Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 540: Battle of Lukou Port

Zhang Sui, Li Ru, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao were all moved when they heard what their general said.

Li Ru looked at Zhao Yun curiously and asked, "Captain Zhao, what is the name of this general?"

He felt that this general was very smart and could see the situation clearly.

Zhao Yun was also a little confused.

The Wankou Port is mainly under the charge of Deputy General Zhang Xun.

This general was only a general, not worthy of his special attention.

Seeing Li Ru asking, the general hurriedly saluted Zhang Sui and Li Ru and said, "My lord, military advisor, my name is Su Fei, and I am from Yiyang County, Jingzhou."

"I was originally the governor of Xiakou."

"Half a year ago, I resigned from my post and joined Commander Zhang Xun, who appointed me as the Grand Commander."

Li Ru asked curiously, "You are the governor of Xiakou? Then why did you give up your high position and come here to be a general?"

Su Fei sat on the deck of the boat and said with a smile: "To be honest, I didn't really want to do that at first."

"But, as the governor of Xiakou, I can't even protect my own family."

"I have been stationed in Xiakou all year round, and my parents and sister live in Xiangyang, but they can't even afford two meals a day."

"All the farmland in Jingzhou is basically occupied by the five local wealthy families."

"Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, once issued a series of decrees, hoping to gain benefits for the people and to get these powerful families to give up some of their land."

"But the five local wealthy families didn't give us any face at all."

"They relied on the temporary safety of Jingzhou and the lack of wars, so the people had no choice but to flee here, and therefore imposed all kinds of heavy taxes."

"Seventy percent of the people's annual harvest will be handed over to these wealthy families, and twenty percent will go to the Jingzhou government."

"The people themselves only have 10%."

"As the governor of Xiakou, I don't have enough food rations for my parents and sister."

“You can imagine the situation of other people.”

"The five great families are all very well fed, and when they go out, they often travel with hundreds of people."

"The clothes their maids and servants wear are already a lifetime luxury for ordinary people."

"The children of the common people are scrambling to join the five great families and work like slaves for them."

"Many girls don't even marry after they reach the age of 15, just to have the chance to enter one of the five great families and be noticed by the people there."

"Some young and beautiful girls are even proud to marry servants of the five great families."

"Originally, there were many large clans in Jingzhou."

"At that time, many large clans fought each other, and countless people were killed and injured every year."

"With the arrival of the governor of Jingzhou, with the help of the five great clans, he directly poisoned the leaders of most of the great clans in one meal."

"We thought that with so many great clans gone, good days would finally come, right?"

"But I didn't expect that after many of the great clans disappeared, the five great clans became even more powerful."

"Today's Jingzhou is nominally the Jingzhou of Jingzhou Mu, but in reality, it is the Jingzhou of the five great clans."

Su Fei sighed, resting his hands on his knees, and said, "It just so happened that half a year ago, I heard that Lujiang was implementing the work point system and the military farming system, recruiting refugees to go there. Regardless of their status, as long as they went, they could be guaranteed two meals a day and a place to live."

“My parents and sister wrote to me and wanted to go and see it.”

Looking at Zhang Sui, Su Fei smiled and said, "I asked someone to find out, and it's true."

"Although my parents and sister are not very well off now, they still have food to eat every day."

"It just so happened that a friend of mine, who was extremely talented, courageous and resourceful, wanted to leave and asked for my opinion."

"I'll leave first."

"He surrendered to Captain Zhang."

"Not long after I came here, the governor heard about my situation and arranged a house for my parents and sister in Shu County, and gave them some money and a few acres of good farmland."

"I'll just stay here with peace of mind."

"It is not that I betrayed my homeland of Jingzhou."

"But as ordinary people, we have the ability but cannot achieve success or protect our wives and children. Are we still men?"

Zhang Sui patted Su Fei on the shoulder.

Quite pitiful.

However, this is also the situation of the people today.

Li Ru smiled and said, "The work point system and the military farming system were proposed by the lord."

"I followed my lord to implement these in Zhongshan County. The people and the court worked together, and at least there are no more refugees." "As long as you are willing to work, you will have food to eat."

Su Fei nodded in agreement.

Just as a few people were talking, a fire suddenly appeared on the east side of Lukou Port.

The fire lit up half the sky.

The noise suddenly rang out.

Su Fei stood up excitedly and said, "Attack!"

Zhang Sui, Li Ru, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao also stood up.

The flames quickly spread towards Lukou Port.

The figure of Lukou Port also moved quickly.

After nearly half an hour, the fire spread to Lukou Port.

From afar, Zhang Sui saw various types of ships being launched into the water at the Lukou Port dock, and figures constantly jumping on them and paddling towards Xiakou.

As time went on, more and more figures and boats were launched.

Suddenly, there was a deafening cry of killing on the shore of Lukou Port.

Countless figures rushed to jump onto the boat.

Some ships simply capsized.

Figures kept falling into the river.

Zhang Sui, Li Ru, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao all shuddered when they saw this.

It is now the middle of winter and the cold is extremely severe.

If these figures jump into the river, they will surely die!

Soon, countless figures appeared on the dock.

Among these figures were people holding flags.

There is a flag with the word "Sun" on it.

There is a flag with the word "Tai Shi" on it.

There is a flag with the word "Zhou" on it.

These figures rushed out, waving the sharp blades in their hands and swinging them at the crowded figures in front.

The noise turned into screams and curses.

The figures that were originally paused at the edge of the dock jumped into the river one after another as if they were risking their lives.

The pungent smell of blood wafted over from the direction of Lukou Port.

Near the Lukou Port dock illuminated by fire, countless figures turned into corpses and drifted toward the river.

Zhang Sui looked at the ferocious figures rushing out from the dock and fell into silence.

There is no doubt that these people are Sun Ce's men.

When facing the troops of Jingzhou, they felt like wolves among a flock of sheep.

Sun Ce's troops did not stop until they cut down the Jingzhou troops all the way to the dock.

They jumped onto the warships one after another, wielding their weapons as they chased after the Jingzhou soldiers who were still alive in the river.

Some people even rushed towards Zhang Sui on boats.

Seeing this, Su Fei hurriedly said, "Lukou Port is gone, we have to leave."

"Sun Ce's men are very good at naval warfare."

"Once they get close to us, we are at risk of being surrounded."

Zhao Yun was also busy rowing.

The small boat carried Zhang Sui, Li Ru, Zhang Liao and others away.

At the Lukou Port dock, a group of generals in armor laughed as they watched the corpses floating everywhere on the river.

The person leading the group was none other than Sun Ce.

To the left of Sun Ce is Zhou Yu.

On Sun Ce's right, there was a big man carrying two short spears on his back and holding a bow in his hands. It was Taishi Ci, the commander of Danyang.

After Zhou Yu laughed triumphantly, he waved behind him and said, "Zhongmou, come here and take a look. This is a real battle! Learn more from Bofu, your brother!"

(End of this chapter)