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[Liu Sun]

Battle of Nan Hai!

JIAN AN ARMY
The Phoenix Legion
Xun Xiao (C-in-C) 91*-72-69*-40-44 Arson; Leader (e); Logistics; Loyalty; Raid;
Logistics and Supply (Lead +2); Mare (Lead +2); Political Map (Int +2)
General of Protocols (+15 Unit Limit, +20TP)
TP: 136
Ai Da (Advisor) 40-36-89-57-79 Medic; Mystic (e); Terrain; Zeal
Controller Commandant of Loyalty and Righteousness (+5 Unit Limit, +5 TP)
TP: 88
75 (100) Heavy Infantry

Zhao's Raiders
Zhao Xing 48-93*-61-36-67 Ambush; Arson; Blitz; Charge; Navy (e); Raid; Rally; Stealth
Steel Helm (War +3)
General of Warboats (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
Supply Wagons, 500 gold, 2400 food.
TP: 121
27 (0) Infantry



JIAO ZHI ARMY
Unit 1
Huang Yu (C-in-C) 85*-72-72-36-50 Counter; Fusillade; Inspire (e); Missile; Reversal; Volley
Wind [mount] (Lead +3; +5 War for Duels)
Magistrate of Jiaozhi (+20 Unit Limit, +30 TP, +20%)
TP: 145
Huang Yi (Advisor) 40-36-90*-72-70 Commercialist; Mystic; Tactician; Wile
Astrological Observations [treatise] (Int +3)
TP: 83
50(50) Archers

Unit 2
Zhong Kai 90*-77*-72-36-37 Charge (e); Cunning; Leader; Stealth
Controller Commandant of Loyalty and Righteousness (+5 Unit Limit, +5 TP)
Armoured Horse [mount] (Lead +2, War +1)
TP: 125
40(50) Heavy Infantry

Unit 3
Zhong De 86*-90*-55-36-37 Charge (e); Duelist; Inspire; Reversal
Controller Commandant of Loyalty and Righteousness (+5 Unit Limit, +5 TP)
Charger [mount] (Lead +2, War +1, Charge TP cost: -50%)
TP: 121
40(50) Heavy Infantry

Unit 4
Sun Yun 77-85-40-36-70 Duelist (e); Jeer; Loyalty; Raid; Stealth; Valor
General of Fierce Keenness (+15 Unit Limit, +15 TP)
Supply Wagons, 0 gold, 4500 food.
TP: 101
20(50) Heavy Infantry

Map of Nan Hai
Notes: The Jiao Zhi army sets up along the western road, while the Jian An army sets up along the eastern road. Rules for placing your units are here. Because Nan Hai is a Free City, once the armies have fought one another, they must then fight the defenders of Nan Hai--And, no, you're not going to find out who or what they are, so don't bother to ask If you are victorious against the opposing kingdom, you may choose to retreat from the City if you do not wish to try your luck against the city defenders. Finally, it very likely will not matter, but there's a road exit to the north, that isn't an option for this battle, but I mention it because it's somewhat hidden underneath the hills (our map program is funny that way).

Please send tactics to Liu Sun within 24 hours, thank you.



Battle of Pu Yang!

CHEN LIU ARMY
Unit 1
Ling Han (C-in-C) 91*-74-65-36-39 Aid; Charge; Inspire; Leader; Siegecraft; Cunning; Wile
General of Protocols (+15 Unit Limit, +20TP)
Topographical Map (Lead +3)
TP: 155
Bei Xin (Advisor) 36-40-89-41-90* Cunning; Jeer; Riot; Rumor; Tactician; Wile
General of Warboats (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
Silk Scarf [headwear] (Cha+2); Fine Robes [bodywear] (Cha+2); Ornate Silver Ring [jewel] (Cha+1)
TP: 123
25(100) Heavy Infantry

Unit 2
Zhuge Dun 88*-66-82*-36-40 Aid; Ambush; Arson; Formation; Leader; Wall
25 (100) Heavy Infantry
General who Restores the Lands (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
Logistics and Supply [manual] (Lead+2); General Map of China [map] (Lead+1, Int +1); Rights of the Accuser [treatise] (Int+1)
Supply Wagons, 500 gold, 6000 Food.
TP: 138

Unit 3
Lan Shi Hong 78-83-69-36-53 Ambush; Arson; Loyalty; Raid; Reversal; Stealth; Valor; Weaponmaster
General who Constitutes Righteousness (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
Sword [melee] (War+2); Bandanna [headwear] (Cha+1)
TP: 135
25(100) Infantry

Unit 4
Tan Ju 84-48-89-36-46 Ambush; Arson; Cunning (e); Terrain; Trap; Wile
General of the Winged Guards (+15 Unit Limit, +15 TP)
Mare [horse] (Lead+2); The Virtues of Command [manual] (Lead+1); Commandery Map [map] (Lead+1)
TP: 165
65(0) Infantry



BEI HAI ARMY
Unit 1
Shi Jin (C-in-C) 88-81-65-36-55 Inspire, Leader (e), Logistics, Wall
Supply Wagons, 200 gold, 5000 Food
TP: 116
Wu Yong (Advisor) 40-36-82-76-76 Formation, Reversal, Rumor, Tactician, Wile (e)
TP: 79
50(49) Heavy Infantry

Legion of Flying Shock
Bei Nu 82-80-76-36-40 Charge, Cunning, Formation, Trample (e)
TP: 139
25(49) Cavalry

Legion of Ranged Death
KongBu DaiFu 82-70-82-36-40 Arrowstorm, Counter, Leader (e), Missile, Reversal, Voley
TP: 117
25(49) Archers

Irregulars
Shang Shao 65-89-62-36-55 Duelist, Loyalty, Raid, Stealth, Valor, Weaponmaster
50(49) Infantry
TP: 108

Map of Pu Yang
Notes: The Chen Liu army sets up along the southwestern road, while the Bei Hai army sets up along the eastern road. Rules for placing your units are here. Because Pu Yang is a Free City, once the armies have fought one another, they must then fight the defenders of Nan Hai--And, no, you're not going to find out who or what they are, so don't bother to ask If you are victorious against the opposing kingdom, you may choose to retreat from the City if you do not wish to try your luck against the city defenders.

Please send tactics to Aureal within 24 hours, thank you.

[Liu Sun]

Battle of Di Dao
The army of the smurf-like Shi Wukong advanced towards Di Dao cautiously, bulky supplies impeding their march. A cloud on the horizon, heralding either a thunderstorm or an approaching army from Tian Shui, sent some concern through their ranks. A day later scouts returned, reporting a not-insignficant army heading up the road. The commander of Wu Wei's expedition, Jian Yun, conferring with his colleagues, Luo Ser and Dan Yu, surveyed the situation and effected an orderly retreat.

Shi Wukong's army quits the field.

[Aureal]

Double Invasion of Puyang!

Turn 1:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 150 Troops, 100 Morale, 200 Gold, 5000 Food.
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 140 Troops, 100 Morale, 500 Gold, 6000 Food.
Weather: Thunderstorm

Ling Han tries to move onto the supply depot, but realizes he can't because the supply depot doesn't exist yet. Doh!
Shi Jin can't see the enemy doing much of anything yet and so does nothing too.
Zhuge Dun moves east into the hills and builds a Supply Depot with lots of goodies stashed in it. (-500 Gold) Ling Han kicks him for being slow.
KongBu DaiFu doesn't want to advance on his own, and can't anyway since with his buddies in front there's nowhere to go other than into the water, which looks very cold.
Tan Ju makes his way into the hills too, moving farther east than Zhuge Dun.
Bei Nu grabs his horses and gallops ahead around to the east side of Puyang's walls, sneering at his comrades left eating his (muddy) dust.
Lan Shi Hong moves into the woods northeast of her and sneaks around very sneakily. Her soldiers stare at her like she's mad.
Shang Shao follows Shi Jin's lead... and stays put.
The two advisors sit around and play dice.


Turn 2:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 150 Troops, 95 Morale, 200 Gold, 4620 Food.
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 140 Troops, 95 Morale, 0 Gold, 5580 Food.
Weather: Rainy

Ling Han moves onto the supply depot which now exists! Hurray!
Shi Jin continues to stare at the enemy for a while, trying hard to figure out what they're doing, but nothing just seems to quite fit his ideas. Eventually he decides he has to do something, and waves his army out to march forward. Burdened not only by his own armor but the supplies and the mud, he struggles mightily to move through the groves of trees before him.
Zhuge Dun changes the formation of his soldiers to be more defensible.
KongBu DaiFu tries to catch up to Shi Jin. It's not very hard. He plays dice with Wu Yong in the meanwhile while laughing at Shi Jin's struggles.
Tan Ju doesn't leave his hilly spot.
Bei Nu suddenly reins his horses in, slowing his advance. Maybe he realized that charging madly forward at the enemy by yourself when your allies are miles behind still isn't a great idea.
Lan Shi Hong turns invisible. Ooooooh.
Shang Shao starts up a game with KongBu, seeing who can make it look like the most effort to keep up with Shi Jin.
Advisors take naps. They're tired from all this hard work of sitting around and... uh. Yeah.

Turn 3:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 150 Troops, 92 Morale, 200 Gold, 4240 Food.
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 140 Troops, 92 Morale, 0 Gold, 5160 Food.
Weather: Rainy

Ling Han yawns, naps in the supply depot.
Shi Jin manages to make it out of the forest, finally.
Zhuge Dun wishes Ling Han would let him use the comfy cots in the supply depot instead of having to nap on the hillside.
KongBu DaiFu 'struggles' to keep up with Shi Jin. And by struggle, I mean uses a whole half of his MP.
Tan Ju moves over to the hills on the other side of the Supply Depot. Ling Han won't share the cots with him either, though.
Bei Nu makes up some signs to wave at the enemy, pointing out that he's over here, wouldn't they like to come fight him? Maybe his horses are too tired to move anymore.
Lan Shi Hong practices ninja'ing people.
Shang Shao merrily skips along down the road, making sure to keep Shi Jin in the lead, which means he doesn't go very far at all. Still.

Turn 4:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 150 Troops, 89 Morale, 200 Gold, 3860 Food.
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 140 Troops, 89 Morale, 0 Gold, 4740 Food.
Weather: Rainy

Shi Jin's tears of frustration are lost in the rain. KongBu and Shang dutifully plod along after him. Nobody else cares.

Turn 5:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 150 Troops, 86 Morale, 200 Gold, 3480 Food.
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 140 Troops, 86 Morale, 0 Gold, 4320 Food.
Weather: Snow

Shi Jin's tears turn into icicles as he slogs through the snow. KongBu and Shang stage mock battles using the icicle-tears as daggers.


Start of Turn 6:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 150 Troops, 80 Morale, 200 Gold, 3100 Food.
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 140 Troops, 80 Morale, 0 Gold, 3900 Food.
Weather: Snow


Positions here
More tactics by 4pm Pacific on Friday. And next time you send battle forces, make sure your skills are formatted properly, I had to change Zhang Gao's entire force to use semicolons instead of commas to separate skills, not to mention fix a typo. And Advisors get the Advisor unit type.

[Liu Sun]

(Note: In addition to the tactical change made, there was also an error with food consumption. Apparently the tool doesn't account for Logistics' consumption discount. Morale loss per turn was correct, with the excess being the result of inclimate weather)

--Delayed Initiative List--
Xun Xiao ............98-69
Zhao Xing .......... 48-61
Ai Da ............... 40-89
Zhong Kai .......... 39-72
Zhong De ........... 39-55
Sun Yun ............ 39-40
Huang Yu ...........38-72
Huang Yi ........... 37-90

--Turn 1--
Ma Qingcao's Army: 102/102 Units | 100 Morale | 500/500 Gold | 2400/2400 Food
Huang Yu's Army: 150/150 Units | 100 Morale | 0/0 Gold | 4500/4500 Food
Weather: Dry
Wind: Northerly.
The officers of Jian An discussed their options and decided that splitting their force would be the best option, with this in mind Xun Xiao headed west and Zhao Xing north. Meanwhile, the Jiao Zhi army decided that sticking together would be most beneficial. They opted not to move at all.

--Turn 2--
Ma Qingcao's Army: 102/102 Units | 97 Morale | 500/500 Gold | 2155/2400 Food
Huang Yu's Army: 150/150 Units | 97 Morale | 0/0 Gold | 4050/4500 Food
Weather: Dry
Wind: North-westerly.
Xun Xiao moves to just outside melee range.
Zhao Xing moves north.
Ai Da does nothing.
Zhong Kai moves northeast along the road, fails to confuse Xun Xiao. (-20 TP)
Zhong De moves northeast, inspires, cannot charge. (-25 TP, Inspire 0/2)
Sun Yun moves northeast, screened by the other units.
Huang Yu moves northeast.
Huang Yi does nothing.

--Turn 3--
Ma Qingcao's Army: 102/102 Units | 94 Morale | 500/500 Gold | 1910/2400 Food
Huang Yu's Army: 150/150 Units | 94 Morale | 0/0 Gold | 3600/4500 Food
Weather: Cloudy
Wind: Northerly.
Xun Xiao swings southward, attacks Zhong De (-16 ZD, -5 XX)
Zhao Xing moves further north.
Ai Da uses Illusion. (-40 TP, Illusion 0/2)
Zhong Kai charges Xun Xiao and pushes him back (-20 TP, -12 XX, -9 ZK)
Zhong De also charges Xun Xiao and also pushes him back (-10 TP, -8 XX, -9 ZD. Inspire 1/2)
Sun Yun moves northeast, maintaining the screen, jeers (-35 TP, Jian An army -10 morale)
Huang Yu moves south, fires arrows. (XX -10)
Huang Yi prays for luck, receives it. (-20 TP, XX confused)

--Turn 4--
Ma Qingcao's Army: 67/102 Units | 82 Morale | 500/500 Gold | 1749/2400 Food
Huang Yu's Army: 116/150 Units | 92 Morale | 0/0 Gold | 3252/4500 Food
Weather: Cloudy.
Wind: Northerly.
Xun Xiao is confused.
Zhao Xing moves north.
Ai Da is confused. (Illusion 1/2)
Zhong Kai charges, pushes back (-20 TP, XX -9, ZK -6)
Zhong De charges, also pushes back (-10 TP, XX -6, ZD -5)
Sun Yun moves onto the hill to get some sun.
Huang Yu attacks with arrows (XX -9)
Huang Yi does nothing.

--Turn 5--
Ma Qingcao's Army: 43/102 Units | 80 Morale | 500/500 Gold | 1646/2400 Food
Huang Yu's Army: 105/150 Units | 90 Morale | 0/0 Gold | 2937/4500 Food
Weather: Dry.
Wind: Northerly.
Xun Xiao fails to clear the confusion.
Zhao Xing moves north.
Ai Da can do nothing. (Illusion fades)
Zhong Kai charges again, does not push back (-20 TP, XX -8, ZK -3)
Zhong De charges again, pushes back (-10 TP, XX -7, ZD -2)
Sun Yun moves southeast.
Huang Yu fires more arrows, finishes off Xun Xiao (XX -1, Jian An -25 morale, Jiao Zhi maxed, XX and AD escape.)
Huang Yi Does nothing.

--Turn 6--
Ma Qingcao's Army: 27/102 Units | 53 Morale | 500/500 Gold | 1581/2400 Food
Huang Yu's Army: 100/150 Units | 98 Morale | 0/0 Gold | 2637/4500 Food
"Oh, snap!" exclaimed Zhao Xing, "Feets don't fail me now!" and, with that, the Jian An army legged it back home.

Huang Yu's army is victorious and may lay siege to Nan Hai (via a normal Free City battle, of course )

Unit positions shown here.
Ma Qingcao's Army: 27/102 Units | 53 Morale | 500/500 Gold | 1581/2400 Food
Ai Da: --/-- (Escaped)
Xun Xiao: 0/75 Heavy Infantry (Escaped)
Zhao Xing: 27/27 Infantry (Supply Wagons)

Huang Yu's Army: 100/150 Units | 98 Morale | 0/0 Gold | 2637/4500 Food
Zhong Kai: 22/40 Heavy Infantry
Zhong De: 8/40 Heavy Infantry
Sun Yun: 20/20 Heavy Infantry (Supply Wagons)
Huang Yu: 50/50 Archers
Huang Yi: --/--

[Aureal]

Double Invasion of Pu Yang, part 2!

Turn 6:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 150 Troops, 80 Morale, 200 Gold, 3100 Food.
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 140 Troops, 80 Morale, 0 Gold, 3900 Food.
Weather: Snow

Shi Jin continues slogging south, wishing the weather gods would stop laughing at him.
KongBu DaiFu decides that following this guy is kind of boring and splits off in a more westerly direction.
Tan Ju is visited by the ghost of Ma Su (no, not that Ma Su, the real Ma Su), which tells him that sitting in the hills is a bad idea. Or maybe he had too good of a view of the advancing armies up there and got nervous. Whatever the case, he gets up and moves a hex northeast.
Bei Nu finally gets back on his well-rested horses and gallops up and around Shi Jin, laughing at him too.
Shang Shao decides that Bei Nu is cooler and tries to follow him insted of Shi Jin. Unfortunately, Shi Jin is encamped in the grasslands in front of Bei Nu, and Shao just can't quite muster the effort to climb the snow-covered hills to go around him and has to settle for waiting behind Shi Jin.
Zhuge Dun is also visited by the ghost of Ma Su (no not that Ma Su...) and leaves his hill, moving east.
Lan Shi Hong is still invisible. Maybe she was the ghost...
Ling Han thinks that the just-vacated hill spots are more prime real estate than his supply depot, and moves east to take up Tan Ju's old spot.


Turn 7:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 150 Troops, 74 Morale, 200 Gold, 2720 Food
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 140 Troops, 74 Morale, 0 Gold, 3480 Food
Weather: Rainy

Shi Jin turns westward, glad that it's back to just rain, even if some of it is turning into ice on the surface of the snow. As he passes through the valley between the rows of hills he yells at his men who are having snowball fights with the icy remnants and he gets struck in the head. At this point, someone notifies him that it wasn't a snowball that hit him, but a rock. Looking up, he can see that it's true, there are quite a lot of rocks falling from the hills and hitting not only him... (Rockslide Trap succeeds: Shi Jin -7)
KongBu frowns in consternation at his orders. He can't make it to his destination on time if he takes the time to scout out his path. Deciding that it'd be safer to stay behind Shi Jin, he settles for moving south over the northern hills next to him, not progressing farther quite yet.
Tan Ju, seeing the supply depot vacated, takes the opportunity to move in and enjoy the relative comfort.
Bei Nu heads as far south as he can before advancing west carefully. He gets the bright idea of checking the hill just west of where Shi Jin ran afoul of a trap, and his scouts warn him that sure enough, it's a trap! (Probe succeeds) He sensibly steers south of that hill and runs straight into Zhuge Dun guarding Ling Han's east flank! (ZD -8, BN -5)
Shang Shao follows along behind Bei Nu. Unable to get in on the action, he decides to launch a night raid on Ling Han! The nervous soldiers, not quite expecting this from what quick training they'd received, follow along and still manage to do a little damage and escape unscathed. (LH -1, -5 Morale Chen Ping's Army, +5 Morale Zhang Gao's Army)
Zhuge Dun sees Bei Nu's horses and scoffs, setting up a defensive spearwall and launching an assault against the small cavalry force. (Wall, BN -8, ZD -3)
Lan Shi Hong decides ninja'ing is over-rated and switches to raid mode instead. It doesn't go as well as hoped, but thanks to her immense talent, she manages to keep it under control. (BN -1, LSH -2, -5 Morale Zhang Gao Army, +5 Morale Chen Ping Army)
Ling Han joins in on the fracas, moving to the south of Zhuge Dun and Charging the shrinking cavalry unit as he yells something really inspiring. (Inspire, Charge: BN -11 [wiped out], LH -3; -10 Morale Zhang Gao Army, +5 Morale Chen Ping Army, Bei Nu escapes)
Wu Yong thinks about doing something, but decides that Zhuge Dun, the only target in ploy range, isn't worth the effort.
Bei Xin has more energy in him and uses it to unleash some discord among Shang Shao's troops! (Discord success)

Turn 8:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 118 Troops, 62 Morale, 200 Gold, 2437 Food
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 125 Troops, 77 Morale, 0 Gold, 3105 Food
Weather: Overcast

Shi Jin ignores the fighting going on south of the hills and continues westward towards Tan Ju. Unfortunately, the fleeing Bei Nu never gave him the memo about the other Rockslide trap. (Rockslide Trap succeeeds: Shi Jin -6)
KongBu is now really confused about what to do, as his desired target isn't in range of his desired spot to camp anymore, and Shi Jin is still getting nowhere fast so he can't use him as a shield for an advance. He eventually decides that staying out of harm's way is the most important thing, and stays behind Shi Jin.
Shang Shao, his men still aflutter with Bei Xin's trickery, decides another raid on Ling Han would be better than getting into a straight-up brawl. He lights some torches and starts to head off towards the enemy camp, before his men yell at him for being an idiot since the torch will give him away. Deciding to save the fire for some point when he's figured out a way to bring it along secretly, he sets off again, a few companies of soldiers in tow. Sadly, some of them didn't catch on when Shao discarded his torch and bring their own, with the predictable result of being spotted a mile away and driven off. (SS -3)
Zhuge Dun continues to press the attack, moving forward and harries the already distressed Shang Shao. (Wall, SS -8, ZD -2)
Tan Ju gets comfy in the supply depot, watching other people do stuff.
Lan Shi Hong moves in a little more and continues her raiding ways against KongBu DaiFu. This one goes a little better. (KD -1, -5 Morale Zhang Gao Army, +5 Morale Chen Ping Army)
Ling Han moves ahead to join Zhuge Dun again in beating on the same opponent, this time Shang Shao. (Charge, SS -17, LH -3)
Wu Yong finally decides to do something, going and getting a bunch of chocolate and bribing some of Ling Han's men into defecting. (Rumor, LH -3, SJ +3)
Bei Xin one-ups the other advisor, sending still more agents into Shang Shao's camp. It takes a lot of fast talking as people there are already suspicious, thinking of the discord already caused, but eventually they still manage to fall for Xin's claims. (Confuse success)


Turn 9:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 86 Troops, 55 Morale, 200 Gold, 2437 Food
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 117 Troops, 80 Morale, 0 Gold, 3105 Food
Weather: Rainy

Shi Jin shakes his fist at the hills and continues westward towards his targets: Tan Ju and Lan Shi Hong, sure that since he's moving away from the hills he can't possibly fall into another rockslide trap. He's right. This time, it's a fire trap. The flames die quickly in the renewed bout of rain, which Shi Jin can finally thank for something instead of curse, but the damage is already done. (Fire Trap success: SJ -5)
KongBu tentatively decides that he can still be considered 'behind' Shi Jin now by some definition if he moves to his desired position, the hill that had previously caused Shi Jin such fun. He attempts to scatter a wide burst of arrows onto both Zhuge Dun and Ling Han's armies, but comes up short, only a few falling among any of the enemy. (Volley fails: ZD -5)
Shang Shao starts angrily trying to beat some sense into his discordant, confused troops. He manages to quickly bring the discord under control and re-form his lines, but his men are still confused about why exactly he's beating up on his own soldiers and won't actually do anything.
Zhuge Dun, seeing Ling Han along next to him, gets the idea of having them both attack the beleagured Shang Shao at the same time! The confused and rapidly shrinking army can barely muster any sort of retaliation. (Simultaneous Attack: SS -16, ZD -1, LH -1)
Tan Ju yawns, enjoys the show.
Seeing Shang Shao's plight, Lan Shi Hong decides he looks like an easy target, and tries to sneak up on him with another raid. Unfortunately, with only six hundred men left, Shang Shao doesn't exactly have a large sprawling camp that's easy to sneak around in, and the raiding unit is quickly beat off. (LSH -3)
Wu Yong grumbles about having to work again and sends some agents off to convince Lan Shi Hong's soldiers to desert her. However, these agents fail so badly that Lan Shi Hong's sweet talk would have convinced them to defect to her side had they not already been ordered to be especially cautious of tricks!
Seeing Shang Shao starting to regain control over his unit, Bei Xin disrupts it again. (Discord success)


Turn 10:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 65 Troops, 52 Morale, 200 Gold, 2289 Food
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 112 Troops, 77 Morale, 0 Gold, 2769 Food
Weather: Rainy

Shi Jin almost doesn't want to move now after all those traps, but proceeds to march forward, without falling into any more traps, and engage Lan Shi Hong in combat. (LSH -10, SJ -4)
KongBu tries another Volley attack, this time managing to pull it off. (LH -5, ZD -4)
Shang Shao fumes as his few remaining soldiers continue to act like they don't know who he is and refuse to obey.
Zhuge Dun has his two hundred men attack Shang Shao. It's really effective. (SS -1, ZD -1)
Tan Ju sees the situation starting to turn against them and leaves the comforts of the supply depot to attack KongBu DaiFu's archers. The untrained rabble he leads have some trouble making it up the hill to attack, but manage to knock a good number of bowmen off their perch nonetheless. (KD -11, TJ -3)
Lan Shi Hong doesn't have the energy to muster for another raid, especially after her earlier failure, and decides to just go for a conventional attack. Ignoring Shi Jin on her flank, she also moves forward to assail KongBu's archers. (-5 KD, -2 LSH)
Ling Han doesn't want to deal with another round of arrows and scampers back to the apparent safety of the supply depot.
Wu Yong scowls about his earlier attempt on Lan Shi Hong and vows revenge, this time attempting to confuse her soldiers rather than get them to desert. (Confuse success)
Bei Xin just shakes his head, having no more work to do for now since Shang Shao is already confused and discorded.


Extended Battle!

Start of Turn 11:
Shi Jin, Zhang Gao's Invaders: 44 Troops, 49 Morale, 200 Gold, 2187 Food
Ling Han, Chen Ping's Invaders: 80 Troops, 74 Morale, 0 Gold, 2529 Food
Weather: Thunderstorm


Initiative
Shi Jin (88, Leader(e)) ZG
KongBu DaiFu (82, Leader(e)) ZG
Shang Shao (65) ZG
Zhuge Dun delayed (60) CP
Tan Ju delayed (59) CP
Lan Shi Hong delayed (59) CP
Ling Han delayed (58) CP
Wu Yong (40) ZG
Bei Xin (36) CP

Unit Positions and Totals
Shi Jin: 31
KongBu: 8
Shang Shao: 5

Ling Han: 9
Zhuge Dun: 1
Tan Ju: 62
Lan Shi Hong: 8

[Xiahou Mao]

Reinforcements from Chen Liu:

CiC2 = Gan Zui Xiong =
86; 81; 60; 36; 59 =
Charge; Leader; Loyalty; Raid; Study(e); Administration; Rumor =
Infantry; 40; 69 =
0 =
0 =
No Attachment =
128 =
General of Fierce Keenness (+15 Unit Limit, +15 TP) =
Mare [horse] (Lead+2); The Virtues of Command [manual] (Lead+1); Commandery Map [map] (Lead+1) =
*
Advisor = Yuan Zhi =
36; 45; 79; 79; 78 =
Administration; Propaganda; Rumor; Tactician; Zeal =
Advisor; 0; 0 =
0 =
0 =
No Attachment =
100 =
General who Spreads Peace (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP) =
No Items =
*
Unit6 = Xiang Ren =
85; 82; 61; 36; 40 =
Charge; Duelist; Leader(e); Navy; Weaponmaster =
Infantry; 35; 46 =
0 =
0 =
No Attachment =
124 =
Controller Commandant that Manages the Currency (+10 Unit Limit, +10 TP) =
No Items =
*
Unit7 = Ten Zu =
76; 82; 65; 37; 52 =
Ambush; Arrowstorm; Counter; Invent; Leader; Raid; Reversal =
Archers; 35; 46 =
500 =
5000 =
Supplies =
122 =
Chief Commandant of Chen Liu (+10 Unit Limit, +10 TP) =
No Items =
*

Please submit tactics for the extended Pu Yang battle to Aureal within 24 hours of this post!

[Liu Sun]

Battle of Bei Ping!

JI ARMY
C-in-C Unit
Huangfu Chu (C-in-C) 79-90-60-36-54 Blitz(e); Charge; Duelist; Leader; Valor; Jeer; Military Engineer; Rally
Magistrate of Ji (+20 Unit Limit, +30 TP, +20%)
Huangfu Phoenix Helm (War +5)
61(47) Heavy Infantry
TP: 145
Lian Wei Zhe (Advisor) 46-36-83-58-85 Jeer; Military Engineer; Rally; Rumor; Tactician(e); Wile
General who Restores the Lands (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP) =
TP: 83

Supply Unit
Wu Fu 76-80-79-40-36 Inspire; Logistics; Military Engineer; Reversal; Valor; Wall
General of Protocols (+15 Unit Limit, +20TP)
Supply Wagons, 500 gold, 11000 food.
65(20) Infantry
TP: 138

Ram Unit
Zhou Yun 77-71-71-43-59 Military Engineer; Siegecraft; Leader; Inspire; Reversal; Valor
General of Warboats (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
Siege Ram
75(0) Infantry
TP: 130

Archers
Lu Kong 90-60-72-36-39 Arrowstorm; Counter; Cunning; Fusilade; Missile; Volley
General who Constitutes Righteousness (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
50(100) Archers
TP: 131 =

Unit 1
Zhou Xiao 92*-82-55-36-40 Ambush; Arson(e); Blitz; Duelist; Raid; Stealth
General of Fierce Keenness (+15 Unit Limit, +15 TP)
Draft Horse (Lead +1); Logistics and Supply (Lead +2); Provincial Map (Lead +2)
25(100) Heavy Infantry
TP: 115

Unit 2
Lu Ying 90*-59-71-36-61 Wile; Rally; Cunning; Jeer; Charge; Aid
General who Spreads Peace (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
Draft Horse [mount] (Lead +1); Topographical Map (Lead +3)
25(47) Infantry
TP: 150

Unit 3
Huangfu Cai 76-94*-50-36-56 Duelist; Loyalty; Raid(e); Stealth; Valor
General who Appease the Borders (+15 Unit Limit, +15 TP)
Leather Helmet [headwear] (War +1), Banded Mail [armour] (+3 War)
25(20) Heavy Infantry
TP: 125

BEI PING ARMY
"The invading force from Bei Ping to Xiang Ping shall not withdraw and shall continue as normal."
C-in-C
Tai An Jing (C-in-C) 83-90-46-36-40 Duelist; Leader; Study (e); Zeal
37(55) Archers
TP: 110
Kei Tzu 51-41-92-63*-62 (Advisor) Arson; Rumor; Spy; Stealth (e); Innocuous; Tactician
TP: 92

Jade Archers
Yu Houyi 64-64-72-64-72* Medic; Mystic; Study (e); Zeal
Heavenly Jade Apple [jewel] (+3 Cha; +5% Draft Limit)
37(55) Archers
TP: 100

Jade Cavalry
Jiang Song 81*-85*-70-36-44 Charge, Duelist, Leader (e), Raid, Valor
Padded Armour (War +1), Armoured Horse (Lead +2, War +1)
25(97) Cavalry
TP: 118

Jade Archers
Puyang Jiao 36-71-83-64*-70 Alchemist; Arson; Innocuous (e); Riot; Rumor; Spy; Stealth; Weaponmaster
The Analects (+3 Pol)
23(0) Archers
TP: 95

Jade Infantry
Hua Dang 51-50-45-40-46 Leader
52(0) Infantry
TP: 73

Map of Bei Ping
Notes: Ji's army will start (guess where? Guess where!?) along the western road. Bei Ping's army may start anywhere inside the city, on the city walls, or adjacent to a gate. They may start in that little lower-wall area if they would like. Also, this map was made in V4, back when there was a difference between deep water and shallow water. Ignore the little -1s in all the deep water hexes--All water is regular water now.

Tactics to JBL and Forum Administration in 24 hours, please.

FIELD BATTLE OF NAN HAI
(Forthcoming. Sorry about the delay, but since the battle isn't a siege, we need to make a new map. We'll get it up as soon as possible, thank you for your patience. For what it's worth, SYL will be running this battle, so feel free to bombard him with questions as soon as you think of them, he likes it!)

[SYL]

Battle of Nan Hai:

Huang Yu's army sallies out to meet Ma Qingcao's invaders in the field! Huang Yu's reinforcements from Jiao Zhi are on the march!

Ma Qingcao's Army invading Nan Hai:

CIC
"Legion Skirmishers"
Chon Ju Shin 82-40-82-36-67 Ambush; Arson; Cunning; Innocuous; Leader; Stealth
No Rank!
No Items!
74 (35) Infantry
TP: 122

"Nanyue Engineer Corps"
Dong Jun 69-63-86-66-40 Civil Engineer; Invent(e); Logistics; Military Engineer; Siegecraft
Controller Commandant that Manages the Currency (+10 Unit Limit, +10 TP)
No Items!
Supply Wagons: 3,000 Food
50 (35) Infantry
TP: 119

Huang Yu's Army defending Nan Hai:

CIC
Xu He Ping 80-80-75-36-41 Blitz; Cunning (e); Inspire; Medic; Mystic; Wile
General who Exterminates Insurgents (+10 Unit Limit, +10 TP)
No Items!
28 (100) Heavy Infantry
TP: 148
Advisor:
Huang Yi 40-36-92-72-70 Commercialist; Mystic; Tactician; Wile
Controller Commandant that Manages the Currency (+10 Unit Limit, +10 TP)
Astrological Observations [treatise] (Int +3)
TP: 94

Huang Yu 86-73-72-36-50 Counter; Fusillade; Inspire (e); Missile; Reversal; Volley
Magistrate of Jiaozhi (+20 Unit Limit,+30 TP, +20%)
Wind [mount] (Lead +3; +5 War for Duels)
50 (100) Archers
TP: 146

Zhan Junko 86-71-71-36-44 Navy; Arrowstorm; Missile; Formation (e); Volley; Arson
General of Warboats (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
No Items!
50 (50) Archers
TP: 134

Yu Ning 83-70-82-36-40 Ambush (e); Arson; Formation; Logistics; Spy; Stealth
Controller Commandant of the Provisions (+5 Unit Limit, +5 TP)
Political Map (Int +2)
20 (50) Infantry
TP: 122

Yu Ching 86-60-80-36-59 Ambush; Cunning; Stealth; Terrain; Trap; Wile
Controller Commandant of the Provisions (+5 Unit Limit, +5 TP)
No Items!
2 (50) Infantry
TP: 143

Sun Yun 77-85-42-36-70 Duelist(e); Jeer; Loyalty; Raid; Stealth; Valor
General of Fierce Keenness (+15 Unit Limit, +15 TP)
No Items!
Supply Wagons: 6,000 Food
18 (0) Infantry
TP: 117

Zhong Kai 91-79-72-36-37 Charge(e); Cunning; Leader; Stealth
Controller Commandant of Loyalty and Righteousness (+5 Unit Limit, +5 TP)
Armoured Horse [mount] (Lead +2, War +1)
30 (50) Infantry
TP: 146

Huang Yu's army, reinforcing Nan Hai from Jiao Zhi:

CIC
Zhong Shao 82-71-80-39-40 Craftsman(e); Invent; Military Engineer; Siegecraft; Zeal
General who Restores the Lands (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
No Items!
Supply Wagons: 2,970 Food
30 (39) Infantry
TP: 136
Advisor:
Wei Jen 41-36-66-84-88 Administration (e); Charming; Networking; Wile
General who Spreads Peace (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP); Officer of the Department of Merit (+15%)
Palatial Robes [bodywear] (Cha +2, Chance of finding NPC in searches: +5%); Pony [mount] (Lead +1, Cha +1); Silk Scarf [headwear] (Cha +2)
TP: 92

Xu Tai 63-80-70-36-70 Duelist (e); Investigator; Medic; Raid; Rally
No Rank!
No Items!
25 (57) Infantry
TP: 106

Zhong De 86-90-55-36-37 Charge (e); Duelist; Inspire; Reversal
Controller Commandant of Loyalty and Righteousness (+5 Unit Limit, +5 TP)
Charger (Lead +2, War +1, Charge TP cost: -50%)
40 (39) Infantry
TP: 136

Wei Bo 42-84-80-36-70 Cunning; Duelist (e); Invent; Investigator; Jeer
General who Constitutes Righteousness (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
No Items!
15 (39) Infantry
TP: 143

Zhen Qian 84-81-61-36-60 Arson; Charge; Leader (e); Loyalty; Raid; Valor
Controller Commandant of the Militia (+5 Unit Limit, +5 TP)
Level 2 Weapon (+2 War), Spear; Mare (+2 lead); The Virtues of Command (+1 Lead); Provincial Map (Lead +2)
15 (39) Infantry
TP: 118

...phew!

MAP FOR NAN HAI FIELD BATTLE

Ma Qingcao starts in the northeast on the road, Huang Yu starts in the southwest. Their Watchtowers give them a free round of movement. Reinforcements will arrive in the southwest corner on turn five.

Tactics for the first five turns to me, SYL, and Forum Administration within 24 hours from this post. Go!

[SYL]

The "Battle" For Nan Hai

Aided by their watchtowers and the early word of enemy movements they received, the defensive armies of Nan Hai arrive in the field very swiftly. Commander-in-Chief Xu He Ping sets out the army's array and awaits the arrival of the invaders, safe in the knowledge that reinforcements are marching fast to his aid.

Heavy rains fall and lightning begins to crack the sky, but no invading army ever arrives. Some of the locals are rounded up and questioned, and they reveal that Ma Qingcao's army had turned back, awed at the sheer size of the enemy array before them!

Ma Qingcao quits the field without a fight! Nobody gains any Experience, Training, or loses any resources. Have a nice day!

[Aureal]

Double Invasion of Pu Yang (is it Triple Invasion now?), Month 2!

Turn 11:
Zhang Gao's Invaders: 44 Troops, 49 Morale, 200 Gold, 2187 Food
Chen Ping's Invaders: 80 Troops, 94 Morale, 0 Gold, 2529 Food
Chen Ping's Reinforcing Invaders: 110 Troops, 100 Morale, 500 Gold, 5000 Food
Weather: Thunderstorm


The dawn of March sees Zhang Gao's armies in great turmoil. After toiling through snow and storm all through February, their great efforts all came to be in vain as the traps of Tan Ju successfully stalled Zhang Gao's commander, Shi Jin, separating him from the rest of the army. Split apart from each other, each commander of Zhang Gao's saw little success and great failure.

With bowed head, Shi Jin observed the battlefield before him, his advisor Wu Yong standing close at hand. The rain that had tormented them throughout the previous month had not let up. It continued to pour down, drenching their spirits, their will to fight, and their optimism. Zhang Gao was not known for taking failure with good grace. What fate would befall them upon their return to Bei Hai after this disastrous endeavour? Victory was laughable. Requests for reinforcing armies to support the invasion had apparently been rejected, as no word reached their ears, no violet banners appeared from the east. Only the bright banners of Chen Ping could be seen, drawing closer and closer while the few allies they had remaining struggled under the already dominating enemy army...

And so, taking a brief counsel with each other, a new plan was launched by the commander and advisor. Together, they counted up all of their own personal wealth as well as the money from the cache of supplies that was to have gone to the treasury of Pu Yang, in a world more favorable to their victory. Going among the troops personally, Wu Yong explained to them all exactly what the situation was and how Zhang Gao would surely execute them all if they returned with only failure to report like this, while Shi Jin followed along distributing gold. With merely 3100 soldiers left and 1200 gold to distribute among them, many soldiers were staggered at the wealth gained and were ready to follow the two leaders where-ever they may go. A few realized what was up and quietly decided they could not turn their back on their lord, slipping quietly off in the night, but most of the army remained as Shi Jin ordered the banner of Zhang Gao to be taken down and raised the standard of Chen Ping in its place.

Shi Jin and Wu Yong have defected! -35 Morale Zhang Gao, +15 Morale Chen Ping Army! 10 Heavy Infantry return to Bei Hai, 21 remain with Shi Jin's army.

Thinking not of only themselves, however, the two latest additions to Chen Ping's army sent out messages to their former comrades, Shang Shao and KongBu DaiFu, explaining their reasons and urging them to put down their weapons and turn away from Zhang Gao as well.

After sending out the messages, Shi Jin and Wu Yong wait a bit for a response, but are unwilling to delay long and lose their momentum. Having heard nothing and sensing his advantage slipping away, Shi Jin yells to his army, inspiring the defense, and moves to attack KongBu DaiFu's archers, sending the last of the bowmen fleeing in terror. (-8 KongBu, -1 Shi Jin, -10 Morale Zhang Gao, Chen Ping already at max morale; KongBu escapes)
Following the lead of Shi Jin, Xiang Ren also marches his armies eastward, passing south of Ling Han and hunting down the last of Shang Shao's scattered troops. (SS -5, XR -1; Shang Shao escapes)

(Okay, that was kind of pointless...)

Final tallies
Zhang Gao's armies: Nothing but the 10 Heavy Infantry that escaped!

Chen Ping's armies:
Shi Jin: 20 (49) Heavy Infantry
Ling Han: 9 (100) Infantry
Zhuge Dun: 1 (100) Infantry
Tan Ju: 62 (0) Infantry
Lan Shi Hong: 8 (100) Infantry
4716 Food

Xiang Ren: 34 (46) Infantry
Gan Zui Xiong: 40 (69) Infantry
Ten Zu: 35 (46) Archers
500 Gold, 5000 Food

All of Chen Ping's surviving troops gain 5 Training and all officers on both sides gain normal battle experience. Chen Ping gains 1 Respect, Zhang Gao loses 2 Respect and 1 Reputation.

Chen Ping may now press on to fight the defenders of Pu Yang for control of the city if he wishes. I'm sure he doesn't want to though so we'll just assume he doesn't... yeah, right. Results of the free city battle will be posted in Admin Comm later as usual.

[JBL]

The battle of Bei Ping March 220.

The heavens cracked open. A whip of lighting cracked to the ground but still the army of Huangfu Chu march on towards Bei Ping.

Turn 1
Lu Kong moves first and heads in the general direction of the South West West.
Jiang Song didn't like the rain and marches back into the city and closes the gates behind him in hope he can remain dry
Tai An Jing ran along the city walls. "Archers! Ready!" He bellowed. "Take Aim! FIRE!" The archers unleash their arrows which fall upon the unit of Lu Kong. "Incoming!" Lu Kong shouted and his men scattered though some not quick enough (-12 to Lu Kong's Unit!) "Don't take this men! Fire back!" His unit launched a set of arrows back some hitting the wall but most making it high enough to hit some of Tai's men who weren't expecting a counter. (-7 to Tai's Unit!)
Huangfu Chu meanwhile plodded northwards
Zhou Yun gets the wheels rolling towards the gate but due to the heavy rain it doesn't get very far.
Zhou Xiao laughs as he passes the Siege Ram and leads his hardcore unit forward.
Lu Ying decides that anything Zhou Xiao can do he can do better and leads his unit to chase after them.
Wu Fu makes his way in the rough direction of the south-west gate.
Huangfu Cai races after his dad to learn from the man.
Yu Houyi moves to assist Tai An Jings unit and launches an ranged attack on Lu Kong's unit (-11 to Lu Kong's Unit, -7 to Yu Houyi's Unit)
Hua Dang sits around, getting down.
Puyang Jiao awaits on the wall.

Turn 2
Tai An Jing's Defenders 160 Troops, 95 Morale, 2947 Gold, 4857 Food.
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 278 Troops, 95 Morale, 500 Gold, 10166 Food.

Lu Kong Gets his troops ready and sends a huge volly of arrows up onto Tai An Jing's and Yu Houyi's Units. (-4 to both units)
Jiang Song Is still trying to find a dry place to hide.
Tai An Jing gets his archers to unleash another set of arrows upon Lu Kong (-10 to Lu Kong's Unit) Lu's unit returns fire. (-3 to Tai's Unit)
Huangfu Chu meanwhile plodded northwards
Zhou Yun gets the wheels rolling towards the gate again but due to the heavy rain it doesn't get very far.
Zhou Xiao finds a good place and starts a picnic.... in the rain.
Lu Ying finds what he thinks is a better picnic spot then Zhou Xiao.
Wu Fu moves in closer... oh so closer..
Huangfu Cai races after his dad to learn from the man.
Yu Houyi fires more arrows on Lu Kong's unit (-9 to Lu Kong's Unit, -2 to Yu Houyi's Unit)
Hua Dang is still getting down.
Puyang Jiao is still awaiting.

Turn 3
Tai An Jing's Defenders 147 Troops, 90 Morale, 2947 Gold, 4613 Food.
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 259 Troops, 90 Morale, 500 Gold, 9389 Food.

Lu Kong Gets his troops ready and sends a huge volly of arrows up onto Tai An Jing's and Yu Houyi's Units. (-1 to both units)
Jiang Song Is still trying to find a dry place to hide.
Tai An Jing gets his archers to unleash yet another set of arrows upon Lu Kong (-9 to Lu Kong's Unit Lu Kong has been wiped out! Lu Kong has been captured! -10 Morale to Huangfu Chu's Forces +5 to Tai An Jing's Forces!)
Huangfu Chu Arrived at his destination and started work on some Field Ladders
Zhou Yun gets the wheels rolling towards the gate again but due to the heavy rain it doesn't get very far.
Zhou Xiao still easting his picnic.... in the rain.
Lu Ying still thinks his a better picnic spot then Zhou Xiao.
Wu Fu Is at the city gates and starts digging! Oh he is enjoying that digging. (-18 to the City Defense!)
Huangfu Cai Eagerly watches his old man making some ladders and taking down notes of how to do it.
Yu Houyi Spies the Siege Ram and calls out to his army. He unleashes arrows in the general direction of the siege ram (-9 to Zhou Yun's Unit!)
Hua Dang is preparing to squidge off!
Puyang Jiao Continues to wait.

Turn 4
Tai An Jing's Defenders 147 Troops, 90 Morale, 2947 Gold, 4126 Food. City Defense 132/150
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 241 Troops, 75 Morale, 500 Gold, 8663 Food.

The thunder eased up and now it was only raining.
Jiang Song Is never going to find this dry place to hide.
Tai An Jing gets his archers to unleash a set of arrows upon Zhou Yun (-9 to Zhou Yun's Unit)
Huangfu Chu Finished his field ladders and looked towards making his way to the city.
Zhou Yun gets the wheels rolling towards but this time they can move faster!
Zhou Xiao still easting his picnic.... in the rain.
Lu Ying still thinks his a better picnic spot then Zhou Xiao.
Wu Fu Is busy digging again. Is that the seven dwarfs I see??? (-18 City Defense)
Huangfu Cai Follows his old man.
Yu Houyi Patches up some of Tai's men (+6 troop count to Tai An Jing's Unit!)
Hua Dang is playing Tiddlywinks!
Puyang Jiao Gets his archers to fire down upon Zhou Yun (-7 to Zhou Yun's Unit)


Turn 5
Tai An Jing's Defenders 147 Troops, 87 Morale, 2947 Gold, 3639 Food. City Defense 114/150
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 225 Troops, 72 Morale, 500 Gold, 8018 Food.

The thunder eased up and now it was only raining.
Jiang Song Is never going to find this dry place to hide EVER.
Tai An Jing gets his archers to unleash a set of arrows upon Zhou Yun (-11 to Zhou Yun's Unit)
Huangfu Chu Continues to the city.
Zhou Yun gets ready for some smashy smashy... but uses Inspire first to be safe! (+5 Defense) Then unleshes the smashy smashy that is the siege ram! (-35 City Defence0
Zhou Xiao still easting his picnic.... in the rain.
Lu Ying still thinks his a better picnic spot then Zhou Xiao.
Wu Fu uses Seven Dwarfs to help dig. (-18 City Defense)
Huangfu Cai Follows his old man.
Yu Houyi Patches up some of his own men (+6 troop count to Yu Houyi's Unit!)
Hua Dang is playing Tiddlywinks!
Puyang Jiao Gets his archers to fire down upon Zhou Yun (-7 to Zhou Yun's Unit)

Turn 6
Tai An Jing's Defenders 152 Troops, 84 Morale, 2947 Gold, 3152 Food. City Defense 61/150
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 207 Troops, 69 Morale, 500 Gold, 7394 Food.
Weather: Thunderstorm.... again!

Tactics by Sunday 05/07/09 19:00 EST (00:00 GMT) please... Yeah I know... you're probably going "You're the one to talk JBL..." but seriously... I wanna get these sorted tonight....

Unit Positions and Troop Count

Huangfu Chu 61
Advisor Lian Wei Zhe
Wu Fu 65
Zhou Yun 32
Lu Kong (Captured)
Zhou Xiao 25
Lu Ying 25
Huangfu Cai 25

Tai An Jing 28
Advisor Kei Tzu
Yu Houyi 28
Jiang Song 25
Puyang Jiao 23
Hua Dang 52

[JBL]

Turn 6
Tai An Jing's Defenders 156 Troops, 84 Morale, 2947 Gold, 3152 Food. City Defense 61/150
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 233 Troops, 69 Morale, 500 Gold, 7394 Food.
Weather: Thunderstorm.... again!

Jiang Song decides the only way he's going to get dry to get get his over and done with. He moves in a south easterly direction and out the gate which closes behind him. He then raids Wu Fu (Wu Fu -6, -370 food. HuangFu Chu's army -5 morale, Tai An Jing's army +5 Morale, +370 food.)
Tai An Jing gets his archers to unleash a set of arrows upon Wu Fu (-11 to Wu Fu's Unit)
Huangfu Chu moves towards the city.
Zhou Yun Smashy smashies The gate! (-35 City Defence. 26/150)
Zhou Xiao moves to fire raid Jiang Song, but Jiang Song is too wary (Fire Raid fails, Zhou Xiao -3)
Lu Ying attempts to rally and succeeds! (+10 morale to Huangfu Chu's army!).
Wu Fu uses Inspire! (+5 DEF, 0/2) and waits.
Huangfu Cai follows his dad.
Yu Houyi Patches up some of his own men (+6 troop count to Yu Houyi's Unit!)
Hua Dang counts rain drops.
Kei Tzu spreads rumors against Wu Fu's unit and succeeds. 600 men desert in the middle of the night and join the only other Infantry unit, Hua Dang. (Wu Fu -6, Hua Dang +6)
Lian Wei Zhe is out of position and can't rally because Lu Ying beat him to it.
Puyang Jiao starts a riot in Wu Fu's unit (Wu Fu -4, Wu Fu loses his next turn quelling the riot).

Turn 7
Tai An Jing's Defenders 168 Troops, 84 Morale, 2947 Gold, 2809 Food. City Defense 26/150
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 202 Troops, 69 Morale, 500 Gold, 6550 Food.
Weather: Thunder

Jiang Song successfully raids against Wu Fu! (-5 troops! 342 food stolen! +5 morale for Tai An Jing's forces! -5 morale for Huangfu Chu's forces!).
Tai An Jing gets his archers to unleash a set of arrows upon Wu Fu (-11 to Wu Fu's Unit)
Huangfu Chu continues to move.
Zhou Yun Smashy smashies The gate! (-35 City Defence. The gate is destoryed! -5 Morale to Tai An Jing's Forces!)
Zhou Xiao moves back towards the now-open gate.
Lu Ying rallies the troops. (+10 morale to Huangfu Chu's army!)
Wu Fu sorts out his unit. (Inspire 1/2)
Huangfu Cai follows his dad.
Yu Houyi Patches up some of Tai An Jing's men. (+6 troop count to Tai An Jing's Unit!)
Hua Dang counted many.
Kei Tzu tries to spread more rumors against Wu Fu, but fails. Wu Fu cunningly reverses the rumors, causing 300 of Tai An Jing's men to desert! (Rumor fails, Reversal succeeds. Tai An Jing -3. Because there is no friendly Archer unit, the 3(55) return to Ji)
Lian Wei Zhe is out of position and can't rally because Lu Ying beat him to it.
Puyang Jiao provokes another Riot against Wu Fu (Wu Fu -2, Wu Fu loses his next turn quelling the riot.).

Turn 8
Tai An Jing's Defenders 171 Troops, 79 Morale, 2947 Gold, 2613 Food. City Defense 0/150
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 182 Troops, 69 Morale, 500 Gold, 5787 Food.
Weather: Thunder

Jiang Song continues to Raid Wu Fu, but Wu Fu is wise to it by now (Raid succedes, Wu Fu -1, Jiang Song -2. Tai An Jing's army +5 morale, HC army -5 morale.)
Tai An Jing gets his archers to unleash a set of arrows upon Wu Fu (-12 to Wu Fu's Unit).
Huangfu Chu places the field ladders against the wall. His unit begins to scale the walls!
Zhou Yun attempts to confuse Yu Houyi! Yu Houyi is confused!
Zhou Xiao Moves into the gate and Fire Raids Hua Dang. The weather quickly puts out any fires before they can do significant harm. (Hua Dang -3, Tia An Jing's army -5 morale, HuangFu Chu army +5 morale.)
Lu Ying sows discord in Yu Houyi's regiment (Yu Houyi -50% damage dealt, +20% damage received for three turns.)
Wu Fu gets his unit in order again (Inspire fades).
Huangfu Cai reaches the ladders, but his regiment's armor makes scaling the wall difficult in this weather.
Yu Houyi is confused (Discord 1/3)!
Hua Dang preps for a serious defense.
Kei Tzu is out of TP.
Lian Wei Zhe rallies now that he has a chance (HC army +10 morale)
Puyang Jiao Gets his archers to fire down upon Wu Fu (-6 to Wu Fu's Unit)

Turn 9
Tai An Jing's Defenders 166 Troops, 74 Morale, 2947 Gold, 2090 Food. City Defense 0/150
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 163 Troops, 74 Morale, 500 Gold, 5396 Food.
Weather: Thunder

Jiang Song chases after Wu Fu and attacks his unit! (Wu Fu -1, Jiang Ssong -1, Wu Fu is captured, supplies have been picked up by Jiang Song! -20 Morale to HuangFu Chu's Forces +10 Morale to Tai An Jing's Forces!)
Tai An Jing gets his archers to unleash a set of arrows upon Zhou Yun (-13 to Zhou Yun's Unit)
Huangfu Chu's soldiers finally reach the top of the wall.
Zhou Yun attempts to confuse Tai An Jing but fails!
Zhou Xiao Moves into the city and attacks Hua Dang (Hua Dang -10, Zhou Xiao -4)
Lu Ying cannot rally, so she moves forward and sows Discord in Hua Dang's unit. (Hua Dang -50% damage dealt, +20% damage received for three turns.)
Huangfu Cai waits his turn to climb the wall.
Yu Houyi is no long confused! He moves into attack range and unleashes arrows upon HuangFu Chu's Unit! (-4 to HuangFu Chu's Unit! (Discord 2/3))
Hua Dang digs in deep and attacks Zhou Xiao! (Zhou Xiao -4. Hua Dang -7. Discord 1/3)
Kei Tzu is still out of TP.
Lian Wei confuses Yu Houyi!
Puyang Jiao Gets his archers to fire down upon Zhou Yun (-7 to Zhou Yun's Unit)

Turn 10
Tai An Jing's Defenders 148 Troops, 79 Morale, 3447 Gold, 7017 Food. City Defense 0/150 South West Gate Breach!
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 133 Troops, 39 Morale, --- Gold, ---- Food.
Weather: Thunder

Jiang Song attacks Lu Ying (Lu Ying -12, Jiang Song -3)
Tai An Jing moves to the North West gate and attempts to get into range of Huangfu Chu.
Huangfu Chu charges Tai An Jing's unit! (Tai An Jing -21, HuangFu Chu -5)
Zhou Yun confuses Jiang Song!
Zhou Xiao Attacks Hua Dang!(-8 to Hua Dang, -2 to Zhou Xiao!)
Lu Ying attacks Hua Dang. (-6 Hua Dang, -2 Lu Ying).
Huangfu Cai mounts the wall.
Yu Houyi is confused. (Discord wears off)
Hua Dang Digs deep at the castle and goes into defense mode.
Kei Tzu wants to buy more TP.
Lian Wei Zhe tries to confuse Yu Houyi but fails.
Puyang Jiao Gets his archers to fire down upon Lu Ying (Lu Ying -6)

THIS GOES INTO AN EXTENDED BATTLE!

Turn 11
Tai An Jing's Defenders 118 Troops, 74 Morale, 3447 Gold, 7017 Food. City Defense 0/150 South West Gate Breach!
Huangfu Chu's Invaders 106 Troops, 14 Morale, --- Gold, ---- Food.

Huangfu Chu 52
Advisor Lian Wei Zhe
Wu Fu (Captured)
Zhou Yun 12
Lu Kong (Captured)
Zhou Xiao 12
Lu Ying 5
Huangfu Cai 25

Tai An Jing 10
Advisor Kei Tzu
Yu Houyi 34
Jiang Song 19
Puyang Jiao 23
Hua Dang 32

[Liu Sun]

Reinforcements to Bei Ping:
(From Xiang Ping)
Jade Commander
Zhao Huan (CinC) 83-90-46-36-40, Duelist; Leader; Study (e); Zeal
The Classics of Music [treatise] (Cha +2); Silk Scarf [headwear] (Cha +2); Level 1 Weapon (War +1); Children's Military Classics [manual] (Lead +1)
Supply Wagons, 2112 food.
64(103) Infantry
TP: 104

(From Ji)
CinC
Xu Chu 70-98-58-29-73, Aid; Blitz; Duelist(e); Investigator; Military Engineer; Scout; Trap; Valour; Rally; Wile
General of the Winged Guards (+15 Unit Limit, +15 TP)
TP: 113
Wang Sung (Advisor) 39-36-90-77-56, Invent; Rally; Rumor; Spy (e); Tactician; Wile
Controller Commandant of the Provisions (+5 Unit Limit, +5 TP)
TP: 83
Supply Wagons, 5000 food.
40(0) Infantry

Map, same as above. Reinforcements are placed along the western and eastern roads, arriving at the start of Turn 1 and eligible to move and attack. Tactics to JBL within 24 hours, please.

[Liu Sun]

--He Fei--
Nobody seems to mind the construction project. A fort in He Fei? What could that possibly matter?

--Hansong--
Miao Li Hoau's army does not contest the construction here, either.

--Tian Shui--
Tian Shui meets Wu Wei's army in a field battle, with reinforcements coming from Xi Ping.

Ling Fei (CinC) 87-74-71-36-50 Aid; Blitz (e); Charge; Loyalty; Raid; Stealth
Gelding (Lead +3)
TP: 116
Luo Ser (Advisor) 42-36-91-71-71 Cunning; Propaganda; Riot; Rumor; Wile (e)
TP: 102
50(100) Heavy Infantry

Shi Wukong 76-81-65-36-64 Duelist (e); Loyalty; Reversal; Valor; Weaponmaster
Big Book of War [manual] (Lead +3, +5% resistance to Confuse and Stop ploys)
TP: 111
45(100) Heavy Infantry

Kong Si Yu 84-53-70-35-70 Arrowstorm; Cunning(e); Rally; Logistics; Volley
Supply Wagons, 1000 gold, 10000 food
TP: 144
30(100) Archers

Han Fei 90-64-67-39-49 Counter; Craftsman; Fusilade; Leader; Missile; Volley
Level 2 Weapon (War +2)
TP: 110
48(54) Archers

Jian Yun 75-74-71-37-71 Arson; Invent; Military Engineer; Missile; Rally; Siegecraft (e); Trap
Level 2 weapon (war+2); Mare (lead+2); Bandanna (Charisma+1)
TP: 110
26(54) Heavy Infantry

Liu Shun 90-69-70-36-60 Aid; Breeder; Inspire; Leader(e); Trap
Logistics and Supply [manual] (Lead +2); Provincial Map (Lead +2)
TP: 114
26(54) Infantry

CIC/Main Defense Commander
Yan Song 84-71-70-36-60 Counter; Formation; Fusilade; Leader (e); Volley
General of Loyalty and Righteousness (+15 Unit Limit, +15 TP)
Commandery Map [Map] (Lead +1); Master's Bow (War +3, Arrow Success +10%)
TP: 126
Yu Jing (Advisor) 40-70-77-73-72 Alchemist; Arson; Articulate; Reversal; Riot; Rumor; Spy; Stealth (e)
Introduction to the Classics [treatise] (Int +1; Pol +1; Cha +1) =
TP: 94
36(100) Archers

Ma Liao's Defenders
Ma Liao 71-69-84-36-55 Ambush; Craftsman; Study(e); Terrain; Trap; Zeal
TP: 112
15(100) Infantry

Wei Cho's Food and Training Emporium
Wei Cho 72-70-71-50-61 Ambush; Cunning; Inspire; Jeer; Raid; Rally
General who Restores the Lands (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
Supply Wagons, 4000 food.
TP: 146
25(0) Infantry

CIC/Overall Commander's Banner
Chen Wei 85-77-70-50-41 Aid; Alchemist; Charge; Leader; Logistics; Medic; Mystic; Wall
Magistrate of Tian Shui [ruler] (+20 Unit Limit; +30 TP; +20%)
'Swift Wind' [mount] (Lead +3; -5% chance to be captured in duels and battles)
TP: 146
Wang Yangkun (Advisor) 40-36-83-75-80 Alchemist; Artisan; Medic; Mystic; Tactician (e)
Clerk (+5%)
TP: 80
50(100) Heavy Infantry

Zhao Wei's Protocol Enthusiasts
Zhao Wei 88-70-83-36-41 Inspire; Leader; Reversal; Study(e); Wall
General of Protocols (+15 Unit Limit, +20TP)
Rights of the Accuser [treatise] (Int +1); Logistics and Supply [manual] (Lead +2); General Map of China [map] (Lead +1, Int +1); Scholar's Robes [bodywear] (Cha +1)
TP: 120
50(100) Heavy Infantry

Kong Bo-Hai's War Boat Society
Kong Bo-Hai 96-62-76-39-36 Arrowstorm; Counter; Missile(e); Navy; Terrain; Volley; Wealth
General of Warboats (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
Mare [mount] (Lead +2); Rights of the Accuser [treatise] (Int +1); Logistics and Supply [manual] (Lead +2); Provincial Map [map] (Lead +2)
TP: 137
50(100) Archers

Chen Bian's Righteous Raiding Rodeo
Chen Bian 76-78-67-36-67 Ambush; Arson; Cunning; Loyalty; Raid (e); Stealth
General who Constitutes Righteousness (+15 Unit Limit, +20 TP)
TP: 150
37(100) Heavy Infantry

Xiang Yu's Supply Station
Xiang Yu[/color] 79-79-72-36-51 Charge; Jeer; Leader (e); Rally; Tactician
General who Appease the Borders (+15 Unit Limit, +15 TP)
Supply Wagons, 10000 food.
TP: 130
50(0) Infantry

Map of Di Dao
Shi Wukong's army arrives where the road exits the map in the northeast, Tian Shui's army where it exits the map on the southeast, and Xi Ping's army where the road exits the map to the west. The reinforcements from Xi Ping will arrive at the start of turn 3, ready to act on their normal initiative from there on out. Tactics to Taishi Ci 2.0 and Forum Administration in 24 hours, please.