Chapter 73: It turns out that this is Pingyang Pass
After Li Gengyun and He entered and exited the Poison Dragon Pond, they marched towards the south, and the two of them were not slow, especially He Jin, who was simply a wild horse that had escaped from the reins, running wild all the way, but fortunately, he still knew how to converge, and when he saw that Li Gengyun was too backward, he also stopped to walk with him. The two walked to Pingyang Pass unconsciously, and the sky was gradually darkening at this time.
"Ah Jin, have you seen the checkpoint in front of you, it's Pingyang Pass!"
Li Gengyun took He Jin to hide in a bush in the mountains and forests, and he pointed to the checkpoint not far away, which was Pingyang Pass.
This Pingyang Pass is an important checkpoint separating the Pingyang Mountains and the Lizhou Plain, after the Pingyang Pass to the east is the Lizhou Plain, and to the west is the Pingyang Mountains, which has been connecting Xizhou.
"Oh! It turns out that this is Pingyang Pass! ”
When He Jin saw the height of Pingyang Pass and its building materials, he couldn't help but admire: "This is much higher than the academy in our Menglin Village." There are only three people tall in the academy, and there must be at least five people tall here! ”
"Hehe, if you look closer, it's at least ten people tall!"
The height of the city wall of Pingyang Pass is 15 meters, which is the highest level of the city wall in Lizhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also an important military point in Lizhou. The reason why Qinglongzhai chose to do it to Pingyang Pass is because of its special geographical location, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as Pingyang Pass is taken, then it can control a large area of mountainous areas to the west of Pingyang Pass, and it can also resist the military force from the Lizhou Plain, and the strategic position is very important.
"Let's go, let's go inside!"
He Jin looked at Li Gengyun with some doubts and asked, "Hey, Brother Yun, will we enter Pingyang Pass like this?" Aren't you afraid that they will catch you? ”
"Don't worry. Baili Xi thinks I'm dead, not to mention that so many days have passed, and the wanted warrant has been withdrawn. Even if Pingyang Pass is occupied by the Northern Yuan army, we don't have to worry, just go in. ”
Li Gengyun heard He Jin say that after he fell into the Poison Dragon Pool, another fat man also fell into the Poison Dragon Pool, but He Jin couldn't save him, so the fat man was also a little unlucky. There is an important information here, that is, Li Gengyun already knows that this is Baili Xi's attempt to test whether the crocodiles and giant pythons in this poisonous dragon pool can really eat people, if the fat man dies, it means that Li Gengyun will not be able to live. Therefore, Bailixi must think that Li Gengyun is dead.
"Really?"
"Of course it's true, don't you want to eat the food here?"
"Yes!"
As soon as He Jin heard Li Gengyun talk about food, he also showed a happy smile on his face, he had already heard Li Gengyun say that there were many delicious things outside, and the three old ones in Menglin Village all year round, although sometimes they would go to the mountains and forests to get some game, but after all, the quantity was limited, and he was not the only one in the entire Menglin Village who went hunting, so it was lucky to be able to eat a few times once in a while.
"You don't have to say anything for a while, and I'll answer what they ask, understand?"
"Hmm!"
He Jin nodded heavily, and said affirmatively to Li Gengyun: "Brother Yun, don't worry, I promise I won't tell them that you are still alive!" ”
"Poor mouth!" Li Gengyun also took a small ingot of silver from He Jin's baggage and hid it in his sleeve, "Let's go!" ”
"Brother Yun, who are you?" He Jin didn't understand why Li Gengyun wanted to take a small ingot of silver, but Li Gengyun didn't answer his question, but took the lead and walked towards the gate of Pingyang Gate.
"Brother Yun, you wait for me!"
It was getting closer and closer to the city gate of Pingyang Pass, and Li Gengyun also noticed that the flag on the city gate was still hanging with the banner of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was a little relieved. At the same time, the guards of Pingyang Pass also discovered Li Gengyun and He Jin, and signaled the officers and soldiers guarding the gate to be on guard.
"Stop! What do you guys do? ”
As soon as Li Gengyun and He Jin walked to the city gate, the officers and soldiers guarding stopped the two of them with spears and asked loudly: "Are you spies of the Northern Yuan!?" ”
"Ouch, this military master, you have recognized the wrong person, we fled from the north. The army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty captured the imperial city, and they burned, killed, plundered, and did all kinds of evil. We escaped from Gyeonggi! Ask the military master to make it convenient, let the two brothers enter the city. ”
"Look at the clothes of the two of us, they fled all the way, trekked through mountains and rivers, and they haven't done it yet!"
As he spoke, Li Gengyun tugged at his clothes and showed them to the guard. At this moment, the small ingot of silver in his sleeve suddenly fell out and fell to the ground.
"Huh?!"
When the guard saw the silver falling out of Li Gengyun's sleeve, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly stepped forward, stepped on the silver with one foot, and then shouted at Li Gengyun and He Jin: "Do you know the rules of Pingyang Pass? The gates are about to be closed! Don't hurry in yet! ”
"Yes, yes, yes! That's what the military master said! Thank you, Master Jun! Li Gengyun smiled and didn't care about the ingot of silver that fell out, so he pulled He Jin and walked towards the city gate.
"Hey, what are you doing with my money?!"
"Oops, I forgot to tell Ah Jin that I was going to bribe that guard!"
Li Gengyun heard He Jin suddenly say such things to the guard, and he was also a little helpless, He Jin had an upright personality and didn't know how to advance and retreat, so he deliberately dropped this ingot of silver just now, the purpose was actually to bribe the guards guarding the door. Unexpectedly, He Jin didn't understand his thoughts, but instead questioned the guard and asked for his silver.
"What did you say?!"
When the guard heard what He Jin said, he was extremely unhappy, and turned around with a frown and a face full of anger, and asked He Jin, "Stinky boy, what did you just say?!" ”
"I said, what are you doing with my silver?!" He Jin is not a fuel-efficient lamp, the other party angrily questioned himself, this is obviously the rhythm of the fight, since He Jin became famous for fighting in Menglin Village, no one has fought with him anymore. When he came out this time, he originally wanted to be a military general, and since he wanted to be a military general, then fighting must be a very important and ordinary thing.
"What? You repeat? I can't hear you! ”
"Grandma said that you should be a good person and sit up straight! What's mine is mine! It's not mine, and don't force it! This silver is what I brought out from Menglin Village. ”
"You get out of here!"
As he spoke, He Jin walked over, acted quickly, picked up the guard, threw it three meters away, and then picked up the silver ingot on the ground, and handed it to Li Gengyun with a smile: "Brother Yun, take it!" Don't lose it next time! ”
The guard was thrown by He Jin like this, and fell heavily to the ground, but he couldn't get up for a while, only to see him struggle twice, panting heavily, and the expression on his face was a little painful, it seemed that he should have been injured somewhere.
"Poof!" Li Gengyun couldn't help but be amused by He Jin, this was too straightforward, but the current situation didn't allow him to think too much, so he whispered in He Jin's ear: "Ah Jin, do you know what it means to throw stones and ask for directions?" Just now we asked him to let us go over, and we can only eat delicious food when we enter the city. This is asking for the travel fee, do you understand? ”
"Oh! I understand! ”
"Apologize to the military master!"
"How offended the military master! This is, this is asking for directions! ”
He Jin first apologized to the guard, then took out a gold ingot from his baggage and threw it to the guard who had fallen to the ground and had not yet gotten up.