Battle of Kyuden Ashinagabachi

The Battle of Kyuden Ashinagabachi was fought in the Destroyer War when a force of Kali-Ma's Destroyers attacked the palace in 1173.

Preambles
The Shogun Moto Jin-sahn sent a Imperial Legion led by Matsu Fumiyo to establish a major defensive stronghold there. Fumiyo was informed by Doji Jun'ai, the Keeper of Water, about a rokugani conspiracy to allow its fall as a message to the Mantis for their impertinence. Doji Okakura alerted of the imminent arrival of the Destroyers. He had been advised through dreams by the prophetic shojo En'you. The defenders during several weeks built trenches and barricades into the village that surrounded the castle.

Armies deployment
Several sub-commanders of Kali-Ma had combined their forces deploying a vast force. From the Empire thousands of troops from all different clans were dug in the fortified plain, including the bearer of the Hand of the Jade Dragon Matsu Benika and Togashi Matsuo, the favored student of the Oracle of Thunder.

Battle
The battle began in the mountain pass that led to the palace. The ironclads came first. Thousands of them were destroyed before they ever came within sight of the Mantis holding, but the enemy reached the outskirts of the castle. The Tsuruchi archers fired thicker arrows which were magically propelled by Moshi Shugenja, and their superior force penetrating the ironclad shells. Moshi Awako and her acolytes called the thunder and lighting stroke the specially prepared arrows and leaping from one of the Destroyers to another.