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Shu - Final Act
The End of the Three Kingdoms
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If The fall of Wei was the scenario for Act V, the stages under The fall of 
Wu will appear here, and vice versa. After clearing the third stage, the 
final stage depends on the scenario for Act V.

[Battle of Xu Chang] (Shu Forces)
Difficulty: ******
This will be the final Shu stage if Act V was The fall of Wu.

From the start of the battle defeat Cao Xiu and Zhen Ji to open up the nearby 
gates. Then head up north and engage Xiahou Dun. Do not enter the castle. 
Depending on how fast you can defeat all of them you may have time to take on 
Man Chong as well. A siege ramp will eventually appear. At the same time Xu 
Zhu will launch a surprise attack back at the Shu supply depot. Yue Ying will 
tell you that protecting the ramp will make assaulting the castle much 
easier, while Zhuge Liang will tell you that a shield cannot be held by two 
hands (apparently he's never played Kingdom Hearts), and you will have to 
choose between protecting the ramp or saving the depot. Here's a little tip: 
DROP WHATEVER THE HELL YOU ARE DOING AND GO BACK AND SAVE THE DEPOT! I hope 
that wasn't too subtle. If you don't save the depot the result will be a 
massive drop in morale that will get everyone killed. Don't worry about the 
ramp. Haul ass back to the supply depot and kill Xu Zhu as quickly as you 
can. By the time you kill him the siege ramp will be set up. Sima Yi will be 
incredulous as to how both of his plots have failed. Do not go into the 
castle yet. As you might have guessed Sima Yi still has something up his 
sleeves.

Turns out that Sima Yi has packed the west courtyard full of gunpowder and 
plans to blow the Shu forces to kingdom come. If you are in the courtyard 
when the gates close quickly get to one of the nearby bridges crossing the 
moat to avoid being blown up when the bomb goes off. Once this happens you 
can continue the assault on the castle. Note that if you approach Cao Cao via 
the southern gate towards Dian Wei, Pang De will appear as enemy 
reinforcements. It's easier to attack from the recently blown up courtyard 
and take on Sima Yi instead. While you are attacking another wave of Wei 
troops will begin assaulting the supply depot. Don't worry about it and just 
concentrate on taking out Sima Yi and Cao Cao. Cao Cao will be surrounded by 
quite a bit of guards so you're going to be in for a tough fight. Defeat Cao 
Cao and victory will be yours!

[Battle of Jian Ye] (Shu Forces)
Difficulty: ******
This will be the final Shu stage if Act V was The fall of Wei.

This stage can be almost impossible to win, unless you know the trick to 
beating it. When the battle starts head towards Huang Gai in the central 
area. Sun Jian will appear. Make that Sun Jians will appear. Yes it's attack 
of the clones. Go ahead and defeat the Sun Jian in the middle. Doing so will 
cause yet another Sun Jian to appear behind you, along with Zhuge Jin. Head 
back that way and take both of them out. Then head back to the center and 
deal with Huang Gai if you haven't already done so. The Sun family will begin 
attacking. Here's the trick. Sun Ce, Sun Quan, and Sun Shang Xiang will 
reappear ad infinitum unless the real Sun Jian (the one on the map to the 
south) is defeated. It took me quite a while to realize this the first time I 
played this stage. Fortunately, Huang Gai, Taishi Ci, and Zhou Tai have no 
such immortality so take them out ASAP when the opportunity presents itself. 

It would be a good idea to take (the real) Sun Jian out before the Sun 
siblings cause too much havoc to your forces. Once that happens Sun Ce will 
take over the Wu forces and Sun Quan and Sun Shang Xiang will spawn 
infinitely. See a pattern here? Go and take Sun Ce out. Be careful as the Sun 
siblings get powered up whenever they become leaders. Once Sun Ce is gone, 
Sun Quan will become leader and Sun Shang Xiang will spawn indefinitely. You 
can probably guess what to do next. That's right. Go and take Sun Quan out. 
Sun Shang Xiang will become leader. Fortunately, killing her ends the stage, 
so take her out with extreme prejudice. Once the Wu clan has been annihilated 
victory is yours!