Qin Mu was shouting at both sides to stop, but Yang Tinglin suddenly thrust out his chest and hit the tip of his knife. He hurriedly drew his knife, but it was too late. The tip of the knife had already sunk more than an inch into Yang Tinglin's chest.
"Daddy!" Yang Zhi screamed miserably and rushed forward to support the staggering Yang Tinglin. Looking at her father's chest with blood gushing out and his clothes all red, Yang Zhi cried out in grief again and fainted immediately.
Qin Mu threw away his sword, rushed forward and hugged one of them, laying the father and daughter flat on the ground. He pressed his hand on the wound on Yang Tinglin's chest and shouted, "Stop, stop, stop fighting, save people, Liu Meng, bring the golden medicine, go get the doctor, hurry up..."
Qin Mu was injured on the forehead and his face was covered in blood, looking extremely ferocious. When the two sides in the battle saw that two people in the family were injured and one was unconscious, they stopped fighting as they did not want to fight to the death.
Especially those defenders in Ganzhou, Yang Tinglin was seriously injured, and the leader Huang Danian was beheaded. They were leaderless and had been beaten to pieces, so they had no intention of fighting.
Liu Meng handed the scene over to Li Shi and ran to Qin Mu to help save people. Qin Mu had already torn open Yang Tinglin's shirt, and a wound more than an inch long was visible on his chest. It was not known whether the lungs were injured or not, and blood was constantly oozing out.
Liu Meng found a packet of gold medicine and poured half of it onto the wound at a time, which was immediately washed away by the gushing blood.
"Hurry, give me the medicine, give it to me." Qin Mu was anxious. He snatched the remaining half bag of gold medicine from Liu Meng, poured it on his palm, and then pressed his palm on Yang Tinglin's wound. The bleeding was finally stopped.
Yang Tinglin was pale, but not completely unconscious. He said with difficulty: "I...have gotten what I asked for. I don't need you to save me. You...just promise me one thing, treat the soldiers and civilians of Ganzhou well, treat Zhi'er well, and I will...die in peace."
"Father-in-law, if you die, Zhier will definitely not live like this. For Zhier's sake, you must get better." Although Qin Mu was extremely anxious, he could only persuade him with kind words.
Just as he said, if Yang Tinglin died at the hands of his sword, with Yang Zhi's personality, she would definitely not be able to live on.
More importantly, Qin Mu had to bear the infamy of killing his father-in-law and his superiors, and would no longer be tolerated by the Ming court. His only choice was to hastily raise the flag of rebellion.
In this age that emphasizes seniority and respect for the young, even if your elders beat you to death, you have nothing to say, but if you kill your elders, you are challenging the ethical order of the entire society;
Therefore, if Yang Tinglin really died at the hands of his son-in-law, his reputation would be even worse than Zhang Xianzhong and others. Even if he raised the flag of rebellion, any decent person would not bother to join him.
Therefore, both for public and private reasons, Yang Tinglin cannot be allowed to die, and every effort must be made to save him.
Seeing Yang Tinglin fainted, Qin Mu said anxiously: "Liu Meng, have you sent someone to invite a doctor? Invite the best doctors, invite more, and quickly."
"Sir, I have sent Wang Zhi to invite him."
"Send another person, and go quickly."
"Yes, sir."
"Have everyone lay down their weapons immediately and seal off the compound. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my order. Quickly."
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Huguang.
Zhang Xianzhong only left Ai Nengqi with 10,000 troops to guard Wuchang, and he personally led an army of 200,000 troops, including infantry, cavalry and land and sea, and marched south to Huguang. The army stretched for dozens of miles, with flags covering the sun and yellow dust filling the sky like a surging wave. All the counties and prefectures along the way surrendered, and the defenders either fled or rebelled. None dared to resist.
Even an important city like Yuezhou could not hold out for more than two days and was eventually captured.
However, Zuo Liangyu, who was advancing westward under the strict order of the imperial court, stayed in Xishui, Dazhi and Yangxin areas east of Wuchang because he was afraid of Li Zicheng in Xiangyang, and did not dare to go west to attack Wuchang.
Looking at the entire Huguang area, except for Changsha, there were no soldiers capable of fighting. Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000 troops were like a swarm of locusts, sweeping towards the south in a black mass.
After conquering Yuezhou, Zhang Xianzhong ordered Sun Kewang to lead 60,000 troops to cross Dongting Lake and quickly capture Xiangyin, Baoqing (now Shaoyang City) and other counties.
Zhang Xianzhong himself led his army to attack Changsha. Changsha was ruled by a foreign king. Zhang Xianzhong had tasted the sweetness of Wuchang. When he captured Wuchang, he obtained millions of gold and silver from the Chu Palace alone, which were loaded on hundreds of carts, and countless other food and supplies.
In short, Zhang Xianzhong, who had only 2,000 troops a few months ago and was living on porridge in the Danshui area, spent more than 6 million taels of silver on recruiting soldiers in the name of providing relief to the hungry people after he captured Wuchang. Most of this silver was contributed by the Chu Palace. Otherwise, Zhang Xianzhong would not have been able to gather 200,000 troops in such a short time.
How many palaces did the Ming Dynasty have? Except for the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, I am afraid that many people could not count them. These palaces were like mushrooms on rotten ground, growing and growing one after another from north to south and along the Yellow River. But they were not just poisonous mushrooms. After all, mushrooms were harmless if you didn't touch them.
The terrible thing about these palaces is that they will turn into huge, fat and ugly roundworms, wriggling and roaring, wantonly grabbing the fat, blood and flesh of the people. As a result, the Ming Empire became pale, thin, weak, and covered with pus and festering sores.
From a set of data from the 31st year of Jiajing, you can see how terrible these palaces were. The national tax grain income of the Ming Dynasty that year was 22.85 million shi, and the annual salary expenditure of the palaces reached 8.53 million shi, accounting for 37%. And this is just the most basic annual salary. It is difficult to count how much the palaces plundered and squeezed from the people.
Zhang Xianzhong had already found out that the Jiwang Palace in Changsha was built in the style of the Forbidden City. In addition to the ponds and mountains built according to the imperial garden, there were also temples for mountains, rivers, and grain. There were 800 palaces and houses alone, occupying half of the area of Changsha City. It was many times more luxurious than the Chuwang Palace in Wuchang.
Zhang Xianzhong was full of expectations for the Prince Ji's Palace. He sent troops to plunder all the counties and prefectures along the way, and he himself rushed to Changsha without stopping. The speed was jaw-dropping.
The rebels came in overwhelming numbers, and the Huguang general Yin Xianmin and Changsha defender He Yide were frightened out of their wits. Zhang Xianzhong had just arrived at the city of Changsha and had not even had time to catch his breath before the two of them opened the city and surrendered.
Zhang Xianzhong still couldn't believe it. The walls of Changsha were high and thick. If they really wanted to resist, with the troops he had just assembled, even though they were numerous, they might not be able to capture it. Even if they could, it would definitely be very difficult.
Now, the gates of Changsha were open. To prevent any fraud, Zhang Xianzhong ordered Yin Xianmin and He Yide to lead their troops out of the city to surrender their weapons. Only after they had put away their weapons did he dare to send people into the city.
In this way, Zhang Xianzhong took Changsha, a great city, without any effort. After taking Changsha, countless gold and silver treasures from Prince Ji's Palace fell into Zhang Xianzhong's hands.
Fortunately, he intended to treat the conquered area as his own territory this time, and except for the gentry and wealthy families, he did not kill all the common people;
But his troops were plundering by nature. Even if Zhang Xianzhong issued an order to prohibit disorderly looting and killing, the rebels under his nose might be restrained. Other rebels sent to attack various states and counties would not care about the prohibition. They looted and killed in a brutal manner. Countless people died. The whole Huguang was filled with crying and tears of blood... ... ... .
In a short period of time, Huguang was swept through by Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000 rebel troops and encountered almost no decent resistance. The ambitious Zhang Xianzhong decided to make further efforts and first posted a notice in Changsha to exempt taxes and grain for three years in order to stabilize the people's hearts.
He then sent troops to capture Hengzhou (now Hengyang City), and then divided his troops into several routes, marching towards Yongzhou, Chenzhou, Quanzhou (now in Guangxi), and Lianzhou (now in Guangdong) to pursue and annihilate the remnants of the Ming army.
At the same time, he sent General Zhang Qizai as the vanguard, and personally led the main force to advance into Jiangxi. He marched non-stop, and was determined to seize half of Jiangnan in one fell swoop.
Since Zhang Xianzhong encountered no decent resistance in Huguang, his progress was very rapid. When the news reached Ganzhou, Zhang Qizai's vanguard army had already approached Pingxiang, Jiangxi.
At this time, Yang Tinglin had been in a coma for two days, and Qin Mu was still trying his best to treat him... ... ... ...
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