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Guo Si is a Chinese name; the family name is Guo.

Guo Si is a Champion hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He is a member of Dong Zhuo in 182 and 190, joining Li Jue in 194.

General Information[]

Attributes[]

Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Expertise: 42
    • -5% construction cost (administered commandery)
    • +6 melee evasion
  • Resolve: 70
    • +23% general's health
    • +3k population growth (administered commandery)
  • Cunning: 53
    • +13% ammunition (own retinue)
    • +3 military supplies (own army)
  • Instinct: 66
    • +10% melee damage
    • -3% recruitment cost (this army)
  • Authority: 52
    • +2 unit morale (own retinue)


Background[]

Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Paranoid Thug

  • +14 expertise
  • +12 cunning
  • +6 instinct

Wary of Amibiton, Wary of Power, Disregards Trustworthiness.


Unit Statistics[]

  • Morale: 60
  • Melee Toughness: 23
  • Ranged Toughness: 30
  • Melee Power: 5


  • Hit Points: 18k
  • Melee Charge Bonus: 161
  • Melee Attack Rate: 24
  • Base Melee Damage: 98
  • Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 354
  • Base Melee Evasion: 6%
  • Base Armour: 35%
  • Speed: 97


Traits[]

Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Ambitious

  • +8 authority
  • +50% desire for higher office
  • +5% income from all sources (administered commandery)
  • Increases ambition to gain independence as administrator

Admires Power, Wary of Ambition


Suspicious

  • +6 cunning
  • +2 instinct

Wary of Ambition, Wary of Power, Disregards Trustworthiness.


Direct

  • +2 resolve
  • +6 instinct
  • Enables: Charge Reflect

Accepts Impulsiveness.


Skills[]

Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Earthen Rampart
    • +4 resolve
    • +4 authority
    • Ability: Earthen Rampart
  • Trust
    • +8 resolve
    • +10% armour for all spear infantry (own retinue)
    • +20% income from peasantry (administered commandery)


Abilities[]

Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Charge Reflection
    • Reflects the charge damage of any attack back onto them when braced.
  • Earthen Rampart (Passive Buff)
    • +900% Charge Resistance
    • Range: 50m
    • Duration:


Ancillaries[]

Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Spear
    • Base Melee Damage: 88
    • Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 354
    • Melee Attack Rate: 24
    • +3 expertise
    • +3 instinct
  • Soldier's Reinforced Leather
    • Base Armour: 35
    • -5 expertise
    • +4 resolve
    • +4 instinct
  • Brown Horse
    • Speed: 97
    • Mass: 1.5k
    • +2 resolve


Guanxi[]

Main Article: Guanxi


Biography[]

Guo Si's life more or less revolves around Li Jue and vice versa. They grew up together and were childhood friends. When Li Jue entered service under Dong Zhuo, Guo Si would accompany him. He was known as a great commander, able to easily defeat an army much larger than his own. Both men ended up under the command of Niu Fu, the son-in-law of Zhuo. They served in Fu's defensive army in Luoyang during the war with the coalition but saw little action elsewhere.

When Lü Bu, among other conspirators, assassinated Dong Zhuo in 192, both himself and Li Jue rose up against Wang Yun, who now held both Chang'an and Emperor Xian. The coalition against Yun would succeed, as Chang'an fell to the two generals. Wang Yun was executed, while Lü Bu barely managed to flee. Together, the two childhood friends now controlled Xian, and as a result, the entire Han Empire. Their authority was challenged across China, however.

The most notable opponents of the two were Ma Teng and Han Sui to the west. After a long war, the two warlords would be defeated, but Guo Si and Li Jue started to plot against one another during this war. They both distrusted and began to dislike each other, with Emperor Xian playing no small part in this, manipulating the wife of Guo Si. Tensions would finally boil over, and a civil war broke out between the former friends.

Ultimately, nobody would end up as the winner of this war. In the chaos, and with the help of disloyal officials of the two regents, Emperor Xian managed to flee east to the lands of Cao Cao. After this, the two reunited, aiming what was left of their armies squarely at pursuing the Emperor. Ultimately, they would fail to recapture Xian, and with morale at an all-time low, Guo Si was killed by his own troops, who later defected to Cao Cao.


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