In terms of height alone, Yuan Xi in this life was seven feet eight, only two inches shorter than Zhao Yun below the city.
But Yuan Xi knew well that the gap between the two was far more than two inches.
If he went out of the city to fight, he might not be able to stop a shot or two, and he would become a joke in the history books of future generations.
If you are lucky, you will leave a sad name to prove the beginning of Zhao Yun's life.
Looking at Zhao Zilong under the city, Yuan Xi's heart was bleeding.
This Yunmei was originally mine!
More than three years ago, after he got permission to come to Youzhou to defend the city, he traveled day and night, leaving Yecheng as quickly as possible regardless of the sporadic fighting on the road.
He did not go to Beixin City, but went straight to Zhengding, Hebei Province, just to stop Zhao Zilong who was about to defect to Gongsun Zan.
In the end, it was still a step too late. Zhao Zilong had already left half a month ago.
Missing Zhao Yun made Yuan Xi beat his chest and stamp his feet.
When he first read the history books, he wondered why Zhao Yun did not vote for Yuan Shao, but instead voted for Gongsun Zan. He thought about trying to fight for it, but he still failed.
There is no use regretting, you can only find a way to remedy it.
In the past few years, he has been thinking about how to pull Zhao Yun from the opposite camp.
He firmly believes that as long as the corner is dug well, Yun Mei can be pushed down.
Otherwise, in a few years, if Zhao Yun leaves Gongsun Zan and goes to Liu Bei, what else will he have to do?
The current time is very delicate. Cao Cao is attacking Xuzhou and Tao Qian asks Tian Kai for help. Liu Bei temporarily separates from Zhao Yun and takes Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Xuzhou to rescue Tao Qian, leaving Zhao Yun alone.
Have the opportunity!
At this time, Zhao Yun from the city shouted: "Yuan Xi! Why are you so cowardly!"
"Do you have the guts to go out of the city and meet me!"
Yuan Xi heard this and shouted: "If you promise not to kill me, I will go out and talk!"
Zhao Yun:..........
Soldier at the top of the city:......
Yuan Xi doesn't think face is very important. The cannon fodder who dared to challenge Zhao Yun over their own abilities in the future were all shot away one by one. Compared with face, life is more important.
He doesn't think that he is better than those so-called cannon fodder.
Zhao Yun had no choice but to say: "Today I am here to persuade you to surrender on the order of Master Gongsun!"
"You can defend the city alone for two years. You are still a great person. Lord Gongsun has your destiny. As long as you surrender, the soldiers and people in the city will not be killed!"
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Brother Zhao, as a son of the Yuan family, if I surrender, wouldn't I become an unfilial person?"
He changed the subject and said, "Go back and tell Gongsun Zan, who killed Liu Hou (Liu Yu) and sent troops to plunder his own people, to stop trying to upset the morale of our army!"
"In the past two years, I have been able to defend this city only because of the unity of everyone. He wants to threaten me with the lives of the people in the city. Is this what a man does?"
"Does Mr. Xuande also agree with this move?"
"Will Marquis Liu be able to rest in peace under the Nine Springs?"
Zhao Yun was speechless for a moment after hearing this.
What Gongsun Zan did in the past two years has become increasingly stupid, especially the murder of Liu Yu, which made Zhao Yun extremely conflicted and he had long since abandoned his intention.
Zhao Yun has always acted openly and aboveboard, and Yuan Xi at the top of the city fought against Gongsun Zan in the name of revenge for Liu Yu, which is said to be quite popular.
But the Beixin City in front of them was strictly ordered by Gongsun Zan to be captured.
Gongsun Zan has received the news. While Cao Cao is attacking Xuzhou, Yuan Shao is likely to send troops to attack Youzhou.
The Beixin City in front of us is located in the westernmost part of Zhuo County in Youzhou. Not far to the north is Wuruan Pass, which is an important passage to the outside of the pass.
Beixin City was stuck here, making it quite inconvenient for Gongsun Zan's army to mobilize, so Zhao Yun was ordered to capture the city before Yuan Shao's army arrived.
On the other hand, it is possible that Gongsun Zan was a little suspicious of Liu Bei, who had a fierce fight with Tao Qian, so he tested Zhao Yun.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yun shouted: "Yuan Xi! In this case, I will attack the city!"
"At that time, swords and guns will be blind, and life and death will be determined by fate!"
Yuan Xi's head popped up from the city wall again: "Brother Zhao..."
"Don't call me Brother Zhao!"
"Okay, General Zhao, let's discuss something."
"you say."
"My father asked me to go back and get married. Do you think you can give me a grace period of a year and a half? How about I come back and fight you for a decisive battle after I fulfill my father's wish and leave a man and a half woman behind?"
Zhao Yun's face twitched, and he went back for a year and a half, leaving only a man and a half woman?
Are you going to give birth to a child as soon as you ask for it?
He immediately snorted: "Do you want to leave the people in the city and run away?"
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Of course not. How about we make an agreement that after I leave, General Zhao is not allowed to attack the city?"
Zhao Yun's face twitched again, you are really shameless.
He has been dealing with Yuan Xi on the wall for more than two years. He refuses to accept soft or hard advice and does not have the demeanor of a young man from a wealthy family.
All methods of provoking generals, insults, and luring them out of the city will not work.
The other side is like a turtle hiding in the city. When Gongsun Zan's army comes, he will defend it. When the army retreats, he will immediately come out to build the city.
Over the past two years, the city walls have become thicker and thicker, the moats have been dug wider and wider, and the trenches have become deeper and deeper. Shaking his head.
Seeing that it didn't make sense, Zhao Yun waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him began to prepare to attack the city with the ants on their backs.
Yuan Xi poked his head out again, "Brother Zhao..."
"I told you not to call me Brother Zhao!" Zhao Yun was furious.
"Okay, brother Zilong, we are all Han people, why should we fight in the same room?"
"How about we make a bet?"
"If you win, I will open the city gates and surrender."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun felt a little moved and said, "Say it!"
Yuan Xi cleared his throat and said, "Since the death of Dong Zhuo, there has been great chaos in Luoyang, Chang'an. From time to time, the Xiongnu came south from Bingzhou to plunder. Along the way, people were devastated, and women and children wailed endlessly."
"Recently, I received news that a group of hundreds of Huns were plundering near Luoyang. They will return to Bingzhou via Beixin City in the near future."
"This group of Huns robbed women and massacred people along the way. They committed many crimes. As a general of the Han Dynasty, shouldn't I let them go?"
"You and I will each bring a hundred men, within three days, and we will count them by head to see who kills more Huns."
"If I win, I will go back to Yecheng to get married, and Brother Zhao will retreat."
"If I lose, I will surrender the city and even give you my head!"
"Brother Zhao, do you dare to bet?"
The soldiers above and below the city heard the uproar, and Zhao Yun was shocked.
The other party was trapped in the city, and they were worried that foreigners would harm the Han people!
Zhao Yun was shaken when he thought that after Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao, he turned a blind eye to foreign tribes plundering Youzhou.
Moreover, the stakes in this bet are extremely unfair to both parties. The other party is actually risking his own life. Is it a desperate gamble, or is there fraud?
Anyone else would have agreed to such a cheap thing long ago, but Zhao Yun acted magnanimously and hesitated instead.
Moreover, he was good at making decisions. If he agreed to the bet, he would be violating Gongsun Zan's military orders!
Yuan Xi seemed to have figured out what Zhao Yun was thinking, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, if I had lied to you just now, I would be struck by thunder and die."
"If I do something unjust like running away when I have the opportunity, pretending to be a Huns as a civilian, let my whole family die!"
“Everyone in the city above and below the city can bear witness!”
As soon as these words came out, the soldiers on both sides fell silent at first, and then they all exclaimed in low voices.
In these troubled times, they have seen many cases of using the lives of soldiers to make up for the loss, and then massacring the soldiers and civilians in the city after breaking through the city, but they have never seen a son of a wealthy family use his family's life and reputation as a guarantee, risking his own life to save the people. Things!
Only Yuan Xi himself knew that although the current situation was a crisis, it was also an opportunity.
If Zhao Yun cannot be brought under his command this time, even if the city is defended, it will be difficult to change the situation in Youzhou.
So he had to propose a bet that Zhao Yun couldn't refuse.
He didn't know how to gamble with his life just to force Zhao Yun to make a corresponding bet!
Besides, he didn't say whose head it was.
Can’t the Huns do it?
