Kunlun Xiao took Gongsun Miao to power, Geng Gong abandoned it and other things in the DPRK and China to tell everyone. Liu Rui slammed his fist on the table when he heard this: "Geng Gong has a great merit and only seals the little captain, and the court really doesn't know how to use people!" Ban Chao sighed: "The first emperor is a wise lord, and he was also bewitched by Li Yi and misused Chen Mu to cause a great defeat. The emperor is young and has not been in power for a long time, but it is rare to be able to reuse Bao Yu and Wang Lun, and to be able to convene ministers for consultation in case of trouble. I heard the general say before that the prince was very smart when he was young, and after a period of experience, he would not be blinded by the villain. Everyone bowed their heads and was silent, Kunlun smiled and saw that the atmosphere was dull and said, "There is still a letter?" Ban Chao said: "This must be a letter to persuade me to return to China, it seems that Gongsun Miao will never give up when he sees me returning to China." Kunlun smiled and read the letter, sure enough, it was the emperor who asked Ban Chao to return to filial piety. Ban Chao said: "Chunguo is in the imperial court, his heart is in Shanshan, and he will not give up the Western Regions, but this filial piety is difficult to disobey, so he has to write a letter." What should I do if you see me waiting? ”

Everyone didn't know how to answer, Kunlun smiled and thought for a while: "Filial piety is disrespectful, and if you disobey the king's order, we will become disloyal and unfilial people, so that Gongsun Miao and others can seize the handle and be subject to the court, and it may be difficult to make contributions if you stay in the Western Regions." Liu Rui said angrily: "I'm waiting to leave my family and relatives to protect my family and defend the country, and now it's so difficult to serve the country!" Just go home and farm! Ban Chao sighed: "Old Kunlun's words are reasonable, if you don't obey the edict and become an unfaithful and unfilial person, it seems that we have to return to the country and resume our lives." Now Shule is an eventful season, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect the country if I leave. When everyone heard this, their hearts were heavy, and they all bowed their heads and remained silent. Ban Chao said helplessly: "Tomorrow, ask General Li Xi and King Shule to resign." The crowd dispersed in silence.

At dawn the next day, Guo Chun came to Ban Chao's apartment and urged Ban Chao to leave for China immediately. Ban Chao said without hurry: "Don't be in a hurry, wait for me to say goodbye to King Shule first." Guo Chun strengthened his courage and said loudly: "You returned to China by the edict of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, why should you resign to the king of this small barbaric country?" Ban Chao saw that Guo Chun was arrogant, and his heart was dissatisfied, and he raised his eyebrows and said: "The monarchs and ministers of Shule Kingdom are to Han, and we will abandon them and return, so we have to appease a few words, how can we say goodbye without saying goodbye?" When he was talking, he saw that Kunlun Xiao and the others had already come, so he left Guo Chun and came to the Shule Palace. At this time, Li Xi, Wen Xuan, Cheng Tatar and other ministers also gathered in the palace, and the people in the city learned that the Han envoy was about to return, and many also came to the palace gate to listen to the news.

Ban Chao saluted King Shule and his ministers: "The edict has returned, and today I have come to bid farewell to the king and the ministers. When King Shule heard his resignation, he suddenly stood up and said, "If the general really wants to leave, then I, the king of Shule, will not do it, lest I call the black overlord soldiers to cut off my head." Seeing that Ban Chao was really leaving, Li Xi hurriedly persuaded: "General Ban must not abandon our country, the people heard that General Ban is going to return to the country, and their hearts are fluctuating." The king can't stay at night! Please General Ban to take care of me and others to the Han Dynasty, please send back to the Han Emperor, reset the capital protection, and protect the people of all countries in the Western Regions! Then he broke down and wept bitterly. Cheng Tar saw that Ban Chao's eyebrows were furrowed and he was silent for a long time, and he also opened his mouth to persuade: "The ancients have a famous saying: The general will not be subject to the life of the king outside. We and the countries of the Western Regions look forward to the Han like babies look forward to their mothers. If the long history returns to the Western Regions, it will be chaotic, the country will not be protected, and the people will suffer. Besides, the Western Regions have been under the Han Dynasty for a long time, and they are also subjects of the Han Emperor, how can the Han Emperor abandon us? ”

Guo Chun saw that Ban Chao ignored him, and he didn't dare to press too hard, and followed him all the way to the palace, seeing that everyone persuaded Ban Chao to stay, he was worried that Ban Chao would listen to their words and disobey the order, which would affect his return to Beijing as a county order, and pointed at Cheng Tar and others and said angrily: "You are so bold that you dare to obstruct the emperor's holy order!" Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he turned to Ban Chao and said loudly: "General Ban! You don't do what you're told! Ban Chao ignored Guo Chun and persuaded Li Xi: "Don't be sad, the general, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, I will wait to return to the Ming Emperor, and then send a large army to recover the Che Division, reset the capital protection, and live up to the feelings of the countries of the Western Regions to the Han." King Douti of Shule listened and asked: "Chen Mu was defeated, the Han army retreated to Hexi, and now he has ordered Changshi to return to China, which is clear that the Han Dynasty has decided to abandon me Shule." The general recovered the car division, and I don't know how sure he is of resetting it? Ban Chao bowed his head and was speechless.

Minister Wen Xuan said: "What Minister Cheng said is right, the general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarchs, and Shule is thousands of miles away from the capital of the Han Dynasty, so why should he obey the order?" Guo Chun pointed at Wen Xuan and said angrily: "You dare to call Changshi to resist the decree? It's the other way around! Squad leader Shi, the emperor ordered you to return as soon as you see the order, what are you procrastinating? Come on! Come on! Seeing this, Kunlun smiled and said to Li Xi: "I deeply feel the kindness of your monarchs and ministers, my parents are in the Han Dynasty, if we resist the decree and do not return today, it will arouse the suspicion of the imperial court, and our family members will be innocent, please understand our difficulties and let us return to China to resume our lives." Here Guo Chun urged again: "Hurry up!" Hurry up! Don't rub it off. Li Xi saw that he couldn't keep Ban Chao and cried: "The Han abandons me, as soon as Changshi goes, Shache will come to invade, and we will be destroyed by it. "Taking advantage of Ban Chao's inattention, he drew his sword and killed himself.

Ban Chao was taken aback when he saw this, and cried loudly: "General Li, you are dedicated to the Han, and today you are heroically killing yourself and connecting the territory of the Han Dynasty with your blood." Regardless of whether I can say that I can move the emperor to reset the capital protection when I return to Beijing this time, I must tell the Han monarchs and ministers the heart of the people of the Western Regions to return to the Han. In the future, the Han Dynasty will definitely expel the Black Overlord and reset the Western Regions to protect the Western Regions, which are really flesh and blood and are inseparable. The people outside the palace wept when they saw this. Kunlun smiled with tears in his eyes, stretched out his hand to help Ban Chao up, and said, "Leopard head, please get up." He turned to Wen Xuan and said: "Please ask the Minister of State to bury General Li, General Li is loyal to the country and sprinkles his blood for the people in the Han territory, and he will be able to water the flower of peace and national unity." With that, he motioned for everyone to salute Li Xi. Wen Xuan said: "General Li has contributed to the country, and we will bury him." Ban Chao collected his tears and said to the king of Shule: "If Qiuzi comes to attack, he can fight, and if he can't fight, he can retreat to Khotan, and Khotan now has tens of thousands of soldiers, who can resist the army of Shache." When King Shule saw Li Xi killing himself, his face turned pale with fright, and when he saw Ban Chao talking to him, he just nodded.

I only heard Guo Chun urging: "Okay! All right! Please return to China for a long time. The crowd had no choice but to get on their horses and leave. I saw that the people in the city were in a mess, and they all packed up and prepared to flee. Seeing this, Ban Chao had tears in his eyes, sighed and beat the horse away.