Well well well, here we are gain. Chapter 5 of Clash of Warriors.
I am sorry for the delay in the upload, been busy with school, Math takes more time than I expected but hey, can now say I passed Advanced Engineering Mathematics… a course at the Technical University of Denmark, so now I got some more time to update, huzah!
Well, let's begin shall we?
Temujin and Tamerlane walks down the halls of the conquered palace of Thi-Dah. Temujin had called out to potential allies within China to come and aid him in his war against the middle kingdom.
Manchurian warlords, dishonored generals and other people who had a reason to hate the emperor of Aizong, or his court. All had they sent him their representatives, and now the two Khans were walking to meet them all.
They entered the throne room of the palace. Wolfs, elephants, Oxes and several tigers welcomed the two of them. Their chattering stopped and followed the two felines, watching as Temujin sat on the throne of Thi-Dah, sitting before them in his black iron armor. He nodded at them all, before looking at Tamerlane, nodding for him to take a seat on the minor chair beside the throne. Despite the tiger being the bigger, it was obvious Temujin is in charge.
Temujin looks back out to the warlords and opens his mouth.
"I summoned you all here because all of us have an common enemy. Emperor Aizong has in one way caused harm to us or our people"
He turns to look at the Manchurian warlords, mainly consisting of tigers and a single snow leopard.
"The Han tried to subdue your people in the past, now their heir attempts the same. They impose their rules and subdue your people. Unite under me, and we will wipe the heavenly emperor of this earth"
All of them nodded at the snow leopard. Temujin now turns to the dishonored generals.
"You served the Song emperor"
Immediately glares are send by the warlords and even some Mongol soldiers glare at them. in fact, it only looks like Temujin is the only one who is not glaring.
"But he betrayed you for your loyal service. Know this. Ever since I became Khan of the Mongol, betrayal has been treated with death. If anyone kills their Khan, they are an enemy of the empire. Join up with us, and I will bring this justice to Emperor Aizong, personally if needed"
The general nodded. They mainly consist of Rhinos, water buffaloes and a single elephant. All had served Emperor Aizong in his many campaigns against rebel southerners or against the Kingdom of Dai-Viet, all had they brought soldiers loyal to them and found the emperors words to be unjust.
"If you accept, hand Tamerlane your weapons. Those who accept will be told my plan for the invasion, those who decline, get out of my sight!"
Everyone inside of the room seemed reluctant to move until one of the Manchu warlords, a Siberian Tiger, the same kind as Tamerlane, but still a head smaller than the Mongol Khan. He handed the bigger tiger his sword, nodding at him. Tamerlane rolled his eye as he accepted the weapon.
More followed after, all the warlords and the general handed over their weapons. Temujin nodded and could not help but smirk as he watches Tamerlane holding a giant pile of weapons, struggling to keep them all from falling to the ground.
"From now on, you serve not only me, but Tengri, Lord of the Sky"
Temujin looked around, the Manchu warlords were content, but the generals started laughing, receiving glares by the warlords and Mongols.
"You do not believe in Tengri, Generals?"
A young water buffalo stepped forward, an elder buffalo behind would try to stop him but fails. The young buffalo would be shaking his head, with a grin on his head.
"No we do not, as we know he is just a fake being. Any religions leader is just a fake bei-"
A lightning bolt hits the young buffalo, shot through a window. The buffalo would turn ablaze by the bolt. He falls to the ground, completely dead. The generals look on in shock, the one who tried to stop him worst of them all. Temujin raises his eyebrow.
"A son?"
The elderly buffalo would nod, unable to form any words. Temujin shakes his head.
"I am sorry for your loss, but an example was needed. Tengri looks over us, but if he is spoken ill of, if he is looked down upon and if you betray his champion, will he come and destroy you"
Immediately a thunderbolt can be heard from outside and a rain begins. The rain would continue for days.
"Now listen, bring these words to your men or masters. You generals will join forces with my horde, and together we will storm and take Yungle pass. It is the road that combines central and northern China to Thi-Dah. We know Commander Vachir holds the place with his elite Anvil of Heaven"
The general all nodded, some paled knowing how fierce a fighter Vachir could be. They looked as Tamerlane smirked, all wondering if the tiger had ever meet the Rhino. Temujin looked over to the Manchurians.
"While this happens, Warlord Cao Fen will lead his and the northern warlords of Manchuria into Fenghuan. You will bleed the Imperial army dry and march south until you can link up with us near Yungle City, from there we will march on Zheng-Du, the palace of the Emperor"
The Tiger warlords, Cao Fen especially, nodded at this. He had looked forward to the day he would march on Zheng-Du. The single snow leopard in the group would raise her paw.
"Sorry Khan Temujin, but what of the Southern warlords"
Eyes would go from the female snow leopard to the male one. Temujin would actually let out a smile.
"Glad you asked, Mei Xien, daughter of Zhan Xien. The Imperial tributary of Joseon will without a doubt march from Seoul to Zheng-Du. Your Father's instructions are to destroy and raze the Korean peninsula from Haixi in the north, to Busan in the south. When done, bring the Jade statues of Seoul to me, as proof of your victory"
Mei Xien nods and sits back. She can't but stop to notice how Khan Temujins sight won't go away from her, not even looking away to answer a question from one of the generals. Seems I caught his attention.
Temujin rises from his seat, making everyone else rise from theirs as well.
"In five days we march on Yungle, Manchu, bring the words to your men. When we are done will, they have enough gold to buy every luxury in the empire a hundred times over and still have enough for a hundred more. Now go, for Tengri!"
"For Tengri!" the entire crowd yells afterwards, Tamerlane included. Temujin smiled, he was one step closer to getting his revenge on the Song emperor.
Meanwhile far to the south in the Valley of Peace. Po is walking within the jade palace, fanboying over all the different Kung Fu items. He walks up to the urn of whispering warriors. He knew he should not touch it, but he could not resist it. His finger was just an inch from the urn, when he felt a presence right behind. He looked back and looked straight into the eyes of Oogway.
Po was startled and turned around immediately. He bumped the urn and it fell down from the pedestal and broke into a thousand pieces. He gasped and looked like he had just committed the biggest dishonor to Kung Fu he could, but raised his eyebrow when he looked at Oogway. The old turtle was simply smiling at him.
"I was beginning to wonder if Zed had any more to do, now he has"
Oogway walked past Po, stopping at the moon pool. He waved the Panda closer with his right hand. Po walked forward slowly, but found his strength and walked up to the old master, showing an image of confidence, at least on the outside.
"You must be very confused"
Po was about to say something but decided not to say anything. He simply looked at the shell of the old turtle. Oogway spoke up again.
"The universe has a fun way of thinking. Now, Dragon Warrior, it is time you knew why you were needed to be picked"
Oogway turned around and motioned for someone behind Po to get closer. Po looked behind and there stood Tai Lung and Master Shifu, slowly walking up to the two of them. Po could easily see the hate in the eyes of the grandmaster, while Tai Lungs emotion were rather, cold. Shifu spoke up.
"Days ago, the Mongol warlord, Temujin, Khan of the Merkits, now proclaimed Khan of the Mongols, conquered and destroyed the Kingdom of Thi-Dah"
Po could only nod, he knew of the Kingdom mostly because he knew literally all there is to be known about the masters of Kung Fu, and King Teemutai is one of them. He listened on as Shifu kept speaking.
"The Emperor has called the Jade Palace to war. Master Oogway saw in a vision the true power of this Temujin. He is the Champion of Tengri, someone who only the Dragon Warrior can defeat, and that would be -you-"
Po easily caught the venom in Shifu's voice. He gulped and directly looked at Oogway as the turtle decided to speak.
"Tai Lung and the five will leave tomorrow to hold Yungle Pass from Temujin and his army; in the meanwhile you will stay here and train from Master Shifu. He will form you into a proper warrior"
Po was both excited and fearful when he heard Oogway's words. He is going to be training to become a warrior, but his trainer is Master Shifu. He shivered at the thought and expected to be thrown down the thousand steppes by Shifu in no time. However, he just had to take it as it come.
Hours later, it is night and we see a very sad and angered snow leopard. He paces back and forth inside from time to time smashing his paws into the training dummy. He lifted it up threw it into the air and spinned around before kicking it in the middle, sending it flying towards the entrance.
The dummy never hit the air. The moment it hit the door, a force from the other side whacked it backwards, sending the dummy to land in front of the snow leopard. Tai Lung looked at the dummy, then over to the door. There stood Tigress with a weird smile on her face.
"Twenty years ago you found me here hitting that thing, do you remember that?"
Tai lung looked at the dummy and sighed, he did. It was the same day he had been rejected the scroll. He looked up at her and smiled. He nodded at her.
"I do. Was about to go into the valley, when I saw you trying to deliver a proper kick, ohh the misery I saw that night"
Both tiger and snow leopard laughed. Over the years Tai Lung had come to see Tigress as a little sister, as she technically was, Shifu adopted them both. The two felines were close and spoke in ways siblings would.
"Thinking about the Panda?"
Tai Lung's hand went into a fist and hit the dummy on the head, making it jump right.
"How could Oogway pick a panda, a PANDA as the legendary dragon warrior!"
Tigress sighed but smirker. She knew how to make Tai Lung think of something else than being the dragon warrior, and that Panda. She went into a defensive stance.
"Want to face an opponent that knows how to strike back, or is the dummy all you can manage?"
Tai Lung entered his usual style, and grinned.
"But of course sister"
Outside stood Master Shifu. He looked at his children from the shadows, and could not help but smile. They had both become strong warriors, and now they seemed to look for one another. If the gods are on his side, will they be with him until the day he join the temple in the sky. He turned away and walks towards his room.
He had a long day ahead of him. He has a panda to throw out.
Well this is chapter 5 of Clash of Warriors. Hope you liked it, if you did leave a review and tell me what you liked about it. If you got any questions then just ask them and I will answer in the future, until next time. Cya.