In the few days of waiting for the imperial court's decree, Geng Gong and Ban Chao climbed high and looked far away, discussed the current situation in the world, discussed the strategy of the western expedition, and talked about the strategy of the art of war. A few days later, the imperial envoy Guo Sui galloped in from Yunzhong County, and ordered Geng Gong to return to Luoyang quickly, waiting for dispatch, Ban Chao immediately entered the Western Regions from Shangyuan, and the military of Shangyuan and Wugu counties was temporarily in charge of Wu Tie, the chief guard of Daijun.

The north wind hunts, and the armor is cold. Geng Gong held Ban Chao's hand and said with tears: "Brother, the countries of the Western Regions have not been in trouble for a long time, and I don't know the power of our country's soldiers, this trip is difficult and unpredictable, my subordinates Fan Qiang, Wu Meng, Li Dang and others are brave and fierce, especially Fan Qiang and Wu Meng, who are more wise, and can go to the Western Regions from my younger brother to help you." ”

Ban Chao was very moved, and shed a few tears, and said: "Brother, don't worry, although the emperor ordered me to lead a thousand troops into the Western Regions." However, the countries of the Western Regions are vast and have many people, and if they are conquered by force, what is the use of a thousand soldiers? In vain, it makes the Western Regions suspicious, it is better to only bring 36 horsemen to show me that I have no fear, but make the Western Regions suspect that I have a plan, and I dare not act rashly. The southern route of the Western Regions has been flattened, and his brother is also going to the northern route of the Western Regions, Fan Qiang, Wu Meng, Li Dang and others have experienced life and death with their elder brothers, and they are all loyal and righteous people, and it is just right for my brother to take them to the west. If I have any worries, that's enough. He will enter the Western Regions one day, and his brother will definitely act when he sees the opportunity, and he will definitely have no worries, but please rest assured, brother. ”

The two of them clasped hands tightly, with tears in their eyes. Friends, these two heavy words, how warm people feel, throughout the ages, whether it is a peddler pawn, or a hero, how many people, for these two words, throw their heads, spill blood, stick knives in both ribs, and die without shock. Geng Gong and Ban Chao know that when they say goodbye today, he will be closed in the mountains, one south and one north, and the end of the world is close at hand, I am afraid that there will be no day to meet! However, the hearts of the two heroes have always touched together!

The two of them tilted their heads and finished the wine in the bowl. Li Dare took a step forward and said in a loud voice: "Brother nerd, I don't want to go to the Western Regions with you, you are not happy at all, and you are playing tricks and grinding your mouth when you go to the Western Regions, so what is the smell of birds?" Hmph, the Huns and the Western Regions killed my whole family, and the blood debt still needs to be repaid in blood, and I dare to talk to him with a knife! I'll still go to the northern front with Brother Geng Gong to kill a good time. ”

Geng Gong shouted: "Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about!" ”

Li Dang stretched out his thick arm covered with black hair, picked up a bowl of wine, raised his head and drank it all, and laughed: "Brother nerd, we are waiting for your good news in Luoyang!" Wu Meng, Fan Qiang and others also came over, and everyone drank a bowl of wine. Ban Chao was born as a scholar and was not strong enough to drink, but when he parted, he was touched by sadness, and he couldn't help but be full of pride.

Bidding farewell to Ban Chao, Geng Gong walked in a huff, and was silent for several days, only to feel that the road was full of sorrow. It was easy to get to Luoyang and return to the court. Although he failed to take the lead in conquering the enemy city and lost the game with Ban Chao, Geng Gong fought for the first time, he was full of wisdom, strategy and courage, faintly had the style of his father, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty appreciated it, and when he saw Geng Gong, he said: "When I want to imitate Emperor Wu, I will go on an expedition against the Huns, pacify the north, and often think about the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, the old man, the death of the dead, there is no yesterday's heroic wind, quite hesitant, Qing is after the gate, although the city of Shangyuan is taken by Ban Chao, but Qing is the first time to join the army, he can beat the Xianbei famous generals, and cherish the soldiers, quite strategic, it is really my Huo to disease!" When the southern front of the Western Regions is successful, Qing will go out with General Dou on the expedition, and he should think of fighting bravely to kill the enemy, make meritorious contributions to the country, and make a name for himself at home, so as to live up to my high hopes today. ”

Listening to this remark, Geng Gong's blood boiled. The good general Siming Lord, with Emperor Ming, why worry about not having a stage to show his skills? I'm afraid, I'm afraid, the good will be white-headed, and the beauty will be twilight. As for the game with Ban Chao, the outcome is not a matter of fact, both brothers and Han generals, as long as they can make contributions to the country, it is enough, no matter who it is. When Geng Gong retreated, he saw Ma Fang with a gloomy face, his eyes were strange, Geng Gong was slightly stunned, and thought, "Why is he a little sad?" ”

Entering Geng's mansion, Ma Fu, who was in charge, took Geng Gong's horse whip, his face was full of smiles, his eyes and nose were squeezed together, and said: "Little master, I heard that the emperor is praising you, yo, it's amazing, I have seen it since I was a child, the master must not be a mortal, tsk, I also heard that when the master was born, the house was full of incense, and the birds were singing......" Hearing Ma Fu chattering non-stop, Geng Gong thought to himself, this Ma Fu's habit of talking a lot seems to be never changed, and I remembered that my mother said that this Ma Fu can talk to the stone for a day, I couldn't help but laugh a little. Ma Fu saw Geng Gong smiling, and he chattered endlessly.

Geng Bing went to Dou Gu's mansion to discuss matters, and Geng Gong walked to his mother's room. Pushing open the door, a pair of bright eyes, full of tenderness and grievance, were looking at it stupidly. Geng Gong was stunned for a moment, and thought, "Which girl is this?" Why here? When he looked at it carefully, he suddenly woke up, but it was Ma Juan, and he smiled: "Brother Engraved, why are you here?" It's been a while, but you're looking more and more like a girl, haha. ”

Ma Juan looked shy, pushed Geng Gong away with one hand, lowered her head and said angrily: "You negative one, you came back, and you won't tell me." I haven't seen you for a long time, and when we meet, it's so improper, hmph, I want my aunt to educate you well. ”

"Negative?" When Geng Gong heard this, he was slightly stunned, and before he could think about it, his mother said beside him: "Your younger brother, it's okay." I'm afraid I'm worried about you, talk to me every day, help me beat my waist, and take me around, hehe, much more intimate than that Ma Fu. ”

"Thank you, brother, I ......"

"I haven't seen you for so long, have you, have you ever thought about me?" Ma Juan lowered her head and asked suddenly, her fingers fiddling with the corners of her clothes, and her expression was very twisted.

"This ......" Geng Gong thought for a moment, and said honestly: "It doesn't seem to be." ”

Ma Juan raised her head, her snow-white face was full of gloom, and her two long willow leaf-like eyebrows were tightly locked together. She stood up, stomped her feet, "hummed" together, and rushed out. Geng Gong was startled, at a loss, and asked, "What's wrong, Brother Engraved, what's wrong with you?" What happened to you? ”

"I heard that you were defeated at the hands of Ban Chao and couldn't go to the Western Regions, I'm so happy......" Ma Juan's intermittent voice came from far outside the house. Geng Gong scratched his head, feeling that this engraved brother was full of weirdness, he returned to his mother and asked, "Mother, what's wrong with the engraved brother, why is he always weird." ”

Geng's mother looked loving, her eyes were full of smiles, and she said softly: "Huzi, don't think about this question, you can't figure it out." The generational grudge between our Geng family and the Ma family was resolved by you and this engraved brother...... You have to cherish him, he is good to you, don't let him down. ”

Mother's words made Geng Gong even more confused.

The Han Dynasty was urgently preparing for the Western Regions, Geng Gong was very concerned about Ban Chao, who had sent the envoy to the Western Regions, and for more than a month, there was no news, life and death were in vast, and his heart was uneasy. I had to talk with Wu Meng, Fan Qiang, and Li Dare every day, practice martial arts, and fight in the sand table, but I also eliminated some of my worries.

Suddenly, the sky is sunny and the winter is complete. Geng Gong was talking about the art of war with Wu Meng and others, and when he was about to rise, a stranger with a dusty face, staggered in, and shouted: "General Geng, good news, good news." Followed by the panting Ma Fu, Ma Fu said with a bitter face: "Wa'er has a name, Can'er has a surname, who are you?" is so rude, without informing, you are about to break in, you ......" Li dared to listen, frowned, and said viciously: "Where did the dead rat come from?" Didn't you see Grandpa Black listening to the story? Hmph, dare to spoil Grandpa Black's interest, Grandpa Black unscrewed your head to make a stool to sit on! After speaking, he spread his five claws and was about to move.

The man didn't pay any attention and gasped: "General Geng, I am the envoy sent by General Ban from the Western Regions. ”

Li Dang's volley shrank back. Geng Gong was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "As soon as my brother is gone, how is he, how is he?" How's the war going? Geng Gong pinched his sweat, and his voice trembled a little.

"As soon as General Ban went to the Western Regions, he used both grace and power, and he has made Shanshan and Yu Ning surrender to my Han."

"That's great!" Geng Gong jumped up, with a smile between his eyebrows, "Shanshan, Yu Ningyi, the battle situation on the southern front of the Western Regions has settled!" The younger brother has both wisdom and bravery, no less than the son of Emperor Wu, I know that he will be able to make contributions and become famous in the desert. Tell me quickly, how did my brother make Shanshan and Yu Ning surrender? ”

Li Dang knew that there was another story to hear, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly took a stool and asked the messenger to sit down. Wu Meng and Fan Qiang were also sitting in danger, holding their breath, waiting for the messenger to speak. The envoy was not in a hurry, and looked at Li Kang, who remembered the rudeness just now, and suddenly became nervous, and his black face turned red. The envoy looked at Li Kang again, and Li Kang hurriedly lowered his head and said "ah", and said: "My ancestor, look at me, I don't look good...... the messenger raised his eyes and said, "I want to drink water." ”

Before the words fell, Li Dang jumped up, quickly took a large bowl of water, respectfully delivered it to the messenger, and said softly: "Drink quickly, I like to listen to stories the most, I want to hear how the nerdy brother calmed Shanshan and Yu Ning, by the way, is there enough water?" Not enough for me to scoop another bowl. Li Dang's rough voice actually had a hint of tenderness, for fear that he had offended the messenger just now, and the envoy would not say anything. Geng Gong and the others couldn't help laughing and laughed.

Seeing that Li Dang was straightforward, the envoy didn't care anymore, took the water and drank it all, and said: "General Ban took thirty-six horsemen, set off from Shangyuan, passed through Yumen Pass, and arrived at Shanshan Kingdom. However, after a few days, he suddenly ignored us very much. General Ban said, why did Shanshan suddenly treat us poorly? There must be a Hun arrived, Shanshan was afraid of offending the Huns, so he didn't dare to entertain us. I heard that the wise man knows a little, and the situation is so clear today, what are we hesitating about? As soon as he finished speaking, the Shanshan servant brought wine and rice, which was nothing more than some light wine and side dishes, and the soup was rancid, and we were very angry when we saw it. ”

Li Dang interjected: "This nerd brother is so cowardly, everyone else is riding to the head and peeing, why don't you kill the Huns and the king of Shanshan?" What a ......."

The envoy was stunned, and Li Dang hurriedly swallowed the second half of the curse into his stomach. The envoy continued: "General Ban calmed down, talked and laughed while eating, and suddenly asked Shanshan Servant, where did the Xiongnu envoy stay for a few days?" The officials did not beware of General Ban's question, thinking that we knew everything, so they had to say that the Xiongnu envoys and a group of more than 100 people had been here for a few days, and the camp tent was set up on the Qili Plain. General Ban kept the officials and summoned all 36 of us to drink thin wine, and halfway through the drink, Ban Chao suddenly cried bitterly, and everyone was inexplicable. Ban Chao said, we came to the Western Regions from Luoyang, originally wanted to establish great achievements, to win wealth, but now the Huns are coming, Shan's kindness to us is sparse, and they have been the Huns for a long time, seeing that we have few soldiers, they will soon arrest us and send us to the Huns, at that time there will be no place to bury, alas, but unfortunately I am a beauty in the capital, I am afraid that there is no way to meet in this life. ”

Li Dare couldn't bear it, jumped up and scolded: "Death is death, why are these nerds crying?" What a pustule. Geng Gong shouted: "Shut up! You know what! This must be my brother's radical method. ”

We all cried when we heard this, and said in unison, this is the case, life and death have to obey General Ban. General Ban was overjoyed, wiped away his tears, and said vigorously, do not enter the tiger's den, get the tiger, it is better to hit the day than to hit the day, now take advantage of the dark, and quickly attack the Huns, they must be frightened, the Huns die, they must resent Shanshan, at that time, Shanshan had to concentrate on my Han, in this way, not only saved his life, but also obtained wealth, why not? We were a little scared, and we didn't dare to respond. At this time, Chen said that he had always sought wealth and danger, and when he was constantly interrupted, he was in chaos, so what was there to hesitate about. So everyone was willing to trade death for life. In the middle of the night, General Ban led 36 people to Qiliyuan, at this time the north wind rose, blowing through the bones, we were a little scared, some people retreated, but General Ban said, this is God help me and wait for success, everyone can rest assured to move forward. We have a little peace of mind and courage to move forward. ”

Li Dang raised his fan-like palm, slapped it a few times, and said with a smile: "I really can't see it, this nerdy brother really has a bit of guts." ”

Wu Meng said: "The north wind is strong, I guess General Ban will definitely attack with fire." ”

The envoy glanced at Wu Meng from top to bottom and said, "That's right. General Ban ordered ten people to take the drum, hide behind the camp tent, and made twenty people hold bows and arrows and weapons, hidden at the door, General Ban led the remaining few people, set fire to the wind, the Huns were sleeping, suddenly heard the drum beating, there seemed to be thousands of troops and horses, no intention to resist, suddenly chaos, General Ban rushed into the camp tent, killed several people with knives, set fire while fighting, the Huns were either killed, or burned to death. ”

Li Dare stroked his palm and smiled: "The last time I killed the Xianbei Army, I also burned the old turtle, this nerd brother learned from me, haha......"

Geng Gong stroked his palms and sighed: "My younger brother is not chaotic in the face of danger, he deploys troops, he is organized, he can take the lead, and he can fight to kill the enemy, he is really my Han warrior!" When I go to attack the Huns, like my younger brother, I will chase the enemy for 3,000 miles and show my might! As he spoke, he couldn't help but be fascinated and in a daze.

"We killed the Huns, Shanshanguo was so frightened that his face was like earth, and General Ban proclaimed Han Weide, telling him that from now on, he will be single-minded and must not be half-hearted, otherwise this will be the end. Wang Guang hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground, but only obeyed the order. After the envoy finished speaking, he was a little tired and said, "I want to drink water." Li Dang hurriedly jumped up, scooped up a bowl of water, handed it to the messenger, and said, "Drink, drink." The messenger laughed, and drank the water without stopping, and was silent for a long time.

At this time, Fan Qiang couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "How did General Ban calm down?" Say it quickly. ”