Post by Nishimura Takeo on Dec 15, 2013 23:21:58 GMT -5
September 17th 23CLE
Takeo had decided today would be a good day to just sit by the lake. It'd give him time to think, away from the hustle and bustle. Things were transpiring smoothly anyway. The training for his 2nd Army was going without a hitch. His officers were also proving themselves worthy of command. Although only one had seen battle. The rest were too young, they had no clue what to expect, and how could they? No matter what war would be the real crucible. No amount of training could prepare them for the horrors brought on by it. Even worse when your enemy had numbers, vast numbers to call upon. It was why the General had spent weeks... Months... Drawing up battle plans all of them defensive oriented. They wouldn't be winning battles over open fields no, they would be using the forests, the mountains, rivers. Anything that could lower their advantage in numbers, and barring that the advantage in weaponry. Namely chemicals. He still remembered the first horrifying reports, and yet even now they still don't have an answer to any repeated usage of such a weapon in a future conflict. The only one he came up with was grab some cavalry, run the bastards down, and break their equipment.
Now though, he might just have to put those plans into action. Months ago the Noxus and Order of Shadows aligned, made worse by Noxus moving men and equipment to the temple. It was obvious what the true reasoning was for such an action. It gave Noxus boots on the ground. All they needed when the invasion came, was to rally the men at the temple and they could march out, capture some nearby towns with roads leading to port cities and hold their ground. Noxians would land, easily punch through the resistance which would be cut off and regroup with the men inland who would be fighting off any attempts at reinforcement. It's what he would do in their situation anyway. Only thing Ionia can do is try to encircle it before they move out but even then that's men being used to siege a temple that could be used to defend more important locations. The other weak-point in the defense of Ionia, the two islands just south. An easy grab and a great jumping point for any future operations.
He shook his head and snapped back into reality. He came here to relax, meditate in a sense. He eyed the waterfall and made his way towards it. His shirt and katana hitting the ground as he walked under it and stood. This... This was something he could get used to. Not that he didn't like combat, far from it. But sometimes even he needed a break.
Takeo had decided today would be a good day to just sit by the lake. It'd give him time to think, away from the hustle and bustle. Things were transpiring smoothly anyway. The training for his 2nd Army was going without a hitch. His officers were also proving themselves worthy of command. Although only one had seen battle. The rest were too young, they had no clue what to expect, and how could they? No matter what war would be the real crucible. No amount of training could prepare them for the horrors brought on by it. Even worse when your enemy had numbers, vast numbers to call upon. It was why the General had spent weeks... Months... Drawing up battle plans all of them defensive oriented. They wouldn't be winning battles over open fields no, they would be using the forests, the mountains, rivers. Anything that could lower their advantage in numbers, and barring that the advantage in weaponry. Namely chemicals. He still remembered the first horrifying reports, and yet even now they still don't have an answer to any repeated usage of such a weapon in a future conflict. The only one he came up with was grab some cavalry, run the bastards down, and break their equipment.
Now though, he might just have to put those plans into action. Months ago the Noxus and Order of Shadows aligned, made worse by Noxus moving men and equipment to the temple. It was obvious what the true reasoning was for such an action. It gave Noxus boots on the ground. All they needed when the invasion came, was to rally the men at the temple and they could march out, capture some nearby towns with roads leading to port cities and hold their ground. Noxians would land, easily punch through the resistance which would be cut off and regroup with the men inland who would be fighting off any attempts at reinforcement. It's what he would do in their situation anyway. Only thing Ionia can do is try to encircle it before they move out but even then that's men being used to siege a temple that could be used to defend more important locations. The other weak-point in the defense of Ionia, the two islands just south. An easy grab and a great jumping point for any future operations.
He shook his head and snapped back into reality. He came here to relax, meditate in a sense. He eyed the waterfall and made his way towards it. His shirt and katana hitting the ground as he walked under it and stood. This... This was something he could get used to. Not that he didn't like combat, far from it. But sometimes even he needed a break.
