A journey to the heavens starting from the Red Mansion

Chapter 142 "Civilized Monkey Watching"

The battle is about comprehensive national strength and logistics.

In terms of national strength, the Song Dynasty completely crushed the rebel army that did not include Lin Yao, but such a behemoth still had many shortcomings.

Before the expedition, the civil servant Zhang Governor gave Lin Changliang a thorough understanding and asked him to occupy Suzhou as soon as possible to complete the counter-insurgency task, otherwise there would be a small problem with the food problem.

Lin Changliang is certainly not surprised by official corruption, because he himself has done such things often.

When it comes to corruption, Lin Changliang is also a knowledgeable person.

Military expenditures, the fattest piece of meat, basically go to them, high-ranking officials and dignitaries, who tacitly agree to it.

Some of the remaining soup and water were sprinkled down, so that the officials and officials could have a taste of the fishy smell.You think the geese are plucking their feathers, but in fact, even the geese are left behind.

If he hadn't climbed up to Fan Xiang and become his "lackey", he would be eligible to take a bite, otherwise he would have to share the soup later.

As for the pawns below that are really needed, who cares?If you have the ability, you can rebel like those mud-legged people in Suzhou!

Being used to doing this kind of thing, Lin Changliang really didn't react for a while.

The Liangzhe Road, known as "the country's warehouse", the grain depot could not produce enough food for the march. The problem was too serious.

But if you look carefully, this kind of thing is completely normal.Everyone knows where the copper coins, cloth, and grain that should be escorted to the treasury every year have gone.

The last one, Wang Jiefu, who wanted to rectify the matter, died in depression, and Zhao Guan's family did not dare to say anything.

"The order goes down and Suzhou City is captured. Except for the treasury and arsenal, which are not allowed to be touched, the rest is allowed to be looted by the army at will without restraint."

In order to stimulate the fighting will and animal nature of the army and speed up the march, Lin Changliang decided to spend a lot of money.

When the order was issued, not only the officers and soldiers were ready to take action, but also the eyes of the landlords, private soldiers, and tenant farmers lit up.

Act recklessly and without restraint. Eight simple words made this army's combat power increase.

Sometimes, the fighting power is driven by this animal nature. The commander promises that the army can do whatever they want after defeating the enemy, which will greatly stimulate the animal nature in the soldiers' hearts, prompting them to burst out with the fighting power of beasts.

Not to mention those Song troops, even the strong tenant farmers thought about how to get a share of the pie.

If the old man eats a piece of meat, then we can also drink some soup, right?
If you are forced to join the army, even if the crisis is serious, it would be good if you can get some money.

After drawing the pie, Lin Changliang led the Song army in a hurry to Suzhou, preparing to raise military rations on the spot after capturing Suzhou.

"These scholar-officials actually look down upon us and other rebels."

The officers who knew the military situation decided to give these guys a hard blow and swallow this piece of fat that came to their door completely.

"Go ahead with the order and be prepared to lure the enemy. The rest of the soldiers will attack immediately upon hearing the order. Anyone who delays will be dealt with according to military law."

"Here!"

The messenger next to Lin Yao immediately passed the military order to the front-line combat troops, and the rebel army was ready to go.

It is not without reason that Lin Changliang is appreciated by Gao and Fan Cunren, and he still has some abilities that a general should have.

Before approaching the ambush point of the rebel army, he sent a sentinel to investigate the situation.

After marching for half a day, his vanguards discovered a group of baggage troops heading south under the banner of a non-Song army about ten miles ahead.

The rebel army's convoy used mules and horses to transport large and small boxes. It was not known what they were transporting, but it was certain that it would not be simple food and grass.

Lin Chang's conscience was thoughtful, how could there be a baggage troop here? He felt there was something wrong, so he asked.

"How many soldiers are accompanying you?"

"There are cavalry and infantry. There are not many, only one or two hundred people."

I heard that this so-called rebel army was attacking powerful landlords and killing corrupt officials everywhere. The contents in those boxes should be the oil and water scraped out by those people.

"Attack!"

Lin Changliang dismissed his doubts, with a cold gleam in his eyes, he led his troops to accelerate forward, and with a small number of cavalry as the leader, they attacked the rebel's baggage convoy.

As Lin Changliang expected, this rebel army was no different from the unruly people who had been wiped out before.Seeing him leading his troops to fight, he was greatly frightened and had no intention of fighting at all.

These cavalry and infantry were defeated in one blow, quickly put down their baggage and fled in panic.

In a panic, he knocked the box on the car around and scattered the gold and silver treasures all over the floor.

Under the sun, the dazzling light reflected by these properties is breathtaking.

The eyes of the attacking cavalry were straightened. They instantly forgot that they were on the battlefield and no longer thought about pursuing. They just dismounted and started looting.

Good boy, gold and silver jewelry!
Even these regular troops were dazzled, and even Lin Changliang was in agitated mood, let alone the landlord's private soldiers following behind who could control themselves.

I don’t know who was the first one to rush over. With the first one taking the lead, the soldiers behind them couldn’t restrain their desires.

The one in front took advantage of the distance and rushed forward. He turned over and dismounted and started to grab. His movements were very fast.

Those at the back didn't understand what was going on, so they all came to the front to take a look. When they saw it, they couldn't help but curse.

These guys are not good at what they do, they are the No. 1 money grabber.

Immediately afterwards, everyone pressed forward, with war horses squeezing war horses, people pushing people, and the scene was chaotic.

The "battle" for those who rushed over was very fierce. No matter how much they could carry, they hugged the belongings on the ground with red eyes.

If someone comes across someone who is robbing him, he will not show any camaraderie and just kick him over.

“Get out of my way.” “That’s mine.”…

There seemed to be no crisis at this time, and the desire for wealth was completely released, resulting in chaos.

As the commander-in-chief, Lin Changliang was very dissatisfied with this.

He stepped forward decisively, pulled out his sword and placed it on the neck of a red-eyed soldier. The soldier felt the cold blade and suddenly woke up.

"General, I..."

"What to grab?"

As soon as he waved his hand, the guards around him stepped forward and snatched everything from the soldier's arms.

The soldier mustered up his courage and refused to let go.

Lin Changliang raised his leg and kicked the soldier to the ground. He instructed his guards to grab all his belongings and then left the soldier behind.

Originally, he doubted whether it was a plot by the rebels and wanted to order the soldiers to maintain military discipline.

However, the time to control this army is still short, and with some outsiders, the team cannot be reorganized at all.

In addition, he felt a little heartbroken when he saw these shining gold and silver treasures being picked up by these big-headed soldiers and private soldiers of landlords.

He was very unhappy when he had to share his opportunity to make a fortune with these idiots.

The interests were so exciting that Lin Changliang was so angry that he had no time to think about the situation and led his guards to join in, regardless of the surrounding environment.

This tactic is very useful at this time, whether it is the West or the East, because this tactic narrowly defeats the defeated army, so the simpler the strategy, the more useful it is sometimes.
On the contrary, the bells and whistles are useless in most cases. After all, although this is simple, it is a conspiracy. As long as the army is not well organized, it can only fall into the trap under this tactic.

Lin Yao, Wu Yazi and some officers of the rebel army were "civilized monkey watching" on the top of a hill not far away, watching this group of Song soldiers robbing property.

Some of them were so funny that they couldn't help but cover their mouths for fear of disturbing everyone.

Any general who has some sense will understand this strategy, but this is mainly a test for lower-level soldiers.

They go to the battlefield just to get promoted and make a fortune, or even just for a meal.

Do you think they will rob? Without strict military discipline and reward and punishment system, no matter how brave the army is, it will be in chaos.

Wu Yazi and Lin Yao in front of him looked at each other and nodded to each other.Then he turned to look at everyone with a serious face and said in a deep voice.

"Everyone, learn the lesson. If you are playing monkey today, you must not be fooled tomorrow. We must maintain the iron discipline of our uprising army."

(End of this chapter)