Sentence 1: Yuan Shao was a `` xiaolian '' and served as a county official in his early years under the warlord Dong Zhao before being promoted to a military adviser .
Sentence 2: He was a `` Xiaolian '' and served in his early years as a district official under the warlord Dong Zhao , before being promoted to a military adviser .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?