Ji Province

The Battle of Ji Province (冀州の戦い, rōmaji: Kishū no Tatakai) is the fictional final battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, after the latter's major defeat at Guandu and retreat from Liyang.

Role in Games

Dynasty Warriors

In Dynasty Warriors 4, this battle serves as the last stand of the Yuan Family. Players can defeat any one of the officers serving under Yuan Shang or Yuan Tan to cause them to bicker and turn against each other. Cao Cao will then use this opportunity to coerce one of the brothers to defect and destroy the other. Yuan Shao will eventually arrive with reinforcements and stop the defection.

In Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends, an extra battle erroneously called "Encounter at Yi Province" when localized, but known as the "Ji Province Extra Battle" (冀州番外戦, Kishū Bangaisen), using a portion of the Yi Ling map. Zhen Ji as she is fighting the Wei forces alongside Yuan Xi being holed up in Ye Castle, is noticed by Cao Pi who proclaims to be able to show her more in the world as she was captivated by her beauty. From there as Zhen Ji decides to herself whom she should be loyal with, she can choose to continue attacking Cao Pi's army to remain loyal to Yuan Xi, or simply advance to Cao Pi without harming any of his men (as they act non-hostile to her despite being flagged as enemy targets) to defect to his side. Upon the defection to Cao Pi being the player's choice however, Yuan Xi then choose the close Ye Castle's gates; Zhen Ji can rush inside at that moment to end up trapped in the castle to fight her way out (which is a requirement for her and the edit character's rapier Level 11 weapon).

In Dynasty Warriors 5, the stage is a battle between Yuan Shao and the Yellow Turbans. If players go through the stage under Yuan Shao's forces, they must overcome every trick perpetrated by their opponents before facing Zhang Jiao head on. For the Yellow Turban's side, players may choose to penetrate the enemy camp without facing all of the opposing army's generals.

Warriors Orochi

This stage appears in Warriors Orochi as a side story battle for Wu. The player is forced to defend themselves against Tadakatsu Honda's forces, besting him twice in order to gain his trust. Once Dong Zhuo's forces arrive, Tadakatsu will frighten them to lower some of their morale, making the battle easier to handle. If the player defeat Tadakatsu in two minutes on his second appearance, Tadakatsu will be impressed and might be unlocked as a playable character.

In Warriors Orochi 2, this is a Dream Stage for Zhang Jiao, Pang Tong, and Zuo Ci, as they use their magic and sorceries against Nene's ninja army, which uses ninjutsu.

Zhang Jiao starts off by ordering Yu Ji and Zhang Lu to conjure phantom soldiers to prevent the ninja troops from reaching the alter guarded by Zhang Liang. However, Kunoichi then uses her ninjutsu powers to seal the alter, causing the phantom soldiers to disappear. The group then need to defeat Kunoichi to unseal the alter. When they got to her, Kunoichi then uses smoke to hide herself. Pang Tong then manage to find some spy captains in the smoke, in which they must be defeated to make Kunoichi appear again. As they deal with the spy captains and Kunoichi, Kotaro Fuma also shows up to stop them, in which the group must defeat to make things easier. After defeating both Kunoichi and Kotaro, the alter has been liberated as Yu Ji and Zhang Lu manage to make the phantom soldiers appear again. Nene then responds by summoning whirlwinds around the alter, in which Zhang Jiao has to reach the alter to make the whirlwinds disappear. When he reach the alter however, Nene summons her duplicates to attack the alter, in which they must be defeated to ensure that the prayer to remove the whirlwinds is successful. After the duplicates' defeat, Zhang Jiao prays and remove the whirlwinds. Pang Tong then orders the army to advance, while Zuo Ci summons phantom versions of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xiahou Dun, Gan Ning and Lu Bu to help them out. The phantoms then advances as the group defeat Goemon Ishikawa along the way. Nene responds by using her ninjutsu to summon Hideyoshi's army to counter the allied phantoms. The phantoms and Hideyoshi's Army then battle it out. As they battle, Hanzo Hattori appears in a southern garrison and uses his ninjutsu to strengthen Nene and Hideyoshi's army. The group will then need to defeat Hanzo in order to eradicate his ninjutsu. After his defeat, Zhang Jiao will order the rest of the allied army to launch a full scale assault, in which Nene counters by launching a full scale assault as well. Defeating Nene will bring victory to the allied forces, while Zhang Liang's defeat will cause the alter to fall and the player's defeat.