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You are Zhu Xing, from the city of Xu Chang. You've defeated Zhou Xin's army, and have retreated back to your own territory in wait for Wang Lang's forces to arrive. You've taken to conquering as much land as possible and gathering support, and most recently a man by the name of Dong Xi was killed fighting against you.

Character Profile: http://pastebin.com/UTDjnUuX
Past threads: http://archive.foolz.us/tg/search/subject/three%20kingdoms%20quest/
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You return back to town, and rumors of the villagers who fought to the death have spread. Some of the popularity of your force falls and a few grumblings are here and there. It seems Dong Xi was a relatively well-known warrior around the area and his brave fall has ignited some displeasure within the populace. You think to govern the area for a week to raise support.

The next few days are spent managing the town, improving it, and meeting with peasants to fulfill their requests. With your average skill in political ability and charismatic flair, support rises for you only slight amount.

One day an old man visits you. He falls to his knees, tears in his eyes and informs you that one of your soldiers raped and beat his daughter. You remember that you have strictly forbidden this, and call upon the soldier who is accused of the act. The soldier fearfully falls to the floor and begs forgiveness.

“I had too much to drink last night, and was not thinking straight. I barely even remember the girl, please forgive me General!” he says with tears falling down, and shivering. He is young and not older than yourself.

What do you do?
>Execute him, the laws must be obeyed
>Have him flogged as punishment
>Pardon him, and ask the old man for forgiveness

Roll 1d100, avg of 4, lowest roll dropped.
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Awesome
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Rolled 45

>>33259564

>Execute him, the laws must be obeyed
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Rolled 82

>>33259564
>>Execute him, the laws must be obeyed

No exception.
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Rolled 60

>>33259564
>>Execute him, the laws must be obeyed

The military law must be obeyed.
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Rolled 35

>>33259564
>Execute him, the laws must be obeyed
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Rolled 31

>>33259564
>The next few days are spent managing the town, improving it, and meeting with peasants to fulfill their requests. With your average skill in political ability and charismatic flair, support rises for you only slight amount.

This is where our cha is needed.

>Execute him, the laws must be obeyed
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Rolled 69

>>33259564
>Execute him, the law must be upheld

Should we investigate this first?
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Rolled 62

Execute him, the laws must be obeyed
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>>33259643

What is there to investigate? He confessed. There's no question of fact here, it's a matter of meting out punishment.
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Rolled 1

>>33259564
>Have him flogged as punishment
We don't want to piss off our soldiers or the villagers.
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Rolled 3

>>33259643

He has all but admitted to it already.

I don't think we need to investigate further.

>>33259564

>Execute him, the laws must be obeyed

Order the execution.

The only way he gets a stay of execution.

Is if the old man agrees to forgive him and commute his sentence to flogging.

He should not be begging us for forgiveness but that of the old mans!
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Rolled 69

>>33259729
>He should not be begging us for forgiveness but that of the old mans!
Oh, true, have Xing say this
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>>33259729
>Order the execution.
>The only way he gets a stay of execution.
>Is if the old man agrees to forgive him and commute his sentence to flogging.
>He should not be begging us for forgiveness but that of the old mans!

Holy shit, this.
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>>33259702
No, we must let him die.
Even Cao Cao punished himself for disobeying the law, and ordered his servants to kill him.
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>>33259564
>>Execute him, the laws must be obeyed
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>>33259729

I'm going to respectfully disagree.

This man must be made an example of. Our soldiers will know the consequences of disobeying the military law, and our people will know us to be a just governor.

If the old man lets him off, the people will suspect corruption because of our low reputation.

The man must die.
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>>33259564
>“I had too much to drink last night, and was not thinking straight.

EXECUTE HIM. At this point, we have to lead by example to show that we are not above tradition and military law.

>Execute him, the laws must be obeyed.
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>>33259758
>>33259729
This.
But old man will kill him anyway.
We should also use some taels of our gold to satiate the family
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>>33259788
>We should also use some taels of our gold to satiate the family

I would support this course of action.

Although it would be nice if raian could inform us as to the regular pay scale of peasants and soldiers so we know whats a reasonable amount to pay.
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>>33259751
Seconded.

Although threaten that this is his ONLY warning and if he steps out of line again (if the old man chooses to forgive him) then it's OFF WITH HIS HEAD.
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>>33259823
We could give the pay to the executed soldier as an apology to the family
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>>33259823
I remember 10,000 Taels of gold were something like 367 year's pay for a town's official.
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>>33259823

No, that's going way too much into tiny picky details. Just say "compensate reasonable amount" for simplicity's sake.
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>>33259866
HAH.
HAHAHAHAHA.
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>>33259866
>We could give the pay to the executed soldier as an apology to the family
What's a dead guy going to with the money?
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Actually, you're right.. Switching my vote from
>>33259849

To execute, and give the family money
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>>33259913

He might have had a family to support.
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>>33259938

Probably shouldn't have raped a girl and disobeyed our direct orders then.
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>>33259913
Wups I meant use the executed soldiers pay as a gift to the victims family
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>>33259954

Oh im not disputing that.

Its just that if he does have a family. His family is still entitled to his pay and we shouldnt deprive them of it.
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Oh just wondering, does anyone know what happened in quest 7? I missed it so I read up on suptg but it ended abruptly right when we were about to fight the man with the halberd. What happened afterwards? Was there another thread after that?
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You stomp your feet to the ground, and rise, raising a hand in the air.

"I have strictly made it law that no person of these lands would be harmed," you state angrily and out loud. "How am I to maintain order and peace if I should excuse those who go against my word? How can I face my ancestors when I go back on my claims? Guards, take this man away and have him executed. Let his head be displayed outside these halls as an example! Give a small pouch of coins to this man as compensation for his daughter."

"General! Please, I have a wife and two kids!" the soldiers cries as he is dragged away.

Your command and authority rings out loud enough for people to accept your decision and not complain. Gao Shun who has been diligently standing guard near the corner nods in approval.

The old man bows.

"Thank you General! Thank you! Justice was seen here today!"

Word of your deed spreads, and the support of your forces rise.

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The next day, you are working on some documents. A lot of the details and complications slightly frustrate you. A knock comes to your door, and Song Xian comes in smiling with a bottle of wine.

"General! You are working far too much, why not rest awhile and have a drink? I have bought a fine, aged wine, and I would like to share it with you."

>Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while
>Refuse, you want to focus on work
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>>33260055

Check the foolz thread.

The suptg archive wasnt updated till the end
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Rolled 40

>>33260055
Take a look at the foolz archive in the OP
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>>33260064
>>Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while

BRING OUT

THE

KETTTTTLE
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>>33260064
>Refuse, you want to focus on work

Refuse politely. We must put this city in order before we defeat Wang Lang.

Say that you'll have the wine after you route Wang Lang's army and take the city.
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>>33260064
Refuse but be nice, you'll get DRUNK AS FUCK later
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>Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while

Couldn't hurt, could it?
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>>33260064
>>Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while

A break would be good.
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>>33260064
>>Refuse, you want to focus on work

I want my POL and INT points. We must also emulate Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, not a scrub general.
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>>33260064
>>Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while
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>>33260064
>>Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while

As long as we don't get drunk.

If this was Lingqi, no way in hell we'd be turning her away lol
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>>33260064
>>33260120
>>33260125
second, with emphasis on sharing drinks after work finished.
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>>33260064
> Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while.

We're going to need to make nice with all of our followers. Going b the Pastebin, we've got a bit of a ways to go until everyone is at least Friendly or higher.

Goddamn, it's like raising Reputation in WoW all over again, minus the 20 bear asses.
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>>33260174

We'll eventually have too many followers for that. We just need to identify the important followers and focus on them.
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>>33260064
>>Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while
Breaks do the body good and lets us work at our best.
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>>33260064
>Refuse, you want to focus on work
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>>33260064
>Song Xian, we have little to celebrate, let us gain Wang Yun's head, and I will drink with you until I drop.
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>>33260229
This
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>>33260064
>>Refuse, you want to focus on work
Save the celebration for later
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>>33260077
>>33260070

Alright. Thank you, Anons.

Also voting for having a drink... Wouldn't hurt to increase our amity with him, would it?

............would it?
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>>33260064
>>Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while
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>>33260229
thirded
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>>33260200
Or make buddies with the high POL, INT, and CHR followers so they can create a Cult of Personality for us. Then we can focus on the war effort while they play the role of spin doctor.

Pretty sure that most of the military strategists doubled up as public relations anyways.
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>>33260229
This
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Rolled 67

>>33260229
>Wang Yun'
Pls no
Wang lang
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>>33260064
>>Agree, have a drink with Song Xian for a little while

>>33260254

if you're voting, link OP's post.
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>>33260229
This
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>>33260254

I would gladly sacrifice a potential relationship gain with Song Xian if it improves our reputation with Zhang Liao and Gao Shun (more capable men who are likely to frown upon premature celebrations).

We also really need to get the city in order before we go to war.
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>>33260296
Except that isn't the choice. We can either accept the rep bump from this guy or get nothing.
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>>33260229
This.
We got towns to manage, after all. Gotta get everything done first, THEN we drink up with Song Xian.
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>>33260306
Nothing it is then.
Song Xian is a hack, and this will only hurt our cause, and image.
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>>33260306

I don't see it as getting nothing. It's the implied choice in my opinion. If we refuse, we will focus on work for the night. Which helps us get the city in order.

There's also a chance that our words refusing to celebrate will get back to the other officers.
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Lets put it to the Zhang Fei test.
If we do anything Like Zhang Fei in times of importance, it's probably bad.
Now, Zhang Fei would probably be drinking, drinking before Song Xian arrived most likely, but drinking all the same
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>>33260337

They saw the writing on the wall at that point in history and Song Xian has been leading from the front in this campaign, helping to lead and direct some of our more dangerous operations like the fire attack.

He is at least, decent.
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>>33260337

I don't want to alienate Song Xian, but I'm not a big fan of his as his ability and judgment are suspect.

He was the first to advocate looting the towns, his contribution at the war council was meager, and his achievements in the battle were not impressive.

Gao Shun and Zhang Liao have both been extremely impressive. Song Xian, not so much.
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>>33260064
Politely refuse the drink but offer to hear him out if he has something to speak about. He's likely trying to use the drinking as an excuse to ask us something so why not at least hear him out? If he simply wants to socialize thank him for the kind gesture and assure him that once the province is secure and the coming army defeated we will be happy to share drinks with him.

Don't just throw him out he may be here in response to the execution and there could be trouble in the ranks. Sharing a drink is likely just an ice breaker for something more I think.
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>>33260441
This brings up a good point.
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>>33260441
>Don't just throw him out he may be here in response to the execution and there could be trouble in the ranks

While that is a valid point.

>Your command and authority rings out loud enough for people to accept your decision and not complain.

Leads me to believe that our decision went over well enough.
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>>33260064
So Raian, can we get some mediation here? A bunch of votes both ways, and not a peep out of you or an idea of what we are waiting for. Maybe you have a plan, maybe you don't know what to do, maybe you're already writing. Let us know.
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>>33260543
You're new to this quest, aren't you?
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>>33260264

I expect that those followers will be on the "Important to chat up" list.

However, we really are going to have to prioritize at some point. We can't befriend everyone.
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>>33260527
The people likely means the citizens of the land and not specifically our troops. Had we been to light on the rapist there would have been complaints that we do not discipline our soldiers and the citizens of the land are not safe from harm so long as soldiers can cry alligator tears to get a reduced sentence.
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>>33260064
>>Politely refuse. Tell him we'll drink when we win, make it clear we're glad he offered.

Working on administration is definitely more important for the campaign than Song Xian.
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For reference, people that we should suck up to we should call by their courtesy name.
Example: Cao Cao's courtesy name is Cao Mende, while Lu Bu's is Fengxian.
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>>33260543

It sounds like you're asking for a crystal ball into the future. I'm not sure what you're expecting.
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>>33260562
Lingqi = Cheng Gong > Lu Bu = Zhang Liao > Gao Shun
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"I have much work to do, but I must refuse General," you reply with a shake of your head. "We can drink after we have taken Hui Ji and Wang Lang's head. But for now, I must tend to my duties.

"Ahh... Yes, of course," Song Xian says with a bow. "I am sorry to have disturbed you."

Song Xian leaves in polite fashion, but you can tell he feels disappointed and slightly slighted. You turn back to your duties and work for the rest of the night. (Pol +1 after campaign)

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The weekend nearly comes to an end. You are informed of a local group of bandits that have been captured. The bandit leader, who is of no name, pleads to allow them in to your force and that they would serve your force against Wang Lang. They are about five hundred strong.

>Accept them in to your force, but make sure they strictly follow the law
>Deny the leader and have the bandits excuted
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>>33260607
Except that's never once been the case in this quest.
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>>33260634
>>Accept them in to your force, but make sure they strictly follow the law
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>>33260593
Though not paying attention to our subordinates could bite us in the ass. If we continue to ignore him he'll eventually leave, betray us or act up causing trouble. Giving him the time of day doesn't hurt us so long as we don't join him in drinking and neglect our duties.
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>>33260634
>Ask that they return any plundered goods, and that any who have raped or murdered be judged by our court
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>>33260634
>>Accept them in to your force, but make sure they strictly follow the law

This was very common.
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>>33260634
Deny them. They're infiltrators.
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>>33260634
>Question their origins and ask the locals who these bandits really are.

"Tao Qian took in some former Yellow Scarves and look what happened to Xu Province. Call up <name of that local administrator dude we hired previously> and inquire who these bandits really are."
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Rolled 98

>>33260664
No kidding. We don't have to suck everyone's ass, but even scrubs can throw open our gates to the enemy.

>>33260634
>Accept them in to your force, but make sure they strictly follow the law
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>>33260634
>>Accept them in to your force, but make sure they strictly follow the law

Show them the head of our subordinate.

Let them know we will brook no disobedience from them.
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Rolled 3

>>33260694
>>33260705
This
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>>33260634
>Accept them in to your force, but make sure they strictly follow the law

Cao Cao accepted the Yellow Turbans, we will accept them but keep an eye on them.

>>33260705

We don't have a cell phone and he's far away in Jian'ye, how the hell is he going to know who these no-name bandits are?
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>>33260705
This.
>>33260634
Don't blindly accept them.
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>>33260664
>>33260711

After this campaign, we should make good on our promise.

We'll go visit him for a drink.
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>>33260694
This.
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>>33260695
>>33260702

Tao Qian accepted a band of former Yellow Turbans and those gits killed Cao Cao's daddy. That led to Xuzhou getting sieged hardcore and (at least in this continuity) Tao Qian's death along with half of Xuzhou going under Cao Cao's grasp while the other half got handed off to Liu Bei.

We don't wanna emulate Tao Qian's stupidity.
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I'm kind of iffy on this... As good as it is to have 500 additional troops, i feel like this will damage our reputation with the citizens. I doubt they'll think very highly of an army that simply lets a group of bandits who have been pillaging these villages join their forces.
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>>33260705
>>33260694
This.
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>>33260745

Thing is we can't really afford to turn away troops.

We can perhaps offer them penal service in our army. They fight for their freedom.
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>>33260552
>>33260626
I am new, but I don't think I was being rude or unreasonable. I'm not demanding anything like I have a right to it, just asking.

There are plenty of options in quests for smoothing out the process. If Raian and you fine folks want it this way, fair enough. I just don't see how asking about the established routine in a quest that isn't new is anything like asking for a crystal ball.
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>>33260745
Which is why >>33260694 states, we will be reforming them, any who have raped will die, and the plundered goods returned.
Not only will we be ridding them of the bandit problem, we'll be returning their goods
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>>33260694

that would probably be most of them.

They ARE bandits.
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>>33260742

The fault here is not he accepted them, but that he didn't know how to employ them.
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>>33260745

We only have 6700 troops against Wang Lang's 10,000. Those 500 will be useful so long as they are held under tight leash.

This was common operating procedure in the Three Kingdoms.
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>>33260771
We don't need numbers. That'd be the Yuan family's military strategy right there.

What we need are capable generals, intelligent strategists, and soldiers who are ballsy enough to climb up the side of a mountain and drop firebombs and rocks on the enemy.
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>>33260780
Raian has almost never expanded upon the options he presents. This led to a massive shitstorm in thread 3.
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>>33260818
He did say that the options presented are based off of the main character's INT stat.

Then again, Raian does leave a lot of stuff up the air for us to start guessing wildly about. QM transparency is a "wut" now.
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>>33260795
Then they will be refused, simple as.
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>>33260818
I wasn't looking on more information on the options so much as what kind of "consensus" we're aiming for. Like how some quests the QM waits for the first 20 votes and then posts "you have chosen X. writing". Or some QMs will wait until any discussion is resolved and people have said their piece.
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>>33260634
>>Deny the leader and have the bandits excuted

>>33260815
It was also common in the Three Kingdoms to be betrayed or murderd.by ones subordinates.
That's not really a great supporting argumrnt.
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>>33260634
>>Accept them in to your force, but make sure they strictly follow the law
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>>33260790
I suppose, I'll vote for accepting them then.
But have some soldiers keep an eye on them, in case they try anything funny.
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>>33260694
This
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>>33260897

It was common to be betrayed or murdered by one's subordinate when you mistreated them or you were losing badly.

If the 500 soldiers are kept under a tight leash, they help even the odds against Wang Lang.
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Hey don't we have a general familiar with this area since he was ya know an enemy general until a while ago? Why don't we get him to vet these bandits. Depending on how bad they were we can decide to give them a second chance as part of our army or execute them. If he has no knowledge I say we grill the leader for how a group of 500 bandits weren't noticed for so long. We should also find out who caught 500 bandits while we were busy with governing.
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You demand to know more about these bandits, and ask the details of them and the working for the past years. Gao Shun slightly frowns.

"Bandits are bandits General... But I will seek the information."

A few hours later, Gao Shun returns after having spoken with the people and the previous administrators. He informs you that the bandits kept a base near the roads of the Southlands, taking passage tolls when they could and murdering those who disobeyed. Those without money were captured and sold as prisoners. They have committed lawless actions as any other bandits would do; no more, no less.

Do you still accept them to your force?
>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people
>Refuse and have them executed
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>>33260960
>>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people
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Rolled 98

>>33260634
>>33260711
I will be down for this. If they want to live they must follow our ways and rules.
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>>33260960
>>Refuse and have them executed

Fuck the lot
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>>33260694
If they refuse and say out demands are absurd, retort with
>Do you not think it is absurd that wild beasts want to join an army of humans as well?
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>>33260960
>>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people

Recruit them
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>>33260960
>>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people
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>>33260960
>Accept falsely, encircle their troops and slaughter them
>Return goods to families
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>>33260960
>>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people

A rising force like ours needs the manpower, and if more bandits join us it means fewer are harassing people.
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>>33261019

>You are informed of a local group of bandits that have been captured

Really?
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> Plunder village
> Don't apologize and kill Ding Xi
> Let local bandits into the army.

It's like you want to puss away the only public good will we have left.
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>>33260960
Accept them, but put them under Gao Shun's command if he finds them lacking in repentance he is free to do with them as he see's fit up to and including execution. He's a good soldier and a just man, if they cannot repent under his command then they will never be better than trash.
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>>33260960
>>Refuse and have them executed
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>>33260960
>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people
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>>33261019
This.

>>33261030
But it also means that every single town will view is as a bandit army rather than as their saviours.
Think about it, Wang Lang has let bandits roam free, if we accept them, we are no better, even worse in fact!
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>>33260960
>Refuse and have them executed
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>>33260960
>>Refuse and have them executed

We have to uphold local order and respect the ways of the common masses.

Also, fuck these bandits. They are very un-Confucian and do not deserve the proper burial rites. Off with their heads and put them up next to the rapist's head.
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>>33260960
>>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people

Maybe if Dong Xi wasn't an asshole and joined us, we wouldn't have to resort to this.
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>>33260960
>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people
Put them under Zhang Liao's command. He'll straighten them out.
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>>33260960
>Refuse have them executed
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>>33260960
>Refuse have them executed
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>>33260960
>>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people

Don't put them under Song Xian
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>>33260960
>Refuse have them executed
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>>33261060
Seconding his
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>>33260960
Accept them but put them under Gao Shun's command. Any shit falls on his head, and if he irons them out all the better for him too.
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>>33261093
>Dong Xi
> asshole

I swear /tg/'s penchant for poor for sight is rivals only by it's inability to admit it's mistakes.
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>>33261060
And what if they betray him and kill him? We lose a great officer, for nothing.

>>33260960
>Refuse have them executed
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>>33261148
Suicide by massive army isn't that bad, but he got some stupid villagers killed with him.
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>>33261060
>>33261137
>>33261139

Gao Shun's our cavalry commander. These bandits likely aren't cavalry material.
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>>33261084
>Also, fuck these bandits. They are very un-Confucian and do not deserve the proper burial rites. Off with their heads and put them up next to the rapist's head.
We aren't exactly pillars of Confucian ideals anon. We serve a man who has broken nearly every core tenant of that particular life style.
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>>33261067
Letting bandits into the army isn't worse than letting them roam free, it's better. Under our control they won't be harassing people, and other bandits will be encouraged to do the same.
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>>33261170
Zhang Liao then.
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>>33261171
And we are trying to mend that, and make it so he is worthy.

>>33261178
So we slaughter them.
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>>33261207
>And we are trying to mend that, and make it so he is worthy.
Not really? We're stopping him from being a drunken bore, that doesn't make as Confucian.

Fuck Confucian ideals right up the ass anyway. They aren't even the societal norm yet.
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>>33261170
The Zhang Liao can handle them.
Although I wonder if he'll think negatively of us for dumping a bunch of misfit possibly dangerous bandits on his hands..
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>>33261207
Shufag pls stuff your benevolence so far up your ass it leaks out your nose.
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>>33260960
"You may join my army"
"However, in accordance with the military rules, you are all sentenced to be executed, for murder, rape, and plunder"
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>>33261148

He chose to attack us outnumbered 12 to 1 when we made our case and offered him the chance to join us.

He was an asshole to us regardless of who held the moral high ground.

It's a fact that he reduced our army from 6900 to 6700 and we have to fight an army of 10,000. Numbers are hard to overcome.
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>>33261225
A testament to his skill as an instructor.

Assholes saying 'kill every bandit that crosses our path' will never have great officers like Gan Ning in their number with such strict 'morals'.
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>>33260960
>>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people
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>>33260960
>Accept them, return what goods they still have to the people
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>>33261271

Even Chen Gong lamented the fact that we couldn't recruit the 500 pirates earlier.

Do these guys think pirates are any better than bandits? We are fighting a war here and we need soldiers. We are hugely outnumbered.
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>>33261239
>"However, in accordance with the military rules, you are all sentenced to be executed, for murder, rape, and plunder"
They've committed no crimes while part of our force. Such judgement is short sighted and pointless, setting a dangerous precedent.
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>>33261170
>>33261164
Fair points. One of the other problems of killing them though is that bandits won't surrender to us in the future, instead they'll try and run and regroup later or fight to the death knowing they'll be executed later. I don't think there's a "Right" answer here. If we execute them we're blood thirsty and can only see death as a solution to crimes. If we don't we kill a hero of the people but spare bandits that plunder and murder innocents and have allowed our army to steal from the populace as well.
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>>33261314

I already agree with you that we should recruit them for all the reasons mentioned.

Gao Shun's just an awful fit for the bandits because he commands our cavalry. They should be under Zhang Liao's watchful eyes.
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>>33261227
Then think about it as Cao Cao would.
Even he knew that popular support was what won wars.
Which is why when he invaded Tao Qian's province of Xu, he had to kill swathes of peasants, all of which made Xu more and more worthless.

>>33261296
Yes.
Because it a fucking named character, who was great with boats, something we don't have.
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Rolled 62

>>33261314
Xi kinda rushed us though, we did give him a chance.
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>>33260960
>Refuse have them executed
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"Those who would change their ways for the better of this land will be allowed in my army. You will return all goods you have plundered back to this town. You will be placed under strict scrutiny, and any sign of regression to your lawless ways will result in immediate execution. General Gao Shun shall personally see to it that you follow the martial laws of my force."

Gao Shun nods in acceptance.

"Is this clear?" you state to the bandits.

"Yes, the General's mercy flies to the heavens!" the bandit leader says placing his head on the ground.

The bandits are recruited, and the plundered goods are returned to the town. With your strict laws in place and Gao Shun heading them, the bandits are quickly put in discipline. A few of the populace do not like the idea of the bandits joining, but for the most part, the people are left content and some are impressed that the bandits are reformed.

You have a week left before Wang Lang's forces arrive. What do you do in preparation?

>Recruit more volunteers (Choose how many days)
>Gather more public support (Choose how many days)
>Gather information on the land and enemy force (Choose how many days)
Roll 1d100.
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>>33261166
So somehow Dong Xi has mind control powers.

Nameless villagers went "fuck you Zhou Xing!" and died fighting. You don't launch an attack like that without knowing you're really doing it.

>>33261253
Considering there was an option to show good will and it was explicitly not chosen he had every right to consider the army a bunch of low life's.

Also the moral high ground dosen't dissappear just because it dosen't favor you.
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>>33261367
>>Recruit more volunteers (Choose how many days)

3 days

>Gather information on the land and enemy force (Choose how many days)

4 days
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Out for half an hour.
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>>33261367
Didn't we have 7 days to recruit soldiers in the plan?
Then 7 days conquering, and rinse and repeat
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>>33261347
Right but the populace will just look at the end results (especially when someone eventually tries to have them turn on us while our army is fighting). The only reason I'm leaning towards sparing them is to bolster our force and show that we can be reasonable. Though if we chose to execute them I wouldn't mind, since both options have benefits and drawbacks.
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Rolled 63

>>33261367
>>33261391

Rolling
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>>33261367
Well, that went better than expected. A happy middle ground option resulted instead of the usual EXTREME RIGHT and EXTREME WRONG end of the pendulum.

>Recruit more volunteers -- 5 days.
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Rolled 18

>>33261367
>Gather information on the land and enemy force (7 days)
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>>33261404
This.
We go 7 Days in each.
We just finished 7 Days in governing, so 7 days in recruiting now
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>>33261367
>>Gather information on the land and enemy force (7 days)

Time for battle prep.
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Rolled 93

>>33261424
Forgot muh roll.
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Rolled 32

>>33261439
Rolling for this.
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Can we throw up some defenses and the like?
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Rolled 34

>>33261367
>Gather more public support
4 days

>Gather information on the land and enemy force
3 days
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>>33261367
>The bandits are recruited, and the plundered goods are returned to the town. With your strict laws in place and Gao Shun heading them, the bandits are quickly put in discipline. A few of the populace do not like the idea of the bandits joining, but for the most part, the people are left content and some are impressed that the bandits are reformed.

So we got 500 free soldiers with minimal effect on public order. Thank god the execute 'em option failed.
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>>33261367
>>Recruit more volunteers (Choose how many days) 3
>>Gather information on the land and enemy force (Choose how many days) 4
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Rolled 41

>>33261367
>>Gather information on the land and enemy force
3 Days

>Gather more public support
1 Day

>Recruit more volunteers
2 Days

Last day rest and ready for battle.
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Can't we like, have 7 days where we govern, recruit, and gain information?
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>>33261471
What game is this from?
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Rolled 99

>>33261404
>>33261436

Idiots. We alredy completed all 21 days of our 7-7-7 plan.

Since we don't have a general familiar with the land

>>33261367
>>Gather information on the land and enemy force
Seven days
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>>33261516
Romance of the three kingdoms 11, like it says in the filename.
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>>33261517

We have Fan Neng who should know the land in and out.
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Rolled 1

>>33261367
>Gather information on the land and enemy force (5 days)

we should use the remaining 2 to establish plans/maneuver.
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>>33261516
Rotk 11 for the PC

It's so much fun, and you can create custom officers like Zhu Xing
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>>33261439
backing this. Even if we score some troops via recruiting they'll be green and we'll still be out numbered (we'd probably get about 500 or so troops based on the last few attempts at a guess) however if we're able to use what information we gather effectively we could negate or significantly lessen the difference between troops. Wang Liang is a subpar general, but has a numerically superior fighting force. Our best hope of victory is preying on his mistakes and achieving victory with superior tactics. If we want to do that we need to have the best possible knowledge about the terrain we're going to be using.
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>>33261417
>>33261432
>>33261450

Average of 58.
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>>33261367
>Gather information on the land and enemy force (7 days)

Find ambush points and strategic battlefields.
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>>33261367
>>33261391
Changing vote to >Gather information on the land and enemy force for 7 days.
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>>33261540
He only agreed to serve us so long as he didn't have to fight his former lord and compatriots. So I think he'll abstain from giving us pointers on how best to kill his old allies and we shouldn't ask that of him anyway.
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>>33261616

He did actually give us pointers on how to attack and what attacks were not likely to succeed.

He just won't lift his sword against them.
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>>33261545

There are also scenario editors.
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>>33261367
>>Recruit more volunteers (Choose how many days)
7 days
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>>33261640

aaaaaaaaa
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>>33261640
Ohoho, completely awesome, saved.

Do you just wait for each quest thread and update your game accordingly?
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>>33261640
>Not having correct troop or food sizes
Pleb
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>>33261640
could you post your Zhu Xing character sheet pls?

Also also, did you make our brother and sister?
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>>33261367
>gather information on the land and enemy force 7days
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>>33261640
Nice.
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>>33261640

I actually made Zhu Xing in RTK 11 as well using Raian's pastebin.

He lost a duel against Zhang Fei and was killed. Lu Bu executed all 3 brothers afterwards. So lessons learned there I suppose.
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>>33261862
>killed
;_;
How'd you get to fight the three brothers, anyway?
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>>33261862
Yea, our war stat is still pretty shit
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>>33261907

Hu Lao gate I suppose
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>>33261862
>Die Gloriously
>Aniki Lu bu Executes them

Based Lu bu
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Warning for those starting, the premade officers that you can optionally add in are generally very powerful and have 1-2 stats maxed out or nearly so, and spread around randomly. It can make or break your game sometimes, I usually leave them out because it can make some already strong forces monsters and ruin the game.

Alternatively, play RotTK X on an emulator for the maximum comfy officer life experience, XI for the maximum comfy ruler life experience.
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>mfw playing DW4, DW8, RotTK XI, and participating in this thread
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Can we agree that Gao Shun has been the MVP of this campaign thus far?

>Lead the cavalry charge to take the first city (although Lingqi and Zhang Liao got more credit in that battle)
>Successfully charges the flanks of Fan Neng's army and scatters them, personally killing Yu Mi in the process.
>Helps us lead a band of small elites with Lingqi to execute a successful fire attack
>Successfully reforms the bandits and adds them to our army

This isn't even including his admirable personal traits. Zhang Liao is great, but Gao Shun has outshined him so far.
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>>33261913
Yeah, once we find a strategist/political adviser/ PR guy we should take time to diligently train and improve our stats. Sadly I think Zhu would still be generic officer tier in DW with his current stat load out.
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>>33261907

I played the Rise of Lu Bu scenario.

Took out Cao Cao quickly, and went to take the rest of Xu province from Liu Bei before I had to face Li Jue and Yuan Shao.

At least Zhu Xing died a glorious death.
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>>33262102
Considering we haven't had a stat raise in 3? threads now, it seems he's doomed to be a mook for the rest of his life.
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>>33262102

We did though.
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>>33262066
Campaign ain't over yet.
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>>33261730
Keep in mind the picture is just the default. Also the second page is the default stats.
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>>33262173

>mfw KETTLES
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>>33262147
Raian says we'll get our stat-ups at the end of this arc. I think it's a little ridiculous how he's shifting towards this method of level-ups instead of what he's been doing for the first 5 threads.
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>>33262159

>Thus far

>>33262147

All stats come after the end of campaign, so we'll be getting a pretty substantial bonus hopefully.

>>33262148

We don't have one with us though. Chen Gong will be with Lu Bu 24/7. We need our own advisers once we get control of our own city and independent command. Lu Bu
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>>33262173
>fascinated by kettles
hue.
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>>33262173
>>33262210
Glorious.
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>>33262173
Why is Zhang Fei a voice option?
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>>33262221

We left him back at our city. Then again hes a civics advisor and administrator.
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>>33262239

Because only zhang fei speaks like zhang fei.
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>>33262240

Honestly, those are more important to us if we have our own city.

Raian said that our intelligence was above-average for generals at the moment.

Our politics? Not so much, and we can't afford to boost it at the expense of other important stats.
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>>33262066
Zhang Liao will prove himself with time. We've been fortunate to have him and Gao Shun with us on this campaign. We've made a few rookie mistakes so far but nothing that can't be salvaged or improved upon so long as we can pull out a win in the upcoming battle. Funny enough I think Zhu Xing needs someone that has his back like we've done for Lu Bu. If any one thought of us as Lu Bu's number one guy we've probably left something to be desired but at the same time we're like twenty so there's time to grow. Taking counsel earlier probably won us a little good will, it may be a good idea to do so again when we're deciding on our battle plan.
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>>33262280
Armchair general pls. The things you consider rookie mistakes are probably the only correct decisions we've made.
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Incidentally, here's a map of China right now. There's some guesswork involved, especially since Raian didn't specify which half of Xu province Liu Bei has, but it shouldn't be too bad. Both Yan Baihu and Wang Lang are to our east, Yan Baihu is the northern of the two. Also this is based on the AD 194 scenario, and for us the year is 192.
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>>33262173
That spouse section won't be blank for much longer if we have anything to say about it.
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>>33262312

Which colour are we
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>>33262335
We won't. Lingqi hates us.
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>>33262312

Here's another map of China with the cities. I think they'll be helpful if you look at both of them combined.

Jian'ye is our city and I believe we are assaulting Southeast to the coast right now.
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>>33262276

Honestly, for a field general all of our stats our above average. Most generals would have lower WAR, INT, POL and CHR stats than us. Our LDR isn't too high, but it's definitely competent.
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>>33262365

Yup, but we don't want to be above-average. We want to be excellent.

We are probably the best 20 year old general out there, but we want to keep growing and developing.
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>>33262340
Black, to the east there
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>>33262340
Black.

>>33262343
Check the pastebin.
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>>33262147
The stat raise will come and I imagine it'll be a big buff. Even with that though I'm thinking like 5-9 range for war and 2-6 range for the other stats that bump up, being optimistic there.

I wonder if we could get a tutor to give Zhu Xing a passive +1 or at set intervals for Politics or Charisma.
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>>33262396
I imagine it'll be a lot less than you're hoping for.
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>>33262343
Character Profile: http://pastebin.com/

>Lu Lingqi: Friendly
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>>33262396

I think that's huge optimistic. 5-9 range would push Zhu Xing into 90-94 range before items.

We haven't done anything to merit that huge increase particularly since Raian said WAR will get harder to raise as it gets higher.

We beat down Yu Mi, beat down Lingqi, and was a regular badass in the battles, but that's probably 2-3 in my opinion.

I think intelligence and leadership will go up around that range though.
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>>33262396

Might want to purchase some of the extra cha boosting items, me thinks
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>>33262445
>This one faggot keeps trying to get us to waste points in our dump stat.
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Rolled 2

>>33262455

this one faggot that keeps mixing up pol and cha
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>>33262418
Possibly. That's why I said I was being optimistic. Though I think we'll see an increase in every stat at least, the only stat that I can't immediately think of an example of using since the campaign began is charisma.
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>>33262485
Not the anon you're referring to, but I am fairly certain CHA is our lowest stat
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>>33262505

http://pastebin.com/UTDjnUuX

>Pol: 50
>Cha: 57
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>>33262521
>Thinking they're not both dump stats

Shufags gonna fag
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>>33262445

Only if we get INT items as well.

Honestly, Pol's our only true dump stat. Cha can be useful in multiple ways so it's not a terrible idea to boost it some.

>>33262491

We used charisma to govern the city. Execute the soldier and bring the bandits under our rule without a fuss. Recruiting Fan Neng is also an example. Some of these didn't require dice rolls, but they would logically go to charisma stats.

>>33262505

It's Pol by a pretty large margain.
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>>33262536
>pretty large margain.
No it isn't
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You decide to spend the rest of the week gathering intelligence on the outlay of the lands and the enemy.

>You hear that Wang Lang is only moderately popular. While he is a decent administrator, he is a sycophant and a schemer who does what profits him. Some people disagree that he allied with Yan Baihu and the Shanyue, others think he stabilized the area
>You hear that a talented politician by the name of Yu Fan was nearly executed for proposing to surrender to Lu Bu and cutting ties with Yan Baihu
>The troops under Wang Lang are only partially trained and have not seen much wars besides fighting small bandits. They should also be a bit tired from their march here
>The Southlands is hot and humid during the summer, and it is currently the summer right now
>Most of the territory you have occupied are flat short grasslands. As Fan Neng stated, there are farmlands to the east where you may use the flood attack you were thinking of before. There are some short forests to the southwest but they are scattered and not much use for cover. You may also engage Wang Lang near a river that is only partially deep, and enough for troops to cross by swimming

You have some options in engaging Wang Lang. You may meet him at the field, or fortify at the town or garrison.

>Meet him at the field (Choose where)
>Fortify the town and fight here
>Move your forces to the garrison you captured
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>>33262562
>>Meet him at the field (Choose where)
The river crossing
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>>33262562
>>Meet him at the field (Choose where)

River crossing.

We are going to Sun Ce Wang Lang.

We also have to recruit Yu Fan.
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>>33262562
>Troops: 7200
>Equipment: 1900 horses, 5 Catapults, 3 Ballista, 3 Siege Rams
>Food: 1477
>Morale: Medium
>Fatigue: None
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>>33262562

>Meet him at the field (Choose where)
River Crossing

>>Other
Send out the cavalry under Gao Shun to go and harass his army.
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>>33262562
>>Meet him at the field (Choose where)
The river crossing
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>>33262594

Okay, we don't have the food for a siege battle.
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>>33262562
> meet him on the grasslands

Perfect terrain for a cavalry heavy force. Enough space to keep from being encircled. We hit him as hard as possible and give his troops no time to rest.
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>>33262590
Agreed.
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>>33262562
>>Meet him at the field (Choose where)

River crossing
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>>33262562
>>Meet him at the field (River Crossing)

We'll have Zhang Liao lead an elite flanking force to cross the river at night and we'll hit them from both the front and the flank at dawn.
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>>33262630
>>Enough space to keep from being encircled.

That is literally the opposite of how it works. Flat expanses maximize the advantage of superior numbers, rough terrain retards it.
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>>33262562
>>Meet him at the field (Choose where)
River crossing, Slow his troops down.

Then after the attack if things work out we fall back to base.
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>>33262653
Wait, what? That's a terrible idea.
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>>33262653
Let's hold off on in-depth strategy until we finally see the enemy.
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Would it be possible for us to lure him into a skirmish at the river to have him exhaust his troops by fording the river, fall back to the grasslands and reform while the Calvary hits them from surprise? Or is that too risky/ overly complicated?
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>>33262562
can we build spike traps and pit falls?
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>>33262668

You do realize that's an exact replica of how Sun Ce crushed Wang Lang?
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>>33262562
Say Raian, would you mind giving us weapons aptitudes like in >>33262173?
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Because Wang Lang's troops are tired from the humid march, we should attack before they are able to rest.
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>>33262562
>Meet him at the field (Choose where)

At the river crossing. We can try to bait the bastard in attacking us and having his troops exhaust themselves.
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>>33262750
Seems smart. Maximizing their fatigue should give our forces an edge.
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>>33262687
The way basic river warfare works is that you either engage your enemy when they are crossing so that the vanguard can't be supported by the forces still wading in the water, or you force them to have their back to the river so they can't hold a proper defense.
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>>33262562
>Meet him at the field(River crossing)
We have a strong Calvary so we should try out maneuvering him and trying to flank him
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>>33262562
>Meet him at the field (Choose where)
River crossing.
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>>33262794

I agree with the first part, but at the time armies often wanted the river at their back so the soldiers knew they had to either fight or drown.
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>>33262887
It's a fordable river, so that won't work here. It's basically a fatigue trap, rather than a do-or-die setpiece
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>>33262905

Now that mention, I wonder how long the fordable portion is. Is it the whole thing? Also, where swimming involved Wang Lang's southlanders will have an advantage over the northerners in our army.
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>>33262943
its hard to swim and dodge arrows
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>>33263029
Especially while wearing armor and bumping into the scores of people crowded around you trying not to drown
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>>33262943
Not if they're the ones doing the swimming into our defensive formations.
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You move your forces to the river crossing and prepare your lines there. Wang Lang's army emerges, 10,000 men strong as you were informed. They are made mostly of infantry. Wang Lang moves in front of the river atop his horse, and you go out to meet him from the other side.

"Rebels and bandits, why do you attack my lands? I have been assigned my rank by the court, I demand you leave."

"Wang Lang," you reply. "When the Han court was taken by Dong Zhuo, you did nothing to aid it. You have allied yourself with bandits and barbarians allowing them to pillage this country. I will take your head and bring peace back to these Southlands along with Lord Lu Bu."

"Hah, what bold words from the man who served Dong Zhuo himself! You are no more an opportunist than I am, killing and betraying lords to your benefit. You will never pacify the Shanyue as I have with my negotiations."

"Turn yourself in, Wang Lang, and I may leave you with your tongue in tact. Fight me and I shall have your head on spike along with Yan Baihu when my lord defeats him."

With a furious tug of his horse's reins, Wang Lang moves back to his force. The drums begin to beat and Wang Lang's army moves to attack you.

How do arrange your formation? Vote on how you array your troops.
Roll 1d100, avg of four, lowest roll dropped.
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Rolled 61

>>33263089
Time for Sun ce
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Rolled 18

>>33263089

Rolling first
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Rolled 60

>>33263089
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Rolled 16

>>33263089

Circle around the entrance of the crossing.

Let them cross and come to us.
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Rolled 16

>>33263089
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Rolled 77

>>33263089
Cavalry in reserve on the flanks, archers in the rear bombard with ranged fire as they ford/cross, infantry in a flying wedge formation in the center.

Let infantry take the brunt for a few moments before feigning a retreat. As the enemy pursues, have the cavalry sweep through from the flanks before having the infantry turn and counter-charge.
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>>33263089
spears and shields at the front archers positioned behind them with a good view of their targets fireing constant harassment volleys while cavelry wait for a moment to hit the middle of their army that crosses the ford hit and run only to preserve troops let them hit the shield wall and spear them while continuing hit and run and arrow harassment
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Rolled 99

>>33263089
2 thousand Blocking the main crossing with archers to the left & right flanks three thousand in reserve and a thousand under Zhang liao's command as cavalry to flank the enemy after they exhaust themselves.
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welp, dice want us dead.
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>>33263089
I assume range attackers up front and peg the enemy as they come. Then have them fall back and let the melee hold the line to let our houses flank them.
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>>33263164
That's 'cause
>>33263139
>>33263121
decided to roll first before coming up with a military tactic. Dumb gits.
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>>33263089
Have the archers in front pelt them with arrows as they cross the river and once they are roughly halfway over, have our own troops step forward ready to charge the enemy once they reach our shore. Keep cavalry in reserve until needed
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>>33263089
Clarification needed. Is he crossing the river to attack us or is his army's back to the river?
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>>33263125
>>33263121
>>33263109
Ah fuck.

Alright, we want to press the attack and drive them into the river. I suggest roll up the left flank with our cavalry under Gao Shun, while pressing into the centre with our infantry. We let arrows drop on the right flank. Be aggressive, press them back.
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>>33263089
Infantry in front, archers behind firing into the crossing. Send a flanking force with Linqi to cross the river away from the enemy so she can circle around and attack them from behind.
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>>33263089
Rain arrows on them while they cross the river, bash the heads of whoever survives with our kettle
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>>33263109
>>33263121
>>33263125
>>33263131
Fuck
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Rolled 55

>>33263188

Im not convinced on the crossings.

They out number us badly, we should not be attacking carelessly.
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>>33263089
Can we get a map of our armies and the surrounding terrain?
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>>33263154
This sounds sensible.

Have Gao Shun command the cavalry with Lu Linqi as sub-commander. Appoint Zhang Liao as our own subcommander and have him lead the infantry.
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Rolled 92

>>33263208
we're not they are coming to us.
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>>33263109
>>33263121
>>33263125
>>33263131

Thanks to the low-rollers who didn't make a plan, our average is a measly 46.

We're fucked unless Raian ignores the zero-planning rolls.
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>>33263208
Given the quality of our enemy I think it's fine.
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>>33263234
>our average is average

shocking
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Rolled 40

>>33263225

No, the plan i was replying to had lingqi lead a unit and swim across.
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>>33263234
I think he should personally, but its up to him.

And technically shouldn't it have a modifier bonus?
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>>33263188
The first rule of river battles is that YOU DON'T CROSS RIVERS. Sending a detached force to harass a prepared army that only has to turn around to slaughter them is pantsu on head retarded.
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>>33263089
>>33263154
This strategy is sound. Voting for this unless someone has a brighter idea.
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>>33263225
>>33263244

While they're coming at us we should sent a flanking force. This low-quality army will panic in such a situation.
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>>33263089
There will be no consensus here. You should've included voting options.
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>>33263244
inexperienced footmen tired from the long march in the hit sun lead by a bad general who also have to cross a ford to reach us while being harassed every step of the way....even with bad rolls i like our odds
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>>33263234
It's still 135 so it's not horrible. So long as the strategy is sound it should be okay.

>>33263154
Going with this.
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>>33263268

That's why you ask people to come up with a plan and reach a consensus before asking them to roll.

Regardless, the dice are dice, we accept their judgment where it lies.
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Rolled 45

>>33263154
>flying wedge formation

I like this.

Voting for this.
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>>33263154
Supporting this.
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>>33263327
>Using an offensive cavalry charge formation for infantry in a defensive battle

Sounds legit.
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>>33263089
>>33263154

As long as this counter charge at the end dosen't involve us being stupid and trying to cross the river this is fine
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>>33263089
>>33263154

I'm fine with this plan unless someone has objections.
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Rolled 12

>>33263089
>>33263154

Sounds good, but have Song Xian and the other commander lead our infantry flanks.
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>>33263346
I do. A wedge formation is pants on head retarded.
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>>33263345

Someone's going to have to cross the river eventually to get Wang Lang.
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>>33263317
Yeah strategy first then roll. Fortunately almost all strategies we'll employ will use War. People just want to roll asap (and maybe try and game the system with "it was a low roll we should do this really safe option then!" but that would probably just get the army fucked even harder out of spite for meta gaming).
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>>33263363

I don't know what the significant of a wedge formation is, could you explain and come up with a revised plan then?
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>>33263274

The enemy is not skilled enough to slaughter our cavalry like you say. If they see they are being attacked from both sides they will panic. Besides, Wang Lang's army is largely infantry so they wouldn't be able to pursue our cavalry even if they wanted to.
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Rolled 44

>>33263367
Zhang liao with a few miles down stream as wang lang inevitably tries to cross the crossing.
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>>33263397
Wedge Formation is for full on attack, which would mean crossing the river.
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>>33263397
A wedge formation increases your surface area relative to the enemy. In defensive battles you want to minimize your surface area, especially if you are outnumbered.
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>>33263363
Then what do you suggest? A regular line formation would imply that we're going to play defensive whereas a wedge formation will show the enemy that we're ballsy enough to try something completely unorthodox.

Then there's the whole "Wang Lang's army are a bunch of greenhorns" bit.
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>>33263415
Maybe an inverted wedge formation?
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>>33263409
>>33263413

What's a good alternative formation to minimize the surface area then?

I would support that instead.
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>>33263415
Yes, a regular line formation is a better choice. He'll attack because he's a shit general and we goaded him pretty hard, and then he'll lose because we aren't retarded and fritter away our advantage.
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>>33263397
I. Google "Flying V"
2. Turn the wedge into an inverted wedge.
3. ????
4. Don't die like a bitch.
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>>33263415

Wang Lang seems determined to attack. A regular line formation is best.
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Rolled 97

>>33263425

ideally I thinking an inverted semi-circle around the opening of the river crossing.
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>>33263441

Yang Wenli, is that you?
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>>33263433
Surprised that no has considered the old roman dragon teeth formation
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>>33263425
>>33263429
>>33263430
>>33263433
>>33263435
So Line Formation or Inverted Wedge?

Might wanna hammer that out now before Raian starts writing.
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Rolled 52

>>33263451
Inverted wedge
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>>33263451
Wedge formation, to bait the enemy, then we fall back and use an inverted wedge formation?
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>>33263451
Whichever will be easiest to reform from as we have the men do an organized retreat. During the counter charge a wedge formation would probably be good. If our guys can form up that fast.
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>>33263451
Line. Inverted wedge is possibly worse than a wedge in this situation, since it spreads our troops super thin.
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Rolled 59

>>33263471
actually scratch that because if it fails it diviides the unit in half
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>>33263451
Line formation
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>>33263451

How about this?

Weak centre, funnel and flank them.

With the troops being tired and reinforced with elites from behind like Lingqi's units, the centre should be able to hold.
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>>33263451

Line formation I guess
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>>33263505
Oooh, I like that one. It's pretty much a line formation with an inverted wedge hidden in it.

Voting for this formation for the infantry.
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Rolled 85

>>33263451
A Line formation is probably best
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Line formation.

We need to give Song Xian something meaningful to do with this. I like the idea of entrusting Zhang Liao to target Wang Lang when his army is on the backfoot and over extended so maybe we can entrust Song Xian with leading the counter attack?
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>>33263505
Actually, this works a lot better than the other plans.
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Rolled 53

>>33263505

Lets try this.
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>>33263537
Changing my vote to >>33263505
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>>33263505
This has the problem of not recognizing the numbers involved. We have 2k cavalry, which means we only have 5k infantry. The enemy has nearly 10k infantry. Our cavalry will probably do well with harassing the flanks and weakening them, but our infantry formation is still going to be hammered hard. Weakening any portion of it for frankly minimal returns is stupid.
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>>33263607
Final destination between line and wedge seems to be needed here QM.
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Rolled 78

>>33263650

We're controlling the breadth of the engagement since they're crossing the river to meet us. We can funnel their troops so that only a portion of their troops will engage us at a time and if we show weakness, the enemy commander may likely decide to throw troops at the 'hole' instead of using them for more purposeful stuff like circling and flanking.

Since these are green troops, if we can slaughter enough of a unit to incite panic, the panic can travel back down the line inviting a full rout if rear units refuse to advance.
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>>33263505
If we turn our forces inward, won't that make our forces on our flanks more vulnerable?

I am worried that this strategy might cause our forces to be split into two
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>>33263650
This was used by Hannibal in the battle of Cannae with about the same odds as we do, except their troops are mostly green, and they have to cross a river to get to us. It'll work.
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>>33263720
Our infantry is outnumbered 2:1, and the river is fordable. We can't funnel anything.
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We need to send at least a small force across the river ahead of time, otherwise the river will inhibit our pursuit of the enemy.
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>>33263688
Final Destination might totally fuck us over. We need to come to a consensus like competent people
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>>33263739
If it worked for Hannibal, I support this:>>33263505
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Rolled 89

>>33263740

Tired troops fording a river by swimming arent going to be in a state to do much fighting.

Small detachments of our troops can take those out, or our cavalry can see them off.
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>>33263742
Too early for that.

If anything we need to fortify the river against potential crossings further up and down stream. Maintain scouts to make sure they don't try to build a bridge.
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>>33263747
>tg
>consensus
>competent
What 4chan are you on?
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Does the weak center ploy work if we plan to fall back and use the calvary though? I understand it's good at enveloping the enemy but that assumes we stay relatively in place doesn't it?
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>>33263448
If only Kircheis were alive...
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You arrange your formation at the river in a line, leaving the center vulnerable as a lure while the cavalry forces under Gao Shun move to the back. The battle begins with a couple thousand enemy troops peppering your forces with volley fire, while the others cross the river. The back of the line fires volleys back to the archers, while your frontal forces focus on picking off enemy troops crossing with their crossbows. The river is pretty shallow, so the enemy have only slight problems crossing as they raise their shields from your fire.

When they reach the banks, a melee breaks out. Your lines hold for the most part, with better refreshed troops and tighter lines. Zhou Xin charges forward in the center, and as planned, is lured in to pushing forward.

Gao Shun charges forward with the cavalry, and manages to inflict heavy casualties to the troops overextended. Zhang Liao jumps from his line and kills several enemy lieutenants. Both Song Xian and Lu Lingqi manage to hold their lines as the enemy forces retreat for the day. About 1500 of the enemy have been killed, while a third of that has been inflicted on your side.

You look to the enemy. It seems they are going to make an attack again the next day, but they are hesitating and more cautious now. do you follow up the same plans or change?

>Keep up the defense and hold the river line
>Defend the river for a short time before pretending defeat and retreating some distance
>Lead a diversionary force at the flank while defending the river
Roll 1d100, avg of 4, lowest dropped

>Troops: 6700
>Equipment: 1900 horses, 5 Catapults, 3 Ballista, 3 Siege Rams
>Food: 1477
>Morale: Medium
>Fatigue: None
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Rolled 74

>>33263805
>>Defend the river for a short time before pretending defeat and retreating some distance
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Rolled 4

>>33263805
>>Lead a diversionary force at the flank while defending the river

Someone tell me if this is a stupid decision or not.
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Rolled 99

>>33263805
>>Lead a diversionary force at the flank while defending the river
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>>33263805
>>Defend the river for a short time before pretending defeat and retreating some distance
They're a bunch of new conscripts who are greenhorns who barely know the sharp end of their swords. Make a fake retreat into a trap before raping the shit out of them.
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Rolled 94

>>33263805
>Lead a diversionary force at the flank
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>>33263805
>>Lead a diversionary force at the flank while defending the river

The enemy has no reason to believe we're actually retreating, Zhou Xin will see through it. Let's keep the pressure up!
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>>33263805
>>Keep up the defense and hold the river line

One more day of this defense, then the troop numbers will be close enough for a feigned retreat to work well.
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>>33263803

I bet Bittenfeld and Lu Bu would have been best buds
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Rolled 35

>>33263828
>>33263839
>>33263841
>>33263848

REKT.

PREPARE YOUR ANUS.

So glad the weak centre ploy i suggested worked out.
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>>33263848
>>33263841
>>33263828
Hell.

Fucking.

Yeah.

Voting for diversionary force Take Lu Linqi with us as our bodyguard. Impress her with our might.
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>>33263848
>t
>>33263841
>>33263839
>>33263828
Who needs Sun ce anyway?
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Rolled 22

>>33263805
>Lead a diversionary force at the flank while defending the river
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>>33263828
>>33263839
>>33263841
>>33263848
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Rolled 49

>>33263805
>>Defend the river for a short time before pretending defeat and retreating some distance
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>>33263805
>Lead a diversionary force at the flank while defending the river
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I wonder how likely it was that those bandits were focused in the center...

Diversonary force at the flank seems to have good support and I don't see a problem with it. Feigning a retreat right now may only end up giving the enemy open ground on which to better use their number to their advantage.
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>>33263866
No. Bittenfield was an honorable warrior. Lu Bu was third-rate scum.
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>89 average
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>>33263805
Lead a diversionary force at the flanks.

We need to personally commit some blood shed today.
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>>33263921
Fuck off right back to shu or wherever the fuck you come from.
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>>33263805

>Gao Shun charges forward with the cavalry, and manages to inflict heavy casualties to the troops overextended. Zhang Liao jumps from his line and kills several enemy lieutenants

Best generals being best generals
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>>33263805
>Lead a diversionary force at the flank while defending the river

A feinted retreat won't work at this juncture due to the cautiousness of the other side and the same tactic won't work again, despite the gains we made.

It would be nice to know where the relative positions of the two armies are so we could lead an attack before the sun sets and have the sun in the enemy's eyes.
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>>33263934
>>33263921
>>33263921
To be honest, Lu Bu was scum.
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>>33263828
>>33263839
>>33263841
>>33263848
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAFblMNqZEc&list=PLA57AF5CEA0F8D4E7&index=5
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>>33263805
>>Lead a diversionary force at the flank while defending the river
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>>33263910
You might be imagining a slightly more retarded feigned retreat than I am right now. They are spooked and are going to come in cautious, they need an extra something to goad them into another bad decision.
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>>33263921

Wang Fu pls go
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>>33263965
I really wish I could find somewhere that has the entire OST of the Musou games up for download (other than Youtube).
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>>33263805
>>Lead a diversionary force at the flank while defending the river
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Rolled 5

>>33263994

I feel both the retreat and the assault can work.

The retreat probably won't work in the next few days if we continue like this.
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>>33263934
Do you honestly think Bittenifield would have killed his own adopted father with a sneak attack, whom he has sworn to protect as a personal bodyguard?
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>Roll quad 100's on a charge. That 10% Dynasty Warriors kicks in. Wreck 1000 warriors. "I am a True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!".
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Rolled 1

>>33264006
Buy the games personally I suggest starting with DW5

also this track is far more appropriate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I91S83ygkRQ
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>>33264035
DW8 is a flat better game than 5.
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I hope we can capture Zhou Xin and Yu Fan and add them to our general/adviser collection after this.

I wonder if we can persuade Yu Fan to serve as our personal adviser.
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Rolled 73

>>33264043
haven't played it yet, does Xtreme legends come with the original content?
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>>33264035
But... we haven't been routed yet.
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Rolled 80

>>33264050

I want all of them.

Even Wang Lang will be useful as an administrator.
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Rolled 44

>>33264069
who said we were the ones running?
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>>33264066
The PC version does.
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>>33264043

DW5 battles feel like actual battles. The whole frontlines can ebb and flow depending on your actions.

In DW8, outside of scripted events and mission requirements, nothing outside of your immediate view matters.
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>>33264035
I have DW8 and WO 3, DW3 was the game that got me into the series, though. I couldn't say how many times I played Hu Lao Gate on that game.

speaking of which; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR102LNiv74
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Rolled 25

>>33264092
Neato, I knew I should have snapped it up during the Summer sales

>>33264095
The general problem I have with Dynasty warriors five is that the Soldier AI is absolute piss shit.
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>>33264016
Problem is we have no cohesive end strategy. Right now it is just a series of tactical exchanges with accompanying casualty ratio without any additional layer of depth.

What is our exit strategy, beyond a battle of attrition ending in their route because they're demoralized? They are the bigger force and suffer more from delay, logistically speaking, but shouldn't we plan what we are trying to achieve, and not just react to circumstance without any strategic framework?
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>>33264075

He will, but I would be very careful around him.

>While he is a decent administrator, he is a sycophant and a schemer who does what profits him. Some people disagree that he allied with Yan Baihu and the Shanyue, others think he stabilized the area

He's nothing like Yan Jun, who's a good guy and a good administrator. We'll have to find a way to use his talents appropriately.

I'm more interested in Yu Fan at this point to be honest. He stuck his neck out to get Wang Lang to surrender to us and his historical career is quite impressive.
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>>33264095
Was literally just playing DW5, Yiling Shu-side. I immediately ran past everyone and killed Sun Quan in a few minutes, the fire attack only just started when I reached him.
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>>33264126
You're right.

Show of hands, how far do we pursue the enemy army? Keep in mind we have enough supplies right now for little more than two months. We should attempt to capture the supplies they've brought.
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>>33264158
If they break? We pursue until destruction or surrender.

If they just retreat? Harrass for a week or so then go back and conquer more of the province, build up supplies and get ready for a siege.
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>>33264158
Let's see how this battle ends first before deciding any of that.
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Rolled 26

>>33264158
This if we can capture their supplies it will not only feed us but leave their army bereft of Immediate supplies.

beyond this battle I say we go about Dismantling their supply lines so they starve to death.
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Rolled 12

>>33264126

Our current tactical is to destroy or rout this army.

For the strategic victory, we need to capture or kill Wang Lang and maybe his generals. With him captured, we may be able to get his home city to surrender.

Apparently, logistic defeat isn't likely for them since they have a larger granary, like Raian previously said so we're forced to destroy them on the field.

I say our exit strategy should be a retreat under cover of darkness back to our own city with our cavalry covering our retreat.
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>>33264158
If he decides to retreat to his capital, we'll be in a bad situation I think. We need him to surrender or have his forces route and take him prisoner/kill him before he reaches any place defensible. Our supply line isn't secure enough to take the if we chase him all the way there.
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>>33264196

I wonder what % of the territory we've conquered by now.

As of last thread, we had conquered 20% of Wang Lang's land before we embarked on that one week attack.
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>>33264210

It's not a great situation, but it gives us time to conquer Wang Lang's territory if need be.

We should also remember that Yu Fan is sympathetic to our forces and he could be our insider to get the city gates open.
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>>33264158
We don't care about destroying their numbers, I think. Cav should only pursue as far as is convenient. Main targets should be supply train and any decent officers that can be captured safely.

>>33264196
I don't think we should be trying to win this in one stroke, winning the engagement is enough. Especially if we set up our next engagement with supplies, and some new officers, and an enemy with crushed morale who has just run all the way home.
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>>33264158
Hard to say, but we don't want them getting into a garrison or castle. We want to take them apart in the field using our superior quality of troops.

Capitulation is the end goal. We don't need to murder all of their men to get it.

Send a message to Zhou Xin applauding his gallantry and offering him a position in our administration if he turns sides, as he asked in our first meeting. That we have changed our opinion of him, and now recognise his valour, and we should have accepted his terms earlier. Mention we are grateful for the supplies he gifted us after our last encounter.

Even if he refuses, Wang Lang may start to distrust Zhou Xin.
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"The time has come for us to go on the offensive," you tell the other generals. "They are weakened now, and will only make a paltry attack to us next. I want to inflict as many casualties as possible before they retreat back to the city. Generals Zhang Liao, Song Xian, Gao Shun hold the line here. Lady Lingqi and I will lead a diversionary force with half our cavalry."

The generals agree to the plans, and on early morning, you and Lingqi lead a cavalry force of about a thousand away from the main army in secret. Your army travels a couple miles away from the enemy before crossing the river, and moving towards the enemy.

The generals hold the line effectively from Wang Lang's next attack. Wang Lang who was commanding the troops from near the other side of the river was nearly to have been killed when Song Xian saw him and ordered troops to fire a volley at him. Han Yan, and enemy leader, was killed in a single blow by Zhang Liao when the enemy made it to the banks.

"Keep up the attack!" Wang Lang yells. "We must drive them back! Once we do, we can help Yan Baihu and drive these northerners back!"

"Lord Wang Lang trouble!" a soldier comes in terror, kneeling in front of Wang Lang. "There is an enemy force coming to us from our flanks!"

"What!? Most of our troops are crossing the river! Hurry, move them back and let our remaining forces meet the enemy!"
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>>33264260

We absolutely should be trying to win this in one stroke. We have the advantage in quality of officers and men, and soon we'll have the numerical advantage as well. Depending on the next engagement, we should aim for the total surrender of the enemy army.
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>>33264293
You and Lingqi arrive an hour long after the battle started. Zhou Xin moves to meet your forces.

"A damned woman in the front!? What mockery! I will make you my whore when I am done with you! Face me wom-"

Before Zhou Xin finishes, Lingqi impales him through his stomach with a spear throw and he falls to the ground dead in an instant. The enemy troops lose heart at seeing their leaders fall one by one and begin to flee. Your cavalry forces tear through the enemy ranks while Zhang Liao and the remaining defenders begin to pursue from across the river as well. By the end of the day, countless enemies are killed and the remaining forces of Wang Lang have retreated numerous miles away and positioned themselves on some hills. They have about 4500 men left over. You have the advantage of the numbers now, but it seems Wang Lang no longer wishes to engage you directly. What do you now?

>Press the attack and go all out on the enemy
>Stay back and attack the enemy with ranged fire
>Attempt to do a night raid against the enemy

>Troops: 6000
>Equipment: 1800 horses, 5 Catapults, 3 Ballista, 3 Siege Rams
>Food: 1477
>Morale: High
>Fatigue: Low
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Rolled 21

>>33264308
>>Attempt to do a night raid against the enemy

NIGHT

RAID
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>>33264308
>>Attempt to do a night raid against the enemy

Keep hitting their morale
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>>33264308
>Press the attack and go all out on the enemy
Waste no time. All their good generals are dead and we outnumber them. Wipe Wang Lang from the face of the earth.
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>>33264308
>>Attempt to do a night raid against the enemy

They've lost their best generals, a night raid has a higher chance of working now.

All out attack against some hills isn't my #1 choice.
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Rolled 85

>>33264308
>>Press the attack and go all out on the enemy
We can't let them get home.
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>>33264308
>>Press the attack and go all out on the enemy
We have the advantage and the forward momentum. This is now a rout and we need to capitalize the hell outta this.
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Rolled 77

>>33264308
>>Attempt to do a night raid against the enemy

no damaging the Supplies though
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>>33264308

The enemy have no stomach. Let's shoot arrows into the camp containing letters offering pardon to anyone who surrenders in our camp.
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Rolled 47

>>33264308
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>>33264351
Over excited, route the bastards with an all out attack.
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Rolled 29

>>33264350

Ooo. This is a good one.

"Capture and present to me Wang Lang and surrender. And ALL of you may go home."
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Rolled 73

>>33264308
>Press the attack and go all out on the enemy
We've sprung the trap, we need to follow through or lose tempo for nothing.
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>>33264308

Have Fan Neng negotiate for the surrender of Wang Lang and his remaining forces.

A position in our administration is surely more worthwhile than a certain death.
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Guys, remember that a pursuit kills them. A night raid hurts their morale and makes a surrender more likely.
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>>33264372
Fuck Wang Lang.

He's a bitch who is going to fill a ditch.
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Rolled 11

Pity about Zhou Xin
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>>33264400
Seconded.
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>>33264308
>Night raid

They have a huge terrain advantage, rendering all other options useless, even if it is a rout. Besides, Zhou Xin would have had the sense to set up traps beforehand.

Before the night raid, do this >>33264350
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>>33264404

If he's an able administrator, do we not want him to help run our cities?

We certainly aren't cut out for administrative work.
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>>33264350
I agree with this plan.
Better to shoot ranged weapons and offer surrender to divide their forces or at least lower morale some more.

I think you're all getting a little TOO excited here, even if we have numbers, they still have the higher grounds. Sure we may probably win, but it could cost us more than you think. I say whither down their numbers first, offering surrender to possibly increase our numbers while lowering theirs. Even if they don't come right away, it'll cause conflicts within their ranks which will make them easier prey.
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>>33264427
He may be able, but he's going to be stubborn and bitter about losing to a bunch of upstart northerners.

Better off killing him and saving ourselves a headache down the road.
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>>33264308
>>Attempt to do a night raid against the enemy

>Besides, Zhou Xin would have had the sense to set up traps beforehand.
Lingqi OHKOed him
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>>33264427
He's a duplicitous individual that will likely be corrupt and likely to betray us in the future. I don't think he's worth the risk honestly.
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>>33264400
A pursuit will widen the gap between us and them. We can demand surrender at any time, or hit them the night after that (when they will be even longer without rest).
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>>33264308
>>Attempt to do a night raid
With Zhou Xin dead we're not likely to face an ambush. It'll also demoralize them and more likely to surrender
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>>33264308
Ohhh I like this>>33264350
Followed by
>Attempt to do a night raid against the enemy
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>>33264308
>>33264350

Yes.
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>>33264427
An untrustworthy administrator is a snake you've invited into your bed. It can only end one way.
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A successful night attack is going to further increase the difference in our forces morale, not decrease it. Remember that we want these soldiers in our army after the war is over, victory with minimal casualties is best.
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>>33264350
This followed by a night raid sounds good.
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Rolled 47

>>33264350
This
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>>33264439
>>33264448
>>33264476
Well, I just hope we can get Yu Fan then. Would hate to end the conquest with only Fan Neng as our new recruit.

Looks like Sima Zhao's going to have to find a new waifu then
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>>33264530
Yu Fan sounds like a good person to recruit yes.
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>>33264530
It's for the best. She was dead center of the uncanny valley in dw7 and 8.
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>>33264530
>>33264577

Give her to Gao Shun for his exceptional service.
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>>33264406
Eh, he was an a-hole.
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>>33264631
Got what he deserved for talking shit about our waifu
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>>33264329
>Wipe Wang Lang from the face of the earth.
I think would get along better with some people in this thread than with others. So be it.
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>>33264629
I don't think she's even been born yet. She'd be his granddaughter.
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>>33264629

That might be tricky. Her father isn't born until 195.

It's 192-193 right now.
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>>33264629

Historically, her father won't be born for another three years. If we kill Wang Lang now she will never exist.
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You demand the surrender of the enemy, however, they refuse. Though their forces have been weakened and yours the bigger now, they do not the see a large enough discrepancy to quit. You fire your ranged weapons against their positions, killing only several due to most of them hiding and taking cover.

At night, you lead a raiding force to the enemy camp. By the time you arrive however, most of the enemy have begun retreating. It seems they have planned to flee to the city using the night as their cover, and it would have likely been better for you to commence an attack rather than employing harassing tactics. You and your men kill what enemy soldiers you can, killing some hundreds.

You now hold the option to pursue the fleeing enemy and following up with the siege, or retreating back and recuperating your forces and supplies. The pursuit will be long and tiresome, but retreating now to recuperate will also give Wang Lang time to recover. What do you do?

>Pursue and attempt to take the city
>Retreat and gather more forces/supplies

>Troops: 5900
>Equipment: 1800 horses, 5 Catapults, 3 Ballista, 3 Siege Rams
>Food: 1477
>Morale: High
>Fatigue: Low
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I really want to say we should just all-out charge them and wipe them from the face of the Earth, but the last time we did that we got fucked real hard
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>>33264664
FUUUUCK. You lot had one goddamn job!

>Pursue and attempt to take the city.
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>>33264664
>>Retreat and gather more forces/supplies

We don't have the supplies to continue the assault unfortunately.
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>>33264664
>>Retreat and gather more forces/supplies
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>>33264664

Just for reference, 1477 food is 2.5 months of food.
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>>33264682
DAMNIT I KNEW IT!

FUCK HILLS!
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>>33264664
>>Retreat and gather more forces/supplies
We have shown our skill we will take the lands and gather troops for the city.
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>>33264664
It wasn't a public demand to surrender, it was a secret ploy. Oh well.

>>Pursue.

We have two months of supplies, our morale is high and the enemy's is low. We can do this!
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>>33264664
>You demand the surrender of the enemy, however, they refuse. Though their forces have been weakened and yours the bigger now, they do not the see a large enough discrepancy to quit. You fire your ranged weapons against their positions, killing only several due to most of them hiding and taking cover.
I fucking thought so.

> retreat for now

We misjudged, but we can use this time to conquer the surrounding territory.

If all Wang Lang has is a castle, who cares?
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>>33264629
Wouldn't a wife distract him from his duties?
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>>33264718
I don't think you understand how little ancient Chinese men valued their families.
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>>33264718

Does Gao Shun sound like the type of guy who would let anything distract him from his duty?
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>>33264664
>>33264700
It's cause half of /tg/ doesn't know that a demoralized enemy will flee under the cover of darkness. That's why night raids are effective at the start and middle of battles and downright useless near the final stages.

They were clearly in a rout and yet all of the chuckleheads wanted to raid their shit at night.

Bah.

>Consolidate forces, create checkpoints and picket lines and settle in for a long siege; also send a messenger for reinforcements and supplies.
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>>33264734
>LiuBeiChuckingInfantSon.gif
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>>33264664

Oh dammit we were too cautious

Retreat for now, by the time we get there in a pursuit, they'd be too tired to be very effective.
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On the one hand it'll be a long and tiresome pursuit. On the other they came into this with heavier exhaustion, and are now a numerically inferior force. We have a chance to catch them if we pursue but if we don't we'd be fucked.
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>>33264712
You would have us go back on our word that we would deliver Wang Lang's head to our lord?

>>33264664
>PURSUE AND BESIEGE!
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>>33264664
>Retreat and gather more forces/supplies
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>>33264664
Pursue.
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>>33264751
>It's cause half of /tg/ doesn't know that a demoralized enemy will flee under the cover of darkness. That's why night raids are effective at the start and middle of battles and downright useless near the final stages.

This would have been infinitely more useful to post before the vote closed so people could change their minds.
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>>33264664
Keep in mind that with the enemy forces depleted, we can afford to send a detachment to capture territory along our supply line.
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>>33264751
Oh please. You were probably one of the guys who voted yes to following Lu Bu's idea to assault the hills due to low morale of the enemies. We've been conditioned to stay away from these things by the QM fucking us in the past.
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>>33264664
>>Retreat and gather more forces/supplies

Let's capture most of Wang Lang's territories. Limit his reinforcement sources and consolidate our gains.
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>>33264664
>>Pursue and attempt to take the city
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>>33264786
Yep, armchair general with 20/20 hindsight personified.
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>>33264664
>>Retreat and gather more forces/supplies

Its a months journey to the city.

We need more supplies than that.
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>>33264786
It'd help more if more people would actually read Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Thirty-Six Strategems. Both are not considered meta-game since most, if not all, generals of the Later Han and Three Kingdoms era had read both at one point or another.
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>>33264830
This guy.
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>>33264664

Hold on now. We've got a lot of cavalry, while they are mostly infantry. We could catch them with Gao Shun the Ambusher.

I change my vote to pursue:>>33264712
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>>33264830

Or you could just post what you said earlier, which could have actual impact on the decision making process.

Like how the guys who argued against the wedge formation made their arguments before the vote closed and made people change their minds.
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>>33264664
>>Retreat and gather more forces and supplies
We should capture more territory and cut off Wang Langs supplies
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>>33264863
That would require something other than 20/20 hindsight, anon. Armchair generals aren't good at that.
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>>33264830

That depends on the objectives we set ourselves.

We were hoping to save as many troops as possoble so as to reinforce our own.

In this case, it was missing the forest for the trees.
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>>33264664
>>33264786
We told you goofs to attack all out immediately, but you didn't listen.
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>>33264862
We should ask Gao Shun for his input on this.
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>>33264815
Dude, they're just infantry. We have a bunch of cavalry. We even have archers. I propose we send a bunch of horse archers after them to whittle down their forces somewhat. Better yet, we can pincer the enemy by moving our cavalry ahead of them. Hell, we can even have the cavalry set up some falling rocks if any valleys are in our enemy's path.
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>>33264907
>send a bunch of horse archers
all 0 that we have in our forces?
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>>33264862

Our cavalry is about half of theirs.

We could detach that wing and send them in pursuit while the rest of the army retreats
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>>33264907
This, we should at least pursue for a bit.
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>>33264813
>>33264874
Deflect harder. You made a bad decision and ignored the good advice of others, admit it gracefully.
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>>33264849
Thank you!
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>>33264928
>Made the correct decision for the wrong reasons
>thinks that is good

uh huh.
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>>33264942
>wrong reasons
Where are you getting this from, exactly? It was clear to me and probably a few others, too.
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>>33264898

And yet not one person talked about how a demoralized enemy will flee under the cover of darkness and why a night attack is useless.

The arguments were

>This is now a rout and we need to capitalize the hell outta this

>we need to follow through or lose tempo for nothing

>Waste no time. All their good generals are dead and we outnumber them

My point is that anon would have served his position by pointing those specific points, which were highly persuasive, while the voting was going on.

Those individual votes talk about momentum and tempo, but don't talk about the possibility of enemy retreat and the ineffectiveness of night attacks.
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>>33264664
>Pursue

We need to run down Wang Lang now. If this gets any more protracted, it'd cause more problems down the road, especially if the enemy manages to get a messenger to the Shanyue barbarians to help them.

Gotta get Wang's head on a pike. All cavalry with Gao Shun at the forefront screaming: "WANG LANG, I WANT WANG LANG'S HEAD. THOSE WHO GIVE ME HIS HEAD SHALL BE SPARED LU BU'S WRATH."

That's right. We make Gao Shun pretend to be Lu Bu.
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>>33264957
Precisely no one predicted their retreat. You just wanted to attack because their morale was low.
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>>33264914
Well, we have archers, right? And horses are used to get people places quickly. So we use horses to get archers to the enemy quickly, and use those horses to with draw the archers quickly. Thus, horse archers.
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>>33264928
>ignored the good advice of others

Which you failed to actually give since not one person here bought up the Idea that the enemy would flee under the cover of darkness.
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>>33264977
Those are dragoons, and no, they're terrible at pursuit.
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>>33264907

It serves us no great purpose and depletes our elite troops.

We need to kill the enemy in order to get them to surrender.

The chances of our cavalry catching up with the leadership is low, which is the objective we need to look at to end the campaign.

So what they can do is kill their troops. Green troops who can be replaced quickly. While we risk our elites and our horses.

No it is best that we fall back.
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You decide that retreating is the best plan for now, instead of taking the risk of a lengthy pursuit.

"We will regather troops, govern the people, and gather the supplies at Fall while slowly taking territory after territory. Wang Lang will no longer be able to move out of his city, and we will bleed him dry. Lord Lu Bu should be defeating Yan Baihu as well by this time."

With that, you and your forces retreat. For the rest of the summer, you and your men focus on gathering more men and governing the lands. Reinforcements and supplies come Hui Ji. Most of Wang Lang's territories are taken, and only his city remains. You are informed that Wang Lang still has a year's supply within the city despite being cut off from his commanderies and farmlands outside. You can simply wait it out until the next year... Or you can commit a siege this Fall and take the city sooner.

In any case, Fall comes and your army manages to gather plentiful supplies with the territory has been taken. You hold a celebratory feast for the harvest outside the town and your men enjoy the day. You have a day to enjoy, what do you do?

>Go see how [insert officer] is doing
>Enjoy the time with the soldiers and get to know them
>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them
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>>33264997
>>Go see how [insert officer] is doing
Lingqi
If we're serious about this waifu business, we need to get this done sooner rather than later.
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>>33264997
>>Go see how Linqi is doing
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>>33264997
Go see Song Xian like we said we would.
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>>33264997
>Enjoy the time with the soldiers and get to know them
>Go see how [Song Xian] is doing

we owe the Man a drink
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>>33264987
So it'll be good if our elite troops can pick off their leader, right?
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>>33264997
Welp...

hmm as much as enjoying some time with the soldiers or peasants sounds good lets go visit Song Xian to keep our promise.
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>>33264997
>>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them

While I appreciate the waifu sentiment, I feel like having popular support is most important.
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>>33264997
>Go see how [insert officer] is doing
Song Xian, we have a promise to keep.
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>>33264997
>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them
what a sweetheart
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>>33264997
>Go see how Song Xian is doing
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>>33264997
>Go see how Song Xian is doing
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>>33264997
>>Go see how [insert officer] is doing
Lingqi

Gonna have to take the waifu business seriously.
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>>33264997
>>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them

This will be our domain.

Be generous
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>>33264997
>Go see how Song Xian is doing

We kind of blew him off earlier.
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Wang Lang isn't defeated. Our promise isn't relevant yet.
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>>33264997
>Go see how Song Xian
is doing
We promised him that we would spend time with him after rejecting him earlier. It is only polite that we pay him a visit
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>>33264997
>>Go see how [insert officer] is doing

Gao Shun knowing I'll not win.
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>>33264997
I wanna choose lingqi nut
>>Go see how Song Xian is doing

We can't go back on a promise
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>>33265022
We aid we'd do that when we had Wang Lang's head. You'd have us go back on our word?
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>>33264997
>Go see how [Lingqi] is doing
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>>33265018
>>33265022
>>33265034
>>33265038
>>33265039
>>33265050

I'm pretty sure we told him to save it for the victory feast, after we take Wang Lang's head and not before.
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>>33264997
>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them
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>>33264958
>>33264967
No one predicted the retreat because firstly it wasn't 100% certain, and secondly that prediction isn't material in the decision to press the attack.

All of the possible outcomes of waiting were inferior to capitalization of conditions, and you wanted us to list them all?

Do any of you know what a route is, loss of tempo, or what a route + bad morale usually means? You honestly think them trying to disengage was a surprise? Or that it made a difference that they retreated under cover of darkness or just ran?

Call me angry if you like, I am disappointed in the bad generalship and worse character needed to say "ah but you didn't explain exactly in what way it would be the worst plan".
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>>33264997

>"I have much work to do, but I must refuse General," you reply with a shake of your head. "We can drink after we have taken Hui Ji and Wang Lang's head. But for now, I must tend to my duties.

Anons, please.

>Go see how [Lingqi] is doing
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>>33265070
It's just the anti-waifu crowd trying to leave us forever alone.
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>>33265070
Good point.

Changing my (>>33265050) vote to seeing Gao Shun.
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>>33264997
>>Go see how lingqi is doing
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>>33264997
>>Go see how [Lingqi] is doing
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>>33264997
>>Go see how Lingqi is doing
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>>33265070
We blew him off earlier cause we had important shit to do. We aren't busy now so it feels appropriate to pay the man a visit
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>>33264997
>>33265033

Changing my vote to Lingqi because my option won't win and anons can't remember their own promises.
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>>33265066
>>33265070
Fair point lets Feed the Peasants then

Is it possible to be the Liu bei of our little Brotherhood?
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>>33264997
>Go see how [insert officer] is doing
Lingqi
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>>33264997
>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them
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>>33265116
Fuck off shufag

>>33264997
>>Go see how [insert officer] is doing
Lingqi
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>>33265100
If you can't keep your own promises, no matter how advantageous or otherwise it is to others, then your words further down will be not regarded as highly.

If we go see our dear drunkard friend, then that'll cause some people to think that we're a flighty general who can't hold an oath proper.
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>>33265116
>Is it possible to be the Liu bei of our little Brotherhood?

No, because Liu Bei a shit
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>>33265070
Oh yeah
>>33264997
>>33265038
Changing to
>Share some food with the peasants
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>>33265087
No, it's the "Waifu doesn't dominate our every waking moment" crowd that knows that it'll tank the campaign if we only talk to Lingqi every opportunity it comes up.
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>>33264997
>>Go see how [insert officer] is doing
Lingqi
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>>33264997
>Go see how [Lingqi] is doing
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>>33264997
Go see Song Xian and give food to the peasants.

I want to see Lingqi as well, but all this samefagging is really making me want to vote against it.
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>>33264997
>>Go see how Lingqi iis doing
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>>33265129
I think you might be taking it a bit serious m8. Its not like we promised to avenge his death or some shit, the dude just wanted to hangout and have a drink
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>>33264997
>>Go see how [insert officer] is doing
Song Xian

If we're taking time off, lets take time off with the one we promised time with
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>>33265132
>>33265127
>Not wanting a Warriors three between Zhang liao, Lu bu & Ourselves
>Not wanting to be the faction leader

it's like you don't even ambition, besides I'd say we're the only one who's even remotely likely to win over Zhuge liang.
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>>33264997
>You can simply wait it out until the next year... Or you can commit a siege this Fall and take the city sooner.

So what are we going to choose?

Obviously, everyone's going to pick siege.
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>>33265156
Same here. Lingqi is cool, but there's more to do than try and constantly impress her.

See Song Xian
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>>33265080
Yes, you were right. I honestly figured that if they were going to retreat at night, they wouldn't have stopped on the hills in the first place.

However, I only see assertions made in favor of a direct assault. They were correct, but they didn't provide any reasons. Where were the arguments?
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>>33265156
And here I thought it was just me noticing it. I just wish the samefag weren't also the dumbest person in the thread.
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>>33264997
>Go see how Lingqi is doing
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>>33264997
>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them
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>>33265138
Well, OP said we should take a waifu to further our line. It's all part of the game even if it isn't.
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>>33264997
>>Go see how Song Xian is doing
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>>33264997
>>Go see how lingqi is doing
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To bring up something, we are getting to the age where we should think about getting married and have kids.

Speaking of growing up do we have a style name yet?
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>>33265170
>>Not wanting to be the faction leader
But Lu Bu is already the faction leader.
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Hey guys, how do all our generals get along with each other?

It would be super convenient and advantageous if we could spend time with multiple officers at once
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>>33265170

Zhuge Liang was a huge dick to my main man, Wei Yan.

A Cao Zhen is a match for a Zhuge Liang anyway,
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>>33264997
>Go see how [insert officer] is doing
Lingqi
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We need to acquire a strategy council.

Pang Tong, Zhang He, Jia Xu, Lu Su, Lu Xun, Xu Shu, and Guo Jia.

We then become unstoppable.
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>>33264997
>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them
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>>33265187
Sure but we also need to get to know all of our generals. Lingqi can be courted after we have some wins under our belt.

>>33265217
That's true. We should hold a small (keyword small) celebration, invite the generals and commend them on their hard work. Give them all thanks individually.
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>>33265209

Baomu 保姆

Babysitter
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>>33265217

I bet Zhang Liao and Gao Shun get along well with each other, their personalities seem to match well.

Song Xian seems like a drunk, take-it-easy kind of guy, which Zhang Liao and Gao Shun probably disapprove of.

>Pang Tong, Zhang He, Jia Xu, Lu Su, Lu Xun, Xu Shu, and Guo Jia.

Remind that Jia Xu was the one who drove us out of the capital.

I still want him though, best strategist
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>>33264997
>Go see how [Lingqi] is doing
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>>33264997
>>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them
For they will be the soldiers of tomorrow.
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>>33264997
>>Go see how Song Xian is doing

We owe the man a drink, he deserves it after how well he did recently.
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>>33265216
>>33265220
Wei yan was a traitorous faggot, from shu admittedly but still a Traitorous faggot
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>>33265217
This would actually be cool a party with all our generals. We could party with Song Xian and kick it with Lingqi too.
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>>33265220
I fucking love Wei Yan
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>>33264997
>>Go see how Lingqi is doing

We owe Song Xian a drink after the siege is over and Wang Lang is dead.
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>>33265224
But we're not that cool of a person to have all of them willingly help us. Besides, don't we hate Jia Xu a little bit?
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>>33265209
Xing is pretty much translated as "interest", though I'm inclined to use "Xingyun" (lucky) as the style name since we've had a few too many close brushes with death.


>>33265224
Uh... they'd all be too busy arguing and debating before they could formulate a proper strategy.
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>>33265258
So long as we keep it modest and use it to honor the hard work of our generals I think our more stoic bros will be alright with it. Don't make it a victory party, just a "Thanks for the hard work so far" kind of thing.
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>>33265258
I'm down with that. Kill multiple birds with one stone
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>>33265252

Wei Yan did nothing wrong! It was just Zhuge Liang being an egoistical maniac as usual
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>>33265177
If Raian lets the samefagging slide and chooses Lingqi I will be very disappointed in him.
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>>33265271
Yeah, we also got promoted from footsoldier to general in like 6 months.
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>>33265291
>implying lingqi is the only one getting samefagged
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>>33265280

Then instead of a drink, it should be a good meal. To celebrate the harvest.
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>>33265280
We should bring out the kettle for this
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>>33265284
We could also invite them to offer their thoughts on the campaign so far and get a feel for how they're all getting along and getting on with the small folk.
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>>33265297

mfw i still want to know what happened to ol'-one-eyed-dude-who-saved-our-ass
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>>33265285
wei yan was Egotistical faggot who couldn't bear Zhuge liang having any other successors.
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>>33265318

He's dead, Jim.
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>>33265304
That sounds good too me.

>>33265307
Yes. Maybe we can even cater a small feast on our own coin? Gold is precious considering we haven't done any personal looting but maybe it'd be worth it?
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>>33265176
Depends on what you mean by arguments. I don't think anyone came out with a detailed case study, but simply stated the principle.

There was no reason for us not to attack. We had numbers, morale, position, less fatigue, everything. Terrain and supply could only worsen for us both in micro and macro, and whether their response was to attack, retreat, or defend our best response was to press the attack before they can regroup. The main argument against attacking seemed to be "it is more demoralizing if we perform a night raid" which is really silly. More demoralizing than being run down and decimated?

I think it's really dishonest pretend that the only valid way to claim to have a justified strategy is to 100% predict the outcome, rather than to lay out the best course based on basic principles.
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>>33265301
No, just the hardest and the most tasteless and obvious.
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>>33265307
The kettle isn't that great. Show them the Wind Bow, our most trusty possession which awarded us our Shining Helmet. It shines 'cause we polish it so often.
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>>33265332
The unspoken reason favoring the night raid was they had the defensive high ground and anytime we've tried a battle with the terrain not in our favor our losses were unacceptable.
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>>33265332
Not stating any of those principles aside from 'their morale is low' is more dishonest, armchair general-fag.
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>>33265324
I hope not. I'd have liked to have known his name at least. Was he also the dude we beat up when we first arrived at Lu Bu's camp? That's the feeling I got at the time.
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>>33265361
>Wind Bow

The what? Don't you mean the Window Boy?
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>>33265379

No, that was a veteran warrior in his prime, I believe.

I doubt Lu Bu would have been impressed by us beating up an old man.
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>>33265332

Here's my idea of an argument:

>>It's cause half of /tg/ doesn't know that a demoralized enemy will flee under the cover of darkness. That's why night raids are effective at the start and middle of battles and downright useless near the final stages.

The tone clearly indicates that this should have been known beforehand. Yet nobody said so.

>>33265362
>>anytime we've tried a battle with the terrain not in our favor our losses were unacceptable.

Not true, during the battle against Zhou Xin a direct assault was fine.
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>>33265379

Probably not.

That was a younger dude.
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>>33265363
A few if the principles have already been greentexted, I thought by you. Maybe I was wrong, but in any case you should go back and check it out.

>>33265362
I'm new to the thread, so I didn't know I'd have to specifically counter this unspoken fear.
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>>33265407
Also expect us to do the exact opposite of whatever lu bu suggests.
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>>33265388
Window BoyxHelmet Girl OTP
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>>33265407

Our first battle as a general ended with us following Lu Bu's lead and charging a hill.

We had 6000.

They had 12000.

It did not end well. Prudent voices said that maybe this was a bad idea, but too many people got swept up by the thrill of a quick victory and rushed the hill.

So hills are a sore spot for the thread now.
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>>33265399
We had a better than 2:1 ratio against zhou xin
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>>33265432
Don't forget to add that this was after a battle where the enemy lost 8000 men to our 4000, and Lu Bu advocated assault because their morale would be low and they'd break.
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>>33265432
Our first major accomplishment was on a hill as well. Basically the recurring theme is "Having the high ground is a good thing" and "attacking the high ground is going to be bloody and probably not worth it".

>>33265435
We also softened him up with a ploy or two I believe.
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>>33265435

We had a numerical advantage here, and had just scored a crushing victory against the same army.
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>>33265468
We've scored crushing victories against armies before and not had it matter.
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>>33265407
>>33265432

Basically we become very cautious whenever we are assaulting an enemy with superior defensive positioning.

It worked out well in our battle against Zhou Xin since our bombardment reduced overall casualties, but it did not serve us well in this particular instance.

This thread will naturally gravitate towards cautious options in those circumstances. So yeah, those fears need to be countered for a direct assault option to prevail in the vote.
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You know guys, we have time.

Instead of a siege we should infiltrating sappers and spies to fuck with their morale and to prep their provisions to burn.
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>>33265480
That is a siege,anon.

And sappers aren't infiltrated, they dig.
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>>33265480

Why not both? And get Yu Fan to surrender the city as well for a high ranking position in the Lu Bu administration.

Wang Lang has no way of winning now, unless Lu Bu gets fucked by the Bandit King...

Chen Gong better be working his magic right now.
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>>33265474
If we became a general that specialized in strong defense and weakening enemy positions as we grew that'd probably complement Lu Bu's BLOOD MAIM KILL style of leadership well as time presses on.
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>>33265399
Well it's not my tone as I didn't say it, so I don't feel awfully responsible for defending it. It's generally true, but that doesn't matter in this scenario. Not attacking was giving up real and perishable advantages for intangibles of indeterminate worth that could not be depended on. There was no contraindication for attacking.

These are summed up in words and phrases like "capitalize", "tempo", "waste no time", and "we outnumber them".


>>33265421
That I can get behind, lol.
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>>33265504
Lu Bu has been shown to have no leadership. He's great at the head of a charge, but listening to his actual plans is apparently a horrible, horrible idea.
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>>33265480
Or we could use siege towers and teams with grappling hooks to open up the gates.
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>>33265504

The problem is that we are being expected to lead our own armies and cities from now on.

That's what Lu Bu basically said to us when he was drunk. That he would get us our own cities and our own independent command.

We will still need to fairly versatile.
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>>33265520

Or elephants
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What's done is done, what's won is won, what's lost is lost and gone forever.

Move on.
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>>33265516
Words which were used before to advocate plans that failed horribly.
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>>33265489
If you infiltrate sappers into the city, they can dig from both sides.
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>>33265519
I wish this was Ravages of Time!Lu Bu.
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>>33265539

More important is the burning of their provisions.

Or sneaking in rats.
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Doing a soft siege and pressing Wang Lang to surrender is probably our best bet. Though that will probably take a long time, but once all of his lands are gone and he has no more allies to call upon we can probably convince him to hand over the city peacefully as long as we guarantee his safety.
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>>33265534
No, I asked if we could get any elephants and was told that they were on the other side of China.
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>>33265554
His lands are gone. All he has left is the city.
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>>33265537

We didn't even lose that much. Wang Lang has been reduced to being a sniveling rat trapped in a city.

>>33265541

At least Gao Shun is living up to his Ravages of Time counterpart.

Zhang Liao is badass in every iteration of him except that 2010 series.
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>>33265541
That'd be straight up easy mode with Ravages Chen Gong.
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>>33265547
The will of heaven says, "Fuck yo' rats!"
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>>33265541
Welcome to Almost!True History route, where a lot of the shit that's supposed to happens doesn't quite exactly happen but the Player Character still gets ass-reamed because of stupid shit happening.

>>33265554
>>33265566
>>33265569

Remember that line earlier in this thread where Wang Lang boasted about his good relationship with the Shanyue? I have a feeling that those barbarians might come calling soon.
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>>33264997
>Share some food with the peasants, and get to know them
We are in constant need of support from the populace so I would start from here.

>Enjoy the time with the soldiers and get to know them
The soldier's morale is alreay high because of our successful operations, this can wait.

However, I guess we can also appease the "Linqi waifu crowd" by quickly complimenting her on the killing of Zhou Xin, saying that choosing her for the diversionary cavalry attack was the right thing to do.

It doesn't have to be a particularly intimate moment and Linqi isn't a woman obsessed with formalities, so I suppose we can do this quickly.
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>>33265581
>Shanyue

Aren't they getting cut up by Lu Bu?
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>>33265581

Lu Bu is engaging the Shanyue right now though.

Chen Gong and Taishi Ci are with him so I doubt he'll be defeated.

In fact, if he was losing, we would received word from Chen Gong or Yan Jun to send reinforcements or brace for an attack.
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>>33265538
Right, because they didn't apply in that situation. Words aren't just keywords with a certain point value, you have to actually understand them and apply them to the situation at hand.

Like we should stop listening to a particular argument because it was used wrongly before. I guess since we now cannot press the attack no matter the advantage because tempo is discredited, and we cannot use harassment tactics because that principle is discredited, and we cannot be cautious of defensive terrain because that argument is discredited, we might as well just retire from leading armies.
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>>33265554
Nah, we shouldn't be pressing Wang Lang to surrender, we should be pressing his troops to surrender Wang Lang.
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>>33265608

Pressure Wang Lang to surrender first. If he's truly a sycophantic scumbag, he will do a lot to save his own skin.

If he doesn't listen to reason, appeal to Yu Fan and the troops.
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>>33265607
Sounds like you should get better at explanations then, armchair general-fag.
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>>33265547
Digging from both sides halves time to fruition and doubles the effectiveness of sappers. Infiltrating sappers does not mean we can infiltrate less saboteurs.
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>>33265608
>>33265621
Worst comes to worst, we just load up the catapults with corpses and lob 'em over the ramparts.

But that's a last resort since that'll degrade public opinion like a fat man eating candy.
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>>33265621
Wang Lang already had the chance to surrender, though.
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>>33265626
Either that or samefag harder.
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>>33265646

If it gets him to surrender quickly, then what's the harm?

Wang Lang's powerless without his lands, his troops, and his generals.

I'd rather not sacrifice our men if we can quickly captured the city because of his cowardice.
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Alright, I'm going to have to cut this short and continue next Monday at 7:00. Without blogging too much, my roommate and his girlfriend just got in to a fight and I have to deal with drama in this house and things breaking everywhere.

Jesus Christ.
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>>33265660

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKkk
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>>33265646
>>33265655
Wang Lang not surrendering makes me think he's either being retared, or has a plan

>>33265660
fug
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>>33265660
Aw. Luckily I just dl'ed rottk11.

God damn life getting in the way of my fun.
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>>33265626
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>>33265660
That sounds pretty shitty, sorry man
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>>33265663

Or just plain greedy.
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>>33265660
Until next time.
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>>33265660
Dude. Get a damn Twitter. This whole "one-a-week" routine is not cool. You started off doing this twice a week, I'd at least like to know why you've had to dial it to once a week.
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>>33265660
Thanks for running.

>now to wait a week, just a whole week it'll be fine...
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>>33265626
I'm curious. Why do you think they should get better at explaining?
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>>33265685

One a week is fine.

Its was the "This must be what dong zhou felt like at the end" feeling yesterday when raian messed up the dates and no info anywhere
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>>33265685

Once-a-week is fine.

Twitter would be nice, but he doesn't owe us an explanation for cutting it to once a week.
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>>33265693
Because he'll continue to be mocked if he pulls the 'BUT I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN ALL ALONG" after the fact.
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>>33265667
>There will never, ever be an actual online RotTK game to play with anons in a chill as fuck environment
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>>33265693
So we can be persuaded not to fall for an enemy ploy. Most of us aren't military geniuses.
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>>33265720

Do you really want to play in a game where lu bu runs pasts you wearing CASH SHOP MLP UNDERWEAR jumping like a baboon and going YOLO
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>>33265660
A twitter would be nice. You could reschedule things if things get busy without us getting into a huge panic
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>>33265737
I mean the actual strategy game series, not just an MMORPG about the time period. They already made that way back in 2008, even earlier if you count DWO.
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>>33265693
Not him, but:

(1) So I can switch votes and we can enjoy a better outcome

(2) So we can be spared unproductive retroactive posts about how everyone else is an idiot.
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>>33265660
>Swoop in and take the apartment for yourself while you roommate and his girlfriend are at each other's throats.
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>>33265721
But the tone of the criticism is that he should do it for his own sake, and not ours.
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>>33265757

Why does the original comment matter?

It's a fact that timely, well-explained posts about strategy can only benefit us and the thread.
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>>33265685
Once a week is fine but Goddamit a twitter is a must.
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>>33265715
Knowing the future isn't the same as knowing the difference between a good idea and a less good idea. I don't get why you felt the need to mock him.
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>>33265783
Because he's arguing from hindsight and insulting everyone who doesn't agree with him. That deserves more mockery than I can heap on it.
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>>33265693
Because this is 4chan, where everyone throws around buzzwords in place of actual arguments for shit like this. Buzzwords tend to be ignored when a strategy seems to be against our main objectives when it really isn't.
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>>33265768
The original comment is what started the conversation.

I am getting a kick out of using the insult "armchair general" in this thread, though. It's an empty insult.
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Archived the thread.
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>>33265737
I'd kek heartily to see such autism
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>>33265796
I'm pretty sure I haven't insulted anyone.
>>33265805
Aren't YOU a five-star general? Please accept that this is friendly sarcasm, a joke.
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>>33265805
Not really. Armchair generals only work with 20/20 hindsight and fail horribly when faced with decisions they don't have perfect knowledge about. There's little to recommend them.
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>>33265823
Sigh. Let's not start an argument about a slang phrase with several different meanings, shall we?

I'm pretty sure you are the only one throwing insults, anyway.
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>Han Ye dead

Another minor Wu general killed. A waste but this is war.

Hopefully none of the lieutenants killed was He Qi.

That general, we should recruit.
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Let's just ask Zhang Liao for his opinion on taking the castle.
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>>33266714
This.
Hold a war council
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>>33266714

We'll definitely hold a war council on how to proceed.
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How long before we start seeing more Original Generations characters?
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>>33266595

He Qi has been #1 on my "To Recruit" list for this campaign for a while now.



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