The Setup [Task]

[Zhang Miao]

"Such a Beautiful city" Zhang Miao thought as he and his personal Guards passed through the gates of Pu Yang. Zhang Miao would be patrolling the streets of Pu Yang for the next few days. With Lu Bu in charge of Xia Pi, Chen Gong in charge of Bei Hai and Zang Bai in charge of Pu Yang, this freed up Zhang Miao, so he decided he would spend time in each city helping out in any way he could. Zhang Miao looked at his Personal Guards and dismissed them. “Go To the Barracks and get some rest” Miao said “Tonight we start patrols”.

LATER THAT DAY

Zhang Miao and his men were just finishing preparing for their patrol. “Men keep your eyes open there have been reports of bandits robbing, and kidnapping some of the merchants” Miao said as they headed out of the barracks. Not too long into their patrol they heard loud screams coming from the marketplace. “Hurry Men lets go” Miao said as he started to sprint towards the screaming. When he finally arrive he had seen, dozens of people crowding over a dead body. “What Happened here” Miao yelled as he crouched over the body. “It was those filthy bandits, they killed him.” One of the merchants said. Zhang Miao stood up and looked at the crowd “Everyone go back to your stores we will deal with this”. Zhang Miao looked back at the body and noticed a scroll beside the body. He picked it up and begun reading it.


“To All New Bandits, for you to become a fully fledge bandit you must compete this task and whoever completes the task first will receive a nice bonus. The Task will be to rob a merchant and take all his gold if he refuses kill him and still take all of his gold. Once you complete this task head north and when you reach the fork in the road follow the east path and you will eventually reach the hideout
--Bandit Leader”

Zhang Miao head back towards the barracks and got his men ready. “Men we are heading out towards the bandit camp, stay alert and be ready for ambush’s”
The Sun was starting to set so as Zhang Miao and his men were approaching the bandit camp they had to be ready for anything. Just as they were closing in on the camp, he heard one of his men yell “AMBUSH” As he heard those words he felt something sharp dig right into his left shoulder and fell off his horse.

TO BE CONTINUED

[Zhang Miao]

Zhang Miao opened his eyes. He saw some of his guards taken cover behind trees, others using their shields to block incoming projectiles. He was being dragged but he could not make out who it was. They stopped and the man crouched over him

[Guard:]“Sir Are You Okay, We’ve been ambushed their everywhere”

Zhang Miao started to regain some sense and sat up, but quickly felt pain throughout his shoulder. He noticed the arrow sticking out of his shoulder.

[Miao:] “Help Me out soldier, grab the arrow and pull it out”

The soldier acknowledge the request and ripped out the arrow. As the arrow was ripped out Miao let out a groan. Miao wrapped up the wound and yelled

[Miao] “Men Regroup”.

They regrouped behind a bunch of trees in cover from the archers.

[Guard:] “Master Miao this does not look good, they are not equipped like any ordinary group of bandits” Miao looked at his exhausted guards and spoke

[Miao:] “Men these are not bandits there slave traders, we’ve been set up, that note left on the merchant was a trap. They must have knew that we were in Pu Yang”

[Guard]“Sir how do you know all this and why would they want us?”

[Miao] “It’s because we are top of the line soldiers with top of the line equipment. They want to sell us for a good price we would be worth a lot to the right buyer.”

[Guard:]“So what do we do sir, were outnumbered”

Zhang Miao Chuckled when he heard that statement,

[Miao]“Well we already know there mostly archers so we make a wall with our shields covering out front and the top and when we get close enough we break apart and charge them. They will be no match for us”

The men entered formation and begun to move towards the slave traders.

[Miao:] “Now Men Charge”

The men broke formation and begun to attack. Slowly they had begun taking out the slave traders one by one. They slave traders knew they were losing and started to retreat.

[Miao]”Chase them down make sure no one lives”

As they closed in on the slave traders the leader stepped out he the man looked real familar, the Miao realized that it was the man who told him about the bandits.

[Slave Trade Leader] “Officer Miao I challenge you to a duel”

Miao chucked when he heard the request

[Miao] “I Can never back down from a challenge so I guess I must accept, but this time you won't catch me off guard”

The guards and the rest of the slave traders put away their weapons and formed a circle around Zhang Miao and the Slave Trade Leader.

The Slave trade leader quickly drew his sword and charged Miao. Miao drew his sword and got in a defensive position. After a strong aggressive start by the slave trade leader he started to take the advantage over Zhang Miao. Miao realized this and started to fight back however he was limited due to the arrow wound he received early. The Leader eventually caught Miao off balance and knocked him over. Miao knew that he was in trouble now. The leader walked over to Miao and was preparing for the finishing blow. He lifted his sword over his head prepare for the final swipe down. Miao grabbed his sword and quickly stabbed it into the chest of the Leader. Miao pulled out the sword and the leader fell to his knees gasping for air. Miao placed the sword on the side of the leader’s neck and ended it with a clean swipe. As Zhang Miao placed his sword into its sheath he heard the head of the leader hit the ground, then the body after. He looked at his men and spoke.

[Miao] “Men take these as slave traders as prisoners. We bring them to the Emperor he can decide their fate”

[Guard] “Sir look what I found”

Miao looked over to see some prisoners in a cage as well as a chest.

[Miao] “Free those slaves and for the chest you men can split what you want. You’ve earned it”

The men returned back to Pu Yang and headed towards the barracks. Some of the troops from the palace delivered the slave trade prisoners to the emperor. As for Zhang Miao, he headed to his private quarters and went to bed knowing he needs better armour.

The End

[Zhu Jun]

Interesting storyline, like the Slave trade part..

Rewards

+ High security in Puyang.

+ 500 Gold to each officer of, including, Lu Bu.

+ 100 Militia to Zhang Miao [free'd slaves wishing to repay savour through service]

+ Increased loyalty to troops under Zhang Miao's command