Chapter 383 Shameless

As soon as Yuan Xi opened his mouth, most people on and off the city walls felt a chill in their hearts, thinking that something bad was going to happen.

Yuan Xi's words contained so much information that Yuan Yao was unable to react at first. When he figured it out, a hint of murderous intent suddenly flashed in his eyes. He turned to Qiao Rui and said, "Mr. Qiao, who is this person?"

Qiao Rui showed a bitter expression, "This is the fierce tiger of the Yuan family, Yuan Xi Yuan Xianyi."

"Oh?" Yuan Yao said with a fake smile, "I heard that Mr. Qiao was captured by them, but was released again. He hasn't put forward any conditions yet?"

"It seems that Mr. Qiao and him get along quite well."

Qiao Rui's body stiffened, and he smiled bitterly, "I have a clear conscience."

Yuan Yao laughed, reached out his hand and patted Qiao Rui on the shoulder, saying, "I believe what Mr. Qiao said."

"This despicable strategy of alienation is too lame."

"However," Yuan Yao's expression turned cold, "Why is this fierce tiger in Huaicheng?"

"He said he wanted to marry the daughter of Marquis Wen. What's going on?"

Seeing Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui both shook their heads to indicate they didn't know, Yuan Yao then looked at Yuan Xi on the top of the city wall and said proudly, "Are you the fierce tiger of the Yuan family who has been quite popular in recent years?"

Yuan Xi straightened up a little and said with a smile: "Calling me Xionghu is too polite. In terms of seniority, you can call me brother. 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 to cut off Yuan Shu's foundation. How could he admit it?

Because to Yuan Shu, this matter was extremely disgusting from beginning to end, and was filled with operations that made Yuan Shu extremely uncomfortable.

Yuan Shao was originally a bastard son born to a maid, but by accident he was adopted as Yuan Cheng's legitimate son.

Yuan Cheng was older in seniority than Yuan Pang, the biological father of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, so Yuan Shao naturally became the head of the Yuan family and had the right to adopt children from the same clan.

Moreover, Yuan Ji, the adopted son of Yuan Xi, had the highest status among the three Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. In this way, Yuan Xi became the one with the highest seniority in this generation of the Yuan family. When Yuan Yao met him, he had to call him "elder brother"!

Yuan Yao was naturally unwilling. He rolled his eyes and said, "The title of Xionghu was given by Yuan Jizhou. It seems that it was not approved by the Han court, right?"

Yuan Xi laughed, "We Yuan family members know each other well, so second brother, please stop making fun of the eldest brother."

"We in Jizhou at least support the Han Dynasty, but I'm afraid Yuan Gonglu doesn't think so, right?"

Yuan Yao realized that if he continued talking, Yuan Shu's underwear would be exposed, so he hurriedly said, "No point in talking any more!"

"I am following my father's order to marry the daughter of Marquis Wen. Why is the fierce tiger speaking nonsense?"

Yuan Xi laughed: "What a joke, you said you would marry her?"

"Did Lord Wen agree?"

"Has Liu Li left?"

"I said the wedding was already over!"

Yuan Yao was furious, "I didn't go through the six rituals, so you left?"

Yuan Xi was very proud, "Of course, I have already paid the betrothal gift!"

The subordinates of Lu Bu who knew the inside story on the city wall all covered their faces. On that day, Yuan Xi sent Chen Gui to negotiate and brought a lot of gifts, but he didn't say it was a betrothal gift at that time?

As for the betrothal gift, Lu Bu would have kicked the person out long ago!

Are you so shameless that you flatter yourself?

But now that Wen Hou is not here, none of Lu Bu's generals on the city wall would be so blind as to jump out to oppose, and they can only watch Yuan Xi perform on the city wall.

Yuan Yao gritted his teeth outside the city. In fact, he didn't care at all what the daughter of Marquis Wen was like.

He was going to be the eldest son of the emperor in the future. When Yuan Shu became emperor and Lu Bu lost his usefulness, he would just divorce Lu Bu's daughter. But now he needed this title to tie Lu Bu to Yuan Shu's boat.

So no matter what the situation in the city is, he will not give up.

Yuan Xi on the top of the city wall was getting more and more proud as he spoke, "Judging from my brother's appearance, he is also a man with a promising future. Why should I fight with him for his wife?"

"A woman cannot marry two husbands. You should leave immediately to avoid hurting the relationship between the two parties."

Yuan Yao became angry, "Can you represent Wen Hou?"

He pointed at the people on the city wall and asked, "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 in bewilderment. Regardless of whether the marriage between Lu Bu's daughter and Yuan Xi could be accomplished, with Hao Meng's rebellion before, the marriage with Yuan Shu would definitely not be accomplished.

Chen Gong immediately said, "Marquis Wen has already made arrangements for the affairs within the city. I hope you can leave now."

Yuan Yao saw Yuan Xi's smug look and said angrily, "Okay!"

"It seems that Wen Hou has already betrayed his promise!"

He turned to Zhang Xunqiao and said, "Attack the city!"

Lu Bu is not in the city now. This is a great opportunity. Wait until I capture Huaicheng, abduct his wife, and force him to surrender. Lu Bu will surely surrender!

As for the fierce tiger, Yuan Yao's face suddenly turned gloomy.

Just kill him!

After hearing this, Zhang Xun Qiao Rui began to order his soldiers to set up siege equipment. The soldiers carried earthbags on their backs, ready to rush to the city wall at any time. When Lu Bu and his generals saw this, they quickly ordered their men to climb onto the top of the city wall to defend, and the two sides were on the verge of a battle.

Yuan Xi, with his personal guards, walked to the edge of the city wall he was responsible for. He occupied an arrow slit, looked out, and found that Yuan Shu's soldiers were quite well-equipped. He admired in his heart, thinking that the Skeleton King was indeed very powerful. No wonder he acted as if nothing had happened every time he was defeated.

Look at others, and then look at yourself. You are short of soldiers and generals. You really want to fight a rich war.

He was tuning the bowstring when he heard Lu Lingqi's voice from behind him, "So those jewels you sent that day were my betrothal gifts?"

"You have a good plan. You use the betrothal gift as my dowry and then send it back. After going back and forth, it will be back in your hands, right?"

Yuan Xi broke out in a cold sweat and turned around to see Lu Lingqi wearing an ordinary set of armor and a soldier's helmet. If he didn't look carefully, he would not have recognized her.

Yuan Xi thought that Lu Bu was not in the city, and Lu Lingqi was just letting the sheep go, daring to run to the top of the city where the battle was taking place!

He quickly asked, "Why did you come from the mansion?"

"A fight is about to break out here, get down quickly!"

Lu Lingqi knew that Yuan Xi wanted to talk about something else, and said angrily: "You always say one thing and mean another!"

"You even openly said in the city that you wanted to marry me. Did my father agree?"

"If you spread rumors again, be careful of me"

As they were talking, they heard a roar from below the city, "Fire!"

Then there was a loud bang and a sharp sound of breaking through the air. Yuan Xi reflexively stretched out his hand and wanted to push Lu Lingqi down, but Lu Lingqi struggled with her shoulders and said angrily: "What are you doing?"

"Want to pounce on me again?"

Yuan Xi said anxiously: "The arrows are being released!"

Lu Lingqi was startled, and Yuan Xi took the opportunity to pull her up. They squatted behind the wall together. The soldiers on the city wall also dodged behind the wall. Sun Li, who had been following Yuan Xi, saw that Yuan Xi was leaning against Lu Lingqi, so he consciously moved two steps away and hid under another arrow hole.

The next moment, countless arrows flew to the top of the city, making continuous clanging sounds.

Lu Lingqi heard the dull sound of arrows hitting the earth wall, and just as she was about to say that it was nothing, several arrows shot in from the arrow holes.

One of the arrows hit a soldier's neck exactly. The man fell to the ground, twitched a few times and then became motionless.

After a while, the sound of the arrows gradually became smaller. Lu Lingqi wanted to get up and look outside the arrow hole, but Yuan Xi said, "The stone is coming."

"That rain of arrows just now was purely a show of wealth. It was completely useless."

"It's hard to take the city, only the trebuchet is still somewhat useful."

Sure enough, before he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and the catapults below began to throw stones. Some hit the city wall, and some flew over the top of the city and hit the tower, then bounced down and landed in the crowd.

Lu Lingqi watched helplessly as several soldiers were hit on the head by stones and killed instantly.

Stones kept falling. A round stone hit several people and stopped only when it rolled a few steps away from the two people. Lu Lingqi saw that there was blood on the stone and her face turned pale.

Yuan Xi sighed, "How is it? The battlefield is not as bad as we imagined, right?"

"The soldiers defending the city have to hide behind the city walls most of the time, and only stand up to resist when the enemy attacks the city."

"When the boiling oil and golden juice are poured down, and the smell of burning fills the air, are you sure you can really stand it?"

Lu Lingqi saw the soldiers carrying buckets of manure and urine and starting to boil them behind the city wall. The stench spread and her face turned even paler.

Yuan Xi sighed: "Did you see it clearly?"

"I've lived this kind of life in Beixin City for several years."

Lu Lingqi gritted her teeth and said: "What men can do, women can do too."

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It's up to you, as long as you don't hinder the soldiers."

"Or they'll hate you."

Lu Lingqi pouted.

Hearing the shouts and screams, Sun Li glanced outside the arrow slit and said, "Brother, the soldiers outside are about to rush into the range of the bows and arrows."

Yuan Xi covered half of his face with his arm, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. He leaned over to the arrow hole, took a look, and nodded.

He shouted to his left and right, "Draw your bows, take your arrows!"

After hearing this, the Youzhou soldiers took out the ox-horn bows from behind.

Seeing Lü Lingqi following suit and lying on the arrow hole to watch, Yuan Xi said, "Take good care of yourself."

Seeing Yuan Shu's army approaching, he gave an order and everyone hid behind the arrow slits and shot arrows. Some of them who could not occupy the arrow slits waited for an opportunity to stand up and draw their bows, then squatted down immediately after shooting. This happened one after another.

Lu Bu's troops elsewhere also began to shoot arrows at the same time. For a moment, arrows rained down from the top of the city, covering Yuan Shu's troops under the city. Suddenly, screams rang out one after another.

Lu Lingqi watched as many soldiers stood up and shot, not caring about the accuracy at all, just to immediately cover their bodies. Yuan Shu's army under the city also began to shoot arrows in retaliation. Many soldiers on the city walls took too long to aim and were shot by the counterattack from below.

Gradually, the shouting sounds from both inside and outside the city became less and less. Everyone was saving their energy and just silently bent their bows and shot arrows.

Seeing that the archery battle had lasted for a full half a quarter of an hour and both sides had not stopped, Lu Lingqi saw a soldier lying dead next to her, so she squatted down and grabbed the bow from his hand. She pulled out the quiver, bent the bow, put the arrow on it, and then stood up suddenly.

Yuan Xi, who was shooting arrows nearby, was startled. He saw Lu Lingqi pull the bow and shoot the arrow out with a whoosh.

After a few times, Yuan Xi was surprised to find that Lu Lingqi's movements were extremely quick and smooth, and she was not panicked when facing the arrows shot by the enemy. She just moved her body slightly and dodged them.

Yuan Xi was dumbfounded. He knew that Lu Bu was a world-famous archer, and he taught by example. Lu Lingqi had always been on the right path since she started learning archery, and it would be difficult for her to go astray.

But experience in killing people in battle requires accumulation bit by bit. But Lu Lingqi has adapted too quickly from the beginning to now. She is even more skilled than when I was defending the city for more than a year!

There are indeed some people in this world who are born with talents that make others jealous.