow to shoot an arrow, so he straightened up and stuck his head out.
In front of the enemy's formation, a young general with silver armor and a silver helmet riding a white horse, carrying an ox-horn bow and a spear, was riding alone and went to the city to start a fight.
When the young general saw Yuan Xi showing his head, he immediately shouted: "Yuan Xi, come out of the city and fight!"
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Brother Zhao, in such a cold weather, why bother shouting and killing? It's better to go back early and rest, so that the soldiers can have a good meal."
The man said angrily: "Don't call me Brother Zhao! When did I become your brother?"
"Stop talking nonsense, it's time for a man to leave the city quickly and fight me, Changshan Zhao Zilong!"
Yuan Xi, twenty years old, traveled through time for three years and was about to return to Yecheng to marry Zhen Mi and reach the pinnacle of life, but was blocked.
At that time, a man named Zhao Zilong in the city was still unknown and was looking for an opponent who could become famous in a single battle.
