In 90 AD, the Guishang Empire thought that the country was rich and strong, and even confidently sent someone to marry the Princess of the Great Han, and Ban Chao refused without hesitation: "Princess Of the Great Han Dynasty, how can you marry if you want to?" "Expensive

In 90 AD, the Guishang Empire thought that the country was rich and strong, and even confidently sent someone to marry the Princess of the Great Han, and Ban Chao refused without hesitation: "Princess Of the Great Han Dynasty, how can you marry if you want to?" The Guishuang King was ashamed and angry, and immediately sent 70,000 troops to attack Ban Chao, who only had a thousand Han troops at hand and was in danger.

Ban Chao was the youngest son of the historian Ban Biao, due to his poor family, he could only rely on copying documents to support his mother, Emperor Hanming occasionally chatted with his brother Ban Gu about family life, and found that Ban Chao was filial and benevolent, and his literary talent was flying, so he appointed Ban Chao as the Lantai Lingshi, in charge of the chapters and documents, but his ambition was not in the dance and ink.

Soon, Ban Chao was tired of copying and writing, and he threw the brush violently, and followed Dou Gu on his expedition to the Northern Xiongnu without turning his head. Ban Chao showed extraordinary military talent in the army, and even won many battles, which impressed Dou Gu. However, in order to completely eliminate the Northern Xiongnu, it was not enough to rely on a few victories.

After pondering, Ban Chao suggested to Dou Gu: "If you want to solve the Northern Xiongnu once and for all, only by controlling the western region and attacking on both sides can they become turtles in an urn and have no escape." ”

Dou Gu was deeply impressed, so he sent Ban beyond the Western Regions to unite the countries. When Ban Chao arrived at the Shanshan Kingdom, the emissaries of the Northern Xiongnu also quietly entered. Because the Northern Xiongnu had been operating the Western Regions for decades, the countries were very afraid, preferring to offend the Great Han rather than neglect the Envoys of the Northern Xiongnu, Ban Chao and others.

At the time of life and death, Ban Chao did not say a word, and led thirty-six subordinates to attack the Northern Xiongnu camp at night and annihilate them in one fell swoop. When King Shanshan knew this, he was terrified and trembled, thinking that the Northern Xiongnu were strong enough, and did not expect that the Han army would be stronger, so he immediately expressed his willingness to submit and sent the prince to the Han Dynasty as a hostage.

Since then, Ban Chao has quickly opened up the situation in the Western Regions with superhuman wisdom and courage. Dou Gu was worried that there were too few people, and planned to allocate more soldiers and horses to Ban Chao, but he politely refused: "Thirty-six people are enough, the situation here is changing rapidly, there are too many people, but it is inconvenient to move." ”

In 84 AD, Ban Chao recruited the soldiers and horses of the subordinate states of Shule and Khotan, and launched a large-scale attack on the state of Shache, and in order to disperse the pressure, the king of Shache gave Wang Zhong a large amount of money and goods to let him fight against Ban Chao. Shule Wang Zhong's brain was hot, and he actually became a back pot man, sending troops to capture Wuji City, and Ban Chao immediately turned around and attacked Shule Wang Zhong.

Seeing that Wang Zhong of Shule could not hold on, Kang Juguo was actually anxious to come to reinforcements, Ban Chao was unwilling to attack for a long time, sent an envoy to the Guishuang Empire, and said bluntly: "The Great Han is running the western region, cutting off the right road of the Northern Xiongnu, and can also prevent them from conquering your country in the south, and please persuade Kang Juguo to retreat." ”

The Guishang Empire was founded by the Great Moon Clan, which originated in the Hexi Corridor, and after the rise of the Xiongnu, they drove them all the way out of the Western Regions, so the two major ethnic groups had hundreds of years of enmity and hatred, but the Yue people were very afraid of the Xiongnu, and even with the permission of the Han Dynasty, they did not dare to move back to their homeland to live.

In recent years, the Han Dynasty spared no effort to attack the Xiongnu, so that they had no time to take care of the distant Yueshi people, and if the Northern Xiongnu were allowed to gain a firm foothold in the western region, I am afraid that the Yueshi people would soon have to move again. However, after living a happy life in a new place, the people of Yueshi were really reluctant to leave this rich land.

King Guishuang was deeply impressed, and quickly sent someone to persuade King Kangju, because the two countries had just married, plus King Kangju thought that it was really unnecessary to offend both The Great Han and Guishuang at the same time, so he quickly withdrew his troops and took the former Shule Wang Zhong with him, but Zhong was not willing to fail, and even borrowed some Kangju soldiers and horses to come and surrender, and as a result, he was seen through by the resourceful Ban Chao, and Zhong received a box lunch at the banquet. Subsequently, Shache was also defeated by Ban Chao and the whole country surrendered.

At this time, Ban Chao's prestige in the Western Regions was in full swing, and the Guishuang Empire felt that it had contributed to the Great Han and should also share a piece of the pie, so it sent people to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty with treasures and lions and other items, preparing to marry the Princess of the Great Han to enhance their influence in the Western Regions, and even take the opportunity to control some small countries in the Western Regions.

Ban Chao knew in his heart that in order to help the imperial court recover the Western Regions, he had painstakingly operated for more than ten years, and seeing that the great work was completed, how could he allow the Guishuang Empire to insert a foot? Ban Chao did not hesitate to reject their non-divisional ideas, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the Gui Frost King instantly felt that he had no face and had to find the field.

He shouted angrily, "Even with Ban Chao's thousand Han troops (the imperial court sent Xu Gan reinforcements), do you dare to refuse thousands of miles?" Then let him taste the power of our Yueshi people. ”

In 90 AD, King Guishuang sent an army of 70,000 in one fell swoop, painstakingly crossing the Green Ridge and rushing towards Ban Chao with great momentum, intending to complete his efforts in a battle, and then replace the Han Dynasty as the suzerainty of the Western Regions. Everyone was very afraid, after all, the strength of the Guishuang Empire could not be underestimated.

However, Ban Chao was as stable as Mount Tai, and smiled slightly: "Although the Guishuang Army is numerous, it has crossed the mountains and mountains, come from afar, and the logistics shortage is difficult to supply, and it has become a toothless tiger, so there is no need to worry at all." We just need to stand firm and clear the wilderness, and we can't hold out, and before long, they will surrender on their own initiative. "Everybody was half-convinced.

The Gui Shuang army could not fight, the grain and grass were not good, and gradually panicked, and in desperation, the commander sent someone to quietly ask Guizi for help with heavy gifts. When they were anxious to reach the halfway, hundreds of Han troops suddenly rushed out from both sides, wiping out the Guishuang Army's help squad completely, and the Guishuang commander completely collapsed.

There is no food to eat, how can this battle be fought? Continuing to persist will only destroy the whole army, after all, this is the home of the Ban Chao, and there is a strong Han Dynasty as a backing. After thinking about it again and again, the commander of the Gui Shuang Army personally apologized to Ban Chao, weeping bitterly and begging to let them return to China, and never came again, Ban Chao agreed with a smile.

King Guishuang watched the yellow-skinned army return in despair, and was horrified, and from then on he honestly paid tribute to the Han Dynasty, never daring to touch the Western Regions again. With the submission of more than fifty countries one after another, Ban Chao finally realized the great ideal of reunifying the Western Regions, was made the Marquis of Dingyuan by the imperial court, and returned to Luoyang before his death.

Ban Chao rose to the occasion, persevered, and did his best to stabilize the frontier of the Han Dynasty, with remarkable results, making the Silk Road unimpeded again and making indelible contributions to the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. His feats of throwing pens and writing from Rong and the spirit of publicity and selflessness will forever be remembered in history, and they will always deserve our study and praise, and Ban Chao is a national hero who stands tall in the sky.