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Died: 228
Ancestral home: Qiao County, Pei (Bozhou, Anhui)
Book mentions: 63

Roles:

general

Factions:

Cao Cao Cao Wei (primary)

Relationships:

Cao Cao Uncle

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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.
Creeps up under cover of Zhang Liao and shoots the sneak arrow that downs Ling Tong's horse — Cao Cao's idea of deciding a fair duel.
Chapter 69 — Guan Lu Sees Things In The Book Of Changes; Five Loyal Subjects Die For Their State.
Receives the wounded, fleeing Wang Bi at his door, arms on the spot and holds the Palace with a thousand troops through the night — and is set over the Imperial Guard when it ends.
Chapter 71 — At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success; On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host.
Commands the rear guard of the four-hundred-thousand-man march from Xuchang.
Chapter 80 — Cao Pi Deposes The Emperor, Taking Away The Fortunes of Han; Liu Bei Assumes The Throne, Continuing The Heritage.
Cao Hong's armed partner in the intrusion that hauls the Emperor to the Hall of Audience.
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.
Beaten by Lü Fan at Dongkou in the three-army failure.
Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
Commands the rear guard of the dragon-fleet expedition.
Chapter 91 — Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward; Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.
Arrives at the deathbed late, asking after the Emperor's health, and is drawn in as the fourth pillar — 'If you will only uphold my son, I can close my eyes in peace.' Made Minister of War. Sent ahead with a large force to meet Sima Yi's approach at Anyi and delivers the accusation to his face — 'Friend, His Late Majesty entrusted you with the heavy responsibility of caring for his son. Why are you in revolt?' — then succeeds to the command Sima Yi loses.
Chapter 96 — Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death; Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.
Forwards Zhou Fang's seven-point memorandum to the throne, tells Zhou Fang to his face that 'People say you are abundant in craft, but I do not believe what they say', and is talked out of every doubt by the hair-cutting. Threatens Jia Kui with execution for warning him, sidelines him, and marches to Shiding on Zhou Fang's own recommendation of the ground. Discovers the trap only when Zhou Fang has ridden off with a few dozen men — 'I have been deceived and am in a trap' — sets a three-pronged ambush that Zhu Huan and Quan Zong walk in behind, and flees down the Jiashi road to be rescued by the man he almost killed: 'I took no notice of what you said, and so this evil came upon me.'
Chapter 97 — Sending A Second Memorial, Zhuge Liang Renews The Attack On Wei; Forging A Letter, Jiang Wei Defeats The Northern Army.
The Shiting defeat kills him: 'Cao Xiu's mortification brought on an illness from which he died in Luoyang.' Cao Rui orders him a most honourable burial. (Chapter 96's summary had this death a chapter early; this is where it happens.)