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Chapter 759 - Chapter 759 Yuan Zhao (2)

Chapter 759: Yuan Zhao (2) Chapter 759: Yuan Zhao (2) Editor: Atlas Studios When Yuan Zhao joined the army, General Yuan had just been promoted to assistant commander not long ago.

At that time, the Yuan family’s army had yet to be established and its reputation was not well-known.

General Yuan arranged for him to be a small soldier under his command.

In less than a year after he joined the army, he went into battle.

Considering how many enemies he killed, it was more than enough to be promoted to a platoon commander.

However, General Yuan gave away his military merits to his comrades who went to the battlefield with him simply on the grounds that Yuan Zhao was still young.

Later, when Yuan Zhao turned 14 years old, General Yuan used the excuse that he needed to gain more experience to keep him at the bottom.

Though the youngest among the soldiers at the bottom ranks, he was the most experienced.

By the time he was 16, he’d already been a soldier for four years.

It was only when Qi Xiuyuan, who was younger than him, appeared in the army, that Yuan Zhao was promoted to a section commander under the pleading of the assistant commanders.

In terms of killing enemies, Qi Xiuyuan might not be comparable to Yuan Zhao, but he had been promoted to assistant commander at the age of 18.

Meanwhile, Yuan Zhao was only a lieutenant.

When Qi Xiuyuan could lead a troop independently, he still had to listen to the orders of the higher-ups.

Qi Xiuyuan was a general, and Yuan Zhao was a soldier.

It could be said that General Yuan was the one who restricted Yuan Zhao’s development.

With his excellent judgment and his respect for General Yuan, Qi Xiuyuan naturally knew about his matters.

He had always been one to learn from others’ good points while reflecting upon the areas that he saw were lacking in others.

Therefore, when Qi Haoran wanted to join the army when he was 12 years old, although he wanted to train him more, he would not restrict him too much.

In fact, he even let Qi Haoran manage the 5th Division all by himself.

As soon as Qi Haoran reached the age of 14, he was promoted to a lieutenant.

After conquering Hanzhong Prefecture, Qi Xiuyuan even openly requested for Qi Haoran to be promoted to assistant commander.

Before Yuan Zhao turned 20, General Yuan would never allow anyone in the army to call him Little General.

However, before Qi Haoran even joined the army, Qi Xiuyuan’s subordinates were already calling him Little General.

With this contrast between the two, everyone praised General Yuan for being strict with his children, while being of the opinion that the Emperor doted on his younger brother too much.

If not for the fact that General Yuan treated his other sons equally, everyone would have suspected that Yuan Zhao was not General Yuan’s biological son.

Qi Xiuyuan did not deny that General Yuan was of noble character, nor did he question his education method.

This was because from the looks of it, the self-discipline of the Yuan family’s descendants was indeed admirable when compared to the predominantly domineering offspring of the second generation rich.

Other than Yuan Zhao, the Yuan family’s sons indeed did not hold high official positions and were relatively unknown.

However, their self-discipline, fairness, and love for the people were obvious to all.

Not to mention Qi Haoran, even Qi Xiuyuan sometimes admitted that he couldn’t compare to those children in these aspects.

Just because he didn’t question it didn’t mean that he was in agreement.

He didn’t mind that others called him selfish or narrow-minded.

In any case, he couldn’t bear to see his younger brother and son suffer like this.

Having endured the pain of being suppressed since he was young, he knew how bitter that feeling was.

Even if General Yuan was not like Qi Feng and was instead suppressing his sons with good intentions, Qi Xiuyuan did not dare to agree.

Therefore, when educating his younger brother and cousin, Qi Xiuyuan had warned them more than once that while their children could not be incompetent silkpants, they shouldn’t suppress their development.

He felt that they should let their children grow and develop at their own pace without restrictions.

Under Qi Xiuyuan’s influence, even if Qi Haoran treated General Yuan as an idol, he had to admit that he lacked fairness when it came to educating his children.

Yuan Zhao wanting to find another way out because he couldn’t take the suppression any longer was proof of this, right?

Qi Haoran asked Fan Zijin sneakily, “Then should we help Yuan Zhao?

Speaking of which, I even fought with his younger brother, Wulang, back then.

There’s some ties between us.” Fan Zijin glanced at him and said, “Yuan Zhao has been taught by General Yuan since he was young.

Even if he wants to find another way out, I’m afraid it’s not appropriate for him to bring it up.

It’s not such a bad idea for you to come forward and play the pimp at this moment.” Qi Haoran glared at him.

“I’m sharing the country’s burdens.

How can you say that I’m a pimpaEUR|” “Alright, if you want to do it, go quickly.

The generals who entered the capital can’t stay for long.

Even if those two generals are staying longer to seek marriage partners for their children, they’ll still have to leave the capital in a day or two.

Considering Yuan Xian is thin-skinned, he definitely won’t stay longer than them and will probably leave tomorrow.

Once he returns to the north, the flames that have just been lit within him will probably extinguish again.

You have to add some firewood and turn that spark into a huge fire.” Fan Zijin’s eyes shone as he said, “As long as Yuan Zhao’s fire burns brightly, we can urge him to bring his younger brothers with him, too.

The torches may then spread like wildfire.

At that time, there will be a few more capable generals in Great Qi who can lead troops and defend the borders.

It could even lead to the disintegration of the Yuan family’s army!” All fired up after hearing Fan Zijin’s words, Qi Haoran jumped up and said, “In that case, I’ll go add firewood right away.” At this moment, Yuan Zhao was sitting in the study in a daze, looking at the bleak scenery of the courtyard outside.

The tender yellow leaves on the tree were gently swept away by the wind and landed on the ground.

As no one had cleaned the courtyard for a long time, the fallen leaves had piled up in layers.

This was the residence of the Yuan family in the capital, which was given to them by Emperor Jingyan of the previous dynasty.

His grandmother, mother and younger brothers used to live here as hostages to ensure that his father and he would not rebel at the border.

At that time, his father’s heart was filled with the desire to reclaim his homeland.

He had no doubt about this because he firmly believed that as long as he was loyal to the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Emperor, his family would be fine.

But his father overestimated Emperor Jingyan and the Great Zhou Dynasty.

As a result, Yuan Zhao’s grandmother, mother, wife, and children were almost trapped in the capital.

Fortunately, the Emperor helped them.

Yuan Zhao admired Qi Xiuyuan and even looked up to him.

Other than his wife, no one knew that he didn’t admire his father, but the current Emperor.

After all, his father was the object of admiration of many people.

Thinking of this, Yuan Zhao couldn’t help but laugh at himself.

When he was young, many people compared him to Qi Xiuyuan.

In terms of martial arts skills, bravery, and strategy, everyone around him said that Qi Xiuyuan couldn’t compare to him.

They said that if it weren’t for General Yuan suppressing him, he would have gotten ahead of Qi Xiuyuan long ago.

However, Yuan Zhao knew very well that he could not compare to Qi Xiuyuan.

It was not about martial arts, bravery, and strategy, but courage and temperament.

The Qi family was a family of civil servants, and Qi Xiuyuan had always been suppressed by his father.

He heard that when he was young, the Qi family didn’t even hire a teacher for Qi Xiuyuan and even often criticized him for being unfilial in front of outsiders.

Still, he dared to ask his uncle to arrange a martial arts teacher for him.

He had the courage to leave home all by himself and join the army.

While striving to make his mark in the army, Qi Xiuyuan remained true to himself.

Yuan Zhao asked himself if he was capable of the same feat.

The answer was no, because he had been hesitating for ten years and had missed the best time of his life.

At this moment, was he going to miss another ten years and this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a name for himself?

After leaving the Yuan family army, he could advance further and stand taller in any army.

Yuan Zhao’s expression became uglier and uglier as he clenched his fists.

When his Military Advisor Shen Qi entered and saw this scene, he knew that Yuan Zhao was in a dilemma.

If Yuan Zhao could take that step, he would not have to persuade him today.

If notaEUR| As Shen Qi stood at the side, he saw that Yuan Zhao’s expression was changing unpredictably, but he had yet to make up his mind.

He sighed faintly.

This cousin of his was good at everythingaEUR”he was great at fighting wars and had decent socializing skills.

However, he just couldn’t make up his mind about this matter.

Shen Qi’s sigh entered Yuan Zhao’s ears.

Yuan Zhao was like a deflated ball, his eyes red as he sat on the chair.

His back was much hunched as he sat there looking dejected.