Dynasty Warriors: To End the Chaos
Chapter 7 of my Dynasty Warriors story, enjoy :)
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Chapter 7: A Moment of Calm
In Shu the army from the Southern Campaign had returned and was resting. Meanwhile Zhuge Liang went to meet with Liu Bei; some time had passed after all since he had left. He found Liu Bei engaged in a discussion with some of the court officials present. They all looked troubled, it was then Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang, he stood up.
"Zhuge Liang, you could not have come at a better time." He stated. "We would appreciate your advice."
Zhuge Liang bowed and took his seat.
"I am at your disposal my lord; how may I be of assistance?" He replied.
Liu Bei resumed his seat and then explained the problem; "We are planning what moves we could make north...but we trouble, with our supply lines. The routes are treacherous and difficult; our army may run out of food and be forced to return home."
Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled. "You need not worry; all of you; Yueying is already working on a new invention that will make transporting supplies much easier."
The court officials were amazed at this but Zhuge Liang simply shrugged. Liu Bei also understood and shook his head.
"Unlike much of his other work, there's nothing fantastic about that, it's just a simple case of thinking ahead."
"My lord is correct." Zhuge Liang replied, "Now, while our army rests, we must make plans and ensure we have everything we need for this campaign."
They all agreed and continued to work.
Zhuge Liang had been gone five months, the planning for the next campaign and letting the army rest also took a whole month. But all of this mattered little to Liu Shan; he had more important things on his mind. Despite his wishes to the contrary he had to sit with his father and the rest of the officers for the final stages of the plan. At that time they had received a letter from Wu about their successes at Chi Bi and Fan Castle. It also became clear that Cao-Cao would make his move soon, with the planning complete Zhuge Liang decided to lead the campaign himself and that they would start tomorrow. Finally he was allowed to leave and returned to small palace that had been erected in the grounds of the main one. The servants bowed as he passed, normally he would follow his father's example and urge them to stand back up, but right now he was hurried. He soon arrived at the comfortable, tranquil room that had been set up near the back of the palace. Xingcai was lying back on her bed, her stomach swollen, according to the doctors, when she had returned to them she was already two months pregnant; she was now eight months. She saw him enter and attempted to sit up.
"No, it's okay Xingcai." He replied as he sat down next to her. "You shouldn't push yourself too hard."
She nodded and lay back with a sigh. She hated this, being stuck lying here while a war was going on, she missed the battlefield already.
Still, she knew it was for the best; she could hardly fight now after all. Also with Liu Shan's presence required at council meetings, he was able to tell he what was going on so she wasn't kept in the dark. He informed her of the recent plans that had been formed.
"We're going to make the push north now. Yueying's wood ox inventions are complete." He explained, "So now we can transport supplies and Zhuge Liang has already chosen our first target, Tian Shui. Once we claim that, we can pursue and harass Dong Zhuo, while the rest of the army goes north and frees Liang Province from his clutches."
She smiled and nodded. "So we're reaching the end."
He smiled back and they kissed, Liu Shan continued his vigil while Xingcai rested. It wouldn't be much longer, only one more month. Given the length of time it took to travel and the possible length of the siege the battle at Tian Shui would likely still be raging at the time the baby was due. Meanwhile Zhuge Liang saw to it that the army was ready. Yueying stood nearby with the wood ox all ready.
"We shall begin at once, my husband." She stated, he smiled and nodded.
"Good, let us take the fight to Dong Zhuo. It is time to cripple his army and turn the tide of this war."
Along with Yueying he was taking Ma Chao and Jiang Wei with him, as well as Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Gao Xiang, Ma Su, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Yan-Yan, Liu Feng, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. After ensuring preparations were complete; he bid farewell to Liu Bei and the army departed, heading to Tian Shui.
Meanwhile, in Wei Cao-Cao had called all his officers to a meeting.
"Everything has gone as planned." He explained, "It is time for us to make our move. They will not suspect anything, so we shall surge over them."
Cao Pi nodded. "Father, were shall we strike first."
"I want the following to ready their armies and accompany me. Cao Pi, Wang Yi, Guo Jia; Yue Jin, Li Dian, Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhen, Yu Jin, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang, Cao Hong, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Mao Jie, Man Chong, Wang Ping, Xiahou Mao, Zhang Hu and Wang Shuang."
They all stood and bowed. Cao-Cao nodded and then revealed.
"We shall make a straight and direct attack; our targets are Si Shui and Hu Lao gates, the rest of you. Dong Zhuo still holds territories west of Luoyang, claim it in our name and then, we shall march upon the capital and force him out of there."
The men all bowed and the Wei army prepared before marching out, ready to reveal their true allegiance and take down Dong Zhuo.
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