On this day, they drove more than 100 miles, and it was nearly noon, and the army rushed to the camp of Hugh and Tamp. Ban Chao ordered the army to rest for a while.

An hour later, Ban Chao said: "Don't be afraid of hard work, all the troops will attack the enemy tonight and rescue General Geng Gong." With that, he waved the spear in his hand, and more than 5,000 horsemen rushed towards the enemy camp at a gallop.

Xiu Litam didn't expect Ban Chao to come so quickly and fiercely, so he hurriedly responded to the battle, and was slashed to death by Kunlun Xiao, and the rest of the people were defeated.

Zhang Feng took the lead in coming to Jinman City and shouted loudly: "I'm Zhang Feng, go and tell General Geng that the squad leader Shi has led the army to defeat the Black Tyrant Soldiers." Geng Gong had already seen it in the city, and urgently ordered the city to welcome the generals into the city.

Ban Chao met respectfully, clasped his hands, and burst into tears with excitement. At this time, Tanma came again to report that the enemy army in the southern camp saw the defeat of the northern camp and retreated without a fight.

A few days later, Duan Peng sent Fan Qiang to lead 2,000 troops to rescue, and when he saw that the siege of Jinman had been lifted, he also entered the city to meet everyone.

Fan Qingshen also brought the will of the imperial court to temporarily abandon the Western Regions. Ban Chao sighed: "My three armies are converging today, and there are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses. The new defeat of the Black Deception is the opportunity to recover the Che Division, reset the capital to protect the good opportunity, retreat today, and the soldiers of the Black Deception can go straight to Hexi and plunder my border pass. Fan Qiang said: "Li Yi and Gongsun Miao were favored by the saint, and when they saw Chen Mu's defeat, they were afraid in their hearts, and they dragged the court to report to the army, with the intention of making General Geng unable to return to China. Fortunately, the great general Dou Gu asked the saint before his death, no matter what, he wanted to rescue General Geng and recall the squad leader Shi, so the saint sent me and others. Ban Chao said helplessly: "General Geng, General Fan, you rest for a few days and withdraw to Yiwu first." Gan Ying and Che Wanli led the soldiers of Khotan and Shanshan back to China. Kunlun Xiao and I will go back to Shule first, arrange it, and withdraw to Khotan first. Please return to the DPRK to explain the withdrawal of troops. But it was said that Geng Gong and Fan Qiang led the tired troops to withdraw to Hexi.

When the army arrived in Dunhuang, Geng Gong saw that the army was tired and could no longer walk, so he discussed with Fan Qiang and Zhang Feng that there were thousands of miles from Hexi to Luoyang, and that the more than 1,000 soldiers were dressed in rags and their weapons were not in order.

If you continue to enter the pass, it will not only be difficult to march, but also cause the people in Guanzhong to despise the Han army.

Fan Qiang said: "These more than 1,000 brothers, nine deaths, hunger and exhaustion, urgently need military supplies, but Hexi has been invaded by the Northern Black Batian for many years, the border people have fled, there is not one out of ten, it is difficult to replenish the military supplies, there are thousands of miles from Dunhuang to Guanzhong, they are all arid and poor places, and it is difficult for the brothers to pass. Geng Gong said: "General Fan is reasonable, the brothers die for a lifetime, it is better to disperse them and find a way to live." Zhang Feng saw that what the two of them said was all thought by the soldiers, so he said: "The general fought hard and was supported by the soldiers, once he dispersed, the general had no soldiers to bring, but I was afraid that someone in the court would make things difficult for the general." Fan Qiang heard that Zhang Feng was reasonable, so he stopped talking.

Geng Gong twisted his eyebrows and thought about it for a while, the general of Xindao relied on leading the troops, and the general without soldiers was a toothless tiger, if he brought these more than 1,000 soldiers back to the capital, it would definitely be beneficial to his future development, but he could look up at the more than 1,000 soldiers who were not in good shape, his clothes were rotten, and he was skinny, and he felt a sadness, and if he brought them back to Guanzhong, more than half of them might die on the way back.

The three of them discussed repeatedly, in order to give these more than 1,000 soldiers a way to live, Geng Gong decided to ignore personal gains and losses, let the army choose for themselves, willing to return to Guanzhong to continue to advance eastward, rather than returning to Guanzhong to cultivate and farm.

The sergeants saw that there were still thousands of miles away from the pass, and that Hami was vast and sparsely populated, and about 700 veterans stayed behind to reclaim the land.

When Geng Gong arrived in Luoyang, there were only more than 100 people left, including Fan Qiang, Shi Xiu, and Zhang Feng.