Chapter 325 of the main text of the Nanming No. ruthless Zhu Youlang captured Shang Zhixin, Zhu Youlang learned that Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao and other vassal kings had led their troops to Jiangxi.

It seems that the Qing Dynasty also realized the seriousness of the problem and had no choice but to use this alternative power.

This is naturally unfavorable news for the Ming army. If it were to deal with only the Green Camp Army and the Ten Thousand Eight Banners Army in Jiangxi, Zhu Youlang would still have full confidence.

But with Shang Kexi, everything seemed confusing after Geng Jimao's two powerful aids.

Although the Ming army had advantages in ordnance, it had no real advantages in the absolute number and quality of its troops.

The soldiers of the Shang family and the Geng family are both very capable of fighting, but their ability to disrupt the situation is first-class.

If Zhu Youlang had not met Shang Zhixin, the situation would be really unpredictable.

But now Zhu Youlang is holding a trump card in his hand.

This is Shang Kexi's own son and the prince of Pingnan.

Although Shang Kexi is more than this son, Shang Zhixin is his carefully trained successor.

This is like the emperor's prince usually receives imperial education since childhood, and it is not comparable to ordinary princes in terms of teaching and software and hardware combinations.

Especially the princes of the Ming Dynasty were raised as pigs and had no contact with power education. They only ate or slept all day long.

Shang Kexi's situation is very similar.

He was also old. If he suddenly died without a suitable heir to the mansion, his title would easily be taken back by the Qing court.

Just like Kong Youde, the title and fiefdom promised by the Qing court after his death were also terrible?

Therefore, it is very important to be a suitable heir.

This heir does not need to be outstanding in all aspects, but he must be able to do the key power techniques.

Although Shang Zhixin is not very good, it is Shang Kexi's best choice.

There is no way to pull the general from the short man.

Zhu Youlang can confirm that Shang Kexi will be afraid of the enemy after learning that Shang Zhixin is in the hands of the Ming army, and at least will not fight against the Ming army head-on.

Otherwise, if Zhu Youlang tear the ticket, Shang Kexi would not even have time to cry.

The Ming army advanced to Nanchang Prefecture very quickly because it was not blocked along the way.

After passing through the water, the Ming army was less than a hundred miles away from Nanchang.

It was already dark, and Zhu Youlang didn't want to rush to the night, so he ordered camp.

The Ming army chose to camp in a place with leeward water.

This way, we are neither afraid of night attack nor fire attack.

Since the march, the Shang family army, including Shang Zhixin, did not express a word, and was in a state of silence.

Zhu Youlang felt it was time to interrogate.

His Majesty the Emperor personally ordered the prisoners to be interrogated, and the judges were also the King of Jin Li Dingguo.

This lineup is luxurious.

The captives were taken to the emperor in groups of ten, with a very arrogant expression.

The Ming soldiers kicked them hard at their knees, which made them kneel to the ground.

These prisoners were tied up in various ways, so many of them fell to bite the mud.

Zhu Youlang cleared his throat and said, "I brought you today to see who knows the situation of the Donglu's deployment in Nanchang. How many soldiers are there, some of them are the Green Camp, some are the Eight Banners, and how many are the private soldiers belonging to the Shang family and Geng family."

"I counted to three. If no one answered, I would just pull out a beheaded."

Zhu Youlang said that the wind was calm and the wind was as simple as killing a person and killing a chicken.

"one"

"two"

Zhu Youlang could clearly feel the faces of these prisoners showing a look of horror when they were chanting.

"three!"

Zhu Youlang thought without hesitation.

"Time is up, no one is willing to speak. Very good"

Zhu Youlang gave a wink, and immediately a soldier from the Hu Ben Army stepped forward to pull out a prisoner with an arrogant expression.

The prisoner was kneeling, and a soldier of the Tiger Army pulled his braid forward. The prisoner instinctively stretched his neck forward like a fat goose in pain.

Another Tiger Army soldier slashed down without hesitation with a horizontal knife.

But with a crisp crack, the captive's head was cut off.

The head rolled to the ground like a watermelon, and the headless corpse also spewed scarlet blood from its neck.

After spraying for a long time, the headless corpse fell to the ground with a thud and raised a piece of dust.

The prisoners beside them were so scared that they were stunned.

They didn't expect that Zhu Youlang would really kill people.

They thought Zhu Youlang was just saying something and scaring them!

Nothing makes people feel more palpitations than a bloody head, and the captives were all scared to their faces as pale as paper.

"I'll count it three times, and then kill another one if no one says."

Zhu Youlang's voice was still so quiet.

"one"

This time, when the prisoners shouted, they spoke one after another.

"I know, I know"

"I have intelligence"

"I said I said

For a moment, the silent prisoners spoke one after another.

Sure enough, the knife was placed around the neck and was willing to say anything.

"Speak one by one, don't be noisy!"

The personal soldiers yelled.

"I'll say it first! I'll speak first."

A short prisoner said at the top of his throat.

"Let him say it first."

Zhu Youlang nodded.

"We came to Jiangxi with the prince. We had a total of 30,000 people, including 10,000 soldiers from the family and 20,000 green camp soldiers."

The prisoner said desperately for fear of being chopped off his head.

"Ten thousand of them were led by His Highness the Crown Prince to reinforce Yichun and defeated by His Majesty. The remaining 20,000 people were stationed in Nanchang and led by the prince himself."

The prisoner said everything like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Zhu Youlang frowned and said, "Shang Kexi has only brought 30,000 people in total? I heard that he has a total of 100,000 string armored soldiers."

Zhu Youlang snorted coldly and said, "Are you talking nonsense and lying to me, right?"

"I don't dare to be a villain!"

Seeing that Zhu Youlang didn't believe it, the captive was so scared that he kowtowed repeatedly.

"Everything that the villain said is true. If there is a false statement, it will be called the five thunders thunder."

Kowtow in advance is like pounding garlic, which makes the forehead bleeding.

"The reason why the prince only brought 30,000 people was that he did not want to lose too much troops in this battle. After all, the prince's vassal state of Guangdong is vast and coastal. If his strength is damaged, it will definitely be difficult to suppress those who are ill-behaved."

Zhu Youlang thought about it carefully and found that what the prisoner said had some truth.

Shang Kexi did have selfish intentions, so she did not bring all the elites to Jiangxi.

It seems that Geng Jimao's situation should be similar. Both of them are old-fashioned. They are unwilling to openly disobey Shunzhi's orders and do not want to be used as guns, so they only brought tens of thousands of people to the point of being willing to do so.

Therefore, the Three Feudalists are fundamentally the same type of people.

However, Wu Sangui is even more tough, just listening to the ban and not the tune.

Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were disobedient and did not take the Qing court seriously from the bottom of their hearts.

After thinking about this clearly, Zhu Youlang's heart was relieved.
Chapter completed!