{ "id": "032_jiangling_rearguard", "name": "Jiangling Rearguard", "objectives": { "victory": "Reach the Jiangling rearguard line with Cao Cao, then defeat the coalition pursuit.", "defeat": "Cao Cao is defeated or the battle reaches Turn 18." }, "conditions": { "victory": { "type": "all_units_defeated", "team": "enemy", "after_event": "jiangling_rearguard_formed" }, "defeat": [ { "type": "any_officer_defeated", "team": "player", "officer_ids": ["cao_cao"] }, { "type": "turn_reached", "turn": 18, "team": "player" } ] }, "briefing": { "title": "Jiangling Rearguard", "location": "Jiangling Approach, Jing Province, 208 CE", "lines": [ "Huarong's mud is behind Cao Cao, but the southern road still bleeds stragglers, wagons, and broken banners.", "Near Jiangling, coalition detachments press the retreat, hoping to turn survival into a second defeat." ], "conditional_lines": [ { "campaign_flags": { "secured_huarong_rearguard": true }, "lines": [ "The Huarong rearguard bought time for scattered units to reform, giving Cao Cao a steadier line near Jiangling." ] }, { "campaign_flags": { "rushed_xuchang_return": true }, "lines": [ "The rush toward Xuchang carried news ahead of panic, but the Jiangling rear is thinner and more exposed." ] } ], "camp_conversations": [ { "id": "jiangling_rearguard_council", "group": "topic", "label": "Rearguard Council", "speaker": "Cao Ren", "summary": "Shape the rear line before the coalition pursuit closes.", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Cao Ren", "side": "left", "text": "The wagons can still hear the enemy behind them. If this line shakes, the retreat hears it too." }, { "speaker": "Guo Jia", "side": "right", "text": "Then make the line sound larger than it is. A firm rear can lend courage to men who never see it." } ] }, { "id": "jiangling_zhang_he_rear_line", "group": "officer", "officer_id": "zhang_he", "label": "Zhang He - Rear Line", "speaker": "Zhang He", "summary": "Judge where the pursuit will test the line.", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Zhang He", "side": "left", "text": "The enemy will not spend strength on our center first. They will pull at the wagons and make our officers look aside." }, { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "side": "right", "text": "Then hold the side roads like gates. If they want panic, make them buy it with time." } ] }, { "id": "jiangling_rearguard_stability_medicine", "group": "topic", "label": "Stability Medicine", "speaker": "Field Surgeon", "summary": "Claim medicine carried forward by the secured Huarong rearguard.", "campaign_flags": { "secured_huarong_rearguard": true }, "effects": [ { "type": "grant_item", "item_id": "panacea", "count": 1 } ], "lines": [ { "speaker": "Field Surgeon", "side": "left", "text": "The Huarong rearguard kept the medicine chest with the column. One packet survived the mud." }, { "speaker": "Cao Ren", "side": "right", "text": "Keep it near the rear gate. A line that can heal does not yield easily." } ] }, { "id": "jiangling_rearguard_forced_march_beans", "group": "topic", "label": "Forced March Beans", "speaker": "Quartermaster", "summary": "Claim rations left in the thin rear after the rush north.", "campaign_flags": { "rushed_xuchang_return": true }, "effects": [ { "type": "grant_item", "item_id": "bean", "count": 1 } ], "lines": [ { "speaker": "Quartermaster", "side": "left", "text": "The fast road stripped most wagons bare, but I held one sack back for the men closing the rear." }, { "speaker": "Xiahou Dun", "side": "right", "text": "Then do not let it sit like treasure. Feed the line before the enemy tests it." } ] } ] }, "shop": { "items": [ "bean", "wine", "iron_sword", "training_spear", "short_bow", "hand_axe", "war_axe", "leather_armor", "iron_armor" ], "conditional_items": [ { "campaign_flags": { "secured_huarong_rearguard": true }, "items": ["imperial_seal"] }, { "campaign_flags": { "rushed_xuchang_return": true }, "items": ["war_drum"] } ], "merchant": { "name": "Jiangling Rear Road Sutler", "lines": [ "A rear road sells different goods: dry bandages, quiet beans, and anything that keeps men from looking back.", "Buy quickly. If the pursuit reaches my cart, I become a soldier or a memory." ] } }, "roster": { "max_units": 7, "required_officers": ["cao_cao", "guo_jia", "zhang_he"] }, "formation": { "cells": [[1, 3], [1, 4], [1, 5], [2, 2], [2, 3], [2, 4], [2, 5], [2, 6], [3, 2], [3, 3], [3, 4], [3, 5], [3, 6]] }, "map": { "width": 18, "height": 11, "terrain": [ "GGGGHHGGGGGGHHGGGG", "GGFFHHGGRRGGHHFFGG", "GGRRRRRRRRRRRRFFGG", "GGGFGHGGGGRRGGGGGG", "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR", "GGGGGHHGGGRRGFFGGG", "GGHHGFFFGGFFFGGHHG", "GGHHGFFFGGFFFGGHHG", "GGGGGGFFGGHHHGGGGG", "GGFFGGGGGGHHHFFGGG", "GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG" ] }, "deployments": [ { "unit_id": "cao_cao_ch32", "officer_id": "cao_cao", "team": "player", "pos": [1, 4] }, { "unit_id": "guo_jia_ch32", "officer_id": "guo_jia", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [2, 4] }, { "unit_id": "zhang_he_ch32", "officer_id": "zhang_he", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [2, 3] }, { "unit_id": "xiahou_dun_ch32", "officer_id": "xiahou_dun", "team": "player", "pos": [1, 5] }, { "unit_id": "dian_wei_ch32", "officer_id": "dian_wei", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [2, 5] }, { "unit_id": "xiahou_yuan_ch32", "officer_id": "xiahou_yuan", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [3, 3] }, { "unit_id": "cao_ren_ch32", "officer_id": "cao_ren", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [3, 4] }, { "unit_id": "zhou_yu_rearguard_captain", "name": "Zhou Yu Rearguard Captain", "class_id": "commander", "team": "enemy", "level": 30, "pos": [14, 4], "base": { "hp": 116, "mp": 38, "atk": 32, "def": 25, "int": 23, "agi": 18 } }, { "unit_id": "gan_ning_raider", "name": "Gan Ning Raider", "class_id": "champion", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [15, 3], "base": { "hp": 118, "mp": 10, "atk": 34, "def": 23, "int": 12, "agi": 23 } }, { "unit_id": "jiangling_gate_captain", "name": "Jiangling Gate Captain", "class_id": "guard_captain", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [12, 4], "base": { "hp": 90, "atk": 30, "def": 24 } }, { "unit_id": "southern_scout_advisor", "name": "Southern Scout Advisor", "class_id": "military_advisor", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [15, 5], "skills": ["blaze", "great_mend"], "base": { "hp": 78, "mp": 62, "atk": 8, "def": 14, "int": 32, "agi": 16 } }, { "unit_id": "jiangling_spear_north", "name": "Jiangling Spear Guard", "class_id": "infantry", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [12, 3], "base": { "hp": 80, "atk": 30, "def": 21 } }, { "unit_id": "jiangling_spear_south", "name": "Jiangling Spear Guard", "class_id": "infantry", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [12, 5], "base": { "hp": 80, "atk": 30, "def": 21 } }, { "unit_id": "riverbank_marksman_north", "name": "Riverbank Marksman", "class_id": "marksman", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [13, 2], "base": { "hp": 72, "atk": 31, "def": 11, "agi": 23 } }, { "unit_id": "riverbank_marksman_south", "name": "Riverbank Marksman", "class_id": "marksman", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [14, 6], "base": { "hp": 72, "atk": 31, "def": 11, "agi": 23 } } ], "events": [ { "id": "opening", "once": true, "when": { "type": "battle_start" }, "actions": [ { "type": "log", "text": "Near Jiangling, Cao Cao forms a rearguard while coalition detachments test the retreating army's discipline." } ] }, { "id": "opening_dialogue", "once": true, "when": { "type": "battle_begin" }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Cao Ren", "text": "The wagons are moving again, but every bend in the road hides another banner." }, { "speaker": "Guo Jia", "text": "A retreat survives when the enemy stops believing it is one." }, { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "Then give them a battle small enough to win and sharp enough to remember." } ] } ] }, { "id": "secured_rearguard_reforms", "once": true, "when": { "type": "turn_start", "team": "player", "turn": 2, "campaign_flags": { "secured_huarong_rearguard": true } }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Cao Ren", "text": "The Huarong rearguard has caught up. The line can bend without breaking." }, { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "Good. Let Jiangling see that retreat has a spine." } ] } ] }, { "id": "rushed_return_exposes_rear", "once": true, "when": { "type": "turn_start", "team": "enemy", "turn": 2, "campaign_flags": { "rushed_xuchang_return": true } }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Gan Ning Raider", "text": "Cao Cao hurried north and left his rear thin. Cut the wagons from the road." }, { "speaker": "Xiahou Dun", "text": "They mistake speed for fear. We can correct that." } ] }, { "type": "spawn_deployment", "deployment": { "unit_id": "river_pursuit_van", "name": "River Pursuit Van", "class_id": "cavalry", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [16, 3], "base": { "hp": 76, "atk": 29, "def": 15, "agi": 20 } } } ] }, { "id": "turn_4_southern_pressure", "once": true, "when": { "type": "turn_start", "team": "enemy", "turn": 4 }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Zhou Yu Rearguard Captain", "text": "Do not chase Cao Cao's banner. Chase the men who still believe they can follow it." }, { "speaker": "Guo Jia", "text": "They understand morale. That makes this more dangerous than a simple pursuit." } ] } ] }, { "id": "jiangling_rearguard_formed", "once": true, "when": { "type": "unit_reaches_tile", "team": "player", "officer_ids": ["cao_cao"], "pos": [10, 4] }, "actions": [ { "type": "set_objective", "victory": "The Jiangling rearguard is formed. Defeat the coalition pursuit.", "defeat": "Cao Cao is defeated or the battle reaches Turn 18." }, { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "Here. Turn the road into a wall and make them spend blood for every wagon." }, { "speaker": "Gan Ning Raider", "text": "A wall on a retreating road still has a back. Find it!" } ] }, { "type": "spawn_deployments", "deployments": [ { "unit_id": "jiangling_rearguard_guard", "name": "Jiangling Rearguard Guard", "class_id": "guard_captain", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [16, 4], "base": { "hp": 88, "atk": 30, "def": 24 } }, { "unit_id": "southern_arrow_screen", "name": "Southern Arrow Screen", "class_id": "archer", "team": "enemy", "level": 29, "pos": [16, 5], "base": { "hp": 66, "atk": 29, "def": 9, "agi": 21 } } ] } ] }, { "id": "turn_9_wagons_clear", "once": true, "when": { "type": "turn_start", "team": "player", "turn": 9 }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Zhang He", "text": "The last wagons are clearing the road." }, { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "Then the rearguard has done its work. Finish what remains." } ] } ] } ], "rewards": { "gold": 6200, "items": ["bean", "wine", "imperial_seal"] }, "post_battle_dialogue": [ { "speaker": "Guo Jia", "text": "Jiangling's pursuit is broken. The south will keep watching, but it cannot swallow the retreat today." }, { "speaker": "Cao Ren", "text": "We can stabilize the southern garrisons, or send the first strong detachments west before the passes harden." }, { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "The next war will not wait for our pride to heal. Choose where our strength gathers first." } ], "post_battle_choices": [ { "id": "stabilize_jiangling_rearguard", "label": "Stabilize Jiangling", "description": "Cao Cao steadies the southern garrisons before turning his army toward the next front.", "set_flags": { "stabilized_jiangling_rearguard": true, "mobilized_tong_pass_vanguard": false }, "gold": 900, "items": ["imperial_seal"] }, { "id": "mobilize_tong_pass_vanguard", "label": "Mobilize West", "description": "Cao Cao sends the first detachments west, preparing for pressure around Tong Pass.", "set_flags": { "stabilized_jiangling_rearguard": false, "mobilized_tong_pass_vanguard": true }, "gold": 650, "items": ["war_drum"] } ] }