Han Hao

Han Hao (onyomi: Kan Kō) is an official and minister under the warlord Cao Cao and was one of the main contributors to the Tuntian system.

Role in Games
In Dynasty Warriors 4, he serves in Cao Cao's early conquests. At the Battle of Bo Wan Po, he is drawn into an ambush by Guan Ping or Guan Yu. He is overconfident in his prowess but is easily defeated. Dynasty Warriors 7 has Han Hao serving at Mt. Dingjun. After Xiahou De and Xiahou Yuan are killed, Han Hao is found defending Mt. Tian Dang from attack. He must be killed in order to capture the base. In Dynasty Warriors 8, he appears in numerous battles during Shu's and Wu's stories, as well as Mt. Dingjun and Baidi Castle for Wei.

In Warriors Orochi 2, Han Hao serves as Dian Wei's replacement officer when players assume the latter's role.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms games, Han Hao serves either Wang Kuang or Zhang Yang and then Yuan Shu in most early scenarios, before turning to Cao Cao. He also often appears serving Han Xuan in any scenario in which he is a ruler. Han Hao usually has average fighting skills and intelligence, as well as very high political abilities. His skill in the eleventh installment causes soldiers in any gate or port Han Hao is stationed in to consume no food at all, allowing the player to station many soldiers in them without having to worry about their food supply.

Historical Information
Han Hao was a local of Henei in Si Province. He started out serving the Governor of Henei, Wang Kuang, as an advisor. After Wang Kuang was killed by his brother-in-law Humu Ban, Han Hao went to serve under Yuan Shu for a brief period of time, until he was persuaded by Xiahou Dun to join the service of Cao Cao. While Cao Cao was away fighting Tao Qian in Xu Province, Xiahou Dun was left to defend the city of Puyang. Soon, the official Zhang Miao rebelled and surrendered most of Yan Province to Lu Bu. Xiahou Dun fell for a trap and was taken hostage in his own camp by rebelling commanders.

Han Hao restored order in the camps and stationed his own men in front of Xiahou Dun's tent. He then entered the tent and said "You murderous traitors, how dare you take hostage of a general. Do you still hope to walk out of this alive? Besides, we are ordered to suppress the rebels, how can we let you off lightly just because of a general?" He then turned to Xiahou Dun and said "There is nothing I can do to help because the law forbids it". Han Hao finally ordered his men to attack the rebels, who quickly surrendered and released Xiahou Dun. Although they begged for mercy, Han Hao had them executed. When Cao Cao heard of this, he greatly praised Han Hao and issued a law that whenever someone would take hostages, both the hostages and the hostage-takers should be killed. Because of this, no hostage incidents happened thereafter. Later, Han Hao supported the realization of the Tuntian system which had a great positive effect on the food supply for the military of Cao Cao's forces and later the Kingdom of Wei.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Han Hao was the brother of Han Xuan, Governor of Changsha. He served him until Wei Yan killed him. Han Hao found himself under the service of Cao Cao to avenge his brother. Serving as one of Xiahou Dun's subordinate, he suffered defeat at Bowanpo. He made a later appearance at the Battle of Mt. Dingjun and was killed by Huang Zhong at Mt. Tiandang.