Warlords of the I Ching

This is an entry in the May/June 2009 Print-and-Play Dice Game contest. See: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/405493 During the Warring States period of ancient China, two rival warlords vie for supremacy. With just a few soldiers on each side, both warlords turn to the mystical philosophy of the I Ching to obtain a distinct advantage over the opponent. Will the properties of the trigrams and the soldiers’ weapons assure victory for a warlord, or lead to certain doom?