The winter wind is bleak and the dust is foggy. Chen Xi and the others bowed to the ground: "The general is clever and clever, and without losing a single soldier, he will kill the Xianbei army without leaving a single person, what a genius." Ban Chao stood on the top of the canyon blankly, with a sad face, shook his head and sighed: "Alas, for his own fame, he has killed countless people, and within ten steps, there is no grass, which will definitely damage the fortune of my class, and I am afraid that my family will be retributed in the future, and there is no way to dodge." Chen Yu raised his eyebrows and comforted: "General, to eliminate evil is to promote good, march and fight, for the country and for the family, there are casualties, why bother?"

Ban Chao looked at the bottom of the valley where the blood flowed like a river, and couldn't help sighing: "One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither." In the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi punished 450,000 Zhao soldiers; Ambushed on all sides, Han Xin also killed countless Chu troops, and neither of them could die well. Although I am dedicated to the country and have no selfish thoughts, my yin virtue has been damaged and cannot be recovered. There is a deep regret in the words. After a long time, Ban Chao said again: "Pass my general order, enter the canyon quickly, and change into Xianbei clothes." If there are survivors, don't slaughter them, bring them to me. ”

At the bottom of the valley, the blood is choking, dense, and there are twisted corpses everywhere, full of arrows, like hedgehogs, and the horror of death still remains on the face, lifelike, and I can't bear to look at it. The Han army searched hard and barely gathered more than 1,000 Xianbei battle clothes. A few survivors, hiding among the dead bodies, holding their heads and shivering. Chen Xian comforted him with kind words and brought him to see Banchao. These Xianbei soldiers had never seen such a tragic battle, they were already frightened, and when they saw Ban Chao, they were very afraid, kneeling on the ground, and did not dare to raise their heads. Ban Chao helped them up one by one and said softly, "You don't have to be afraid, I won't kill you." When the war is over here, I will naturally let you go home and reunite. But now, I have to grieve you to go with the army. Everyone was a little relieved and kowtowed together.

Ban Chao suddenly pointed to a person and said warmly, "You come here." The man stepped forward respectfully, knelt down and said, "I've seen the general." Ban Chao hurriedly helped him up and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome." As I expected, you are the messenger of Uehara's shogun, Tanshi Light, and the day before yesterday I saw you riding alone through the canyon. The man said respectfully: "The general is very clear. ”

Ban Chao took off his clothes and draped them on the man: "It's cold, your clothes are thin and full of dust, if you don't dislike it, I will give you this battle suit that has been with me for more than ten years." The man was grateful, and wept and said, "The grace of life is difficult to repay." Now the general undresses me again, so that I am flattered and unforgettable, I don't know how to repay the general's mountain-like kindness? If the general has an order, the villain will go to the soup and go to the fire, and he will not give up. ”

"Okay." Ban Chao nodded and said, "People are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless?" Come to people, serve wine and meat, and entertain people. As soon as the words fell, a few Han soldiers immediately came up and carried over a long table, which was full of roast chicken, roast duck, rabbit, etc., as well as a few pots of fine wine, exuding an attractive fragrance. The man swallowed his saliva secretly, and was extremely grateful: "If the general has any orders, although he commands, as for wine and meat, he does not dare to use it." ”

"You're welcome, if you don't eat this wine and meat, you will look down on my Ban Chao, even if you need your help with anything, I won't say anything."

The Xianbei soldiers traveled day and night, exhausted, and after this tragic battle, they escaped from death, one by one they were so hungry that their chests were close to their backs, staring at the wine and meat, and finally one of them couldn't stand it, leaned down, picked up the wine and meat, and devoured it, and the rest of the people of course also rushed to be the first, munching and drinking. The Xianbei soldiers were full of wine and food, and the messenger wiped his mouth, patted his bulging belly, and said proudly: "General, please give orders." ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey. I divided my soldiers into two routes, five hundred soldiers on each road, and the messengers went with me to seek the plains; The rest of the people followed Chen Wei and asked for the grain together, and when they arrived at the city, you earned the city gate, and the rest of the matter was left to us. ”

Chen was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: "General Ban is too bold, how can he tell the prisoners about the marching strategy?" Hurriedly stopped: "General, aren't you afraid that they will change their minds when they come to the city?" Once this happens, it will be self-defeating and the whole army will be wiped out, and I hope that the general will take back his order and think twice! Ban Chao smiled faintly and said, "I treat people with faith, and people will treat me with faith, what is there to worry about?" The Xianbei envoy bowed to the ground: "The general treats me like a mountain, and trusts us so much, the water can be broken, the mountain can collapse, and the heaven and earth can be overturned, but we will never let the general down!" ”

The boundless night was shrouded in undulating mountain love, and the cold wind blew away the last trace of murderous aura in the canyon. The dead corpses seem to tell the cruelty of war, how many red faces have become resentful women in the spring boudoir, and how many families are fragmented...... Ban Chao sat on the top of the narrow valley with his flute in his arms, overlooking countless corpses, and a sad flute sounded, like crying and complaining, like resentment......

On the second day, Ban Chao summoned Chen Yu and gave him advice. The Han army divided into two routes, each advancing separately. Within a few days, the squad was in the upper echelons. Tan Shiguang was worried that there were no soldiers available, and he was harassed by Geng Gong for many days, and he was miserable. In the middle of the night, when I heard that the reinforcements from Wugu had arrived, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately went to the city, and when I saw that it was indeed the messenger I had sent, but there were very few soldiers, I couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said: "Why did my brother only send so many people?" What's the matter? ”

The envoy raised his voice and said: "General Tan, the war is tight, we are fast, we will arrive first, there are still thousands of soldiers behind, the general should not worry, open the city gate quickly!" Tan Shiguang did not doubt it at all, and opened the door to incorporate. The five hundred Han troops slowly entered Shangyuan City, and Tan Shiguang summoned his generals and set up a banquet overnight to entertain Ban Chao and others. Tan Shiguang raised his glass, but Ban Chao pulled out the knife and chopped it down, Tan Shiguang was caught off guard and was killed by Ban Chao. The Han soldiers outside the tent heard the movement inside, and they moved together to kill inside the tent.

Suddenly changed, the generals of the sandalwood light were inexplicable, dumbfounded, and one by one they were like clay wood carvings. The Han soldiers poured in like a spring, and when they drew their swords to resist, it was too late, and they were hacked to death by the Han soldiers one by one. Uehara had few soldiers, and was killed many by Geng Gong, and then harassed by Geng Gong day and night, his morale was low and he had no fighting spirit. The Han soldiers led by Ban Chao entered the flock like wolves, slashing and killing everywhere, and they were very happy, and the Xianbei soldiers became knife-headed ghosts one by one.

The flower blooms twice, and the words are divided into two ends. That Chen Shu led the troops to hurry to the foot of Wugu City, panting and shouting, "Open the city gate quickly!" Open the gates! The guards were startled, stretched their necks to see, the few Xianbei soldiers in front of them faintly knew something, and thought about it carefully, isn't this the reinforcement sent out by the general of the sandalwood steps five days ago? How did it turn back again? I was puzzled: "Why are you back again?" ”

Chen Wei trembled all over, pretending to be afraid: "Needless to say, needless to say, the Han soldiers are too powerful, they are ambushed in the middle of the road, flanking back and forth, I don't know how many people died, we finally escaped back, open the door quickly, otherwise the Han soldiers will chase after us, and we will die without a place to bury." Seeing that Chen Shu and the others were covered in blood on their battle clothes, and some soldiers were still wounded, those guards were humming and chirping on the side, so they no longer doubted it and opened the city gate. As soon as Chen Shu entered the city gate, he immediately killed the defenders and set fire to the city. Under the leadership of a few Xianbei soldiers, they went straight to the Tanshi Steps. The sandalwood steps were falling asleep, and Chen Wei was stabbed in the head, killed, chopped off his head, and Pegasus was sent to the plains.