In Baiting City, everyone had a cheerful smile on their faces, except of course for those Northern Qi soldiers who were imprisoned in the prisoner camp. Especially the barbarian chieftains who were invited into the city, the smiles on their faces have not disappeared since they entered the city.

Because today is the time for General Li to summon these barbarian chieftains into the city to share the spoils according to the previous agreement, and it is not right, it is the time to share the spoils. After the Baiting City was conquered, after a preliminary inventory of the various materials accumulated in the city, the barbarian chieftains were able to share a large amount of materials according to their respective time and number of troops.

In order to avoid any looting when the barbarians received the supplies, each barbarian chief needed to go to the city lord's mansion to receive the written order, and then lead his subordinates to different locations to receive the rewarded materials.

During this process, it is forbidden to wander around the city at will, nor to ask others about the amount of supplies obtained. Once the relevant regulations are violated, the collection of supplies will have to be postponed.

These regulations do not have any special meaning, mainly to ensure that all barbarians can receive the rewarded materials, and at the same time avoid being extorted and robbed by those with ulterior motives.

After all, these barbarians belong to different tribes, and their respective forces are also large and small, and the large tribes always tend to exploit and oppress the small tribes.

The barbarian chieftains can basically abide by these rules, after all, this is the time of harmony and joy. If they hadn't been in a group and obeyed General Li's arrangement, how could they have taken Baiting City from the strong army of Northern Qi and had the opportunity to divide the materials in the city?

There were more than 13,000 barbarians from all walks of life who participated in the siege this time, belonging to dozens of barbarian tribes, large and small, with more than 1,000 people in large tribes, and only 100 small ones. But no matter how big or small the power is, they are eligible to enter the City Lord's Mansion to receive their own reward.

"May I ask the governor, General Li has not yet entered the city, is he busy suppressing other bandit armies? Are we going to stay in Baiting City, or are we going to go elsewhere to attack other enemy cities? ”

Some of the barbarian chieftains who walked out of the city lord's mansion were overjoyed, and they couldn't help but ask the soldiers of the Zhuwei army about the next plans. It was a fluke to be able to take Baiting City this time, and they didn't know more about the overall situation in Heluo than the Qi captives who were still unknown.

Everyone has curiosity. Now, the original wish of these barbarian chiefs has been fulfilled, and of course they want to find out the next development, so as to judge and decide what to do next.

"Don't ask too much about things you shouldn't ask, and return to the camp as soon as you receive your rewards! The general is kind and charitable, although this time it is the enemy's future vote, but also reward you, you should also be grateful for this kindness, and you will be more brave in the future, and you can also get more rewards! ”

Li Ya's eyelids rolled, and he waved his hand to drive away these barbarian chiefs who wanted to find out more news, his attitude was not very good, and he muttered: "Such a heavy reward, I and other Jingzhou soldiers rarely get it, but you barbarians get it effortlessly!" More thieves will have to be killed in order to be worthy of the reward. ”

When the barbarian chieftains heard this, they all showed thoughtful expressions, and they didn't say anything more, and even went to the designated place to receive their rewards.

General Li's reward was really generous, even a small barbarian army of 100 people received thousands of horses of silk, plus other kinds of rewards, the harvest of a battle was comparable to the income of ordinary years of hard work. Moreover, there are quite a few of the rewards that these barbarians can't access at all, let alone buy them.

The poor get rich, and after experiencing the initial surprises, they inevitably begin to suffer from gains and losses. Looking at the money and goods piled up in the camp tent, everyone's thoughts became active.

Some people thanked General Li from the bottom of their hearts for keeping his promises and being bold, even if they did what they said and cared more about them, they became more and more determined to serve General Li.

Some of them are inevitably fascinated by the wealth in front of them, and only want to keep the wealth in front of them, while other things are completely left behind, especially refusing to continue to stay here to participate in the subsequent war, so as not to risk their lives again.

On the night after the reward was distributed, many people in the barbarian tents had no sleep. When the sun rose again the next day, many of the barbarian camps went directly to the camp and left without saying goodbye.

Shi Jing ordered people to count a little, and there were more than 20 barbarian tribes and seven or eight thousand people scattered overnight, and the rest were inevitably fluctuating, which could be regarded as a vivid embodiment of the characteristics of the rabble.

"Please Governor Shi Dadu divide my hundreds of elite horsemen, and I will definitely escort all these unrighteous people back to the camp!"

Li Renjie, who was the main liaison of these barbarian chiefs, saw that so many barbarian chiefs were saying goodbye without saying goodbye after receiving the reward, and he was ashamed of this, and said to Shi Jing when he entered the account.

Shi Jing was also a little dumbfounded when she saw this situation, but because of Li Ya's plan to return to tell the general before, he knew that the general was also deliberately eliminating the unstable factors in the team, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy during the battle, so he comforted Li Renjie a few words in turn: "Most of these barbarians are outsiders, and it is inevitable that there will be people who are ignorant of kindness and righteousness." Now that the enemy is still unbroken, there is no need to pay too much attention to this matter. The general ordered us not to be nostalgic for this city anymore, and immediately abandon the north of the city to fight the thieves! ”

This time, the Jingzhou people marched into Heluo, not to capture the city and garrison it for a long time, and it was just an unexpected joy to take Baiting City, but it was not worth changing the plan for this.

After dispersing the city's reserves, Shi Jing was ordered to lead his troops to transport the remaining supplies to the north to join forces with the men and horses led by General Li, and to start the next battle with the enemy in the lower reaches of Luoshui. Before leaving, he even ordered people to burn this city, which was of great significance to the Northern Qi but of little use to himself.

Although the walls were not badly damaged, the houses in the city were greatly damaged. In particular, the raging fire and billowing smoke caused a great shock to the Qi defenders who were far away in Yiyang. I may not have known it before, but now that Baiting has lost and the news that the back road has been cut off, I am afraid that there is no way to hide it.

Just as Li Tai's men and horses finally met for the first time after entering Heluo, Zhu Hunyuan stood expressionlessly on the bank of Luoshui in the south of Kim Yong Cheng, watching his subordinates struggle to salvage the broken boats that drifted down from the upper reaches of Luoshui, and these damaged ships were also carrying a lot of money, silk, grain, grass and other materials.

"I thought that the loss of Baiting was a catastrophe for our army, and the western thieves would definitely take advantage of this momentum to do more, but I didn't expect that Li Boshan would be so stupid, and he scattered all the money and food accumulated in the city to the barbarians, in a vain attempt to buy people's hearts. But are these barbarians righteous people? After receiving the reward, they dispersed, and some of them even fought and robbed other tribes of goods. Then Li Boshan is really smart but was mistaken by cleverness, and now he has lost both people and money, and is trapped in the upstream ......"

A subordinate general under the command of Ke Zhu Hunyuan said with a playful sneer on his face, and then said to Ke Zhu Hunyuan: "King, now that the good situation of the thief army is ruined, the last general will please lead the elite to ride five thousand to detour south, and he will definitely be able to recover Baiting City in one fell swoop and repeat the old situation of Heluo!" ”

"The last general also asks for ......"

"The last general is also willing to go!"

As the general made his statement, the other generals present also crossed their hands and asked for battle, and the appearance of rushing and eager to try was still the old state of retreating and returning from defeat and timidity to fight.

"Do you really think this is a good time to fight back against the enemy?"

But Zhu Hunyuan heard the sound of the generals asking for battle, and the corners of his mouth flashed with a hint of ridicule, and he said again: "The thief will Li Boshan's camp is only more than 20 miles upstream, who can break it for me, should be the first credit for this battle!" The strong enemy has been defeated, and the empty city of Baiting is within reach, so there is no need to rush to recover it before the battle. ”

When the generals heard this, they were all dumbfounded, and they no longer asked for battle as diligently as before, but their eyes were faintly filled with a bit of resentment. Nowadays, there are many barbarians carrying heavy goods in the entire Heluo, as long as they can intercept one, they can gain a lot, but if these barbarians escape into the mountains one after another, it will be much more difficult to pursue them.

Although it is said that the treatment of the Jinyang soldiers is much better than that of the Kansai army, who would be afraid of the money? In the past, these goods were stored in the city and supervised by their own laws, and they did not dare to be greedy for ink, but now they have become thieves and scattered in the wilderness, and naturally whoever collects them back will be theirs.

Obviously, the situation of the thief army itself has reversed, and the barbarians who helped the battle have dispersed, which is a good opportunity to reverse the situation of the battle, but Zhu Hunyuan, the main general, has asked the troops to stick to Kim Yong City and not to attack without authorization, which really makes people feel anxious and depressed.

Although Zhu Hunyuan had strict orders, the temptation of a large amount of money and silk to people's hearts was not strictly restricted after all, and the soldiers still found opportunities to go out to hunt the barbarian tribe through various methods and channels.

For example, the chances of scouts getting lost have increased dramatically, and each of them seems to have completely lost their sense of direction, and they need to wander in the wild for days to find their way back. I didn't know much important information, but my waist was full of coils.

Just as this situation was getting more and more intense, Li Boshan led his more than 10,000 men and horses to come straight to Kim Yong City, and everywhere his army went, the camps outside the city were swept away, and the terrifying Heyang cannon was also directly erected outside Kim Yong City.

When Zhu Hunyuan wanted to organize elite soldiers to go out of the city to counterattack again, the soldiers had a negative attitude: "The former enemy army was chaotic and failed to take the opportunity to reverse the situation of the war. ”

But Zhu Hunyuan is also a senior person among the nobles of Jinyang, who has been in charge of the military aircraft for many years, so he was named a prince at the beginning of the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

But it was only less than a month of fighting with Li Tai, and the initial misjudgment of various predictions had been largely passive, and the defeat of the White Horse Temple had reduced its prestige quite a few days ago. Now that Li Tai's troops are advancing, his dispatch of the army has been blocked.

"Li Boshan uses soldiers like gods, plots like ghosts, uses all kinds of skill, and is more powerful, who can win!"

Despite the many humiliations and unwillingness in his heart, when Zhu Hunyuan looked at the shadow of the tall Heyang cannon standing outside the city and plunged straight into the city, he couldn't help but sigh, and before the enemy launched a formal attack, he led the army back to Heyang Nancheng, which was more certain to defend.

After all, if he is trapped in this city, he will have to be distracted and take care of the defense of the southern city of Heyang, once the Wei army masters the passage of the river bridge and disturbs Hebei, then he is really innocent!