Recovering the Western Regions
Everyone was there, 36 people in all. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info class super banquet and drink. After three rounds of drinking, everyone was dazed, and Ban Chao spoke, "As I expected, the envoys of the Northern Huns are here, and it is estimated that they are almost finished talking now." I'm afraid the next thing is to tie us all up and hand it over to the Northern Huns. People say: what should we do?"
Ban Chao's words woke everyone up with a sense of alcohol. Immediately, someone broke the wine bowl and shouted, "Damn, Lao Tzu is trapped here, how can he die, it is better to fight with them" together with the scolding, everyone shouted in unison, "That's right, fight with them!" Ban Sima you say what to do, we swear to follow"
Ban Chao's face was heavy and resolute, and he said, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger." The only way we have now is to attack the Northern Xiongnu mission at night. As long as we kill them, Shanshanguo will definitely be subjugated by us."
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you. The wine seems to have woken up again. 36 people, robbing at night on other people's territory, this risk is too great? At the thought of this, the crowd became suspicious again. They said to Ban Chao, "This matter, it seems that Guo Sui doesn't know about it, why don't you discuss it with him?"
At tonight's cocktail party, there is one less Guo Sui. As long as people who are not stupid can see it: Ban Chao wants to bypass Guo Sui and wants to swallow Shanshan Kingdom alone. So they were wrong. Just after their hesitant words, Ban Chao suddenly stood up and roared angrily, "Guo Cheng is just a timid civil official who is afraid of death, and the reason why I didn't call him to the meeting was because I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to stand the fright." At that point, the plan of action may leak, and it will be too late for us to escape. Now life and death are at stake. If you are afraid of death, don't be a hero, and don't be afraid of death when you are a hero. If you want to be a hero, stand up, let's kill tonight"
Ban Chao's momentum infected everyone, and they shouted in unison, "Good! It's up to you, and it's hard to do it. Even if you die, you will die with understanding"
The night was gloomy and the earth was quiet. For Ban Chao, this is destined to be an unquiet night. Fate is like gambling, life and death are just around the corner!
Ban Chao chose a fire attack. There are few others, and there are many Northern Huns. Fire attack is a cost-saving smart strategy. What made Ban Chao even more excited was that God also came to see the excitement, and just when he was about to do it, a strong wind blew in the sky!
Ban Chao took out ten people and ambushed behind the camp of the Northern Huns, acting as drummers. The rest took knives and arrows, and ambushed outside the tent of the Northern Huns, listening to the orders of the Hou... When everything was ready, Ban Chao personally set the fire! The fire went down the wind and burned to the garrison of the Northern Huns. Then, the deafening sound of gongs and drums sounded. Ban Chao led the crowd into the camp of the Northern Xiongnu.
The Northern Xiongnu envoys were taken by surprise. About a hundred Huns were burned alive. All those who tried to escape were also killed. Ban Chao personally killed three people, and his subordinates killed more than thirty people... Blood stained the night red, and even dawn was bloody. Before dawn, Ban Chao ended the battle. The crowd sang songs of triumph and triumph...
When Guo Sui knew everything that happened last night, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time. He was in a complicated mood and had a strange expression, but he didn't know where to start. Guess what Guo Sui is thinking? Ban Chao's deal failed, and he could get out of the way; The problem is that the deal is done, everyone has made money, so he is left alone to sleep in the tent, and this matter is transmitted back to the Han Dynasty, so wouldn't it be ashamed to die?
Ban Chao had already seen Guo Sui's thoughts, patted Guo Sui's shoulder and said, "You have a credit for taking care of the tent for everyone." This battle will definitely benefit you. The credit for killing the enemy, even if you have a share" Guo Xian's heart was full of joy when he said this. In the next action, he fully cooperated and finished the trick.
Ban Chao lined up the heads of the envoys of the Northern Huns, and then asked people to shout to King Shanshan to get up, saying that our leader wants to invite you to visit something good...
When I heard that there was something good, I came here. But as soon as he arrived at the scene, Guang was stunned! What Ban Chao asked him to visit was actually a bunch of bloody heads of the Northern Hun envoys!
Ban Chao looked at Guang coldly. Guang Xin looked at Ban Chao in horror, like a sheep touching a wolf.
At this time, Ban Chao spoke, "You see: what is against our Han Dynasty is this fate" Ban Chaozhi was satisfied, majestic, and continued, "The Han Dynasty is a country that pays attention to faithfulness, you respect me, I will let you be a foot; However, those who dare to have a sense of fortunity and do against us will never have good fruit to eat."
Guangxin was empty, he asked Ban Chao, "What do you want me to do?"
Ban Chao said in a sharp tone, "It's very simple, from now on, please don't have any dealings with the Northern Huns."
Mix the rope with wide legs and kneel down to apologize. 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 Luoyang as a hostage.
So, 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 is like a huge market, if the second development of the Han Dynasty is successful, whether it is Ban Chao or Dou Gu, it will be immortal!
Dou Gu immediately gave a special report to Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty, with two contents: one is to ask for credit for Ban Chao; The second is to ask Liu Zhuang to send envoys to the Western Regions again to continue development. Soon, on Dou Gu's above content, Liu Zhuang replied as follows: one is to promote Ban Chao to the military horse, and the other is to use local materials and send Ban Chao to the Western Regions again!
Dou Gu gave Ban Chao a task. The country that sent the envoy this time was Khotan, the largest power in the Western Regions. Khotanese King Guangde occupied the southern province of the Western Regions, and dominated himself, which was invincible. Because of its importance, the Northern Xiongnu also attached great importance to him, sending spies to monitor Guangde almost around the clock.
Dou Gu told Ban Chao, "This task is arduous, and it is not as easy as before. I'm going to send you more people and horses, so that you can take care of your way, how to "Ban Chao shook his head and said" Khotan has a long way to go, and it is still an unreasonable big country. Even if you bring more, it's only a hundred. When you go to a foreign land, once danger occurs, instead of avoiding it, it will drag you down."
Dou Gu asked, "Then how many people do you want," Ban Chao replied firmly, "I don't want anyone else, just my original thirty-six brothers."
Ban Chao set off. As he expected, it was indeed difficult to deal with Khotan. Khotanese King Guangde was very indifferent to the Han envoys and his party. Up and down the country of Khotan, there is a strange atmosphere of anti-Han Dynasty.
The vanguard of the anti-Han Dynasty was the great sorcerer of Khotan. He pretended to be a ghost and publicly declared in the name of God: God heard that Khotan was going to deal with the Han Dynasty, and he was angry. In order to appease its anger, the king of Khotan immediately sent someone to fetch the mounts of the Han envoys, kill the horses for blood, and worship the gods...
This wizard with great powers, even Ban Chao's mount inquired clearly: with a yellow body and a black mouth, it is a horse. Of course, the meaning of the great wizard is not in the horse, but in Ban Chao. To kill the horse is to humiliate Ban Chao in front of everyone and frustrate the will of the Han Dynasty!
In Khotan, the whole people are superstitious about witchcraft, and the work of shamans is subordinate to the national civil service. In a way, the words of the sorcerer represent the will of the state. Therefore, the wizard said that he wanted Ban Chao's mount, and the king of Khotan was not allowed to send someone to find Ban Chao.
The person who negotiated with Ban Chao was the prime minister of Khotan. Ban Chao knows: On the surface, this is a wizard making waves, but in fact, the person behind the ghost is Khotanese King Guangde! He didn't dare to touch the hard, so he sent a wizard to test the waters.
The scientific name of Guangde's trick is diplomatic blackmail. If the other party succeeds, it is not only a matter of losing a country in Khotan, but from then on, the Han Dynasty wants to make a name for itself in the Western Regions, but the door is gone.
However, during the negotiation process, the two sides did not argue, on the contrary, they were in a good mood. Ban Chao told the other party, "Isn't it just a horse?" It's for you. But there is one condition, it must be taken away by the wizard himself."
The prime minister of Khotan came back privately and rushed back, and after a while, he took the wizard with him, and the two ran back in a hurry. But when the wizard is ready to step forward and lead the horse, he is stupid! Before the wizard could get close to the horse, Ban Chao jumped out and cut off the wizard's head with a sword. Then Ban Chao drank again, and the private comparison was taken down and tied up.
I believe that the prime minister of Khotan never dreamed that Ban Chao would do it to himself on his own territory. What's even more depressing is that Ban Chao also ordered people to whip him hundreds of times.
After Ban Chao was tired, he called it a day. Then he sent someone to send the head of the sorcerer to the king of Khotan, Guangde...
I've seen it fierce, but I've never seen Ban Chao so fierce. When Guangde saw his sorcerer's terrifying head, he immediately withered. A weak country has no diplomacy, and a strong country gives birth to a strong envoy. Today, Ban Chao wants to tell Chen Tang's bold words to the countries of the Western Regions again: Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away!
This is the classic deterrence of strength. Guangde bowed his head and admitted defeat, and he immediately sent someone to kill the envoy of the Northern Xiongnu to show his sincerity. Ban Chao, in the name of Liu Zhuang, rewarded Guangde and his ministers in full. In the end, Ban Chao told Guangde, "I still have a lot of work to do, and I will squat here with you in the future."
The prestige of Ban Chao swept through the Western Regions at a speed like the wind. The countries of the Western Regions sent people to Khotan to meet Ban Chao. Then he urgently sent his prince to Luoyang as a hostage to show his surrender.
From Wang Mang's change of Han to a new one, and the relationship with the countries of the Western Regions was stiffened, to the present full 65 years (the last Western Regions capital of Tianfeng 3 years (16) Li Chong retreated to the Qiuci Kingdom, and the Western Regions collapsed until now, there are also full 57 years) Finally, in the hands of Ban Chao, it has been completely repaired and restored!
At this moment, Ban Chao waited too long. He finally realized his original dream, like Zhang Qian, in the most distant foreign land, his name was deeply engraved on the monument of history!
Liu Xiu's seventh son, Liu Yan (born to Guo Shengtong), the king of Huaiyang, was arrogant and extravagant, and he met Yan Lie. In May, someone wrote a letter accusing Liu Yan and his brother Xie Yi and sister-in-law Han Guang of recruiting treacherous people, making private plots, and sacrificing curses. On the 25th, Xie Yi, Han Guang and Situ Xingmu, one of the three princes of the central government, were all imprisoned and died. On June 8, Wang Min, the great Sinong, was promoted to Situ. As for the request of the Si Song to kill Liu Yan, the king of Huaiyang, Liu Zhuang used a sentence to dispel "Liu Yan's crime is lighter than Liu Ying, the king of Chu (I really don't understand what Liu Zhuang's standard is?) But it can be found that Liu Zhuang is very good to Liu Yi, Liu Yan born to Guo Shengtong, Liu Yan and Liu Jing born to Yin Lihua, but he is very bad to Liu Ying, the third brother born to Xu Meiren) "In July, Liu Yan was relocated to the king of Fuling, and he ate two counties.
In the autumn, the Northern Xiongnu invaded Yunzhong County on a large scale, and the subordinates all suggested that Taishou Lian Fan ask for help from the side county, but Lian Fan did not allow it. but ordered the soldiers to camp and keep quiet, and not to fight in vain. At dusk, Lian Fan ordered the sergeants to tie two torches and three fires around the outside of the camp. Let the Northern Xiongnu see it from afar, and thought that the Han Dynasty rescue troops had arrived, and they couldn't help but be shocked, so they planned to withdraw early tomorrow morning. But Lian Fan didn't give them this chance. After giving the soldiers a full meal, before dawn the next day, they attacked the camp of the Northern Xiongnu and beheaded hundreds of people. The Huns trampled on each other, and there were more than 1,000 dead, and they did not dare to return to Yunzhong County.
In January of the 17th year of Yongping (74), Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty prepared to go to the original tomb of the first emperor. That night, I dreamed of the first emperor Liu Xiu and the queen mother Yin Lihua. After waking up, I couldn't sleep with grief. The next day, he led hundreds of officials to the mausoleum. On the same day, manna fell on the mausoleum tree, and Liu Zhuang ordered hundreds of officials to take it as a recommendation. After the ceremony, Liu Zhuang bowed to the royal bed from the front of the banquet and looked at the queen mother's mirror. I can't help but be moved to tears. Weeping left and right, unable to look up.
In January, Liu Mu, the king of the North Sea, died.
In February, Situ Wangmin died. On March 29, Runan Taishou Bao Yu was appointed Situ.
In March, more than 100 countries in the southwest of China, such as Ailao, Dan'er, White Wolf, Panmu, and Moving. All in the west of Wenshan, what was not in the previous life, what was not added in Zhengshuo. At this time, they all admired righteousness and called their ministers tribute. The white wolf king Tang took three chapters of special poems, singing praises to Hand, and Zhu Fu, the assassin of Yizhou, ordered Qianwei to be translated by the county Peng Yougong, and presented it to the imperial court.
There are two important passages in the Western Regions: the southern route has been settled due to the occupation of Khotan. The northern province is occupied by the country of Qiuzi. The king of Qiuci was established by the Huns, and the building relied on the power of the Xiongnu, possessed the northern road, and even attacked and killed the king of Shule, and set up his ministers to be named the king of Shule. Now, Ban Chao is ready to take down the country of Qiuzi!