Zheng Wen

The chapter's central trick and its victim. Comes in as a deserter with a grievance - Sima Yi transferred him and his old colleague Qin Lang together, made Qin Lang Leader of the Van and 'threw me out like a weed'. Kills the challenger outside the tents in a single bout and brings the head in, and is ordered beheaded on the spot: 'As if I do not know Qin Lang! The man you have just killed was not Qin Lang.' Admits it was Qin Lang's brother Qin Ming, then confesses the whole plant, and buys his life by writing the letter that invites Sima Yi to raid the Shu camp. Put in confinement, and executed the moment the ambush has done its work - 'The first order on Zhuge Liang's return to camp was to put Zheng Wen to death.'