Ganges plain, Gwalior Fort.

The sky here has become a curtain of blood and fire.

The sun had just set, and the sunset covered the sky. At all sides of the front line, the Ming army led large groups of untidy Indian prisoners to gather at Gwalior Fort.

These Indian boys from the Central Army of the Mughal Empire squatted on the ground, forming a large area with darkness, and their faces were made of smoke and dust. At first glance, their eyes and teeth were white.

These Indian boys have different expressions, some are numb and expressionless, while others are complex, depressed, shocked, fearful, humiliated, and expectant. All kinds of them are there.

A cavalry ran past the side, and the Ming army cavalry above held the flag and said loudly in local language: "The rookies of Mughals, you were defeated, you were defeated so badly. Thank you for your incompetence! Let us win this so-called 'hard battle'!"

"Don't worry, we are not here to invade you, we are here to liberate you, your lives will be guaranteed, you will have food and drink, and you will be full every meal!"

Tens of thousands of Mughal troops were covered in dust and listened to the Ming army's "beautiful propaganda" dejectedly. When they heard the words "life is guaranteed" and "eating and drinking", some people's eyes shone with expectations.

However, they didn't even believe the word Ming Jun.

On the battlefield, there was a strong smell of gunpowder, burnt smell, and bloody smell floating... These are the masterpieces that Ming Jun just showed.

Not far away, the Ming army's cavalry was still whistling by, and the infantry on both sides were still pouring into Gwalior Fort like a tide...

In the castle, there were constant explosions and muffled sounds...

Veterans knew that the so-called "life is guaranteed" and "eating and drinking" of the Ming army was just to let prisoners of war act as a strong labor force. The prisoners of war had to do important work under the surveillance of muskets: digging earth, transporting soil, carrying wood, building bridges, etc.

This is the old rule of the Ming army, and everyone on earth knows it.

After a while, another cavalry rushed over and shouted a propaganda slogan: "Your Highness the Crown Prince ordered that all prisoners of war officers be removed! Those who report hidden officers will be released to their freedom and reward travel expenses! Those who conceal hiding will be killed!"

No matter who the enemy was, the Ming army always implemented the "separation of officers and soldiers" to break the system of prisoners of war and prevent their officers from inciting prisoners of war to cause trouble.

Outside Gwalior Fort, an elite Ming army was lined up in an orderly manner. They carried muskets and sang passionate military songs, surrounded the Ming Dynasty Prince Zhu Hebi, and walked into the castle in an orderly manner.

On both sides of the mountain road to the castle, there are many caves carved with statues of gods. They are huge in scale and superb in skills. The statues of gods are large or small, standing, sitting or lying, lifelike.

On the horse, Zhu Hebi looked up at the tall Gwalior Fort, with a hint of disdain on his face.

It is rumored that this castle was built by the Tomar dynasty for 170 years. It is located in the natural corridor of the Ganges Plain to the Wendeya Mountains. The entire castle occupies a whole mountain with exposed rocks and towering rocks. It overlooks the city at the foot of the mountain from a high place. It is commonly known as "Gibraltar" in India and enjoys the reputation of one of the most indestructible castles in India.

However, the Ming army captured the fort in less than two days, and killed 50,000 Mughal troops and captured more than 30,000 prisoners.

What made Zhu Hebi slightly satisfied was that the architectural style of this castle was that there was a huge street garden in the center of the castle, with a palace bulging among the green trees, and the ends of the palace pillars were engraved with dragon shapes, which was obviously influenced by the Ming Dynasty.

The prince's ceremonial guard entered the palace. Xu Zhanpeng, the captain of the Eastern Palace Guard, immediately led people to arrange the imperial guards. At the same time, the Dingguo General Sun Zhiyuan also transferred a large number of troops to guard the palace and investigate the dangers layer by layer.

Because many rooms in the castle are built underground and have compact and precise structures, some rooms also have holes for calling, which is very similar to the facilities in tunnel warfare in later generations.

With such a structure, the Mughal remnants would probably hide here, which would be detrimental to the prince.

In the temporary meeting hall in the palace, there was a huge map of the Mughal Empire. Several officials climbed the scaffolding and kept putting it on with long poles, removing various small marks. The battle situation of the Mughal Empire was clear at a glance.

Before the discussion began, General Zhaoyong Zhu Jing joked: "Your Highness, I heard that there is a "honeymoon temple" in this Gwalior Fort. When the Mughal princes and nobles were married, they had to stay in the honeymoon temple for three days and receive post-marriage sex life education courses. Otherwise, let's take the time to go and have a look?"

Upon hearing this, Prince Zhu Hebi frowned slightly and his face became slightly gloomy.

Zhu Jing’s words seem to be wrong, but in fact they have other meanings.

Since Zhu Hebi's wedding five years ago, he has not had any children, which has made his generals quite anxious.

As the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, countless people have put their lives and lives on the crown prince inside and outside. However, this crown prince is too unsatisfactory. He has not even had a daughter for five years. Many people are wondering whether the crown prince is not good.

As the saying goes, unfiliality is the greatest thing. When the crown prince is fierce, the prince of Han gave birth to three sons, and one of them was raised by the emperor in the palace, which made the prince even more anxious.

Zhu Jing grew up with Zhu Hebi as a child, but due to the relationship between the king and the minister, it is not convenient to ask some things, so he can only take this opportunity to hint.

It means that if you don’t know how to do it, you can go to this "Honeymoon Temple" to learn. The ready-made things are still enlightenment teachings by the Mughal princes and princes, so you won’t lose face.

Seeing that the prince's face was not good, Sun Zhiyuan quickly coughed: "I have also heard that there are more than 100 sex life statues in the temple for newlyweds to observe. However, only theoretical education is carried out in the temple, and it cannot be practiced, and there is nothing good to look at."

At this time, Xu Zhanpeng, the son of Xu Sheng, touched his head and said, "Brother, what are you talking about?"

"Okay, let's talk about the matter and talk less about gossip."

Zhu Hebi looked at the map and changed the topic: "As expected, we successfully occupied Gwalior, but we were still six hundred miles away from the Mughal capital Delhi. I think this speed is still too slow!"

Sun Zhiyuan nodded, but sighed in his heart that the prince was a little too hasty because the Han King took the lead in destroying the Safi Empire.

He looked at the map and after a moment he said, "Your Highness, our army is not progressing slowly. If we blindly conquered the capital of Mughals, we would have done it three years ago."

Sun Zhiyuan continued: "Pushing layer by layer, steadily eliminate the main force of the enemy and fundamentally disintegrate its power. This is what you proposed at the beginning. Now our army has been implementing it. At least half a year or more, it can reach Delhi and completely destroy the Mughal Empire. Your Highness is cautious!"

Zhu Hebi was stunned and said with a smile: "After enduring for several years, I will naturally not be in a hurry for this year or two. But I think that the cannon fodder should be beaten faster and make a bigger fuss."

Sun Zhiyuan thought for a while and said, "You mean, Maratha?"

Zhu Hebi nodded: "Thanks to Aurangzeb's simple strategic gaze, which made him, the Mughal Emperor praised by all the people, become the real gravedigger of the empire!"

Zhu Jing also sighed: "Aurangzebu's slutty operation can match the five divisions of our Ming army!"
Chapter completed!