The night at the end of August was as cold as water.
The city of Seleucia is still lively, and there is no curfew, because Seleucia does not prohibit traveling at night at all. In fact, this city doesn't even have walls, so there is no defense.
It is precisely because of this that Ma Chao can easily enter the city and control Seleucia at the same time.
It is said to be control, but in fact it is cutting off the connection between Seleucia and Ctesiphon, so that all the materials in Seleucia remain in Seleucia and cannot be allocated to support Ctesiphon.
Ma Chao's camp has been put on defense to ensure that if it is attacked, it can respond immediately.
Under night, in the Chinese army's tent.
Ma Chao was learning about the casualties from attacking the city during the day, and at the same time, he was counting the soldiers who died in the battle. After the war was over, they would be counted so that they could be reported for compensation.
While Ma Chao was flipping through the information, time flew by and it was late at night.
call! !
Suddenly, the tent door curtain was lifted.
A soldier strode into the camp and reported: "General Ma, there is a fire in Seleucia City. Currently, there are fires in the north and west of the city. Countless people are running around, and many residents are affected. In addition, because our camp It is also close to Beicheng, and many people coming out of Beicheng are very likely to come towards our camp, affecting the safety of our camp."
Ma Chao's eyes lit up. He thought quickly, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.
He stood up and said: "It is impossible that the fire broke out in Seleucia for no reason. It must be Suleira's conspiracy. The other party burned down the houses and caused a large number of people to come towards our camp, just to target us."
"Report!"
At this moment, another soldier entered the Chinese army's tent.
The soldier looked anxious and said quickly: "General Ma, a large number of people from Seleucia City are coming towards our camp and want to rush into the camp to avoid the fire."
"Damn it!"
Ma Chao scolded sharply.
He narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Kill all the Parthians who come to attack our camp."
He directly took off the Tiger Head Zhan Golden Gun from the weapon rack, strode out, and soon arrived at the entrance of the camp. Ma Chao looked around and saw a dense crowd of people gathering outside the camp in an instant.
All the people are from the Parthian country, but there seems to be hostility and even hatred in the eyes of these people.
Ma Chao has been in the army.
He was very familiar with the people in the army and knew the characteristics of soldiers better. In an instant, he noticed that many common people gathered outside. They were strong and tall. They did not look like ordinary people at all, but gave people the feeling of being in the army.
"Did you set fire to the Ming Dynasty's army? You are coming to attack Parthia. Why should you set fire to our home?"
"Why are you doing this?"
"The Ming army must give us an explanation."
"Give us an explanation."
Screams echoed outside the camp. Countless people shouted and roared, venting their inner dissatisfaction with the Ming army and their inner anger against the Ming Dynasty.
After Ma Chao heard it, he immediately understood.
This is the conspiracy of the Parthian people.
They specifically set fire to the camp, blaming the Ming army for the incident, and incited the people to seek an explanation. Once there is a conflict between the people of Parthia and the Ming army, and there is any conflict between the two sides, the hidden army of Parthia can take the opportunity to attack the camp.
Perhaps, there are more Parthian troops outside.
If the Parthian Kingdom attacked by force, it might not be possible to win, and it might not be possible to win. Now, they use the people to confuse and influence Ma Chao's judgment, making Ma Chao unable to bear to order a counterattack.
Then, the Parthian people charged to break the defense line, and the hidden army could quickly attack.
This is the conspiracy of the Parthian army.
Ma Chao's face turned cold and as heavy as water. He flicked his sleeves and ordered loudly: "Archers, prepare!"
The order was given, and groups of archers took up their positions.
"Pikemen, form up!"
Ma Chao gave the order the first time.
The troops who had arrived in the camp quickly formed their formations and were ready for a battle.
Ma Chao ordered preparations one after another. The Parthian people gathered outside the camp were even more angry and excited. Some people clamored to attack the camp. For a while, many people began to push and push, trying to break the camp's defense.
Wave after wave of people hit the fence, so that the fence wall erected was crumbling.
The scene became increasingly noisy.
Incredible chaos.
When Ma Chao saw this scene, he showed no mercy and decisively ordered: "Archers, release arrows!"
call out! call out! !
One by one, the soldiers fired arrows.
For a moment, a dense barrage of bows and arrows shot out, falling like a storm among the people of Parthia. Indiscriminate shooting of bows and arrows, if the Parthians dispersed outside the camp, would not actually have much lethality because they would not be accurate.
However, there were too many people outside the camp, crowded and overcrowded. In such a situation, the arrows fired were indiscriminate attacks, and the aim of the arrows was greatly improved.
Phew! Phew!
The intensive barrage of bows and arrows continued to kill the enemy, causing more Parthian people to wail and scream.
"The Ming army is killing people. Rush in and they will drive them away."
"Come in!"
Soldiers from the Parthian nobles in the crowd incited them to break through the camp with shouts, so that even more people crowded into the camp. The fences throughout the camp were constantly rattling, and they were already overwhelmed.
Murderous intent appeared in Ma Chao's eyes, and he said coldly: "Pikeman, stab!"
The pikemen in formation raised their spears and stabbed him.
Compared with the large-scale lethality of bows and arrows, the range of the spear array is not large. However, the spear was directly controlled by the soldier, and the thrust was stronger. It pierced the crowd in an instant, and the people at the front were stabbed one after another.
The spear was pulled out instantly after piercing it, and bright red blood spattered and continued to fall on the ground.
Rows of Parthians fell to the ground.
First they were shot with bows and arrows, and then they were stabbed with spears. In an instant, the entire Parthian people collapsed. Many Parthians who were incited to come retreated one after another, frightened like a frightened bird.
In the face of absolute strength, the noise on the lips is not worth mentioning at all, and it has no effect at all.
It would indeed be more difficult if Ma Chao faced the people of Ming Dynasty.
However, he was facing the Parthians.
Ma Chao didn't have the slightest psychological burden, he just killed when he needed to, so the bow and arrows continued to shoot, and the spears continued to thrust in and out. The repeated actions caused massive casualties to the Parthians.
Many people began to flee.
Many people are extremely afraid in their hearts.
The originally shaky camp fence stabilized and was no longer affected.
Ma Chao saw the retreating Parthians and smiled coldly. These people want to break his camp. Are they just dreaming? However, Ma Chao was even more vigilant, because since Ctesiphon and Surella had arranged for people to instigate, they would not give up and there might even be troops coming.
Ma Chao still ordered to be on guard, and the army was still shooting arrows to further drive away the gathered Parthians.
While Ma Chao was fighting, in a dark place to the east outside Seleucia City, an army of thirty thousand people led by Hade gathered.
Harder is waiting for news.
"Report!"
Suddenly, a sentry came running on horseback. The sentry came to Harder's side and quickly reported: "General Harder, we incited the people to attack Ma Chao's camp, but the attack was defeated. Ma Chao launched a counterattack brazenly, using They killed a large number of people with bows and arrows, and stabbed them with spears. Now, there are many dead and injured people, and many people are fleeing. Once they continue to flee, the offensive will be completely exhausted."
Hader frowned for a moment. He originally thought that there was still a chance in this battle, and he could use the power of the people to attack Ma Chao. Now that the people's power attack has failed, they cannot take advantage of the chaos.
what to do?
Harder was thinking quickly in his mind, should he go out to attack Ma Chao immediately, or what should he do?
