Zhihao Chen

Zhihao Chen (511 - 564), also known as Chen the Baker, was a Tianguese nobleman, the Boju of Sujiang and head of House Chen during the mid-6th Century. 
Chen participated as a minor commander during the Tianguese River War; his force faced that of the Faramondian Crown Prince Rimbaud Wyrold during the Battle of Arelbank and decisively lost. During the battle Chen ordered his archers to launch flaming arrows at his own men - this earned him his grisly nickname. After the battle Chen was captured and spent the rest of the war living in Dalforean captivity in the fortress town of Renlin.
Following the war Chen was released, but word of his conduct during the Battle of Arelbank had filtered back through to Sujiang. He was tried and executed for war crimes upon his return and control of his fiefdom given to his nephew Shanhang Chen.
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