Cao Xiu

曹休
Courtesy name: Wenlie (文烈)
Cao Xiu
Source: Koei Wiki (Fandom)
Died
228
Ancestral home
Qiao County, Pei (Bozhou, Anhui)
Book mentions
63
Roles:
general
Factions:
Cao Cao Cao Wei (primary)
Relationships:
Cao Cao Uncle
Links:
Appears in 11 chapters:
  • Chapter 56 — Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower; Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Time.
    Opens the archery contest: three galloping passes and a bull's eye at a hundred paces - 'a very promising colt of my own,' beams Cao Cao, reaching for the prize robe too soon.
  • Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
    Cao Xiu; in Cao Cao's family roll.
  • Chapter 69 — Guan Lu Sees Things In The Book Of Changes; Five Loyal Subjects Die For Their State.
    Cao Xiu; sent with Cao Hong against Liu Bei's frontier raids.
  • Chapter 71 — At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success; On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host.
    Cao Xiu; with Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 80 — Cao Pi Deposes The Emperor, Taking Away The Fortunes of Han; Liu Bei Assumes The Throne, Continuing The Heritage.
    Cao Xiu; in the Wei court.
  • Chapter 84 — Lu Xun Burns All Consecutive Camps; Zhuge Liang Plans The Eight-Array Maze.
    Cao Xiu; commands one of the three Wei armies.
  • Chapter 85 — The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
    Cao Xiu; commands a Wei army against Wu.
  • Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
    Cao Xiu; with Cao Pi's invasion force.
  • Chapter 91 — Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward; Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.
    Cao Xiu; named regent at Cao Pi's death.
  • Chapter 96 — Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death; Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.
    Cao Xiu; commands the Wei eastern army; tricked by the Wu officer Zhou Fang's false defection (faux self-mutilation with cut hair); marches into Wu territory at Shiting and is annihilated by Lu Xun's ambush. Cao Xiu falls ill from shame and dies shortly after.
  • Chapter 97 — Sending A Second Memorial, Zhuge Liang Renews The Attack On Wei; Forging A Letter, Jiang Wei Defeats The Northern Army.
    Cao Xiu; dies of his Shiting shame this chapter - recap of the last chapter's defeat.