On the last day before emperor Yitian passed the pass in 1985, a huge team of cars and horses with 500 or 600 people slowly walked out of the urn city of tieliuguan.


    Outside the urn City, there is a paved stone Avenue. At this time, there is a thick layer of snow. The ruts roll over and rattle, as if they were rolling on people''s hearts.


    Tieliuguan is the last pass out of Hexi and Yanzhou, but the chariots and horses drive out of the urn city of tieliuguan, even if they step into a foreign land.


    Dong Ning opened the window, and the wind and snow poured in from the window, blowing her face like a cut, which made her eyes filled with tears. Looking back, she saw the black pass city built in a narrow valley, which was so cold and ruthless -- looking to the East, the continuous mountains were covered with snow and ice, and dozens of city bases were divided according to the dangerous terrain, which was like a giant lock, completely locking the town of Jinzhou''s fierce enemies to the west of tieliuling.


    The thousands of soldiers standing like sculptures at the top of the city cast countless eyes here, but the intricate eyes were mixed with pity, anger, unwillingness or anger, but there was no trace of love for her.


    "Princess, Dong Duhu''s horse team has returned to Guancheng."


    Yun Qiwei ran Hu, who escorted Dong Ningxi''s marriage, rode over and talked to Dong Ning through the window.


    Dong Ning is not very familiar with the clan uncle of general Ren tieliu''s camp. He only had the opportunity to meet his grandfather when he was young or when he grew up. However, he doesn''t remember what he said in the past. Did he say a lot of goodbye through tieliu pass? He only knows that he is one of the few strong Taoist elixirs of the Dong family. They all say that his status in the Dong family and Hexi is only under his father, marquis Qin Mu.


    Is power really that important to men?


    "We''re on the road now?" ran Hu asked again when he saw that Dong Ning was in a trance.


    "Oh! Let''s go." Dong Ning answered, put down the curtain and sat back in the warm carriage with steaming censers and covered with brocade beds.


    Listening to Dong Ning''s empty voice, ran Hu felt uncomfortable, but the wind and snow were so heavy that if the chariots and horses continued to delay in front of tieliu pass and didn''t start, they couldn''t arrive at Yuguan remnant camp 200 miles away before nightfall and camp for the night.


    In that case, such a windy snowmobile and horse team will camp directly in the wild. People can carry it when sleeping in tents, but the horses are afraid of frostbite.


    It''s a long journey to the West. It''s still very tight to get married in the Western Qiang country by the Chaimu Lake in two months.


    Dong Ning''s marriage to the young king of the Western Qiang state can be arranged after the next spring. At that time, the ice and snow melt and the flowers bloom in spring, and it takes only a month to get to the Western Qiang state. However, Hexi is eager to form an alliance with the Western Qiang state and remove the threat to the West. It can''t even wait for half a year, but it has to catch up with the coldest season of the year and catch up with the ice In the bitter cold season, especially when he left his hometown on the day before the new year, ran Hu felt cold.


    However, as a son of the ran family, he was only a cloud riding captain in the Wuwei army in Hexi. There was no room for him to intervene in such matters.


    "After Chen Hai handed over juquanling, he left with a book and resigned. It has been more than a month since he left juquanling. No one knows his whereabouts. Miss, do you say he won''t suddenly run over and stop her from marrying into the Western Qiang state?"


    At this time, Dong Ning''s maid Dong Xinger whispered in the carriage.


    Ran Hu could not help but prick up his ears. It sounded difficult to calm his heart: Chen Hai suddenly handed over juquanling to all families. The west side of the river was like a calm lake. It was like a huge stone thrown in. It was noisy for a time, but most of them were blaming Chen Hai.


    Ran Hu, who returned to Hexi from Yanjing at the beginning of the year, doesn''t know what Chen Hai really thinks. However, as a disciple of taiweizong in Hexi, Chen Hai owes Hexi a lot for having laid the chess piece of shichengling in Tongbei mansion. He doesn''t say that he will completely hand over juquanling to Hexi. In the end, he just holds juquanling together with Miao and Zhao in northern and southern regions, No wonder the vast majority will accuse Chen Hai of forgetting his ancestors.


    Ran Hu didn''t know why Dong Xinger said that Chen Hai would suddenly run over. He thought to himself that the bastard really wanted to run over and cut off the road. He wanted to grab his collar and ask why he refused and why he did such a bastard!


    "Alas..." a heartbreaking sigh came from the carriage at this time. Ran Hu was uncomfortable to hear it. He knew that Princess Dong Ning didn''t expect Chen hai to appear.


    If others are humiliated in public and don''t want to cut them with a sharp blade, how can they expect each other to appear?


    At this time, when he saw Du Wu Wei Ye he, who was in charge of welcoming and escorting the relatives of the Western Qiang state, driving his horse, it seemed that there was something to show the princess of Yuecheng. Ran Hu coughed gently and reminded the princess Dong Ning and Dong Xinger not to discuss Chen Hai again.


    Dong Ning''s face is naturally dull when Chen Hai refuses to marry him in public. It''s not a good thing if people in the Western Qiang listen to him. It may even make Dong Ning suffer undue contempt in the Western Qiang.


    Damn Chen Hai.


    All this was caused by Chen Hai. If Chen Hai had not refused to marry in public and Dong Ning had no face to stay in Hexi, how could he take the initiative to marry to the ghost place of Western Qiang?


    Dong''s family has many children, so why let the Pearl of Taiwei mountain be thrown into the bitter and cold land of Western Qiang?


    Although ran Hu was a general in Chen Hai and greatly admired his ability to run the army and use the army, he was also annoyed that he was such a ruthless and unjust man. After that, he broke off his friendship with the people of the Marquis house in Zhaoyang.


    "The Xixia corridor is more than ten thousand miles long, facing wushao mountain and Yujin mountain, which are more and more high in the south, and the Gobi desert in the north. Although the monsters in the depths of wushao mountain and Yujin mountain are extremely fierce and frightening, the real threat to us is the road bandits in the depths of the desert. Ran Hu should be prepared for the danger of this trip!" Ye he, the capital of the Western Qiang state, was appointed by the king of the Western Qiang state to meet his relatives in Hexi. At this time, the Hu Wei who led the marriage with ran Hu only rode more than 500 elite soldiers and horses.


    Ordinary horse thieves in the depths of the desert naturally have nothing to worry about and fear. However, after the western expedition of emperor Yi Tian was damaged 20 years ago, the troops and horses in Hexi were forced to give up the barracks in the Xixia corridor and retreat to tieliu ridge. In the north of the 10000 mile Xixia corridor, one after another horse thieves occupied a few oases in the depths of the desert, Mushroomed out.


    Some of these horse thieves are the remnant Qiang forces destroyed by Emperor Yitian on his western expedition 20 years ago, while others are forces west of the Western Qiang state. They want to reach to the East and are also eyeing the Western Qiang state


    If the swords of Hexi and Western Qiang were not sharp, these horse thieves would have occupied the Xixia corridor and completely cut off the connection between Hexi and Western Qiang.


    After listening to Ye he''s words, ran Hu snorted slightly. If Hexi hadn''t focused on the east of tieliuling and devoted himself to the management of three counties and Xixia corridor in recent years, where would there be room for these horsemen to rage?


    Of course, although ran Hu is the leader of the young generation of generals in Hexi and has a high spirit and proud capital, it is also true. He knows that his trip will not be particularly peaceful. After all, not all forces want to see Hexi marry and form an alliance with the Western Qiang state. I believe that the Huang family standing behind Helan Jianzong and Hexiang army is one of them.


    I just know that this trip will not be peaceful. In addition to the more than 100 elite of the Western Qiang state, the other 400 cavalry are the most elite Taoist yamen soldiers in Hexi. Even if there are three or five thousand horsemen flocking, ran Hu is confident that he can tear these horsemen to pieces.


    The northwest foot of Taiwei mountain range is Mazong mountain. To the continuous mountains of Mazong mountain and then to the west is the boundless Jinzhou desert.


    Yanjing does not have a detailed map of Jinzhou, but only a few practice travel notes have a fairly detailed record and description of Jinzhou desert.


    From Wushaoling, Yujin mountain, Heishan and other desperate areas to the north, the vast Gobi desert has 70000 miles in the East, West, North and south.


    Only in the southern edge of the desert where Wushaoling, Yujin mountain and Heishan are connected, because a large number of Jedi glaciers melt and flow down, forming countless lakes and oases, breeding hundreds of Qiang nationalities, and there are many vassal states thousands of miles away. Western Qiang is only one of them.


    Further north, except for a small amount of rain, no large rivers extend in. The oases in the depths of the long desert have decreased sharply in both scale and quantity. Except for the big and small horsemen or the residual forces who failed in the struggle for hegemony in Jinzhou, there are few real vassal states or small States.


    Continue north to the northern edge of Jinzhou desert, where demons are very active, and human traces are rare.


    Between Xichang state and tieliuguan, because it is close to the north foot of Wushaoling mountain, hundreds of streams and rivers pour out from the depths of Wushaoling mountain, forming a series of large and small oases in this 13000 mile long and narrow area.


    It is also the main channel for Yanzhou to enter Jinzhou from Hexi to the west, which is called Xixia corridor. Throughout history, whether it is the rise of Yanzhou and its expansion to the west, or the joint eastward movement of the Qiang tribes in Jinzhou, the Xixia corridor is a must for both sides.


    However, Hexi and Western Qiang, as the two most important forces in the Xixia corridor, have failed to completely control the Xixia corridor after the setback of emperor Yitian''s western expedition for various reasons, such as internal troubles and foreign aggression. It is a pity.


    After leaving Hexi, Chen Hai did not take Xixia corridor, but entered from the west of horse mane and directly stepped into the depths of the boundless Jinzhou desert.


    However, he also despised the power of the vast Gobi desert. After walking in the depths of the desert for more than ten days, he was also very sleepy. He was also watched by a group of iron ridge sand wolves with hundreds of scales.


    Chen Hai sat behind a boulder that could shelter from the wind and snow, took out the meat breast, took two bites and swallowed the wine. At this time, several iron ridge sand wolves appeared from the vast wind and snow. He was staring at them warily, didn''t approach, didn''t give Chen Hai a chance to kill them, but didn''t leave. It seemed that after Chen Haijing was exhausted, he would summon the wolves in the rear to surround him, He ate Chen hai to the bone.