Destiny of an Emperor 2 Jing Zhou Liu Biao
The chapter starts with you learning about the current situation. Yuan Shao, whom you were just with, has now been overran by Lord Cao Cao. Cao is after you, and you are currently under the sickly Liu Biao. He asks you to help out at Xia Kou to the south, so do so. First, buy as much copper weaponry/armor as you can. You won’t be able to afford it all. Anyway, do your town thing and then leave to the southeast.
You will run into a village and Huang Shao. He has a decent amount of soldiers but is by himself. All out and watch your new found and newly equipped generals destroy him and his rebel forces. Rest up and talk to the villagers.
Continue east for another simpleton. He Yi guards (and I use that term loosely) the next village. He is quite possibly easier than Huang Shao. The next one though, contains a whopping two generals, both of whom can’t stop you either. Gong Du is a bit stronger than Liu Pi so kill him first (assuming you’re not just all-outing this thing, which is a very justifiable move).
In this area you will get word that Liu Biao requested your return, so head back. You can visit Zhuge Liang’s hut in the northeast and Xia Kou in the southwest, but there will be nothing to do in the former and you won’t be allowed in Xia Kou.
Liu Biao at Jing Zhou castle is pleased and awards you Xin Ye. You may have already checked out this dump although there are actually citizens there now. Anyway, once you leave, Liu Qi (Liu Biao’s son) rushes to your side to warn you of Biao’s health. In Jing Zhou, you’ll see Cai Mao who is upset about the situation. Liu Biao will be in bed and warns you of Cai Mao. Then Yi Ji comes to tell you that Cai Mao plans on manipulating the throne by killing Liu Qi and putting Liu Zong on the throne, who favors Cao Cao. Thus chaos is abound and Yi Ji offers you the suggestion to head west to an estate across the bridge. So go near Liu Biao and walk towards the left wall (top left). All of a sudden you appear in a cave, fun stuff.
Again, these caves will get annoying with their depth. Certainly not the cakewalks of DoaE 1 lore. At any rate, head north and to the right for an Herbal. Head left and down to a staircase, and then head left for 71 gold. Take the lower staircase leading up (the one you haven’t taken before). The treasure below you is 114 gold coins. The path to the left is a dead end while the other path takes you back to the fork at the beginning, just take the lowest left path and take the staircase (And get the Herbal to the right of the staircase first, if you’d like). Take the lower path to get four treasures; 107 gold, Copper Saber, Scale Shield and a Powerpil. Go up and take the second path from the left to get 200 more gold or so, and then take the staircase to the left of this path. Go to the right now and get a copper sword, axe and spear. Now you probably already bought these so just sell them, if not, equip away! The lower path is 119 gold, so head back to the staircase. Then make your way right and go up when you get to the staircase and the treasure chest. Go here and you’ll end up by a lake. Take the path up for a copper armor, then take the path down then left to get out. You’ll end up right where Guan Ping is on the image above, and then take a left as you’ll recall Yi Ji recommended you do so.
Sima Hui will greet you and Liu Bei will say that he is worried of Cai Mao’s intentions. Sima Hui recommends a tactician for Liu Bei and tells him to rest on it while they talk in the morning. Zhuge Liang comes over during the night and worries that there is no savior for the land. Obviously it seems Zhuge and Liu are looking for eachother. Liu Bei begs to meet Zhuge and Sima Hui tells you to go east past the villages and then north. Do so and you’ll come to a forest patch, and a peach garden as you head north. Zhuge Liang’s house will be populated by his brother Jun, telling you that Liang is at Cui Zhouping village. Go to Xin Ye to wait for Zhuge to return now. However, when you get there Yi Ji will warn you of Cao Cao’s huge army coming your way. Yi Ji tells you to run into the forest and see what happens.
Get used to this forest, you’ll see it often. Grab the 90 coins on your way left, and continue all the way left to get another 80 or so coins. Now go down taking the right path for a Copper Helmet and an Herbal to the left and down a bit. Further south are two generals waiting for your party. With 1800 and 1700 soldiers respectively, Lu Kuang and Lu Xuang pose quite a threat. Also, their strength is in the mid 100’s with decent agility and tactics. You do have 5 good generals though, with copper equipment hopefully, so sustain your power and gang up on the two and you shouldn’t have THAT much difficulty. Head south to get 67 gold pieces and then leave south, only to find your path blocked. Walk all the way back (like I said, get used to this area). In Xin Ye, Zhuge Jun will be waiting in the throne room (although that’s very generous for Xin Ye’s). Liang is back at home, go see him!
Ah, Mr. Zhuge Liang, the object of importance in Destiny of an Emperor 2. He’s sleeping, of course. If you wake him, like the first one, he’ll be upset and give you the “is the house on fire?” line. So check him and click no….wait… and he’ll get up. After refusing to join initially, he finally does and the greatest strategist in the history of China is now the head of your army; just in time too, as Cao Cao is on his way!