Liuxingchui 流星錘

In Chapter 27 of the Romance, when Guan Yu reaches Sishui Pass escorting his two sisters-in-law, Bian Xi, who guards the pass, comes out to meet him. The Romance introduces him as a man of Bing Province, skilled with the Liuxingchui, who was originally one of the remnant Yellow Turbans and, after surrendering to Cao Cao, was assigned to guard this pass. Bian Xi hides more than 200 axemen in Zhenguo Temple in front of the pass and plans to kill Guan Yu at the signal of a cup being struck, but the plot is exposed when Pujing, a monk from Guan Yu's home district, raises his monk's knife and signals with his eyes, and Guan Yu spots the axemen behind the wall hangings. As Bian Xi flees around the corridor he secretly draws out his hammer and throws it, but Guan Yu knocks the hammer aside with his blade, chases him in and cleaves Bian Xi in two with a single stroke. Romance, Ch. 27 §26 · 28 · 30–32

In Chapter 97, when Zhuge Liang sets out on campaign again, Wei's General-in-Chief Cao Zhen recommends Wang Shuang as vanguard. Cao Zhen says that he wields a 60-jin (catty) great saber, draws a Tietaigong, an iron-cored bow of two dan, and carries three Liuxingchui hidden on his person that hit a hundred times out of a hundred, so that ten thousand men cannot stand against him, and Cao Rui, overjoyed, appoints him General of Tiger Might and Grand Vanguard of the Front Division. Romance, Ch. 97 §15–17

At the mouth of the Chencang road, Wang Shuang cuts down the Shu officers Xie Xiong and Gong Qi one after the other, then fights several bouts with Zhang Ni, who comes out against him, before feigning defeat and fleeing. When Wang Ping shouts not to pursue and Zhang Ni hastily turns his horse, Wang Shuang's Liuxingchui comes flying and strikes him squarely in the back. Zhang Ni flees slumped over his saddle and gets back to his lines with the help of Wang Ping and Liao Hua, and after coughing up several mouthfuls of blood he reports to Zhuge Liang that no one can match Wang Shuang. Romance, Ch. 97 §31–33