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[Simon]

DAY 1 – RESTORATION

“The people. Once lived in chaos and now a window of hope unfolds.....”

After taking Yong An, Liu Bei and the rest of the Shu forces moved in and began work on restoring the people’s hope. Alot was happening over the land, many warlords had grew rapidly, particularly Cao Cao who had the majority of Zhongyuan under his grasp, but who knows how far his ambition will take him. The people in the prosperous lands of Yi all felt safe but a dark cloud had fallen upon them, as many began to fear many possibilities and many were not sure of Liu Bei’s intentions.

It was time to restore people’s hope. The opportunity had arrived when one of Guan Yu’s soldiers reported to him about a rebellion between some townsfolk. Guan Yu with just a few soldiers made his way to the centre of Yong An, and at first, leant against the wall so he could hear what was being said and come to an understanding of what was happening....

”That’s 5 gold pieces please”
”Why? So you can give it to precious Lord Liu Bei?!”
”No gold. You can’t take away any of my goods”
”Acting all tough guy now. These men from the East have certainly changed your attitude”
”What you talking about Gen Pi?! You’ve been acting very mad since Liu Bei greeted us. Now why the atto?”
”Know what, you can keep your goods! Liu Bei only wants more land. He doesn’t care about bringing in more goods. The crops will also fade away for his big banquets, leaving us folk with little to no food! What you think of that then?!”
”We should charge in and get our old Governor back! Yeah!”
”Don’t be such fools. Here, 5 gold pieces. Give Gen Pi what he wants and we move on”
”Thank you Di Ji, but I’m afraid a problem unsolved is a problem to occur once more. Say thank you Gen Pi”
”I SAID I do NOT want your soon-to-be-GONE goods, so what is the point! I’ll marched to Yongan now and tell Liu Bei to leave! If he is as virtuous as he claims to be, he will do as he says”
”And if he does, it shows he is being honest and you would of got rid of a great governor for the people of Yong An, because I will not be happy with you”

The conflict continued. Guan Yu left the soldiers and walked into the center, and walked up to a platform so he was higher than everyone else, before nodding to the soldiers that he left. A chime was sounded and all civilians turned to face him.

”Oh look now. The beast himself!”
”Can’t you just shut up!”
”Quiet please. I want to hear!”

Guan Yu glanced over the audience infront of him and began to stroke his beard, ”Citizens of Yong An. I am Guan Yu, brother of Liu Bei. I have heard reports of some unanswered questions and some trouble stirring up in the center. I am here to assure you that now Liu Bei is here, you have no need to worry about an attack..”

”Yeah yeah. That’s why we have Bandits in the North and all he can do is talk and stroke his big long beard. He might trip over it”
”Do learn your manners. He knows already. Bet ya!”
”Enough! Hush....”

”A force is being prepared to meet the Bandits who wish to cause havoc for the people of Yong An. Liu Bei is a man of virtue and I have not had the pleasure to meet such a man before I met him. The Liu family are all respectable individuals. Lord Liu Bei being a descendant of Liu Sheng himself. However, I have not come to praise my brother but to eradicate your worries that you will all be treated with care and no need to worry. You can continue with your usual trade of business. Fields will be cultivated and expanded. Markets will develop new methods to increase revenue. More Trade doors will be opened, so business will continue to grow”.

Guan Yu paused, ”We welcome any volunteers that wish to aid Liu Bei in his vision to unite the land. If we stand by and do nothing, chaos will envelop our lands of peace so we must do everything we can to stop this chaos. Tomorrow, I shall begin training my forces. Volunteers are free to join me, and work with my troops who will train with you for when you are in combat. Many individuals have stood up for what they have believed in. I, myself, believe in Liu Bei and I swore that I will aid Liu Bei towards his vision and create the peace that we all desire. I will not take anymore of your time, but remember that we will do everything we can to ensure the people of Yong An are safe. You can be sure of that”, before stepping down.

When here returned to the soldiers, he passed a few parchments from his robe and gave them to the soldiers, ”Put these posters up in the other villages in Yong An. Begin immediately”. The soldier nodded and left Guan Yu’s side.

[Simon]

DAY 2 – REVITALATE

“Everything takes time but how much time is left before chaos reaches our doorstep...”

It wasn’t only the people that needed their spirits restoring, the troops also needed to gain more strength and continue their training so they could improve. However Guan Yu had something different in mind to both train the troops and raise morale, as he entered the garrison where the troops were ready and waiting.

”We have achieved success in taking Yong An. Brother Liu Bei has left to secure friendly relations with Liu Zhang, so in the meantime, we must train to make sure you don’t lose your strength. First of all, I would like to see what you have got, so Spearmen are to work in the top right corner, Archers using the Target Practice in the middle, Cavalry using the bottom area and pikes in the top left. I will observe your progress. One rule: Do not stop! If you are faced with an enemy, you must not stop or they will take advantage and wipe you out. Another rule: Keep going. Similar to the first rule, but even if you feel weak or you are pressured against an army of 3000, you must do all you can to push the enemies around you away. Now go!”

Guan Yu arrived in the top right section of the Garrison and saw the spearmen all lined up facing West and practicing the spear and already he wasn’t too pleased.

”If someone sees a person lieing on the floor. They tend to gently touch the person to check their reaction. This is how you are with your spears”, he pauses as he puts down Blue Dragon and takes a spear, ”If you do your touch movement, all you are doing is stabbing forward”, as he carried out the action to demonstrate, then waved his hand towards the rest of his body, ”Leaving the rest of your body vulnerable. You must therefore learn how to use your whole body. Spears are pretty easy to handle and are not as heavy as Pikes, but they can be as strong as pikes if used effectively. You hold your spear, lunge forward. Don’t hold your spear straight, always keep it horizontal, so you can protect not only your top half of your body but also the bottom. Never give the enemy a chance to swipe you from under your feet. After you lunge forward and keep your spear horizontal, you can then push your whole weight to push them back. Make sure your fingers are kept tightly, or they will be crushed between your spear and the enemy’s weapon. Now, practice!”

He stood back as he watched them, then moved on to check the Pikemen, the Bowmen, the cavalry, each of them giving improvements on handling weapons more accurately, before coming to his idea. From his speech, he asked for volunteers but the question was, who would teach them, so he decided to do a sort of game and a training exercise to get the troops going as he gathered them all to the middle. ”You have been training hard, get some well earned west, remember what you were taught and see you back here tomorrow”.

[Simon]

DAY 3 – REFORM

“Some say the mind is everything but strength needs to continue for the mind to work. Training, training and more training!”

Guan Yu was standing in the middle of the Garrison at noon, when the troops had arrived back and had their sleep, ”I trust that you all had your well-earned rest as you will need it for the task I am going to set you. You are going to be against everybody here, as one big skirmish. We need to ensure that you all fight well, even against those you call your friends as betrayal can lay anyway, so you must be ready to fight and not to falter. You will be using training swords. Those remaining from the skirmish will be made Elite Troops whose job will be to train the recruits and in battle, to protect our Lord Liu Bei. You can form groups and work together.”, he paused as he waited till they all had changed their weapons, ”The training will begin”, as he twirled round and beat the gong behind him, before standing beside it watching the skirmish be carried out.

The troops had divided into groups then split up to attack the other groups. When the troops clashed, many fell on impact, ”Remember to keep your swords raised and protect more than one part of your body!”, he added to motivate and encourage the others. Afterall, they were all in the same team.
The skirmish continued with Guan Yu roaring more advice to the soldiers. Clashes of swords could be heard all around the Garrison and many impressive moves with their weapons could be seen, though Guan Yu remained motionless without showing any sign of a smile.

After some time passed, only few remained, so Guan Yu stopped it, ”I have seen some impressive skills today. You have put your skills to the test and remaining troops have outlasted the rest. However, if you are to be called Elite, to be able to defend a General, you must also be like a bodyguard aswell as being able to take on a General. The General you would be protecting would be able to handle it, but would make their job alot easier if they had the advantage, so taking out the opposing General’s horse would be beneficial. You can use this skill for opposing strong cavalry units also. Starting, with your blade raised high, you would block the general’s attack, while other soldiers protect your rear, then bring your weapon right down and hit the horse’s back legs, before lifting your weapon back up to the defensive. Of course, if facing more than one horse, you would stay down and aim for legs with your fellow soldiers keeping them busy”, as he paused and whistled as a grande horse, red in colour, raced to Guan Yu’s side.

Guan Yu mounted on Red Hare, ”Prepare yourselves and work as a team as I have taught you”, as he charged to the other end of the Garrison, while the troops all lined up ready, with their weapons raised ready. Guan Yu nodded then patted Red Hare’s neck , as the horse began to race towards the soldiers. He lifted Blue Dragon and swung it round, pushing the soldiers out the way, until he reached the end of the line of soldiers, where two soldiers lunged forward and pushed against the blade, while the other ducked down and hit the legs of Red Hare, causing Red Hare to lift the upper part of its body. Guan Yu pushed the other soldier down with Blue Dragon, then stroked Red Hare’s mane to cool him down.

Once Guan Yu and Red Hare were back on the ground, he turned round, ”Excellent teamwork. It will now be upto you to train any volunteers we get from the city and to continue helping the other troops”, as he walked out the Garrison. Training was complete....for now. There was still more to be done.


(OOC: Regarding Elite, if able to become an upgraded troop type then that’s fine. If upgraded troop type is not wanted, then will just be used for RP purposes when training troops)

[Gong]

Another good task Simon, I did enjoy reading this one; finally some training for Shu... heh
~ Damn those Wu...





Rewards


Because of the training, the troops under the control of Guan Yu will have a reduced morale penalty in the next skirmish/battle that he takes part in.

Also, for the posters that Guan Yu placed over the city of Yong'an all officers who attack from Yong'an shall have an extra 500 Peasants in the next skirmish/battle.


+ 40 Reputation Points