For the faction, see Zhang Bao (faction)
- Zhang Bao is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Bao is a unique legendary Veteran hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He leads his own faction, Zhang Bao, in 182.
General Information[]
Attributes[]
Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
 Expertise |
 Resolve |
 Cunning |
 Instinct |
 Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 116 | 79 | 50 | 50 |
| -6% construction cost (administered commandery) +9 melee evasion +49% general's health +7k population growth (administered commandery) +28% ammunition (own retinue) +7 military supplies (own army) +6% melee damage -2% recruitment cost (this army) +2 satisfaction (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister) +2 unit morale (own retinue) | ||||
Background[]
Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms) General of the Land
- +10 expertise
- +10 resolve
- +20 cunning
- +10 instinct
- +10 authority
- +1 resilience
- +10 fervour from characters (local county)
- +10 fervour from characters (adjacent commanderies)
- +6 public order (faction-wide, if leader or lord of virtue)
- Enables: Scare
Traits[]
Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Cheerful
- +6 resolve
- +2 authority
- +5 satisfaction (faction-wide, if leader or lord of virtue)
- +10satisfaction
- Values Sociability, Admires Zeal.
- Selfless
- +6 resolve
- +2 authority
- +2 public order (faction-wide, if leader or lord of virtue)
- Values Kindness, Values Charity, Opposes Cruelty.
- Concerned
- +2 expertise
- +6 authority
- +2 public order (faction-wide, if leader or lord of virtue)
- Values Kindness, Respects Decisiveness.
Skills[]
Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Way of the Thunder
- +4 resolve
- +4 cunning
- Ability: Way of the Thunder
- Fanaticism
- +5 resolve
- +3 cunning
- +2 enlightenment
- +10% armour-piercing melee damage (own retinue)
- +10% base melee damage (own retinue)
- +5% replenishment (own army)
- Opportunism
- +5 resolve
- +3 cunning
- +2 enlightenment
- Enables: Fire Arrows (own retinue)
- +50% post-battle loot income (when present)
- +5% armour-piercing melee damage (own retinue)
- +5% armour-piercing ranged damage (own retinue)
- Lord of the Land
- +4 resolve
- +4 cunning
- Ability: Lord of the Land
Abilities[]
Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Scare
- Reduces nearby enemy morale. Does not stack.
- Lord of the Land (Melee Attack)
- Can use if:
- In melee
- Engaged in a duel or has an attack order
- Not on Elephant
- -25% Melee Evasion
- Splash Damage: 7.5k
- Duration: 10s
- Cooldown: 60s
- Can use if:
- Way of the Thunder (Active Buff)
- Can use if:
- Not engaged in a pending or active duel
- Not engaged in melee
- Not on Elephant
- +18% Ranged Attack Rate
- +18% Melee Attack Rate
- Range: 50m
- Duration: 30s
- Cooldown: 60s
- Can use if:
Ancillaries[]
Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Great Axe
- Zhang Bao's Armour
- Base Armour: 35
- +15 resolve
- Brown Horse
- Speed: 97
- Mass: 1.5k
- +2 resolve
Guanxi[]
Main Article: Guanxi
- Family
- Zhang Jue (brother)
- Zhang Liang (brother)
- Oathsworn
- Acquaintances
- Negative Acquaintances
- Ren Jun
Biography[]
Born in Julu in Anping commandery, Zhang Bao was the younger brother of the renowned spiritual leader Zhang Jue, who founded the Way of Great Peace. Sharing his brother's dedication to the Taoist-rooted movement, Zhang Bao played a crucial role in the organization and eventual uprising against the Han dynasty, known as the Yellow Turban Rebellion. As the movement gained traction in the latter 170s and onwards, Zhang Bao worked closely with his brothers, Zhang Jue and Zhang Liang, in spreading the Way of Great Peace across China.
Their faith-healing practices attracted a growing number of followers, leading to the formation of thirty-six divisions of about 10,000 soldiers, each commanded by a local leader akin to a general. With famine, disease, corruption, and nepotism being widespread across much of China at the time, the new movement was a welcome sight for much of China's peasant population. While the followers of the Way of the Great Peace were initially praised by local imperial officials, it didn't take long for anti-Han sentiment to take root among its followers. Loyalties shifted as the people began to look to the Zhang brothers for leadership rather than the Han dynasty, which, in their eyes, had failed them and lost the Mandate of Heaven. This shift in loyalty would spiral into the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which erupted in 184 under the leadership of the Zhang brothers.
As the rebellion unfolded, Zhang Bao took on a prominent role as the so-called "Lord of Earth General", coordinating and leading the insurgent forces. The Yellow Turbans, named after their symbolic yellow garments, caused widespread panic amongst the imperial government, who called upon regional governors and warlords to quell the rebellion. The Yellow Turbans' peasant militias, while large and devoted, proved no match for the trained and disciplined Han armies led by generals and warlords such as Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, and Huangfu Song. Despite their best efforts, the Zhang brothers faced a series of defeats, with Zhang Bao ultimately meeting his demise alongside his siblings in 184 AD.
While the original rebellion was crushed, the spirit of the movement persisted, sparking further revolts and uprisings in the years to come. These are known as the Resurgent Yellow Turbans, who continued to fight for the late Zhang Jue's vision all the way until 205 AD when the last pockets were eliminated. Though Zhang Bao and his brothers did not achieve their goal of replacing the Han dynasty in their lifetime, their rebellion forced the Han to sacrifice much of its central authority to regional powers, causing China to rapidly decentralise into factionalism, one of the key factors for the eventual decline and fall of the Han dynasty.
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