Fight with me and a general (5)
I believe the answer is:
melee
'fight' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Confused fight' mean 'melee' so perhaps 'fight' could also mean 'melee')
'me and a general' is the wordplay.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'a general' becomes 'Lee' (Robert E. Lee - US revolutionary commander).
'me'+'lee'='MELEE'
'with' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for melee that I've seen before include "Fracas" , "Skirmish" , "A confused free-for-all" , "Confused crowd" , "Confused brawl" .)