After the Xiongnu retreated, Qiuzi had to disperse his forces to surround the north gate, and borrowed troops from neighboring countries. As soon as Chen was worried, Ban Chao lost a right-hand man, but he was not allowed to go out, so he had to hold the city tightly and wait for reinforcements. And when Qiuzi saw the defeat of the Huns, Zhiban was super resourceful, and he did not dare to push too much.

Time is fleeting, autumn leaves are hard to stay, and it is already cold in the blink of an eye. The north wind is whistling and the snow is fluttering. On this day, Ban Chao sat alone in the camp, with a lot of worries. Qiuzi is not in a hurry, there is a battle today, and another battle tomorrow, the Shule soldiers are decreasing day by day, and there are less than 1,000 soldiers, and Chen Xian is gone, and there is no news. Suddenly, I heard the commotion outside the camp, and a person rushed over, panting: "General, it's not good, a monster suddenly appeared in the sky, and everyone looked at it and was very scared." ”

Ban Chao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "How can there be monsters in the world?" I have copied countless books, but I have never seen them, and the so-called monsters have all been fabricated by the world. Let's go, I'll take a look. ”

When they arrived outside the camp, they saw the Shule soldiers on the city wall, all looking up at the sky, frightened, and some knelt down and chanted words. Above the blue sky, there is a bucket of large magpies, black and white, half floating and half sinking, swaying in the air. Ban Chao laughed: "It's really lonely, what kind of monster is this, it's obviously a wooden kite, in my Han Dynasty, it is very common, and a three-year-old child can play it." ”

Shule Bing was skeptical: "Wooden kite? What is a wood kite? General Ban, look, how can there be such a big and ugly bird in the world? It's been an hour since it floated motionless in the sky, and it's not a monster. ”

Ban Chao was silent, walked to the city wall, and saw that the Guizi soldiers were also looking up, frightened, and couldn't help laughing: "I know, this must be Chen Yu's doing, our army has been saved, saved." When the people heard this, they were all puzzled.

Ban Chao pointed to the air: "In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the philosopher Mo Zhai saw the birds passing through the sky, he had some feelings, meditated and thought hard, and it took three years to imitate the birds, make kites out of wood, and fly to the sky. But the wood is bulky, the kite can not fly for a long time, Lu Ban saw it, replaced the wood with bamboo, and transformed, and the wooden kite made of it can fly for three days and three nights without falling. ”

When the Shule general heard this, he suddenly realized, but he was puzzled: "What is the use of this wooden kite?" ”

"It's a lot of use, both for play and for war."

"Used for war?"

"Not bad! During the battle of Qixia, although the Chu army was besieged, but the strength still existed, it was difficult to defeat, Han Xin came up with a strategy, made a wooden kite with cowhide, and applied a bamboo flute, the bamboo flute sounded in the wind, and the Han army cooperated with the sound of the flute and sang the Chu song, which immediately dispersed the morale of the Chu army, and the Chu army fled cleanly overnight. Therefore, this wooden kite is useful, but it is big, and now there is a wooden kite flying in the sky, it must be Chen Shu who brought reinforcements and informed me to wait! ”

When General Shule heard this, he bowed to the ground: "General Ban knows everything, and so are the true gods!" Qiuzi, Yanqi and other countries in the Western Regions dared to betray the Han Dynasty, it was really beyond their strength! I, the Shule people, have been attached to the Han Dynasty forever! ”

The more peaceful the Shule army is, the more they have no second heart. Ban Chao summoned the generals and explained secretly, the generals of Shule were all unknown, looking at each other, Ban Chao smiled and said: "The military aircraft must not be leaked, but you will obey the military order, and you will be highlighted in Wujicheng the day after tomorrow, and you can be reunited with your family within ten days!" The generals of Shule were skeptical, and each of them made a statement.

General Qiuzi hunted at night to watch the Wuji city wall, and suddenly saw the torches all over the sky, endlessly, and couldn't help but be shocked: "The king ordered me to capture Wuji City this month, I harassed for days, thinking that the Shule army had already disappeared, but I didn't expect there to be so many people!" How is this good? I was depressed for a while, and thought: "I heard that Ban Chao is very smart, could it be that he is playing tricks and confusing us?" "I didn't argue about the truth for a while, and I went back to the camp in a hurry.

After a while, several people entered the camp. He was overjoyed and couldn't wait to ask: "I see that the torches of the Han army are like stars in the sky, you have just returned from Wuji City, can you know the reality in the city?" "It turned out that during the day, the Shule army, which had been holding out, suddenly opened the city gate and attacked Qiuzi, in a vain attempt to break through. After fighting for a while, they were defeated and lost. The hunt wanted to spy on the reality of the city, and had already ordered some Qiuzi soldiers to pretend to be the Shule army and break into the city together, and the Shule army fled in panic, where do you know?

Guizi Bing shook his hands and said in a panic: "General, it's terrible, it's terrible." We mixed in the north of Wuji City, and saw that the Shule army transferred soldiers from the south, west, and east, coming and going, busy and busy, walking for a full afternoon, and not yet exhausted, counting carefully, the Shule army was afraid that it was 20,000 or 30,000 miles. I went to the street again and inquired secretly, and heard that the Shule army had concentrated all its forces at the north gate, and that tomorrow it would be desperate to break through with all its strength. ”

The hunt stopped for a long time, and Fang said: "It turns out that Shule really still has such soldiers, hmph, it's okay, take advantage of it to go out of the city, gather tomorrow morning and annihilate it, and finish it in one battle, wouldn't it be better?" By the way, Shule has always guarded the city tightly, how did you get out? ”

"We waited for the wrong accent, and the people saw it, reported the officers and soldiers, and we hid in the corners of the city wall, and were not discovered by the officers and soldiers who searched for us. When it was dark, the Shule army changed its guards, and we escaped. When they finished speaking, their faces beamed with smugness.

Hunting secretly calculated to himself, and muttered: "The Shule army concentrates its forces to break through the siege, and it will definitely give up its life and forget it." It is difficult to stop the troops of the north gate alone, and it seems that the only way to mobilize other forces is to meet them hard and destroy them. Thinking of this, he summoned all the generals, dispatched troops, ambushed everywhere, and was busy all night, and finally deployed properly.

The sky is slightly bright, the birds are silent, the east is exposed to the white belly of the fish, a trace of blood-red morning glow floats in the sky, the hunting generals are divided into six ways, quietly ambushed in all directions of the north gate, waiting for the Shule army to go out of the city. After a long time, but there was no movement, when I was impetuous, I suddenly heard a cannon sound at the north gate, and a fire broke out upstairs, several feet high, until it was in the air. The hunting spirit was lifted and he stared at the city gate. Sure enough, the city gate creaked and slowly opened, and an army of only a few dozen people rushed out of it, prancing horses and going east.

Hunting was stunned for a moment: "Yesterday, I said in detail that there are tens of thousands of people in the Shule army, why are there only dozens of people out of the city, is it to test the reality of our army?" He held his temper even more, stared at the city gate, and waited for the rear army, but after a while, he didn't see anyone, and the Shule army in front of him was gone, and he was about to walk out of the last line of defense of Qiuzi, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, a big west wind, rising from the ground, flying sand and rocks, whirring, the hunting eyes couldn't be opened, thinking: "The Han people have a saying that the small can't bear to make a big plan, if you attack the dozens of Shule troops, wouldn't Ban Chao have a peek at the deployment of our army?" With such a force, they could not shrink and hold on to the city, and I am afraid that they will not be able to attack it for months, so how can they explain it to the king? Then he shook his head and waited patiently.