Dynasty Warriors: To End the Chaos

Chapter 12 of my Dynasty Warriors story, enjoy.

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Chapter 12: Battle of Wu Zhang Plains

The Shu army was busy preparing for the next assault; after sending the wounded home they awaited their reinforcements. While waiting Zhuge Liang read over a map of the Wu Zhang Plains, where Dong Zhuo was currently located. Soon he heard that their reinforcements from both Liang and Cheng Du had arrived; he left his tent to meet them. He noted them all assembling and their army growing. It was then he saw Liu Shan. He was shocked by his presence and hurried over to him.

"My lord, what are you doing here?" He asked, "You should be at Chengdu, Lady Xingcai..."

"Xingcai told me it was best that I come here." Liu Shan replied, "I agree with her; people need to see me fighting, lest they forget why this war started in the first place."

Zhuge Liang sighed, "The child?"

"We named him Liu Xuan." Was the reply, confirming to Zhuge Liang that the child had indeed been born.

Finally Zhuge Liang smiled and accepted Liu Shan's presence in the army; they headed with the other officers to Zhuge Liang's tent to begin the council. Just then however a messenger arrived with important news; he informed them of Cao-Cao's movements and the incident at Tong Gate. The Dong Zhuo forces that had been stationed there had fled here to warn Dong Zhuo. This meant Zhuge Liang's army had grown.

"This changes things slightly." Zhuge Liang stated before going over the plan and sending scouts to confirm enemy locations.

After receiving the scout's reports they marched out and finally made it to Wu Zhang.

Once there they made camp and confirmed the enemy positions, Dong Zhuo was stationed in a camp to the north with Li Ru and his brothers, it was guarded by Hua Xiong; Niu Fu, Fan Chou and Xu Rong were unaccounted for however. Li Su, Liu Ai and Xun Shuang guarded the western by road to the main camp, Li Jue, Guo Si and Wang Fang guarded the eastern by road; Humu Ban and Cai Yong guarded the frontal approach to the camp while Zhang Xiu and Zhang Zhi guarded two supply bases that also acted as garrisons; the Shu army would need to pass them to attack the rest of the army. Zhuge Liang laid out plans, the army would divide into three, once the storehouses had been claimed he and Liu Shan would move the main camp up to the central garrison, with the assistance of Yueying and Zhao Yun, and then the whole army would attack on three fronts. Meanwhile Ma Dai and Ma Chao was charged with attacking the east; Huang Zhong and Wei Yan led the western assault and Jiang Wei led the centre; Guan Ping, Guan Suo and Zhang Bao each joined one of the groups, as did the other officers. So, with their plans made they charged.

As they charged up Jiang Wei pondered about the whereabouts of Niu Fu, Fan Chou and Xu Rong. He then looked around and noted the cliffs situated about the Shu main camp.

"Of course." He breathed; Guan Suo turned to look at him.

"Lord Jiang Wei?"

Jiang Wei spoke directly to him. "Those three missing officers from Dong Zhuo's army, they're on the cliffs above our camp, waiting to ambush us. We have to get up there and stop them."

Guan Suo nodded and so Jiang Wei gave his orders and a ladder was erected and set against the cliffs. He and Guan Suo climbed up and sure enough the ambush unit was there. They fell upon them and fought desperately. Startled, the trio attempted to fight back, ruining their ambush and giving away their location. Angered by this Niu Fu leapt down to carry out the attack anyway, bested in battle Xu Rong fled while Fan Chou continued to fight. Finally however he fled too, as did Niu Fu when he was bested by Zhao Yun. By this time the two Zhangs had been defeated and so Jiang Wei returned his army to their path and soon occupied the central garrison. The main camp was moved up and the next stage of the battle was ready to begin.

Dong Zhuo was shocked at the defeat of his ambush and the two Zhangs and so he ordered his brothers out to fight. They headed out, each heading down one of the bypaths. Keeping in their groups the three wings of the Shu army advanced. As they did so, giving regular reports to each other Zhuge Liang noted the numerous areas were traps would have been deadly.

'It is great luck that Li Ru had only just arrived when we began our attack.' Zhuge Liang thought to himself. 'If he had been given time he would have indeed set traps...He is probably cursing his misfortune even now.'

They then received word that the two wings had met resistance from Dong Zhuo's brothers and the troops and officers stationed at each by road. They continued to advance however and soon met the two officers guarding the frontal route. Noting that they were court officials and not warriors Zhuge Liang gave the order and his entire unit charged. Overwhelmed they forced to retreat, then came word from the wings again; they had finally broken through and forced the officers attacking them, and their troops to retreat. Following this the Shu army surrounded three sides of Dong Zhuo's camp; they knew that Li Ru and Dong Zhuo were inside. Hua Xiong however had been posted at the gates and was ready for a duel. Seeing a chance here Zhuge Liang sent instructions to certain officers.

Hua Xiong made his challenge and Zhao Yun rode out to answer it. They fought valiantly for fifty blows but then Zhao Yun fell back, Ma Chao rode out to take his place and again fought for fifty blows before falling back. Following this Guan Ping and Wei Yan rode out one after the other, fighting no more than fifty blows before retreating. Then finally, Huang Zhong rode out. He kept his fight up for a hundred blows and with the hundredth he knocked Hua Xiong off his horse and forced him to retreat. They then broke into the camp, just as Zhuge Liang suspected; Hua Xiong had been a distraction, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru had fled. Now all of Dong Zhuo's army was in one place; Chang An. Zhuge Liang sent news of his victory to Liu Bei and then, the decision was med, it was time. While the rest of the Shu army and officers dispersed throughout the territories to keep order, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Lu Shan and certain other officers headed for Luoyang, to meet the Emperor; Cao-Cao and Sun Jian were doing the same. All of them were thinking one thing, Dong Zhuo's time had come.

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