Mao Jie

毛玠
Courtesy name: Xiaoxian (孝先)
Died
216
Ancestral home
Pingqiu, Chenliu (Fengqiu County, Henan)
Book mentions
11
Roles:
advisor politician
Factions:
Cao Cao (primary)
Appears in 9 chapters:
  • Chapter 10 — Gathering Arms, Ma Teng Moves To Rescue The Emperor; Commanding A Force, Cao Cao Marches To Avenge His Father.
    Mao Jie; among the recruits - later admiral of Cao Cao's fleet.
  • Chapter 11 — Liu Bei Rescues Kong Rong At Beihai; Lu Bu Defeats Cao Cao Near Puyang.
    Mao Jie; among Cao Cao's officers in the Yanzhou recovery.
  • Chapter 14 — Cao Cao Moves The Court To Xuchang; Lu Bu Leads A Night Raid Against Xuzhou.
    Mao Jie; appointed civil officer in the new Xuchang administration.
  • Chapter 24 — Cao Cao Murdered The Consort Dong; Liu Bei Flees To Yuan Shao.
    Reports the same broken-banner omen and reads it the same way - the confirmation that convinces Cao Cao providence has betrayed the raid.
  • Chapter 39 — At Jingzhou, The Son Of Liu Biao Thrice Begs Advice; At Bowang Slope, The Directing Instructor Plans His First Battle.
    Appointed general secretary beside Cui Yan when Cao Cao takes the great offices into his own hands.
  • Chapter 45 — At The Three Gorges, Cao Cao Loses Soldiers; In The Gathering Of Heroes, Jiang Gan Is Trapped.
    Handed the naval camp with Yu Jin over the headless admirals' bodies - a northern administrator with no water-war experience, exactly as Zhou Yu intended.
  • Chapter 46 — Using Strategy, Zhuge Liang Borrows Arrows; Joining A Ruse, Huang Gai Accepts Punishment.
    Runs to Cao Cao with the news of drums in the fog - and lines the marines up on the bank to shoot at straw men.
  • Chapter 48 — Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships.
    Mao Jie; co-admiral; commands part of the first river skirmish.
  • Chapter 50 — Zhuge Liang Foresees The Huarong Valley Episode; Guan Yu Lifts His Saber To Release Cao Cao.
    Mao Jie; named in passing - with Cao Cao's remnant fleet.