Walking more than 50 miles away from Shule Panjia City, everyone dismounted and rested.

Ban Chao said to Guo Chun: "We can't go back to the court directly, Gan Ying, Zhao Hanqing and others are still in Khotan, I have to take a detour to Khotan, pick up Gan Ying and others, please agree to Lord Guo." Guo Chun said: "Why is it so troublesome?" If you want to make a detour to Khotan, you need to pass through the Hanhai Desert, and it is difficult to get out of the wolves, and the desert is very difficult to lack water, so why take a detour? Li Kaishan saw Guo Chun urging everyone to return to Beijing, and said angrily: "I and the thirty-six people live and die together, how can we ignore them?" If you are afraid of hardship, you will go back to the court directly, and we will take Gan Ying back with the leopard head. Liu Rui deliberately said angrily: "I have worked hard in the past few years, and it is not too late to return to the dynasty until Khotan has a good rest." Guo Chun was anxious to return to the court, so he could go down as a county commander, seeing that they were going to have a good time, I don't know how long it would be delayed, and seeing that Ban Chao had already been ordered, he said: "Changshi, you wait for a detour to Khotan, return to Beijing as soon as possible to restore the order, I will first go back to the court to return to Lord Guo." Ban Chao said: "Please Brother Hegong and bring ten brothers to escort Master Guo." He agreed. Let's split into two teams.

Seeing that He Gong accompanied Guo Chun away, Ban Chao sighed unconsciously and said: "Gongsun Miao followed the general to the Western Regions, but he did not make a big contribution, and he recommended Chen Mu to be the protector of the Western Regions behind the general's back. Now that Chen Mu is defeated and the Western Regions is dying, Gongsun Miao has misled the country and become a high-ranking official, which is really embarrassing. After we leave, the Western Regions will inevitably fall into the hands of the Black Overlord again. Not to mention that the result of our bloody battle has come to naught, and the people of the Western Regions and the pro-Han forces will suffer again? Li Kaishan said: "This time, Li Xi killed himself to save the head of the leopard, and when we left Shule like this, we always felt that we owed a debt to the people of Shule." It's all Gongsun Miao boy who said in front of the emperor that Huang Daohei, this guy has been to the Western Regions, so he regarded himself as an insider in the Western Regions, deceived the court, and returned to the court to see him, I have to make a fool of him! ”

Kunlun said with a smile: "A lot of things are bad in the hands of this kind of person who seems to understand but doesn't understand, and doesn't know how to pretend to understand." There are very few ministers who have been to the Western Regions in the court, and even fewer people know the truth about the Western Regions. This kind of human prejudice is farther from the truth than ignorance, and can give the emperor any good ideas. He is bent on returning the leopard to the court, I don't think he has any good intentions? ”

Liu Rui interjected: "Gongsun Miao has a villain in his heart, it's not worth our attention to him, but how long is the emperor's brain, why doesn't he listen to the good words of Prime Minister Chun, but listens to Gongsun Miao's nonsense?" Ban Chao listened and hurriedly said: "Brother Liu Rui can't talk about the emperor casually when he returns to the Central Plains. After saying this, Ban Chao raised his voice and said, "Brothers! It's been a great time in the past two years! This time you return to the DPRK, you should be cautious in your words and deeds. We fought bloody battles in the Western Regions and endured a lot of hardships, but this time when we returned to the DPRK, we lost our chariot division and returned to the Central Plains when we abandoned the Western Regions. "Let's go first.

Ban Chao's words made everyone's mood even heavier. In order to obtain more information about the imperial court, Kunlun Xiao found out that Geng Gong was not reused after returning to Beijing when he was drinking with Guo Chun, and everyone was unhappy for Geng Gong. In particular, he was even more dissatisfied with the imperial court's reuse of Gongsun Miao, who was able to speak well, was greedy for wine and money, and had no merit. Seeing that Ban Chao beat the horse first, Li Kaishan, Liu Rui and other brothers said as they walked and said that they would teach Gongsun Miao a good lesson after returning to the court. Kunlun smiled and thought as he walked, since he followed the general to the Western Regions, the thirty-six brothers showed what they had learned in their lives, and they made many military exploits on the battlefield. In particular, the leopard head class Chao fully shows the pillars of the country. In my mind, I recalled that Ban Chao led thirty-six brothers, and in the first battle, he eliminated Ku Tu Chong and Bali Mountain, and shocked Shanshan. At the moment of crisis, Ban Chao was resolute and full of pride. In particular, Ban Chao's "don't enter the tiger's den to get the tiger's son" has become a famous saying in the army, and this word has spread to the people, and has also become a famous saying that inspires the people to win the fruits of victory without fear of hardships.

Fight again in Khotan, kill the country's sheep, and subjugate Khotan. The three wars captured the topic, pacified Shule, did not spend money and food, and subdued dozens of countries in the southern province of the Western Regions, with these merits, not to mention being the protector of the Western Regions, it is not an exaggeration to worship the prime minister. But the imperial court is unknown, and he didn't even protect the Western Regions. However, he appointed an unwise and courageless Chen Mu to be the protector of the Western Regions, and buried the brothers with the fruits of the bloody battle on the head of the leopard, which is really regrettable. I couldn't help but sigh when I thought of this.

Li Kaishan and the others saw that Ban Chao was in front, Kunlun Xiao rode on the horse with his eyebrows furrowed, and he didn't say a word, and when he saw him sighing, he said: "Don't worry, the Central Plains is nothing good." I look at this Shule, Khotan is vast and sparsely populated, we don't go back to the Central Plains to accept the idleness of that Gongsun Miao, just settle down in the Western Regions. ”

Kunlun said with a smile: "The Western Regions are the barrier of the Great Han, and the Great Han is strong, and only by consolidating the Western Regions and supporting each other can we maintain the tranquility of the Great Northwest Border." Only when the Central Plains is strong can the Western Regions be stable, and when the Western Regions are stable, they can shield the tranquility of the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions, and the Central Plains and the Western Regions are an inseparable whole. The reason why I sighed was that I was really upset for the leopard's head, and I made a great contribution to recovering the leopard's head in the Western Regions, but the leopard's head was not reused by the imperial court, so that the Western Regions gained and lost, and years of hard work were wasted, which is really embarrassing! ”

Liu Rui heard the conversation between the two of them and said: "This is in response to an old saying, Maxima often has Bole but not often." Li Kaishan said: "Brother Liu, you really can, this is a good point, if the imperial court can reuse the leopard's head, and the Western Regions are as stable as Mount Tai, then there are so many troubles!" Kunlun interjected with a smile: "Without Bole, Maxima would be buried, is this Bole important?" Or does Maxima matter? ”

Seeing Kunlun Xiao raise this question, everyone discussed a lot, some said that Bole is important, and it is useless to have a thousand miles without Bole. Some people say that no matter how much Bole is, it is useless without Maxima, can you find Maxima in a herd of donkeys?

Kunlun said with a smile: "It seems that this proposition is very complicated, even Su Qin and Zhang Yi can't understand it." The key is that the imperial court cannot use people based on merit, and whoever speaks well in the emperor's ear, the emperor will use whomever the emperor uses. Chen Mu and Gongsun Miao's backstage is Weihou Li Yi, and Li Yi is a celebrity around the emperor, so mediocre talents like Chen Mu and Gongsun Miao can be entrusted with important responsibilities and soar, but in the end, they still harm the country and the people. When they heard this, they shook their heads and sighed.

Ban Chao is in front of the horse, and his mood is also very complicated. Since he was a child, he has practiced literature and martial arts, aiming to fight the battlefield, seal the marquis for thousands of miles, and make a career for the country and the people, and it is not in vain to live a life. The sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and before I know it, I am nearly forty years old, so I have the opportunity to follow the general Dou Gu to conquer the black tyrant. On the battlefield, the killing was decisive, and the danger was everywhere, but he was full of wisdom, winning more with less, defeating the strong with the weak, winning many battles, and finally recovering the Western Regions and rewarding his life's wish. And now, not only have the hard achievements come to naught, but the people of the Western Regions are about to be ravaged by the Black Overlord Iron Cavalry again. Thinking of this, I was shocked again, and the sad and sad voice of General Li Xi appeared in front of him, "May the soul go with Chang Shidong." "It's really deplorable.

When Ban Chao left Shule, the frightened eyes of King Douti, the helpless and painful expressions of Cheng Tatar, Hu Tou and other military generals, and the people's feelings for themselves, appeared in front of him one by one.