Well, Hey peeps and Happy Valentines Day. Um well, I haven't much to say.
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Chapter 11- Four Leaders
It was the night before the assault on the four leaders of the Jing Province. I was becoming well rested in the newly claimed Lou Castle in which I had my first night's rest in an actual room rather than a tent since our short visit to Wu. Much had happened since then, Liu Bei had been married to the young Wu Princess in a ploy for his life, cunningly foiled by the ever-sneaky Zhuge Liang.
I awoke and stepped outside to chilling January air. I cringed. Zhen Ji was back to her regular routine. I had to roll my eyes; she still hadn't given up on Master Liang despite the constant ignoring tone in his calm, quiescent voice.
"Lady Yu, may I speak with you?" I turned to see Master Liang.
"Of course. What is it?"
"Liu Bei has appointed me to direct the battle tomorrow."
"That is wonderful! I congratulate you, Master Liang, sincerely." Zhen Ji walked up beside us.
"Hello, Master Liang. Who is she?"
"She is my apprentice and good friend, Lady Aven Yu." She moved closer to him. He seemed uncomfortable so I moved between them.
"What is your problem?"
"My problem? I KNOW what your trying to do, and it may work on men in Wei, but it won't work on Master Liang. So, buzz off. Excuse us." He followed me off. "So what is your plan for tomorrow."
"First, we attack Zhao Fan. You and I shall go for a special scheme. As we begin Zhao Yun will go to Gui Yang and Zhang Fei will go to Wu Ling. Then, we all shall deal with Han Xuan. I'll give you more details after war council tomorrow when we arrive."
Little happened until the time we were heading toward Zhao Fan.
"Now, Lady Yu, in a matter of seconds a very crazy man is going to appear by the name of Xing Daorong." Sure enough as soon as the name was breathed an ambush gong was sounded. It still took me off-guard, however, and I instinctively clasped Master Liang's arm. "This is precisely why I told you about this." Soon, the rather odd man shouted.
"Hahahahahahahahaha I will destroy them all." Soon, we had easily dispatched of him. We pressed on toward Zhao Fan.
Zhuge Liang, in a ruse, lured the leader out of his line and into the fray. We easily killed him. Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei then moved on to their respective positions as we waited. Suddenly, Zhuge Liang yanked me over causing an arrow to barely miss my chest. We turned to see the bowmen, Xiahou Yuan.
"Why thank you Master Liang. You've saved my life twice now."
"Well, you're welcome but now we must face our enemies. Just play along."
"Alright."
"An impressive shot, Xiahou Yuan. But I must say your aim is off slightly."
"And you wonder why everyone hates you, Zhuge Liang?"
"I haven't time for such petty matters as I spend much of my time reading or directing battles. Not how you say 'wondering.'" Cao Ren stepped up behind him.
"Not even you can stop us now."
"Well now, I suppose I am defeated." I saw briefly Master Liang fingering something small and hard. He threw it causing a huge puff of smoke. And I suppose, much to our enemies' surprise we appeared behind them. This, angering the two generals, caused them to charge at Master Liang. Yet again, he overcame his enemy by using their anger against them. A single dodge and upward strike chained with his musou caused them to retreat. They should've known better. We finished off any remaining men and started toward the rendezvous point with Zhang and Zhao.
"So, how am I to repay you?"
"You're working beside me faithfully should suffice. I also believe that one day you shall save my life."
"Perhaps." We were the first there. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun both came simultaneously. We pressed onward. We split into two groups, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun on Wei Yan, Master Liang and myself on Huang Zhong. I hardly remember this battle except for the fact that Master Liang had whispered something into Huang Zhong's ear after his defeat, and that Huang Zhong had clipped the Sleeping Dragon on his arm during their clash. I began to see blood through the sleeve on his right arm.
"Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine." We met up with the others, obviously, they had also been given the same explicit instructions to Wei Yan. Han Xuan yelled to us from a lofty height in his castle.
"We shall stand steadfastly, we will not come out!" But three words from Zhuge Liang's lips struck fear into Han Xuan's soldiers.
"We will see." If three words of a Sleeping Dragon could stir an army to fear, then what could one thousand? Slowly but surely I saw his plan. Wei Yan and Huang Zhong appeared behind Han Xuan. They both in turn cut him down, his body falling from the dizzying heights of the castle walls. No one dared avenge him. All came down to surrender. Jing was taken. Huang Zhomg and Wei Yan were ours. We returned to Liu Bei late. Kongming kept his eyes on Wei Yan the entire time. I would learn later why this was…
