Zhang Pu is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Wikidata's Chinese label is 張普, written 张普 in simplified characters, and the Chinese Wikipedia article carries the same title, so the heading stays as it is. Wikidata describes him as a military officer of Cao Wei and gives the state of the work's setting as Great Wei.[1][2]
In the novel
Chinese Wikipedia says he was a general under Cao Xiu at the battle of Shiting. As vanguard of Cao Xiu's army he brought several thousand men to fight the Wu troops and rode out calling on the rebel general to surrender early, but when Xu Sheng came out to meet him Zhang Pu could not withstand him and withdrew. Cao Xiu planned to win by a surprise force and ordered Zhang Pu to lie in ambush south of Shiting with twenty thousand men. Lu Xun, for his part, had Zhu Huan and Quan Cong each take thirty thousand men along the mountain roads of Shiting to the rear of Cao Xiu's camp and set it on fire. When Zhu Huan reached the Wei camp he met Zhang Pu's ambush, and Zhang Pu, not knowing they were Wu troops, was cut down by Zhu Huan with one stroke of the sword.[2]
Basic facts
- Description: fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei military officer[1]
- State of the work's setting: Great Wei[1]
- Appears in: Romance of the Three Kingdoms