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Chapter 1081 Difficult choices

The Zhou army failed to attack, and Wu Sangui returned to the camp in anger.

The Ming soldiers rushed out of the camp and captured a large number of prisoners.

At this time, the soldiers took the prisoners back to the camp and took care of them.

The captives sat on the ground, nervously at first, looking at everything around them timidly. When they found that the Ming soldiers were standing aside with guns, they quickly adapted to the new environment and sat or took a break.

At this time, Zhao Ming walked over, looked at the thousands of prisoners, and frowned slightly.

"Regent!" Jin Shenghuan stepped forward and said with a smile: "The soldiers repelled the enemy's attack and captured more than a thousand people."

Zhao Ming nodded, but worried, "Why don't they run away? Could it be that Wu Sangui is trying to cooperate with the inside and outside?"

Jin Shenghuan's heart was shaking, "It's really possible. I've always laughed happily after seeing them being captured!"

Zhao Ming looked at the prisoners and indeed saw many people, and his face was still smiling.

A San, it's really hard to understand.

Jin Shenghuan asked, "Your Highness, what should we do with these people?"

Zhao Ming cannot leave hidden dangers for himself. If Wu Sangui deliberately let him capture his inner support in the group, it will be very troublesome to have an inner support in the evening.

"Give them a meal and then put it back!" Zhao Ming said in a deep voice.

"Where do you release it?" Jin Shenghuan said in surprise.

Zhao Ming smiled slightly, "Are you still afraid of letting them go back and increasing Wu Sangui's strength?"

Judging from the battles over the past two days, Zhao Ming found that the combat effectiveness of the Tubang army under Wu Sangui was so low that it was outrageous.

Zhao Ming felt incomprehensible that Wu Sangui could conquer the Mughal Empire in a short time, but now he completely understood it.

With the combat effectiveness of the Tubang Army, it would not be difficult for the Ming Army to conquer it.

Before, Zhao Ming felt a little worried about Wu Sangui's rule of a wealthy country with a population far exceeding the Ming Dynasty. But now it seems that if India is not completely transformed, then anyone who ruled India will be vulnerable.

Jin Shenghuan smiled when he heard this, "Okay, please make some food and drive them back."

After the general spoke, the Ming army's kitchen immediately prepared rice, broth, pickled vegetables and sent it to the prisoners.

Modibi sat among the prisoners. He no longer wanted to work hard. Anyway, he could not defeat the Ming army. It would be better to be a prisoner and feel more at ease. He would not have to risk being bombed to death, clean up the caltrops on the ground, or charge towards the Ming army in the rain of bullets as soon as he opened his eyes.

Compared with him, the soldiers at the bottom were shocked. Unexpectedly, they were prisoners on the Ming army and their living conditions were better than theirs. Many people even wanted to join the Ming army, but were severely rejected by the Ming army and told them that they had to leave and could not stay in the Ming army camp.

After dinner, the prisoners were about to lie down and have a good rest. Unexpectedly, the Ming soldiers drove them up, opened the camp gate, and let them go.

This made the Indian soldiers feel like they were dead. After repeatedly confirming that they could not be captured, they returned to the Zhou army camp in dejectedly.

Wu Sangui's attack stopped for several days, but with the scouts' report, the Ming army was building in Maudanmian quickly and saw new warships entering the port.

At the same time, the news came from the King of Dongyu in the north that the Ming army was about to build the northern Myanmar highway and enter Dongyu.

This forced Wu Sangui to launch an attack on the Ming army camp again.

This time, the Zhou army arranged artillery separately, shelled the Ming army camp, and then drove the Tubang army to fight hard.

However, the Tubang Army's attack never made any progress. Nearly a thousand people were captured every day and then released by the Ming army.

The offensive over the past few days did not make progress, but only increased casualties. The situation was even more unfavorable for the Zhou army.

On this day, the Tubang army, which attacked the Ming army, retreated again and failed again.

In the Zhou army's tent, Wu Sangui stood in front of the map, holding his hands behind his back, staring at the map in disgust.

At this time, the curtain was suddenly lifted up, Hong Chengchou entered the commander's tent, looked at Wu Sangui's back, and called softly: "Your Majesty!"

He called twice before Wu Sangui came to his senses and turned to look at him, "Oh, it's the Prime Minister!"

Hong Chengchou saluted and said, "Your Majesty, are you still worried about the current situation?"

Wu Sangui looked heavy and nodded slightly: "The military port built in the south and the road built in the north have made progress, but I have never been able to break through Zhao Zamao's camp. If this stalemate continues, it will be extremely unfavorable to the army!"

Hong Chengchou nodded and immediately bowed and said, "Since your Majesty understands the current situation, you should make a decision."

Wu Sangui narrowed his eyes and understood what Hong Chengchou meant. His urging the local troops to attack was not helpful to the situation.

Those Tubang Army now attacked the camps like playing, fighting fiercely with the Ming army, and some even came shamelessly and went to the Ming army for a meal.

Wu Sangui said in a deep voice: "What should the Prime Minister think I should do?"

Hong Chengchou obviously thought about the matter in advance and said in a deep voice: "I think Your Majesty has three strategies to choose from. First, use elite soldiers to replace the Tubang soldiers and launch an attack on the Ming army camps, trying to defeat Zhao Zamao before the Zhao Zamao military port is perfected. Second, leave a small number of troops and horses to monitor Zhao Zamao. The army bypasses Bogu, goes to the rear of Zhao Zamao, directly attacks Maotanmian, and destroys Zhao Zamao's military port. Third, take the initiative to retreat and withdraw from Dongshuo, attract Zhao Zamao out of the camp to pursue, and then choose a place to fight a decisive battle."

Wu Sangui fell into deep thought when he heard the words. He also understood that driving away the troops in the country to attack the camp was just a waste of time and would not make any progress in the battle situation.

At this time, he turned around and looked at the earth map, fell into deep thought, and spoke for a while: "Zhao Zamao's camp has a complete defense. I only have 20,000 elite soldiers. Zhao Zamao has five elite soldiers. Can I capture Zhao Zamao's camp?"

The war these days has made Wu Sangui’s confidence that he had just recovered from Asan was beaten to death.

This made him realize that it was not that he was so powerful that he could conquer Mughals, but that the locals were so bad that even stronger enemies could conquer them.

Hong Chengchou said: "In terms of this strategy, it is indeed not easy to break the Ming army camp, but if you don't attack, you will only fail!"

Wu Sangui continued: "Zhao Ming stationed 5,000 elite troops and 20,000 vassal soldiers in Maudanmian. Now he may have built complete fortifications. If I bypass Bogu and attack Maudanmian, will I be cut off by Zhao Zamao and be attacked on both sides?"

Hong Chengchou said: "There is such a possibility! But if His Majesty conquered Maudan, it would cut off Zhao Zamao's logistics and retreat, and would turn the situation around in one fell swoop, and even capture Zhao Zamao alive."

Wu Sangui shook his head, "If I retreat, I have retreated to advance and lead Zhao Zamao to pursue him. The army can avoid attacks and choose ambush and field battles, and there is no danger of being attacked from front and back."
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