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A New Generation of Wei – Chapter 2
Battle of Puyang – Part 2 - H
(Based on DW8 – Battle of Puyang, locations based from DW9)
"Speaking" = Narration (DW7 Narrator)
(" ") = In-game messenger/officer
Chapter 3 – Staring to Divide
"As Cao Cao's forces bore down upon Tao Qian in Xu Province another actor looked to use the chaos to his own advantage."
"Lu Bu… He had slain his two adoptive fathers and now was a traveling hermit finding a land of own. He found that opportunity in Yan Province."
"While Cao Cao was away, news came that one of his strategist's Chen gong was secretly scheming with various warlords to take Yan Province from Cao Cao."
"Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Xiu raced for Puyang and drove back Lu Bu's initial attack, however Xun Yu and Yu Jin were besieged in Juan Castle."
"Could these warriors turn back the Flying General and save their allies…?"
Puyang Castle Inner Chamber
Many of Cao Cao's men were shaking, they were facing their greatest opponent in their lifetime the famous Lu Bu…
Many of Cao Cao's men were veterans of Hulao Gate and knew of the general's fierce strength in battle. Some were new recruits and had heard rumors of what he was capable of.
"I-i-i-i-i-it's Lu Bu were facing were all going to die…" One soldier despaired.
"Were as good as dead." Another sat and did the same.
The three retainers were displeased with the current situation in front of them.
"This is not good, Lu Bu's got almost the whole garrison scared witless." Xiahou Dun voiced.
"You can never let your guard down with Lu Bu, were just going to have to smash his forces and retake Yan ourselves." Xiahou yuan piped up as he readied his bow and rod.
"But of course, we must take back Puyang for the sake of our lord, we can't disappoint him!" Cao Xiu exclaimed in enthusiasm.
While the three were talking the castle commander Cheng Yu came out to greet them, "My lord's my apologies for my failure to protect the castle adequately, I never expected Chen Gong's sudden betrayal."
"So, this is all a ploy of Chen Gong? That scoundrel will pay with his life." Xiahou Dun said with venom in his voice.
"That's not all Zhang Miao and his brother were spotted speaking with other warlords in the area, and now they are said to be gathering troops somewhere. Tian Shi has stopped contacting us." Chang Yu voiced one last concern of his.
Just then a messenger ran to the group and gave troubling news, "My lords, it's terrible… Masters' Yu Jin and Xun Yu are trapped in Juan Castle. Zhang Liao, one of Lu Bu's officers has besieged the castle."
"Then we must help them at once, Master Dun, Yuan we must race to Juan as quickly as we can!" Cao Xiu said as he grabbed his fan sword.
"I shall stay behind and hold out here in the castle for your return, I wish you safety." Chang Yu retrieved his spear as his men prepared themselves for battle.
"All right let's get moving both of you!" Dun shouted as the gates opened and the three raced out to rescue their comrades.
Cao Cao's Forces
· Main Forces
o Xiahou Dun
o Xiahou Yuan
o Cao Xiu
o Xun Yu
o Yu Jin
o Cheng Yu
· Reinforcements
o Man Chong
o Li Qian
o Lu Qian
o Niu Jin
o Xiahou Shang
(Play Rival – Smash and Smash)
"Masters' Xun Yu and Yu Jin are in danger we have to help them!" Cao Xiu replied as the trio began cutting threw Lu Bu's soldiers that surrounded Puyang's outer works.
"The castle is surrounded. This all very annoying, we'll deal with the enemy along the way." Xiahou Dun ordered as they crossed the central bridge to reach Juan Castle.
(Retake Puyang from Lu Bu!)
Along the way they came upon one of Lu Bu's officers, Hao Meng, "Ha, you fools' your planning right into our trap!" The man bellowed as he tried to strike at Dun, but was easily blocked and was parried, Dun then slashed the man across the chest leaving a large gash, blood starting to pour out.
"Fine, Master Zhang Liao I've done my part." The officer simply slugged away in the chaos of the fight as Cao Cao's men simply advanced onward.
("Our scouts report that enemy reinforcements have arrived!")
(Gao Shun and Zhang Hu have arrived! They are advancing towards Cao Cao's Forces.)
"Ugh, there are more of them?!" Xiahou Yuan said with great annoyance.
"Yan Province belongs to Lord Lu Bu, you'll never reach your friends!" Gao Shun, a veteran officer charged forth at Cao Xiu, however he underestimated his opponent and tried to eliminate the horseman in one swing.
Cao Xiu dodged the man's cleaver and in one fell swoop unleashed a flurry of slashes upon the man, to a point where he fell on one knee and began to bleed from his many wounds.
Zhang Hu was not faring any better facing Xiahou Yuan, the young warrior tried to use range to his advantage however was badly beaten by the archer's skilled eye. Yuan dodged one of Hu's lunges and during that used his rod to knock the spear away and slam into young warrior.
The trauma leaving a massive dent in his armor and major pain in his chest, enough so that he could barely breathe.
"We have no choice. Retreat!" Gao Shun ordered as he threw the young man over his shoulder and the two ran away.
"Is it just me or is this to easy?" Yuan voiced his concern. "It doesn't matter, come we have to save Xun Yu and Yu Jin" Dun brushed off his cousin's concerns as the group advanced further. Coming to face yet another one of Lu Bu's men, the officer Cao Xing.
"You dare to hold the Cao name? You are not one of ours, but you will not sully our great name!" Cao Xiu moved to intercept the warrior.
"Ha, why would even want to be related to that noble fool? Prepare to die!" Xing bellowed as he began to put up a fight unlike the other officers they faced. However, just as before he too was easily dispatched.
Xiu began to slowly find openings in the man's form and unleashed small injuries to him to the extent he was forced to withdraw.
"C-curse you. Lord Lu Bu will avenge my defeat." Xing ran with his tail between his legs.
The group finally came to the gates of Juan, however were stopped when they saw a rather intimidating man in front of them, with two large axes in his hands he looked prepared for battle as the trio began to fight to free their friends.
"Come to save your friends inside the castle? You'll find that won't be easy. I am Zhang Liao face me if you dare!" The warrior yelled as he charged the three warriors. The three held their ground and when Liao struck the three did as well.
The clash held for some time, when they all gave way losing their initial momentum. "He's not like the others…" Dun said now looking at the man more closely.
"Got that right, we'll need a little trick to beat him, you two keep his attention. I'll open the gates in the meantime." Yuan replied coming up with a quick plan. "alright we'll buy you some time, go Yuan!" Dun replied as he and Xiu prepared to face the warrior.
(Xiahou Yuan is temporarily withdrawing!)
Xiu and Dun charged Zhang Liao, both warriors unleashing a barrage of slashes, however Zhang Liao though alone stood his ground against the two and clashes on both sides seem to be non-stop.
"I've played my part. It's time for me to withdraw now." Liao said simply pushing both Wei warriors back as he fled quickly.
(Zhang Liao is temporarily withdrawing!)
Inside Juan Castle
Xiahou Yuan and some his men had taken a back road to the rear of the castle, see the sentries up ahead he yelled out to them, "Hey, open the gates! Were here to help!"
"Ah, Master Xiahou Yuan its great to see, you you've saved us from certain death." Xun Yu replied with a bow.
"Men, open the gates and let our allies in inside!" Yu Jin, the ever-watchful general bellowed to his men as they opened the gates they saw Cao Xiu and Xiahou Dun run inside as the allies gathered together to come up with a plan.
"Hey, cousin what happened to that guy from before?" Yuan asked Dun. "He ran away, before that though he said he had 'played his part', whatever that means." He replied.
"His part what could that mean…?" Xun Yu thought to himself as the men gathered when suddenly an arrow from nowhere was launched and struck Xiahou Dun in the eye!
"Gah!" Dun doubled in pain as he fell to one knee. Everyone looked up to see on of Lu Bu's men looking down at them, "Ha, I got one. You fools, Puyang now belongs to Lu Bu, not that it matters, cause I'm going to…" The officer never finished as Yuan, Xiu and Jin all fired their own arrows silencing the annoying man.
"Cousin, are you alright?!" yuan turned checking his cousin's condition. Dun rose up and with one large motion yanked the arrow out of his eye!
"Ugh…" Xun Yu looked away slightly disgusted at the sight. "If anything, this arrow has opened my eyes." Dun simply replied as he removed some cloth from his shirt and made a temporary eyepatch.
"Lu Bu awaits at Puyang, everyone let's go!" As said everyone took up their weapons and raced from Juan to Puyang fearing for Cheng Yu's safety now.
Earlier at Puyang…
As Cheng Yu and his men stood on constant guard they never imagined when suddenly…
("Master Cheng Yu, Lu Bu has launched a sneak attack on us, they've opened the rear gates!")
"What did you say, ugh we have no choice we can't protect the castle anymore, Master Cao Cao please forgive me for failing you." Cheng Yu relented as he and his men withdrew from the battlefield.
(Cheng Yu has fled! Lu Bu's main forces have taken Puyang Castle!)
As Cao Cao's men retreated, a rather large man wearing black armor wielding the famous Sky Piercer halberd entered the castle, with two people by his side. "These fools they leave their castle ripe for the taking. Yan belongs to me!" The famed general bellowed in triumph thinking he'd won.
"Yes, Master Lu Bu, your era, your wondrous era begins now. It is true strength that shall claim the chaos now we must go forth, go forth and take all of land!" A rather small, but eccentric man with a red and black scroll yelled in ecstatic joy.
"Congratulations my lord, I wish for your furthered success." A rather quaint and quiet voice spoke up. This was Diaochan, the adopted daughter of Wang Yun and a resplendent dancer in her own right. Carrying a flower and bedazzled whip her right hand. A gift she had received from her father.
Back with Cao Cao's retainers…
As Dun and his comrades raced back to Puyang by the central bridge as Dun and Yuan entered the garrison, the gates were suddenly shut.
("Now close the gates! We'll trap the enemy inside!") Cheng Lian, another of Lu Bu's officers appeared from on high jumping into the garrison and ambushing the two Xiahou cousins.
(Lu Bu's troops have launched an ambush!)
("Close the gates. Close the gates and take out the bridge and isolate the enemy forces!") Chen Gong ordered predicting his enemies' next move.
"Well more fighting than thinking now, let's smash' em and get moving on." Yuan replied as he quickly responded to the attack with poise.
Outside their allies quickly responded as well, "We can use that cliff to jump into the garrison and recue our allies from the inside." Cao Xiu replied as he quickly ran towards the small platform and jumped into mix of enemies and allies.
Spotting Cheng Lian, Cao Xiu raced toward the enemy officer and struck him from behind leaving a large gash on his back and writhing in pain.
"Gah, fine then you can have this place, but Puyang belongs to Lord Lu Bu now!" Lian got and sauntered away from the battle fleeing. The gates opened and Yu Jin and Xun Yu joined their allies.
"This is not good, the bridge is out, there should be another bridge leading to the castle just a bit farther from here we can cross from there." Xun Yu replied analyzing the situation.
The small band of allies raced for the southern garrison and were met with another sudden attack…!
("Now all units attack!) Wei Xu, another of Dong Zhuo's former officers was waiting just by the west gate of the garrison and attacked the Wei troops
(Lu Bu's troops have launched an ambush!)
("We're with you too! This is the start of Lord Lu Bu's bid to rule the land.") Zhang Miao, the rebel warlord and former friend of Cao Cao came with his brother to reinforce his ally.
(The Puyang outer works gates have been closed! Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao have arrived! )
While the group were still fighting off the ambush from before they now had new enemies to deal with.
"This way is also blocked is their any other way to get in?" Dun replied in annoyance seeing they were being stopped once more.
Xun Yu quickly threw a set of knives and took out multiple soldiers wounding Wei Xu in the process. The officer retreated just as quickly as his other allies before him did.
"There should also be a road to the south leading to Puyang as well. If we use it, we can attack Lu Bu from behind." Xun Yu theorized remembering a hidden path to the south.
"Very well, I shall take part in this endeavor, please hold the enemy here as we advance." Yu Jin volunteered for the mission.
"I shall go as well, once we open the gates from the inside we can rush them an end this battle, let's go Master Yu Jin!" Xiu replied as the two retainers raced off for the southern road.
(Yu Jin and Cao Xiu are temporarily withdrawing!)
Trusting their allies with their part, the others prepared themselves for the massive number of enemies on their way.
Xun Yu took out two sets of knives and threw into the growing crowd with Yuan joining him by firing continuous volleys of arrows into the mass of enemies. Dun cleaving through those that broke through.
While they held their ground, they spotted the two traitorous brothers, "Zhang Miao, how dare you betray Cao Cao after everything he's done for you!?" Dun spoke with venom as he and Yuan prepared to face the pair of them.
"Cao Cao can't be trusted, I simply betrayed him, before he could do so to me that is all!" Miao simply stated as he face off against Dun in single combat.
Yuan on the other hand faced Chao, who was inexperienced as this was his first major battle, he hesitated in his strikes, Yuan took his chance when Chao missed one of his swings by going to far.
Yuan struck the young officer knocking his sword from his hands and forcing him to surrender. Miao was not faring nay better against the new and energized Xiahou Dun, he attacked in a frenzy of slashes before he too disarmed the rebel brother and forced him to his knees.
Meanwhile…
Yu Jin and Cao Xiu were traveling down the back path in the south and when they saw Puyang's rear entrance they were obviously surprised when they saw Zhang Liao from before had been standing guard over the gates.
Spotting the men easily, Liao responded and attacked both men blocked their attacker and held their ground against this ferocious opponent. However, Liao was still quite exhausted from his last bout and was starting to show signs of fatigue.
"Tell me, how can one such as you serve a man like Lu Bu?" Yu Jin questioned the general.
"I follow a path, one where I can discover true might and hone it. If that is with Master Lu Bu, then so be it. I will die like a man on that day, so come and face me!" Liao
The trio once again traded blows during the face-off, Yu Jin caught Liao during this time and thrusted his trident at the general's chest, pushing back the general and leaving a significant crack in his armor.
"Ugh, I will retreat for now, but you won't hope to defeat Master Lu Bu." Liao whistled, and a light brown horse whizzed by and Liao rode off to safety.
"He's getting away, I chase him!" Xiu was about to pursue, but was rebuffed by Yu Jin, "No, our duty is to take back the castle, let us go!"
The two men slew the gatekeeper and launched their assault. ("Huah! It's a sneak attack!) A soldier panicked at the sudden ambush.
("The enemy! Where did they come from?!") Song Xian, another former retainer of Dong Zhuo panicked and abandoned his post among the panicked soldiers.
Racing ahead, they ran through the tight corridor and saw another officer guarding the main gates, Hou Cheng, another one of Lu Bu's followers was standing guard. Not knowing of the sneak attack.
Jin and Xiu raced toward their enemy and with ferocity cut down soldier after soldier until, Xiu stuck the Cheng in the side before he could respond.
Now bleeding profusely, the officer attempted to take up his great sword and swung at Xiu but was blocked by Jin's trident and was being pushed back little by little. Seeing his situation, he at his loses and fled the castle, after forcing the gates open.
(Puyang Castle's main gates and the Inner East chamber gates have been opened!)
"Alright, the gates are now opened, our allies can join us now" Xiu replied in enthusiasm.
Lu Bu's Camp
Shouts of triumph outside could heard outside the camp, meaning to Chen Gong was not a good sign.
It was then he received even more bad news…
("Master Chen Gong, terrible news. Baima and Yanjin have fallen to Cao Cao's vanguard. Cao Cao's main unit has taken back Dingtao castle. Master Wu Zi was slain as well.") A messenger ran to the eccentric strategist with the grim news.
"What I never expected that from Cao Cao, is this truly the Cao Cao I once knew?" Cheng Gog seemed to falter.
("Cao Cao's vanguard has arrived! It is led by Man Chong!") another messenger raced in with his own message of troubles.
(Cao Cao's vanguard units have arrived! Man Chong and his allies are advancing toward Puyang Castle!)
("Alright, let's head for the castle and end this pointless battle.") Man Chong ordered as he and his comrades raced for Puyang to assist their allies.
"My, my, this battle is no longer ours, Master Lu Bu I recommend we withdraw for now." Chen Gong despairingly informed his lord.
"What do you mean Chen Gong, so we lost some petty castles, what of it!?" Lu Bu chided his new strategist.
"My lord we have lost all footholds in Yan Province, and we have lost Dingtao as well. Xu Province in the east in ruled by Liu Bei, we shall fall back their and regroup." Chen Gong replied as the last of what remained of Lu Bu's men began to retreat in order.
"What are you doing Chen Gong!? Do something then?!" Lu Bu began to get angry at his strategist not following his orders.
"Master Lu Bu, we lost most of Yan Province, it's time to cut our losses and withdraw." Chen Gong simply replied as he mounted his horse.
"Grr! Why, why can't take a single, puny castle!?" WHY!?" Lu Bu bellowed as he called Red Hare and took Diaochan into his arms riding off with his tail between his legs.
("My lords' Lu Bu has been forced to flee and abandoned Puyang!) A messenger raced towards the original group of retainers with the good news.
(Puyang has been retaken!)
(VICTORY!)
With the castle now secure, Dun and his comrades joined with Man Chong and the reinforcements and awaited Cao Cao's return. They still wondered what was happening in Xu Province, but with trust in their lord's ambitions there worries we gone in a flash.
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