A soft wind blew through Lu Zhaon's hair and ruffled the White banners next to him that declared the name of his dead father. He closed his eyes as all the memories of his father flooded his mind. Now he was dead, struck down by a single arrow from the vile old Huang. Now, when the whole city was in morning, now the dogs decide to attack. He looked out again onto the battle lines. The blue and green banners darkened the sky and the glare from the armor was blinding. The province his father held was small, hardly worthy of mention, but it had the best lands in the whole region for grain. And now the northerners and the Riverlanders were fighting over it. The Shu forces where led by the strategic genius of Pang Tong, and Wei was led by the cousin of Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun. A messenger approached.

"Lord Lu, We have taken a count of their men."

"How many men do they have?"

"The Shu forces have 10,000 troops under Pang Tong, 10,000 under Ma Chao, and 10,000 under Zhao Yun. The Wei have fielded 15,000 troops under Xiahou Dun, 15,000 under Xu Huang, and 15,000 under Dian Wei!"

"The Tiger General Dian Wei is here? Are you sure?"

"Positive!"

"Return to your post"

"Yes sir!"

All of these great warriors here, over his fathers little province. No, this was his. His father charged him to protect it, and protect it he would. He turned to his men, and squinted his eyes. All 2000 of his men where clothed in white silk, and white shinning armor in morning for his father. He strapped his armor on over his lower legs and his arms. He grabbed up his powerful Phoenix Trident, and climbed onto his white war horse.

"This is going to be a great battle! The Imperial forces are facing the peasant rabble of Shu! They expect us to stay inside of our town behind the safety of our walls, while they pound against each other. Instead, we are going to go out and attack their unsuspecting flank! They are confident in their martial might, to confident. We will have a crushing victory against them!"

He surveyed his mounted force for a second. They had been able to get a horse for each man in his army. The lands of Zhaoyan were rich and furtile. He turned to his fathers Second-in-command.

"Hold the men here, I will go out through the gates and dual with both of the kingdom's officers. When I have defeated them, bring the men out and we will crush them!"

He took a deep breath and raised his spear into the air and shouted.

"We shall not lose! We must not lose!"

The air was rent with they're cheering, and he wheeled his horse around and galloped out of the opening gate.