For the character, see Zhang Liang
Zhang Liang is a playable Yellow Turban faction in Total War: Three Kingdoms added by the Mandate of Heaven DLC. It starts the campaign as a regionless faction in northern China, located in Wei commandery. The faction exclusively exists in 182. Gaining a rank as a duke, king, or emperor will not rename the faction.
Unique Features[]
- Unique Units
- Tyrant Slayers
- Gallants of the People
- Unique Buildings
- Healing
- Unique Features
Zeal[]
Zeal is the faction resource of Zhang Bao, Zhang Jue, and Zhang Liang. It is gained by their collective deeds and shared between the three brothers. Zeal can be gained through winning battles and taking territory from Han factions. In the specific case of Zhang Liang, Zeal is further increased when fighting defensive battles. Zeal ranges from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 600 and is divided into five tiers. Zhang Liang gains a bonus to peasantry income on top of the default effects.
The five tiers of Zeal are as follows:
Simmering Sentiment (0-59)
- +0 fervour from Zeal (faction-wide)
- -7 Zeal decay from each Zhang brother (faction-wide)
- -20k population growth (faction-wide)
- -25 public order (faction-wide)
- -10% food production (faction-wide)
- +2% all damage for all forces when attacking
- +5% income from peasantry (faction-wide)
Our message is still quiet, and our growth is slow.
Enkindled Passion (60-119)
- +1 fervour from Zeal (faction-wide)
- -7 Zeal decay from each Zhang brother (faction-wide)
- -15k population growth (faction-wide)
- -15 public order (faction-wide)
- -8% food production (faction-wide)
- +4% all damage for all forces when attacking
- +10% income from peasantry (faction-wide)
They speak of our message, and some join us, but many remain wary and afraid.
Burning Support (120-179)
- +2 fervour from Zeal (faction-wide)
- -7 Zeal decay from each Zhang brother (faction-wide)
- -10k population growth (faction-wide)
- -10 public order (faction-wide)
- -6% food production (faction-wide)
- +6% all damage for all forces when attacking
- +15% income from peasantry (faction-wide)
They hear our words and understand. More have come to join us, and spread the word to others.
Fiery Determination (180-299)
- +3 fervour from Zeal (faction-wide)
- -7 Zeal decay from each Zhang brother (faction-wide)
- -5k population growth (faction-wide)
- -5 public order (faction-wide)
- -4% food production (faction-wide)
- +8% all damage for all forces when attacking
- +20% income from peasantry (faction-wide)
Our reach is great and many come to follow us.
Explosive Fanaticism (300-600)
- +4 fervour from Zeal (faction-wide)
- -7 Zeal decay from each Zhang brother (faction-wide)
- +10% all damage for all forces when attacking
- +25% income from peasantry (faction-wide)
The Yellow Sky looms large – followers flock to us in droves!
Incite the People[]
Incite the People is an assignment unique to Zhang Liang. Its stats are as follows:
Incite the People
- -20k population growth (local county)
- +5% attrition to hostile forces (enemy armies in local commandery)
- -20% enemy campaign movement range (enemy armies in local commandery)
- -10 military supplies (enemy armies in adjacent commandery)
- -10 military supplies (enemy armies in local commandery)
- -25 diplomatic relations with Han Empire factions
Your attendent spreads the word of the enemy forces, asking all people to rise up to defend the lands!
Starting Situation[]
Mandate of Heaven (182)[]
182 - Zhang Liang (blue), Allies (green), Enemies (red)
Zhang Liang is the watchful giant, a sentinel who will hold the line, and his beliefs, against any and all enemies. He, along with his brothers, set to easing the pain of a suffering people by preaching a better way, then mobilising them into a force capable of toppling the corrupt regime. Although an imposing figure, Zhang Liang knows that only together that they will be able to strike the fatal blow that will tear down the Azure Sky forever and lead to a greater future for China.
Start: Hard
Zhang Liang's start
Zhang Liang starts the Mandate of Heaven campaign at war as a landless faction in Wei commandery. He has, arguably, the worst start of the Zhang brothers. His personal bonuses on Zeal are worse than his brothers', and his position makes him the first target of the majority of Han Empire factions. While he can contend with Lu Zhi relatively easily, as the Mandate War launches, he may find himself under attack by additional forces under Liu Bei, Liu Hong, Liu Chong, and a myriad of smaller Imperial armies, which may overwhelm him with numbers. Generally, Liang's role is that of a defensive buffer faction, holding back the tide of Imperial soldiers while his brothers to the north expand the territory of the Yellow Turban Rebellion against their relatively weak neighbours.
Zhang Liang claims the Mandate of Heaven
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