And the state, Yanmen.

A majestic mountain range, stretching for hundreds of miles, guarding the north of this state, becoming the natural dividing line of the two major civilization areas of agriculture and nomadism, a large canyon in the mountain, dozens of miles long, passing through the mountains, a Xiongguan, located between this canyon, traversing the north and south, it is the Yanmen known as the Xiongguan of the North, the general Zhidu of the Han Dynasty, the general Li Mu of the Warring States Period, are guarding here, and Liu Gaozhi's ancestor Liu Xi, in the former Western Jin Dynasty, also served as the Yanmen Taishou, for thousands of years, generations of famous generals of the Han family, have left a great reputation here, and this majestic city pass is also the best proof of this period of history.

Outside the city pass in the south, thousands of people focus on the open space outside the city, temporary dwellings surrounded by tents and carts, everywhere, and even many cattle and sheep brought by Hu merchants are raised in captivity on the grassland a few miles outside the city, the wind blows the grass low, and what they see is a piece of white flowers and sheep of cattle and sheep, which makes people hallucinate, is it in the grassland, or in the Central Plains?

In addition to these merchants, there are more Han people pushing wheelbarrows, carrying packages, dragging families and mouths, helping the old and the young, all of them are dusty and weathered.

Just on a large open space outside Nanguan, surrounded by railings, dozens of businessman-like Hu people, with hundreds of fierce guards, sat in more than 20 sheds, a long queue lined up in front of the sheds, from time to time people entered the sheds, often a family of three or four people went in, with children, and when they came out, only the husband and wife, crying each other.

Liu Yu was dressed in a sheepskin jacket, carrying a hunting bow, and wearing a human skin mask on his face, pretending to be a black-faced man in his thirties, while Murong Lan Jing Hai cloth skirt, pretending to be an ordinary woman with yellow face and thin muscles, followed Liu Yu's side, even if he deliberately concealed his figure, but among these homeless people, Liu Yu only relied on his height of more than eight feet, and he also looked heroic and powerful.

It has been more than a month since Liu Yu and Murong Lan came out of the secret base in Yecheng, in order to avoid the hordes of horse bandits, thieves and rebels between Hebei and Bingzhou, they went out day and night, and took the small road, thanks to Murong Lan's previous time in the north, he traveled back and forth between Kanto and Guanzhong many times, and knew the mountain road of the eight hundred miles of Taihang, but even so, he was in distress several times on the road, in order not to expose his whereabouts, he encountered those bandits who robbed the road, both of them did not leave a living, so they traveled all the way, and arrived at this Yanmen Pass, As long as you get out of this city pass, it is the boundary of the outside desert.

Liu Yu looked at the high city pass and sighed: "It is said that Yanmen is a place where a man is a pass, and ten thousand people cannot open it, and when I see it today, it is really consistent with the rumors, and it is no wonder that for thousands of years, this pass can block the countless impacts of Hu Qi." But how can there be so many people here, like a big gathering? ”

Murong Lan smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Because there is going to be a war here, a large number of people want to flee to the grassland. ”

Liu Yu was slightly stunned: "What new information did you get?" ”

A few beggar-looking people around looked at Liu Yu, Murong Lan's brows furrowed slightly, and he pulled Liu Yu to a secluded place, looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, he said: "Last night, I got a secret report that the Xiyan army in Guanzhong had all crossed the Yellow River and arrived in the Chaibi area of Hexi, and Fu Pi of Jinyang also established himself as the emperor after Fu Jian's death, recruited troops and horses, and prepared to fight to the death with Xiyan. ”

Liu Yu was surprised: "Xiyan crossed the Yellow River so quickly? Didn't Qin just be defeated after the attack? ”

Murong Lan sighed: "Yes, Gao Gai's entire army was annihilated, the army was defeated and surrendered, and Yang Ding took the opportunity to flee to Qiuchi and returned to the country, it is said that the Xiyan army should not have crossed the river at this time, but they just passed, could it be that Yao Qiang was afraid of Hou Qin?" ”

Liu Yu shook his head thoughtfully: "No, the combat effectiveness of the Xiyan army is much stronger than that of the Qiang army, and Murong Yong's generals are by no means under Yao Chang, they will not be intimidated, let alone cross the river in advance because of lack of food, because Bingzhou is not a rich and grainy place, it is likely that Gao Gai's defeat is a conspiracy of Murong Yong himself to be the lord of Xiyan, if Fu Pi is smart, he should clear the wilderness, hold a few big cities, and avoid fighting with the backwater, the menacing Xiyan decisive battle is, now do it, I'm afraid I'm going to lose the last bit of strength of Qianqin. ”

Murong Lan nodded, looking at the dense crowd of people in the south of the city, from the south, southwest of the official road, there is an endless stream of people coming, she sighed: "The conquest of this world, the people are suffering, the north is in chaos, Hebei and Guanzhong have become hell on earth, only Bingzhou is still a peaceful land, but this tranquility and peace are about to be broken, the people everywhere, regardless of Han Hu, want to escape from the pass, even if it is into the state of tigers and wolves outside the Sai, it is safer than here." ”

Liu Yu's brows furrowed: "Did Fu Pi just let the people out of the customs?" ”

Murong Lan Zhengse said: "Because Fu Pi needs the help of the Dugu Ministry, he also knows that without the help of the strong grassland cavalry, it is very difficult to deal with the Xiyan army led by the famous general Murong Yong, and Liu Xian of the Dugu Department has set the condition that the northern passes of Yanmen and Mayi will be allowed to go, and not to prevent the people of the state from coming to defect." ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "This Liu Xian has a bit of vision, when the troubled times do not go south to rob, but to take in these people who have invested in the Central Plains, over time, the craftsmen of the Central Plains can improve their skills on the grassland, and the population has also been able to grow, it can be said that the soldiers will take advantage of it without blood, and they will not be hated like the previous southward Hu Qi." ”

Murong Lan said with a smile: "It's just to learn the old methods of our Murong ancestors, when our Murong clan was in chaos in the Central Plains, it was to take in the scholars of the Han people to defect, so they were able to establish their own empire, Liu Xian has been in Monan for a long time after all, and he also knows this." If you don't take the opportunity to catch people at this time, I don't know how long it will take. ”

Liu Yu hooked the corners of his mouth, looked at the big fence in the distance, and frowned, because he saw many children of six or seven years old, who were encircled together, crying incessantly, and a few hundred steps away, some Han women were crying at these children, crying and washing their faces. He wondered, "What's going on with these?" ”

A hint of anger flashed on Murong Lan's face, and she said hatefully: "It's about those Hu caravans, only children and women, not adults." ”

Liu Yu's face changed, and he was about to speak, but he heard a gong at the head of Nanguan City, and a loud voice sounded: "All stand back, Shang Shuling, that is, Prime Minister Wang, has something to say to you!" ”