I was 15 when I was discovered by Lu Meng and brought into the army of Wu.
I was brought to meet the ruler off the kingdom which was Sun Quran he was a young man a few years older than myself.
"Lu Meng Who is this young man that you have brought me"
He look at me for a second before turning back to his officer.
"My lord this young man is Lu Xun and heir to the Lu family"
I bow after he points towards me.
"Lu Meng we have been at odds with the Lu family for awhile now so why is he in my castle"
He is right our family's have disagreed a number of times when his brother took control off Jiangdong but our family's still hold a grudge.
"My lord this young man has potential to surpass myself and Lu Su in strategy and leadership with training and hard work he might even reach the level that lord Zhou Yu has reached"
He seems to think it over for awhile.
"Lu Meng It is very rare for you to speak so highly off someone so I will give this boy a chance to prove himself but he is in you're care now we have a situation that needs to be dealt with."
He turns around before walking to a room where I see a number of generals waiting for Lord Sun Quan.
"My lord after our battle with Cao Cao and the loss of Zhou Yu the tribes to the south have started an uprising but we lack the troops and the supplies to deal with the army they have formed"one off the generals says.
"So my generals what do you suggest we do to deal with this uprising"
Lu Meng steps forward "My lord give me 1000 men and I will draw the tribes into our land and I will overwhelm them and show them that they never stand a chance against our army."
"Does any one else have any other ideas or I will go with Lu Mengs plan"
None off the other generals seem to say anything and they all seem to agree with his plan but looking at the map I can see a better way to do this.
"If I may"
The whole room looks at me surprised that I would speak up.
"My lord why is this boy in the war council room when he should be practicing with a wooden sword somewhere" one off the older generals say.
"This is Lu Mengs new assistant Lu Xun" he looks at for a moment.
"Lu Xun, Lu Meng has experience in a number of battle and is one off our smarts generals so I trust his judgement if he thinks this plan will work then I would put my life in his hands"
It seems he doubts me which I am not surprised I don't have any experience in warfare.
"My lord I know I lack any real experience but would you let me still speak"
He nods his head before I walk towards the front.
"Lu Mengs plan is well thought but it could take them a few days to get here and as you said we a low on supplies what I suggest is Lu Meng leads a unit of heavy cavalry to this Forest here closer to there encampment and draws them in before trapping them with an ambush.
With the soldiers confused we can defeat the tribes commander and steal the supplies that they have aswell to put into storage."
I step back to see the rest off the room looking at me but none off them say anything.
I hear someone clapping behind and I see Lu Meng standing there clapping his hands.
"Well done Lu Xun you're plan Is well thought out and you were quick witted so I will put my life in you're hands and trust you're plan"
The rest off the room make noises in shock that he would have actually trusted my plan.
"Okay Gan Ning and Hang Dang ge the heavy calvary ready at the gate I want to leave as soon as possible Lu Xun follow me"
Lu Meng says before everyone follows orders and starts getting his plan ready I follow Lu Meng out off the war council.
"Lu Xun you are going to stay here while I am away I know I am supposed to watch out for you but you are to young to come to combat with us so I am leaving you in the care of Lady Wu the mother of Sun Quan I am going to take you to her now
We head towards the palace where at the front I see a elderly women.
"Lu Meng this must be Lu Xun I have heard about young man I am Lady Wu and you will be in my care until Lu Meng returns"
Seeing how she was nice I bow down showing her the respect she deserves.
"I would like to thank you Lady Wu for taking care off me i won't be a bother to you"
"Nonse young man I have a daughter who is just younger than you so you won't be a bother at all"
"Lady Wu I'm sorry but I am going to have to leave I have my orders to defeat the tribes I will return as soon as I can okay"
He bows to her.
"Be safe Lu Meng you are a pillar for the kingdom off Wu"she says before bowing back to him.
Lu Meng head off towards the gate and I am left in the care of Lady Wu
"Well Lu Xun come this way you will be staying on the east side off the palace with us"
We walk in silent for most off the walk I wasn't really sure what to say to her.
"Didn't know that I used to know you're father we were good friends many years ago it was a shame that he passsd away still early in his live."
I was surprised by that our family's had a grudge against each other so i didn't ever think that they would have been friends with each other.
"I don't really remember him Lady Wu I had been leaving with my Uncle since my father had died when he passed away Lu Meng happened to visit the town where I was and recruited me but I never really got the chance to know my father so what type off man was he"
"He was a man off courage and justice he always did what he believed was right his ideal was a lot to him and he was a good man if he was around the Lu and Sun family's would have still been friends"
"Mother I have finished my studies that Wanted me to do"
I turn around to see a girl about 2 years younger than I was and she was cute.
"Well done Sun Shang Xiang"if this is the daughter of Lady Wu then that would make her the princess of the kingdom
The girl looks at me for a second before looking back at her mother.
"Mother who is this"
"This is Lu Xun he is going to stay with us for a few days"
She seems to accept it.
"Mother can I go practice archery"
"You know archery is not very Lady like but I guess so you have finished you're studies but on one condition you must take Lu Xun with you"
She looks at me again for nodding to her mother and begins to walk off.
"Go on Lu Xun just follow her"
I follow the princess and we head out to the garden where I see that there is a archery range.
"You don't do it in the barracks" I say breaking the ice.
"No my mother doesn't believe that I should go in there since it is not for princess's"
She does have point I never would have thethought the princess off the kingdom would have done archery.
She head over and grabs a bow and some arrows before coming back over to where I am.
"You know how to fire a bow"
"No I wasn't really trained in combat"
She fires I few arrows hitting the target every time before holding the bow out for me.
"Try it"
I grab the bow off her before trying to fire the arrow i miss the targets and the princess laughs at me.
"You really haven't used a bow before so what weapon can you fight with.
"I use two swords my lady I haven't had a lot off training with them but I can use them well enough to be a solider"
"My mother won't let me train with swords says that it's not right for women off the court to wield them."
She surprises me she isn't lady like at all she trains with a bow and even wants to train with a sword so she can fight on the battlefield Sun Shang Xiang you really are a rare typenoff women.
"My lady if I had my swords I would gladly show you what I know"
"Call me Sun Shang Xiang just because I am part off the royal family I don't want to be treated as something special."
"Very well and May you call me Lu Xun"
"So Lu Xun why have you joined the army then you are pretty young aren't you"
"I have a vision for the land and I believe I can achieve this fighting for the kingdom off Wu so when Lu Meng found me h said I had great potential so I was brought before you brother Lord Sun Quan so I could join the army under Lu Meng."
It out family distrust each other so he is t really sure so I was brought to the war council room and I proposed a plan on a way to defeat the tribes and now I have been brought here to stay with you and Lady Wu until Lu Meng returns"
"So you're a strategist then so that means that you must be really smart but then you won't be able to fight that well"
"They how about this Sun Shang Xiang I teach you what I know about Swords and you teach me the bow so I am better prepared."
"I like the sound off that"
And so for next few days we would already clme here after Sun Shang Xiang has finished her studies so we could both train you was able to get hold off two swords thanks to Lady Wu for my own training but I showed Sun Shang Xiang how to use one sword while she continued to show me how to use the both we were both fast learners so we slowly started to see improvements even after a few days.
After spending a week with the Lady Wu and Sun Shang Xiang ,Lu Meng had returned and I was brought towards Sun Quan again.
"Lu Xun the plan you proposed we use to defeat the tribes has payed off the tribes moved exactly how you predicted they would have and we won the battle after we raided there camp and took supplies so we have a more food"
"I am glad that I was able to be some use My lord"
He comes off his throne before standing before me.
"It appears that I had underestimated that talent in which you hold so I will grant you the title off Gate Keeper and you will serve under Lu Meng and learn from him and you can become a Pillar for Wu just as he is"
I bow before him.
"Thank you my lord I won't let you down"
Okay that is the first chapter it's going to be a story building on Lu Xun and Sun Shang Xiang been the future off Wu I have made each off them younger than they actually are so it fits the story so let me know what you all think about.