This chapter starts to change from what really happened majorly.
Chapter 3; Death Awaits at the Gate
The rider known as Liu Wei once again charged at Zhang Ce, spear in hand. His
intentions were clear, he wanted someone to pay for the Allies' actions. Zhang Ce rolled out of
the way this time, quickly regaining his feet. Stopping to turn around, Liu Wei was shot by one of
the soldiers' arrow. The arrow connected at the shoulder and knocked Wei off his horse. Trying
to get up, he pulled the arrow out of his left shoulder. The same soldier prepared another arrow
and shot, this time, though, missing as Liu Wei dodged it in time. Ce readied his sword to defend
himself.
Wei ran at him spear in front. Ce stepped out of the way at the last moment, causing him
to lost balance and trip over him. He quickly jabbed down, aiming for Liu's head, but he rolled
out of the way just in time, causing Ce's blade to get stuck in the ground. Wei, still on the
ground, thrusted his spear into Ce'side, immediately causing him to fall on the ground. At this
moment, Ma Yuan ran at Wei with his own sword. He jumped and slashed downward at him.
Wei, only just gaining his feet turned around only to get his spear cut through the center by Ma
Yuan. The sword also hit Wei's face, causing a cut from his left eyebrow to the right side of his
face. He fell to the ground, grunting, due to the pain and grabbed his face which was already
heavily bleeding. Ma placed the tip of his sword and Liu's neck, ready to slit his throat in revenge
for what he did to Zhang Ce, but stopped and walked over to aid his friend. "Ce! Zhang are you
alright? Zhang!"
Ce, blood coming out of the gash and his mouth, was in great pain but said nothing.
Several soldiers came over to him, too, to see if they could help in anyway. Wei quickly
surrendered and was arrested by a few soldiers. Ce, despite what others said, struggled to his feet
using only his legs. And limped over to one of the soldier's horses, which he mounted. "B-Bring
me b-back to the camp, mayb-be someone there can help me," he spat blood as he spoke. Ma
Yuan ran over to the horse, got on, and told the rest of the soldiers to continue their search. He,
with an unconscious Zhang Ce behind him, rode hastily, but steadily back to the main camp.
"What a great first day."
"Nice way to die, huh? Starving after you decide to change sides," Kel Wei joked, neither
him nor most other people had anything to eat for 2 days now, and tempers were running short.
"Maybe we were better off over there."
Otori Takeo, though normally didn't show many feelings, seemed angry at Kel Wei for
saying that, even if it was a joke. "Don't say that! Don't! I would rather starve than live with him
as my leader."
Liu Drew, though, didn't seem to mind this famine. Strong-willed and physically strong,
he felt nothing bad out of it, and easily pretended that it wasn't even a problem. He did offer Sun
Jian advice, though. "Maybe we should attack Si Shui Gate now, my lord, if we well the troops
that the enemy has plenty of supplies on the other side, it'll give them a reason to fight."
Sun Jian, though calm, rejected his words, "I believe we should wait for the supplies to
arrive, they should be here any hour now. The men will have more energy and can fight harder."
Unfortunately, no supplies were coming from the main camp. Nor were there supplies
from the enemy's supply camp.
"There! Right there, I see it Xiu Luo," Lu Xian yelled as he spotted a camp as they went
over a mountain. The camp was surrounded by mountains, with a stone wall protecting it from
the east.........
"Where? That? No, it can't be, there aren't any granaries in it."
"So? It's an enemy camp regardless, let's attack!"
"Wait! There are only around 50 of us and how many of them, we can't beat them with
this army!"
"Yes we can, numbers never matter, it's the strength of the soldier's that count, right?"
One of the other soldiers spoke out, "None." Xiu Luo and Lu Xian turned around.
"Whadya mean?" Lu asked.
"Look, the camp is deserted," the soldier responded. And it was. All of the tents were left
up, but there was no sign of movement other than the wind blowing some of the objects in it.
"There might be supplies in it," he said hungrily.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Lu Xian started downward toward it, all of the soldiers
followed. Xiu Luo stayed still, though, thinking.
"Why would an enemy camp that's well defended and so massive be deserted?" He
looked at the camp from the high view for a few minutes, than looked at the stone wall on the
east side. "Wait, that's the-"
Zhang Ce coughed out blood, as one of the medics did everything they could to stop the
bleeding. His wound, however, was too deep, and needed help from an expert doctor in order to
survive. "All I know is that he will die eventually, but has much time before then. Even if it is
spent in pain," one of the medics said as he left the tent. Ma Yuan and Yuan Chu sat next to him.
"I am sorry, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have told you what to do," Yuan Chu said,
hoping Ma Yuan would forgive him.
"It is not your fault, Chu, it's his fault," Yuan said, referring to Liu Wei. "Damn him, he
takes out his anger on people who he didn't even really have a grudge against. I should have
killed him back there."
"Maybe I can somehow make up for this, anyway. I believe I know the name of a really
good doctor. I'll get him, you make sure Ce stays alive." Yuan Chu got up and left the tent and
then the camp. Ma Yuan stayed at Ce's side as his condition kept getting worse.
"The-The gates are opening, they're going to attack us!" one of the soldiers yelled out as
many started panicking. Sun Jian, along with Cheng Pu looked out towards the enemy army. It
didn't seem that large, in fact, it barely even seemed like an army as most of the men were
wearing poorly made armor and weapons which they weren't even holding. And most of the
men, was almost all of them, as the army was only about 50 strong.
"Those troops weren't with us when we were back there," Liu Drew told Sun Jian. And
they weren't as the troops running towards the camp, were the volunteers led Xiu Luo and Lu
Xian. Lu Xian, riding a horse that he found in the enemy camp, rode up to Sun's tent.
"Hey! The gate was deserted, there aren't any enemies, they must have fled."
This news quickly reached the main camp, and Yuan Shao along with the rest of the
leaders, marched their troops through Si Shui Gate and headed for Hu Lao Gate, the
indestructible gate. They set their main camp with natural defenses of mountains. Sun Jian's
army, along with Liu Drew's, combined with the main force, solving the food problem. Shortly
after, the troops that were searching with Ce, ran into the main camp with news that they found
the enemy supply depot. The supplies from the enemy was brought into the main camp,
increasing supplies and morale. Xiu Luo went up to one of the soldiers and asked him, "Hey,
where's Zhang Ce." The soldier didn't say anything, but put his head down and pointed towards
one of the tents. "Oh shit..........."
Back in Luo Yang, an angry monster was yelling at his servants. "What?!? How could Si
Shui Gate fall? How could you let this happen Hua Xiong? Hua Xiong? Hua Xiong!"
Li Ru spoke up, trying to get Dong Zhuo to stop his tantrum. "My lord, Hua Xiong fell
defending Si Shui Gate. We lost because of Lord Liu Drew betraying us in the middle of the
battle."
"Liu Drew?!? Damn it! I told you we should have killed him!"
"But sir, you sa-"
"I SAID WE SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM!"
"......Yes sir......."
"Where is my son? Lu Bu! Get in here!"
This time, however, Wang Yun spoke, "Dong Zhuo, Lord Lu Bu is visiting D-...a friend
of his, if you would tell me to get him, I will certainly retrieve him for you."
"Yes, Yes! Get him at once!" Dong Zhuo roared. Wang Yun bowed and left the throne
room, but not the palace. Instead he went to the palace gardens, where Lu Bu and Diao Chan
were talking to each other.
"Lu Bu, your Dong Zhuo is calling you. Chan, please hurry back to your duties before he
sees you two together. It wouldn't end well if that happened," Wang said fast. Diao Chan
immediately went back to the palace through the way Wang came in. After a few minutes, Lu Bu
came in as well, muttering,
"What does he want now?" As Lu Bu walked into the throne room, he heard one of the
servants speaking to Zhuo.
"What are your orders, my lord, the alliance is approaching Luo Yang."
Dong yelled as Lu Bu entered, "My son shall take care of all of them! He can kill them
with ease! Let them come inside the city so they can't escape then cut them all down!" Lu Bu
had no rejections to this, even if he disliked his father. He had wanted to get into battle to show
his might to the world.
Li Ru, his advisor, thought about this plan. It was obviously absurd, but the idea of letting
Lu Bu engage the enemies might be the only way. "My lord, I have an idea. Why don't we have
Lu Bu guard behind the gate, while all the available soldiers fire and enemies as they break
through Hu Lao Gate. By the time the enemy breaks through, they'll be demoralized and worn
out, that way Lu Bu will have no problem eliminating every single one of them."
Dong liked this plan and told everyone to initiate it. All available soldiers were given
bows and arrows and lined the top of the gate, ready to fire down at enemies. Lu Bu, along with
Li Jue, one of Dong Zhuo's advisors, and Zhang Liao, one of Lu Bu's most trusted officers,
stayed behind barricades which were set up behind the gate. Unaware of these enemy tactics, the
Allied Commanders planned a frontal assault, with Cao Cao leading.
"Cao Cao will attack from the front gate, while Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, Han Fu, and Yuan
Shu go through Wan to attack from the South. All other forces will provide Cao Cao with
backup." As Yuan Shao gave this order, Xiu Luo was listening, but not Lu Xian, as he was
entertaining himself by his own means.
"How does it feel to have your insides beaten around?" he yelled as he kicked Liu Wei in
the stomach again. "You like that?"Liu Wei could not defend himself with his hands and feet tied
together, all he could do was take the beating. "So why again did you attack him?" he yelled,
grabbing Liu Wei's hair and pulling on it. Liu Wei did not answer, not that he couldn't, but
because he had no reason to answer to a man who wouldn't even listen to it. "Don't worry, your
pain will end soon." Lu Xian picked up his halberd, lined it up with Wei's head. As he was about
to kill Liu Wei, though, Kel Wei ran up to him, catching the halberd by the handle.
"D-Don't kill him!" Kel Wei said, pulling the halberd out of Lu Xian's hands. "He wasn't
part of Dong Zhuo's army, he's not an enemy."
"Say that again! He's not an enemy!" Lu Xian yelled sarcastically loud enough for the
whole camp to hear, though most did not pay attention to it. "He probably killed a friend of mine,
and he's not going to be able to do it again." Lu Xian shoved Kel Wei down, getting his Halberd
back. "I don't trust you at all. Don't give me a reason to kill you." He walked away from the two
men, as many soldiers had started gathering around to see what was going on.
After a few seconds, Kel went over to Liu. "Hey, are you alright?"
Obviously holding in pain, Liu Wei spat out, "The allies are worse enough, I don't need
help from one of the tyrant's people."
"You see, that's why I'm on this side now, because I didn't belong over there. I am one
of the few who actually decided to change sides even though everyone wanted to." Liu had no
serious injuries, but Kel helped him to his feet and into a his tent, where Takeo was practicing his
swordsmanship.
"I said I didn't need your help....." Liu couldn't prevent being helped, though, due to the
restraints. Kel Wei put him in a chair, and cut his restraints. Confused, Liu Wei asked, "What are
you doing?"
"I can trust you, right? You hate the Allied forces for a reason, if you really want revenge,
go on out and get it. I'm not one to stop you."
On the front line, Cao Cao was readying for the upcoming battle. Hu Lao Gate was the
largest and best gate in the entire country, Cao Cao himself was one of it's repairers back when he
served Dong Zhuo. Now, he was about to attempt to bring the structure down. He wasn't alone,
though, as he had the help from his two brothers, Cao Ren and Cao Hong, plus two blood
relatives, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan. The secondary force led by Sun Jian was closing in on
the southern gate of Luo Yang, which was smaller, but still was a great defensive structure. With
him, were his 3 greatest generals, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang. Behind them, was an
even greater trio. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were bringing up the rear of the army. These
oath brothers would stop at nothing to bring down the tyrant Dong Zhuo.
Chapter 3; Death Awaits at the Gate
The rider known as Liu Wei once again charged at Zhang Ce, spear in hand. His
intentions were clear, he wanted someone to pay for the Allies' actions. Zhang Ce rolled out of
the way this time, quickly regaining his feet. Stopping to turn around, Liu Wei was shot by one of
the soldiers' arrow. The arrow connected at the shoulder and knocked Wei off his horse. Trying
to get up, he pulled the arrow out of his left shoulder. The same soldier prepared another arrow
and shot, this time, though, missing as Liu Wei dodged it in time. Ce readied his sword to defend
himself.
Wei ran at him spear in front. Ce stepped out of the way at the last moment, causing him
to lost balance and trip over him. He quickly jabbed down, aiming for Liu's head, but he rolled
out of the way just in time, causing Ce's blade to get stuck in the ground. Wei, still on the
ground, thrusted his spear into Ce'side, immediately causing him to fall on the ground. At this
moment, Ma Yuan ran at Wei with his own sword. He jumped and slashed downward at him.
Wei, only just gaining his feet turned around only to get his spear cut through the center by Ma
Yuan. The sword also hit Wei's face, causing a cut from his left eyebrow to the right side of his
face. He fell to the ground, grunting, due to the pain and grabbed his face which was already
heavily bleeding. Ma placed the tip of his sword and Liu's neck, ready to slit his throat in revenge
for what he did to Zhang Ce, but stopped and walked over to aid his friend. "Ce! Zhang are you
alright? Zhang!"
Ce, blood coming out of the gash and his mouth, was in great pain but said nothing.
Several soldiers came over to him, too, to see if they could help in anyway. Wei quickly
surrendered and was arrested by a few soldiers. Ce, despite what others said, struggled to his feet
using only his legs. And limped over to one of the soldier's horses, which he mounted. "B-Bring
me b-back to the camp, mayb-be someone there can help me," he spat blood as he spoke. Ma
Yuan ran over to the horse, got on, and told the rest of the soldiers to continue their search. He,
with an unconscious Zhang Ce behind him, rode hastily, but steadily back to the main camp.
"What a great first day."
"Nice way to die, huh? Starving after you decide to change sides," Kel Wei joked, neither
him nor most other people had anything to eat for 2 days now, and tempers were running short.
"Maybe we were better off over there."
Otori Takeo, though normally didn't show many feelings, seemed angry at Kel Wei for
saying that, even if it was a joke. "Don't say that! Don't! I would rather starve than live with him
as my leader."
Liu Drew, though, didn't seem to mind this famine. Strong-willed and physically strong,
he felt nothing bad out of it, and easily pretended that it wasn't even a problem. He did offer Sun
Jian advice, though. "Maybe we should attack Si Shui Gate now, my lord, if we well the troops
that the enemy has plenty of supplies on the other side, it'll give them a reason to fight."
Sun Jian, though calm, rejected his words, "I believe we should wait for the supplies to
arrive, they should be here any hour now. The men will have more energy and can fight harder."
Unfortunately, no supplies were coming from the main camp. Nor were there supplies
from the enemy's supply camp.
"There! Right there, I see it Xiu Luo," Lu Xian yelled as he spotted a camp as they went
over a mountain. The camp was surrounded by mountains, with a stone wall protecting it from
the east.........
"Where? That? No, it can't be, there aren't any granaries in it."
"So? It's an enemy camp regardless, let's attack!"
"Wait! There are only around 50 of us and how many of them, we can't beat them with
this army!"
"Yes we can, numbers never matter, it's the strength of the soldier's that count, right?"
One of the other soldiers spoke out, "None." Xiu Luo and Lu Xian turned around.
"Whadya mean?" Lu asked.
"Look, the camp is deserted," the soldier responded. And it was. All of the tents were left
up, but there was no sign of movement other than the wind blowing some of the objects in it.
"There might be supplies in it," he said hungrily.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Lu Xian started downward toward it, all of the soldiers
followed. Xiu Luo stayed still, though, thinking.
"Why would an enemy camp that's well defended and so massive be deserted?" He
looked at the camp from the high view for a few minutes, than looked at the stone wall on the
east side. "Wait, that's the-"
Zhang Ce coughed out blood, as one of the medics did everything they could to stop the
bleeding. His wound, however, was too deep, and needed help from an expert doctor in order to
survive. "All I know is that he will die eventually, but has much time before then. Even if it is
spent in pain," one of the medics said as he left the tent. Ma Yuan and Yuan Chu sat next to him.
"I am sorry, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have told you what to do," Yuan Chu said,
hoping Ma Yuan would forgive him.
"It is not your fault, Chu, it's his fault," Yuan said, referring to Liu Wei. "Damn him, he
takes out his anger on people who he didn't even really have a grudge against. I should have
killed him back there."
"Maybe I can somehow make up for this, anyway. I believe I know the name of a really
good doctor. I'll get him, you make sure Ce stays alive." Yuan Chu got up and left the tent and
then the camp. Ma Yuan stayed at Ce's side as his condition kept getting worse.
"The-The gates are opening, they're going to attack us!" one of the soldiers yelled out as
many started panicking. Sun Jian, along with Cheng Pu looked out towards the enemy army. It
didn't seem that large, in fact, it barely even seemed like an army as most of the men were
wearing poorly made armor and weapons which they weren't even holding. And most of the
men, was almost all of them, as the army was only about 50 strong.
"Those troops weren't with us when we were back there," Liu Drew told Sun Jian. And
they weren't as the troops running towards the camp, were the volunteers led Xiu Luo and Lu
Xian. Lu Xian, riding a horse that he found in the enemy camp, rode up to Sun's tent.
"Hey! The gate was deserted, there aren't any enemies, they must have fled."
This news quickly reached the main camp, and Yuan Shao along with the rest of the
leaders, marched their troops through Si Shui Gate and headed for Hu Lao Gate, the
indestructible gate. They set their main camp with natural defenses of mountains. Sun Jian's
army, along with Liu Drew's, combined with the main force, solving the food problem. Shortly
after, the troops that were searching with Ce, ran into the main camp with news that they found
the enemy supply depot. The supplies from the enemy was brought into the main camp,
increasing supplies and morale. Xiu Luo went up to one of the soldiers and asked him, "Hey,
where's Zhang Ce." The soldier didn't say anything, but put his head down and pointed towards
one of the tents. "Oh shit..........."
Back in Luo Yang, an angry monster was yelling at his servants. "What?!? How could Si
Shui Gate fall? How could you let this happen Hua Xiong? Hua Xiong? Hua Xiong!"
Li Ru spoke up, trying to get Dong Zhuo to stop his tantrum. "My lord, Hua Xiong fell
defending Si Shui Gate. We lost because of Lord Liu Drew betraying us in the middle of the
battle."
"Liu Drew?!? Damn it! I told you we should have killed him!"
"But sir, you sa-"
"I SAID WE SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM!"
"......Yes sir......."
"Where is my son? Lu Bu! Get in here!"
This time, however, Wang Yun spoke, "Dong Zhuo, Lord Lu Bu is visiting D-...a friend
of his, if you would tell me to get him, I will certainly retrieve him for you."
"Yes, Yes! Get him at once!" Dong Zhuo roared. Wang Yun bowed and left the throne
room, but not the palace. Instead he went to the palace gardens, where Lu Bu and Diao Chan
were talking to each other.
"Lu Bu, your Dong Zhuo is calling you. Chan, please hurry back to your duties before he
sees you two together. It wouldn't end well if that happened," Wang said fast. Diao Chan
immediately went back to the palace through the way Wang came in. After a few minutes, Lu Bu
came in as well, muttering,
"What does he want now?" As Lu Bu walked into the throne room, he heard one of the
servants speaking to Zhuo.
"What are your orders, my lord, the alliance is approaching Luo Yang."
Dong yelled as Lu Bu entered, "My son shall take care of all of them! He can kill them
with ease! Let them come inside the city so they can't escape then cut them all down!" Lu Bu
had no rejections to this, even if he disliked his father. He had wanted to get into battle to show
his might to the world.
Li Ru, his advisor, thought about this plan. It was obviously absurd, but the idea of letting
Lu Bu engage the enemies might be the only way. "My lord, I have an idea. Why don't we have
Lu Bu guard behind the gate, while all the available soldiers fire and enemies as they break
through Hu Lao Gate. By the time the enemy breaks through, they'll be demoralized and worn
out, that way Lu Bu will have no problem eliminating every single one of them."
Dong liked this plan and told everyone to initiate it. All available soldiers were given
bows and arrows and lined the top of the gate, ready to fire down at enemies. Lu Bu, along with
Li Jue, one of Dong Zhuo's advisors, and Zhang Liao, one of Lu Bu's most trusted officers,
stayed behind barricades which were set up behind the gate. Unaware of these enemy tactics, the
Allied Commanders planned a frontal assault, with Cao Cao leading.
"Cao Cao will attack from the front gate, while Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, Han Fu, and Yuan
Shu go through Wan to attack from the South. All other forces will provide Cao Cao with
backup." As Yuan Shao gave this order, Xiu Luo was listening, but not Lu Xian, as he was
entertaining himself by his own means.
"How does it feel to have your insides beaten around?" he yelled as he kicked Liu Wei in
the stomach again. "You like that?"Liu Wei could not defend himself with his hands and feet tied
together, all he could do was take the beating. "So why again did you attack him?" he yelled,
grabbing Liu Wei's hair and pulling on it. Liu Wei did not answer, not that he couldn't, but
because he had no reason to answer to a man who wouldn't even listen to it. "Don't worry, your
pain will end soon." Lu Xian picked up his halberd, lined it up with Wei's head. As he was about
to kill Liu Wei, though, Kel Wei ran up to him, catching the halberd by the handle.
"D-Don't kill him!" Kel Wei said, pulling the halberd out of Lu Xian's hands. "He wasn't
part of Dong Zhuo's army, he's not an enemy."
"Say that again! He's not an enemy!" Lu Xian yelled sarcastically loud enough for the
whole camp to hear, though most did not pay attention to it. "He probably killed a friend of mine,
and he's not going to be able to do it again." Lu Xian shoved Kel Wei down, getting his Halberd
back. "I don't trust you at all. Don't give me a reason to kill you." He walked away from the two
men, as many soldiers had started gathering around to see what was going on.
After a few seconds, Kel went over to Liu. "Hey, are you alright?"
Obviously holding in pain, Liu Wei spat out, "The allies are worse enough, I don't need
help from one of the tyrant's people."
"You see, that's why I'm on this side now, because I didn't belong over there. I am one
of the few who actually decided to change sides even though everyone wanted to." Liu had no
serious injuries, but Kel helped him to his feet and into a his tent, where Takeo was practicing his
swordsmanship.
"I said I didn't need your help....." Liu couldn't prevent being helped, though, due to the
restraints. Kel Wei put him in a chair, and cut his restraints. Confused, Liu Wei asked, "What are
you doing?"
"I can trust you, right? You hate the Allied forces for a reason, if you really want revenge,
go on out and get it. I'm not one to stop you."
On the front line, Cao Cao was readying for the upcoming battle. Hu Lao Gate was the
largest and best gate in the entire country, Cao Cao himself was one of it's repairers back when he
served Dong Zhuo. Now, he was about to attempt to bring the structure down. He wasn't alone,
though, as he had the help from his two brothers, Cao Ren and Cao Hong, plus two blood
relatives, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan. The secondary force led by Sun Jian was closing in on
the southern gate of Luo Yang, which was smaller, but still was a great defensive structure. With
him, were his 3 greatest generals, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang. Behind them, was an
even greater trio. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were bringing up the rear of the army. These
oath brothers would stop at nothing to bring down the tyrant Dong Zhuo.