Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Combat strategy

This section includes strategies for combat. Read this section to find out how to make the best of terrain advantages and how to position your units.

As you combat, it is important to keep in mind that your two most important things are the rice (or the cities) and your commander. In most cases, your commander will be your strongest person in the army. You'll most likely want to split the commander into two parts (as long as the commander is powerful enough) and use the two parts to guard your rice or castles.

In these types of combat, you may find it easier to defend as opposed to attacking. Though typically attacking is easier then defending, you may find it easier to defend when the enemy is advancing as quick as they do in this game.

Terrain also has an advantage in these types of contents. Defending or attacking from a higher elevation then the enemy gives you an advantage. Also, if you are defending from inside a city, you will have an advantage. The combat advantages should be considered as you place your units in defensive positions. You should almost always place units in high terrain so you survive attacks better. As long as there are defensive positions by your castles or rice, you should place units there and defend the items that will lose the battle for you if conquered.

You can also play an aggressive strategy if you so choose. You may find this hard to do, as you must juggle defending your defense of your rice or castles and assaulting the enemy. You'll probably want to be recruiting people for your army before you try playing an aggressive strategy. Recruiting people makes the citizens not like you as much though, so you might want to balance out giving food to the people and recruiting soldiers for your army.

Combat in Romance of the 3 Kingdoms is generally very conditional. Mostly, it is based on where you are attacking and what difficulty the computer is. If you are playing a higher difficulty, you probably will want to get a large army so you can defend against an invading army.