Shu invades Wu Ling

[Mi Zhu]

Upon the departure of Xin Fai, Mi Zhu smiles. Finally the time had come to really tighten the screws on Wu Ling. Mi Zhu returns to the officer meeting he had earlier organized following his completion of giving Xin Fai his orders in order to go out and scout the area.

Turning back to the officers within the tent he takes out a large map of Wu Ling. First he traces the path that their recently sent out scouts will take to ensure that enemies are not setting up in the surrounding area.

Finishing up with reviewing the previous actions Mi Zhu then traces a ring around the eastern and northern portions of the city, just out of range of any archers who may scale the walls of Wu Ling. At the same time he places markers representing the soldiers under his command to the west of the city and following the full circle of the scouts he traces the line representing them to the wouthern wall of the city. Turning to his officers he says:

Men I hope you understand my orders. Essentially we will right away begin first dig trenchs on the eastern and northern reaches of this hill, just outside the reach of any archers upon the walls. With this done we will place spears at the bottom of these trenchs to ensure that the enemies who fall into them perish if they fall within it. As we dig these trenchs we must erect the dirt into walls just on the other side of the trenchs.

Once these steps are complete we will head towards the western walls of the city, once again just outside of the range of Wu Ling archers. Hopefully once they see their dire situation the people of Wu Ling will give in without a fight, I truly wish to take this city with as little bloodshed as possible.

With these words the officers council of the Shu army disbands and half of them go off to begin the trench construction lead by Mi Zhu's own son Mi Lei, a man who's story will need to be told himself. Mi Zhu and the rest of the Shu army begin to settle in just out of bowshot of the Western gate, awaiting a resolution to the conflict.

[Sun Quan]

Shi Ron stretched his hands, eyed the young warrior one last time and then bid him farewell. He was off, off to better lands, off to find out what was all the commotion with Liu Zhang in the north. Relations had always been strong, but Yan had died the previous year and Shi Ron had not made the trek yet up to Cheng Du.

So he left, his army with him, heading north. He knew Cheng Du was more important than Wu Ling. Much of the populace was leaving with the general, but several thousand people decided to stay. Cheng Ting would accompany the general, riding out of the city last, the rear guard..

[white]"Goodbye, Wu Ling."[/white]

They already leaving, the Shu army in sight and doing well to motivate their exodus.

Further in the South, the Nanman troops seemed to finally understand what was happening. A large, hulking man, covered in scars and with long, ragged hair swung a large sword round in the air, his toothy grin eying Shi Ron's exit and Shu's entrance.

A man appeared behind him, and the hulking monster spoke, his voice throat like the snap of crocodiles, [purple]"Today was a day for watching. Now everyone can see each other, though I don't think Shu is prepared for us.."[/purple] The creature smiled, and then slithered away into the forest, his shadow army behind him...



Well done boys, you didn't do much but as the Shu army moves down the way, you're battles are going to get much and much tougher (and will probably be some of the hardest fought on the site).

Rewards:

Mi Zhu - Your posts seemed to develop as this battle kept going, I'm glad, and your last post was excellent.

400 Levy Peasants
250 Gold as tribute

Fai - All of your posts are excellent, you're very good at this, hopefully next battle you'll get your chance for a fight.
400 Levy Peasants
250 Gold as tribute

[Mi Zhu]

Noticing the departure of the city's garrison, Mi Zhu leads his own troops into the city as his son and the rest of the troops preparing the new siege works meet up on the way into the city. They march in to meet the lands of Shu's new conquest.

[Fai]

Xin Fai pulled the reigns of his steed as he stopped the beast in its tracks. The men that followed him stopped as well, puzzled by their commander's actions. Xin Fai ignored their puzzled looks as he stepped down from the horse carefully. His eyes were sharp, and it was clear as day at what he just saw. He walked a few steps ahead of his horse, and then kneeled down to one knee. He felt the ground and gently brushed the palm of his hands against it. Some of the plants were crushed, and there were small indentations on the ground.

"General Xin Fai. Is something wrong?" One of his lieutenants asked from atop his mount. His eyes were not as great as Xin Fai's, and probably would have missed the tracks that were spread out on the floor.

Xin Fai remained calm and collected, grinning mischievously as he crushed some the dirt with his finger tips. His assumptions were correct, there was indeed an army here moments ago. They probably retreated back into the forest, but whatever their brief period of time was when they were out in the open had left their little mark for Xin Fai to see. "It is just a guess, but it looks like we have some neighbors...watching us."

The soldiers looked at him puzzled by his cryptic message. Before they knew it, Xin Fai was already on his horse with a small grin. "Come. Let us head back...I heard the footsteps of thousands of people living." With that, he snapped the reigns and his horse began galloping back. When he got there, Wu Ling was already under the banner of Shu and thus, Xin Fai entered the city. An unsatisfied glint appeared in his eyes.