Yumen Pass, located in the east of Anxi County 50 kilometers near the Shuangta Fort on the bank of the Shule River, is in the hub position of transportation, east to Jiuquan, west to Dunhuang, south to Guazhou (Suoyang City), northwest and Yizhou (Hami) adjacent. And near the mountains and rivers, the situation is dangerous, and it is a strong pass in the west.

After passing the Yumen Pass, it can be said that it has officially entered the realm of Datang. In the Guan, as a Tang person, your life can be guaranteed, and outside the Guan, it is the world of bandits.

Generally, merchants have to hire a large number of mercenary thugs to go out of the customs, and often several merchants report together to form a team, otherwise no one dares to walk alone in the vast Western Regions.

"Yumen Pass!" Han Wei's eyes lit up, and after more than ten days of hard work, he finally saw hope, the Yumen Pass was ahead, as long as he could blend in with the pass, he would have the opportunity to return to the pass!

The rich Guanzhong is not comparable to this desolate Guanzhong! He... Enough is enough!

"Brothers, work hard, you can already see the wall of Yumen Pass in front, at most an hour, we can walk into the pass!"

The soldiers behind him burst into cheers. After escaping into the Western Regions for too long, the Western Regions are too desolate, and sometimes walking on the vast yellow sand Gobi, they all wonder if they will die in this desolate place like this.

Luckily, now they're back! Half a year has passed, and the Yumen Pass... No one should recognize them, right?

Although it was a shame to leave Songzhou Chengguan and flee for his life at that time, but in that situation at that time, even if he stayed, what was the point? escaped, still survived, and had the opportunity to return to his hometown to see his wife and children.

Thinking about the days after returning to Guanzhong, these soldiers showed yearning smiles. Happiness will only be cherished after it has been lost!

"Everybody's on orders! We're about to enter the customs, so let's all disguise ourselves a little bit so as not to be recognized. Han Wei looked back and shouted, saying that he dismounted and wiped a handful of sand on his face, his already burnt face suddenly became even more sallow, plus he hadn't taken care of his hair and clothes for a long time, the whole person looked messy, as if he had completely changed a person, and no one would recognize him.

When they arrived at the city gate, several people dismounted, because they spoke fluent Guanzhong dialect, Han Wei pretended to be a merchant who met robbers on the road, and after crying, he was naturally put into the gate without any suspense.

"Whew!" Walking into the gate, Han Wei breathed a long sigh of relief, the days outside the gate were tense, desperate, and panicked. Suddenly walked into the pass, that kind of day suddenly went away made him a little uncomfortable, and the sudden relaxation of his spirit made him almost turn over and fall off the horse.

The same is true for the soldiers behind him, the originally tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and it was really difficult to adapt all of a sudden. But it's good that they're back.

Thinking of this, some of the soldiers burst out laughing, drawing the wary gaze of the guards at the door. Of course, it's just the eyes. After all, they have seen a lot of people who have escaped from death.

"Huh? There's still a wanted warrant for me. Han Wei suddenly saw the wanted notice posted on the wall, and couldn't help but smile, then kicked the horse under his crotch, and rode away indifferently.

"Your Excellency... We... Why don't you find a place to eat? A soldier swallowed desperately as he looked at the heat coming from the occasional stall on the street.

In the past six months, they have almost lived like savages outside the gates, poaching sheep, or forcibly robbing money and food like robbers, and then finding a small town to eat casually, the food outside the customs is not enough, so the price of eating is very expensive, and the money they have robbed is only enough for them to barely eat, to say that the food is good... Don't even think about it! Some of them are considered good!

Now that the food is in front of them, how can these people be provoked? All of them had straight eyes, like hungry wolves who had been hungry for many days, staring at the steaming stall with gloomy eyes, and the owner of the stall was hairy all over his body.

"A few guest officers, to... Something? "Kind greeting from the owner.

The soldier who spoke just now was about to speak, but was stopped by Han Wei.

"Your Excellency!" The food in front of him could not be eaten, and the soldier was anxious.

"Go to the stall next door and buy some scones." Han Wei threw the money bag to the soldier, and the soldier suddenly collapsed his face.

They want to eat big meat buns and want to be with the spirits of Guanzhong. But... They don't have money! The only money on his body is only enough for one person to eat the cheapest piece of Hu Cake.

Everyone swallowed a mouthful of saliva unwillingly, but this is Guannei, if they rob it, they will definitely be arrested and arrested, they have just come back from Guanwai, and they don't want to go to prison and suffer for a few more years. So they followed Han Wei away honestly one by one, and each of them received a piece of Hu Cake, and drank the water in his skin, which can be regarded as coping with today's food.

"My lord, we don't have any copper coins on us, and it's not easy to return to Guanzhong." Several people got together, completely lost the initial joy, and sorrow was written on their faces.

There are at least ten days to travel from here to Guanzhong, such a long journey, if there is no money, where will they live? What to eat? Isn't it better than passing outside the border?

Han Wei also frowned, survival, but it is a very fatal thing now. Or... Go to the gate to rob a vote again?

But robbery is not so fun, they have only a dozen or so people, and they can only find those smaller caravans to bluff them, and the generally knowledgeable merchants will still hand over a little money to buy the road in order to avoid losses.

But... There are too few caravans of this kind! You may not see it once in a few days!

The current caravans are all in groups, and they all employ strong guards, and they don't dare to mess with them!

Do you want to go out and try your luck, or do you want to stay here and seek opportunities? Han Wei hesitated.

"My lord, don't think about it, we can't get stuck here all the way, right? It's better to die outside the gate than to starve to death here! "One soldier's proposal was supported by several people, who were all going to the guy and get out.

"Come back! Sit down! Han Wei snorted coldly: "Is it so easy to rob the Dao? Just rely on our little people, if we encounter a temper and almost fight directly, when the time comes, how many of us will survive? Have you forgotten what happened to you during the last robbery? ”

At this point, everyone fell silent.

When they first fled to the Western Regions, there were more than 30 people, relying on themselves to be the elite of the Tang Dynasty, they did rely on force, relied on the battle array to rob many merchants, and also robbed and killed many merchants. The Road to the Western Regions, the Road to Blood!

But! Recently! When they confidently reprimanded a caravan, they were faced with cold bows and arrows! That's the army of Gao Changguo! It's just a disguised merchant walking!

Immediately, a clash broke out between the two groups of people, and although this small battle completely wiped out the other party, Han Wei and his party were also sharply reduced to more than ten people, and more than half of them died.

At this point, they no longer dared to blatantly rob those big merchants, and only dared to find a smaller team to play side ball.

Recalling that experience, everyone was silent. Indeed, there are few of them, and robbing the road is very risky, and it is not worth it to lose your life.

"So what to do? There's no way to go on like this! "One soldier was in a hurry.

Han Wei's face was gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this moment, a man in linen clothes and linen pants suddenly walked up to them, smiled and said, "Lords? But are you worried about making a living? I may be able to help below. ”

I was a little delayed yesterday, I'm sorry, it's going to be as usual in the future, if I have time, this weekend will make up for what I owe last week, and I want to adjust my state recently.

(End of chapter)