Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 62: Siege of Zhuo County

Zhang Sui looked at Hongyu's leaving back and laughed.

It turns out that I misunderstood this girl.

She wasn't being cold to me.

But I was shy.

She became shy after the lady promised her marriage yesterday.

Think about it too.

After all, she is a pure girl without any emotions.

Unlike me, my face is thicker than the city wall.

Zhang Sui returned to his room contentedly and fell into a deep sleep.

I don't know how long I slept before I was pushed awake.

Zhang Sui yawned and looked suspiciously at the person who pushed him awake.

She is another maidservant beside the lady.

The maid said, "Madam asked you to go to the study room immediately."

Zhang Sui climbed up and asked, "What happened?"

The maid quickly followed Zhang Sui and said, "It's not very clear, it seems that a fight is about to start on the other side of the river."

Zhang Sui rushed to his wife's study.

Many people have come to the lady's study.

In addition to the second son Zhen Yan, the second daughter Zhen Mi, and the housekeeper, there are several other persons in charge of the mansion.

This was the first time Zhang Sui saw so many people from the Zhen family gathered together.

Under the guidance of the maid, Zhang Sui found a place to kneel down.

Other maids brought tea and cakes and placed them on the table in front of him.

Everyone was silent.

After Zhang Sui, several other people came one after another.

It was not until there were twenty-six people kneeling in the study that the lady said in a deep voice, "A fight is about to break out in Zhuo County on the other side of the river."

"Either this afternoon or tomorrow morning."

"We have to be prepared."

"I called everyone here today, not for anything else, but mainly to tell everyone what to pay attention to."

"We don't know the results of the battle in Zhuo County."

"distance is too far."

"But once the results come out in Zhuo County, our Wuji County will be greatly affected."

"Our people have received intelligence that Youzhou Mu Gongsun Zan has led a large army to rush to our aid."

"If the coalition forces of Qu Yi and Yanmen Pass defender Yan Rou are defeated, it is very likely that Gongsun Zan's army will cross the river and approach our Wuji County."

"The key point is, I haven't received any signs from the Jizhou government that they are sending troops."

"If we really encounter this situation, we can only retreat urgently."

"I have also chosen the destination for our emergency retreat - Handan."

"Handan has our fields and our business."

"Besides, Handan is close to our capital city, Yecheng."

"Before that, please cooperate."

"Open the warehouses and continue distributing food."

"However, the grain, cloth and other assets in the warehouse must be collected urgently now."

"If something unexpected happens, our convoy must start immediately and get there first."

"Then there are two gentlemen and four ladies."

"And then all the maids."

"Then there are the male servants."

"Leave the troops for last, just in case."

"Please inform the people under your jurisdiction to avoid any disturbance."

"Also, the property here needs to be guarded by someone."

Looking at the housekeeper, the lady said, "Housekeeper, arrange for a few reliable old men to take charge."

"If anything happens to them, my Zhen family will make up for his children."

The butler responded.

Madam looked at Zhang Sui again and said, "Bocheng, make sure to communicate with Zhao Yun and the troops who stayed behind to open the warehouses and distribute food, so that they don't panic."

"We, the Zhen family, will not abandon them."

Zhang Sui responded.

The lady then said, "Now everyone, take action immediately."

Everyone got busy.

The entire Zhen Mansion was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

According to history, Zhang Sui knew that the combined forces of Qu Yi and Yan Rou against Gongsun Zan would surely win, but Zhang Sui did not remind his wife.

What if his appearance causes the butterfly effect and the coalition forces of Qu Yi and Yan Rou are defeated? How can he take responsibility for that?

It's always good to be prepared.

Zhang Sui found Zhao Yun and told him about his wife's arrangements.

Afterwards, he found Captain Zhen Hao, Deputy Captain Zhao Xu and others who had opened warehouses to distribute grain at the south and east city gates respectively.

After explaining all this, Zhang Sui was about to return to Zhen's residence when he saw a crowd of people running towards the east city wall and shouted, "Fighting has begun! Fighting has begun!"

Zhang Sui also followed the crowd and rushed to the city wall.

On the city wall, the soldiers did not stop the people.

However, the people were divided into groups to prevent them from hindering the patrols of the city walls.

Zhang Sui squeezed to a battlement and was speechless.

Since ancient times, the people of this land have had the gene to watch the fun.

Even when there was a war, these people were still watching the fun.

Of course, including himself.

But, it's too far!

Even standing on the city wall, you can't see anything.

All I could see was people in groups of two or three running towards the river bank in the distance, on the other side of the river.

Zhang Sui also saw a woman carrying a child on her back, holding a child in her left hand, and holding a little girl of five or six years old in her right hand.

Her face was filled with extreme panic.

As she ran towards the river bank, the woman looked back frequently.

The little girl she was holding on her right hand was running barefoot and struggling to catch up, but she was completely too late and was dragged to the ground, crying loudly.

The woman had no time to do anything and just dragged him away.

The people on the city wall watched this scene without any change in expression, and some even laughed out loud.

There are some small boats parked on the other side of the river.

The boat was crowded with people.

Every boat was packed with people.

There were still people who wanted to get on board, but there was simply not enough space.

The people on the boat started fighting with those on the shore.

Wailing and screaming came one after another.

The old man sat on the ground, slapping his thighs continuously.

The child was abandoned outside the crowd and cried heartbreakingly.

As the crowd pushed the women toward the shore, they kept looking around and calling out the names of their loved ones.

The men rushed to the side of the boat and fought fiercely.

Some small boats have already sailed to the center of the river, but there are still people clinging to the edge of the boats.

On the boat, the crowd was holding pots and pans and beating the person clinging to the edge of the boat.

Fresh corpses were floating on the river.

The originally clear river surface was dyed red.

Zhang Sui looked at all this on the river in the distance, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.

He was somewhat glad that he had joined the Zhen family.

Otherwise, given this scene, he doubted whether he could survive!
Zhang Sui watched for a while, but he couldn't bear it anymore.

This hell-on-earth scene made him feel uncomfortable even though he considered himself to be a man of stone.

Zhang Sui had no choice but to descend from the city wall and rush back to Zhen's house.

He was a little panicked, actually.

He has not experienced war yet.

Before traveling through time, he had only seen wars in the Middle East and other places on the Internet.

However, I don’t feel much of it through the Internet.

Unlike now, we may have to experience the war in person.

Zhang Sui was standing at the door of Zhen's house with Zhao Yun and others.

The Zhen family didn’t cook tonight.

Everyone was on high alert, ready to evacuate at any time.

The troops who were setting up granaries and distributing grain at the south and east city gates also returned.

However, no one entered the mansion, and everyone gathered at the gate of the Zhen family mansion.

People kept coming in and out, reporting the battle situation on the other side to the lady in the study.

It was not until night fell that someone rushed into the Zhen Mansion and shouted excitedly, "Zhuo County has been captured, and the army has not withdrawn!"

The originally suffocating atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

At the gate of the mansion, everyone, even Zhao Yun, breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)