Attack on Ti Fing

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Li Damu marched his forces to the battle site, he looked around, it seemed he was the first to arrive, with is men and officer, Yei Chian, Ka and Kay were on other buisness, so she was the only one accompanying him.

Li Damu's men
Officer
Yei Chian

Troops
80 archers
250 Lightswordsmen
100 Spearmen
40 Cavalry
300 Miltia
50 Horsemen
200 Bowmen

[Zao Teng]

Zao Teng arrived with his officers to have a look at the battle field, after taking a few minutes to talk to his officers and walked ove to Li Damu snd told him the tactics, but Li damu didn't agree, so they talk over a scone and biscuits and a cup of tea and found out the "real tactics".

Zao Teng's men
Officers
Zao Cheng
Hao Hadong
Lee San

Troop
600 militia,
100 horsemen,
800 bowmen,
200 light spearmen

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Li Damu glared at Zao Teng, his tactics were the real tactics here! And anyway, he didn't like scones!
"You can take your tea and drink it! Those foreign imports taste so bad, I thought was going to be sick. Teng, you better remember that I'm in charge of this alliance! You better do..."
In quite a temper, Li Damu stormed back to his men, awaiting the arrival of the invading force of Zhuge Hong.

[Zhuge Hong]

Zhuge Hong and his men arrived ready for battle, they were completely detirmed to win, and there numbers should be able to win the battle for them. Zhuge Hong shouted at his men to be ready, and his troops and officers came to the battle with him, he stood waiting for his strategist, Tae Ling

600 militia
200 spearmen
150 horsemen
400 bowmen
Zhuge Lao
Zhuge Zen
Zhuge Lan

[Zao Teng]

Zao Teng choked on his scone.
"You say my tea tastes bad!? I'll have you know that it is prime imports from other provinces, the finest tea in all of the land!" Zao Teng threw his scone at the retreating back of Li Damu then sat down and muttered to Lee San.
"Nobody appreciates tea anymore these days, even though I am the best conissuer in all of the land, even as much so as the tea is the best. I need a woman..." Just then the young Zao Cheng ran up to Zao Teng.
"Sir, Zhuge Hong has arrived! He has his men with him, a large army, about the size of ours!" Throwing aside his half finished scone and putting down the cup of tea, that would, no doubt be cold once the battle was over Zao Teng shouted the order to march, then he regarded the tea mournfully.
"And it was such a good batch too..." wiping a tear from his eye he drew his sword, mounted his horse and moved out.

(compiled with the help of Li Damu)

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Li Damu ignored Zao Teng in a huff, he didn't care what the ruler said, that tea did not taste good! He turned round and shot back.

"If that is the best, I simply do not want to know what the worst is! Your scones are stale too!"

Li Damu mobilised his own men and went up the left side of the battlefield, he was not unduly bothered, after all, they did outnumber him.

[Tae Ling]

tae ling came to the battle with 300 militia, 50 horsemen, 200 bowmen, 100 spearmen and nao ling, his brother. tae ling looked around and saw he was the last one to arrive at the battlefield, this wasn't good, he was late!
wasting no time tae ran to the front of his men and ordered them to battle, as he could see everybody else was already going in for the fight.

[Zhuge Hong]

(Damn, Li, you got stat increases for that post you made in the wise man bit... Hang on a sec you two... were arguing about scones!? ;D ;D ;D ;D

Zhuge Hong saw that Tae Ling had managed to get here too, since everybody was here now, the battle could commence!
First off, he ordered his men to advance in a normal formation, the horsemen riding on the outsides, the militia and spearmen shielding the bowmen, who were ready to fire, his officers remained inside too.

[Admin]

(Yee-haw, let's get this party STARTED!)

Li Damu noted the mobilising of Zhuge Hong's men and grinned tightly, the battle had begun, the dispute over the tea and scones would have to wait until later. Li Damu ordered his men to advance, he used his mounted troops as a screen to protect all of his swordsmen and bow wielding warriors. The spearmen began to dig defensive works around the area of their camp, supervised by Yei Chian.

[Tae Ling]

tae ling's small number of soldiers readied themselves for battle, unfortunately it appeared that they were outnumbered, but the strategist did not let this bother him. Instead he told his men to start making their own defenses along the lines, in order to stop Zao Teng's march.
In the meantime, nao ling rode his horse out and demanded a duel from zao teng or one of his officers.

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Li Damu eyed the approach of Zhuge Hong as it matched his own, slowly the two forces grew closer. Across the field Li Damu saw Nao Ling loudly declare his name and challenge Zao Teng, and he wondered if he would receive a similar challenge for a duel.
He ordered his men to remain in their formation, wondering quite what to do, Zhuge Hong's men outnumbered his, while Li Damu and Zao Teng combined had more men, Li Damu was outmatched by his opponent singularly.

[Zhuge Hong]

Zhuge Zen was the first of Zhuge Hong's officers to feel the need for a fight. Seeking permission, which was readily given to him, the young man rode out on his horse to challenge Li Damu.
"Duel me Li Damu! Come on! Or are you scared?"

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Li Damu took his horse outside of his tight formation, giving the men strict orders to remain where they were, he moved forward, looking at the young man facing him with curiousity and a little contempt.
"Boy, you had better hope I don't hurt you too bad..."

[Zhuge Hong]

Zhuge Zen's horse went through his own lines, carrying his master, Zhuge Hong called for a horseman to take Zen back with him to Xu Bi, he was badly wounded, and Hong wanted him out of the battle- fast.

Li Damu was outside his own lines, and Zhuge Hong sensed an oppurtunity had arisen.
"Charge!" His horsemen rumbled forward, accompanied by Zhuge Hong, and his two brothers remaining in the battle. Hopefully they could catch Li Damu before he made it back to his lines!

[Tae Ling]

Nao Ling was annoyed that he did not get an answer from Zao Teng, so he rode back to his lines in order to continue making the defensive works, which were beginning to grow quite formidable. They would not get past Tae Ling's men!