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Died: 264
Ancestral home: Jiyang, Yiyang (Xinye County, Henan)
Book mentions: 248

Roles:

general

Factions:

Cao Wei (primary)

Appears in 12 chapters:

Chapter 107 — The Ruler of Wei Hands Over The Power To Sima Yi; Jiang Wei Is Defeated At Ox Head Hills.
Deng Ai; first major appearance - Sima Yi's protégé. Brilliant strategist on the Wei western front; will be the dominant Wei figure against Jiang Wei through the next decade and the eventual conqueror of Shu.
Chapter 110 — Riding Alone, Wen Yang Repulses A Brave Force; Following The River, Jiang Wei Defeats The Enemy.
Deng Ai; arrives on the Wei front to counter Jiang Wei.
Chapter 111 — Deng Ai Outwits Jiang Wei; Zhuge Dan Battles Sima Zhao.
Deng Ai; defends the western front against Jiang Wei; loses Duan Gu but reorganises.
Chapter 112 — Rescuing Shouchun, Yu Quan Dies Nobly; Attacking Changcheng, Jiang Wei Mobilizes.
Deng Ai; on the Wei western front against Jiang Wei.
Chapter 113 — Ding Feng Makes A Plan To Slay Sun Chen; Jiang Wei Arrays A Battle To Defeat Deng Ai.
Deng Ai; on the Wei front; engages Jiang Wei's Eight Trigrams formation - recognises it but is still drawn in until Sima Wang's intervention frees him.
Chapter 114 — Driving To The South Gate, Cao Mao Plunges Into Death; Abandoning Stores, Jiang Wei Defeats The Wei Army.
Deng Ai; on the front.
Chapter 115 — Listening To Slander, The Latter Ruler Recalls His Army; Living In Farms, Jiang Wei Avoids Disaster.
Deng Ai; on the Wei front.
Chapter 116 — On Hanzhong Roads, Zhong Hui Divides The Army; In Dingjun Mountain, The Martial Lord Shows His Apparition.
Deng Ai; commands the western prong against Jiang Wei at Tazhong; the strategist who will outflank Sword Pass via Yinping.
Chapter 117 — Deng Ai Gets Through The Yinping Mountains; Zhuge Zhan Falls In The Battlefield Of Mianzhu.
Deng Ai; the chapter's centerpiece. With Sword Pass impregnable from the front, takes the famously impossible road through the Yinping ravines: 700 li of pathless cliffs and gorges; his men wrap themselves in felt and roll down sheer drops; Deng Ai himself wraps in blankets and rolls. Emerges behind the Shu defences at Jiangyou which Ma Miao surrenders without a fight; then defeats Zhuge Zhan at Mianzhu. The ride that wins the war.
Chapter 118 — Weeping At The Ancestral Temple, A Filial Prince Dies; Marching To The West River Land, Two Leaders Competes.
Deng Ai; accepts the surrender; treats Liu Shan correctly; appoints his own subordinates as Shu administrators in his own name - beginning the breach with Sima Zhao that will undo him in chapter 119.
Chapter 119 — The False Surrender: A Wit Scheme Becomes A Vain Plan; The Abdication: Later Seeds Learn From The Ancient.
Deng Ai dies. Arrested for his unauthorized Shu appointments. While being transported to Luoyang in a prison cage, Wei Guan and Tian Xu - fearing his exoneration - overtake the cart and murder him and his son on the road.
Chapter 120 — Recommending Du Yu, An Old General Offers New Plans; Capturing Of Sun Hao, Three Kingdoms Becomes One.
Deng Ai; named in passing - dead.