{ "id": "038_ma_chao_retreat", "name": "Ma Chao Retreat", "objectives": { "victory": "Reach Ma Chao's retreat road with Cao Cao, then defeat the western rearguard.", "defeat": "Cao Cao is defeated or the battle reaches Turn 18." }, "conditions": { "victory": { "type": "all_units_defeated", "team": "enemy", "after_event": "retreat_road_reached" }, "defeat": [ { "type": "any_officer_defeated", "team": "player", "officer_ids": ["cao_cao"] }, { "type": "turn_reached", "turn": 18, "team": "player" } ] }, "briefing": { "title": "Ma Chao Retreat", "location": "Western Guanzhong, 211 CE", "lines": [ "The Guanzhong foothold holds, and Ma Chao's riders begin to give ground toward the western roads.", "Cao Cao must decide whether the retreat becomes a clean pursuit or a wider pacification before Hanzhong draws the next line." ], "conditional_lines": [ { "campaign_flags": { "secured_guanzhong_commandery": true }, "lines": [ "Secured commandery stores give Cao Cao a steadier pursuit column and enough grain to keep pressure on the retreat." ] }, { "campaign_flags": { "pressed_ma_chao_retreat": true }, "lines": [ "The hard pursuit keeps Ma Chao's riders from fully reforming, but it stretches Cao Cao's front toward rougher western roads." ] } ] }, "shop": { "items": [ "bean", "wine", "iron_sword", "training_spear", "short_bow", "hand_axe", "war_axe", "leather_armor", "iron_armor" ], "conditional_items": [ { "campaign_flags": { "secured_guanzhong_commandery": true }, "items": ["imperial_seal"] }, { "campaign_flags": { "pressed_ma_chao_retreat": true }, "items": ["war_drum"] } ] }, "roster": { "max_units": 7, "required_officers": ["cao_cao", "guo_jia"] }, "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_ch38", "officer_id": "cao_cao", "team": "player", "pos": [1, 4] }, { "unit_id": "guo_jia_ch38", "officer_id": "guo_jia", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [2, 4] }, { "unit_id": "zhang_he_ch38", "officer_id": "zhang_he", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [2, 3] }, { "unit_id": "xiahou_dun_ch38", "officer_id": "xiahou_dun", "team": "player", "pos": [1, 5] }, { "unit_id": "dian_wei_ch38", "officer_id": "dian_wei", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [2, 5] }, { "unit_id": "xiahou_yuan_ch38", "officer_id": "xiahou_yuan", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [3, 3] }, { "unit_id": "cao_ren_ch38", "officer_id": "cao_ren", "team": "player", "requires_joined": true, "pos": [3, 4] }, { "unit_id": "ma_chao_retreat_guard", "name": "Ma Chao Retreat Guard", "class_id": "elite_cavalry", "team": "enemy", "level": 36, "pos": [14, 4], "base": { "hp": 144, "mp": 16, "atk": 41, "def": 29, "int": 14, "agi": 30 } }, { "unit_id": "pang_de_rear_column", "name": "Pang De Rear Column", "class_id": "champion", "team": "enemy", "level": 35, "pos": [15, 3], "base": { "hp": 128, "mp": 12, "atk": 38, "def": 26, "int": 12, "agi": 24 } }, { "unit_id": "western_road_captain", "name": "Western Road Captain", "class_id": "guard_captain", "team": "enemy", "level": 35, "pos": [12, 4], "base": { "hp": 102, "atk": 36, "def": 29 } }, { "unit_id": "retreat_tactic_advisor", "name": "Retreat Tactic Advisor", "class_id": "military_advisor", "team": "enemy", "level": 35, "pos": [13, 5], "skills": ["blaze", "great_mend"], "base": { "hp": 90, "mp": 74, "atk": 8, "def": 18, "int": 38, "agi": 18 } }, { "unit_id": "retreat_spear_north", "name": "Retreat Spear Guard", "class_id": "infantry", "team": "enemy", "level": 35, "pos": [12, 3], "base": { "hp": 92, "atk": 36, "def": 26 } }, { "unit_id": "retreat_spear_south", "name": "Retreat Spear Guard", "class_id": "infantry", "team": "enemy", "level": 35, "pos": [12, 5], "base": { "hp": 92, "atk": 36, "def": 26 } }, { "unit_id": "western_road_marksman", "name": "Western Road Marksman", "class_id": "marksman", "team": "enemy", "level": 35, "pos": [13, 2], "base": { "hp": 84, "atk": 37, "def": 14, "agi": 27 } } ], "events": [ { "id": "opening", "once": true, "when": { "type": "battle_start" }, "actions": [ { "type": "log", "text": "Cao Cao presses the western road as Ma Chao's retreat guard tries to keep Guanzhong from closing behind them." } ] }, { "id": "opening_dialogue", "once": true, "when": { "type": "battle_begin" }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Xiahou Yuan", "text": "Ma Chao is falling back, but not broken. His rear guard still turns like a blade." }, { "speaker": "Guo Jia", "text": "A retreat that chooses where to stop is still a plan." }, { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "Then take the choice away." } ] } ] }, { "id": "commandery_stores_feed_pursuit", "once": true, "when": { "type": "turn_start", "team": "player", "turn": 2, "campaign_flags": { "secured_guanzhong_commandery": true } }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Cao Ren", "text": "Guanzhong stores are feeding the column. The pursuit can stay ordered." }, { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "Order is how pursuit becomes conquest." } ] } ] }, { "id": "hard_pursuit_catches_rear", "once": true, "when": { "type": "turn_start", "team": "enemy", "turn": 2, "campaign_flags": { "pressed_ma_chao_retreat": true } }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Ma Chao Retreat Guard", "text": "Cao Cao is too close. Turn the rear column and buy the west one more road." }, { "speaker": "Zhang He", "text": "The pursuit has touched their spine. Expect the rearguard to snap back." } ] }, { "type": "spawn_deployment", "deployment": { "unit_id": "ma_clan_rear_riders", "name": "Ma Clan Rear Riders", "class_id": "cavalry", "team": "enemy", "level": 35, "pos": [16, 3], "base": { "hp": 84, "atk": 33, "def": 18, "agi": 24 } } } ] }, { "id": "turn_4_western_road_narrows", "once": true, "when": { "type": "turn_start", "team": "enemy", "turn": 4 }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Pang De Rear Column", "text": "The road narrows ahead. Hold them here or the retreat becomes a rout." }, { "speaker": "Xiahou Yuan", "text": "He knows the road better than we do. That makes speed matter." } ] } ] }, { "id": "retreat_road_reached", "once": true, "when": { "type": "unit_reaches_tile", "team": "player", "officer_ids": ["cao_cao"], "pos": [10, 4] }, "actions": [ { "type": "set_objective", "victory": "Ma Chao's retreat road is reached. Defeat the western rearguard.", "defeat": "Cao Cao is defeated or the battle reaches Turn 18." }, { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "This road decides whether Ma Chao retreats or escapes. Break the rearguard." }, { "speaker": "Ma Chao Retreat Guard", "text": "The west is not yours while one horse still turns." } ] }, { "type": "spawn_deployments", "deployments": [ { "unit_id": "retreat_halberd_guard", "name": "Retreat Halberd Guard", "class_id": "guard_captain", "team": "enemy", "level": 35, "pos": [16, 4], "base": { "hp": 100, "atk": 36, "def": 29 } }, { "unit_id": "western_rear_arrow_screen", "name": "Western Rear Arrow Screen", "class_id": "archer", "team": "enemy", "level": 35, "pos": [16, 5], "base": { "hp": 78, "atk": 35, "def": 12, "agi": 25 } } ] } ] }, { "id": "turn_9_retreat_frays", "once": true, "when": { "type": "turn_start", "team": "player", "turn": 9 }, "actions": [ { "type": "dialogue", "lines": [ { "speaker": "Zhang He", "text": "Their retreat is losing its rhythm." }, { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "Then strike before rhythm becomes distance." } ] } ] } ], "rewards": { "gold": 7400, "items": ["bean", "wine", "imperial_seal"] }, "post_battle_dialogue": [ { "speaker": "Guo Jia", "text": "Ma Chao's retreat guard is broken. Guanzhong can be settled, or Hanzhong can be watched before Zhang Lu makes his own terms." }, { "speaker": "Xiahou Yuan", "text": "Pacifying the west will quiet the roads. Preparing Hanzhong will keep the next gate from closing." }, { "speaker": "Cao Cao", "text": "The west is never silent for long. Choose where our next silence is made." } ], "post_battle_choices": [ { "id": "pacify_guanzhong", "label": "Pacify Guanzhong", "description": "Cao Cao pacifies Guanzhong's commanderies before looking toward Hanzhong.", "set_flags": { "pacified_guanzhong": true, "prepared_hanzhong_front": false }, "gold": 1150, "items": ["imperial_seal"] }, { "id": "prepare_hanzhong_front", "label": "Prepare Hanzhong", "description": "Cao Cao prepares the Hanzhong front before Zhang Lu can harden the passes.", "set_flags": { "pacified_guanzhong": false, "prepared_hanzhong_front": true }, "gold": 950, "items": ["war_drum"] } ] }