
Assignments: “Stimulate Markets,” “Tax Collection,” and “Supervise Construction” in Yingchuan.Court: Have Xiahou Dun administer Yingchuan.She’s got decent faction-wide bonuses and Cao Pi won’t come of age until much later in the game. Family: Change your heir to Lady Bian.Disband Xun Yu’s catapult unit to get 200 GPT early and complete a mission.

“Detach and cap” with Xun Yu your other armies will advance to make Lu Bu back off.This can be a hassle in your Total War: Three Kingdoms – A World Betrayed campaign. Heading into your next turn, you’ll realize that your gold has been wiped clean before it increases again. It’ll show that you’re bleeding funds (even though that wasn’t the case before reloading).

Note: Speaking of GPT, you may encounter a bug with your income when you reload earlier autosaves. Even a “1 food for 10 gold-per-turn (GPT)” deal can help prevent the AI from declaring war on you. Use this to propose diplomatic trade deals. Cao Cao’s control of Chen and Yingchuan will also lead to exponentially high food production.Zheng Jiang is right around the corner, and you’ll need to keep Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Liu Biao off your back. The biggest threat you’ll face early on is Lu Bu (and he’ll even come back for a second helping).Only the strategist enters the city after its capture, leaving your remaining armies free to move further. It means detaching available strategists (with a siege weapon) to attack a city while other armies surround it. The “detach and cap” method will save you a lot of turns.

As such, we’ll dive right into his campaign in A World Betrayed.

