Since I can’t dampen He Yi’s fuse, I decide to try and light it in a way that best suits me. There isn’t enough Lurpak in the world to grease that relationship. He Yi, however, hates me so much that it’s mechanically impossible for him to hate me any further. Naturally, I try to pour water on it, buttering up both Sun Ce and Yuan Shu with a little diplomatic manipulation. If they declare war, I might as well jump into the Yangtze and swim for the Pacific.Īll told, central China is one giant powder keg waiting to explode. They’re not hostile toward me at present, but they are much more powerful than me. Either way, the Sun faction controls most of western China, stretching right along both my western and southern borders. But he will be killed in some far-off battle shortly, at which point Lady Wu will assume control of the faction. The faction is officially controlled by her son, Sun Ce. I should point out that at this point in the game, I don’t actually know about Lady Wu.
My biggest concern, however, is off to the west, in the form of Lady Wu. On the diplomatic map, the previously friendly Yuan Shu is slowly turning red with warlike anger, while the handful of settlements held by the Yellow Turban warlord He Yi are almost purple with rage. Most of my northern border is giving me the stink-eye. Not only will Min end hostilities with us, he’ll pay us around 3,000 gold for the privilege. Dong Min, the adopted son of Dong Zhuo who assassinated the tyrant, assumed his power, and spent most of the early game trying to ‘vassalize’ my faction, finally makes Cao Cao a reasonable peace offer. As the saying goes ‘An eye for an eye always leads to peace’.įortunately, my latest attempt kicks off in more promising fashion.
But in my defence, Tao Qian murdered my faction leader Cao Cao’s father and then died before I could exact my revenge. I also might have convinced my coalition partner Liu Bei to murder the son of a warlord named Tao Qian.
I may have started the game at war with the tyrant Dong Zhou and his vassal, the Han Empire, and I may have used this as an opportunity to expand my own borders. Peace may be rarer than potatoes in ancient China, but that won’t stop me from trying to play Total War: Three Kingdoms as something vaguely resembling a pacifist.
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