Chapter 179: The First Battle of the Gourd

On April 6 of the third year of Jian'an (197 AD), Cao Hong and Guo Jia led the Xiong army and the Yuan army led by Wen Chou and Guo Tu fought in the gourd.

It was rainy and rainy, the roads were muddy, and the two armies faced each other, and without talking, the big battle began.

Guo Jia sat on a chariot with a Qingluo umbrella cover and watched the battle situation ahead.

To be honest, Guo Jia didn't want to sit on the chariot, he preferred to sit on the war horse and command the army, but this time he really couldn't beat Wang Jiran. After a burst of rain, Guo Jia actually contracted a wind chill when the two armies were about to fight. It stands to reason that Guo Jia should not continue to stay on the front line, but Guo Jia is unwilling.

Everyone couldn't persuade Guo Jia, and they all set their eyes on the female guards beside Guo Jia.

Although Guo Jia has not yet admitted it, everyone thinks that she must be the future military advisor and Mrs. Jiujiu.

Guo Jia is an outstanding person. A pretty white fox face, a pair of slender peach blossom eyes like autumn water, with his green shirt, shawl and long hair, unrestrained and uninhibited. Especially when the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, it can make the girl dizzy. How many families and countless high-ranking civil and military officials in Xudu City have proposed some ideas to Guo Jia to marry, but Guo Jia has always refused one by one.

To be honest, everyone can see the relationship between Guo Jia and Cao Cao, so being able to marry Guo Jia means that he and Cao Cao will wear the same pants from now on, and they can be regarded as having a relationship with Cao Cao's in-laws. In addition, Guo Jia is the best today in terms of appearance, character, talent, and reputation. Over the age of fifty-five (twenty-five years old) but not married, I heard that I have never been close to any woman, which once made everyone suspect that she has the good of Longyang. Later, there were rumors in Xu Ducheng, it was rumored that Guo Jia had been hurt by a woman in his early years, but he still missed the woman, so he was unwilling to get close to other women. Later, Cao Cao and Xun Yu confirmed it personally, and everyone couldn't help but secretly scold which family of women was so blind, causing Guo Jia to be like this until now.

But this does not prevent everyone from carrying out their own plans for marriage. Guo Jia's life is nothing more than Sikong Mansion,

However, Guo Jia, who has not been close to women for ten thousand years, actually has a woman by her side!

Cao Hong also found that he couldn't perceive this woman's martial arts realm. What does this mean? He is a mid-second-rate general, and even he can't perceive it, which means that this woman either doesn't know martial arts at all, or her realm is even higher than him! And since Guo Jia asked her to serve as a guard, it means that she must have martial arts, then it must be the latter!

According to rumors, the female guard also assassinated Guo Jia a month ago, and both were seriously injured.

I didn't expect the gentleman to like this tune.

Getting back to the point, when Wang Jiran felt everyone's gaze, she couldn't help but blush slightly. Guo Jia's deeds, she once heard Dian Wei say. She knew that everyone meant to persuade Guo Jia to leave the Gourd Battlefield and return to a safe place to recuperate. But she knows Guo Jia's heart, this is a proud man. If he is allowed to escape, it will be worse than killing him.

So Wang Jiran did not persuade Guo Jia to leave. Looking at Guo Jia, who was a little dizzy because of the wind and cold, Wang Jiran hugged him distressedly and said in a low voice, "I know you don't want to leave, but you can't get drenched in the rain anymore." Sit in the chariot and command, I'll be with you. ”

There was no strong demand, no lowly begging, only gentle understanding, Guo Jia agreed.

Guo Jia got into the chariot with the support of Wang Jiran, and used the Qingluo umbrella cover that Cao Cao had given him to block the rain.

(Cao Cao: MMP, is this thing used to keep out the rain!) )

Guo Jia saw that a 3,000-strong infantry army suddenly flashed in front of Yuan's army, each holding an iron spear, so he expected that this was Wen Chou's iron guard.

"Defend the power of the iron spear to boost morale?" Guo Jia muttered, immediately waved the battle flag, and shouted, "Order the crossbowmen to release their arrows, and the arrows will repel the iron guards!" ”

Indeed, although the Iron Spear Guards have outstanding martial arts, and the battle formation they form makes a super-first-class general like Dian Wei have to be cautious, but their defense is too poor, especially in the face of arrows, they are simply live targets without armor and light armor!

Wen Chou originally wanted to personally lead the ironclad guards to attack, and take some results to boost the morale of the army under his command, but he didn't expect that Guo Jia would not give him this opportunity at all, and directly shot arrows at random.

Wen Chou angrily waved the iron spear in his hand, pushed away the arrows, ordered the iron spear guard to retreat, and the shield hand stepped forward. After all, these iron guards are all treasures, and if they want to die, they should die when they are in close combat, and they should not die in this situation.

Seeing this, Guo Tu suggested that Wen Chou first send 30,000 infantry troops to charge head-on to attract the attention of Cao's army, and then send 3,000 cavalry in the army to raid Cao's left flank, and then send iron guards to attack from the front. At that time, regardless of whether the infantry army in front or the cavalry that raided the left flank of the Cao army were captured, the iron guards did not have to worry about being shot by the crossbowmen of the Cao army. The two armies have fought together, can you still fire arrows between me and the enemy?

Wen Chou was overjoyed when he heard this, and then adopted Guo Tu's suggestion.

When the 30,000 Yuan army infantry launched a frontal charge towards the Cao army, the commander of the Cao army's front army smiled faintly.

Lu Zhao joined the Cao army when the Cao army counterattacked Yuzhou, and because of his good martial arts and familiarity with military books since childhood, he served as a captain in Xiahou Yuan's army, and then was poached by Cao Hong during the first military deliberation and became Cao Hong's confidant.

Lu Zhao can be said to be like a fish in water under Cao Hong's command, and he understands human feelings and has good military talents, so he naturally won Cao Hong's favor and almost became the deputy general of the War Bear Army. Although he is listed as a captain, everyone in the War Bear Army knows that this is Cao Hong's absolute confidant.

"Captain, do you want to release arrows?" A soldier looked at Lu Zhao and asked.

Lu Zhao calmly looked at the momentum of Yuan's charge, 30,000 troops were not a small number, but he was not in a hurry.

Seeing that Lu Zhao didn't reply, the soldier didn't speak again, but his eyes were always on the battlefield, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious about the situation in front of him.

Seeing that Cao Jun did not release arrows, Yuan Jun's infantry thought that Cao Jun's former army commander was frightened, and took this opportunity to advance a full 150 steps, and the distance from Cao Jun's front army was only 100 steps and 50.

"Captain, don't you let go of the arrows yet! Yuan Jun is only one hundred and fifty steps away from us! The soldier was already a little anxious.

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