Ancestral home
Ju County, Langya (Ju County, Shandong)
Book mentions
58
Roles:
general
Factions:
Eastern Wu (primary)
Appears in 14 chapters:
  • Chapter 38 — Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms; Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges.
    Xu Sheng; named in passing among Wu officers.
  • Chapter 49 — On Seven-Star Altar, Zhuge Liang Sacrifices To The Winds; At Three Gorges, Zhou Yu Liberates The Fire.
    Takes the river route of the assassination, crowds sail after the fugitive boat - and watches Zhao Zilong's single arrow cut his halyard, the sail collapsing into the water as the quarry runs before the wind.
  • Chapter 51 — Cao Ren Withstands The South Land; Zhuge Liang Angers Zhou Yu.
    Beaten back by Cao Ren's rescue charge in the first battle, he redeems it at the trench - hauling the wounded Zhou Yu to safety with Ding Feng under the arrow shower.
  • Chapter 55 — Liu Bei Rouses The Spirit Of Lady Sun; Zhuge Liang A Second Time Angers Zhou Yu.
    Camped on the Chaisang road for days by Zhou Yu's calculation - and undone in a minute: Lady Sun's rolled-up curtain and torrent of abuse drop him out of the saddle, arms grounded, road open.
  • Chapter 56 — Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower; Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Time.
    Xu Sheng; with Zhou Yu.
  • Chapter 67 — Cao Cao Conquers Hanzhong; Zhang Liao Terrorizes Xiaoyao.
    Xu Sheng; with Sun Quan.
  • Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
    Xu Sheng; with Sun Quan.
  • Chapter 75 — Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery; Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe.
    Xu Sheng; with the Wu army.
  • Chapter 76 — Xu Huang Fights At The River Mian; Guan Yu Retreats To Maicheng.
    Xu Sheng; with the Wu pursuit force.
  • Chapter 82 — Sun Quan Submits To Wei, Receiving The Nine Dignities; The First Ruler Attacks Wu, Rewarding Six Armies.
    Xu Sheng; senior Wu commander.
  • Chapter 83 — Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
    Xu Sheng; under Lu Xun.
  • Chapter 84 — Lu Xun Burns All Consecutive Camps; Zhuge Liang Plans The Eight-Array Maze.
    Xu Sheng; with Lu Xun's army; will distinguish himself defending Wu against Cao Pi's invasion.
  • Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
    Xu Sheng; the chapter's Wu hero. Defends Wu against Cao Pi's invasion at Guangling; builds the famous floating-fire-wall on the river that breaks Cao Pi's amphibious assault. Saves Wu in one move.
  • Chapter 96 — Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death; Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.
    Xu Sheng; on the Wu front.