Zhang Ming 張明

In Chapter 110 of the Romance, when Sima Shi dies at Xuchang in the 2nd month of the 2nd year of Zhengyuan (255), Sima Zhao succeeds him as General-in-Chief and Intendant of the Affairs of the Imperial Secretariat and takes all affairs, inside the court and out, into his hands. When spies in Western Shu report this, Jiang Wei petitions the Later Sovereign, saying that Sima Zhao will not dare leave Luoyang lightly and asking to attack Wei while this opening lasts, and the Later Sovereign agrees. Romance, Ch. 110 §27–31

Zhang Yi, General-in-Chief Who Conquers the West, urges against the expedition, saying that the land of Shu is small and its money and grain scarce, but Jiang Wei will not listen, saying that he has received the Chancellor's dying charge. When Xiahou Ba proposes first going out to Fuhan and Zhang Yi too urges advancing with lightning speed, Jiang Wei sets out toward Fuhan with 50,000 troops. When the army reaches the Tao River, the troops guarding the frontier report to Wang Jing, Inspector of Yong Province, and Chen Tai, General Who Conquers the West. When Wang Jing is the first to raise 70,000 horse and foot and come to meet him, Jiang Wei sends Zhang Yi and Xiahou Ba off with instructions for a plan and himself leads the main army to form up with its back to the Tao River. Romance, Ch. 110 §31–34

When Wang Jing comes out with several of his officers and asks why he keeps invading, Jiang Wei replies that Sima Shi deposed his sovereign without cause and must be called to account. Wang Jing turns to the four commanders Zhang Ming, Hua Yong, Liu Da and Zhu Fang and tells them that the Shu army has formed up with its back to the water, so that if it loses its men will all drown, and that since Jiang Wei is bold and valiant the four of them are to fight him, and that if he falls back they are to pursue and strike at once. Romance, Ch. 110 §35–36

The four commanders ride out, divided to left and right, and fight Jiang Wei. After fighting lightly for a few bouts, Jiang Wei turns his horse and flees toward his own lines, and Wang Jing drives his men and horses after him all at once. When Jiang Wei has almost reached the water's edge he shouts to his officers and men that the situation is desperate, the Shu commanders all turn and charge back together, and the Wei army suffers a crushing defeat. Romance, Ch. 110 §36

Zhang Yi and Xiahou Ba come round behind the Wei army, charge in along two routes and surround the Wei army in their midst. More than half of the Wei troops die trampling one another, those driven into the Tao River and drowned are beyond counting, more than ten thousand heads are taken, and the corpses lie heaped for several li. Wang Jing flees with a hundred horsemen from his defeated army to the city of Didao, shuts the gates and holds it. The Romance does not say what became of Zhang Ming and the other three commanders in this battle, and it does not bring Zhang Ming on stage again. Romance, Ch. 110 §37