Xigu Pass is known as the first pass in the world, the reason is that this pass is tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if you talk about the first dangerous pass in the world, it is none other than Yanmen Pass.

Yanmen Pass is built between Panlong Ridge, it is built in the largest gap in Panlong Ridge, Panlong Ridge is not as majestic as the North Ridge of Xigu Pass, but it is much more precipitous than the North Ridge, undulating, Yanmen Pass is about 20 miles long, on both sides is the Panlong Dangerous Ridge that rises from the ground, straight into the sky, the whole Panlong Ridge Mountains, the dangerous peaks enter the clouds, want to climb over the peaks and pass, there is almost no possibility, can only break through the pass.

Including Xue Huai'an, many people in the mission had never been to the northwest, let alone reached the border pass to see Yanmen Pass, although the Yanmen Pass is famous all over the world, but there are not many people who have seen its true face.

Chu Huan killed twelve Western Liang cavalry in the Xiliang military camp and became famous.

In fact, many people in the mission were really not convinced of Chu Huan at the beginning, Chu Huan was so young, he was able to become a dignified Viscount of Qin, and even became the deputy envoy to Xiliang, in the eyes of the guards, it was not that Chu Huan was very capable, but because Chu Huan had a backer behind him, and he had today's relationship with his connections.

The most important thing for soldiers is hard power, and whoever has real ability, they will obey whomever they want.

Exterminating nearly a thousand bandits in Gushan County, although Chu Huan planned it single-handedly, but it was the cavalry of the Guards who came out of the battle, and everyone just felt that Chu Huan was smart, and they didn't think that Chu Huan really had much ability.

But in the Xiliang military camp, killing twelve fierce Xiliang cavalry alone, this is a remarkable thing, that battle made the people of Xiliang frightened, and also made the mission full of awe for Chu Huan, Xue Huai'an had been nervous before, but seeing Chu Huan show his might, his heart was actually confident, and he only felt that with Chu Huan by his side, there was a chance of coming back alive from Xiliang.

Although Mo Zang'a was violent, he also kept his promise, and offered seventeen stone rice, that is, nearly two thousand catties of grain, although it was not a large amount, but it was better than nothing, and the dozens of Qin people who were brought to train the troops were also put back, these people loaded two thousand catties of grain into several cars, and after the catastrophe, they pushed and pulled the cart with rice to the opposite side of Ningshan, Chu Huan was only afraid that the Xiliang people would play tricks again, and saw that the team was close to Ningshan, so he led the mission to start again.

Mo Zang'a was in a bad mood, but he still had to do what he had to do, and led the Qin delegation all the way to the north, stopping and stopping along the way, and it took seven or eight days to reach Yanmen Pass.

Along the way, the fields are barren and desolate, and even the dry bones and rotting corpses on the roadside can be seen occasionally, and the Xiliang people obviously want to seize the time to plunder the resources of the occupied area, a large number of people in the occupied areas were forced to cut down forests and mine minerals, and a large number of people with yellow faces and thin muscles were forced to send a large number of resources to Yanmen Pass, there is no doubt that these resources are naturally to be transported into the Xiliang country.

In addition to the desert, most areas are grasslands, forests and mines are quite scarce, and trees and mineral deposits are also the most lacking resources of the Western Liang people.

The route chosen by Mo Zang'a also avoided those areas at the beginning, but the Western Liang people were plundering, even if they bypassed the main plunder area, they were still found by the Qin State mission, and Xue Huai'an also asked, but Mo Zang'a was chest-chested, only saying that now the land of the two states is in the hands of the Western Liang Army, and before the retreat, all the resources belong to the Western Liang State, how to deal with it, the Qin State is not qualified to ask.

If Xue Huai'an just stayed in Beijing and heard about the invasion of the northwest by the Xiliang people, he might not feel much, but he saw with his own eyes that the people of Qin were driven by the Xiliang people as cattle and horses, and saw that the resources of the empire were greedily plundered by the Xiliang people, but he was also extremely indignant, and the Xiliang mission was full of hot-blooded men, but he was also indignant and gloomy when he traveled all the way.

Along the way, Xue Huai'an rarely spoke, and Chu Huan was even more difficult to open, until one day Xue Huai'an suddenly said to himself on the horse: "The country is weak and bullied, and the country is weak and has no strong soldiers......!" He obviously traveled all the way, felt something, and unconsciously, he blurted out what he felt in his heart, and when he came to his senses, he found that Chu Huan next to him was looking at him with a strange gaze.

Xue Huaian shook his head, just smiled bitterly, and did not speak.

Chu Huan's mood is naturally not better than Xue Huai'an, he knows very well the importance of an emperor to a country, a wise monarch can make a country strong and prosperous, and foreign countries dare not covet it in the slightest, but in the same way, if a monarch is not interested in political affairs, it will inevitably lead to the rapid decline of the country, so that foreign enemies can be bullied and compatriots suffer.

There are no strong troops in a weak country.

Chu Huan naturally had a deep understanding that the army of the Great Qin Empire was going to fight hungry, their individual combat ability was already a little different from that of the Western Liang people, and they were hungry and weak, how could they be the enemy's opponents.

There is no food, the reason is that the treasury is empty, and the treasury is empty, which is naturally related to the faintness of the imperial court.

Chu Huan faintly felt that even if the Western Liang Army really withdrew from Great Qin this time, an empire with an empty treasury, an empire with poor people and hungry soldiers, could it really go on smoothly?

Approaching Yanmen, everywhere is the dilapidated appearance after the war, sparsely populated, desolate, you can glimpse the shadow of the Panlongling Mountains from afar, but when you get close to Yanmen Pass, you find a surprising situation.

Yanmen Pass is about 20 miles long, it is the northwest gateway of the empire, the first dangerous pass in the world, it is said that it took countless manpower and material resources to build this majestic pass, but when the mission arrived at Yanmen Pass, it was found that this once majestic and strong pass, at this time has been dilapidated, there is no past glory, what is even more surprising is that up and down Yanmen Pass, it is full of people with yellow faces and thin muscles, they are actually under the coercion of the Western Liang Army, the huge stones of Yanmen Pass are smashed and dismantled, Then it was transported by car to the outside of the customs.

The people of Xiliang actually dismantled the customs and transported stones.

The whole mission was taken aback, Xue Huai'an immediately stepped forward, seeing that Yanmen Pass was already dilapidated, and there were broken stones everywhere, he was angry, and pointed to Yanmen Pass and said angrily to Mo Zang'a: "What is the situation? Why do you need to dismantle the Yanmen Pass? ”

Seeing Xue Huai'an's angry appearance, Mo Zang'a showed a gloating smile and said loudly: "This is already my Daxiliang thing, I heard that I Daxiliang is going to build a new city in China, and the stone of Yanmen Pass is very strong, just enough to be transported back to China for city repair, and I will hear that the city is called Yanmen City!" ”

Xue Huai's body twitched, but Chu Huan stared expressionlessly at the once majestic Yanmen Pass being ruthlessly dismantled, thoughtful.

The people of Xiliang dismantled the customs and transported stones, which was naturally ambitious.

Yanmen Pass has stood here for hundreds of years, but now it is about to be destroyed by Xiliang's life, Chu Huan does not feel much regret, but seems very calm.

It is true that a pass can withstand a foreign enemy for a while, but it is never these passes that can really resist a foreign enemy.

The country is weak, that is, there are thousands of passes, and it is impossible to resist the footsteps of the enemy, although the Yanmen Pass is majestic, but the Western Liang army only took less than a month to break through it.

The Yanmen Pass, which cost huge manpower and material resources, could not withstand the Xiliang people for a month.

The only thing that can really stop foreign enemies is the strength of the country.

A strong country means that there is no pass, and the security of the original can be guaranteed, and a weak country has no effect.

"Get out of here, and you'll have to go on your own." Mo Zang'a sent all the way, it was already very impatient, at this time to reach Yanmen Pass, finally relaxed, "In addition to Yanmen Pass, within two days, you should be able to reach the Jinguan Desert, to marry my princess of Daxiliang, first through the desert and then talk!" Speaking of this, Mozanga smiled strangely, turned the horse's head, and said no more, brandished the horsewhip, and led his subordinates to gallop away.

Xue Huai'an knew that the mission was now powerless to prevent the destruction of Yanmen Pass, so he sighed, shook his head and led the crowd out of the pass.

Out of the Yanmen Pass, all the way to the north, I saw that there were many convoys out of the Yanmen Gate and turned to the west, and the mission team also followed, but out of less than ten miles, but found that the road set up a checkpoint, saw the Daqin Mission, immediately blocked, and did not let through, some people in the mission stepped forward to argue, this group of Western Liang soldiers was extremely arrogant, not wordy, not allowed to enter, only let the mission turn into the desert from the east road.

There was no way to do it, so the mission turned east, and when it was dark, they found a place on a slightly higher ground and set up camp, and there was a small stream nearby, just enough to replenish the water.

Yanmen Pass is still two days away from the Jinkulan Desert, and this is still the information of Mazang'a, but other than that, the mission knows nothing about the Great Desert.

Everyone knows that they have to cross the desert, but how to cross the desert, no one knows how to cross the desert.

This is the first time that the Great Qin official has gone to Xiliang, and there has never been a pathfinder before, and this mission is a pioneer.

The mission set up tents, piled up dead branches in front of the tents, bonfires were blazing, and the team brought dry food, as well as dried meat and preserved fruits, which were easy to store, and an official named Lu Tong was the official in charge of food management along the way, and took dry food and dried meat from the car according to the quota and distributed it to everyone.

Xuanyuan Shengcai divided his cavalry into four teams, the carriages and officials were in the center, and there were four teams of cavalry camped around, surrounding them, guarding the four corners of the charge, and there were soldiers on duty in shifts.

When you get to the gate, everything needs to be cautious, and Xuanyuan Sheng is responsible for safety work, so he naturally has to be careful everywhere.

Although along the way, what they have seen and heard makes people feel gloomy, but after leaving the customs, there is always a feeling of breaking free, many people actually feel relaxed up and down, sitting by the bonfire, eating dry food, drinking water, and chatting in groups of three or five in a low voice.

The most mysterious of the team, of course, is Chu Baihu's few god guards, since they left Beijing, several god guards have never said a word, and they are extremely cold, just guarding the closed and tight carriage, all the way up, even if other people enter the pavilion to rest, these people are also inseparable from the carriage.

Some people vaguely feel that the carriage must be an important person, but who it is, there are very few people who know, although those few gods and guards don't care about others, others don't go to contact those cold guys, although they are the same team, but they seem to be strangers.

On the way, I didn't find a chance to chat with Chu Huan, and when I was using food, Xuanyuan Sheng pulled Chu Huan and himself to sit down by a bunch of bonfires, took the dried meat and offered it, his eyes were full of awe, and said: "Deputy Envoy Chu, I only heard that you are powerful in the Iron Blood Garden before, and your equestrian skills are exquisite, but you have never seen it, and now you really admire it." ”