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After Xiao Tianjian captured Yuezhou in an almost ridiculous way, he followed Li Xin's suggestion, ordered troops in Yuezhou on August 20, and began to divide the two routes of water and drought to Changsha. （..)

Hundreds of warships took the waterway, first entered the Dongting Lake, and then entered the Xiangjiang River, and rushed to Changsha in a mighty way, while nearly 30,000 troops took the dry road, with the assistance of the sailors, marched towards Changsha.

Along the way, Xiao Tianjian almost didn't make much effort, and he conquered Xiangyin County, completely opening the north gate of Changsha, and exposing Changsha to the front of the Xingtian Army.

Originally, there were more than 10,000 officers and soldiers in Changsha, but with Li Qiande and Xu Wei being captured in Yuezhou, the officers and troops brought to Yuezhou were basically captured by the Xingtian Army, and in a blink of an eye, they became the strength of the Xingtian Army.

At this time, although there is a famous minister Gao Doushu sitting in Changsha, but why is Gao Doushu lonely at the moment, after all, he is just a deputy envoy of the army, the power at hand is limited, and his subordinates have no soldiers, although after hearing the news of Li Gande and Xu's defeat, Gao Doushu advocated immediately recruiting the people to help defend Changsha, how at this time, the Changsha guards and officials have no fighting spirit at all, and one by one has already become a frightened bird, and no one thinks that they can defend Changsha City.

And Zhu Cixuan, the king of Ji in Changsha City, was even more unbearable, and did not wait for the Xingtian army to arrive in Changsha, so he ignored the ancestral system of the imperial court, bought off the Changsha guerrilla general Tang Zhizhong, and led his troops to escort him out of the city and fled to Hengzhou, and defected to King Gui who was sealed in Hengzhou.

As a result, the Changsha garrison, which was originally not much in force, was once again diluted out a lot, and there were less than 2,000 defenders left in Changsha, under the leadership of Changsha deputy general He Yide, stationed in Changsha.

At this time, Xiao Tianjian had already supervised the army to arrive at Changsha City, firmly surrounded Changsha City, and cut off all connections between the upper and lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River and Changsha City with a naval army, and surrounded Changsha City like an iron bucket.

In the face of such a situation, the famous minister Gao Doushu still tried his best to defend the city, asking for help from all over the country, and striving to hold on until the arrival of reinforcements from the surrounding areas to relieve the siege of Changsha.

But at this time, Gao Doushu is not the Gao Doushu who sat in Yunyang in the previous history, although they are a person, Gao Doushu is indeed a very capable person, but unfortunately the times create heroes, at this time Gao Doushu in Changsha has not yet reached the point where he can preside over Changsha's military affairs, although he also recruited a group of people to assist He Yide to defend the city, but the strength inside and outside the city is very different, not to mention that the Changsha military and civilians have basically not seen sword soldiers for so many years, so they have no ability to defend Changsha City.

Xiao Tianjian originally wanted to storm Changsha City with a single blow, but when discussing with the generals, Li Xin put forward the idea of not attacking by force, but making full use of the officers and officials captured in Yuezhou, so Xiao Tianjian happily adopted Li Xin's opinion, and recruited the captured Biaoyuan governor Li Qiande, the supervisor Xu Xu, and the chief military officer Yin Xianmin into the big tent, and asked them whether they wanted to live or die.

These three people are not the kind of people who dare to take responsibility, if they want to die, they will fight hard with the Xingtian Army at that time, and where do they want to stick to their principles at this time! So all three of them immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, saying that they wanted to live.

After all, their families are still in Changsha City, and they don't want their families to be slaughtered by the Xingtian Army after the Xingtian Army breaks through Changsha, so they all express their desire to live.

So Xiao Tianjian ordered the three of them to find a way to persuade the soldiers defending the city to surrender, and said that as long as they surrendered, they would never kill, and they would continue to serve as officials in the Xingtian Army after selecting the best, and they would not be blamed for the past, and they could be allowed to keep their property to ensure their personal safety.

After the three people got the order, they hurriedly arrived at the city, shouted at the defenders of the city to persuade them to surrender, the defenders had no fighting spirit at this time, when they saw that the three were captured by the Xingtian Army, and the guard He Yide and the general soldier Yin Xianmin is an old friend, the relationship between the two people is quite good, seeing Yin Xianmin to persuade him to surrender, and made various guarantees for the Xingtian Army, so he gave up defending Changsha City, and finally died for the Ming Dynasty, on the day of August 25, He Yide ordered to open the gates of Changsha to welcome the Xingtian Army into the city, At the same time, some officials in the city who tried to prevent him from surrendering were arrested, and they were tied up and handed over to the Xingtian Army, including Gao Doushu, the deputy envoy of Changsha's military garrison.

As a result, Changsha was under the pressure of the Xingtian Army, surrendered without a fight, and was also controlled by Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian ordered only a battalion of soldiers to enter the city to take over the defense of Changsha, and no one was allowed to enter the city to harm the people in the city, for which he also killed dozens of lake thieves who tried to fish in troubled waters outside Changsha City, these lake thieves were used to doing bad things, and originally wanted to plunder Changsha City with the Xingtian Army, but they didn't think that not only did they not take the opportunity to make a fortune, but Xiao Tianjian took advantage of this opportunity to clean them up.

In addition, some ruffians and hooligans in Changsha City also want to take the opportunity to get a handful in the city, after the Xingtian Army entered the city, they unceremoniously arrested this group of people, and directly cut off their heads and hung them on the city wall, so as to deter the ruffians in the city from making trouble, and it can almost be said that it was very stable to take over the defense of Changsha.

And Xiao Tianjian also fulfilled his promise, for the surrendered officials and soldiers, not to kill a single person, and re-disorganized them into the Xingtian Army, those who did not want to continue to be soldiers were allowed to go home to serve the people, as for those who surrendered, according to the reaction of the local people, they picked out those who had a conscience and were clear officials to be retained, and the rest were preserved their family property and let them go home to live on their own, of course, for these corrupt officials, Xiao Tianjian did not have any good intentions, and now treating them so leniently is just an expedient measure, and when he turns around and frees his hands, He secretly ordered the subordinates who stayed here to clean them up one by one, but for now, he just settled the hearts of these people first!

For these corrupt officials who are greedy for ink and don't know how much the people fat and ointment, if they are let go so easily, not only Xiao Tianjian will feel that he can't get over it in his heart, but even the common people will feel that Xing Tianjun is too unprincipled to do things, and it is an excuse and opportunity to clean them up, in short, it will not make them too comfortable.

But for those who insisted on refusing to surrender and tried to resist to the end, Xiao Tianjian treated them differently, and after understanding the style of these people, he immediately selected some of the officials who were greedy for ink, and directly cut the knife outside the city gate, and at the same time invited the people around Changsha to watch the execution.

But for this deputy military envoy Gao Doushu, Xiao Tianjian has heard of this person's deeds, and knows that this person is a capable minister, and he has a very good reputation as an official, so he personally came forward to persuade Gao Doushu to surrender, but he didn't think that Gao Doushu scolded Xiao Tianjian on the spot, and tried to slap Xiao Tianjian.

The guards in the big tent of anger almost drew their swords and cut Gao Doushu off on the spot, in the eyes of these Xingtian military departments, Xiao Tianjian is simply their god, and this dog official actually scolded Xiao Tianjian, he was simply looking for death.

And Xiao Tianjian looked down at the phlegm marks on his clothes, but said with a smile: "Stand down, don't be rude to the tall man!" Only then did the guards retreat to the sides angrily, staring at Gao Doushu with fire-breathing eyes, eager to swallow him alive.

Xiao Tianjian stepped forward and personally loosened the rope for Gao Doushu, and asked with a smile: "Does Lord Gao hate Xiao so much?" ”

Gao Doushu glared at Xiao Tianjian angrily and scolded: "A traitor like you will bring disaster to the country and the people, and everyone will be punished!" It's just a pity that I don't have any soldiers and no generals at hand, so I can't get rid of you and eliminate harm for the people! Now that you've been caught, you're going to kill me! I want Gao to surrender to you, hum! Hugh is going to dream again! ”

After Xiao Tianjian heard this, his face suddenly sank, and he asked him, "Why did Lord Gao say this?" Why do you say that I, Xiao, have brought disaster to the country and the people? ”

Gao Doushu continued to glare at Xiao Tianjian angrily and said, "Aren't you a disaster to the country and the people? As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, you raised an army to cause rebellion, slaughtered the people for the sake of the place, confronted the imperial court, killed the officials of the imperial court, and made the people of the world miserable, aren't you a disaster to the country and the people? ”

(Roughly calculated, I actually updated nearly 260,000 words this month, but it's not easy!) It's a breakthrough! ）