Liu Pi 劉辟

In Chapter 26 of the Romance, while Cao Cao holds a banquet in Xudu to celebrate Guan Yu's feats, a report comes in that the Yellow Turbans Liu Pi and Gong Du are running rampant in Runan and that Cao Hong has fought them several times without success. Guan Yu volunteers and sets out, and Sun Qian, who is caught as a spy near Runan, says that he had drifted about Runan fleeing the turmoil and that Liu Pi had taken him in. Sun Qian reports that Liu Pi and Gong Du have submitted to Yuan Shao and are helping him attack Cao Cao, and that the next day the two will feign a defeat. Romance, Ch. 26 §18 · 20–22

The next day Gong Du comes out before the lines to fight, flees and says he will yield Runan, and Liu Pi and Gong Du, feigning defeat, scatter in all directions. Guan Yu takes the province and counties and returns to Xuchang. In Chapter 27, Sun Qian relates that after Guan Yu withdrew his troops, Liu Pi and Gong Du retook Runan, sent him to Hebei to make friends with Yuan Shao and invite Xuande, and that Xuande has already gone to Runan to join Liu Pi. Romance, Ch. 26 §23–24Romance, Ch. 27 §47–48

In Chapter 28, Cai Yang, who is cut down by Guan Yu, turns out to be the general whom Cao Cao had sent to Runan to attack Liu Pi. When Guan Yu and Sun Qian reach Runan, Liu Pi and Gong Du receive them, and Liu Pi says that the Imperial Uncle stayed for a few days but, seeing how few troops there were, went back to Hebei to consult Yuan Benchu. In Hebei, Yuan Shao tells Xuande, who offers to go to Jing Province to win over Liu Biao, 'If we gain Liu Biao, that will be far better than Liu Pi', and Guo Tu remonstrates that Liu Bei had earlier gone to win over Liu Pi without accomplishing anything and that he should not be sent. At the end of the chapter, as Xuande is about to abandon Gucheng and go to Runan, Liu Pi and Gong Du send men to invite him, and Xuande goes to Runan and stations himself there. Romance, Ch. 28 §36–37 · 41 · 49 · 51 · 61

In Chapter 31, Xun Yu informs Cao Cao that Liu Bei has gained the tens of thousands of followers of Liu Pi and Gong Du in Runan, has left Liu Pi to hold Runan, and is coming in person to attack Xuchang. When Xiahou Dun circles around behind and breaks Runan, Liu Pi abandons the city and flees, and around daybreak he leads more than a thousand horsemen of the defeated army, escorting Xuande's family, and meets Xuande, who has fled alone. Romance, Ch. 31 §22 · 26–27 · 29–30

With Zhang He blocking the way ahead and Gao Lan at the foot of the hill, Xuande cries out to heaven and draws his sword to cut his own throat. Liu Pi hurriedly stops him, saying, 'Let me fight to the death to seize a way through and save you, General', and engages Gao Lan, but before they have fought three bouts he is cut down by a single stroke of Gao Lan's blade and falls from his horse. Right after that Zhao Yun breaks through the lines and knocks Gao Lan from his horse with his spear. Romance, Ch. 31 §31–33