Governor Yang's five thousand army rushed out of Nanjing, boarded the ship and headed straight for Jiangyin, landed on the morning of the next day, and then began their rushing.

Arrived in Suzhou a day and night.

"Governor Gu, have you been sitting there until today?"

Yang Xin looked at the crowds outside the Zhou Mansion and asked him about the Governor Ying Tian, ​​Gu Qiyuan, beside him.

Nearly 20,000 people have been surrounded in this area for four days, and they are still under the snow. They should be on shifts. Some of them are responsible for blocking various streets outside and some are on standby in private houses in this area. People outside are placing tents and sitting in small stools, just like the aunts in front of the sales office. There are constantly people delivering water and meals in the middle, and eating big meat buns. I have to say that the investment is also very large.

Among them is Zhou Shunchang's family.

Yang Huan brought two hundred soldiers, originally thinking of taking Zhou Shunchang to Nanjing and leaving the soldiers to control the Zhou Mansion. Then, he did not expect that the righteous people in Suzhou would give them this trick.

No beating, no scolding, no quarrel.

I just don’t let it come out, and as soon as I come out, there are dense walls of people blocking it.

"Governor Yang, have the people violated the law?"

Gu Qiyuan said.

He is from Jiangning County, Yingtian Prefecture.

"Isn't it illegal to encircle the Jinyiwei?"

Yang Xin said.

"In the eyes of Xiaguan, this is not counting. The people are just gathering here, not making trouble with weapons. Which one is the law of the Ming Dynasty that prohibits the people from gathering in a certain place without any fist, not to mention that these people are local people who are abide by themselves. What's wrong with people gathering together in their own homes? At least Xiaguan has searched through the law of the Ming Dynasty, but he has not seen this. At that time, the miners in Xishan of the capital were still gathering outside Chengtian Gate, and the temple did not issue an order to dispatch troops to suppress it. Since the temple does not regard such incidents as illegal, the officials naturally do not need to be careful."

Gu Qiyuan said.

Yang Xin glanced at him deeply.

Gu Qiyuan responded with a smile.

"Governor Yang, you are not planning to use force to kill civilians. If the Governor dares to do so, the lower officials will fight with the Governor to the end. The lower officials are Governor Yingtian, and they have the responsibility to protect the people. Even the Governor cannot kill innocent people under the rule of the Governor at will."

He said.

Several generals next to him were trembling with fear.

This is to push them out, but they can't afford to both sides!

Governor Yingtian is the admiral of military affairs!

The full name of this title is the Prime Minister's Grain Storage, the Governor and Military Affairs Office, Ying Tian and other mansions, but the headquarters is Suzhou.

At this time, Yang Huan and others inside tried to rush out again. The people who were originally sitting immediately stood up and rushed forward. The gate of Zhou's mansion disappeared from Yang Xin's vision. There was a complete line of heads like an ocean in front of him. In the crowd, the scolding of the soldiers came faintly.

Yang Huan dared not kill anyone.

These ordinary people all had bare hands, and their nature would change if they dared to kill.

"You want to play non-violent and uncooperating!"

Yang Xin said.

"Not violent and uncooperating? The word governor is used well, but what do the governor want? They are innocent people, bare hands and no weapons. The governor did lead five thousand troops, but only one of the governors' soldiers was injured, and the subordinates promised to order the Suzhou army to block them with force.

Ah, the governor can try to induce them by dividing land as in Wuxi, but the officials need to explain that these people do not have farmers, they are all mechanics. They rely on the gentry to supply cotton and buy cotton yarn and cotton cloth. They rely on the gentry to buy everything, and even they have to rely on buying grain from the gentry to eat. The officials admit that the governor's arrangement is indeed very powerful and no farmers can resist it.

But unfortunately, they are not farmers.”

Gu Qiyuan said.

It can be seen that he is quite proud. He should have set up this bureau and then rely on the factory owners to achieve it. As for the purpose, of course, it is not simply to protect Zhou Shunchang.

The latter is not of this importance yet.

They took this opportunity to defeat Yang Xin once and boost morale. The two sides fought for so many years, but Donglin Qunxian did not win once. They were really unwilling to accept it. What's more, they failed again and again. After so many years, they had fear of Yang's internal symptoms...

real.

Yang Xin was completely defecated as soon as he appeared.

This won't work.

They urgently need a victory, a victory that can cheer them up internally, even if there is only one.

However……

"I won't win you, even if it's only once!"

Governor Yang said with a smile.

Gu Qiyuan made an invitation.

Yang Xin glanced at him, then stepped forward and took the horn handed over by his subordinates.

"I count three times, and those who don't even disperse will kill you!"

He shouted, holding up his trumpet.

At the same time, the soldiers behind him all picked up their bamboo crossbows, and then pointed the crossbow arrows ahead.

The mechanics in front looked at them in surprise, and it was obvious that these mechanics also began to fear. The leaders turned their eyes to Gu Qiyuan, and of course the local gentry behind Gu Qiyuan.

However, the latter's calm and composed appearance still gave them courage. And as Gu Qiyuan said, these mechanics were completely dependent on the gentry, and they had no other choice. The gentry controlled the supply and sales channels of raw materials and food supply, and the mechanics could only listen to them. This city, which had completely entered the industrial age, was also completely controlled by these primary capitalists.

They are the lord of the city.

"What are you afraid of? Do they still dare to kill people?"

A fellow villager shouted behind Gu Qiyuan.

The mechanics finally suppressed the fear of escaping and continued to look at Yang Xin and his crossbowmen with uneasy eyes, who were still aiming at them steadily.

"one!"

Yang Xin's shouts rang out.

"General Liu, please prepare your subordinates. Whoever dares to kill innocent people here will kill them. This is my order. If something happens, I will be responsible. Don't be afraid of anything. We are defending innocent people."

Gu Qiyuan said.

An officer beside him wiped the cold sweat from the winter on his face sadly, then bowed to Governor Yang, then waved his hand to the subordinate next to him with a resolute look on his face. The latter immediately picked up the bird gun in his hand, ignited the fuse rope, and aimed at the soldiers under Yang Xin's troops from the side. The muzzles of hundreds of bird guns were aimed at these crossbowmen.

More companions from these crossbowmen arrived and also aimed the bamboo crossbow at these officers and soldiers...

"two!"

Yang Xin said.

Just as he raised his hand!

"Friends, don't be afraid, they dare not, you are unarmed."

The fellow villager shouted.

"Friends, don't be afraid of these eunuchsmen's hawks!"

"Yes, they dare not kill anyone!"

...

The mechanics also shouted.

Yang Xin looked at Gu Qiyuan with a smile.

The latter's face changed.

"three!"

Yang Xin said.

His hands fell almost at the same time.

The front row of soldiers pulled the trigger without hesitation. With the sound of bowstrings, crossbow arrows flew forward and instantly landed among the mechanics, plunged into their bodies, and screamed immediately the next moment.

"Open fire!"

Gu Qiyuan roared desperately.

but……

He looked at the officer and his soldiers in shock.

No one dared to move the latter.

"Let's fire, each person will get a reward of 100 taels!"

The old squire screamed like a collapse.

But no one still fired.

Both the officer and the soldier were all there trembling, watching the crossbowmen's shooting but did not dare to make any abnormal movements.

At this moment, the crossbowmen who had completed the shooting quickly retreated. The second row of crossbowmen stepped forward and then pulled the trigger again. At this time, the mechanics in front had collapsed. They screamed and fled to the courtyard walls on both sides, and then crowded and trampled on each other and climbed up the walls. The ones among them were screaming and those who were trampled were also screaming, rolling on the stone slab streets with blood, and the whole scene was filled with doomsday despair and panic.

Then the third row of crossbowmen stepped forward.

But these did not shoot, they just aimed with crossbows.

"Why do you always think I will not kill anyone?"
To be continued...