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Wei - Act V
The Fall of Wu
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In Act IV, if the fire attack at the Battle of Chi Bi is prevented, this will 
be the Wei scenario for Act V.

[The Siege of Fan Castle] (Wei Forces)
Difficulty: ******

The goal here is to destroy all four siege weapons before they open an 
entrance to Fan Castle. While you can safely ignore the catapults to the 
north and south of the castle, the siege ramps will bridge the moat in a few 
seconds when they reach their target areas west and east of the castle. 
Unless you have Red Hare, or better yet Shadow Runner, and a super powerful 
character with a 10th weapon, it's nearly impossible to destroy both siege 
ramps before they are set up. The west siege ramp starts from the south and 
the east siege ramp starts to the northeast. Both move to their respective 
locations fairly quickly. The easiest way to destroy a siege ramp is to blast 
it with a Musou attack. The only problem is getting enough Musou energy to 
destroy the second one. That and the fact that Zhou Tai, Taishi Ci, Sun Shang 
Xiang, and Lu Xun are particularly zealous about guarding the siege weapons. 
If you do manage to destroy both ramps before they are set up, you truly are 
a god of war. Once both ramps are toast, you can go back and take out the two 
catapults at your leisure since they take forever to break the doors down. 
When all four siege devices are destroyed, Cao Ren will get excited and open 
all the castle gates that you just spent all that effort in defending. What 
an idiot! >=(

If a ramp does manage to breach the wall, the Wu forces will swarm in like 
cockroaches. Take your aggression out on all of them. During the battle a 
supply troop will appear from the entry point southwest of the castle and 
will quickly head for the entry point south of the castle. I'm not exactly 
sure what happens if they do reach the exit safely (other than a morale 
drop), as I usually try to eliminate them as quickly as possible, though this 
is difficult unless you are nearby the vicinity. Once you've destroyed a few 
Wu generals (or siege engines), Lu Meng will join the battle. Go ahead and 
take out your frustration on him as well. Once the Wu generals are defeated 
head over to Sun Quan and finish him off.

[Battle of Shi Ting] (Wei Forces)
Difficulty: ******
Bonus: Defeating Liu Xun here will weaken him at He Fei.

Go after Cao Xiu and intercept Zhou Fan before he can launch his ambush. Yes, 
Zhou Fang is planning to betray you if you haven't figured it out already. 
You can prevent this by immediately heading for Ding Feng and killing him 
quickly. Once this happens Zhou Fan's plot will be uncovered. Head for Cao 
Xiu to warn him. Once you get near him he will realize Zhou Fan's treachery 
and Zhou Fan will quickly turn on him. If you fail to make it in time and he 
does get ambushed, keep close to Cao Xiu and protect him from the enemy. 
Clear a path back to the Wei base for him so he returns safely. Once Cao Xiu 
is safe launch a counter attack against all of the Wu generals. If Zhou Fan 
is discovered in time he will show his true colors, whereupon you can quickly 
annihilate him. Lu Xun will try to launch an ambush against your forces, but 
it's pretty laughable at this point. Once Cao Xiu is safe either way and all 
the Wu generals are defeated the Wu base gate will open. Lu Xun will launch 
ambushes all over the map in a last ditch effort to defeat you, but only one 
new general (Zhu Zhi) will appear and his name doesn't exactly inspire terror 
among the Wei forces. Huang Gai will try to stop you inside the base, but 
he's fighting a losing battle. Once Huang Gai is defeated there is nothing 
left standing between you and Lu Xun.

[Battle of He Fei] (Wei Forces)
Difficulty: ******

From the start of the battle engage the Wu forces at will. Zhang Liao will 
attack Sun Jian in the middle, then feign retreat to draw him across the 
bridge. Once Sun Jian crosses over the bridge will blow up, leaving him 
stranded in the middle. Unfortunately, this will only be temporary, as he 
will eventually jump back across the other side. To make matters worse Lu Xun 
will launch a surprise attack in the west followed by Gan Ning in the east 
and Taishi Ci in the middle. At this point the battle becomes a general 
slugfest. Quickly defeat the Wu generals one at a time so that your allies 
won't get overwhelmed. Li Dian will arrive to help, but usually this will 
happen when most of the opposition is already gone. Once the three main 
generals are defeated head for Sun Jian's camp. Cheng Pu and Lu Su are 
defending the camp, but compared to you they aren't much of a threat. Once 
they've been dealt with take out the tiger himself.