A group of people left Tongzhou, all the way to the north, but three or four days, it was also to the West Valley Pass, the West Valley Pass is located between the eight hundred miles of the North Ridge, the stretching North Ridge Mountain is steep, the cliff is steep, the west of the pass is divided into two, the only way to pass through dozens of miles, the checkpoint has long been built, no matter the pass into the pass, the West Valley Pass has become a must-pass place.

Chu Huan and Da Xizhang, the general guarding the pass, knew each other, but this time they went out of the customs, and they didn't think about alarming Da Xizhang, the armor of the guards was there, and the soldiers guarding the pass always had some vision, so they let Chu Huan and his party go out of the customs.

The spring breeze in the customs is full of spring, and after leaving the customs, the feeling is already quite different, the air has become a little dry, and the further you go to the northwest, the more pure the taste of the air is.

Chu Huan didn't care, Su Niang felt that the climate here was significantly worse than that of the capital, she sometimes looked at the ground she passed, and she would find that the color of the ground was yellow, and the farther she went, the more serious the loess became, and the wind that blew from time to time was actually mixed with sand and dust.

The exit is gravel, and the road is Gobi.

The loess in the northwest, vast and vast, there are many Gobi places, and there is no lack of high mountains and mountains that rise from the ground, out of the West Valley Pass to bypass the land of Qingzhou under the jurisdiction of the North Mountain Road.

The northwest is vast and sparsely populated, sometimes walking dozens of miles may not be able to see the people, the houses in the northwest are also different from those in the Guannei, the houses are low, most of them are built of rammed earth, scattered rammed earth houses are scattered in groups on the vast land in the northwest, the climate in the northwest is arid, there are many endless loess Gobi, and it is not very easy to see the green and verdant woods.

Chu Huan led the team to walk on the hard land, but his heart also sighed at the hardships of the northwest, although the northwest is also engaged in agricultural production, but for a long time, there is not much fertile land for farming, even if it is a bumper year, the grain produced in the northwest may not be able to support the needs of the officials and people in the northwest, so every year the northwest will replenish grain from the customs.

There are many places in the northwest Gobi zone, and there are still sandy lands that cannot be seen at a glance, although they are not as good as the vast Jingulan Desert outside Yanmen Pass, but these sandy lands are useless for the people in the northwest, and they cannot engage in production at all, and they are like wasteland.

The northwest belongs to a magical place, it has a vast Gobi, but also has a suitable for farming fertile land, but also suitable for animal husbandry pasture, the most developed area of animal husbandry in the Great Qin Empire, in the northwest, once was also a vast sky, wind wind grass low cattle and sheep good place, especially the once famous Daqin Eight Horse Farms, only the northwest Xiguan Road a state, there are two major horse farms listed in it, Xiguan Road once also because of the existence of two large horse farms and the world's reputation.

It's a pity that the disaster of Xiliang has completely collapsed Xiguan Road, and the pride of the northwest is now the biggest mess in the world.

The destination of Chu Huan's trip is the Beiyuan county seat of Jiazhou, Xiguan Road, the capital city of Xiguan Road was originally in Yuezhou, but Xiliang invaded the territory of Qin, Xiguan Road four states, was invaded and occupied three states, the largest Yuezhou in Northwest Kyushu is also occupied by the Xiliang people, Xiguan Province Mansion City Shuoquan City is in Yuezhou, Shuoquan City was once the largest city in the northwest, is a pearl in the northwest land, and was once the northwest and economic heart, after the Xiliang people occupied, burned and looted, it is said that Shuoquan City, which was once called the first city in the northwest, Now it's a mess, and it's no longer the same as it used to be.

The only surviving city that is accustomed to be the same is the Beiyuan County of Jiazhou, which was once the front-line command post of the Northwest Army and the Western Liang Army, and it has also been repaired and strengthened during the war.

Although Beishan Road has not experienced the direct occupation of the Xiliang people, but this land does not seem to be much angry, giving people a sense of depression, along the way I saw a lot of refugee camps, Chu Huan frowned, he thought that after the Xiliang people retreated, the people of Xiguan states who were displaced outside would return to their hometowns and rebuild their homes, but under the inquiry, they found that almost all of those skinny refugees were refugees who had escaped from Xiguan, and they all had nothing, but they did not think about going back immediately.

Chu Huan was strange, fortunately, he quickly inquired about the thoughts of these refugees, in their opinion, Xiguan Road had been looted by the Xiliang people, the fields were destroyed, the cattle, sheep and livestock were plundered, and the houses had become a ruin.

Stay in Beishan, lucky, there is still a glimmer of life, back to Xiguan, there is no doubt about death.

Because of this, although some of the people in Xiguan have returned to their hometowns, there are still many people living in the Tianshan Mountains and Beishan Mountains.

Chu Huan also passed through Xiguan Road half a year ago, and he was devastated, and he didn't know if the situation over there had changed now.

Chu Huan didn't think about things for the better, he prepared for the worst, and the fact was indeed as he thought, passing through Qingzhou to the armor, the scene he saw was still chaotic, starving all over the field, although it was not as full of corpses and bones as before, but every time he walked on a road, he would see a large number of graves, and the graves were buried at will, Chu Huan also knew that it was the local government that organized manpower, collected corpses, and collected and buried, although many of them were bandits and robbers who took the opportunity to plunder and kill the people, More people are starving to death because of lack of food.

Thinking of the prosperity and liveliness of the capital, singing and dancing, and seeing the scene in front of him, Chu Huan only felt that the contrast was too strong, less than a month ago, he saw the paradise of Qin, and less than a month later, he saw the hell of Qin.

After four or five days of walking through the ground in Qingzhou, we finally crossed the boundary of the North Mountains and entered the territory of Xiguan Road, where the vast land as far as the eye could see, the loess was long, the Gobi was undulating, the Gobi was full of shrubs, a bleak atmosphere, and even the houses made of rammed earth were difficult to see.

Walking along the Northwest Loess Ancient Road, Chu Huan had already learned from the northwest map prepared by Du Fugong in advance that the place he was in was in the territory of Qingtang County, passing through Qingtang County, and it was Beiyuan County in the past.

There are not as many cities in the northwest as in the Guan, and many times along the way can only be camped in the open air, it stands to reason that Chu Huan sent people to inform the local officials along the way in advance, although he is the governor of Xiguan, but the local officials in other places will naturally be well received, but Chu Huan does not want to disturb along the way, and is as quiet as possible.

At dusk on this day, only a few dozen miles away from Qingtang County, Chu Huan was thinking about whether to camp before dark, or rush to Qingtang County overnight to make another calculation, suddenly heard a noise in front of the team, and was puzzled, the white blind man had come to report, and dozens of homeless people appeared in front, without food and clothing, and were blocking the team to beg for food and drink.

Chu Huan was surprised in his heart, secretly thinking that the courage of the homeless people in Xiguan Road is really not small, and there are not a few suffering homeless people who have passed along the way, but Chu Huan's team has two hundred Iron Horse Jinge to kill the heroic guards, not to mention the homeless, even the bandits and thieves dare not approach, but when they arrive in the territory of Xiguan, these homeless people seem to be bolder, and even this team dares to stop them.

Hearing the voices of the displaced people in front of him, Chu Huan was also considerate in his heart, knowing that if he had no last resort, the courage of these victims would not be so great, in the final analysis, it was all stomach trouble, hungry, in order to fill his stomach, anyone's courage would be three points bigger, this group of victims could stand in front, and they couldn't stand it from hunger, and even more upper, the people in the northwest were already strong, thinking about it, Chu Huandao didn't feel strange.

He was worried that there would be a conflict between the two sides, the guards were all elite soldiers, if they shot a little heavier and injured the already weak people, it would be a little bad, after all, he came to Xiguan to take office, and the governor's chair had not touched his buttocks, and he first injured the Li people under his rule, if this was spread, it would not be a good thing.

Ordered the team to stop and keep calm, Chu Huan turned over and dismounted, and when he got to the front, he saw a large group of people in tattered clothes blocking the road, all with yellow faces and thin muscles, and a few tall young men took the lead in stopping in front.

"Master Guan, it's okay if we're hungry." A man from the northwest has long lost his lust between his eyebrows, his face is yellow and thin, and he is holding a skinny child with deep-set eyes in his hand, "Please give a bite to the child, who has not eaten for many days...... I'm dying......! ”

There were pleas, and some even knelt down at the front of the line.

Men have gold under their knees, but they can give up everything in the face of the threat of death from their families.

Chu Huan looked at everything in front of him with a solemn expression, and Du Fugong also followed Chu Huan at this time, and said with a wry smile: "My lord also saw it along the way, and the leaves that had just grown were all picked and eaten...... The situation in the Northwest is even more serious than we imagined......! ”

Chu Huan frowned and said: "There is also a shortage of food in the Guan, even if you get food, you have to use it on grain seeds, if you really want to eat all the grain seeds, there will be more people in the northwest who die." ”

"My lord, what should I do with this group of people in front of me?" Faced with the situation in front of him, Xuanyuan Shengcai did not dare to act rashly.

Chu Huan thought for a while and said, "We still have some food in the car, take out a small part, give them some first, you can't help many people, you can only do your best......!" ”

At this moment, he suddenly heard an exclamation from behind, Chu Huan heard Su Niang's voice, turned around, and saw that several guards soldiers had drawn their knives, and walked over quickly, only to find that a seven or eight-year-old child was sitting on the ground, his face was frightened, two big knives were facing him, his pupils were full of horror, and when he saw Chu Huan coming, a guard was already ashamed and said: "My lord, this child mixed into the crowd, and wanted to pick up the lady's car, disturbing the lady, and his subordinates deserve ......to die!" ”

Chu Huan smelled a fishy smell, saw the child with a frightened face, turned around, and saw the curtain of the carriage in which Su Niang was riding opened, Su Niang looked out with a disgraced face, and heard Su Niang explain: "He ...... He climbed up the window and nearly rolled in...... I want him to go down, he ...... His fingers scratched my hand ......! ”

Chu Huan understood, and seeing that the child was young, he was worried that the child would be shocked, and said with a smile: "It's okay, little guy, if you want to eat, you can't mess around......!" Suddenly, he frowned, only to see that the child's arm had a large swollen place, which had been ruptured, and green pus was flowing from it, which was very terrible.