Liu Zhu

The Records of the Three Kingdoms records that Liu Zhu, a general under Cao Cao, was ordered to lead 2,000 men to garrison Guanzhong.
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History · vol. 23Records of the Three Kingdoms
…太祖遣將軍劉柱將二千人,當須到乃發遣,而事露,諸營大駭,不可安喻。…
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時被書差千二百兵往助漢中守,署督送之。行者卒與室家別,皆有憂色。署發後一日,儼慮其有變,乃自追至斜谷口,人人慰勞,又深戒署。還宿雍州刺史張既舍。署軍復前四十里,兵果叛亂,未知署吉凶。而儼自隨步騎百五十人,皆與叛者同部曲,或婚姻,得此問,各驚,被甲持兵,不復自安。儼欲還,既等以爲「今本營黨已擾亂,一身赴之無益,可須定問」。儼曰:「雖疑本營與叛者同謀,要當聞行者變,乃發之。又有欲善不能自定,宜及猶豫,促撫寧之。且爲之元帥,既不能安輯,身受禍難,命也。」遂去。行三十里止,放馬息,盡呼所從人,喻以成敗,慰勵懇切。皆慷慨曰:「死生當隨護軍,不敢有二。」前到諸營,各召料簡諸姦結叛者八百餘人,散在原野,惟取其造謀魁率治之,餘一不問。郡縣所收送,皆放遣,乃即相率還降。儼密白:「宜遣將詣大營,請舊兵鎮守關中。」太祖遣將軍劉柱將二千人,當須到乃發遣,而事露,諸營大駭,不可安喻。儼謂諸將曰:「舊兵既少,東兵未到,是以諸營圖爲邪謀。若或成變,爲難不測。因其狐疑,當令早決。」遂宣言當差留新兵之溫厚者千人鎮守關中,其餘悉遣東。便見主者,內諸營兵名籍,案累重,立差別之。留者意定,與儼同心。其當去者亦不敢動,儼一日盡遣上道,因使所留千人,分布羅落之。東兵尋至,乃復脅喻,幷徙千人,令相及共東,凡所全致二萬餘口。〈孫盛曰:盛聞爲國以禮,民非信不立。周成不棄桐葉之言,晉文不違伐原之誓,故能隆刑措之道,建一匡之功。儼既詐留千人,使效心力,始雖權也。宜以信終。兵威既集,而又逼徙。信義喪矣,何以臨民?〉
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Liu Zhu was a general under Cao Cao. He appears in volume 23 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms but not in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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Zhao Yan secretly urged Cao Cao to send a general with veteran troops to garrison Guanzhong. Cao Cao ordered Liu Zhu to lead 2,000 men there, with the veteran troops to be sent back after Liu Zhu arrived. When the news leaked, the camps were thrown into alarm, and Zhao Yan used a stratagem to calm the troops. (According to historical records)
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- Went to Guanzhong with troops on Cao Cao’s orders.
- Lord & vassal

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