A journey to the heavens starting from the Red Mansion

Chapter 124 Conquering Suzhou City

The chorus of slogans that followed was like a raging ocean wave, rushing toward them one after another, breathtaking.

Panic swept through the entire city of Suzhou, and the city that had been peaceful for a century was once again drowned by the sound of murder.

Women's screams, men's roars, and all kinds of throat-piercing high notes came together, stimulating the hearts of Shi Yongzhong and Zhao Shijun, making their hearts beat faster.

Something happened.

With the intelligence superiority of Lingjiu Palace and the fact that Suzhou City was defenseless, Su Xinghe sneaked in with this elite force of thousands of people and captured the city gate.

The entire operation went smoothly, and the dragon blast released by Lin Yao was the command signal for the entire operation.He attracted everyone's attention in the city and made the garrison at the city gate relax their vigilance.

Looking at the pillar of fire from a distance, Su Xinghe felt incredible about this scene.Even if this is not the first time I have seen it, I am still shocked by this kind of power that cannot be resisted by human beings.

His martial arts skills are average, but he is similar to his master Wu Yazi. He has learned all kinds of knowledge, and he has an in-depth understanding of Taoist knowledge.

This kind of power that affects the change of dynasties is destined for the rise of the Xiaoyao sect.

But he didn't have time to think about this now. After gathering his troops to control the city gate, he immediately rushed in.

He quickly attacked the various government offices in the city and divided his forces to seize the remaining three city gates.

Each group of soldiers was followed by a number of black shadow regiments, as well as Lin Yao's personal guards - the disciples of Lingjiu Palace.

The soldiers and the Black Shadow Corps are responsible for combat operations, and Lin Yao's personal guards are responsible for supervision.

Once a soldier, like those ruffians in feudal society, infringes on the working people, the sharp knife of the Black Shadow Corps will stab them in turn.

And the biggest difference between this Tianlong world and the ordinary ancient world is that there are also those martial arts people.

This is an unstable factor, and it also requires the Black Shadow Corps to gnaw these hard bones.

A firm will, a strong body, skilled skills, and reliable armor. When these four items are complete, a powerful army will be established.

After that, Lin Yao would not need external intervention, and he could suppress all reactionary forces with one hand.

The soldiers received the order and killed those who resisted with weapons on the road. They took the opportunity to burn and kill those who caused trouble, and at the same time arrested those wearing official uniforms.

The whole city of Suzhou was in chaos, filled with miserable shouts as if it was the end of the world, but the overall situation was still firmly controlled by Lin Yao.

Anyone who fishes in troubled waters will be killed neatly.

Shi Yongzhong and Zhao Shijun organized a defense in a panic, mobilized about a few hundred people in a short time, and headed towards the west city with weapons in hand.

Trying to control the situation and save Suzhou City.

But they didn't go a long way when they bumped into the attacking team led by Su Xinghe.

As soon as Su Xinghe saw a group of people on the other side, he immediately ordered the troops to form a formation on the spot.

The Shadow Corps, which was not under his command, hid in the darkness and waited for opportunities under the orders of the personal guards.

These soldiers, who were considered elite compared to the Song Army, already knew a little about forming formations and quickly formed them.

Seeing the old, weak, sick and disabled person opposite him who was much thinner than him and whose mental outlook was very different, he rushed over without saying a word.

Before Shi Yongzhong and Zhao Shijun could react, the enemy in front of them rushed towards them with their military formation, but the soldiers in their hands were scattered and helpless.

Without any need for the Black Shadow Corps to take action, the will of this sparse temporary force to fight instantly collapsed. Except for a few who were killed, the others were all captured.

This army, which was fighting for the first time, looked at the scene in front of them and couldn't help but feel strange emotions.

Even if they were asked to catch five hundred pigs, they would have to tie them up one by one. I didn't expect that it would be so easy to deal with these Song soldiers.

The army formed into a military formation faced this group of stragglers, allowing them to feel the pleasure of dimensionality reduction.

Su Xinghe saw that the two of them were dressed in extraordinary clothes and knew that they were high-ranking officials.He didn't kill Ji Qi, he just captured him alive and left it to Lin Yao to deal with later.Suzhou City soon fell, and this large city in the south of the Yangtze River was gradually controlled by Lin Yao's power.

Su Xinghe immediately took control of the four city gates, sealed them, and divided his troops into the city to annihilate the Song troops who dared to resist.

By dawn, the city was completely under control.

After receiving this good news, Lin Yao ordered the issuance of a peace notice and announced the implementation of military control of the city.At the same time, it is guaranteed that the army will not commit any crime, so as to temporarily calm people's hearts.

This was Lin Yao's first battle. He skipped establishing rural base areas and small counties and directly captured large cities.

A single spark can start a prairie fire, and this blooming flame will bury all the old forces.

Compared with the simple production relations and conflicts among tenant farmers, homesteaders, and powerful landlords in the countryside, the various relationships in the city are much more complex.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are all available, and managing a city is much more difficult than managing a rural area.

Lin Yao and the others directly achieved three consecutive jumps, which seemed to be a great achievement, but there were still many difficulties behind it.

However, since it occupies Suzhou City, it can use this big city to radiate the rural areas of Suzhou Prefecture.

It was a better start than back then, when there were still three big mountains.

Looking outside, the occupation of the city symbolizes the end of this era.

From a young age, it also means the beginning of political power, which has the effect of calming people's hearts.

With the support of local talents like the Xiaoyao Sect, and Lin Yao's own program, he is not too worried that he will mess up the city due to lack of experience.

As long as the outside rural areas are taken over, institutions to protect farmers' rights and interests will be established to ensure agricultural production.

Rural areas and cities complement each other. The city plays the role of the heart, while the countryside extends outward, thus having the potential to expand exponentially.

Of course, before that, he needed to deal with the problem of the officials in the city who had been successfully arrested.

It's not that he wants to save their lives directly, but he needs to know from their mouths what the current trends of the officials in Jianghuai are. As for their lives, they need to be screened one by one.

In this way, we can understand how much fighting power the Song Dynasty army still has after the failure of Wang Anshi's reform, and judge whether it can support war with war, and slowly train a powerful army.

Su Xinghe brought the captured Shi Yongzhong, Zhao Shijun and a group of officials to the Zhizhou Mansion Office, and handed them over to Lin Yao and others who had already arrived for interrogation.

During Lin Yao's interrogation, something unexpected happened.

Shi Yongzhong, the magistrate of Suzhou, was originally a commoner. He passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination. After decades of hard work, he now holds a high official position as the magistrate of Suzhou.

He was originally from a commoner and was once an oppressed class, but once he felt that he had stood up, he began to hate his previous experiences and similar people.

Now, Shi Yongzhong, regardless of the danger to his life, cursed Lin Yao as a traitor who would definitely be cut to pieces, showing his determination to safeguard the interests of the upper-class exploiting class.

It can be seen from this that intellectuals in the feudal era were dependent and reactionary because they had no direct production capabilities.

Without output, there is no income, and one must rely on interest groups to survive.

In order to gain more benefits and higher status, they must fully serve the interest groups and strengthen the exploitation of farmers and handicraftsmen with direct production capabilities.

It’s not that they are reactionary in their thinking, it’s that they essentially have to be reactionary in order to survive.

This is why workers and farmers are advanced forces, not because they have high moral standards, but because they are direct producers.

Naturally, one does not need to exploit others to survive.

At the same time, we cannot compare the old intellectuals with the intellectuals of the previous life, because most of those intellectuals of the previous life were able to participate in direct production.

(End of this chapter)