Post by Sex machine on Jun 13, 2006 12:03:28 GMT -5
Zhou looked around as his small cart set off from Ru Nan,he had been sent to get more recruits and help with the problem of bandits ambushing trade caravans.
Letting the weak sun cast a shadow over his hooded face Zhou grinned slyly,under the thick robe he wore he had his armor and weapons.As the city shrank into the distance Zhou wrapped his cloak around himself,hiding from the biting wind.On Zhou's and the cart behind his were a small company of Zhou's men,the rest of the carts were real merchants the kingdom of Wu had been generous with rewards for them helping.
Zhou looked at the bleak landscape,scarred by war and death,slowly the sun receeded into the horizon casting the darkness across the land.Zhiu reached to his hips,and his katana's he could feel the eyes on the trade caravan,it seemed the horses pulling them could sense this also as they neighed and looked around bewildered.
Then it came,a shrill whistle and in a instant the man next to Zhou collapsed holding his throat trying in vain to remove the black feathered arrow from his throat.Then in a dexterous movement Zhou,with his hands on his weapons,drew the blades and at the same time sliced through his robe cutting it from his lithe frame.Like a wave the Wu troops did the same producing bows from crates.Then they came,still with cover from the unseen,deadly archers chargin from the small forest,raging men wearing black covered in tatoos and screaming war charges.
"Now!Archers,covering fire"
Then with practiced efficiency the carts wheeled around to create a barrier from the bandits.With heavy fire from arrows raining down on the visious figures cutting them down brutally.Even under the arrow fire the bandits reached the carts and jumped over them,Zhou saw three look at him and nod a unspoken command and charged.The first brought down his spear on Zhou's head only to meet air as the Wu general rolled under his attack and,kneeling low,plunged a sword into his lungs slicing through leather,skin,bone.The second swung a axe down on the crouched form of Zhou and Zhou rose up slicing with his free blade,removing the hand of the bandit with a crimson splatter,as the man cowered grasping at his stump Zhou tore his first blade from the dead man and sliced open the throat of the handless man.Looking at the third Zhou realised he had no time to prepare a defence,the warrior stoodover him sword held poised to stab,closing his eyes Zhou waited for the chilling embrace of death to take him.However it never came the bandit raised a hand to the back of his head and touched the arrow protruding from his skull,behind him stood Sun Feng,bow in hand offering a smile to Zhou he began singing of his bow soundung the deaths of numerous bandits.
Zhou let the warrior within loose,diving under attacks butchering all foes in his path his deadly dance was a thing of beauty much like the man in the centre,his katana's whirled around creating a crimson rain to splatter around the warrior.Zhou looked around seeing the Wu forces fighting to a standstill he watched as a bandit beheaded a Wu corporal only to be silenced by a spear through the gut.Zhou looked around,seeing a tall figure in the middle of the minature battle ground,Zhou knew he was the leader.The bandit leader was called Su Tian he stood at maybe 6'2,well built and wore a wolf skin the head over his own skull,his face was a mass of scars,one of his eyes was a milky white and had a cut right over it,Su had a large broadsword and wielded it with simple,brutal efficiency.
Zhou knew what he had to do and marched towards Su,the bandit did the same,each of them was untouched by the enemy and stood before one another.The rain began,smacking hard onto Zhou's armor with a ping and darkening the wolf skin of Su's.Each circled one another Su made the first move swinging down roughly,Zhou rose his blades and let them clash with a shudder,the might of Su almost knocked over Zhou and he staggered back.Egged on by the first attack Su raised to attack again,now Zhou rolled to the side sliced with his right blade at the back of Su's knee making the strong warrior fall to the ground.Zhou sensed he had the chance so tearing the blades across Su's neck he severed the bandit's head as it fell the bandit's looked on with desperation.Zhou saw a chance.
"Your leader is dead........I give you a choice serve Wu's army..........or die."
Looking around Zhou saw the bandit's throw down weapons.Zhou laughed to himself,well this went well,he thought.Setting the carts back into position Zhou and his men,with the additional bandit forces headed off.
Letting the weak sun cast a shadow over his hooded face Zhou grinned slyly,under the thick robe he wore he had his armor and weapons.As the city shrank into the distance Zhou wrapped his cloak around himself,hiding from the biting wind.On Zhou's and the cart behind his were a small company of Zhou's men,the rest of the carts were real merchants the kingdom of Wu had been generous with rewards for them helping.
Zhou looked at the bleak landscape,scarred by war and death,slowly the sun receeded into the horizon casting the darkness across the land.Zhiu reached to his hips,and his katana's he could feel the eyes on the trade caravan,it seemed the horses pulling them could sense this also as they neighed and looked around bewildered.
Then it came,a shrill whistle and in a instant the man next to Zhou collapsed holding his throat trying in vain to remove the black feathered arrow from his throat.Then in a dexterous movement Zhou,with his hands on his weapons,drew the blades and at the same time sliced through his robe cutting it from his lithe frame.Like a wave the Wu troops did the same producing bows from crates.Then they came,still with cover from the unseen,deadly archers chargin from the small forest,raging men wearing black covered in tatoos and screaming war charges.
"Now!Archers,covering fire"
Then with practiced efficiency the carts wheeled around to create a barrier from the bandits.With heavy fire from arrows raining down on the visious figures cutting them down brutally.Even under the arrow fire the bandits reached the carts and jumped over them,Zhou saw three look at him and nod a unspoken command and charged.The first brought down his spear on Zhou's head only to meet air as the Wu general rolled under his attack and,kneeling low,plunged a sword into his lungs slicing through leather,skin,bone.The second swung a axe down on the crouched form of Zhou and Zhou rose up slicing with his free blade,removing the hand of the bandit with a crimson splatter,as the man cowered grasping at his stump Zhou tore his first blade from the dead man and sliced open the throat of the handless man.Looking at the third Zhou realised he had no time to prepare a defence,the warrior stoodover him sword held poised to stab,closing his eyes Zhou waited for the chilling embrace of death to take him.However it never came the bandit raised a hand to the back of his head and touched the arrow protruding from his skull,behind him stood Sun Feng,bow in hand offering a smile to Zhou he began singing of his bow soundung the deaths of numerous bandits.
Zhou let the warrior within loose,diving under attacks butchering all foes in his path his deadly dance was a thing of beauty much like the man in the centre,his katana's whirled around creating a crimson rain to splatter around the warrior.Zhou looked around seeing the Wu forces fighting to a standstill he watched as a bandit beheaded a Wu corporal only to be silenced by a spear through the gut.Zhou looked around,seeing a tall figure in the middle of the minature battle ground,Zhou knew he was the leader.The bandit leader was called Su Tian he stood at maybe 6'2,well built and wore a wolf skin the head over his own skull,his face was a mass of scars,one of his eyes was a milky white and had a cut right over it,Su had a large broadsword and wielded it with simple,brutal efficiency.
Zhou knew what he had to do and marched towards Su,the bandit did the same,each of them was untouched by the enemy and stood before one another.The rain began,smacking hard onto Zhou's armor with a ping and darkening the wolf skin of Su's.Each circled one another Su made the first move swinging down roughly,Zhou rose his blades and let them clash with a shudder,the might of Su almost knocked over Zhou and he staggered back.Egged on by the first attack Su raised to attack again,now Zhou rolled to the side sliced with his right blade at the back of Su's knee making the strong warrior fall to the ground.Zhou sensed he had the chance so tearing the blades across Su's neck he severed the bandit's head as it fell the bandit's looked on with desperation.Zhou saw a chance.
"Your leader is dead........I give you a choice serve Wu's army..........or die."
Looking around Zhou saw the bandit's throw down weapons.Zhou laughed to himself,well this went well,he thought.Setting the carts back into position Zhou and his men,with the additional bandit forces headed off.
