Three Kingdoms
184–280
Three Kingdoms (184–280). You start as Foot soldier and could rise all the way to General, if you survive. This era covers 44 historical battles.
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- Foot soldier
- Leader of Five
- Leader of Ten
- Company leader
- Army Major
- Colonel
- General
Historical battles
| Year | Battle | Est. casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 184 | Yellow Turban RebellionZhang Jue leads the followers of the Way of Great Peace in revolt. They wrap their heads in yellow, and the whole realm rises with them. | ≈25% |
| 185 | Mopping up the Yellow TurbansRemnant Yellow Turban bands still roam the land. | ≈5% |
| 187 | Liang Province RebellionBian Zhang and Han Sui rebel in Liang Province. | ≈8% |
| 189 | Coup of the Ten AttendantsHe Jin is murdered by the eunuchs. Yuan Shao storms the palace and kills them, and Dong Zhuo seizes the chance to enter the capital. | ≈3% |
| 191 | Battle of YangrenSun Jian crushes Dong Zhuo's army and kills Hua Xiong. | ≈8% |
| 191 | Battle of XingyangCao Cao pursues Dong Zhuo alone and is ambushed and badly beaten at Xingyang. | ≈25% |
| 192 | Battle of JieqiaoYuan Shao's vanguard under Qu Yi breaks Gongsun Zan's White Horse Volunteers. | ≈6% |
| 192 | Absorbing the Qingzhou troopsCao Cao defeats the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and takes three hundred thousand of them into his army. | ≈5% |
| 192 | Battle of XiangyangChasing Liu Biao's general Huang Zu, Sun Jian is killed by an arrow at Mount Xian. | ≈15% |
| 194 | Xu Province campaignCao Cao attacks Xu Province to avenge his father, slaughtering wherever he goes. | ≈12% |
| 195 | Battle of Yan ProvinceLü Bu seizes Yan Province while Cao Cao is away. It takes a year of hard fighting to win it back. | ≈10% |
| 197 | Battle of WanchengZhang Xiu attacks at night. Dian Wei is killed, and Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang dies in the chaos. | ≈12% |
| 198 | Battle of XiapiXiapi is flooded. Lü Bu is captured and executed. | ≈5% |
| 199 | Battle of YijingYuan Shao breaks into Yijing, and Gongsun Zan burns himself to death. | ≈6% |
| 200 | Battle of GuanduCao Cao raids the granary at Wuchao, and Yuan Shao's army of a hundred thousand collapses. | ≈30% |
| 200 | Sun Ce's conquest of JiangdongSun Ce, the "Little Conqueror," sweeps across Jiangdong, but is assassinated while hunting. | ≈5% |
| 202 | Battle of CangtingYuan Shao dies of grief and illness, and his sons fight over the inheritance. | ≈15% |
| 205 | Battle of NanpiThe Yuan family is destroyed, and all of Hebei falls to Cao Cao. | ≈25% |
| 207 | Battle of White Wolf MountainCao Cao marches far north against the Wuhuan. Zhang Liao kills their chief Tadun in battle. | ≈5% |
| 208 | Battle of ChangbanCao Cao's light cavalry catches Liu Bei. Soldiers and fleeing civilians scatter together. | ≈25% |
| 208 | Battle of Red CliffsThe southeast wind rises and fire ships crash into Cao Cao's fleet. Together with disease, his losses are terrible. | ≈25% |
| 209 | Battle of JianglingZhou Yu besieges Jiangling for a year until Cao Ren withdraws. | ≈8% |
| 211 | Battle of Tong PassCao Cao sows distrust between Ma Chao and Han Sui and defeats them. | ≈6% |
| 214 | Liu Bei takes Yi ProvinceAfter Chengdu is besieged for weeks, Liu Zhang opens the gates. Pang Tong is killed by an arrow at Luo. | ≈8% |
| 215 | Battle of HefeiZhang Liao charges Sun Quan's army of a hundred thousand with eight hundred men. | ≈12% |
| 219 | Battle of Mount DingjunHuang Zhong kills Xiahou Yuan, and Liu Bei takes Hanzhong. | ≈10% |
| 219 | Battle of FanchengGuan Yu drowns seven armies and his name shakes the land, but Lü Meng's men, disguised as merchants, slip across the river and take Jing Province. | ≈30% |
| 222 | Battle of YilingLu Xun sets fire to seven hundred li of camps. Liu Bei is defeated and falls back to Baidi. | ≈40% |
| 225 | Pacification of NanzhongZhuge Liang marches south and pacifies Nanzhong. | ≈5% |
| 228 | Battle of JietingMa Su ignores his orders, leaves the water and camps on a hill. Zhang He cuts off his water supply. | ≈15% |
| 228 | Battle of ShitingLu Xun lures the enemy deep, and Cao Xiu is badly beaten. | ≈18% |
| 231 | Battle of Mount QiZhuge Liang and Sima Yi face off. Zhang He is ambushed and killed in the pursuit. | ≈8% |
| 234 | Battle of Wuzhang PlainsZhuge Liang dies of illness in camp at Wuzhang, and the Shu army withdraws. | ≈4% |
| 234 | Battle of Hefei New FortSun Quan leads a great army against the New Fort in person, and fails to take it. | ≈10% |
| 244 | Battle of XingshiCao Shuang invades Shu and is stopped at Mount Xingshi by Wang Ping. | ≈12% |
| 252 | Battle of DongxingDing Feng lands three thousand men through the snow and crushes the Wei army. | ≈15% |
| 253 | Siege of Hefei New FortZhuge Ke throws his army at the New Fort. Disease breaks out and more than half his men die. | ≈20% |
| 255 | Huainan RebellionGuanqiu Jian and Wen Qin rise against the Sima clan, and are defeated. | ≈6% |
| 257 | Battle of ShouchunZhuge Dan rebels against Wei at Shouchun. Wu sends help, but the city falls. | ≈15% |
| 262 | Battle of TaoyangOn his eleventh northern campaign, Jiang Wei is defeated by Deng Ai. | ≈12% |
| 263 | Wei's conquest of ShuDeng Ai slips through Yinping straight to Chengdu, and Liu Shan surrenders. | ≈15% |
| 271 | Battle of Jiao ProvinceWu retakes Jiaozhi. | ≈10% |
| 272 | Battle of XilingLu Kang drives back the Jin and puts down Bu Chan's revolt. | ≈8% |
| 280 | Jin's conquest of WuWang Jun's tower ships sail down the Yangtze. Sun Hao surrenders, and the Three Kingdoms are one again. | ≈15% |
Casualty rates are the game's estimates from historical sources, used to work out the chance of dying. Treat them as approximate.
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