"What's the matter?" The man asked.

"If you want me to retire, you can't!"

"Why?"

"The soldier is supervised by the Han general Ban Chao, even if this king wants to retreat, there is no way."

Unexpectedly, when the man heard this, he laughed loudly, and his voice shook the camp tent, and he laughed inexplicably. After a long time, the man laughed enough, stared at Zhong's eyes tightly, and said: "The great king is the lord of the Shule country, in charge of the Qiankun, holding the artifact, life and death to seize power, all in the palm of his hand, why are you afraid of a Han envoy?" I heard that the Han envoy Ban Chao was just a Sima in the Han Dynasty, and his official position was very, very low, why was the king controlled by him? Imagine, the king is the lord of a country, but he has no power, like a puppet, he is controlled everywhere, what fun is there? The man's words aroused hatred in the hearts of the faithful! It turns out that although loyal is brave, but light and arrogant, hedonistic, like to walk horses and eagles on weekdays, play around, Ban Chao repeatedly obstructed, loyal to Ban Chao Zhi Yong, and Ban Chao is established, dare not listen, and the heart has long been dissatisfied, that is, just now enjoy the fun, was also driven away by Ban Chao, Zhong resentful. Thinking of this, Zhong couldn't help but ask, "What should I do then?" ”

"Today, the Xiongnu are strong, the Han soldiers are weak, the Xiongnu are adjacent, and the Han Dynasty is far away. Taking advantage of Banchao's unpreparedness, it is better to connect with Shache and counterattack Banchao, Banchao is caught off guard and will definitely be defeated. At that time, the king was in power, and within a country, it was not the king's order, and at that time, he was happy and happy, and who dared to say half a word? When Zhong heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and clapped his hands and said, "Why didn't I think of it? Well, that's a deal! In the early morning of tomorrow, with the fire as the signal, once the fire starts, the city gate will be opened, and our two soldiers will attack before and after, and it is bound to kill Ban Chao! At that moment, the two of them discussed again, and then dispersed.

Ban Chao hated that iron could not become steel, so he took Chen Jian and Gao Feng to inspect the battalions and then returned to the camp to rest. At dawn, the camp was on fire, and countless shouts came from outside, Ban Chao knew that something had changed, so he hurriedly got up, grabbed his sword, and rushed out of the camp. Seeing that a camp tent next to it was already on fire, the Shule soldiers were in a mess, and many people were burned alive. The gate of Shache City was wide open, and countless Shache soldiers came out of it, where could the Shule soldiers still resist the enemy? Scattered and fled, most of them became knife-headed ghosts. Only the thirty-six cavalry led by Ban Chao before, after a hundred battles, can still be in danger, under the leadership of Ban Chao, Chen Xu, and Gao Feng, they led some Shule soldiers, fought a bloody road, and broke through the encirclement.

Ban Chao retreated all the way to Shule State, and some people were puzzled and asked: "Shule Wang Zhong suddenly betrayed, and the general didn't go to Khotan, why did he run to Shule?" Isn't that self-surrendering? Ban Chao said: "Although Shule Wang Zhong rebelled, he led his troops abroad, we must seize the opportunity, return to China before him, control Shule, and then set up a new king." Otherwise, once the loyal return to China, Shule will be attached to the Xiongnu, at that time, we are in a dilemma, we will die without a place to be buried, and our country will lose a vassal state? "All bowed down. Ban Chao sighed again: "I remember when I was in the Tianshan Mountains, my eldest brother Geng Gong reminded me that Shule Wang Zhong was greedy and forgetful, and he was not a person who could be trusted. Alas, I hate that I didn't listen to my eldest brother at that time, otherwise, how could there be today's fiasco? ”

Ban Chao returned to the country of Shule, immediately summoned the civil and military officials of Shule, and said excitedly: "My country is single-minded and supports the king of Shule, but I didn't expect to be loyal and ungrateful, betrayed our country, surrendered to the Huns, and joined forces with Shache to kill many Shule soldiers, so that countless Shule families were shattered, and the family was ruined. Shule's civil and military officials have always admired Ban Chao's wisdom and bravery, and they saw that the thirty-six cavalry soldiers were each holding swords and axes, fierce and vicious, where did they dare to say different things, and they all said: "I am willing to listen to the general's orders!" Ban Chao was overjoyed and said: "Prime Minister Chengda has always been the head of the hundred officials of Shule, loyal and reliable, and talented, and now he is the king of Shule, are you willing?" Everyone even said that it was good, and that Chengda was even overjoyed and grateful.

Zhong drove Ban Chao away, overjoyed, and couldn't help sneering in his heart: "Aren't you Ban Chao a hero?" How could we be today? "Loyal and unscrupulous, summoned a bunch of dancing girls, Hu Tianhu, in turn, fortunately, and the romance lasted for three days. Together with the country of Shache, they drank and drank meat in Wujicheng and celebrated for three days. When he returned home, he found that the gate of Kegan City on the border was closed, and Zhong shouted: "This king is the lord of Shule, open the city gate quickly!" The castle guard "whoosh" an arrow, and Zhong quickly dodged it, and the arrow flew away close to his ear, startling him into a cold sweat. The city guard said sharply again: "How can you, an unfaithful and unrighteous person, be the king of Shule? Now our king is Chengda, no longer you! When Zhong heard this, he was resentful, and joined forces with the troops to attack the city, and attacked until midnight, but the city was not broken, but the people were very tired, and led the troops to retreat, set up camp, and rested for the time being.

I didn't know that I slept until midnight, and suddenly a Biao army came to rob the camp, killed from the front camp, killed all the way to the back camp, and selected the Shache soldiers to kill, but did not kill the Shule army, and shouted: "Shule soldiers, listen, we belong to the same clan, why kill each other?" The previous king of Shule was loyal and unjust, killed his compatriots, and surrendered to the enemy, why do you still follow him? Now that General Ban has arrived in Shule and has become the king, your family is in Shule, everything is fine, but I miss you very much, you might as well take advantage of this to return to China! If you want to go back, please show your left arm! When the Shule soldiers who followed Zhong heard this, they showed their left arms one after another, and joined forces to attack the Shache soldiers, but the Shacha soldiers could not resist the enemy, and many of them became sword-headed ghosts. Loyal to flee for his life, he didn't care about his subordinates, under the protection of his own soldiers, he hurried, followed the Shache soldiers, ran all the way, and arrived at Wuji City.

The people who robbed the camp were the Han generals Chen Xi and Gao Feng. It turned out that Ban Chao became the queen of Dawei, and then led the troops to set off, after arriving at Kegan City, the defender said that he was loyal to the joint soldiers Shache to attack the city, Ban Chao expected to be loyal to the enemy, and would not be guarded, so he robbed the camp, and it was successful, and brought back a lot of Shule soldiers, Ban Chao comforted them one by one, no problem.

But said that Zhong hung his head and fled into Wuji City, he wanted to rest, but he knew that there was a lot of noise outside the city, and when he went out of the city, he saw that Ban Chao led many soldiers and horses, and was attacking the city, so he had to defend it to the death. But Ban Chao is really powerful, and his soldiers are full of spirit, driving the ladder, desperate, and the city is in danger. Zhong retreated to the tent, looked at the more than ten treasures sent by Shache, and couldn't help but regret: "If I didn't accept these treasures and didn't betray the Han Dynasty, how could I be today?" He raised his sword and wanted to smash these treasures, but suddenly he thought, "Why bother to break these treasures?" I heard that King Kangju was very greedy, and if he gave him these treasures, begged for reinforcements, and joined forces to attack Ban Chao, how good would it be? ”