Thanks for the reviews! So far my goal has still been kept. My goal is to have 3 times the reviews as the chapters, so... yeah. I finished Bo Wang Po and added it to Chapter 3 since it was only like a paragraph or something. Sorry I didn't finish it last time. I was in a bad mood and didn't feel like writing all of it. I'm tired of writing battles... I'll try to figure out a way to put in more breaks between them... maybe.

Notes on this chapter:

1. Yes. River is Chang Jiang. So says game and novel (I think novel does)

2. Liu Qi was Liu Biao's son. Liu Biao died and Liu Qi took over as ruler.

3. Okay, Zhang Fei is going down the left instead of right. Zhao Yun needs some company. I take the right road, so he's all alone.

4. Like in the novel, Zhao Yun is protecting Liu Bei's son, Liu Chan, and his two wives, Lady Mi and Lady Gan.

5. West is the left road. East is the right road.

6. I left out Cao Cao's reinforcements, well not really... Cao Cao does show up at the end, but I just didn't feel like including all the other people who show up.

7. The child lord is Liu Chan. I don't really know how old he is, I'm just making up an age.

8. Yeah, in the novel Zhao Yun just charged through all the troops, but they're going to take the paths that have already been cleared in my version.

9. Oh my... horses seem to appear out of nowhere when you need them.

10. In the novel, Liu Bei doesn't really seem to give a care about his family, but I'm making him love his family now.

11. I think Sun Jian and Sun Ce are both dead by this time? But it doesn't really matter, I'm going with the game. Everyone stays alive and happy, until I say so otherwise...

Disclaimer: I do not own Koei or their characters. Or Romance of the Three Kingdoms since I'm using that to.

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CHAPTER 4 START

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Seeing as Cao Cao was out to obliterate him and his army, Liu Bei was advised by Zhuge Liang to form an alliance with the Sun family. With both of the armies working together, there was no way Cao Cao could win. The only problem was getting to Wu. Cao Cao and his army would definitely try to stop them. Liu Bei and his army would have to pass through Chang Ban and cross the Chang Jiang River before they would be safe. Liu Bei had sent Guan Yu to ask Liu Qi to bring ships so they could cross earlier. There had been no word from them, so Zhuge Liang had gone a few days ago to see what was happening.

The army set out on its march. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, who was charged with the protection of Liu Bei's family, were sent down the west road. Sun Qian and Yue Ying were sent down the east road. Liu Bei stayed in the area where their camp had been until a path had been cleared.

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As Yue Ying and Sun Qian went down the path they were assigned, they were greeted by Xiahou Dun.

"You're challenging me knowing I'm Xiahou Dun?" he called as his horse galloped towards them. Ying, who had chosen not to ride a horse in this battle, ran forward and threw her scythe. It spun around in a circle, knocked the Wei general off his horse, and came back to its master. Dun stood up and growled,

"You'll pay for that, wench!" He charged at Ying and swiped at her with his sword. She dodged and hit him with the pole of her scythe, knocking him off balance. She took this moment to hit him a few times, but he recovered quicker then she expected and he managed to get in a few hits as well. Ying charged at him. Dun held up his sword in defense, only to find that his opponent had feigned attacked and had gotten behind him somehow. He whirled around, but was seconds to late. Ying had caught him off guard and easily defeated him.

"This won't happen next time!" the one-eyed general said before retreating.

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Xiahou Dun had now been taken care of. Liu Bei began to move down the eastern path since the first area had been cleared of enemy generals. Sun Qian and Yue Ying continued down the path to find another Wei general.

"Who is that?" asked Yue Ying, pointing. Sun Qian looked at who she was talking about.

"I think that's the new general, Zhang He."

"Is he wearing... butterfly wings?"

"It would appear so."

"You cannot hope to match my elegance!" called out the general as he whipped his claws, causing them to whistle through the air.

"Maybe I cannot match your elegance, but I can certainly match your fighting skills!" Ying answered and charged at him. The agile Zhang He jumped out of the way and attacked. All of this happened faster than expected, so Ying was caught off guard and hit with the claws a few times. She swung her scythe at the Wei general as she was kneeling, so the attack was aimed upwards. He blocked the attack so she started to try and push him back, as with Xiahou Dun, and managed to do so. She broke the parry and threw Zhang He upwards since she had still been kneeling. Before he hit the ground, she repeatedly hit him with her scythe until she thought he had had enough. She stopped the attack and let him fall to the ground. After a moment he stood up and began to run away.

"There is a certain beauty in escape as well..." said the defeated general as he retreated with his wings flapping along with him.

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By the time Zhang He had been defeated, Liu Bei had caught up with Yue Ying and Sun Qian. He looked as though something was troubling him.

"What is wrong, my lord?" asked Sun Qian.

"Zhang Fei has sent a messenger to me. It appears that Zhao Yun has betrayed us. He was seen riding towards the enemy lines." Liu Bei sighed.

"What? Why would Zhao Yun betray you? He seems so loyal..." said Ying in disbelief. She shook her head. "That can't be right! He must have had a reason to do so. Allow me to go investigate, my lord. I will see what he's doing and if he has indeed betrayed you, I will personally take care of him." Liu Bei looked down at her from on top of his horse.

"Fine. I will allow you to go." Ying bowed and started to run back up the path they had come down, seeing as it would be easier to follow a path that had already been cleared of enemies than clearing a path for herself.

"Yue Ying!" called Liu Bei. She stopped and turned around. "Make sure that my wives and son are safe as well." Ying bowed again and continued to run up the path.

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Yue Ying found a horse along the way to make the trip faster and finally reached the area where Zhao Yun was said to have been seen riding. As she came near, she saw Zhao Yun kneeling beside a well and a group of enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Ying dismounted and quickly ran to take care of the enemies before calling to her fellow general.

"Zhao Yun!" He turned and looked at her. "What are you doing, Zhao Yun? Why did you betray Lord Liu Bei? Where is the child lord? Where are our lord's wives?"

"I did not betray Lord Liu Bei. I came to look for his family. They were lost along the way. Lady Gan was found among a group of peasants that was traveling with us. I put her on a horse and sent her and a group of my troops to join Zhang Fei's unit. Lady Gan told me she saw Lady Mi with the child lord coming this way, so I came to see. I indeed found Lady Mi, but she was wounded in the thigh and could not walk. She told me to take the child lord and leave her, but I would not do so. She heard the enemies that you just took care of coming towards us and threw the child lord at me before jumping into the well..." answered Zhao Yun, motioning to the well as he stood up holding the child, only about a year old. Yue Ying walked over to the well and peered over the edge. The inside was dried up, there wasn't any water in it, and, as Zhao Yun said, there was the lifeless form of Lady Mi at the bottom.

"Here," said Zhao Yun as he handed Liu Chan to Ying. "Stand back." She took the child and walked back over to the horse she had found. Yun walked behind the wall that was beside the well and pushed up against it. It toppled over and covered the mouth of the well, making a sort of grave for Lady Mi. Ying remounted her horse and tied the child to her so that he wouldn't fall off and so that he wouldn't be in the way in case she needed to use her scythe. She turned to Yun.

"Come. Let us go meet Lord Liu Bei." He nodded and mounted another horse that was found nearby, seeing as he gave his to Lady Gan. The two of them then made their way back along the cleared path to find Liu Bei and the others.

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Yue Ying and Zhao Yun found their way to the Chang Jiang River and found that Liu Qi had succeeded in bringing ships for their escape.

"Zhao Yun!" called Liu Bei from one of the ships. Ying and Yun boarded the ship and walked up to him and bowed.

"Here is your son, Lord Liu Bei," said Yue Ying, as she lifted the child to show him. Liu Bei nodded and waved for an attendant to come and get him.

"There is my son, and Lady Gan came back with Zhang Fei. But where is Lady Mi, Zhao Yun?" Yun sighed.

"I'm sorry, my lord..." he began and told Liu Bei what had happened.

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The ships set sail so that Cao Cao couldn't catch up with them and Zhao Yun completed telling his tale, a few moments of silence passing by afterwards. Liu Bei had his head hung, but he suddenly jerked it up and glared at the top of the hill. There was Cao Cao with his army behind him, glaring back.

"Curse you Cao Cao! You will pay for this!"

"Yes, all in due time, my lord," came a familiar voice. "We will surely defeat him with the aid of the Sun family." Ying looked over in the direction of where the voice came from. It was Zhuge Liang. She had somehow missed seeing him when she first got on the ship. He took a few steps closer and began to fan himself, as usual.

"How exactly do you know that Lord Sun Jian will agree to form an alliance with us? What if he turns us away?" asked Liu Bei.

"He will not. He cannot. Even his army alone cannot beat Cao Cao, who is looking to conquer the south. Come, my lord. Let us plan a speech for the meeting." and with that, Liang and Bei wandered off to some private room on the ship.

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They reached the other side of the river sometime during the night, but waited until morning before disembarking. The army made camp half a mile from the river and Liu Bei prepared the generals he was going to take with him to the Wu capital. The others were going to stay in the camp so that he didn't go marching into the city with his entire army behind him. He took with him Zhuge Liang, of course, his brothers, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Yue Ying. Each general took with them two bodyguards and then they all set out for the capital.

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CHAPTER 4 END

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Note: I removed The Shadows. I don't really feel like updating it anymore, and to tell the truth, I don't really like it. I have it saved on my computer, so if for some odd reason someone wants me to repost it, I will. I might even decide to finish it to if someone wants me to.