![]() The funny thing in Mandate of Heaven is that both Ma Teng and Han Sui will remain neutral (they don’t even have an alliance). Dong Zhuo was one of the generals tasked to end the uprising. Historically speaking, both Ma Teng and Han Sui joined this revolt which took place on the western fringes of the Han Empire. On turn 10, the Liang Rebellion event led by Beigong Boyu will fire. Your garrison and the newly formed third army will be able to handle it. There’s a large stack roaming north of Anding will besiege Shoufang’s horse pastures and you should be ready to take it out. You still have the looter remnants to deal with from turn 8-10. Mandate of Heaven: Dong Zhuo and the Mandate WarĪlthough Mandate of Heaven‘s main conflict - the Mandate War or Yellow Turban Rebellion - starts on turn 8, you’ll hardly participate in it until much later in the game. Moving forward, our goal is to grab more animal tamer and horse pasture settlements to gain bonuses to cavalry recruitment/upkeep and reserves.You can complete this and the Red Hare mission by turn 8. If you don’t have enough movement points to reach this area, that’s fine.You should complete a mission to own an entire commandery. Claim Shuofang’s salt mine by spending 4,000 gold.Take “Sino-Roman Embassy” and propose another trade agreement.Make sure you’ll have 4,000 gold on your next turn (you can still ask the Han Empire for more).Move one of your armies there once the looter stragglers are taken care of. Dong Zhuo also gets a mission to find Red Hare which requires you to have a character near Shoufang’s horse pastures.You’re tasked with defeating two more looter armies or garrisons.Deploy this one in Xihe (have some spearmen and archers). Again, use the extra Intimidation on the Han Empire.There should be another looter army that spawns here and you can annihilate it.Capture Shoufang’s animal tamer settlement (which is undefended now).Attack using Li Ru’s army for an easy victory.March inside the borders of Shoufang’s animal tamer settlement with Dong Zhuo and make sure you’re within the looter army’s zone-of-control.Use your extra Intimidation on the Han Empire again.Try to look for decent officers such as Yu Jin, Lu Fan, etc.Move Li Ru’s army inside Shoufang’s animal tamer borders and switch to ambush stance.Capture Shoufang’s horse pasture with Dong Zhuo.Take “Foreign Envoys” to get another trade agreement.Move your backup army next to Shuofang’s animal tamer settlement.You won’t be able to reach the Shoufang’s horse pasture settlement yet (unless you were lucky enough to get an ancillary that increased campaign movement range).Just be sure not to let your Intimidation resource get too low or it’ll affect public order and corruption. Although the Han Empire isn’t available as a trading partner, for some reason, you could still get ridiculous deals if you use the Coercion command.Propose a trade agreement with any faction (ie.Upgrade Shoufang’s main settlement and build a Rural Tax Collector in Xihe’s vacant slot.March to Shuofang’s horse pastures with Dong Zhuo.However, you should deploy a separate second army with cheap militia troops (ie.Dong Zhuo’s vanguard deployment and Xiliang Cavalry will make mincemeat of looter opponents. You don’t need to recruit additional troops for Dong Zhuo’s army.Thanks to the Intimidation resource (+10 Intimidation per battle victory) and Coercion, you’ll be “fear-farming” the Yellow Turban rebels to earn more cash, territories, and ancillaries. Once you get the ball rolling (and I don’t mean his belly), Dong Zhuo’s Mandate of Heaven campaign will be one of the easiest (and most fun) that you’ll play. In fact, it seems the only thing he didn’t retain was his body fat. Aided by the mighty Lu Bu, you turned Chang’an into a meat grinder until the coalition arrayed against you fractured.ĭong Zhuo retains his unique mechanics, perks, and units in Mandate of Heaven. When Total War: Three Kingdoms released last year, there was one particular faction that truly captured what I wanted in an action-packed campaign. Mandate of Heaven: Dong Zhuo’s faction mechanics overview This guide was completed while playing Romance Mode on VH/VH difficulty. Note: Many of Total War: Three Kingdoms – Mandate of Heaven‘s core concepts have already been discussed in our previous articles, so check out our guides and features hub for more information. This mini-guide covers Dong Zhuo’s faction mechanics, opening moves, dilemmas, events, and additional tips. Total War: Three Kingdoms – Mandate of Heaven lets you choose Dong Zhuo, a would-be tyrant who tries to usurp the reins of power from the Han Emperor.
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