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Born: 211
Died: 265
Ancestral home: Wen County, Henei (Wen County, Henan)
Book mentions: 167

Roles:

general politician regent

Factions:

Cao Wei (primary)

Appears in 18 chapters:

Chapter 94 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm; Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March.
Sima Zhao; Sima Yi's younger son; named here in the staff. The two Sima brothers begin appearing as a tandem.
Chapter 95 — Ma Su's Disobedience Causes The Loss Of Jieting; Zhuge Liang's Lute Repulses The Army Of Sima Yi.
Sima Zhao; with his father's army.
Chapter 102 — Sima Yi Occupies The Banks Of River Wei; Zhuge Liang Constructs Mechanical Bullocks And Horses.
Sima Zhao; with Sima Yi on the front; rising.
Chapter 103 — In Gourd Valley, Sima Yi Is Trapped; In Wuzhang Hills, Zhuge Liang Invokes The Stars.
Sima Zhao; with his father; nearly killed in the Shangfang trap.
Chapter 106 — Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death; Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.
Sima Zhao; with his father in the coup.
Chapter 107 — The Ruler of Wei Hands Over The Power To Sima Yi; Jiang Wei Is Defeated At Ox Head Hills.
Sima Zhao; with his brother; appointed Grand General.
Chapter 108 — In The Snow, Ding Feng Wins A Victory; At A Banquet, Sun Jun Executes A Secret Plan.
Sima Zhao; invades Wu through Dongxing Pass; defeated by Ding Feng's charge; retreats.
Chapter 109 — A Ruse Of A Han General: Sima Zhao Is Surrounded; Retribution For The House Of Wei: Cao Fang Is Dethroned.
Sima Zhao; trapped on Tiehlung Mountain by Jiang Wei with no water; prays at the mountain shrine; a spring of water appears at the foot of the rock; saves himself and his men. The divine-water episode.
Chapter 110 — Riding Alone, Wen Yang Repulses A Brave Force; Following The River, Jiang Wei Defeats The Enemy.
Sima Zhao; succeeds his brother as supreme commander of Wei; the dominant figure of the rest of the novel.
Chapter 111 — Deng Ai Outwits Jiang Wei; Zhuge Dan Battles Sima Zhao.
Sima Zhao; takes the field personally against the Zhuge Dan rebellion; encircles Shouchun. The chapter's slow strangle.
Chapter 112 — Rescuing Shouchun, Yu Quan Dies Nobly; Attacking Changcheng, Jiang Wei Mobilizes.
Sima Zhao; concludes the Shouchun siege; consolidates his hold. Lavish reward to defectors. Returns to the capital paramount.
Chapter 113 — Ding Feng Makes A Plan To Slay Sun Chen; Jiang Wei Arrays A Battle To Defeat Deng Ai.
Sima Zhao; in the Wei capital.
Chapter 114 — Driving To The South Gate, Cao Mao Plunges Into Death; Abandoning Stores, Jiang Wei Defeats The Wei Army.
Sima Zhao; behind the Cao Mao assassination; ostentatiously executes Cheng Ji's clans as cover. Installs Cao Huan as the next puppet emperor. The Sima yoke complete.
Chapter 115 — Listening To Slander, The Latter Ruler Recalls His Army; Living In Farms, Jiang Wei Avoids Disaster.
Sima Zhao; in the Wei capital; prepares the conquest of Shu in earnest now that Jiang Wei is sidelined.
Chapter 116 — On Hanzhong Roads, Zhong Hui Divides The Army; In Dingjun Mountain, The Martial Lord Shows His Apparition.
Sima Zhao; launches the conquest of Shu. Three-pronged assault: Zhong Hui (180,000) at Hanzhong by the main road; Deng Ai (30,000) at Tazhong to pin Jiang Wei; Zhuge Xu (30,000) at Wujie. The campaign that brings down the Han loyalist regime after sixty years.
Chapter 117 — Deng Ai Gets Through The Yinping Mountains; Zhuge Zhan Falls In The Battlefield Of Mianzhu.
Sima Zhao; in the Wei capital.
Chapter 118 — Weeping At The Ancestral Temple, A Filial Prince Dies; Marching To The West River Land, Two Leaders Competes.
Sima Zhao; in the capital; receives Deng Ai's reports of unauthorized appointments; sees the danger; will move to crush him.
Chapter 119 — The False Surrender: A Wit Scheme Becomes A Vain Plan; The Abdication: Later Seeds Learn From The Ancient.
Sima Zhao dies. With Shu conquered and Wei back under control, Sima Zhao approaches the title of Duke of Jin; on the verge of accepting the imperial throne. Dies before formally accepting. Sima Yan succeeds.