The governor of Huguang, Wang Jukui, the governor of Yunyang, Li Gande, the inspector censor Liu Xizha and other senior officials escorted King Hui, Zhu Changrun, King Ji, Zhu Cihuang, to leave Changsha and Hengzhou. The day after the abandoned city and the vassal fled, Zhang Xianzhong's army surrounded Changsha City.

"King, we have received news from the inside. King Hui and King Ji have both run away, but the King Ji Mansion has too many gold, silver and treasures, and they have not taken them away. Many family members and palace maids have been left in the city." Zhang Kewang received the news from the inside and reported to Zhang Xianzhong immediately.

Zhang Xianzhong sneered: "If you can run away, the monk can't run away! We captured Changsha and snatched all his King Ji Mansion! We burned all the land, shops and houses of King Ji, and then distributed all the land, shops and houses to our meritorious ministers. The King Ji Mansion also burned! "

Zhang Ding Guodao: "King, King Ji's Mansion accounts for half of Changsha City. If it is burned, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Zhang Xianzhong glared at the eyes and sneered: "What a pity? It's impossible for us to live here for a long time. If we don't burn it, we will leave it for Zhu Cihuang to come back to live?"

Zhang Kewang said: "The adoptive father is wise! Changsha has a very developed water and land transportation. The land of Huguang is surrounded by enemies and has no danger to defend. The army should go east along the river to capture Nanjing, and compete for a place where dragons and tigers are entrenched."

Military advisor Wang Zhaolin said, "After capturing Changsha, our army should not go east. The Ming army garrisoned along the river, especially Wuweibo, stationed in Wuchang. The water and land army are all elite. Going eastward, there is Zuo Liangyu, stationed in Huangzhou. Even if our army lucky enough to arrive in Nanjing, if the Ming general Huang Degong is stationed, it is probably difficult to conquer the city of Nanjing. In the eyes of students, after capturing Changsha, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity of the King of Chuang and Sun Chuanting fighting in the north. Our army advances westward and follows the example of Wuhou Zhuge Liang to seize the country of Sichuan Tianfu in order to dominate the world in the future. At least it can be like Liu Bei, with three points in the world."

Zhang Xianzhong laughed: "Mr. Ji is really my Zhuge Kongming!"

Wang Zhaolin said: "King, the most urgent task is to attack Changsha first. Changsha's city is solid. If it is forced, our army may suffer heavy losses. Siege the city as the best. Our army should shout to the city and persuade the defenders to surrender. Both the princes and the governors ran away. How much fighting spirit does the defenders in the city still have?"

"Okay, then follow Mr. Wang, and siege the city first and then persuade him to surrender!" Zhang Xianzhong continued to order and sent people to siege Changsha.

Li Guodong had sent troops in Wuchang, more than 700 miles away. He personally led 7,000 light and heavy cavalry, 3,000 dragon cavalry and 1,000 nights without taking over. A total of 11,000 cavalrymen boarded the ship from Wuchang, went upstream and arrived at Yuezhou along the Yangtze River.

Zhang Xianzhong had few soldiers left in Yuezhou. When the guard general Zhang Nengqi saw that the Ming army was strong, he saw that it was the banner of Wuwei Bo Li Guodong, so he abandoned the city and fled.

Li Guodong did not order the pursuit of Xian army, but entered Yuezhou City first, counted the losses, and then sent people to the surrounding farms to inspect the people's conditions. Soon after, the light cavalry sent out came back to report that the gentry and clan in the city suffered heavy losses, either being killed or running away, and many gentry and powerful men surrendered to the Xian thief. The losses of the people inside and outside the city were quite good. After Zhang Xianzhong captured Yuezhou, he did not massacre the people, nor did he engage in the evil deeds of forcibly arresting the young and strong, so the people suffered little losses.

In the former Yuezhou Prefect's ruling yamen, Li Guodong looked through the household registration book and the official office's reserves for the land deeds, and a group of scholars invited from the surrounding counties helped him organize the information.

"You have sorted out all the household registration books, land deeds, house deeds, and store deeds. All the land and property under the names of the destroyed gentry and the gentry who surrendered to the thief will be confiscated and confiscated, whether it is a land without a home or a place where the thief rebellion." Li Guodong said to those scholars.

As the strength of the Jinyang Army increased greatly, many scholars who failed the exams and Tongsheng came to vote one after another. Some old Tongsheng and scholars who failed for many years had long lost confidence in the imperial examination system. They knew that they would have no future if they continued the exam. So some "knowledgeable people" saw Li Guodong's future and came to join the Jinyang Army to gain a future for their future.

Especially scholars. Theoretically, scholars of the Ming Dynasty had already entered the gentry class, but they were still the lowest gentry. They were not qualified to be officials. At best, they could only be a private school teacher. Even if they were a magistrate, the county magistrate looked down on a young scholar. Juren was qualified to be an official, but they were only qualified to be a small official like a county magistrate. If they failed to pass the Jinshi, they would not be qualified to be promoted.

Li Guodong promised these scholars that they would help him, not become a military citizen, but only come to help, which means that they are still part of the gentry, not a lowly military household.

A large number of scholars helped, and the information was quickly sorted out.

Li Guodong classified the real estates: the whole family was destroyed (not necessarily all killed, some of them were killed, and most of the men in the family were killed, and the women, children, elderly and weak were abducted by the army) were confiscated. Needless to say, the gentry who committed the thief was charged with the crime of following the thief, and all the property was confiscated; as for the gentry who temporarily escaped, the real estates were retained, when they came back, the real estates were still theirs.

"Why didn't brother take the opportunity to clean up all the gentry?" Han Dashan asked.

"Don't rush to deal with them, there will be opportunities in the future. The gentry of Huguang was defeated by the thief and suffered heavy losses. If Jiannu entered the pass in the future, the gentry of the northern part would definitely surrender to the enemy. Isn't this the only one left to the Donglin Party? We can't let this happen! We have to leave some Huguang gentry to restrain the Donglin Party." Li Guodong said with a smile.

"Jiannu entered the pass? The eldest brother always said that Jiannu entered the pass. Is it really possible for Jiannu to steal the Central Plains?" Han Dashan expressed his disbelief.

"No one of you believes me, so just pretend I haven't said it. But you can make a bet, what do you think?"

Han Dashan thought for a long time, and finally shook his head: "Forget it, I have never won once with my brother. But my brother said this many times, and my brothers were half-believing and half-doubting."

While the two were talking, Ye Buyan walked in and reported: "Lord, there is an army coming outside the city and want to enter the city."

"Who is the banner?" Li Guodong asked.

Ye Buyan said, "It is Kong Xigui, the general stationed in Changsha."

When Li Guodong heard this name, he immediately remembered the information of this guy in his memory: Kong Xigui, a traitor on the list of traitors, from Kaiyuan, Liaodong, was originally stationed in Jingzhou. However, when Li Zicheng's army arrived in Jingzhou, his 20,000 troops fled without fighting and rushed south. After arriving in Yuezhou, he stationed in Chenglingji. Zhang Xianzhong came. Someone under his command opened the door to meet the enemy, and he fled to Changsha. As a result, he was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong in Changsha. Later, this person was transferred to Jizhou and became the general of Jizhou. The Qing surrendered to the pass. In the second year of Shunzhi, he followed Prince Yu Duoduo to pacify Henan and massacred the people of the Qing Dynasty.

"It's Kong Xigui, how many people does he have?" Li Guodong asked.

"About seven thousand."

"Okay, let him wait and say that I will go out of the city to greet you later." Li Guodong said.

After a while, Li Guodong personally brought a group of agents of the night-long guards to the city gate to greet him: "Kong Junmen, Yuezhou is the territory you are stationed in. Li is busy with military affairs, so I am too late to welcome him. Please forgive me."

Kong Xigui walked forward and bowed: "I will meet you in the end!"

"Kongjun Gate, your army is temporarily stationed outside the city. Please bring your servants with you and follow me into the city."

"Why don't we let our army enter the city? Didn't you just say that Yuezhou is the last general's territory?"

Li Guodong smiled and said, "I have just recovered Yuezhou. There are fish and dragons in the city. There are still detailed works of bandits. We still need to wait until our army clears the bandits to do it before we can return Yuezhou to the Kong Army."

Kong Xigui was not suspicious when he heard Li Guodong say this, so he turned around and shouted, "Brothers, you will be stationed outside the city first, and I will follow the Lord to enter the city first."

Li Guodong smiled and said, "Dear brothers from friendly forces, Benblad has prepared pigs, sheep, food and wine. You camp first. When you wait until the afternoon, you will naturally deliver the food to your military camp."
Chapter completed!