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Kong Rong is a Chinese name; the family name is Kong.
For the faction, see Kong Rong

Kong Rong is a unique legendary Strategist hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He is a member of Liu Hong in 182, later leading his own faction, Kong Rong, in 190 and 194 before finally joining Cao Cao in 200.

Kong Rong is one of the Seven Scholars of Jian’an.


Description[]

Kong Rong earnestly believes that the bureaucracy of China can only succeed through the support of education. Focusing on wisdom and learning, Kong Rong tries to encourage prosperity through knowledge and insight to better the people and the economy.

Kong Rong is the choice of perceptive and sharp minds. He is the perfect hero for those who focus on logic, rules, and reason while fighting for the greater good. Under his sage guidance, the empire will be stand strong once more. If player want to pursue a strategy of going tall and a relatively peaceful playthrough, Kong Rong is one of the best choices.


General Information[]

Attributes[]

Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Expertise: 77
    • -13% construction cost (administered commandery)
    • +21 melee evasion
  • Resolve: 49
    • +11% general's health
    • +2k population growth (administered commandery)
  • Cunning: 117
    • +50% ammunition (own retinue)
    • +12 military supplies (own army)
  • Instinct: 44
    • +5% melee damage
    • -1% recruitment cost (this army)
  • Authority: 61
    • +2 satisfaction (faction-wide)
    • +2 unit morale (own retinue)


Background[]

Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Master Scholar

  • +30 expertise
  • +20 cunning
  • +10 authority
  • +5k population growth (faction-wide)
  • +1 resilience
  • -15% recruitment cost for crossbow units (faction-wide)
  • +50% trade influence

Values Education, Admires Intelligence.


Unit Statistics[]

  • Morale: 40
  • Melee Toughness: 12
  • Ranged Toughness: 17
  • Melee Power: 5


  • Hit Points: 9k
  • Melee Charge Bonus: 26
  • Melee Attack Rate: 15
  • Base Melee Damage: 676
  • Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 161
  • Base Melee Evasion: 21%
  • Base Armour: 20%
  • Ranged Block Chance: 30%
  • Speed: 97


Traits[]

Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Kind

  • +2 resolve
  • +6 authority
  • +5 satisfaction (faction-wide)
  • +2 public order (administered commandery)

Values Kindness, Opposes Cruelty


Scholarly

  • +4 expertise
  • +4 cunning
  • +25% character experience

Values Education, Admires Intelligence.


Understanding

  • +2 resolve
  • +6 cunning

Accepts Madness, Accepts Carelessness, Indulges Superstition, Respects Patience, Accepts Impulsiveness.


Skills[]

Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Scholarship
    • +8 cunning
    • +10% character experience (this army)
    • +40% income from commerce, silk and spice (administered commandery)
  • Intuition
    • +8 expertise
    • +25% chance of evading capture post-battle
    • +15% income from industry (administered commandery)
  • Stifling Deluge
    • +4 cunning
    • +4 instinct
    • Ability: Stifling Deluge
  • Judgement
    • +8 cunning
    • +25% ranged damage (own retinue)
    • +1 available trade agreements


Abilities[]

Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Encourage
    • Provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
  • Stifling Deluge (Passive Debuff)
    • Can target if:
      • General
    • +5s increased cooldown for abilities
    • Range: 50m
    • Duration: 1s
    • Cooldown: 4s


Ancillaries[]

Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Noble's Sword
    • Base Melee Damage: 643
    • Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 161
    • Melee Attack Rate: 30
    • +9 authority
    • +5 satisfaction
  • Kong Rong's Armour
    • Base Armour: 20
    • +15 cunning
    • +6 authority
    • +30% ranged block chance
    • Enables: Encourage
  • Black Horse
    • Speed: 97
    • Mass: 1.5k
    • +2 cunning


Guanxi[]

TW3K Kong Rong-GUANXI

Main Article: Guanxi


Biography[]

Main article: Timeline (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Born in the former Lu state, Kong Rong was a resourceful young boy. When he grew older, Kong Rong entered the bureaucracy of the Eastern Han dynasty.

As a brilliant politician and scholar, he was successively promoted and became chancellor of Beihai commandery in Qing Province, which was invaded by the Yellow Turban rebels led by Guan Hai, the siege was later broken by Tashi Ci. After a few years showing his worthiness at Beihai, the people had become devoted to Kong Rong – they say that he’s an honest man, and an educated and determined leader as he concentrated on reconstruction of the city and the establishment of schools. He promoted Confucian studies and provided proper burial for deceased refugees who had no family members to look after their funeral affairs. He gained a promotion thanks to Liu Bei's recommendation in 195.

Kong Rong is said to be a descendant of Confucius. Famed for his quick wits and elaborate literary style, Kong Rong was ranked among the Seven Scholars of Jian’an, a group of representative literati, though most of his works're now lost to time.

Armed with a dangerously sharp tongue, Kong Rong is near constantly opposed to Cao Cao in his political views, often coming up with inventive ways to insult him such as sarcastically questioning if he wanted to ban marriages as well due to Cao Cao's ban on alcohol. This included trying to persuade Cao Cao that he was not powerful enough to defeat Yuan Shao. Despite all of this, Yuan Shao sent Yuan Tan to attack Qing Province. Kong Rong and his family were captured by he managed to escape to Xuchang and was appointed as Minister Steward.

Despite his intellectual sabre rattling, Kong Rong’s main focus is on wisdom and learning – he believes in intelligence and analysis to win the war. The bureaucracy of China can only succeed through the support of education. Therefore, Kong Rong concentrates on reconstruction of the city and the establishment of schools. He and his family were executed by Cao Cao due to treachery and espionage charges. His body was left on the streets, fearing the influential Cao Cao, nobody dared to collect his corpse except Zhi Xi, who came to his body and mourned.

Despite not having successful career in politics in his later life due to his bitter rivalry with the powerful and ever-scheming Cao Cao, he was a famous scholar and poet of his time. After his death, Cao Pi collected his poems and included them in A Discourse on Literature. There's a lesson to be learnt here somewhere or history's irony joke, as some of the works that survive are just Kong Rong wrote to Cao Cao mocking his policies.

Now, as chaos consumes China yet again, Kong Rong knows that only though knowledge and insight will prosperity prevail once more, at least in the game.[1]

Other Languages[]

Language Name
English Kong Rong - Wenju
French Kong Rong - Wenju
German Kong Rong - Wenju
Italian Kong Rong - Wenju
Spanish Kong Rong - Wenju
Portuguese Kong Rong - Wenju
Polish Kong Rong - Wenju
Czech Kchung Žung - Wen-ťü
Turkish Kong Rong - Wenju
Chinese
(Simplified)
孔融 (文举)
Kǒng Róng (Wénjǔ)
Chinese
(Traditional)
孔融 (文舉)
Kǒng Róng (Wénjǔ)
Korean 공융 (문거)
Gong-yung (Mun-geo)
Russian Кун Жун - Вэньцзюй
Kun Zhun - Ven'tsziui


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