Xiahou Ru
courtesy name 俊林

Cao Wei general Xiahou Ru helped defeat Su Heng and Lin Dai, and governed Zuocheng with Zhang Ji; he is absent from the novel.
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History · vol. 15Records of the Three Kingdoms
…遣護軍夏侯儒、將軍費曜等繼其後。旣至金城,欲渡河,諸將守以為「兵少道險,未可深入」。…
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是時,武威顏雋、張掖和鸞、酒泉黃華、西平麴演等並舉郡反,自號將軍,更相攻擊。雋遣使送母及子詣太祖為質,求助。太祖問旣,旣曰:「雋等外假國威,內生傲悖,計定勢足,後即反耳。今方事定蜀,且宜兩存而鬬之,猶卞莊子之刺虎,坐收其斃也。」太祖曰:「善。」歲餘,鸞遂殺雋,武威王祕又殺鸞。是時不置涼州,自三輔拒西域,皆屬雍州。文帝即王位,初置涼州,以安定太守鄒岐為刺史。張掖張進執郡守舉兵拒岐,黃華、麴演各逐故太守,舉兵以應之。旣進兵為護羌校尉蘇則聲勢,故則得以有功。旣進爵都鄉侯。涼州盧水胡伊健妓妾、治元多等反,河西大擾。帝憂之,曰:「非旣莫能安涼州。」乃召鄒岐,以旣代之。詔曰:「昔賈復請擊郾賊,光武笑曰:『執金吾擊郾,吾復何憂?』卿謀略過人,今則其時。以便宜從事,勿復先請。」遣護軍夏侯儒、將軍費曜等繼其後。旣至金城,欲渡河,諸將守以為「兵少道險,未可深入」。旣曰:「道雖險,非井陘之隘,夷狄烏合,無左車之計,今武威危急,赴之宜速。」遂渡河。賊七千餘騎逆拒軍於鸇陰口,旣揚聲軍從鸇陰,乃潛由且次出至武威。胡以為神,引還顯美。旣已據武威,曜乃至,儒等猶未達。旣勞賜將士,欲進軍擊胡。諸將皆曰:「士卒疲倦,虜衆氣銳,難與爭鋒。」旣曰:「今軍無見糧,當因敵為資。若虜見兵合,退依深山,追之則道險窮餓,兵還則出候寇鈔。如此,兵不得解,所謂『一日縱敵,患在數世』也。」遂前軍顯美。胡騎數千,因大風欲放火燒營,將士皆恐。旣夜藏精卒三千人為伏,使參軍成公英督千餘騎挑戰,勑使陽退。胡果爭奔之,因發伏截其後,首尾進擊,大破之,斬首獲生以萬數。〈《魏略》曰:成公英,金城人也。中平末,隨韓約為腹心。建安中,約從華陰破走,還湟中,部黨散去,唯英獨從。《典略》曰:韓遂在湟中,其壻閻行欲殺遂以降,夜攻遂,不下。遂歎息曰:「丈夫困厄,禍起婚姻乎!」謂英曰:「今親戚離叛,人衆轉少,當從羌中西南詣蜀耳。」英曰:「興軍數十年,今雖罷敗,何有棄其門而依於人乎!」遂曰:「吾年老矣,子欲何施?」英曰:「曹公不能遠來,獨夏侯爾。夏侯之衆,不足以追我,又不能乆留;且息肩於羌中,以須其去。招呼故人,綏會羌、胡,猶可以有為也。」遂從其計,時隨從者男女尚數千人。遂宿有恩於羌,羌衞護之。及夏侯淵還,使閻行留後。乃合羌、胡數萬將攻行,行欲走,會遂死,英降太祖。太祖見英甚喜,以為軍師,封列侯。從行出獵,有三鹿走過前,公命英射之,三發三中,皆應弦而倒。公抵掌謂之曰:「但韓文約可為盡節,而孤獨不可乎?」英乃下馬而跪曰:「不欺明公。假使英本主人在,實不來此也。」遂流涕哽咽。公嘉其敦舊,遂親敬之。延康、黃初之際,河西有逆謀。詔遣英佐涼州平隴右,病卒。《魏略》曰:閻行,金城人也,後名艷,字彥明。少有健名,始為小將,隨韓約。建安初,約與馬騰相攻擊。騰子超亦號為健。行嘗刺超,矛折,因以折矛撾超項,幾殺之。至十四年,為約所使詣太祖,太祖厚遇之,表拜犍為太守。行因請令其父入宿衞,西還見約,宣太祖教云:「謝文約:卿始起兵時,自有所逼,我所具明也。當早來,共匡輔國朝。」行因謂約曰:「行亦為將軍,興軍以來三十餘年,民兵疲瘁,所處又狹,宜早自附。是以前在鄴,自啟當令老父詣京師,誠謂將軍亦宜遣一子,以示丹赤。」約曰:「且可復觀望數歲中!」後遂遣其子,與行父母俱東。會約西討張猛,留行守舊營,而馬超等結反謀,舉約為都督。及約還,超謂約曰:「前鍾司隷任超使取將軍,關東人不可復信也。今超棄父,以將軍為父,將軍亦當棄子,以超為子。」行諫約,不欲令與超合。約謂行曰:「今諸將不謀而同,似有天數。」乃東詣華陰。及太祖與約交馬語,行在其後,太祖望謂行曰:「當念作孝子。」及超等破走,行隨約還金城。太祖聞行前意,故但誅約子孫在京師者。乃手書與行曰:「觀文約所為,使人笑來。吾前後與之書,無所不說,如此何可復忍!卿父諫議,自平安也。雖然,牢獄之中,非養親之處,且又官家亦不能乆為人養老也。」約聞行父獨在,欲使並遇害,以一其心,乃彊以少女妻行,行不獲已。太祖果疑行。會約使行別領西平郡。遂勒其部曲,與約相攻擊。行不勝,乃將家人東詣太祖。太祖表拜列侯。〉帝甚恱,詔曰:「卿踰河歷險,以勞擊逸,以寡勝衆,功過南仲,勤踰吉甫。此勳非但破胡,乃永寧河右,使吾長無西顧之念矣。」徙封西鄉侯,增邑二百,並前四百戶。
History · vol. 15Records of the Three Kingdoms
…旣與夏侯儒擊破之,衡及鄰戴等皆降。遂上疏請與儒治左城,築鄣塞,置烽候、邸閣以備胡。…
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酒泉蘇衡反,與羌豪鄰戴及丁令胡萬餘騎攻邊縣。旣與夏侯儒擊破之,衡及鄰戴等皆降。遂上疏請與儒治左城,築鄣塞,置烽候、邸閣以備胡。〈《魏略》曰:儒字俊林,夏侯尚從弟。初為鄢陵侯彰驍騎司馬,宣王為征南將軍,都督荊、豫州。正始二年,朱然圍樊城,城中守將乙脩等求救甚急。儒進屯鄧塞,以兵少不敢進,但作鼓吹,設導從,去然六七里,翱翔而還,使脩等遙見之,數數如是。月餘,及太傅到,乃俱進,然等走。時謂儒為怯,或以為曉以少疑衆,得聲救之宜。儒猶以此召還,為太僕。〉西羌恐,率衆二萬餘落降。其後西平麴光等殺其郡守,諸將欲擊之,旣曰:「唯光等造反,郡人未必悉同。若便以軍臨之,吏民羌胡必謂國家不別是非,更使皆相持著,此為虎傅翼也。光等欲以羌胡為援,今先使羌胡鈔擊,重其賞募,所虜獲者皆以畀之。外沮其勢,內離其交,必不戰而定。」乃檄告諭諸羌,為光等所詿誤者原之;能斬賊帥送首者當加封賞。於是光部黨斬送光首,其餘咸安堵如故。
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Xiahou Ru, courtesy name Junlin, was a Cao Wei general who served as a Commandant of the Guards and took part in military campaigns in Liang Province and the border regions. No chapter in which he appears is provided, and he does not appear in the Romance.
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- After Zhang Ji became Inspector of Liang Province, Xiahou Ru was appointed Commandant of the Guards to follow him there and take part in suppressing unrest. When Zhang Ji had already reached Wuwei, Xiahou Ru had yet to arrive. (According to the historical record)
- Su Heng of Jiuquan and the Qiang chieftain Lin Dai, among others, led more than ten thousand cavalrymen in an attack on border counties. Xiahou Ru and Zhang Ji defeated them, and Su Heng, Lin Dai, and the others surrendered. (According to the historical record)
- Zhang Ji submitted a memorial requesting that he and Xiahou Ru administer Zuocheng and build defensive barriers, with beacon towers and supply depots to guard against the Hu. (According to the historical record)
- In the second year of Zhengshi, Zhu Ran besieged Fancheng, and Xiahou Ru advanced to Dengsai. With too few troops to risk an advance, he sounded drums and horns and arranged an escort, making several round trips at a point six or seven li from Zhu Ran’s army. More than a month later, the Grand Tutor arrived, and Xiahou Ru advanced with him. Zhu Ran and the others withdrew, after which Xiahou Ru was recalled and appointed Grand Master of the Palace. (According to the historical record)
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