The group left Tongzhou and headed north. In just three or four days, they arrived at the foot of Xigu Pass. Xigu Pass was located between the 800-mile Beiling Mountains. The continuous Beiling Mountains were steep and cliffs, dividing Guanzhong into two. The only dozens of miles of land in the middle that could pass had been built. Whether you go out of the pass, Xigu Pass became a must-pass place.

Chu Huan and Da Xizhang, the general guarding the pass, met, but after leaving the pass, he did not think about disturbing Da Xizhang. The armor of the guards was placed there, and the soldiers guarding the pass also had some vision and let Chu Huan and his group go out of the pass.

The spring breeze in the pass is fragrant. After leaving the pass, it feels quite different. The air becomes a little dry. The more you go northwest, the less pure the air tastes.

Chu Huan didn't care. Su Niang felt that the climate here was significantly worse than that in the capital. Sometimes when she looked at the ground passing by, she would find that the color of the ground turned yellow. The further she walked, the more severe the loess became. Sometimes the wind blew by, it was actually covered with sand and dust.

When you go out, you will find sand and gravel, and the road will be Gobi.

The northwest loess is vast and vast, with many Gobi lands, and there are many high mountains and steep mountains that rise from the ground. When you go to Xigu Pass, you must bypass the Qingzhou land under the jurisdiction of Beishan Road.

The northwest is vast and sparsely populated. Sometimes you may not be able to see people even if you walk dozens of miles. The houses in the northwest are different from those in the pass. The houses are low, and most of them are made of rammed earth. Scattered rammed earth houses are scattered on the vast land in the northwest. The climate in the northwest is arid, and there are endless loess and Gobi Deserts. It is not easy to see the green forests.

Chu Huan led the team to walk on the hard land, but he also lamented the hardships of the northwest. Although the northwest is also engaged in agricultural production, there has always been not much fertile land that can be cultivated. Even in the year of harvest, the local grain produced in the northwest may not be able to withstand the needs of the officials and civilians in the northwest. Therefore, the northwest will replenish grain from the pass every year.

There are many Gobi areas in the northwest, and there are many places where there are still sand that cannot be seen at first sight. Although it is not as good as the vast Jingulan Desert outside Yanmen Pass, these sands are useless to the people in the northwest and cannot engage in production at all. If it is a wasteland.

The northwest is a magical place. It has a vast Gobi Desert, a fertile field suitable for cultivation, and a pasture suitable for animal husbandry. The area with the most developed animal husbandry in the Daqin Empire is in the northwest. It was once a good place for the vast wilderness and the wind blows the grass and sees cattle and sheep. Especially the once famous eight horse farms in Daqin, which are only famous in the northwest, Xiguan Road, there are two horse farms listed among them. Xiguan Road was once famous for its existence.

It’s a pity that the chaos in Xiliang completely collapsed Xiguan Road. The pride that once was the northwest is now the biggest mess in the world.

Chu Huan's destination for this trip was Beiyuan County, Jiazhou, Xiguan Road. The capital of Xiguan Road was originally in Yuezhou, but Xiliang attacked the Qin territory. The four prefectures of Xiguan Road were occupied by three prefectures. The largest Yuezhou among the nine prefectures in the northwest was also occupied by the people of Xiliang. The capital of Xiguan Road Shuoquan City is in Yuezhou. Shuoquan City was once the largest city in the northwest, a pearl on the northwest land. It was once the cultural and economic center of the northwest. After the Xiliang people occupied it, they burned, killed and looted. It is said that Shuoquan City, which was once called the first city in the northwest, is now in a mess and no longer has the charm of the past.

The city that only survived but still looked like it was the Beiyuan County of Jiazhou. It was once the front-line command post for the Northwest Army and the West Liang Army. It was also repaired and reinforced during the war. Most of the officials who retreated to the Xiguan Road states also retreated to the Beiyuan County. The various government offices of Xiguan Road are now barely working in Beiyuan County.

Although Beishan Road has not been directly occupied by the Xiliang people, the land does not seem to be very angry, giving people a sense of depression. I saw many refugee camps along the way. Chu Huan frowned. He thought that after the Xiliang people retreated, the people of the Xiguan prefectures who were wandering outside would return to their hometowns and rebuild their homes, but after sending people to inquire, they found that the skinny refugees were almost all refugees who escaped from Xiguan and had nothing, but they did not think about going back immediately.

Chu Huan was surprised, but fortunately, he soon found out the thoughts of these refugees. In their opinion, Xiguan Road had been looted by the people of Xiliang, the fields were destroyed, cattle, sheep and livestock were plundered, and the houses had become ruins. When returning to Xiguan, there was only one dead end. Even if you beg for food, it would be better to stay in Beishan than to return to your hometown.

Staying in Beishan will have good luck and a glimmer of hope. If you return to Xiguan, you will definitely die.

Because of this, although some of the people living outside Xiguan returned to their hometowns, many of them still lived in Tianshan and Beishan Second Road.

Chu Huan passed by Xiguan Road half a year ago, and was full of devastation. He didn't know if the situation there had changed now.

Chu Huan did not think about the best things and made the worst plans. And the facts were indeed as expected. On the way through Qingzhou to the armor, the scene I saw was still in chaos, starving everywhere. Although it was not as everywhere as before, every time I walked a distance, I would see a large area of ​​graves, which were buried at will. Chu Huan also knew that it was the local government organizing manpower to collect corpses and bury them in a concentrated manner. Of course, many of them were the people who were strapped by bandits and robbers taking the opportunity to kill, but more were the people who starved to death because of the lack of food.

Thinking of the prosperity and prosperity of the capital, singing and dancing, and seeing the scenes in front of you, Chu Huan felt that the contrast was too strong. Less than a month ago, he saw the heaven of Qin, and less than a month later, he saw the hell of Qin.

After walking through the ground in Qingzhou for four or five days, he finally crossed the boundary of Beishan and entered the territory of Xiguan Road. The vast land was endless, with loess, undulating Gobi, shrubs growing in Gobi, and a bleak atmosphere. Even houses made of rammed earth are difficult to see.

Following the ancient Loess Road in the northwest, Chu Huan learned from the northwest map prepared in advance that he was in Qingtang County, and passing through Qingtang County, the past was Beiyuan County.

The northwest city is not as numerous as the inner city, and many times it can only be camped in the open air along the way. Logically, Chu Huan sent people to inform the local officials along the way. Although he is the governor of Xiguan, local officials from other places will naturally be welcomed. However, Chu Huan did not want to disturb him along the way, and was as quiet as possible.

At dusk that day, only a few dozen miles away from Qingtang County, Chu Huan was thinking about whether to camp before dark or rushed to Qingtang County overnight to make trouble. Suddenly, a noise came from the front of the team. While he was puzzled, Bai Xiaozi had already come to report that dozens of refugees appeared in front of him, without food and clothing, and was blocking the team to ask for food and drink.

Chu Huan was surprised and thought to himself that the refugees on Xiguan Road were really brave. There were many refugees who had seen along the way. However, Chu Huan's team had 200 iron horses and golden swords to kill the heroic guards. Not to mention refugees, even bandits and bandits did not dare to approach them. When they arrived in Xiguan, these refugees seemed to have become more courageous and even dared to stop this team.

When Chu Huan heard the voices of the refugees in front of him, he was very impressed. He knew that unless he had to, the victims would not be so brave. After all, they were all terrified and hungry. In order to fill their stomachs, anyone would be more courageous. It seems that these victims could stand the way, but they were tortured by hunger. In addition, the people in the northwest were already tough. When he thought about this, Chu Huandao didn't feel strange.

He was worried about a conflict between the two sides. The Guards were all elite soldiers and powerful generals. If they took action more severely 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 butt, and he would first hurt the people he had managed. If this was spread, it would not be a good thing.

He ordered the team to stop and remain calm. Chu Huan turned over and got in front and saw a large group of people in bad clothes blocking the road. They were all pale and thin, with several tall middle-aged men in the middle taking the lead in blocking the front. If it were the past, these northwest men would have had a tiger-back and a bear-back. However, although they now look big, they don’t have much meat on their bodies. They just begged for stuttering with a group of people weakly.

"Master Guan, it doesn't matter if we are hungry." A man from the northwest had no spirit in his eyebrows, his face was pale and thin, and he was holding a skinny child with deep eyes in his hand. "Please give me a bite. The child has not eaten for many days... he is about to die..."

There were pleading, and some people even knelt down in front of the team.

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

Chu Huan looked at everything in front of her with a serious expression. Du Fugong also followed Chu Huan at this time and smiled bitterly: "I have also seen it along the way. The leaves that just grew were 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 pass. Even if you get it, you still have to use it for grain planting. If you really want to eat all the grain plantings, more people will die in the northwest."

"Sir, what should we do with this group of people in front of us?" Faced with the situation in front of us, Xuanyuan Shengcai did not dare to act rashly.

Chu Huan thought for a while and said, "We still have some food in our car. Take out a small part and give them some first. We can't help many people, so we can only do our best..."

At this moment, a scream came from behind. Chu Huan heard Su Niang's voice. When she turned around, she saw a few guard soldiers who had pulled out their swords and walked over quickly. She found a seven or eight-year-old child sitting on the ground with a frightened face. Two big knives were facing him. His pupils were full of horror. Seeing Chu Huan coming, a guard said ashamed: "Sir, this child is mixed into the crowd and wants to pull into the wife's car. He has disturbed her. He deserves to die for his crimes..."

Chu Huan smelled a fishy smell coming. When he saw the child with fear, he turned around and saw the curtains of the carriage where Su Niang was riding open. Su Niang looked outside with a look of beauty. He heard Su Niang explain: "He... he climbed up the car window and almost turned in... I want him to go down, but he... his fingers scratched my hand..."

Chu Huan understood and saw that the child was young, but was worried that the child would be shocked. He smiled and said, "It's okay, little guy, you should not do anything you want to eat..." Suddenly he frowned and saw that there was a large swollen area on the child's arm, which had broken, and green pus flowed out from it, which was very terrifying.
Chapter completed!