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For the faction, see Shi Xie (faction)

Shi Xie is a Chinese name; the family name is Shi.


Shi Xie is a unique legendary Strategist hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He leads his own faction, Shi Xie, in 190, 194, and 200.


General Information[]

Attributes[]

Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Expertise: 53
    • -7% construction cost (administered commandery)
    • +11 melee evasion
  • Resolve: 45
    • +9% general's health
    • +1k population growth (administered commandery)
  • Cunning: 137
    • +62% ammunition (own retinue)
    • +15 military supplies (own army)
  • Instinct: 40
    • +3% melee damage
    • -1% recruitment cost (this army)
  • Authority: 66
    • +3 satisfaction (faction-wide, if leader, heir, or prime minister)
    • +3 unit morale (own retinue)


Background[]

Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Governor Shi

  • +20 cunning
  • +20 authority
  • +1 resilience
  • -10% recruitment cost for ranged units (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
  • +1 available trade agreements (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)

Admires Attractiveness, Admires Refinement.


Traits[]

Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Scholarly
    • +4 expertise
    • +4 cunning
    • +25% character experience
    • Values Education, Admires Intelligence.
  • Clever
    • +8 cunning
    • +25% character experience
    • Admires Intelligence, Loathes Superstition.
  • Brilliant
    • +6 expertise
    • +6 cunning
    • +15% ammunition for all units (own armies in this county)
    • -30% ammunition for all units (enemy armies in this county)
    • +10% income from all sources (administered commandery)
    • Increases ambition to gain independence as administrator.
    • Admires Intelligence, Commends Physical Ability.


Skills[]

Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)


Abilities[]

Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Nature's Ally (Passive Buff)
    • +25% speed
    • +10 morale
    • Ignore Forest Penalties
    • Range: 75m
    • Duration: ∞


Ancillaries[]

Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Heavenly Sword
    • Base Melee Damage: 965
    • Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 241
    • Melee Attack Rate: 30
    • +12 authority
    • +8 satisfaction
  • Shi Xie's Armour
    • Base Armour: 15
    • +18 cunning
    • +30% ranged block chance
    • +12 charge bonus
  • Black Horse
  • Imperial Bow
    • Ranged Attack Rate: 20
    • Base Ranged Damage: 937
    • Armour-Piercing Ranged Damage: 450
    • Range: 250
    • +9 cunning
    • Enables: Mounted Fire while Moving
    • Enables: Fire Backwards


Guanxi[]

Main Article: Guanxi

Note: Shi Xie's family tree changes between campaigns. In 200, the following characters are also part of his family: Shi Zhi (son), Shi Wu (brother), and Gui Duo (brother).

Biography[]

The son of Shi Ci, a relatively minor administrator, Shi Xie received a university education, was deemed Filial & Incorrupt and subsequently joined the Imperial Secretariat of the Han Dynasty. His family had roots in Jiaozhi commandery on the southern fringes of the empire in what is today northern Vietnam. After his father's death, Shi Xie returned to Jiaozhi and soon after became the administrator of the commandery.

From Jiaozhi, Shi Xie managed to get three of his brothers made administrators of neighbouring commanderies. With Luoyang far away and the Han Dynasty in a state of collapse, from 190 onwards Shi Xie had become the de-facto governing body of far-southern China. He was a Han loyalist, however, and had no intentions to break away from the empire. In fact, his distance from Luoyang and the chaos in northern and central China actually made his lands quite profitable, as many skilled refugees fled towards the territory of Shi Xie looking for peace amidst the various wars raging through China.

Shi Xie would begin to lose his power from 200 onwards when his brother Shi Wu died. Wu was an administrator for Xie, but his territory did not return to the Shi clan but was instead taken over by various northern warlords. Shortly after, Shi Xie would finally begin involving himself with the chaotic political situation in China when he established formal diplomacy with Cao Cao, who controlled Emperor Xian and – as a result – the Han Empire. His allegiance to Cao Cao did not last, however, as the descendants of Sun Jian took over most of southeastern China, bordering the lands of the Shi clan. Combined with Cao Pi forcing Xian to abdicate and destroying the Han Dynasty, there was no longer pressure to recognise Wei. Instead, Shi Xie aligned himself with Wu under Sun Quan.

Shi Xie did not resist as Sun Quan and his officers began reducing his influence bit by bit. Slowly but surely, he lost more power to the bureaucratic machine of Wu, with Shi Xie becoming a de-facto vassal to Sun Quan. Eventually, the power of the Shi family was once more reduced to their native Jiaozhi commandery. The governor would die in 226 AD, at the staggering age of ninety years old. His successors would be overthrown by Wu, as the Shi clan faded into obscurity.

Interestingly, Shi Xie has been "claimed" by the Vietnamese, as he has become something of a historical figure to them. In Vietnam, the governor is commonly referred to as a king and is considered one of the first Vietnamese monarchs due to his power base being in what is now northern Vietnam instead of China. Shi Xie was also known to have had multiple customs that were closer to those of the Vietnamese than the Han Chinese.


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