Midnight, Apple family farm outskirts....

As the marching of Gold clad Guards march down the streets of ponyville and out into the roads of Apple Family Farm heading to Whitetail woods, The ponies cheer them on, throwing flowers and shouting encouragements to their saviors. Soon the crowds disperse back to the town as the Army march further into the farm, the sound of synchronized marching being all that is heard as the guards make their way down the path. And as the final ponies head back to the town to rest, knowing their guard will protect them, the guards themselves look forward to this battle. To bring honor back to the royal guard after their embarrasing defeat at the hands of a bunch of humans. But they had learned from the battle, from the accounts of the remaining ponyville guards and Shining Armor, the humans used short swords and large sheilds, meaning their traditional halberd would be useless against them once they got past them. So the guards were all issued Medium length swords and small circular wooden shields with a thin layer of gold coating the front, Enchanted to increase its strength and resistance to piercing. They were prepared to fight. Even though most of the guards have never seen a battle in their lives, They remained confident in their equipment, their brothers in arms, and their commanders to win the day for them.

Meanwhile an Unimportant Roman scout is watching the guards marching from the safety and concealment of the forest. Watching as the guards make small cheers and act as a sea of gold coming his way to wash away his comrades. Soon he finds himself mounting his horse, who understandably complained about how rough the rider was at times, then riding off down the path deeper into the woods to warn his commander about the incoming army...

20 Minutes after Scout spotted the Guards. Roman/Japanese Camp....

The Previously Mentioned scout and horse thundered into the camp, waking a few japanese who are camping outside the fort, He quickly warns his Centurion who quickly rushes to the commander's tent...

"-and that is the whole situation and all we know, were going to have to find a way to get food supplies and-" Vesperianus is cut off by a Centurion Bursting in.

"Sorry to disturb but a scout reported that a massive army of 'Pony' Guards are marching towards us, he reported at least 8,000 Men but he says there are probably more." The Centurion says, panting while out of breath for running through half the fort.

"Seems like we must prepare for battle right now, I will gather my men for battle, then we shall decide how to combine our troops." Nagai states, standing up and grabbing his katana

"Centurion, Wake up all the men and gather them inside the fortress, i have a plan. Nagai, gather your men and......"

30 Minutes later.

The Romans Fall back into the fort, putting stakes at the base of the wooden walls and covering the outside with fresh branches and leaves to prevent the walls from catching fire easily. They wait, roman cavalry Auxiliaries hiding in the nearby woods to surprise the pony guards when they try to siege the fort. meanwhile the Japanese are nowhere to be seen, for their part in the battle will come later.

The Rhythmic marching of the Royal guards slowly grows from a faint sound to a roar as the ponies finally get a view on the fort in their makeshift clearing, still having a few stumps of trees on the outer edges. The guards slowly take position in front of the fort, forming up 200 feet from the walls and right at the forestline. Shining looks at the fortress and inspects it with his trusty spyglass.

"What do you see?" Blueblood asks

"Well it seems as though it is mostly wood, i see fresh branches and water on the outside walls so fire isnt a good option. Definetly humans though, i see their large red shields and... hold on their opening the gates..." Shining focuses on the gate as it opens and a single human on a horse rides out and towards the guard lines. The front guards lowering their Halberds in front of them and preparing for anything. But the rider stops short of the guards.

"Who is your commander?" The roman rider shouts at the guards.

"Why would we tell you?" a guard Spits back

"So we can possibly solve this problem without bloodshed."

Before Shining or Blueblood can respond many of the guards in the front line charge the rider, pointing their halberds at him. But the rider simply turns his horse and rides off back to the fortress. A few crossbow bolts missing him as the gate closes behind him.

P.O.V. Vesperianus

"Seems they chose to fight us" Vesp states to nobody in particular.

"Seems so, i shall prepare the archers." A Centurion to his left states.

"You do that, I do hope my plan works or else this fort will be our grave." Vesp says, overlooking his army preparing for the inevitable fight that is to come.

Vesperianus watches the equestrian army from a watchtower along with the archers that are stationed all along the walls. Looking for any weakness he might be able to exploit or any last minute changes that can be made to the fort for any advantage they can squeeze out of this situation. Soon though the enemy army starts marching around their fortifications slowly surrounding the fort from the treeline.

"Sir i believe they are preparing a siege!" one archer who nobody cares about states obviously.

"I can see that captain obvious." Vesper retorts....

P.O.V. Blueblood and Shining

"We should Prepare a siege and surround the fortress. They can only last so long and we can prepare to storm the castle in the meantime." Blueblood states while drawing new battle lines on a map of the area.

"Why would we need to storm the castle, we can simply wait them out and capture them when they run out of food." Shining states.

"We need a glorious victory for Equestria, expecially after the defeat at Ponyville. We need to have a glorious battle that shows that our guards are not weak." Blueblood tells shining while asking a soldier to bring him a cup of coffee.

"Why would we need to prove that?" Shining asks.

"Well if we simply siege the fort and capture them then the public will think that the guard is weak and can only sit around and wait for things to solve themselves. And then they will lose faith in the guard."

"That is actually a reasonable explanation, but we need to be careful, i propose we compromise, we wait them out for a few days and then attack at night."

"If that is what you think then so be it. This will be easy, its only a bunch of humans" Blueblood states while grasping his cup of coffee and walking back to his personal tent being erected. All the while Shakes his head at him for being so arrogant about humans.

Soon tents are erected all around the forest edge and guards are patrolling round the clock to make sure no bands of humans raid the camp or try to escape. Soon the equestrians finally settle in for the Siege of the human fort.....

To be continued....

Author's Note

Hey guys sorry this fanfic is taking a long time to update nowadays and that many of the chapters are low in word count. but im just not as interested in it as i used to. I still try to find time to write but its getting harder to be motivated. Especially since i recently got Mount and blade Warband + Napoleonic wars. But i try to write more. Also i was an idiot and spilled soda on my laptop and fucked up the keyboard and had to get an external one. BUT most things are good now so i should be able to write more.