Pride of Liang [CLOSED]

[Ma Teng]

Its been years since the Fight for Tong Gate has passed, The Battle took a lot out of the Guanxi Coalition, a collection of Tribal Leaders Near the Liang Region, Especially the Ma family, & Ma teng personally with almost being assassinated by Cao Cao. If it wasn't for he and his Sons Ma Tie & Ma Xiu, especially his most spiritual and influential seed Ma Chao, the Guanxi Coalition would have been killed off there; and the Forces of Wei would then have major Control of all of Northern China. The overall battle showed that the Guanxi Coalition was still lacking not only strength in numbers; But wise tacticians & strategist. Having the strongest Horde of Calvary can only get you so far in a war, now since the era of the Three Kingdoms have come into place the best strategist in all of China will soon make their marks upon this land

With China shaping up the way it is, Cao Cao & his army could. Very much do an onslaught on cities such as Chang An & Tian Shui, & finish with capturing Wu Wei, & stretch the momentum of his conquest towards Lords such as Liu Zhang & The Leader of Shu Liu Bei, since He and His Kinsmen Liu Zhang still haven't made amends yet. Teng respects Liu Bei as a man, since he also is for the restoration of the Han & want to create peace under the help and guidance of the people, not for his own power or Will. With his Pursuit of conquest to the West he will have very busy trying to force Liu Zhang of Cheng Du to summit to the Han, but as of now Ma Teng can only focus on himself and the Guanxi Coalition for right now.

Teng resides in a somewhat large castle that is station in the West of Wu Wei, not the biggest castle per say, but its surrounding gates & structured towers are very large, standing on the tower one could see most of Wu Wei. The overall city of Wu Wei economic stands is somewhat below average since farming here isn't the best and they're aren't a lot of trade routes leading towards the city, but its people are strong, they support & rely on each other. They especially look towards their ruler Ma Teng with the up most respect and believes in him, that he could bring the people into better living arrangements, anything is better then how they live currently.

The greatest thing that is currently working for the city is the army. Something goes to be known for having some of the strongest horses in the world counts for something, there always some famed breeder coming to this region to try and find the secrets of their horse breeding, Teng would never give up the secrets obviously, he can't just let go of family tradition, and have his own special breed of horses just run wild all through China. Ma Teng usually stays to himself now a days no really in discussion with anyone, except for his two sons that stay with him in Ma Tie & Ma Xiu. If you didn't seem him in the stables helping out. With the horses or in the barracks training with the other solders. You could catch him in his room reading up on some ancient history and trying to learn new battle tactics

Some would suspect he lost his heart when his eldest son Ma Chao decided to leave his side & Join the like of Liu Bei and his army, which is not the case, he & Chao had a very in depth discussion as to why he wanted to join up with Liu Bei & how it would benefit each other in the long run. Teng was all for the decision and didn't once rethink it, he knows his son is doing the right thing, and will further strengthen the name "Ma" into Various region's. With Ma Teng being the vocal leader & main commander of the Guanxi Coalition, almost every move he makes has to be very beneficial for the entire clan, since they have much to lose in their fight for the Han.

Having is sworn brother Han Sui is always a plus, those two have been together for a very long time, besides his other sons that's the man who he trusts the most with decisions that benefits the overall coalition, though things got a little sour between him & Ma Chao during the fight for Tong Pass, Sui is still in good favor with Ma Teng. Teng hopes to once again fight for Justice along side Han Sui and bring especially bring the might of Cao Cao & the forces of Wei down. As Teng was currently residing in his room he gets an surprise appearance from one of his son, Ma Xiu to most likely talk about the expansion of their army

[Ma Teng]

Dining with Ego's Part 1

The room had somewhat of a dark setting to it, dimly lit candles throughout the room the bed was on a high platform almost bigger then a king size mattress, A couple a feet away from the bed in the center of the room was a table with four chairs around & on the table with old raggedy scrolls of the past from his fathers Ma Ping collection. Teng's father wasn't the greatest warrior of all but well respected throughout the people of Qiang. Ma Teng would try to emulate himself after his father Ping from time to time, just on a social level, but he was never the social type even to this day. He had to grow into that role more if he was going to be a fierce leader among the people of Qiang.

Teng was sitting alone reading through the scrolls then heard *Knock* *Knock. Teng looked over to the door "Come in". As the door a small figure comes through the door. "Father dinner is almost ready". Teng's third son Ma Xiu. Xiu unlike his father was more out going & out-spoken then his father, but is used to being spoiled a lot at a young age but having to go through countless battles with his brothers & father made him grow up very quickly, Xiu was probably more of the tactician of of his three sons, always in some old Sun Tzu manuals always bringing up the Shu strategist Zhuge Liang & his feats against his opponents. Teng didn't care much because he was more of a Full Force attack, & let's overwhelm the enemy with the strength of our Calvary, but Teng does hope Xiu potential could help them out in the long run.

Teng: "Ahh yes Xiu, I'm almost ready just trying to finish reading this scroll"

Xiu: "Its good to see you finally trying to catch up with your history & use brain more then your might father"

Teng: "Haha maybe one day so but ill leave that to you"

Before Teng got up he finished reading the last bit of a paragraph, where in great depth it explain certain defensive formations that could be use in battle, but most of the information's seems a bit of a repeat since he's been in so many wars, certain formations like this would just come about in battle that he would have to do. After reading the last bit, Teng gets up room his chair, walks over to Xiu taps him on his shoulder with a smirk on his face & they both leave the room, to the dining hall where the other sergeants, lieutenants could be getting ready for their meal.

Teng & Xiu engaged in a small talk while walking down the steps in the castle clowning around & joking a little like how a father & son would before they made their way inside the dining hall. Once you walk inside the hall you'll see the Main table long table with a well furnished chair at the fair end that is meant for Ma Teng, & on both sides so the highest rank would sit at both ends while the lowest ranks would be station in the middle. As Teng walked inside the Hall he sees other Generals such as Cheng Yi, Yan Xing & Yang Qiu, who manly served under Han Sui., Teng's sworn brother. Xiu & Teng nods to all the Generals as they enter the room. It seems as though ever since the battle of Tong pass they had against Cao Cao. The so called Guanxi Coalition has been split apart mentally, the entire army doesn't have the same drive drive to conquer as it once did, and with Ma Chao leaving to join Shu. Men under Han Sui seem to be more comfortable with their position in the coalition and perhaps they should have nothing to fear, no-one watching over them or being suspicious of their moves.

Teng couldn't stress this little mutiny of what some may call it. He Generals that's been with him for years, especially his two son Xiu & Tie, & he trusts them with his life. Along with his vanguard general Pang De & daughter Ma Yunlu. He has all the personal he needs for the time being, but having the entire Guanxi Coalition together would benefit Teng & Sui in the long run despite which ever goals or dreams they have for each. It isn't the time for bickering among themselves, its time to come together as soldiers and try to help each other conquers their own personal goals.

As the food was coming in Teng took his seat among his fellow men, he seen that the aura wasn't the best. He sat with Han Sui's men but Han Sui was no where In sight for the moment nothing to worry about Sui is usually the late one. No voices where spoken, all could be heard was silver wear and the men chopping on their food, Teng has his hands folded on the table looking at everyone with his sons, Tie & Xiu to both his wings, & his daughter Yunlu to the next chair from Tie. Teng looked over to Tie, because Tie seem to have a pressed look upon his face. No food was in his mouth, but he kept clinching his jaw. Teng leaned over to talked to Tie in a calm voice just in a conversation between them.

Teng: Tie what's the pro.....

Tie: "What are we waiting for

Teng had a be wilder look on his face before responding back to TIe
Teng: "Wha?"

Tie: "WHAT THE HELL ARE WE WAITING FOR"

Everyone quickly stopped what they where doing & looked over to Tie with a surprise look Tie put down his fork & knife got up from his seat.

"Sorry to be so forward Father, but I have to say this, we've been just sitting in this place for years, unknown to everywhere & our economics standing is steadily declining, while Cao Cao is growing stronger & stronger by the day. Not only that he has Lu Bu. And he is an animal of War Cao Cao could send him hear in an instant & just eradicate us. While brother Chao joined up with Shu and is helping Liu Bei extend his army to the West we need to do something fast before we are overwhelmed with and can't fight back"

[Ma Teng]

Dining with Ego's Part 2

After the quick little tirade from Tie. All the other Generals just sat in their seat & stared at him, with nothing really to say, just in their own thoughts, very surprise that some of Tie stature would just blow up & say something like that in a calm settlement, but perhaps this was the best time to say that statement among his piers, though a few would disagree with his statement. Pang De, himself still sitting there staring at fingers laced with his head resting on his hands, he took a big sigh and slowly stood up from his chair

"Your right Tie, us the Guanxi Coalition is full of proud warriors, but there is more to it then just all out expand out army, with our forces in control of Wu Wei & Chang An we could easily seize control of Tian Shui. As well as An Ding and further fortify our army."

Chatter begin to merge amongst the general's at the table, Teng sat their quietly with his fingers laced on the table looking amongst the men talking, both Xiu & Yunlu sat their quietly as well looking around, with Tie & De still standing. A discussion like this haven't been made in quite some time, well since the Tong Pass battle, some would say this is what the coalition needed to bring that fire back in the army. The Qiang horde is the pride of the coalition and thus needs to be release against the enemy forces of Wei.

As the chatter begin to die down, little laughter could be heard coming towards the end of the table, Yang Xing seemed to find little amusement in this discussion.

Yang Xi: "And then what Tie........De we just gather up our men & take the two remaining cities south of Wu Wei & then what? Just ride the wave and go at war with Cao Cao.........are you mad. Wei's army is continuously growing be a scary rate & by the time we are regrouping to go attack him he could send his full force here to attack This army lost its spirit when Ma Chao left for Liu Bei.....I don't see the same drive in this army that it once was......

Tie: "Your a fool... You must have no faith in this army to think something crazy like. With Sun Ce in the South & Liu Bei's army steadily growing in the West Cao Cao will be to occupied with them to worry about us, we can creep up on him & he'll never know what hit him.

Yan Xing: "*Smh* "Crazy young fool just like how ya father was"

Tie: "Don't disrespect you worthless PEON!

The look on Xing's face became filled with anger and quickly smacked away the plates from the table grabbed a knife, then began to quickly make his way to the front of the table towards Tie, both Cheng Yi & Yang Qiu charging foward to stong Xing's progress, while Tie had a little dagger under his right sleeve, quickly drew it, but Pang De also stopped him for going toward Xing. The other Lieutenants & Captains got up from their chair's as well and began arguing amongst each other causing a huge commotion between everyone. Xiu & Yunlu where the only one's that were still sitting in their seats, watching on as this act of foolishness was going on. Frustration started to show on Teng's as he sat back & witness all the separation between his men's. Teng thought I would never come to something like this, but something like this can either make or break the growth of an army. Teng theng balled his fist and banged on the table "ENOUGH!........EEEEENOUGH!"

The pushing & shoving between everyone came to a complete halt they all looked over at Teng, Xing slowly putting the knife down while Tie put the dagger back under his sleeve.

Teng: "All this bitching & moaning between grown men is ridiculous, just shut up and calm yourselves......now you all make valid points about how we should start expanding our Coalition, but we cannot just explode into tirades like this during dinner. Especially with Lord Han Shui not being present, we should not discuss this here. Wait until everyone Is calm & collected before discussing such matters.........*sigh*.....now let's get back to dinner"

Everyone tempers died down a little and took back to their seats, the plates and other silver wear that was flung by Xing was picked up by one of the servants and replaced with new ones. They all continued to eat, with no talk at all, they knew Teng's statement was on point, and this wasn't the place or time to get rowdy and act straight off emotions, but some day this week they'll surly continue this conversation hopefully with Lord Han Sui present this time.