Chapter 46 Four, unworldly feats

Night fell.The night was gloomy, and the land was still.But for Ban Chao, it was bound to be an uneasy night.Fate is like gambling, life and death are in front of the fire. Ban Chao chose Huo Gong.There are few others, but there are many envoys from the Northern Huns.Fire attack is a smart strategy to save costs.What made him even more excited was that God also came to watch the fun, and just as he was about to do it, a strong wind blew up in the sky. Ban Chao dispatched ten people to ambush behind the envoys of the Northern Huns to act as drummers.The rest took knives and arrows, and lay in ambush outside the tent of the Northern Huns, waiting for orders.

After everything was ready, Ban Chao lit a fire.Together, the flames rushed towards the Huns' camp with the wind.Then, the gongs and drums also sounded, and Ban Chao led the crowd into the Northern Huns' tent. This battle caught the northern Huns mission by surprise.One hundred Huns were burned to death before they could wake up.Those who woke up and tried to run were all beheaded.Ban Chao counted the heads, and his subordinates beheaded more than 30 people. Blood stained the night red, and even the dawn was full of blood.Before dawn, Ban Chao ended the battle.The crowd sang the song of victory and returned triumphantly.

When Ban Chao led everyone back to the team, Guo Xun woke up like a dream, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.He has complicated emotions and weird expressions, but he doesn't know where to start. Do you know what he is thinking?Ban Chao's business failed, and he could get out of the way.The problem is, the business is done and everyone has made a profit, so he is left to sleep in the tent alone. If this matter is reported back to the Han Dynasty, wouldn't it be embarrassing? Ban Chao had already seen Guo Xun's intentions.He patted Guo Xun on the shoulder and said, you also deserve credit for watching the tents for everyone in the team.In this battle, your benefits will definitely be indispensable.The credit for killing the enemy is counted as your share.

Ban Chao said that Guo Xun was full of enthusiasm, and he had to fully cooperate with the next action to finish the trick. Ban Chao asked people to line up the heads of the beheaded envoys of the Huns.Then, he asked someone to wake up the king of Shanshan, saying that he wanted to invite him to visit a good thing. The king of Shanshan came here when he heard that there was something good.However, when King Shanshan led all the officials to the scene, everyone was shocked.What Ban Chao asked them to visit turned out to be a pile of bloody heads, the heads of the envoys of the Northern Huns!

Ban Chao looked at King Shanshan coldly.The king of Shanshan looked at Ban Chao in fear, as if a sheep had met a wolf. At this time, Ban Chao said: "You see, this is the end for those who oppose the Han Dynasty." Complacent, Ban Chao said majesticly: "The Han Dynasty is a country that emphasizes loyalty. If you respect me a foot, we will let you However, those who dare to take chances and oppose us have never had good fruit." King Shanshan felt guilty and asked Ban Chao, "What do you want us to do?" Ban Chao said sharply, "It's very simple. From now on, please don't have any contact with the Northern Huns."

King Shanshan's legs were trembling, and he knelt down to apologize.He immediately agreed to Ban Chao's conditions and surrendered to the Han Dynasty.In order to show sincerity, according to the old rules, the prince was sent to Chang'an as a hostage. Soon, Ban Chao returned to the Han Dynasty with Prince Shanshan, and met Dou Gu first.Dou Gu was so excited that tears were about to flow out.The Western Regions are like a huge market. If the second development of the Han Dynasty is successful, both Ban Chao and Dou Gu will be immortal. Dou Gu immediately sent a special report to Liu Zhuang, with two contents: one is to ask for credit for Ban Chao; the other is to ask Liu Zhuang to send envoys to the Western Regions again and continue to develop the Western Regions.

Soon, Liu Zhuang replied and approved two things: one was to promote Ban Chao to the army Sima, and the other was to use local materials to send Ban Chao to the Western Regions again. Dou Gu gave Ban Chao another task.The country of this mission is called Khotan (now Hotan City, Xinjiang). Relatively speaking, it is considered a big country in the Western Regions.The king of Khotan occupies the southern road of the Western Regions, dominates himself, and is invincible.Because of its importance, the Northern Huns also attached great importance to it, and sent spies to monitor the king of Khotan almost around the clock.

Dou Gu told Ban Chao that the task was arduous and not as easy as before.How about this, how about I send some more troops to take care of you on the way? Ban Chao shook his head and said: "The country of Khotan is far away, and besides, it is an unreasonable big country. Even if there are many people, there are hundreds of people. If a hundred people go to a foreign land, if danger occurs, instead of being able to save the day, they will not be able to save the day. Drag hands and feet." Dou Gu asked: "Then you weigh it, how many people are suitable?" Ban Chao paused, then firmly replied: "I don't want anything else, just my original thirty-six brothers."

Facts have proved that, as Ban Chao expected, it is indeed difficult to deal with Khotan.After Ban Chao arrived at his destination, he met King Khotan, but he was indifferent.What is even more frightening is that the envoys of the Northern Huns came one step ahead.Ban Chao discovered that there was a strange anti-Han atmosphere in Khotan. The vanguard of the anti-Han Dynasty was the Great Wizard of Khotan.He pretended to be a ghost, and publicly declared in the name of God: God heard that Khotan was going to have relations with the Han Dynasty, and he was going to be angry.In order to appease it, the king of Khotan was asked to immediately send someone to fetch the mount of the Han envoy, kill the horse for blood, and serve the gods.

Even the Han envoy Ban Chao's mount has been inquired clearly about this powerful wizard. He has a yellow body and a black mouth, and he is extremely fast.The wizard is very knowledgeable, and Ban Chao's mount is a fine horse.However, he didn't care about the horse, but Ban Chao.Killing the horse is to humiliate Ban Chao in front of everyone and to bruise the will of the Han Dynasty. By the way, all the people in Khotan are superstitious about witchcraft, and even the work of wizards belongs to the national civil servants.From a certain perspective, the wizard's words represent the will of the country.Therefore, the wizard said that he wanted Ban Chao's mount, so King Khotan had to send someone to find Ban Chao.

The person who negotiated with Ban Chao for horses was the prime minister of Khotan.After listening to his report on the domestic situation, Ban Chao laughed in his heart.On the surface, it is the wizard who is making trouble, but in fact, the man behind the scenes is the King of Khotan.He didn't dare to go head-to-head, so he sent a wizard to test the water. The scientific name of King Khotan's trick is diplomatic blackmail.If the opponent succeeds, it will not only be a matter of losing the country of Khotan, but the Han Dynasty will have no way to make a name for itself in the Western Regions from then on. During the negotiation process, the two sides did not argue.On the contrary, everyone is in a good mood.Ban Chao told the other party, isn't it just a horse, just give it to you.But there is a condition, the wizard must personally take it away. The prime minister of Khotan went back excitedly, and after a while, he ran back excitedly with the wizard.However, when the wizard was about to step forward to lead the horse, Prime Minister Khotan was dumbfounded. Before the wizard in Khotan got close to the horse, Ban Chao's entourage jumped out and successfully separated the wizard's head from his body with one knife.At this time, Ban Chao gave another order, and everyone took down the Prime Minister of Khotan and tied him up. Then, Ban Chao asked someone to bring a whip and beat the prime minister.I believe Prime Minister Khotan never dreamed that Ban Chao would attack him on his own territory.What was even more frustrating was that Ban Chao was very ruthless and beat him with hundreds of whips. After Ban Chao was tired, he called it a day.Then they sent people, together with the head of the wizard, to carry the prime minister back to the king of Khotan. I have seen fierce ones, but I have never seen one fiercer than Ban Chao.When King Khotan saw the skinny prime minister and the terrifying head of the wizard, he was immediately exhausted. A weak country has no diplomacy, and a strong country breeds strong envoys.Those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished even if they are far away. This is Chen Tang's bold statement.Today, Ban Chao wants to tell the countries in the Western Regions that anyone who has trouble with the Han Dynasty has no good fruit in the past, and it is still the same now, and it will be even more so in the future. This is a typical deterrence of strength, King Khotan bowed his head and admitted defeat. He immediately sent someone to kill the envoy of the Northern Huns to show his sincerity.Ban Chao was very polite and rewarded King Tian and his ministers in the name of the Han Dynasty.Then, Ban Chao told King Khotan that I still have a lot of work to do, so I will stay with you in the future. Since then, Ban Chao's mighty reputation has swept the Western Regions with the speed of the wind.Countries in the Western Regions sent people to Khotan to visit Banchao.Then, they urgently sent someone to send their prince to Luoyang as a hostage to show their surrender. The Han Dynasty cut off relations with the Western Regions for sixty-five years, and finally it was completely repaired and restored in the hands of Ban Chao. Ban Chao had waited too long for this moment.He realized his original dream, in the farthest foreign land, engraved his name deeply on the historical monument just like Zhang Qian!