After entering the city gate of Pingyang, Li Gengyun felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere around him, to be precise, the number of soldiers around him was wrong. Although he didn't count them one by one, he could also see that the total number of soldiers here would definitely not exceed two hundred. It's no wonder that the guard just now could only command such a small number of troops, otherwise he would have used the tactics of the sea of people and drowned himself and He Jin in the sea of people.

"Wait! Guo Feng calculated before that this Pingyang Pass is an important military checkpoint in Lizhou, why is there only such a small number of troops now? Where did the promised three thousand defenders go? ”

Li Gengyun thought in his heart, there should really be only such a few soldiers in this Pingyang Pass, otherwise the guard general would not let Song Qing and He Jin be presumptuous here, so where did these three thousand defenders go?

"Captain Song, take the liberty of asking, has there been a military operation in Pingyang Pass recently? I heard a friend mention it before, saying that we have 3,000 elite soldiers guarding Pingyang Pass, which seems to be not enough! Li Gengyun stepped forward and asked with a smile at Song Qing.

"A group escaped, a group died, and a group was locked up in the Pingyang Pass prison!"

Hearing Li Gengyun's question, Song Qing, who was originally in a good mood, also became very depressed, and he let out a long sigh and continued: "The Northern Yuan army has broken through the imperial city, and now the blade is pointing at my Lizhou and Sizhou. Xianyang Pass had been captured by them three days ago, and there was no danger to defend east of Lizhou. Five hundred brothers who supported Hyunyang Pass also died that day. ”

"Those who stayed in Pingyang Pass only obeyed his orders about 200 people."

After finishing speaking, Song Qing shrugged his shoulders, swept away the frustration on his face, reluctantly smiled, and said to Li Gengyun and He Jin: "Let's go, don't talk about this, the best restaurant in Pingyang Pass is ahead!" I know the boss, the price is fair and the weight is enough! Let's fill our stomachs first! ”

"Hmm!"

Under the gaze of the soldiers around him, Song Qing took Li Gengyun and He Jin into a restaurant. When the owner of the restaurant saw that Song Qing was coming, he also showed a happy smile on his face, and after saying a few polite words, he went to prepare the dishes according to their requirements.

Li Gengyun doesn't know how to drink, but Song Qing and He Jin don't drink badly, plus they are both martial arts practitioners and have strong bodies, in less than half an hour, the two have already drunk two jars of water and wine.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Gengyun also felt that it was time to have a showdown with Song Qing, Song Qing would not be unaware of the current situation, but looking at his appearance, he didn't seem to have much intention of resisting.

"Captain Song, do you want to avenge those five hundred brothers?"

"Huh?!" Hearing Li Gengyun's words, Song Qing, who was already three points drunk, immediately turned his gaze at the other party, and the wine bowl in his hand was also pinched by his fingers and made a slight cracking sound.

"Song Duwei has lived in Pingyang Pass for a long time, and everyone in the city must know about it, does Song Duwei think that with the current number of people and your general, he can hold Pingyang Pass?"

"He was appointed with the approval of the imperial court, I was just a small lieutenant, he wanted to support Xianyang Pass, I once refused, and then he charged me with a private deduction of military salary. I can hate him, but I can't oppose him, after all, he is my superior! ”

"Can the pensions of 500 brothers go to their families? Will the military salaries of those brothers who were arrested and imprisoned be paid on time? What about the salaries of those deserters? ”

Li Gengyun's three questions directly made Song Qing speechless, only to see his eyes widening and widening, and the wine bowl in his hand was instantly crushed by him when Li Gengyun finished asking the last sentence, leaving only the residue to fall on the table.

"Sir, Gao's surname?"

"Brother, this is my Brother Yun, my full name is Li Gengyun, and my grandfather said that he is a genius of Tianzhong!"

At this time, He Jin also saw Song Qing's strange expression, for fear that he would hurt Li Gengyun, so he hurriedly came over, grabbed Song Qing's arm, and introduced Li Gengyun to him.

"Please Mr. Li for advice!"

Of course, Song Qing didn't want to hurt Li Gengyun, but he wanted to know how Li Gengyun planned to avenge the five hundred brothers who died in battle, and how to rescue the other brothers who were imprisoned.

Li Gengyun thought about it, this guard is actually equivalent to an airborne manager, Pingyang Pass has a special geographical location, it is an important commercial transit station, and businessmen who come and go to Xizhou will pass through Pingyang Pass, and the toll fee alone is a large amount of lucrative income. According to the military system of the Great Song Dynasty, tolls were part of military expenditures. Everyone wants this fat difference, and since they are here, they will definitely not leave here empty-handed. Now that the war is happening, those merchants have long stopped coming to Pingyang Pass, so the income of Pingyang Pass has been greatly reduced, and the only way to collect money is to start from the soldiers.

From Song Qing's performance and words just now, he also analyzed that the matter of these five hundred soldiers supporting Xianyang Pass should be the idea of the guard. Even the Imperial City of the Great Song Dynasty was captured, to put it bluntly, the Great Song Dynasty had already destroyed the country, at this time, some people were generous and righteous, some people made a lot of war money, and even plundered the pensions that should have belonged to the families of those soldiers. The pension of five hundred soldiers is not a small amount, according to the most basic ten taels of silver for one person in the Great Song Dynasty, this is a full five thousand taels of silver, all of which went into the pocket of the guard.

Then there is the group of soldiers who were locked up in prison, and their salaries during this time were also a large number. When the catastrophe came, they flew separately, and even the Great Song Dynasty was destroyed, how many people were thinking about fleeing? The number of soldiers who escaped from Binh Duong Pass was decided to be no less, at least half of them fled. And the salaries due to the fleeing soldiers will never reach them.

"If I'm correct, your general should be ready to surrender with the enemy and treason. I don't know if Song Duwei thinks the same way? ”

"Loyal to the country, I am a soldier, I will not do such a thing as surrender! I believe you that the general is greedy for money, but after all, he is also a general of the Great Song Dynasty, so he shouldn't surrender to the Northern Yuan alien race, right? ”

Li Gengyun saw that there was no flickering in Song Qing's eyes, and basically judged that the other party would indeed not surrender, so the next thing was very simple, if he wanted to control the dominance of Pingyang Pass, he had to pull down the guard through Song Qing.

Three days ago, Xianyang Pass had been captured by the Northern Yuan army, and it was only more than three hundred miles away from Pingyang Pass, and I believe that in two days, the Northern Yuan army would arrive at Pingyang Pass, so now the guard general must have been prepared at home.

"Will he surrender, shall we go to his house and have a look?"