| Battle of Shutai |
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| Location: Shutai |
| Date: 1173, month of the Hare |
| Major Forces: Imperial Legions, Phoenix, Destroyers |
| Generals: Shosuro Jimen, Isawa Mizuhiko |
| Battles of Rokugan |
The Battle of Shutai lasted several weeks, with a constant attack of the Destroyers until the village was lost.
Preambles[]
In the month of the Hare of 1173, [1] the snow began to melt, and the Destroyers resumed their assault on the Empire during the Destroyer War. In their path was the Scorpion village of Shutai, a place of vice and a meeting point of bandits. Surprissingly the Imperial Legions led by the Emerald Champion Shosuro Jimen himself arrived to confront the enemy. [2]
Trapped and reinforcements[]
The Destroyers managed to fight and maneuver in the Shosuro floodplains, still dry of water. Jimen was nearly to be trapped, which was noticed by the Jade Champion Kuni Daigo. Through the River of Ten Thousand Steps ritual, Asako Serizawa and the Master of Water Asako Bairei swifted Phoenix and Jade Magistrate forces inside the village, led by Isawa Mizuhiko. With the counsel of Daidoji Kirimi the water Tensai left the nearby river overflow and thus slowed down the advance of the Destroyers. [3]
Flee and defeat[]
After three weeks of siege Jimen broke the encirclement and left the village. The moral of the besieged was shattered, and shortly after Shutai fell. [4]
References
- ↑ Imperial Histories 2, p. 253
- ↑ The Destroyer War, Part 1, by Shawn Carman and Lucas Twyman
- ↑ The Destroyer War, Part 2, by Shawn Carman and Lucas Twyman
- ↑ The Destroyer War, Part 3, by Shawn Carman
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