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Shu - Act II
The Alliance against Dong Zhuo
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[Battle of Si Shui Gate] (Allied Forces)
Difficulty: **
Bonuses: Claiming the supply depot here will improve morale for Sun Jian in 
the next act. Defeating Hua Xiong here will prevent him from ambushing you in 
the next act.

As you might have guessed from the opening movie (or if you've read the 
novel) Yuan Shu will not assist Sun Jian with provisions. Sun Jian will camp 
out in front of the gate and request provisions from Yuan Shu. At this point 
you have a limited amount of time to get supplies for him. Fortunately, there 
is a supply depot nearby. You have a limited time to reach the depot before 
the lack of supplies demoralizes Sun Jian and forces him to withdraw. This 
will affect his actions later at Hu Lao Gate. Quickly dispatch Guo Si and Li 
Ru and make your way to the back road behind the supply depot (Yuan Shao will 
make a remark about it). Defeat Fan Chou and the supply depot will be 
commandeered. Be sure to get the Dim Sum located in the southwest corner of 
the depot before you leave.

If you do not liberate the supplies for Sun Jian, eventually Hua Xiong will 
come out of Si Shui Gate to attack Sun Jian. Yuan Shao will ask if there is 
anyone that can defeat Hua Xiong (note that this will not happen if you 
obtained the supplies at the depot). Go ahead and defeat him for a cut scene 
where your character announces that they defeated Hua Xiong. Note that this 
scene is necessary to unlock a secret stage in the next act. From here you 
can proceed into Si Shui Gate or help out Cao Cao engage Niou Fu, Li Su, and 
Gao Shun in the southeast. Note that there is a second route past Si Shui 
Gate to the south. Behind the wall at the start of the path is a Musou Wine. 
While characters with low jumping height can go over the wall by using the 
box as a step they will not be able to return over it.

Once inside of Si Shui Gate, Zhang Liao will appear to reinforce Li Jue (if 
you went in via the front gate). If all of Dong Zhuo's generals are defeated 
(including sub generals) Li Jue will withdraw.

[Battle of Hu Lao Gate] (Allied Forces) 
Difficulty: **

If you had defeated either Zhang Liao or Li Jue at Si Shui Gate they will not 
appear here. If you skipped the Battle of Si Shui Gate, then Hua Xiong will 
appear to ambush Yuan Shao's camp. Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian will start 
in their own areas and must defeat the generals guarding the nearby gates. If 
you raided the supply depot before Sun Jian ran out of provisions at Si Shui 
gate, he will attack normally here. Otherwise, he will hold back his forces.

Proceed to the nearby gate and defeat the generals to open the gate. From 
here you can head directly to Hu Lao Gate or help the other forces out by 
defeating the enemy gate generals. Note that approaching the gate from the 
other side here will open it automatically. When the allies break through the 
gates a ram vehicle will appear and start bashing down Hu Lao Gate. Move to 
the gate and defeat both gate captains nearby. The gate should come down 
shortly. Follow the vehicle inside.

You knew that Lu Bu was going to make an appearance here sooner or later. He 
will always challenge you to a duel when he appears. Note that it will be 
very difficult to defeat him in this duel, but it _is_ possible. You can 
either attempt to defeat him, which as you might expect isn't going to be a 
cakewalk. Or you can run like hell and let your allies do the fighting. 
Either way, note that there is a Dim Sum on top of the south half of Hu Lao 
Gate and a Musou Wine on the north half.

Further inside you will find Diao Chan guarding the inner gate to the 
capitol. Defeating her will open the gates. Once inside Dong Zhuo will order 
the capitol to be burned, which will cause Yuan Shao to order an all out 
attack. At this point if you've defeated all of the enemy generals (in 
particular Lu Bu), Dong Zhuo will retreat. If not then he will stay to fight, 
but he will retreat if his life becomes low. Note that whether or not Lu Bu 
or Dong Zhuo is defeated here determines which secret stages you can unlock 
later.