Cao Ren

曹仁
Courtesy name: Zixiao (子孝)
Cao Ren
Source: Koei Wiki (Fandom)
Born
168
Died
223
Ancestral home
Qiao County, Pei (Bozhou, Anhui)
Book mentions
149
Roles:
general
Factions:
Cao Wei (primary)
Relationships:
Cao Cao Cousin
Appears in 31 chapters:
  • Chapter 5 — Cao Cao Appeals To The Powerful Lords; The Three Brothers Fight Against Lu Bu.
    Cao Ren; the other of Cao Cao's two cousins arriving at Qiao.
  • Chapter 6 — Burning The Capital, Dong Zhuo Commits An Atrocity; Hiding The Imperial Hereditary Seal, Sun Jian Breaks Faith.
    Cao Ren; part of Cao Cao's pursuit force at Xingyang.
  • Chapter 11 — Liu Bei Rescues Kong Rong At Beihai; Lu Bu Defeats Cao Cao Near Puyang.
    Left facing Lü Bu's storm, he fights battle after losing battle for Yanzhou and sends the courier whose news turns Cao Cao's army around; on the return he is assigned to besiege Yanzhou city while Cao Cao makes for Puyang.
  • Chapter 12 — Tao Qian Thrice Offers Xuzhou To Liu Bei; Cao Cao Retakes Yanzhou From Lu Bu.
    Cao Ren; serves under Cao Cao in the Puyang counter-attack.
  • Chapter 14 — Cao Cao Moves The Court To Xuchang; Lu Bu Leads A Night Raid Against Xuzhou.
    Cao Ren; with the escort force.
  • Chapter 17 — Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies; Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces.
    Left holding the capital while the one hundred seventy thousand march south against Yuan Shu.
  • Chapter 19 — Cao Cao Makes Flood In Xiapi; Lu Bu Perishes At The White Gate Tower.
    Detached with three thousand troops to take Xiaopei while the main army closes on Lü Bu.
  • Chapter 22 — Yuan Shao And Cao Cao Both Take The Field; Guan Yu And Zhang Fei Captures Two Generals.
    Given the main force at Guandu - the position around which the coming war will turn - when Cao Cao returns to Xuchang.
  • Chapter 23 — Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors; Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.
    Cao Ren; serves under Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 29 — The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji; The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land.
    Cao Ren; named in passing in Cao Cao's command.
  • Chapter 30 — Shunning Advice, Yuan Shao Loses Leaders and Granaries; Using Strategy, Cao Cao Scores Victory At Guandu.
    Cao Ren; commands part of the Cao Cao army at Guandu.
  • Chapter 35 — Liu Bei Meets A Recluse At Nanzhang; Shan Fu Sees A Noble Lord At Xinye.
    Camped at Fancheng with thirty thousand troops to threaten Jingzhou: he grants the Lü brothers their fatal expedition, then refuses Li Dian's hold-and-reinforce counsel - 'Xinye is but a crossbow-slug of a place' - brands him traitor for doubting, and marches twenty-five thousand across the River Yu for revenge.
  • Chapter 36 — Shan Fu's Strategy: Fankou Is Captured; Xu Shu's Affection: Zhuge Liang Is Recommended.
    Nearly executes Li Dian for counselling retreat, loses his Eight Docked Gates array to a formation-reading he cannot fathom, loses his night raid to a camp already ablaze, loses most of his army in the river - and reaches Fancheng to hear Guan Yu shout from its wall. He crawls back to Xuchang weeping his faults on the ground.
  • Chapter 40 — Lady Cai Renounces Jingzhou; Zhuge Liang Burns Xinye.
    Waves Xu Chu past the flag ruse - 'those troops are only make-believe' - beds his hundred thousand down in the deserted city, dismisses the first fire report as careless sparks, and leads the scorched survivors into the White River shallows just before Guan Yu's dam breaks.
  • Chapter 41 — Liu Bei Leads His People Over The River; Zhao Zilong Rescues The Child Lord At Dangyang.
    Rallies the flood-battered remnants at Xinye; it is his troops, under Chunyu Dao, who parade the captured Mi Zhu.
  • Chapter 42 — Screaming Zhang Fei Triumphs At Long Slope Bridge; Defeated Liu Bei Marches To Hanjin.
    Cao Ren; with Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 43 — Zhuge Liang Disputes With The Southern Scholars; Lu Su Denounces The Majority Opinion.
    Cao Ren; with Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 50 — Zhuge Liang Foresees The Huarong Valley Episode; Guan Yu Lifts His Saber To Release Cao Cao.
    Meets the forty-seven survivors outside Jiangling - 'I thought I would never see you again' - pours the wine of consolation, and receives the region's defense along with a sealed plan to open only when hard-pressed.
  • Chapter 51 — Cao Ren Withstands The South Land; Zhuge Liang Angers Zhou Yu.
    Rescues Niu Jin twice from the melee with his own horsemen, opens Cao Cao's guide-letter when Yiling falls - and plays its script: the emptied city, the wide gates, the crossbow ambush that puts a poisoned bolt in Zhou Yu's side. Then he swallows the counter-ruse whole: 'deserters' report Zhou Yu dead, the night raid marches into four ambushes, and he flees past Ling Tong and Gan Ning to Xiangyang - which Zhuge Liang's forged dispatches have already emptied.
  • Chapter 58 — Ma Chao Launches An Expedition For Revenge; Cao Cao Flees The Field In Disguise.
    Warns that the short-tempered Cao Hong cannot hold a pass and is sent to reinforce him; he rescues Cao Hong from Pang De's pursuit, holds the camps through the defeat, and counsels the stockade-first approach to the Pass.
  • Chapter 59 — Xu Chu Strips For A Fight With Ma Chao; Cao Cao Writes A Letter To Han Sui.
    Cao Ren; with Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 66 — Armed With Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone; For The State, Empress Fu Offers Her Life.
    Cao Ren; with Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 67 — Cao Cao Conquers Hanzhong; Zhang Liao Terrorizes Xiaoyao.
    Cao Ren; with Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
    Cao Ren; with Cao Cao at Ruxu.
  • Chapter 73 — Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
    Cao Ren; commands the Fancheng garrison about to be attacked by Guan Yu.
  • Chapter 74 — Pang De Takes His Coffin To The Field; Guan Yu Uses Water To Drown The Seven Armies.
    Cao Ren; trapped inside Fan with Cao Cao's brother-in-arms officers; the city surrounded by floodwater after Guan Yu's dam-break.
  • Chapter 75 — Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery; Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe.
    Cao Ren; still besieged inside Fan; the floods are receding; awaits Xu Huang's relief.
  • Chapter 76 — Xu Huang Fights At The River Mian; Guan Yu Retreats To Maicheng.
    Cao Ren; finally relieved at Fancheng by Xu Huang's column.
  • Chapter 84 — Lu Xun Burns All Consecutive Camps; Zhuge Liang Plans The Eight-Array Maze.
    Cao Ren; commands one of the three Wei armies invading Wu.
  • Chapter 85 — The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
    Cao Ren; commands a Wei army against Wu; loses to Zhu Huan.
  • Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
    Cao Ren; with Cao Pi's invasion force.