Gushan Bell City.
Ma Chao led his army to sit here.
Previously, Cao Cao led Ma Chao, Xiahou Dun and others to defeat Olivia. Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others withdrew, while Ma Chao stayed in Gushan Bell City and was responsible for the defense of Gushan Bell City.
Ma Chao knew that there would definitely be war in Gushanbeier City in the future, and he had been strengthening Gushanbeier City. Today, Gushanbeier City has undergone great changes from the past.
The city is strong and nearly five feet high.
Ma Chao is best at cavalry. He has been training cavalry in Gushanbeier City to ensure that he has an elite force that can fight.
In addition to two thousand cavalry, Ma Chao himself had five thousand infantry. In addition to the 5,000 elite soldiers that Lu Rong rushed to help, the number of elite infantry in Gushanbeier City now exceeds 10,000.
As the temporary city lord of Gushanbeier City, Ma Chao adjusted the city's governance model while he was in charge of Gushanbeier City.
Gushanbeier City, which was under the rule of the Parthian Kingdom before, kept squeezing the people and businessmen and exploiting the local people, causing the local businessmen and people to complain.
Ma Chao changed all previous strategies and adopted a mild approach.
He was not a master of local governance and did not have the talents of Xun Yu and Zhuge Liang. However, after he became Xiahou Dun's son-in-law, especially after he surrendered to Lu Xuan, everyone who met Lu Xuan was studying, and Ma Chao was also studying. Increase knowledge.
Ma Chao was more than able to govern a city without much difficulty. On the contrary, it made Gushan Beier City more prosperous.
Among businessmen and people, Ma Chao has a high prestige. The reasons are not complicated. Ma Chao reduced business taxes for merchants, reduced taxes for common people, and resettled refugees. Although there are many problems, Gushanbeier City is generally very good. Businessmen and people support it, and local local forces welcome Ma Chao.
Therefore, Ma Chao seems to be the one everyone expects.
On the tower at this moment.
Ma Chao was wearing armor and holding a tiger-headed golden gun, looking at the official road in the distance.
Next to Ma Chao, there is also a counselor who assists him, Yang Cong. This is a scholar who came to Tianzhu from China. He was recruited by Ma Chao and became Ma Chao's counselor. Yang Cong is responsible for many of the specific implementation strategies for local governance.
Ma Chao looked at Yang Cong and asked, "Master Yang, I asked you to summon the merchants in the city and ask them to help with the defense. How is the situation?"
Yang Cong said: "Reporting back to General, everything went well. All the merchants in the city are grateful for General Ma's kindness and are willing to work for General Ma. They provide people if they have people, and provide food if they have food. They are united as one."
"Now, three thousand private soldiers have been recruited in the city, ready to participate in the war at any time. In addition, a further three hundred thousand kilograms of grain have been raised for our use. Now the people in the city are united, and they are all on the side of the Ming Dynasty."
Yang Cong said: "Even if war comes, we can hold on."
Ma Chao said: "That's good."
Yang Cong suddenly heard the sound of a horn in the distance, and suddenly looked into the distance, only to see a dark army appearing on the official road to the west. A large number of troops from the Parthian Empire came towards Gushanbeier City in a mighty manner.
The crowds of people and the dark crowd gave people the feeling of dark clouds looming over the city.
Yang Cong said: "General, here we come!"
"The general saw it."
Ma Chao nodded. He looked at the large number of troops appearing outside the city. His angular face showed murderous intent, and his eyes were filled with fighting spirit. He said, "I want to take a look. How powerful is the Parthian army? I'll do it." Meet them for a while.”
Ma Chao grasped the tiger-headed golden gun tightly, his eyes flashing with burning light.
After a while, the army outside the city drew closer.
The troops formed a formation.
The densely packed Parthian soldiers are tall and in great military appearance, giving people an extremely powerful feeling.
Vorogasis V wears a crown, holds a scepter, is gorgeously dressed, and sits astride a horse, majestic. He rode out and said, "Is Ma Chao here? I am Vorogasis V of the Parthian Empire, and I am coming with a large army today."
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Ma Chao's eyes were sharp after hearing this. Unexpectedly, what came was an unprecedentedly big fish, and even the king of Parthia came.
This is a good thing.
In this war, he was not alone in Gushanbeier City, because there would be reinforcements coming later, especially His Majesty was already on the way, so Ma Chao was not worried.
Ma Chao was not panicked at all. He looked at Volugasis V outside the city, made some calculations in his mind, and immediately came up with a plan.
When Vorogasis V came, give him a blow first.
Ma Chao ordered: "Bring the bow!"
The soldier immediately handed it over, and Ma Chao took the big bow directly from the side, then drew the bow and nocked an arrow, aimed at Vologasis V outside the city, and immediately released the bowstring.
Buzz! !
The bowstring vibrated, and the arrowhead fell sharply like a meteor, and Vologasis V quickly flew away.
Vorogasis V was waiting for Ma Chao's reply. He was determined to kill Ming generals like Ma Chao, because this man was one of the culprits who captured her daughter Olivia. It was just that Vologasis V waited for a while, his ears moved, and he heard the sound of breaking through the air.
"Your Majesty, be careful."
A shout came out.
Otagus, the bodyguard general of Vologasis V, rushed out and stood directly in front of Vologasis V, lashing out with the sword in his hand.
Snapped! !
The sword blade hit the arrow shaft, and the impact was impartial, causing the incoming bow and arrow to be knocked away.
Ortagus looked very anxious and said: "Your Majesty the King, this Ma Chao is not following the rules, please retreat quickly."
Vologasis V said coldly: "Otagus, it's all thanks to you this time."
Otagus, the personal guard general, said: "This is what I should do."
Vologasis V glanced at the tower in surprise and murmured: "Ma Chao really deserves to die. He didn't take advantage of the opportunity given to him to survive. In this case, destroy him completely."
After the words fell, Vorogasis V returned to the military formation and said in a deep voice: "Attack!"
"attack!"
Artabanus barked the order.
As the most adept offensive person in Parthia, he has strong martial arts skills. In addition, among the sons of Vorogasis V, Artaban had a high influence because he dared to fight and fight to the death.
Artabanus led the charge, carrying a sword in front.
This was the custom of Artabanus.
In every battle, Artaban took the lead.
Countless soldiers followed Artaban, and from a distance, it looked like countless ants were about to attack the city.
A large number of Parthian soldiers rushed forward. This scene fell in Ma Chao's eyes. He looked extremely calm, without any panic, and ordered loudly: "Archers, release arrows!"
On the city tower, the archers who had been prepared quickly shot arrows.
The sound of bows and arrows piercing the air resounded through the air.
The bows and arrows shot out flew across the air, like pouring rain, and continued to fall towards the soldiers of Parthia.
