Battle of Shiro Utaku Shojo

The Battle of Shiro Utaku followed the Battle of Shiro Shinjo in 1171 and it was the last battle of the War of Dark Fire in Unicorn lands.
== Preamble ==
Following the Battle of Shiro Shinjo the yobanjin Army of Fire marched against Shiro Utaku Shojo. The old Utaku Daimyo Utaku Xieng Chi led the Battle Maidens while the castle was under the protection of a strong guard led by Utaku Yu-Pan. The War of Dark Fire, Part 12, by Shawn Carman and Nancy Sauer
== Battle ==
Xieng Chi's assaulted the flank of the raiders but the army regrouped and the Unicorn group began to be encircled. Utaku Yu-Pan seeing in danger her sisters assembled all forces under her command but an honor guard and readied them to break the yobanjin trap. It stopped the encirclement of Xieng Chi's forces, but not before Xieng Chi was grievously wounded. She made Yu-Pan her successor as Daimyo and died. The yobanjin were killed until the last man on the field. The Burden of Becoming, by Nancy Sauer
== Aftermath ==
The fortress and its town were undamaged, but many farms in the surrounding area were destroyed. Every field in the Army of Fire's path was laid waste, and Unicorn would face famine this year. 
== Known casualties ==
* Utaku Xieng Chi
Shiro Utaku Shojo