Dynasty Warriors: A Love Worth Fighting For
Chapter 12 of my Dynasty Warriors story, enjoy.
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Chapter 12: Battle of Mt. Ding Jun
Due to Dong Zhuo's army not making a move Liu Bei was able to consolidate his power in Yi. Now he was ready and at the advice of Zhuge Liang, he prepared his army and marched out to attack Dong Zhuo and claim Hanzhong. Panicked by this Dong Zhuo hastily gathered a force together and went out to meet him in battle. Due to the routes they had to travel Dong Zhuo was able to set up his forces in defensive positions taking vantage points of Mt. Ding Jun and Mt. Cha Qi. Dong Zhuo had split his forces between both mountains and the garrisons between them. Liu Bei arrived and immediately formed plans with Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. Soon his army was also ready, set up on Mt. Tian Dang and the garrisons nearby. Zhuge Liang gave his instructions.
"We must surround Mt. Ding Jun, Zhao Yun circle around to the south, Wei Yan, move around the base of the mountain and attack it directly, Zhang Fei, strike through the centre and join Wei Yan." He ordered. "I want all three of you to surround the mountain with your armies, attack when you are given the signal from Mt. Cha Qi."
They all bowed. Liu Bei and Liu Shan maintained guard at the main camp. Zhuge Liang and Yue Ying occupied one of the front line garrisons, preparing to use her new weapons. Several of Liu Bei's other officers, including those who had once served Shu all maintained their guard or joined with the main units to aid in the attack. Coming up with a plan to weaken Dong Zhuo's army and position, and to remove the threat he would pose, Huang Zhong and Pang Tong went to attack Mt. Cha Qi and Zhang Jiao.
The Shu army immediately charged out, taking Dong Zhuo's army by surprise. They had expected Shu to remain on defences due to Zhang Jiao's magic. Unfortunately the magic took a long time to prepare and Shu was taking advantage of that to launch an all-out assault. Huang Zhong and Pang Tong found themselves facing strong resistance at Mt. Cha Qi. Guarding Zhang Jiao was Lu Bu; along with him was Li Su, Fan Chou, Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and Zang Ba. All of them put up a strong defence and even Huang Zhong's arrows couldn't make a dent. Meanwhile the trio of armies was advancing through the garrisons and had already defeated Li Meng and Zhang Xiu. As they progressed however they found Dong Min and Dong Yue blocking their path along with Xu Rong. Zhang Ji was guarding another garrison along with Diaochan. Finally, with the juggernauts coming out to aid them, the main forces broke through the garrisons, leaving Diaochan and Zhang Ji guarding the only garrison yet to be attacked. Dong Zhuo was panicked as he saw Mt. Ding Jun getting surrounded. Li Jue and Guo Si were guarding the camp gates; Li Ru reassured his lord that Zhang Jiao would save them with his magic. Back at Mt. Cha Qi Huang Zhong and Pang Tong finally defeated most of the officers guarding the mountain and reached the gate. Lu Bu stood guard at the gate and blocked their advance.
Lu Bu glared at his opponents.
"So old man." He growled, "You think you can best me."
"You may be powerful Lu Bu." Huang Zhong countered, "But I have more experience than you, you'll see just what I can do."
They both prepared to fight but Pang Tong then spoke.
"Are you sure you should be here Lu Bu." He remarked, "Zhang Ji has just been defeated by a young man who I gained the allegiance of."
"So."
"Well, my young friend Jiang Wei is attacking that garrison he was in; I believe a certain woman is there."
Lu Bu glared fiercely.
"What, Diaochan, NO!"
With that he rode off on Red Hare, ignoring Huang Zhong and Pang Tong. Pang Tong's ruse had been to secure the aid of a local man named Jiang Wei, who had a flair for strategy. He was to attack and defeat Zhang Ji but only to pretend to engage Diaochan. This would lure Lu Bu out and when that happened he was to flee the garrison and join the force attacking Mt. Ding Jun. With that plan having been carried out successfully and Lu Bu staying with Diaochan, despite realizing he had been tricked, Huang Zhong and Pang Tong continued. As such Zhang Jiao, concentrating on his magic wasn't focused and so Huang Zhong fired an arrow, striking him in the back. Knowing that fighting on would be foolish he fled; Lu Bu and Diaochan also left the battlefield with those who were fleeing and all returning to Tian Shui.
So the signal was given and Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan and Jiang Wei all charged up the mountain. Despite their best efforts Li Jue and Guo Si were hopelessly outnumbered and even with Li Ru coming to offer reinforcements they had no chance. They were soon forced to flee. In the chaos of battle Dong Zhuo escaped with his army and Shu won the battle, driving them out of Hanzhong. Liu Bei got to work in the city, cleaning everything up and calming the people, the battlefield was being cleared too. Zhao Yun was clearing the dead bodies out of the Mt. Ding Jun camp when he heard something. It sounded like someone in pain, but the sounds were muffled. He looked around and soon found a young woman, bound and gagged, naked and covered in injuries. The black hair was immediately familiar and as the young woman turned in pain he saw her face and hurried forwards.
"Xingcai!"
Her eyes shot open and she made a relieved sound as Zhao Yun untied her, removed the gag and covered her up.
"Hold on, I'll get you to Hanzhong, we can get you treated there."
Xingcai nodded, relieved to finally have escaped Dong Zhuo. Zhao Yun picked her up and carried her away from the battlefield and to the castle town at Hanzhong.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.
