For the faction, see Zhang Jue (faction)
- Zhang Jue is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Jue also known as Zhang Jiao, is a unique legendary Healer hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He leads his own faction, Zhang Jue, in 182.
General Information[]
Attributes[]
Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
 Expertise |
 Resolve |
 Cunning |
 Instinct |
 Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 112 | 65 | 92 | 93 |
| -8% construction cost (administered commandery) +12 melee evasion +47% general's health +6k population growth (administered commandery) +20% ammunition (own retinue) +6 military supplies (own army) +18% melee damage -5% recruitment cost (this army) +5 satisfaction (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister) +4 unit morale (own retinue) | ||||
Background[]
Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
General of Heaven
- +20 expertise
- +20 resolve
- +20 cunning
- +20 instinct
- +20 authority
- +1 resilience
- +10 fervour from characters (adjacent commanderies)
- +10 fervour from characters (local county)
- Enables: Scare
- +3 morale (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
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
- Honourable
- +8 resolve
- -50% desire for higher office
- -10% chance of capturing enemy officers post-battle
- Decreases ambition to gain independence as administrator
- Commends Honour, Opposes Criminality, Opposes Cruelty.
- Tranquil
- +12 resolve
- +5% armour (own retinue)
- +3% replenishment (own army)
- Repsects Patience, Wary of Zeal.
Skills[]
Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Focus
- +5 resolve
- +3 cunning
- +2 enlightenment
- +10% armour-piercing ranged damage (own retinue)
- +10% base ranged damage (own retinue)
- +3% income from industry (faction-wide)
- Way of Great Peace
- +4 resolve
- +4 instinct
- Ability: Way of Great Peace
- Insight
- +5 expertise
- +3 authority
- +2 enlightenment
- +10% research rate
- +8% ranged block chance
- Fanaticism
- +5 resolve
- +3 cunning
- +2 enlightenment
- +10% armour-piercing melee damage (own retinue)
- +10% base melee damage (own retinue)
- +5% replenishment (own army)
- Lord of Heaven
- +4 resolve
- +4 instinct
- Ability: Lord of Heaven
- Charisma
- +3 resolve
- +5 instinct
- +2 enlightenment
- +2 public order (local commandery)
- +2 unit morale (own retinue)
- Inspiring Surge
- +4 cunning
- +4 instinct
- Ability: Inspiring Surge
Abilities[]
Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Scare
- Reduces nearby enemy morale. Does not stack.
- Way of Great Peace (Active Buff, 1)
- Can use if:
- Not under fire
- Not engaged in melee
- Not engaged in a duel
- Not on Elephant
- +25 Morale
- +25% Ranged Block Chance
- +25% Melee Evasion
- Range: 100m
- Duration: 120s
- Can use if:
- Inspiring Surge (Passive Buff)
- Can target if:
- General
- -2s Decreased cooldown of abilities
- Range: 50m
- Duration: Infinite
- Can target if:
- Lord of Heaven (Passive Buff, 1)
- Enabled if:
- Unit dead
- +25 Morale
- Invincible
- Range: 100m
- Duration: 60s
- Enabled if:
Ancillaries[]
Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Gun
- Base Melee Damage: 341
- Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 18
- Melee Attack Rate: 30
- +6 resolve
- Zhang Jue's Armour
- Base Armour: 20
- +20 authority
- +5 satisfaction (faction-wide)
- White Horse
- Speed: 97
- Mass: 1.5k
- +2 authority
Guanxi[]
Main Article: Guanxi
- Family
- Zhang Bao (brother)
- Zhang Liang (brother)
- Oathsworn
- Friends
- Acquaintances
- Negative Acquaintances
- Xi Zhen
Biography[]
Born in Julu in Anping commandery, Zhang Jue became a notable religious leader in the 170s and beyond with his Way of Great Peace, a spiritual movement with Taoist roots. Zhang Jue was notable for an act called faith-healing, using blessed water to wash the sick while they confessed their sins. His healing practices drew a large following thanks to many epidemics in China at the time, on top of widespread hunger and corruption in the Han dynasty.
His following grew readily, with sources claiming his followers numbered so many that roads became clogged with them. Zhang Jue founded thirty-six divisions of roughly 10000 followers, each commanded by a general-like local leader. Initially, these followers were not rebels and went about their daily lives trying to follow their new teachings, while others travelled from one settlement to the next, spreading the Way of Great Peace further. At first, the movement was praised by local Han officials and seen as a positive development aimed at alleviating the widespread suffering.
However, while Zhang Jue's followers alleviated the suffering to some extent, those they saved owed their loyalty to the new movement, not to the Han government, who had largely ignored the issues. In time, a bitter anti-Han sentiment developed in the movement. By the early 180s, threats were thrown around that the Han Empire had lost the Mandate of Heaven – the system justifying dynastic successions in China – and that the blue sky of the Han would be replaced by a new yellow sky. In 184, the word "Jiazi" (甲子) began appearing on government buildings throughout China, including the very walls of the capital city, Luoyang.
Jiazi, the first of the new series, marks the beginning of the new sexagenary cycle, an ancient way of keeping time in China. However, this time, it had a different purpose; these were threats. The threats spooked an Excellency at the Imperial court, Yang Ci. Yang Ci ordered all local governors to crack down on the followers of the Way of the Great Peace, barring them from pilgrimages and breaking up gatherings. However, his orders were intercepted by another official, Liu Tao, who demanded that he add orders to arrest Zhang Jue and his two brothers, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang. Yang Ci relented, and the missive went out soon after and was soundly ignored by local administrators.
While the orders weren't followed, they did reach the ears of the Zhang brothers, who concluded that if they would launch a rebellion, they should do it sooner than later. Soon after, in early 184, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. Zhang Jue had himself named the Lord-General of Heaven. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was largely centred in the north, but the violence soon reached every corner of China. Local rebel groups looted towns, killed Han officials, slaughtered garrisons, and burned down administration offices in the name of the Yellow Sky. These rebels were clad in yellow turbans and clothes after the dawn they fought to achieve, which is where their name comes from.
Despite the rampant corruption in the Empire, their response when threatened was swift. All mountain passes leading to Luoyang were fortified, keeping the rebels north while large armies were mobilised against them. Zhang Jue's great adversary in the rebellion would be Lu Zhi, who commanded a joint force of conscripted peasants and, critically, also a significant element of elite veterans from the northern frontiers. Zhang Jue, in contrast, only commanded peasant militias. Lu Zhi's northern veterans tore his rebel armies apart, and Zhang Jue and his brothers retreated further north to their stronghold of Julu.
While Lu Zhi could perhaps have ended the rebellion soon after, he was slandered by one a eunuch at court he refused to bribe. Zuo Feng claimed Lu Zhi was cowardly, fleeing from the Yellow Turbans and suffering defeat after defeat despite being repeatedly victorious. Subsequently, he was recalled and brought back to Luoyang in chains. Dong Zhuo took over yet failed to take Julu. Finally, the third commander, Huangfu Song, would end the rebellion. Huangfu Song had enjoyed many victories in the south and had learned the tactics used by the Yellow Turbans. In the winter of 184, Huangfu Song destroyed the original Yellow Turban Rebellion, killing the last brother standing, Zhang Liang. Zhang Jue had died a few weeks earlier from illness, yet his body was found by Imperial forces, mutilated beyond recognition, and his severed head was sent back to Luoyang as a trophy.
While Zhang Jue and his brothers died in 184, their movement did not die with them. Resurgent Yellow Turbans under leaders such as Huang Shao, Gong Du, and He Yi and many small local rebellions continued until 205, when the last Yellow Turban remnants were defeated. At this point, the Han Empire had become a symbolic puppet government under Wei. While the yellow sky would never shine over China as Zhang Jue wished, the blue sky of the Han would ultimately be replaced with the red sky of the Jin.
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