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Post by Zhang Liao on Oct 16, 2010 2:52:59 GMT
Sima Yi was exploring the town where he just become an officer at. He was amazed at how happy the people in this place were , especially after all of the chaos that was happening around the land. He went to look at some clothes for himself and couldn't find anything special for him, so he went back to the palace. It was on the way back he noticed Wei's officers like, Lord Wei Yan a stron and powerful leader who can rally his troops at will. Liao Wei an overall great warrior who is not rash in making decision, and himself, who was a mastermind of war and has read the great strategist, Sun Tze, famous book and memorized it. But there was one person who he didn't know much about a women named Ming Xiang. He wanted to know every officer of Wei so that way when he tells them his strategies and they can understand the reasoning behind it.
After walking around he went back into his room and started to read the Art of War so he can develop a better understanding of this man and his tactics. He was half way done and decided to leave the rest for the next day and went to see the troops train.
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Post by Ming Xiang on Oct 16, 2010 3:13:14 GMT
The fair weather was different from what she ever experienced before. The sun was glowing the people were training hard trying to prove them self to there lord or at least the officer being able to earn a higher position sooner. The army of Sima Yi was beside the four hundred swordsmen of Ming Xiang army that were training with the leading guard of Cao Cao army. The citizen were all enjoying there new city Inn that was built most recently and completed better then it was before. The temperature was cold enough that you want heavy layers of clothes or at least there armor before going even close to the window without it.
Ming Xiang was in her room waking up a bit late not feeling one hundred. She gets her armor ready just in case that she meets a bandit or two like her luck was when she gets outside from these location. She gets her army one hundred percent on without the helmet that she left on her self on to of her big bed. The guard was at the door of her room waiting to make sure she was alright since Cao Cao gives her a special attention. She opens the door of her room and the guard left the post when he saw that she was alright.
She got outside breathing in the fresh air from the trees of the forest close to the city. She was outside seeing the merchants trying to rip off people like there normal but she did not care since Cao Cao gets stuff for free either way. She was walking and then she saw a man watching the people that were training in the ground were her units were. She was not sure if he was a bandit or a spy that she decided not to take any chance. She takes her right blade only and keeps the left one close attached the chain that goes on her wrist. She walks closer to the person that hold her attention and before she said a word she notice it was the new strategist of there army. Putting away her sword she goes next to him. "So do you think the army will be ready for the next big battle we will have to fight in?" She stood there without even looking at the strategist not really sure of his personality knowing that he betrayed his old leader making her want to kill him just in case that his thoughts were the same for what she wanted to do.
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Post by Zhang Liao on Oct 16, 2010 3:50:24 GMT
Sima Yi turned to look at the lady who joined him watch the troops train, and realized that it was Ming Xiang. He turned back to watch the troops train." Well hopefully Lord Cao Cao's plans work and are troops are disciplined enough and then we can defeat our enemy, Lord Yuan Shao. Sima said noticing that the troops were working really hard and knew that at this rate they will be strong enough to be an elite force in the land.
Yi then turned to Ming Xiang and noticed that there was a tension between the two of them and he didn't know why. " Lady Ming Xiang I am not an idiot and i know when people are angry at me, so please tell me what is on your mind, for it is important for the strategist to have an understanding of his fellow officers for his plans to work. He said as he waited for her reply.
But out of nowhere he hears a snap and sees that one of the troops spears have snapped in half. He new that he needed to find some better weapons for the soldiers.
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Post by Ming Xiang on Oct 16, 2010 16:59:23 GMT
Ming Xiang watches the training of the troop seeing that the spears were not good enough. The spears were made in wood which was not strong enough to with stand punishments compare metal. Her father thought her how to make spears out of metal since Wu used to use it but she did not know if they still did. She was thinking these things to ignore Sima Yi question because it is not that she does not like him is that he did not earn her trust yet and might never will since with her it is really hard to earn. One of her swordsmen was swinging his sword very well like in the level of a guard and maybe she could make him her first lieutenant for her first battle that she will go in which was still unknown the when by her and also by her lord Cao Cao. She watched her troops carefully trying to see what would go well with her swords men and the only thing that did come to mind was archers. She knew that archers were good since they can fire from a good distance and with the swordsmen that she has in her troops maybe they can protect the archers she would get for her army.
She then decided to answer Sima Yi question on the anger but it was hard for her to explains when she is not sure of the reason herself. "I am not sure Sima Yi, I do not believe the stories that you are a good strategist and since you cannot fight makes me wounder if you are worth are time." The reason she gave came from thinking on her feet but yet it did make sense for a answer for why she does not trust him and many other things to be honest. She loved Cao Cao but she never was sure about his choice to get Sima Yi in there army he does not seem like much and if he cannot make a working strategy then he was not worth the skin that he was wearing even less being called the strategist of Wei.
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Post by Zhang Liao on Oct 17, 2010 16:24:35 GMT
Sima Yi was insulted by what this women just said. He never in all of his life thought himself as a great strategist like Sun Tze, but had an understanding of his strategies. Sima took time to compose himself for awhile and then decided to answer her statements. Well, Lady Ming I am a young strategist with only room to grow, plus I do not see myself as the Strategist of Wei, Lord Cao Cao is more than capable of doing that by himself. he finished turning back to the troops.
He decided that after their training he himself might go in there and also to find some capable blacksmith to improve their weapons
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Post by Ming Xiang on Oct 17, 2010 19:47:59 GMT
She ignores his words like she normally does when she does not care. She was still looking at the people that were training wondering how many of them will die in the next battle just to try and prove them self to the others that they want to be one of the best warriors in China or even the world. She knew that some of them are to brave for there own good but she cannot judge them since she is almost the exact same way as those people are. She does not believe to be the best but she does always want to try and become the best and is not scare to run in at a challenge and fight until her last breath but that days might come soon. She is always wondering why people just train hard and stop the fighting why we cannot just live in piece and harmony. This is not the reality and now it is time for war and she needs to do what she needs to do to make it a peaceful land once more.
She then looked at Sima Yi "You better be worth something cause the last thing we need is someone that cannot do what they are suppose to. If you do not have good strategies I would watch myself if I were you Sima Yi." She said while she was leaving the training ground going toward her room once more not knowing what was going to happened next if she will need to kill Sima Yi herself or if he will do his job well enough to make Wei win this war over the lands and make it in peace she just hopes that everything will work out or chaos will come and destroy the people on the land before someone notice that this war was not the solution.
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Post by Zhang Liao on Oct 18, 2010 0:11:28 GMT
Sima was frustrated at this women, who had insulted him and then walked up, so he ran up to her and said, Ok, women I have know clue who you are and I am pretty sure you don't know much about me at all,besides that I am a strategist, so I don't understand why you would insult me after I have done no foul deed to you and then you walk off, He finished as he composed himself.
He hoped that this women wouldn't come back to haunt him if he did anything wrong, even though he might just have done it. He could tell that this women had a scheme of some sort and also a troubled past but didn't even bother to ask her about either.
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