Originally, it was planned to stay in Yueyang for three days and leave, but everyone had to rest for a few more days. Zhu Hongsan was not in a hurry to leave, so he agreed, and took another three days off.

Three days later, on the second day of the third month, everyone was ready and set off for Changsha. News from Ma's shop Ma Mingyuan and the others had left Changsha on February 15, and they would probably be able to arrive at Hengzhou Mansion in April.

Zhu Hongsan was not in a hurry when he received the information, anyway, it was only March now, and Beijing Chongzhen seemed to be hanging himself in March next year. It's still a year, and you can go to Guangzhou before the end of the year. With his current strength, he will definitely be able to use the power of self-preservation within a year.

Because of this thought, Zhu Hongsan did not urge the team to go quickly, and still moved forward unhurriedly. When you go to a place to see it, you can play for a while.

There is a distance of more than 500 miles from Yueyang to Changsha, and Zhu Hongsan walked for a total of one and a half months to reach Changsha.

Looking at the majestic Changsha city wall ten miles away, this is probably the last big city in Huguang. Heading south, you're about to enter the South Ridge Mountains. This is China's eight major watersheds. The Hengzhou Mansion is at the foot of the Nanling Mountains. Beyond it is a winding mountain road, and Zhu Hongsan expects to walk at least half a year to Guangzhou from the Nanling Mountains.

Changsha is where China's rice market is located, and the phrase "Huguang is ripe, the world is full" has been said for hundreds of years, and half of Huguang's rice is concentrated in Changsha. This place supplies the whole of South China. This was also the site of Zhu Hongsan's last large-scale grain replenishment. Further south, Hengzhou, Chenzhou, and Shaozhou in Guangdong are not densely populated areas.

Zhu Hongsan told Tong Yangjia to replenish grain and salt as much as possible in Changsha. If the meat is gone, you can hunt, but if the food and salt are gone, you will be spoiled. Tong Yangjia took his newly acquired master Gong Dacheng down to bring people into the city to buy.

Gong Dacheng was the commander of Puqi County, and after being arrested, he had to run at first, but he was honest after being whipped ten times by Zhu Hongyi. After seeing that Tong Yangjia was his thigh, he married his daughter to Tong Yangjia as a concubine without hesitation. It's a real cost. However, this Gong Dacheng has a good calculation, I heard that his family used to open a grain store, and he was admitted to the examination of his generation, and then he was elected as the commander of Puqi County.

Tong Yangjia let this guy manage logistics and make the best use of everything, I don't know if throwing the grain rat into the grain depot can support him.

Zhu Hongsan called the fat man and said, "See that you are doing well, I will give you a task." You go into the city and ask me about someone, a county lord named Zhu You in Changsha Jiwang or something, about eighteen or nineteen years old, and inquire about her everything. ”

Qian Fatzi raised his head and looked at Zhu Hongsan with strange eyes, which means that you want to be married too?

Zhu Hongsan kicked him in the ass and scolded: "What the hell are you doing, let you go." ”

Then I called Qian Yong and Zhang Sanqiang, asking them to take care of their home, and if they wanted to go out to play, they had to ask for leave, and they couldn't go out alone. After the arrangement, he took Zhu Hongyi to Changsha City.

Changsha City is not inferior to Wuchang Mansion at all, with tall city walls. There is also a hereditary vassal king in it. However, the Chu Fan of Wuchang is the blood of Taizu, and King Ji of Changsha is the son of Ming Yingzong, who is the unlucky guy who was arrested in Tumubao. There were several princes in other Changsha, but they didn't last long before they were withdrawn.

Walking on the streets of Changsha, Zhu Hongsan looked left and right with interest. Everyone bought and sold peacefully, and the officials also calmly collected all kinds of bad rules, as if the war in the north had nothing to do with the people here. Who would have thought that in a few years the world would be in chaos.

Since Changsha is a rice and grain wholesale market, half of the shops on the street are grain stores. Zhu Hongsan walked around casually and found a restaurant on the street to eat. And inquired about whether the road to Guangdong is easy to walk. The guy said that there is a Cantonese guild hall in the city, and you can go over there to ask for details.

After eating, Zhu Hongsan was not wandering around, and took Zhu Hongyi back to the camp. Along the way, Zhu Hongsan considered that Changsha's city defense was too tight, and it was not good to take that Zhu You out of the city, if the average woman was okay, the key was that he was the county lord, and it was difficult.

In the evening, the fat man came back and came to Zhu Hongsan to tell the news.

It turned out that Zhu Youjia's name was Zhu Youjia, the third daughter of King Ji, and she was named the lord of Yiyang. Chang Bin, the son of Mr. Ji Wangfu, who married three years ago, heard that the two of them were green plums, and gave birth to a son named Chang Hong last year, who is three years old this year. The Chang family lives in Dongcheng Tieshi Hutong. Qian Fat went to step on the plate, and the Chang family had a small population, only more than ten people.

After Qian Lide finished speaking, he asked, "Big brother, do you really like the woman who gave birth to a child?" ”

Zhu Hongsan scolded: "What? You can fucking take a fancy to mother and daughter, so it's not okay, I have a hobby? ”

Qian Fatzi nodded again and again, and Zhu Hongsan said: "Let's do this today, and tomorrow I will go and have a look." The fat man agreed and went down.

Tong Yangjia came in the evening, and Zhu Hongsan thought that he was done with everything. Unexpectedly, Tong Yangjia's face turned green when he entered the house, and he said: "The lord's business is not good, when I went to the Ma family's shop, I met Ma Rong who escaped from Xianning." He said that Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Wuchang in February, and the general of Wuchang Gate opened the door and surrendered. Zhang Xianzhong washed Wuchang in blood, and heard that more than 200,000 people drowned in the river. The entire family of the king of Chu was killed. ”

Zhu Hongsan frowned, he remembered that he arrived in Wuchang in May, why was it three months ahead of schedule. Zhu Hongsan didn't know that it was his own big butterfly flapping wings. Originally, Xinyang could hold out for three months, but later Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru retreated due to infighting. Unexpectedly, Zhu Hongsan opened the city gate for his own life, and Xinyang only guarded it for one day. caused Zhang Xianzhong to attack Wuchang in advance.

The next news was even more exciting, Tong Yangjia said: "Ma Rong said that after Zhang Xianzhong occupied Wuchang, he recruited troops everywhere, and now there are 800,000 soldiers and horses, and he has divided his troops in several ways. Zhang Xianzhong led the 400,000 main force south to Changsha. It was March when Ma Rong came out of Xianning, and Zhang Xianzhong had already arrived in Xianning. It should now be attacking Yueyang. ”

Zhu Hongsan immediately stood up and exclaimed, "What? It's time to Yueyang. "The news was so unexpected. Zhu Hongsan remembered that Zhang Xianzhong went to Sichuan after breaking Wuchang, how did he go south. This is to blame for China's history education. China has a history of 5,000 years, and the trivial matter of breaking Changsha will not be recorded in middle school history books at all. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, it is only remembered that in a certain year and month, Zhang Xianzhong broke through Changsha, King Ji fled south, and later died in Burma. Just a few words.

Zhu Hongsan stood up, his head turned rapidly, Yueyang is more than five hundred miles away from Changsha, and it will be there in a month at most. You have to go these days, you can't wait any longer. He made up his mind and said to Tong Yangjia: "Mr. will take someone to buy food tomorrow, and he can buy as much as he wants." We have to go the day after tomorrow. ”

Zhu Hongsan went out and called Qian Yong and Zhang Sanqiang and said, "The two of you will throw away all the useless materials tomorrow, leaving only weapons and horses." Minimize your luggage and we'll leave the day after tomorrow. ”

The two asked why, and Zhu Hongsan said: "Zhang Xianzhong's 400,000 army has arrived in Yueyang, and after breaking through Yueyang, he will go south to Changsha. We're going to go fast. ”

The two were frightened and hurriedly went down to prepare.

This night, the camp made chickens and dogs jump, but fortunately, the people in Zhu Hongsan's belt were basically adult men. Their family members had already followed Ma Mingyuan first. Now there is no old or weak except for a few family members.

As soon as the city gate was opened the next day, Tong Yangjia took people to buy food. Zhu Hongsan also came to Dongcheng Chang's house with Zhu Hongyi, a fat man. Zhu Hongsan decided to do it tonight, and he had to leave tomorrow whether he succeeded or not. If it really doesn't work, the woman won't bring it. After all, it's still important to have a small life compared to your own life.

The location of Chang's house is very secluded, close to the root of the city wall, and it is only 500 meters away from the gate of the east city. Out of the East City is the official road. It's really good for running.

In the evening, when he returned to the camp, Zhu Hongsan arranged to set off after dark, and waited for him one mile outside the gate of Dongcheng. Then Zhu Hongsan took Zhu Hongyi to lead a hundred soldiers of the guard company and sneaked into Changsha City while the city gate was not closed.

Zhu Hongsan's plan is that he and Zhu Hongyi will get people first. When he had finished, he sent fifty men to set fire to the city, and fifty men used two hundred pounds of gunpowder to blow open the city gates and went out. The time set by the guards was to set fire to the city at the hour, and then assemble at the gate of the east city, and blow up the city gate at three minutes. When he set the fire, he shouted loudly that the rogue had entered the city. Most of Zhu Hongsan's guard company were Luo Rucai's old camp rogues, and they often did things like murder and arson in the city, so it was naturally difficult for them.

After the discussion, everyone went their separate ways. Zhu Hongsan and Zhu Hongyi first lurked in the backyard of Chang's house and waited until they both slept. Zhu Hongsan looked at the time at about eleven o'clock, and the fire would start in another hour. It's time to act.

Zhu Hongsan stabbed Zhu Hongyi and said, "Big brother go to the backyard and kill them all, I'll go to the front yard." ”

Zhu Hongyi nodded and ran to the backyard with a horizontal knife.

Zhu Hongsan came to the front yard and saw that the lights in the room were out, so he leaned on the door and listened, and there was an even breathing sound from inside, knowing that they were asleep. Zhu Hongsan took out a dagger and slowly picked up the deadbolt of the door. Push open the crack of the door, catch the deadbolt with your hand, and walk into the house.

This house is a suite, the little girl lives outside, and Chang Bin and his wife are inside. Zhu Hongsan walked to Yahuan's bedside and saw that Yahuan was sleeping deeply. Zhu Hongsan gently picked up the pillow on the side, stabbed Yahuan's heart with a horizontal knife in his hand, and covered Yahuan's mouth with a pillow to prevent her from making a sound. The girl died after a while.

At this time, a voice may be heard outside in the inner room, and a man speaks: "Xiao Cui? Emily? ”

One woman said, "What's wrong? ”

"Nothing, I heard a sound outside, probably a cat. Cui is probably asleep, so I'll go out and have a look. After saying that, there was the sound of a fire sickle struck in the back room.

Zhu Hongsan knew that Chang Bin was going to come out, so he hurriedly hid behind the door, and after a while, the door of the inner room was pushed open, and a young man came out with an oil lamp in his hand. Before he could see the situation in the outhouse, Zhu Hongsan slashed out from behind the door and cut off Chang Bin's head, and the dead body fell to the ground with a thud.

The woman in the back room said, "What's the matter, master? ”

Zhu Hongsan pushed the door in, and saw through the moonlight that it was Zhu Youjia on the bed, and there was a small bed next to the bed, and a child was sleeping in it.

Zhu Youjia saw a man in black come in and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Zhu Hongsan stood beside the moonlight and said, "It's me." ”

Zhu Youjia saw that it was the man who was bullying him in Yueyang Tower, and was shocked: "Why did you come to our house?" What about the master? ”

Zhu Hongsan picked up Chang Bin's head and sent it to Zhu Youjia and said, "Are you talking about him?" ”

Zhu Youjia saw that it was her husband, and she was so frightened that she rolled her eyes and passed out.

Zhu Hongsan threw away the head, saw the child in the small bed next to him, and said: "Child, don't blame me, vote for a good family in the next life." After saying that, he stabbed down.