Cao Cao is a Chinese war general portrayed in the video game Dynasty Warriors. Dynasty Warriors is a historical-action video game franchise that can be played on Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Xbox and PC.http://www.dynastywarriors6.co.uk/ The Dynasty Warriors plot is based on the Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.http://www.next-gen.biz/features/interview-defending-dynasty-warriors The franchise has spawned six instalments that can be played on various consoles and online.http://dynastywarriors.aeriagames.com/overview/background http://ps3.ign.com/articles/113/1130426p1.html A seventh instalment is in the works for a 2011 release.http://ps3.ign.com/articles/113/1130426p1.html

The character of Cao Cao is based on an actual Chinese general who was a powerful figure during the Han Empire and in the years that followed.http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/morrison51.html The Dynasty Warriors plot begins after the Han Empire has fallen and China has been divided in three, warring states.http://ps3.ign.com/articles/113/1130426p1.html Cao Cao, is leader of the Wei army, and the effective leader of Northern China.http://ps3.ign.com/articles/113/1130426p1.html In his effort to unifty China, Cao Cao travels south where the armies of Shu, led by Lu Bei, and Wu, led Sun Quan, have taken power.http://dynastywarriors.aeriagames.com/overview/charactersThe battles fought in the game are mainly recreations of those described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel.http://allgame.com/game.php?id=2101

The character of Cao Cao is based on the Chinese general, who was born into an eminent family in 155 A.D..http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/morrison51.html The son of a powerful bureaucrat, Cao Cao grew up to become the most powerful general in Northern China by the end of the Han Empire in 189.http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/morrison51.html In Dynasty Warriors, Cao Cao led the Wei armies during the fall of coup leader Dong Zhuo in the twenty years following the fall of the empire.http://dynastywarriors.aeriagames.com/overview/characters/wei In the Wei army, Cao Cao is joined by his son Cao Pi and cousin Cao Ren.http://dynastywarriors.aeriagames.com/overview/characters/wei His personal bodyguard is the axe-wielding Dian Wei, nicknamed "the coming of evil".http://dynastywarriors.aeriagames.com/overview/characters/wei His closest adviser is Sima Yi and his closest confidant is another cousin, General Xiahou Dun.http://dynastywarriors.aeriagames.com/overview/characters/wei

The plot of Dynasty Warriors takes place 20 years after Dong Zhuo's reign ended, when Cao Cao was attempting to unify china.http://dynastywarriors.aeriagames.com/overview/characters In China's south, the Wu and Shu armies, led by Sun Jian and Liu Bei respectively, banded together to stop Cao Cao's army from achieving this goal.http://dynastywarriors.aeriagames.com/overview/characters/wei

"I am going to have to build up my strength to forge my path,"— Cao Cao, Dynasty Warriors 6http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKnT9ZzqfZw

'It is my destiny to travel far beyond the broken remains of a dying empire that has already been spurned by heaven,"— Cao Cao, Dynasty Warriors 6http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKnT9ZzqfZw