** Do not own any characters in this story other than Ma Xu Cheng !! Just
saying as usual. **
Shu's Final Strike: Part 2
When Liu Bei finally escaped the full battle all he could do was look back onto the field. He saw many bodies laying around. It seemed like such
a loss for so many lives to be lost without good reason here. Although, there was one advantage out of this battle. He had seen what forces Wei had left, at least the main part of it. Over 5000 had come onto the battlfield in the beginning. As the battle went on in the retreat Liu Bei knew he had seen well over 12,000 riding towards the scattered force. All he could do now is hope for some of his 2000 he could see to return. As the night went on he found that only 1000 had really returned. The other probably dead or
missing in the night. Something that puzzled him was how perfect the enemies plan had been, as if it was a trap. Thinking further he remembered something. After that battle he intended on giving Ma Xu Cheng the Rank of
General in his small force. Through his ride along what was left of the force he finally came up to the still living Ma Cheng. As he got there he jumped from the horse, his 6 imperial guards as always closely following.
Ma Cheng bowed quickly as accustom when their lord was around. Liu Bei watched the loyal and well trained soldier quickly calling him back up from the bow. " Ma Cheng, although I had intended on giving you this when your cousin arrived...but seeing as how he is behind his schedule I think you deserve this. ", He extended a largly pladded armor suit. Greatly decaled
with dragons riding up and down it somewhat like Ma Chao's. As Ma Cheng took it he bowed again as Liu Bei watched. " Lord Liu Bei, I thank you for
this great gift. I hope that I fill it as well as my cousin had in your service." Without much more talking he had fitted into the uniform showing his leadership and now general rank. As the night went on the small fires went out. Now the forces slept. Liu Bei however was still up most of the
night falling asleep on the thought of Ma Cheng. Would this young now
general fill out to be what he thought, a savior for the Dynasty ?
Slowly the day came. The light and warmth of this morning rising the mens spirits and morale quickly. At this time of the season, which was near winter it was a seldom event. Ma Cheng showed no real authority over his units. He felt himself still as equal as he was before. Also having been trained for a few years by Ma Chao he learned you could earn repect from your units through equality, not fear and discipline. Finally as the troops under Ma Chao appears everything seemed even more onward towards a great day. He carried almost 3500 troops with him. When he left out from Zhang Fei's camp he had almost 4500. From untactical attacks he lost 1000. While on this long ride Wei and Wu had a few plans of attack. Although both of the larger dynasties greatly disliked one another, Shu was the essential
force to destroy from its small and weakened form. Wei and Wu had one problem destroying the small Dynasty. Shown easily at this moment was the morale of the Shu. They grew stronger over their opponents each day from it. Maybe their forces were limited but they had moral to reach the skies. This was something that needed to be broken for them to be beat. As planned Zhang He had scouted the Shu's camp through the night from a small hidden
force. He now had his forces in position for a battle here. He hoped
greatly for no suprise when attacking. Knowing his numbers were great enough to scare even a Wu attack. At this moment he carried 10,000 troops
at his back. They were although scattered around the four directions of escape. The Shu would need to break and scatter for any chance of running. With a smile on his face he stepped forward a bit and looked down onto the
forces over the hill .A moment later he lined archers all around on the
hill top. With a swift movement of his arm the archers unleashed there hissing arrows into the unweary forces below. Only the gods could help the
Shu now...
** Soon .... CHAP THREE !! **
saying as usual. **
Shu's Final Strike: Part 2
When Liu Bei finally escaped the full battle all he could do was look back onto the field. He saw many bodies laying around. It seemed like such
a loss for so many lives to be lost without good reason here. Although, there was one advantage out of this battle. He had seen what forces Wei had left, at least the main part of it. Over 5000 had come onto the battlfield in the beginning. As the battle went on in the retreat Liu Bei knew he had seen well over 12,000 riding towards the scattered force. All he could do now is hope for some of his 2000 he could see to return. As the night went on he found that only 1000 had really returned. The other probably dead or
missing in the night. Something that puzzled him was how perfect the enemies plan had been, as if it was a trap. Thinking further he remembered something. After that battle he intended on giving Ma Xu Cheng the Rank of
General in his small force. Through his ride along what was left of the force he finally came up to the still living Ma Cheng. As he got there he jumped from the horse, his 6 imperial guards as always closely following.
Ma Cheng bowed quickly as accustom when their lord was around. Liu Bei watched the loyal and well trained soldier quickly calling him back up from the bow. " Ma Cheng, although I had intended on giving you this when your cousin arrived...but seeing as how he is behind his schedule I think you deserve this. ", He extended a largly pladded armor suit. Greatly decaled
with dragons riding up and down it somewhat like Ma Chao's. As Ma Cheng took it he bowed again as Liu Bei watched. " Lord Liu Bei, I thank you for
this great gift. I hope that I fill it as well as my cousin had in your service." Without much more talking he had fitted into the uniform showing his leadership and now general rank. As the night went on the small fires went out. Now the forces slept. Liu Bei however was still up most of the
night falling asleep on the thought of Ma Cheng. Would this young now
general fill out to be what he thought, a savior for the Dynasty ?
Slowly the day came. The light and warmth of this morning rising the mens spirits and morale quickly. At this time of the season, which was near winter it was a seldom event. Ma Cheng showed no real authority over his units. He felt himself still as equal as he was before. Also having been trained for a few years by Ma Chao he learned you could earn repect from your units through equality, not fear and discipline. Finally as the troops under Ma Chao appears everything seemed even more onward towards a great day. He carried almost 3500 troops with him. When he left out from Zhang Fei's camp he had almost 4500. From untactical attacks he lost 1000. While on this long ride Wei and Wu had a few plans of attack. Although both of the larger dynasties greatly disliked one another, Shu was the essential
force to destroy from its small and weakened form. Wei and Wu had one problem destroying the small Dynasty. Shown easily at this moment was the morale of the Shu. They grew stronger over their opponents each day from it. Maybe their forces were limited but they had moral to reach the skies. This was something that needed to be broken for them to be beat. As planned Zhang He had scouted the Shu's camp through the night from a small hidden
force. He now had his forces in position for a battle here. He hoped
greatly for no suprise when attacking. Knowing his numbers were great enough to scare even a Wu attack. At this moment he carried 10,000 troops
at his back. They were although scattered around the four directions of escape. The Shu would need to break and scatter for any chance of running. With a smile on his face he stepped forward a bit and looked down onto the
forces over the hill .A moment later he lined archers all around on the
hill top. With a swift movement of his arm the archers unleashed there hissing arrows into the unweary forces below. Only the gods could help the
Shu now...
** Soon .... CHAP THREE !! **