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Chapter 2:
It took Zhao Yun and Sun Ce a few hours to go down the mountain on horseback. They talked happily as their new armor shined in the sun. Then they saw the direction to where their village was.
Zhao Yun smiled and said, "There's no place like home."
Sun Ce grinned. "Right on!"
Then Zhao Yun looked a little closer and saw something strange.
"Why is their smoke coming out of the village?"
"I dunno. Maybe they're making a bonfire or something."
"No, something's wrong. Something's definitely wrong."
Zhao Yun rode his horse to the village and when he entered, he was shocked and disgusted at the same time. There were dead bodies everywhere and he noticed some of the faces as his neighbors when he was young. However, there were other faces that were in such engrossing shape that Zhou Yun couldn't recognize them. There were burnt down buildings everywhere. The fire was gone, but the remaining smoke told them that it hadn't been long since the fire was set. He couldn't believe who would set fire to his village. Sun Ce face looked as if he was shocked as well. As they rode in, survivors screamed and ran into different directions. It took them a long time until they noticed they weren't being attacked. It took them longer to figure out that the man riding the horse was Zhao Yun and Sun Ce.
Zhao Yun was someone you could a handsome man, and he had a kind of a strange maturity on his face, which made him more handsome. Sun Ce still had some of his kid face, but there was no doubt that he was a man now. He was even a little bigger than Zhao Yun. As they looked around, about half the villagers had died and out of the other half, most of them were injured and there were only a few that were in fine shape. Also, some of the women and girls had been taken as prisoners.
"So, who were the ones that attacked our village?"
"The Yellow Turbans. It looked as if they needed some food and weapons for battle. They wiped out the food storage and the blacksmith. They're still near this area. I think they're camping for a battle. Since Sang-San is an area between two castles. One belongs to the Han and the other belongs to the Yellow Turbans. So, I guess we're in a pretty tough spot."
Sun Ce suddenly got mad and tried to control himself.
"Where did those idiots go? I'm going to beat the pulp out of them."
"They're probably 510 miles from here. Liu Buk, Zhang Jiao's generals have about a thousand men there. It's not wise, Sun Ce."
Zhao Yun thought for a moment, then remembering something important he asked, "How about my family?"
The villagers quieted. Finally, one of the old man that played with Zhao Yun when he was young spoke up.
"Your father was killed while he tried to fight. Your mother was taken as prisoner. I don't think they'd kill her easily, since she looked so beautiful. Your sister was taken along with your mother. I guess they kind of liked her, too."
Zhao Yun had thought about the fact that there were about a thousand men there, but after hearing about the fate of his family, he decided to beat the pulp out of them, just like Sun Ce.
Spilling a few tears, he said, "My dad wouldn't forgive me if I just let this go past. Is there anyone that will follow me?"
The villagers agreed that the men would go if Zhao Yun waited for a week to let them heal. In the meantime, the men started training to get ready. By the end of the week, 73 men were ready with poor armor and weapons, but they were about the same quality as the Yellow Turbans.
"Let's go! For our village! For the Han!"
The men cheered and they followed Zhao Yun and Sun Ce.
They walked quietly until they came near to the enemy's camp and they saw about 2 guards at the entrance.
Zhao Yun, sitting down said, "Let's think about this. Even though we kill those two guards. 73 men, Sun Ce, and I can't take down a thousand men. We're going to have to use strategy.
"You men stay here and train silently for the next battle. Sun Ce and I'm going to look around the enemy's camp.
Sun Ce and Zhao Yun went to a big hill and looked around. There were the prisoners at the center of the camp. There was a giant tent at the end of the camp, no doubt it was Liu Buk's tent. Since Sang-San was a mountainous area, they had the advantage. They returned and Zhao Yun told his plan to the others and they all agreed.
Zhao Yun and Sun Ce took 23 men and went up to the guards and killed them. Then they retreated about 10 yards and waited for the other soldiers to come out.
"You Yellow Turbans! If you guys surrender, we'll let you live! If not, face my wrath!"
The soldiers looked at Zhao Yun, Sun Ce and the small number of soldiers. About 500 were now at waiting mode and Liu Buk came out.
"Ha! You think you can beet me with that scrawny number? I guess you guys are from the village we borrowed from. We were planning on leaving you guys there, but I guess we're going to have to finish you off! Attack!"
All the soldiers charged at them with no strategy, just as Zhao Yun had thought.
Zhao yelled, "Retreat!"
They retreated to the place where two cliffs were. The Turbans didn't know anything and got themselves right inside to a trap. The other 50 men dropped giant stones and shot arrows. The remainder of the army retreated to their camp, but they left the cliff, just to meet Sun Ce and the 23 men. Sun Ce took out his tonfas and started killing men like crazy, showing his power.
Shocked, Liu Buk went the other way of the cliff to escape. There weren't even a hundred Turbans left and none of them had the power to fight. Just then, they met Zhao Yun and the 50 soldiers from the cliff. Liu Buk saw Zhao Yun come and kill about 20 soldiers in two slashes. Admitting his defeat, Liu Buk got to his knees.
"Lord Zhao Yun, please me serve you for the rest of my life."
Zhao Yun was a little surprised at Liu Buk getting to his knees, but he said, "I'm glad to have you in my forces, Liu Buk."
Zhao Yun had defeated the thousand-men army with 73 men, and didn't let even one men get hurt. Liu Buk made the rest of the Yellow Turbans at camp become Zhao Yun's men. Zhao Yun thanked the villagers and they freed the prisoners. He gave a hug to his mother and 13-year old sister. She had really gotten prettier. Her hair had been short, only to her shoulders, but now it stretched down to the end of her back, beautifully tied.
"Zhao Mi, it's been a long time."
"Brother, I missed you."
Sun Ce looking at them hug tightly and said, "Are you sure you're just family?"
After receiving a strong push from Zhao Yun, he said, "Sorry." But he continued chuckling to himself.
Zhao Yun returned with the villager men, the women who were prisoners, Liu Buk, stolen weapons, armor, food, money, and also 600 soldiers of his own.
They had a feast that day. The men laughed and drank and the women talked by themselves. Everybody was amazed on how strong Zhou Yun and Sun Ce had become in the past 5 years. The men kept talking about Zhou Yun killing 20 men in two slashes. Zhou Mi was talking to Sun Ce and they seemed to be talking about something serious. Zhou Yun drank as he talked to the guys about his past 5 years of training.
A guy who had sold meat buns when Zhou Yun was young said, "Zhou Yun, it's been 5 years! I can't believe you were the happy, little kid running around the mountain with Sun Ce."
The blacksmith man also asked, "So, what do you plan to do now?"
"I guess I'm going to go find a good leader I can't fight for. I'm looking for a leader that seeks a peaceful world. If there's no one, I'll start that peaceful world by myself."
The men around him nodded here and there, agreeing with him.
"I know you'll succeed. If you can't do it, who can?"
The men started laughing and started drinking again.
It was morning and Zhao Yun felt a little groggy. Sun Ce was still snoring loudly. Zhou Yun felt a little dizzy from drinking last night. He got ready to leave. He got his armor and weapons ready and stepped outside. He saw the villagers 600 soldiers food supply wagons, and Liu Buk waiting for him. Liu Buk and the soldiers bowed to him.
"Lord Zhao Yun, we're ready."
"Great. We'll leave as soon as Sun Ce gets up."
Sun Ce woke up and got ready in 30 minutes. Then before leaving, Zhao Mi appeared, riding on one of the few horses in the village.
"Sister, why are you on the horse? You don't possibly think you're going to. . ."
"Yes, I'm following you. I got permission from Sun Ce last night."
"Sis, I know you want to help me, but you'd be put in danger."
As Zhao Mi glared at the soldiers, she said, "I've faced enough dangers with the Yellow Turbans."
"Sis, I still don't think. . ."
"I've studied about battle strategies and politics to help you achieve your goal in the future."
Zhao Yun was moved by his sister's effort to help them.
"Fine. But if anything happens to you, I'm sending you back, clear?"
"All right!"
Sun Ce grinned behind them and said, "Zhao Yun, follow me."
Zhao Yun followed Sun Ce alone to the mountain of Jwa Jwa's home.
They climbed for a few hours until they got to the plateau with the mysterious aura. Sun Ce stopped and looked back at Zhao Yun.
"I know we're close friends, but if we want to be together forever and achieve our goal, we have to have a bond we can't break."
Zhao Yun thought for a while.
"You don't mean. . ."
"Let's be sworn brothers! We'll be together for the rest of our lives, helping each other when times get rough. We'll be sad together, we'll be angry together, we'll be happy together. If we want to make that kind of bond, let's become sworn brothers in front of Jwa Jwa's house."
Zhao Yun nodded and they walked together to Jwa Jwa's house.
There was nobody in the house, now that Jwa Jwa was gone. They saw a tree that had the Rose of Sharon for its flowers.
Zhao Yun looked at the flowers and said, "Rose of Sharon blooms at the beginning of the day and dies at night. It continues blooming and dying together. They do this all summer and autumn, so that makes me like this flower, especially.
"I agree. Let's do it here."
They took out their weapons and put it together.
Zhao Yun said, "At Chang San, in front of teacher Jwa Jwa's house Sun Ce and I have sworn to be sworn brothers."
Sun Ce continued, "We'll be happy together, sad together, and be angry together."
"We'll be there for each other during good times and hard times."
"Just like the Rose Of Sharon, we'll live together and die together."
"We shall never, ever die until we have achieved our goal!"
"Let us fulfill these things and let us be sworn brothers for life!"
The Tonfas and the Spear looked a little awkward together, but as son as they said these words, the aura around them seemed to surround them, covering their bodies and weapons with the blue aura. Zhao Yun suddenly felt stronger and Sun Ce seemed to feel that way, because Sun Ce waved the tonfas a lot more freely than last time.
Zhao Yun walked up to Sun Ce and smiled. "Now we're brothers for life!"
Sun Ce grinned his usual way and said, "This was the kind of bond I was looking for!"
They went down the mountain, almost running with all the happiness and the energy they had. They were down the mountain in less than an hour.
It was around noon now, so they all decided to leave after eating lunch.
During lunch, every talked merrily and Zhao Yun spent most of his time talking to his mother and the other villagers.
They waved good-bye to the others and Zhao Yun left with his troops, Liu Buk, Sun Ce, and Zhao Mi. Zhao Yun looked back at his hometown. There were the villagers waving wildly at him. He had 15 years of hard, but lots of memories here. Thinking of the happy, sad, and mad memories from the past, Zhao Yun cried for a minute and turned his horse away, leaving the area of Chang San.
Zhao Yun's army was walking in the hot sun. Zhao Yun, Zhao Mi, Liu Buk, Sun Ce, and the 5 best soldiers were the only ones riding horses. Zhao Yun felt sorry for the other soldiers trudging on their foot in the sun.
Sun Ce asked, "So, where are we heading to?"
Zhao Yun simply answered, "We're going Northeast. Northeast is the Yellow Turbans land, so we're bound to meet some of those idiots. I have a good plan ready when we meet them. We've got to pretend we're the Yellow Turbans when we meet some of them. Liu Buk and our soldiers wearing yellow should help convince them. We're gonna have to know each other by ourselves, so we can capture more generals, soldiers, and steal more food and money. It'll help us in the future."
Even though their soldier uniform was yellow, they decided to give them white shoes, so they could tell each other apart.
At night, they camped out at the area of Ha Ghan, not too far away from Chang San.
Zhao Yun looked around the area and said, "We should arrive at Nam Pi tomorrow around noon. We must try to use strategies to beat them, without any weapons. However, we must train for a battle, just incase."
They trained all night and went to sleep around 1 in the morning.
Zhao Yun couldn't get any sleep, wondering what would happen tomorrow.
The next morning, the soldiers trained once more in the morning briefly. Then they headed for Nam Pi. They must've seen them beforehand, because about 2000 soldiers came out to meet them.
Zhang Liang, Zhang Jiao's brother came to meet them.
"Liu Buk! It's great to see you! What happened?"
Liu Buk answered as if he was still one of the Turbans.
"We were attacked by the Hans. They've finally started their attack on us. We must prepare. I tried to block them off, but we were outnumbered. These three generals helped us escape and they seem to be interested in joining the Yellow Turbans."
Zhang Liang didn't seem to suspect anything, because he just said, "Great! We needed more generals! They do seem young, but yet powerful. Come in, come in!"
As they entered, Liu Buk asked, "So how's Nam Pi doing?"
"Excellent. We have about 30,000 men here. We'll be ready to fight those Han idiots anytime. We have enough food supplies to last us almost a year."
Liu Buk, pretending to sound as if it was a dangerous time, said "The Han soldiers will be at Nam Pi in a week or two, by the way their going."
Zhang Liang closed his eyes, as if thinking. Then he said, "We must get ready right away."
They received good food and shelter for a week and after they were ready for battle, Zhang Liang decided to go wait for the Han with 10000 men.
"Who will come with me?"
Zhou Chang, Zhang Liang's bodyguard stepped up. Zhao Yun thought and he stepped up as well.
"Excellent! With you two, I'll be safe from anyone! Liu Buk, Zhao Mi, and Sun Ce, I'll have you guys defend the castle! Send reinforcement after a week or two. If things get rough, I'll send a messenger."
Liu Buk nodded. Then after Zhang Liang went out, Zhao Yun, Zhao Mi, Liu Buk, and Sun Ce went out and they looked a little mad.
Sun Ce talked as if he didn't understand why Zhao Yun stepped up.
"Why'd you stand up? You should've just said you'd stay in the castle!"
Zhao Yun just grinned and said, "It's part of my plan. You guys take the 20000 soldiers and turn them in to our side by convincing them. Don't use force, because it'll be hard. I'll be pretending to fight and while doing that, I'm thinking of. . ."
The other three were listening to him hard.
"Assassinating him."
They all looked shocked, but Sun Ce said, "I knew you'd have something like that on your sleeve!"
Liu Buk said, "It's a bit risky, but if you succeed, that'd be a real achievement. In the meantime, try to get Zhou Chang on our side. He's a bit of a fighter."
"Got it."
Zhao Yun was at camp with Zhang Liang and Zhou Chang. The Han soldiers must've really come. He saw well-armored soldiers standing outside of their camp.
Zhang Liang said, "Just let 'em come about 10 more yards. I'll have a surprise for them.
A man with a beautiful, long beard came up and shouted, "Zhang Liang, feel my wrath!"
Zhang Liang, who turned out to be a very good cusser.
The beared man, who's name turned out to be Guan Yu must've been pissed off, because he said, "Charge!"
Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Right into our trap."
The soldiers were running when they fell into a giant hole. Then as the soldiers behind them stopped, the land started shaking and the land became giant holes like dominos. Soldiers fell in the holes like crazy until there wasn't even a thousand soldiers left.
Zhang Liang said, "They'll leave after they climb out of the holes. I think I'm going to go take a nap."
Zhao Yun stared at the giant hole that stretched for miles and he said, "Amazing."
That night, Zhao Yun quietly got out of his tent and went outside. All was quiet except for a few soldiers that were on watch. They bowed when they saw Zhao Yun. He nodded and he knew these guards would be a bother to him. With a dagger, he killed each one quietly, one by one. After all the guards were dead, he walked over to Zhang Liang's tent quieter than his shadow.
He approached the tent, where he saw two more guards. He shot a double arrow and hit them both on target. After the two guards fell down without a sound, he went on and inside the tent. He saw some snoring coming from the bed. It was no doubt it was Zhang Liang, because he's snoring could be heard all over the tent. Zhou Yun looked over to the sleeping figure of Zhang Liang. He felt sorry for killing such a smart mind that could've done great things if he was just on the right side. Then as he lifted his dagger up, he saw Zhang Liang open his eyes. Panicking, he stabbed Zhang Liang in the heart. He had been hoping that Zhang Liang would've died silently, but he made this big, ugly sound that was heard all over camp.
He heard voices waking up from everywhere and running to his direction. After looking at the corpse, he saw the eyes still open with shock. He left the dagger and quickly left the tent. After he left, he knew it was too late. There were hundreds of soldiers surrounding him already and more were coming out of their tents. Zhou Chang came out among the soldiers and get him a hard look.
"He has killed our leader! Let's kill him!"
Zhao Yun looked around for an escape route, but there was none. Then as if waiting for something, he felt a strong wind blow him and the thing he needed most for encouragement landed perfectly on his hand; a single flower of the Rose of Sharon.
Chapter 2:
It took Zhao Yun and Sun Ce a few hours to go down the mountain on horseback. They talked happily as their new armor shined in the sun. Then they saw the direction to where their village was.
Zhao Yun smiled and said, "There's no place like home."
Sun Ce grinned. "Right on!"
Then Zhao Yun looked a little closer and saw something strange.
"Why is their smoke coming out of the village?"
"I dunno. Maybe they're making a bonfire or something."
"No, something's wrong. Something's definitely wrong."
Zhao Yun rode his horse to the village and when he entered, he was shocked and disgusted at the same time. There were dead bodies everywhere and he noticed some of the faces as his neighbors when he was young. However, there were other faces that were in such engrossing shape that Zhou Yun couldn't recognize them. There were burnt down buildings everywhere. The fire was gone, but the remaining smoke told them that it hadn't been long since the fire was set. He couldn't believe who would set fire to his village. Sun Ce face looked as if he was shocked as well. As they rode in, survivors screamed and ran into different directions. It took them a long time until they noticed they weren't being attacked. It took them longer to figure out that the man riding the horse was Zhao Yun and Sun Ce.
Zhao Yun was someone you could a handsome man, and he had a kind of a strange maturity on his face, which made him more handsome. Sun Ce still had some of his kid face, but there was no doubt that he was a man now. He was even a little bigger than Zhao Yun. As they looked around, about half the villagers had died and out of the other half, most of them were injured and there were only a few that were in fine shape. Also, some of the women and girls had been taken as prisoners.
"So, who were the ones that attacked our village?"
"The Yellow Turbans. It looked as if they needed some food and weapons for battle. They wiped out the food storage and the blacksmith. They're still near this area. I think they're camping for a battle. Since Sang-San is an area between two castles. One belongs to the Han and the other belongs to the Yellow Turbans. So, I guess we're in a pretty tough spot."
Sun Ce suddenly got mad and tried to control himself.
"Where did those idiots go? I'm going to beat the pulp out of them."
"They're probably 510 miles from here. Liu Buk, Zhang Jiao's generals have about a thousand men there. It's not wise, Sun Ce."
Zhao Yun thought for a moment, then remembering something important he asked, "How about my family?"
The villagers quieted. Finally, one of the old man that played with Zhao Yun when he was young spoke up.
"Your father was killed while he tried to fight. Your mother was taken as prisoner. I don't think they'd kill her easily, since she looked so beautiful. Your sister was taken along with your mother. I guess they kind of liked her, too."
Zhao Yun had thought about the fact that there were about a thousand men there, but after hearing about the fate of his family, he decided to beat the pulp out of them, just like Sun Ce.
Spilling a few tears, he said, "My dad wouldn't forgive me if I just let this go past. Is there anyone that will follow me?"
The villagers agreed that the men would go if Zhao Yun waited for a week to let them heal. In the meantime, the men started training to get ready. By the end of the week, 73 men were ready with poor armor and weapons, but they were about the same quality as the Yellow Turbans.
"Let's go! For our village! For the Han!"
The men cheered and they followed Zhao Yun and Sun Ce.
They walked quietly until they came near to the enemy's camp and they saw about 2 guards at the entrance.
Zhao Yun, sitting down said, "Let's think about this. Even though we kill those two guards. 73 men, Sun Ce, and I can't take down a thousand men. We're going to have to use strategy.
"You men stay here and train silently for the next battle. Sun Ce and I'm going to look around the enemy's camp.
Sun Ce and Zhao Yun went to a big hill and looked around. There were the prisoners at the center of the camp. There was a giant tent at the end of the camp, no doubt it was Liu Buk's tent. Since Sang-San was a mountainous area, they had the advantage. They returned and Zhao Yun told his plan to the others and they all agreed.
Zhao Yun and Sun Ce took 23 men and went up to the guards and killed them. Then they retreated about 10 yards and waited for the other soldiers to come out.
"You Yellow Turbans! If you guys surrender, we'll let you live! If not, face my wrath!"
The soldiers looked at Zhao Yun, Sun Ce and the small number of soldiers. About 500 were now at waiting mode and Liu Buk came out.
"Ha! You think you can beet me with that scrawny number? I guess you guys are from the village we borrowed from. We were planning on leaving you guys there, but I guess we're going to have to finish you off! Attack!"
All the soldiers charged at them with no strategy, just as Zhao Yun had thought.
Zhao yelled, "Retreat!"
They retreated to the place where two cliffs were. The Turbans didn't know anything and got themselves right inside to a trap. The other 50 men dropped giant stones and shot arrows. The remainder of the army retreated to their camp, but they left the cliff, just to meet Sun Ce and the 23 men. Sun Ce took out his tonfas and started killing men like crazy, showing his power.
Shocked, Liu Buk went the other way of the cliff to escape. There weren't even a hundred Turbans left and none of them had the power to fight. Just then, they met Zhao Yun and the 50 soldiers from the cliff. Liu Buk saw Zhao Yun come and kill about 20 soldiers in two slashes. Admitting his defeat, Liu Buk got to his knees.
"Lord Zhao Yun, please me serve you for the rest of my life."
Zhao Yun was a little surprised at Liu Buk getting to his knees, but he said, "I'm glad to have you in my forces, Liu Buk."
Zhao Yun had defeated the thousand-men army with 73 men, and didn't let even one men get hurt. Liu Buk made the rest of the Yellow Turbans at camp become Zhao Yun's men. Zhao Yun thanked the villagers and they freed the prisoners. He gave a hug to his mother and 13-year old sister. She had really gotten prettier. Her hair had been short, only to her shoulders, but now it stretched down to the end of her back, beautifully tied.
"Zhao Mi, it's been a long time."
"Brother, I missed you."
Sun Ce looking at them hug tightly and said, "Are you sure you're just family?"
After receiving a strong push from Zhao Yun, he said, "Sorry." But he continued chuckling to himself.
Zhao Yun returned with the villager men, the women who were prisoners, Liu Buk, stolen weapons, armor, food, money, and also 600 soldiers of his own.
They had a feast that day. The men laughed and drank and the women talked by themselves. Everybody was amazed on how strong Zhou Yun and Sun Ce had become in the past 5 years. The men kept talking about Zhou Yun killing 20 men in two slashes. Zhou Mi was talking to Sun Ce and they seemed to be talking about something serious. Zhou Yun drank as he talked to the guys about his past 5 years of training.
A guy who had sold meat buns when Zhou Yun was young said, "Zhou Yun, it's been 5 years! I can't believe you were the happy, little kid running around the mountain with Sun Ce."
The blacksmith man also asked, "So, what do you plan to do now?"
"I guess I'm going to go find a good leader I can't fight for. I'm looking for a leader that seeks a peaceful world. If there's no one, I'll start that peaceful world by myself."
The men around him nodded here and there, agreeing with him.
"I know you'll succeed. If you can't do it, who can?"
The men started laughing and started drinking again.
It was morning and Zhao Yun felt a little groggy. Sun Ce was still snoring loudly. Zhou Yun felt a little dizzy from drinking last night. He got ready to leave. He got his armor and weapons ready and stepped outside. He saw the villagers 600 soldiers food supply wagons, and Liu Buk waiting for him. Liu Buk and the soldiers bowed to him.
"Lord Zhao Yun, we're ready."
"Great. We'll leave as soon as Sun Ce gets up."
Sun Ce woke up and got ready in 30 minutes. Then before leaving, Zhao Mi appeared, riding on one of the few horses in the village.
"Sister, why are you on the horse? You don't possibly think you're going to. . ."
"Yes, I'm following you. I got permission from Sun Ce last night."
"Sis, I know you want to help me, but you'd be put in danger."
As Zhao Mi glared at the soldiers, she said, "I've faced enough dangers with the Yellow Turbans."
"Sis, I still don't think. . ."
"I've studied about battle strategies and politics to help you achieve your goal in the future."
Zhao Yun was moved by his sister's effort to help them.
"Fine. But if anything happens to you, I'm sending you back, clear?"
"All right!"
Sun Ce grinned behind them and said, "Zhao Yun, follow me."
Zhao Yun followed Sun Ce alone to the mountain of Jwa Jwa's home.
They climbed for a few hours until they got to the plateau with the mysterious aura. Sun Ce stopped and looked back at Zhao Yun.
"I know we're close friends, but if we want to be together forever and achieve our goal, we have to have a bond we can't break."
Zhao Yun thought for a while.
"You don't mean. . ."
"Let's be sworn brothers! We'll be together for the rest of our lives, helping each other when times get rough. We'll be sad together, we'll be angry together, we'll be happy together. If we want to make that kind of bond, let's become sworn brothers in front of Jwa Jwa's house."
Zhao Yun nodded and they walked together to Jwa Jwa's house.
There was nobody in the house, now that Jwa Jwa was gone. They saw a tree that had the Rose of Sharon for its flowers.
Zhao Yun looked at the flowers and said, "Rose of Sharon blooms at the beginning of the day and dies at night. It continues blooming and dying together. They do this all summer and autumn, so that makes me like this flower, especially.
"I agree. Let's do it here."
They took out their weapons and put it together.
Zhao Yun said, "At Chang San, in front of teacher Jwa Jwa's house Sun Ce and I have sworn to be sworn brothers."
Sun Ce continued, "We'll be happy together, sad together, and be angry together."
"We'll be there for each other during good times and hard times."
"Just like the Rose Of Sharon, we'll live together and die together."
"We shall never, ever die until we have achieved our goal!"
"Let us fulfill these things and let us be sworn brothers for life!"
The Tonfas and the Spear looked a little awkward together, but as son as they said these words, the aura around them seemed to surround them, covering their bodies and weapons with the blue aura. Zhao Yun suddenly felt stronger and Sun Ce seemed to feel that way, because Sun Ce waved the tonfas a lot more freely than last time.
Zhao Yun walked up to Sun Ce and smiled. "Now we're brothers for life!"
Sun Ce grinned his usual way and said, "This was the kind of bond I was looking for!"
They went down the mountain, almost running with all the happiness and the energy they had. They were down the mountain in less than an hour.
It was around noon now, so they all decided to leave after eating lunch.
During lunch, every talked merrily and Zhao Yun spent most of his time talking to his mother and the other villagers.
They waved good-bye to the others and Zhao Yun left with his troops, Liu Buk, Sun Ce, and Zhao Mi. Zhao Yun looked back at his hometown. There were the villagers waving wildly at him. He had 15 years of hard, but lots of memories here. Thinking of the happy, sad, and mad memories from the past, Zhao Yun cried for a minute and turned his horse away, leaving the area of Chang San.
Zhao Yun's army was walking in the hot sun. Zhao Yun, Zhao Mi, Liu Buk, Sun Ce, and the 5 best soldiers were the only ones riding horses. Zhao Yun felt sorry for the other soldiers trudging on their foot in the sun.
Sun Ce asked, "So, where are we heading to?"
Zhao Yun simply answered, "We're going Northeast. Northeast is the Yellow Turbans land, so we're bound to meet some of those idiots. I have a good plan ready when we meet them. We've got to pretend we're the Yellow Turbans when we meet some of them. Liu Buk and our soldiers wearing yellow should help convince them. We're gonna have to know each other by ourselves, so we can capture more generals, soldiers, and steal more food and money. It'll help us in the future."
Even though their soldier uniform was yellow, they decided to give them white shoes, so they could tell each other apart.
At night, they camped out at the area of Ha Ghan, not too far away from Chang San.
Zhao Yun looked around the area and said, "We should arrive at Nam Pi tomorrow around noon. We must try to use strategies to beat them, without any weapons. However, we must train for a battle, just incase."
They trained all night and went to sleep around 1 in the morning.
Zhao Yun couldn't get any sleep, wondering what would happen tomorrow.
The next morning, the soldiers trained once more in the morning briefly. Then they headed for Nam Pi. They must've seen them beforehand, because about 2000 soldiers came out to meet them.
Zhang Liang, Zhang Jiao's brother came to meet them.
"Liu Buk! It's great to see you! What happened?"
Liu Buk answered as if he was still one of the Turbans.
"We were attacked by the Hans. They've finally started their attack on us. We must prepare. I tried to block them off, but we were outnumbered. These three generals helped us escape and they seem to be interested in joining the Yellow Turbans."
Zhang Liang didn't seem to suspect anything, because he just said, "Great! We needed more generals! They do seem young, but yet powerful. Come in, come in!"
As they entered, Liu Buk asked, "So how's Nam Pi doing?"
"Excellent. We have about 30,000 men here. We'll be ready to fight those Han idiots anytime. We have enough food supplies to last us almost a year."
Liu Buk, pretending to sound as if it was a dangerous time, said "The Han soldiers will be at Nam Pi in a week or two, by the way their going."
Zhang Liang closed his eyes, as if thinking. Then he said, "We must get ready right away."
They received good food and shelter for a week and after they were ready for battle, Zhang Liang decided to go wait for the Han with 10000 men.
"Who will come with me?"
Zhou Chang, Zhang Liang's bodyguard stepped up. Zhao Yun thought and he stepped up as well.
"Excellent! With you two, I'll be safe from anyone! Liu Buk, Zhao Mi, and Sun Ce, I'll have you guys defend the castle! Send reinforcement after a week or two. If things get rough, I'll send a messenger."
Liu Buk nodded. Then after Zhang Liang went out, Zhao Yun, Zhao Mi, Liu Buk, and Sun Ce went out and they looked a little mad.
Sun Ce talked as if he didn't understand why Zhao Yun stepped up.
"Why'd you stand up? You should've just said you'd stay in the castle!"
Zhao Yun just grinned and said, "It's part of my plan. You guys take the 20000 soldiers and turn them in to our side by convincing them. Don't use force, because it'll be hard. I'll be pretending to fight and while doing that, I'm thinking of. . ."
The other three were listening to him hard.
"Assassinating him."
They all looked shocked, but Sun Ce said, "I knew you'd have something like that on your sleeve!"
Liu Buk said, "It's a bit risky, but if you succeed, that'd be a real achievement. In the meantime, try to get Zhou Chang on our side. He's a bit of a fighter."
"Got it."
Zhao Yun was at camp with Zhang Liang and Zhou Chang. The Han soldiers must've really come. He saw well-armored soldiers standing outside of their camp.
Zhang Liang said, "Just let 'em come about 10 more yards. I'll have a surprise for them.
A man with a beautiful, long beard came up and shouted, "Zhang Liang, feel my wrath!"
Zhang Liang, who turned out to be a very good cusser.
The beared man, who's name turned out to be Guan Yu must've been pissed off, because he said, "Charge!"
Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Right into our trap."
The soldiers were running when they fell into a giant hole. Then as the soldiers behind them stopped, the land started shaking and the land became giant holes like dominos. Soldiers fell in the holes like crazy until there wasn't even a thousand soldiers left.
Zhang Liang said, "They'll leave after they climb out of the holes. I think I'm going to go take a nap."
Zhao Yun stared at the giant hole that stretched for miles and he said, "Amazing."
That night, Zhao Yun quietly got out of his tent and went outside. All was quiet except for a few soldiers that were on watch. They bowed when they saw Zhao Yun. He nodded and he knew these guards would be a bother to him. With a dagger, he killed each one quietly, one by one. After all the guards were dead, he walked over to Zhang Liang's tent quieter than his shadow.
He approached the tent, where he saw two more guards. He shot a double arrow and hit them both on target. After the two guards fell down without a sound, he went on and inside the tent. He saw some snoring coming from the bed. It was no doubt it was Zhang Liang, because he's snoring could be heard all over the tent. Zhou Yun looked over to the sleeping figure of Zhang Liang. He felt sorry for killing such a smart mind that could've done great things if he was just on the right side. Then as he lifted his dagger up, he saw Zhang Liang open his eyes. Panicking, he stabbed Zhang Liang in the heart. He had been hoping that Zhang Liang would've died silently, but he made this big, ugly sound that was heard all over camp.
He heard voices waking up from everywhere and running to his direction. After looking at the corpse, he saw the eyes still open with shock. He left the dagger and quickly left the tent. After he left, he knew it was too late. There were hundreds of soldiers surrounding him already and more were coming out of their tents. Zhou Chang came out among the soldiers and get him a hard look.
"He has killed our leader! Let's kill him!"
Zhao Yun looked around for an escape route, but there was none. Then as if waiting for something, he felt a strong wind blow him and the thing he needed most for encouragement landed perfectly on his hand; a single flower of the Rose of Sharon.