DW5XL 227 Xin Castle
Dynasty Warriors 5 Xtreme Legends
LEGEND MODE
Battle of Xin Castle
“People with little or no true purpose will find it difficult to find peace, or even rest. Such was the experience of the treacherous Meng Da.
In the year 227 AD, the armies of Wei moved to squash Meng Da, who once again had plotted to join Shu. The hammer of justice was about to fall on this traitor and mete out this punishment.”
Strategy: Meng Da is in Xin castle with a bunch of disloyal soldiers. Your job is to dispose of these generals and Meng Da before the Shu army arrives. Xu Huang starts in a Shu-covered area in the northeast, while Cao Pi and Sima Yi are with the main Wei army arriving from the east. .
Each general is pretty easy, although be careful with the reinforcements; you don’t want them to come. When they tell you to shut off the entrance paths, do so. If not, Wei Yan will come with Wang Ping in the southwest, followed by Zhao Yun and Jian Yong in the south-center, and Ma Chao and Ma Dai in the southeast. Before all these reinforcements come, Jiang Wan and Li Yan will come a little north of Ma Chao’s entrance. When they come, I’d suggest heading to their path and killing the Guard Captains that are stretched across the southern border, so you don’t have to worry about that later.
You’ll notice Wei Yan’s soldiers being worried, and they’ll attempt to join you (assuming no Shu generals are on the map). Once you defeat all the exterior generals (Shen Yi, Shen Dan, Li Fu, Deng Xian) the doors will open. Each general passes the blame onto Meng Da. Also note that if you take too long Zhuge Liang will come, with Gao Xiang, Zhang Yi and Chen Shi. You must defeat ALL officers, so you’ll have to go back and trounce him. This only happened to me with Xu Huang, as the others were quick to defeat the board.
Meng Da himself is not too difficult, although you may wish to kill the two Guard Captains in his area. Once the traitor Meng Da is killed, Cao Pi and Sima Yi will profess their greater ambitions. An easy battle, assuming you take care of the reinforcements before they come; even if they come it shouldn’t be too much of an issue.