Chapter 1095: Windfall
The silver spear in Xu Shiji's hand was picked up repeatedly, and a white tent flew on the tip of his spear, and then it was picked to the top, thrown into the air, and finally fell slowly, and then it was stepped on by the thousands of war horses that followed, the hooves wrapped in thick hooves or felt cloth, trampled into wisps, one by one, mixed with the soft soil on the ground, black and white.
Seeing that there are still six or seven tents in front, you can attack the gate of the rear camp, the arrow towers on both sides of the camp gate do not know when, has been set on fire by the fleeing Goguryeo soldiers, igniting a raging flame, black smoke soared into the sky, they hope to rely on this method, to block the terrible pursuit of the Sui army, the gate of the village is empty, not even the least of the broken rear troops, dozens of carts transporting goods are scattered near the gate of the village, no one even thought of being able to pile these cars together, block the gate, in order to slow down the attack speed of the Sui army.
Xu Shiji laughed, the thousands of fleeing Goguryeo soldiers in front of him seemed to have become tens of thousands of heads for him to cut off, he fought hard, and a tent was picked up by him, and his war horse also jumped in and rushed into the interior of this tent.
Xu Shiji instinctively wanted to be like the dozens of tents in front of him, pick up the tent and continue to move forward, but he suddenly stopped, there were many things wrong with the feeling here and the front, the previous tents, everywhere were the simple marching beds of the sergeants, the covers were piled all over the ground, at most a weapon rack, the whole tent would seem empty, so Xu Shiji didn't have to worry about anything at all, and directly rushed to the next tent.
But inside this tent was very different, it looked full, and dozens of large boxes were piled up in this tent. There was not a single soldier's bed. Although it is also empty. But it is clear that this is not a soldier's accommodation military tent!
Xu Shiji couldn't help but stop, his eyes fell on those large boxes, all of which were sealed with fire paint and covered on the boxes, and there was a heavy iron lock on the mouth of the box. This made Xu Shiji suddenly alert, although Goguryeo produced iron, it was not comparable to the land and resources of the Great Sui after all. Even most of the soldiers could only wear cotton armor or leather armor, but these dozens of large chests looked like they were made of pure iron with iron locks, and it looked like they must be something important inside.
Xu Shiji's heart moved at will, with a wave of his hand, the white dragon silver spear was picked out like lightning, and a large iron lock fell in his hand, and a dazzling jewel brightened Xu Shiji's eyes, and he fixed his eyes to see that this box was full of large gold nuggets. Silver ingots, and strings of jade. At the bottom of the box are dozens of strings of Goguryeo copper coins.
Before Xu Shiji could come back to his senses, the cavalry behind him didn't even go away when they saw the money, and they cut off the iron locks on the other boxes, only to see that these boxes were roughly the same as these boxes, either gold and silver jewelry, or silk and satin, or jewelry and jade, which were obviously valuable things.
Xu Shiji completely understood at this time, this must be the military salary of Goguryeo Marshal Gao Jian, the so-called heavy reward, there must be brave men, those copper coins are used to pay the soldiers, and the gold, silver and satin are rewarded to the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions, it looks like dozens of big boxes here, all of them are valuable things, and the king of Goguryeo did not hesitate to spend money in order to block the flow of the Sui army on the sea.
The light cavalry of the Sui army all had bright eyes, and they were soldiers to fight, nothing more than to get more benefits and benefits, just as Wang Bo sang in the song of the death of the Liaodong Lang, the generals fought to fight for military merits, to get rewards, so as to get official titles and titles, and to seal their wives and sons, and what can ordinary soldiers want? Being an official is something that the vast majority of people can't count on, even if you cut off your head to report your merits, it's just to make a note on the merit book, and after returning to China, you will get a reward of hundreds of thousands of dollars to go home and buy a few acres of thin land.
The temptation of practical interests is stronger than all the military discipline in this world, and almost every cavalry of the Sui army can no longer care about chasing and killing the fleeing enemy, they jump off their horses one after another, run to the front of those iron boxes, throw away the weapons in their hands, grab the valuable things in the boxes one by one, and carry them into their arms, and even some soldiers take off the leather armor on their bodies, untie the clothes they are wearing, make them into a burden, and stuff these gold and silver treasures into it one by one.
Xu Shiji was dumbfounded all of a sudden, this was the first time he had seen the soldiers like this, completely ignoring orders and only caring about robbing money, he yelled: "Get up all, don't steal treasures, those who violate the order will be killed!" ”
But Xu Shiji's words were taken as a deaf ear by all the soldiers, not only did no one stop the movements in their hands, but even the dozens of personal soldiers behind Xu Shiji who had been following him could no longer stand watching others rob money like this, and jumped off their horses one after another, while scolding those soldiers who robbed money, pretending to maintain military orders, while grabbing a few large boxes, and began to divide the treasure by themselves.
Xu Shiji was so angry that he scolded: "It's child's play to really be a military order!" There was a murderous flash in his eyes, and when he lifted the silver gun, he was going to assassinate one of his own guards, and it was said in the book of war that only by killing people could discipline be maintained in this case, he did not expect that today he would let himself personally verify this iron law.
Xu Shiji's silver spear had just been lifted, and before he could stab it, he heard a sigh from behind him: "Brother Xian, don't use it as a useless attempt, you can't let the entire army obey your orders alone, human nature is like this, you can't force it." ”
Xu Shiji was slightly stunned, and when he looked back, he saw Shan Xiongxin riding over with a smile with more than 30 subordinates, and as far as his eyes could see, more than a dozen tents in the vicinity had been opened, and there were a large number of these boxes containing gold and silver treasures, which seemed to be where Gao Jian's military salary bounty was, and hundreds of large boxes were opened, and gold and silver silk were everywhere.
More than 10,000 light cavalry of the Sui army who were originally going to pursue the Goguryeo deserters had already dismounted at this time, desperately fishing for special fishing, and at a glance, those who were still riding on horses were not only themselves, but also the dozens of guards of Shan Xiongxin, and even the leading generals of other detachments had personally joined the ranks of grabbing money. (To be continued......)