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Outside the valley city, banners are swaggering, spears are lined up, and a basin-sized golden "horse" character flies in the air, changing various ripples and shapes with the blowing of the hunting west wind.

Under the battle flag, a war horse with a huge head and a jet-black body was "snorting" at this time, and on the wide back of a war horse, a handsome and unusually handsome young man with a very dark face sat on it.

The young man was dressed in a silver robe and brocade robe, with a crown on his head, silver leather boots on his feet, and a spear with a short shot on his back.

On the side of Gucheng City, Cao Xing was also wearing full armor, but he had an iron bow in his hand, and his eyes were cold and looked down at the enemy's leading general, Ma Chao, from top to bottom, but he was surprised in his heart: This guy looks, why do you think of Wen Hou inexplicably?

But he didn't know that Ma Chao, who is only sixteen or seventeen years old now, is eight feet long when he was born, and he doesn't look like an adult man, and his previous repeated experiences have also made his heart undergo transformation and gradually mature, but in fact, he still retains the heart of many young people.

Although Ma Chao has always led Lu Bu to his goal and biggest opponent verbally and in his heart, the young man's heart made him unconsciously begin to have some tendencies to imitate Lu Bu's actions, whether it is clothing or some words and deeds, as if this way can get closer to the other party, fortunately, this is only in normal times. Once on the battlefield, the difference between him and Lu Bu can still be seen at a glance, Ma Chao's martial arts are known for their "fierceness", and after entering the super-first-class ranks, although he has not yet been able to hold his own "potential", he has also touched that layer of threshold, which is the so-called "aggression like fire".

And the reason why Cao Xuan felt that the other party felt very much like Lu Bu to himself. Another reason is the pressure that the other party brings to themselves. You must know that if it is only about force, even in front of Dian Wei and others, Cao Xuan will not have this feeling, but only in front of a limited number of people, Lu Bu and Gao Shun. Now there is another Ma Chao.

Ma Chao is impressive except for his outfit. And his eyes. The eyes are full of aggression, and people often dare not look at him for too long, but this does not make Cao Xing afraid. If it was really a personal martial arts, of course he would have fled a long time ago, but now it is an offensive and defensive battle in the city, he wants to see what the means of attacking the city are for the Ma family, who has always been good at fierce battles on the plains?

But at this time, Cao Xing saw another person, unlike Ma Chao, this person was dressed in a scribe's robe, and the gray robe was even more simple, but no one dared to underestimate him, because this person's name was Li Ru.

Li Ru looks very low-key, and even the horse he sits on is half a head shorter than Ma Chao's mount, but the pressure he brings to Cao Xuan will not be lower than that of Ma Chao, or even more, the difference is that this feeling is hidden in his heart, and it is a threatening pressure that will really produce fear.

Seeing Li Ru and Cao Xing, he couldn't help but think of the secret order from Jia Xu, so he felt a headache again, but fortunately, Ma Chao then opened his mouth to interrupt his gaze and contemplation: "We waited for the army to arrive last night, why I came this time I must also be clear, I am Xiliang Ma Mengqi, this time only the head of the evil Lu Bu and Yan Xing, so last night has been left for you to think clearly, if you have the heart of sincerity, you will be exempted from this senseless soldier, open the city gate now, let's join the grand event of punishing thieves; Otherwise, we will have no choice but to break through this city regardless of life and death, and then drive straight into the ......."

Cao Xing laughed angrily, this Ma Chao is not very old, but his ability to play right and wrong is really not small, it is not his vigilance heart has always been and has always urged his soldiers to refuse to relax their vigilance, I am afraid that they will attack the city directly last night, after all, night raids are an important means of siege warfare, and it is easy to succeed in a situation of surprise.

However, he was not in the mood to entangle with the other party in this regard, and he didn't want to say much in words, so he used actions to show his heart.

I saw that he took the longbow, and there was immediately a pro-soldier next to him who would offer feather arrows, Cao Xing had already drawn the bow and opened the arrow without saying a word, and he had completed this standard shooting action in just an instant, and then greeted without hitting one, just an arrow off the string, swept through the wind, and took the horse Chao.

After all, there was a distance in the middle, Ma Chao was up and down, and his vision was a little obstructed, plus he was thinking about the words handed over to him by Li Ru, and he didn't have the slightest defense that Cao Xing shot so quickly in an instant, and he was caught off guard.

When the arrow was still flying in the air, Ma Chao had not moved at all, and it was in front of him in a blink of an eye, at this moment, even Cao Xing himself almost thought that his arrow might hit the target, although there was some surprise, but it was always a good thing, it was worth celebrating, and the other people in the city next to him were even more surprised and surprised when they saw this scene, and they seemed to feel that their own master was too powerful, and they were actually going to take the enemy's main general with one arrow.

It's a pity that Ma Chao is not a mortal, they expected that the scene of being hit by an arrow into the heart and blood splattering did not appear, but they watched a gorgeous performance by this enemy general.

At that moment, even with Ma Chao's reaction speed, it is impossible to get his body to dodge it, he is not that Lu Bu does not have the other party's good control, the only thing he can do is block, but his weapon is behind him at the moment, and it is too late to take it to block, and if he doesn't use his weapon with his bare hands, even if Ma Chao is a master of art and bold, he will not feel that his physical mortal can block the other party's menacing arrow, especially the arrow with a cold edge, just looking at it feels extremely penetrating, Ma Chao didn't dare to try to let it pass through his palm or any part of his body.

There is not much time left for Ma Chao to think about, and it can be said that he will die and live later, so he can only use that method-

So everyone saw that his body suddenly rushed forward without warning, which was undoubtedly an unexpected action, even Cao Xuan couldn't help but be a little surprised. And then Ma Chao's head was the first to touch the feather arrow that swept over, and most people didn't have time to see what action he had made, and the next moment they saw that his head had time to turn his head and dodge when he touched the arrow, which was not unexpected by many people, and everyone thought that he should also do this action.

But the problem is that the arrow was volleyed by Cao Xuan from top to bottom, and the direction of the sweep was also from top to bottom, Ma Chao's head dodged the body but it was difficult to dodge, so everyone saw that Ma Chao, who shook his head, actually opened his mouth, and his teeth were exposed in everyone's eyes, and then the whole head moved forward. Closer to the arrow. The big mouth closed again, and it just happened to bite the arrow, of course, at this time, the momentum of the arrow flying was not reduced, like the eyesight of a marksman like Cao Xing. You can see that the tail end of the feather arrow is still trembling. It seems that he is uneasy and wants to break free. It's a pity that Ma Chao's teeth are like the strongest and tightest cage at the moment, and it is impossible to let go of it.

This qiē is slow to say, but it's actually just a few blinks of an eye. The whole process is full of twists and turns, which is dizzying.

And then someone around Ma Chao immediately reacted, and scolded angrily towards the city: "Despicable and shameless, you suddenly sneak attack!" ”

Cao Xing noticed that Li Ru seemed to have something to say to the people around him, obviously this was from his instructions, but unfortunately for Cao Xing, the issue of reputation was never something he was worried about, as long as Lu Bu believed in him, even if everyone in the world questioned him and denied him, it would not affect him at all.

So at this moment, when he heard this, he just laughed and said: "What a joke, the so-called Jinma Chao who is crisscrossing Xiliang, why can't he even make a mistake that this is a war?" War isn't a trick for you hairy boys, it's going to kill you. ”

If it comes to the sharpness of his words and the bitterness of his mouth, Cao Xing, who has a heart, is definitely the first among the generals under Lu Bu, even Lu Bu, who has the essence of scolding for thousands of years, is not comparable to him.

However, Cao Xuan is at least not wrong in one point, although Ma Chao at this time can also bring him a huge pressure similar to Lu Bu, but this is only the sense of difference caused by the unfamiliarity when they first met at the beginning, and then it was reduced a lot, the main reason is Ma Chao's age limit, even if he has a lot of experience, his heart is gradually mature, and his strength is indeed strong enough, and there is a sharp spirit that cannot be hidden out of the sheath, but in Cao Xing's opinion, it is natural to look down on him.

Of course, Cao Xing was not the only one laughing at the head of the city at this time, and the soldiers who were guarding the city were naturally on the side of their own master at this time, so even some of them who couldn't understand the meaning also laughed, and for a while, a laugh was formed on the top of the city tower, and in this laughter, Ma Chao's face gradually turned red, and even some blue and purple.

Li Ru beside him was as calm as ever, he also recognized Cao Xing, but he was not impressed by him before, and he didn't pay much attention to it, not to mention that the other party had also experienced the defeat of Hongnong before, even if Li Ru was cautious, it would be difficult to put Cao Xing in his heart, but now it is really famous that it is better to meet, just from the words he said to Ma Chao, whether it is in terms of civil and military, this person is a little difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, he didn't plan to put his hope here, but took another path, of course, this side also needs to cooperate well, so he then nodded to Ma Chao and said softly: "General, let's start......"

Ma Chao pointed at the sky with his big hand, and the angry scolding beside him stopped suddenly, and then he saw the spear in his other hand swing suddenly, pointing directly at the top of the city tower, and his tone was cold and did not contain the slightest emotion, and spit out a sentence and two words: "Up, kill!" ”

"Kill ......" The subordinate soldiers responded to the order, and in an instant, they saw the soldiers in the front row rushing to the bottom of the tower of Gucheng like a tide.

It can be seen that they are also fully prepared, all kinds of siege equipment are available, and in the process of siege, they are in a tight and neat sequence.

This was a big surprise to Cao Xing on the top of the city tower, and he could naturally see the excellence of the opponent's army with his eyes, but according to his impression, whether it was Li Ru or Na Ma Chao's army, they were all good at cavalry and plain field battles, and when it came to siege warfare, they naturally became weak, but now the army that appeared in front of him did not look like a new hand at all.

But there was no time for him to think about it that much now, because he had to be busy organizing the defenders to defend and even seize the opportunity to counterattack.

The preparations have already been made, and as long as he gives an order, he will be able to fire thousands of arrows, fly thousands of stones, and be admired by thousands of people...... Uh, no, it's the enemy who bows down.

But at that moment, he noticed Li Ru, who was always indifferent and calm beside Ma Chao, and he didn't know why, he always felt that something was wrong, and this matter should not be so simple.

But whatever, as long as he can drag the other person here, it's always useful-

"Ready...... Shoot! ”

"Woo Woo ......"

"Shield-bearers out of line, array!"

The battle between arrows and shields, defense and attack, begins...... (To be continued......)