Rallying the North [Closed]

[baikun]

"Yesterday, we sent a message to those who would claim sovereignty over us. But no true northman bows to anyone but the Emperor he serves, we men of the great wall bow only to our true masters. The blood of the great ancestors flows in our veins, their iron-will and their unconquerable devotion.

We are the shield of the north, the barrier against the barbarians, the Xianbei. But, our efforts have been for naught, for Yuan Shao deems it more important to raise the manpower of Hebei to his own war, for vengeance, for his own house's glory. For this he forsakes the security of the country he swore to uphold and preserve; allowing those who would seek to conquer our people to breach our borders and overwhelm the wall which has stood between us for so long.

For that, you, my brothers, have gathered to me in great numbers, admirable numbers, and for that I am honoured. Our army is large, our stores abundant, our holdings ever-growing. Now is the time we take back what is ours - the people's. Too long, have we endured the rule of Yuan Shao, looking meekly on from our posts on the walls we swear to defend. Too long, have we endured the sight of our fellow countrymen dead in the mud for a noble's glory.

Now is the time we reclaim the north, now is the time we correct the mistakes of this fool, who assumes too much of himself, we will crush his damnable rebellion againstt he throne, and with it we will reclaim our homes of generations past. We will vanquish the false lord, and seize his halls and keep for our own, extinguish the arrogance of his plans, and remove his treason for good. Justice. We the people, will take back what is ours, and fulfill our duty.

We will crush Yuan Shao, and with his holdings our own, we will put an end to this disgusting advance of the Xianbei forces. We will reclaim Liaodong and You, we will extinguish the hopes of barbarians; devoting the strength of the north, where it should always have been focussed, the north.

Let it never again be said, that we, the guardians of our great country were defeated, by those we swore to defeat. We will take back our honour! We will start by filling the streets of Ye with traitor blood, and decorating it's walls with the heads of a treasonous house.

Gather your arms and armour, saddle your horse, for today is the day we give this false Lord Protector of the North, a taste of true northern justice. We willd rag him from his false throne and expend his life's blood upon the lands he has failed to defend, in sacrifice to those who he has failed, our brothers on the eastern walls in Liaodong and You.

Let the honesty of our intentions spread to the four corners of the country, and no true man hinder us."