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Chapter 3
— In Wenming Garden, Dong Zhuo Denounces Ding Yuan; With Red Hare, Li Su Bribes Lu Bu.
Li Jue; one of Dong Zhuo's four named generals (with Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou) - first appearance of the band that will inherit power after Dong Zhuo's death.
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Chapter 5
— Cao Cao Appeals To The Powerful Lords; The Three Brothers Fight Against Lu Bu.
With Guo Si, surrounds Imperial Guardian Yuan Wei's residence and slaughters every soul, hanging Yuan Wei's head at the gate; the pair then hold River Si Pass with fifty thousand troops, under orders not to seek battle.
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Chapter 6
— Burning The Capital, Dong Zhuo Commits An Atrocity; Hiding The Imperial Hereditary Seal, Sun Jian Breaks Faith.
Sent up to Sun Jian's camp as marriage envoy - Dong Zhuo's daughter for Sun Jian's son - and chased out with threats of being ground to powder. Later shares with Guo Si the driving of Luoyang's population west.
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Chapter 9
— Lu Bu Kills Dong Zhuo For Wang Yun; Li Jue Attacks The Capital On Jia Xu's Advice.
Li Jue; one of Dong Zhuo's four generals who fled to Shanxi after the killing; rallied by Jia Xu's argument that 'die fighting beats die hiding', marches with Guo Si on Changan, breaks the city, and seizes the emperor.
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Chapter 10
— Gathering Arms, Ma Teng Moves To Rescue The Emperor; Commanding A Force, Cao Cao Marches To Avenge His Father.
Writes his own promotion list at spear-point - General of the Flying Chariots, Lord of Chiyang - and rules the court with Guo Si. He crushes the Ma Teng-Han Sui rescue by following Jia Xu's patience, beheads the three inside conspirators with their households, and has Fan Chou's head taken at his own banquet for sparing Han Sui.
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Chapter 11
— Liu Bei Rescues Kong Rong At Beihai; Lu Bu Defeats Cao Cao Near Puyang.
With Guo Si, executes Pang Shu for sheltering Lü Bu's family and writes to Zhang Yang demanding the fugitive's death - keeping Lü Bu running until he lands at Chenliu.
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Chapter 13
— Li Jue and Guo Si Duel In Changan; The Emperor Establishes Anyi The New Capital.
Made Regent Marshal, he abducts the Emperor to Meiwo behind his nephew's spears, feeds the court putrid meat, and trusts witches over Jia Xu until his Qiang allies desert and his own Yang Feng turns. Bested diplomatically, he accepts Zhang Ji's peace - then reunites with Guo Si to hunt the Emperor toward Hongnong, wasting everything they pass.
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Chapter 14
— Cao Cao Moves The Court To Xuchang; Lu Bu Leads A Night Raid Against Xuzhou.
Draws his sword on Jia Xu for counseling submission, attacks the 'fatigued' escort anyway, loses his nephews Li Xian and Li Bie to Xu Chu, and flees west into the hills 'like dogs from a falling house'.
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Chapter 16
— In The Camp Gate, Lu Bu Shoots The Halberd; At River Yu, Cao Cao Suffers A Defeat.
Li Jue; named in passing in the imperial recap.
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Chapter 17
— Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies; Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces.
Slain by Duan Wei; his head goes to Xuchang and his whole clan - more than two hundred - is executed at the gates, to the people's cheers.
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Chapter 20
— Cao Cao Organizes A Hunting Expedition In Xutian; Dong Cheng Receives A Secret Command In The Palace.
Li Jue; named in passing - already dead.
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Chapter 57
— Sleeping Dragon Mourns In Chaisang; Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang.
Li Jue; named in passing - long dead.
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Chapter 93
— Jiang Wei Goes Over To Zhuge Liang; Zhuge Liang Reviles Wang Lang.
Li Jue; named in passing in the same oration.
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Chapter 112
— Rescuing Shouchun, Yu Quan Dies Nobly; Attacking Changcheng, Jiang Wei Mobilizes.
Li Jue; named in passing.
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Chapter 120
— Recommending Du Yu, An Old General Offers New Plans; Capturing Of Sun Hao, Three Kingdoms Becomes One.
Li Jue; named in passing.