Sun Shao

Sun Shao
Character Information
Force(s)	Wu
Weapon(s)	Spear
Unit Type	Warrior
Significant Battle(s)	Chibi Dongkou Guangling Hefei Castle
Playable Debut	Dynasty Warriors 3
Real Name	Sūn Sháo
Chinese Characters	孫韶 - 孙韶
Style Name	Gōnglǐ
Chinese Characters	公禮
Born	188
Born	188
Died	255
Died	255
Footnote(s)	Was known as Yú Sháo (俞韶) before being adopted.

Sun Shao (onyomi: Son Shō) is the nephew of Sun He (孫河), a distant cousin of the Sun family, and was adopted into the family along with his uncle by Sun Ce. He served as a general for his uncle, Sun Quan. Succeeding Sun Yi at a young age, Sun Quan tested his nephew by faking a night attack to check on the commandery's defense, and rewarded his nephew when he confirmed that they were sound.

When Cao Pi's attack on Guangling failed, Sun Shao ordered a raid that nearly led to the Wei emperor's capture.

Roles in Games

Sun Shao usually serves as a minor general in Wu appearing sporadically in the middle to later campaigns from his introduction in Dynasty Warriors 3. In Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends he plays an important role at Jiangling. His reinforcements are the first to arrive and he must be protected until they can deliver the supplies to the main camp to bolster the morale of Zhu Ran's men until the main reinforcements led by Ding Feng and Lianshi arrive.

In Warriors Orochi 2, Sun Shao serves as a replacement officer for multiple leading characters in the Wu storyline. The third installment has him take Sun Ce's spot if players have the latter in their attack team.

Historical Information

After Sun Yi's death and Sun He's subsequent assassination in 204 at the hands of rebels, Sun Shao assumed control of Danyang commandery's military. Apprehensive about the situation, Sun Quan planned to stage a night raid on Sun Shao's encampment, but found the defenses there to be strong as ever. Pleasantly surprised by this, he had Sun Shao promoted.

When the Wei emperor Cao Pi invaded Sun Shao's territory in 225, he was forced to retreat due to the harsh winter climate. Sun Shao, in the meantime, devised a plan to capture Cao Pi alive and although he managed to obtain carriages and supplies from the Wei lines, he was unable to catch his target.

Regardless, he inflicted a humiliating if minor defeat on Cao Pi, and one of his subordinates even seized Cao Pi's personal parasol. He later participated in battle beneath Lu Fan at Dongkou alongside Xu Shelf and others. Later in life, he and Zhang Cheng were deployed to attack Huaiyin as part of a three-pronged attack against Wei, but the collapse of the other two prongs forced them to withdraw.

It was said that he grew to be incredibly tall, and when Sun Quan saw him after many years, be was astonished by his growth.

Gallery

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms III portrait

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms III PC version portrait

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV portrait

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms V portrait

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI portrait

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII portrait

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake portrait

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX~XI portrait

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII~XIII portrait

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  Alternate portrait

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  Sangokushi Kōmei Den portrait

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  Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Legend of Cao Cao portrait

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  Dynasty Tactics portrait

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