Ok, I just want to make sure you all have an idea at least of what I wan the characters to look like.It may be hard to imagine them like this, but do your best.
Cao Cao has no beard or mustache.
Sun Quan and Sun Ce have no beards.
Xiahou Dun and Zhou Yu has no beard and mustache and no long hair: shorter hair like people in the army.
Huang Zhong has no beard or mustache. That's all for now. Enjoy!
It was a beautiful day. The sun shined radiantly over the earth, the people seemed to be enjoying themselves, and the joyful chirping of birds made it a relaxing place to be. But would it stay like this any longer? Perhaps not.
Captain Cao Cao strolled on the path on the rural country side with his cousin, Lieutenant Xiahou Dun. Cao Cao's face had a glowing flare that burned with ambition; he was always hoping that he would get promoted to a higher rank and yearned for opportunities to do so. His cousin Dun had an eye-patch on. Some event occurred a few years ago which caused him to lose his eye. Xiahou Dun did not really have any true purpose in life, or rather it might be better to say he did'nt know it. Dun did'nt know what to do, so he always followed his cousin Cao. Luckily, they were assigned to the same base.
"Comrade Cao, we should be going now, we have orders to report to H.Q. at 1500 hrs."
"Yes I know that Dun. Why don't we enjoy strolling the area for a while huh?" Cao said back to him. They were ordered to gather a meeting with other army officers at the People's Liberation Army H.Q. in Beijing. However, instead of taking a jeep to head to Beijing, Cao insisted that that walked, which did'nt sound unreasonable since they were stationed at an army base just outside Beijing. But Beijing was one of the world's largest and populous cities; finding your way around could be a very difficult thing.
Just then, a jeep appeared behind them. Cao, who had wanted to take the time to enjoy the scenery wanted to walk instead. But if they were late he could be court marshaled, which may result in demotion, being transferred to a worse place, or being kicked out of the army. He waved a hand to the jeep which was about to pass by. The jeep stopped, seeing that they were army officers.
In the jeep were three navy officers in white uniform. Looking at their insignia, Cao quickly indentified their ranks: the young chaufer was an Office Cadet. Behind him was a Lieutenant Junior grade, and a full- fledged Lieutenant. The Cadet was a young man that probably about eighteen years of age. The Lt. Jr. Grade, and the Lt. were also both young as well, but they were a bit older looking and they had faces that looked similiar.
"Comrades, may you please give us a lift to the army H.Q.? It is an inconvenient time for us and we would like to get there on time."
"Well of course you may. Get in." Said the Lt.
Dun and Cao got in and sat behind them in the back. As they were going by the country side, the Lt. decided to speak up.
"The one driving is Comrade Lu Xun. This is my younger brother Sun Quan and I am Sun Ce." he said smiling and looking at his new companions.
"Well I am Cao Cao and this is my cousin Xiahou Dun." he replied back neighborly.
"We are due at H.Q soon. Are you headed to the navy H.Q.?" Cao inquired to any of the other three on the jeep.
"Yes we are thank you for asking Comrade Cao." he said back.
In a few hours, they reached their destination. The rest of their ride was silent since Cao spent his time looking at the country side, and Dun wasn't the talkative type. Also, neither of the other three even bothered to talk. The H.Q. was a plain looking building with windows and doors like any other ordinary building. They arrived 1 hour early so they were asked to wait in the lobby. Cao found a copy of the Beijing Times and started reading it. Dun, who was impatient did his best to hide his current state.
However, it was only twenty-five minutes later the speaker turned on and a female voice said: "Captain Cao Cao, report to the main office ASAP."
"What could they want? It's a bit early for our meeting." Dun said curiously.
"Well, at any rate let's go." He said back to Dun.
Senior Colonel Huang Zhong sat down in his office. Sitting in front of him, were Major Lu Bu, and Non-Commisioned Officer 6th Class Sun Ren. Bu was a tall man with solid muscles. Ren, who was from the women's division had been called here as well. It surprised him that some as young as she could hold a rank as the one she had now. He had summoned an officer named Cao Cao to his office and waited. Finally, the door opened and two officers appeared, one of them had an eye-patch. Seeing his superior rank, both saluted attentively.
"Sit down." he said without returning the salute. And so they did.
"Now all officers here for General Cao Gangchuan's meeting please report to the main hall." the speaker said.
"Sir, I'm scheduled to go to that meeting. May my subordinate and I leave?" Cao asked the older man.
"You are no longer required to go." he said curtly to the officer.
"Now listen Captain Cao, I'm going to ask you a few questions and I want answers understand?" Zhong asked it as if he had no patience.
"Where are you from?"
"Hong Kong."
"Where did you attend school?"
"West Point."
"That's all for now."
"Now here are your orders. All of you are going to train some new troops. We must increase the capabilities of our military. And you will work alongside with air force and navy personel" he said.
"And Captain Cao...here are your first orders." Zhong said looking him.
Cao sat at a desk that was put up in the middle of the agora in Tianamen Square. The old man told him to stay here all day and to look for recruits. Damnit! he thought. How could an able army officer like him have to do an inferior soldier's work! Most personel in the PLA were unedacated farm boys and girls. He was capable of a lot more. In fact, he was a graduate from West Point. Oh well. So far he got 45 conscripts for the air force,32 for the navy and 300 for the army. Just then two more people walked up to him.
"What?" Cao said looking down reading the newspaper and said as curtly as that geezer Zhong. Although he knew why they were here he was being vexed at the fact he had to do this simple job while he could probably show his ability.
"Good sir, we seek employment in the army." said a deep voice. Cao looked up. Before him was a tall tough looking man with the longest beard he had ever seen. Beside him was a slightly shorter man who was a little bit overweight and had a face that struck like thunder. But he was even more muscular.
"How old are you?" Cao asked in the same manner. He wasn't allowed to take people who were over the ages of 27.
"I am 25." said the man with the deep voice.
"And I'm 21." said the other. His own voice was thunderous.
Although everyone else who were willing to sign up were poor, unedacated folk, these two could be no exeption. But he sensed something different about them, especially the man with deep voice. Well, he would have to wait and see.
"Alright, sign your names on the recruiting book" he ordered them.
They did. The tall man wrote: "Guan Yu" and the man with the thunderous voice wrote: "Zhang Fei".
