Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 279
But after hearing Zhang Peilun's question, a few young concubines bravely stood up.

"We want to stay in the palace."

Although they are the concubines left by Mi Qing, they still want to stay in the palace, no matter which family it is, of course, it would be even better if it is the palace of the Ming Dynasty.

"What about you?" Zhu Cixiang asked the other people who didn't speak.

"We also want to stay." All the concubines shouted in unison.

In fact, Zhu Cihong was not surprised by this answer at all. He longed for a better life, without worrying about eating, drinking, and food and clothing. This is what everyone would pursue.

They wanted to stay in the palace, but they just fell in love with Daming's long-term meal ticket with a lot of gold, and hoped to live a good life here.

In fact, Zhu Cixiang did not reject this. The wars in the feudal era had nothing to do with women. Although these people ate and drank, they consumed the people's fat and oil, which came from the plunder of the Central Plains and the exploitation of the Han people.

But the crimes of these toffees are not serious, or the crimes are not deadly.

However, Zhu Cihong would not just use Minzhi Minyou to support these women who had nothing to do with him. If he wanted him to support them, it would depend on whether they were worth using.

"It seems that you still want to live a life of luxury and good food." Zhu Cihong said helplessly.

However, seeing that some of them were valuable, Zhu Cixiang decided to keep them since it wouldn't cost much money a year anyway.

But if they are used well, these women can bring countless times of benefits to themselves.

"It is my decree that the concubines of Han and North Korea will be sent to be ordained at the Guanyin Temple in Beijing, and the concubines of Manchu and Mongolia will be placed under house arrest in the palace, and everything they need will be supplied by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Soon, Zhu Cihong made a decision to divide these people into two and place them in the nunnery in the capital and the palace respectively.

Those concubines of Manchuria and Mongolia were used to show favor to Manchuria and Mongolia, and to reduce the hostility of Mizhou and Mongolia to Zhu Cihong, which was very useful for post-war reconstruction and rule.

As for those Han and Korean concubines, it would be too inappropriate to dismiss them on the spot. They may not survive a few days among the people without the ability to survive.

So after much deliberation, Zhu Cihong felt that the nunnery was the best place to house them.

But after dealing with these concubines, for some reason, several former concubines popped up, including those from Chongzhen, Tianqi, and even Wanli.

Although these people had some relationship with Zhu Cihong and were of high status, it was much easier to deal with them.

Since they are concubines of the former dynasty, how they lived before should be how they live now.

While Zhu Cihong was busy dealing with a large number of women in the palace, Dorgon was running wildly with the Manchu princes and nobles on the way to Shanhaiguan overnight.

Although the capital is very close to Shanhaiguan, it is still dozens of miles away.

In the past, Dorgon would have arrived in an hour on a war horse with his army, but unfortunately it was different now. He had to escort a large number of Manchu civilians, military families, and family members to the outside of the pass.

It is also necessary to protect a large amount of materials in the team, as well as the endless wealth looted from the capital. These things will become an important factor for his future rise and Manchuria's rise again in the future.

"Quick, quicken your pace, don't fall behind." Dorgon kept patrolling around the team on horseback.

Once someone couldn't keep up, or because of overwork or other reasons, Dorgon ordered someone to help him to the horse, or throw him on the cart.

Looking down from the sky, I saw a team full of flames, like a long flame dragon, winding north.

"Where are the scouts? What's going on?" After inspecting the team, Dorgon asked the scouts non-stop what they had gained.

Soon several scouts came to report the latest situation to Dorgon.

"My lord." Several scouts rushed to Dorgon, and they were about to dismount when Dorgon stopped them.

"It doesn't require as much red tape."

"Is there any accident? Have you found any traces of the Ming army?..." Dorgon asked many questions like a cannonball.

"Yes, my lord." Dorgon heard the last thing he wanted to hear tonight.

Now his team of tens of thousands of people meanders northward, and the speed is very slow. Once attacked, it will be difficult to resist.

"Which centaur is it?" Dorgon asked urgently.

If the army that came was not the elite soldiers of the Ming army, then it didn't matter, and it would be defeated by dispatching a few thousand troops to fight for a while.

But if it was the most elite shock cavalry in the Ming army, that is, Zhu Cihong's imperial guards, Xiao cavalry guards, it would be bad.

Because of the closeness of culture and region, the equipment of the Ming army and the Eight Banners are very similar, and the tactics are not much different, and they are very familiar with each other.

Therefore, once the elite shock cavalry of the Ming army came, it would be impossible for Dorgon to resist them without spending a lot of money.

"It's not the Ming army, it's a group of cavalry. It was too dark and I couldn't see clearly. As soon as I got close, they took out their bows and arrows and shot me."

"Fortunately, it was too dark to shoot, otherwise I will explain where it is." A scout reported his discovery to Dorgon.

"Are there many people? Are the horses' hooves making noise?" Dorgon then asked again.

This is very important. There are only two relatively strong cavalry around Gyeonggi, one is the elite shock cavalry of the Ming army, and the other is the grassland cavalry archers of Abnai.

If it is the Ming army, then Abnai will be in trouble, but if it is Abnai, it will be easier to solve.

Although those prairie cavalry were brave and good at fighting, due to tactical reasons, their bows and arrows could not cause effective damage to the heavily armored Eight Banners soldiers.

And they don't dare to fight in close combat, and they haven't received much training in close combat.

"The number of people can't be seen clearly, but the sound of horseshoes has stopped, densely packed, and always there." A scout tried his best to recall the information he had detected and told Dorgon.

"Is that so." Dorgon looked thoughtful.

Hearing what the scouts said, he was already somewhat sure of guessing the identity of the person, that is Abnai's prairie cavalry.

Because the cavalry on the grassland fought solely based on their own bravery and toughness, and despised training. Of course, they did not have the conditions to train.

Therefore, the figures were messy and the sound of horseshoes was chaotic. Based on these points, Dorgon could tell that the cavalrymen the scouts encountered were from Abnai.

But just when Dorgon wanted someone to send a message to the team to be vigilant about attacks, especially to be on guard against arrows that hit their heads from a distance, he heard a sound of people turning their backs on their backs.

There are also many Eight Banners soldiers' horrified voices, "Enemy attack, enemy attack, enemy sneak attack."

(End of this chapter)