Li Xian 李暹

In Chapter 13 of the Romance, Li Jue makes himself Grand Marshal and Guo Si makes himself General-in-Chief, and they act as they please without restraint. The Grand Commandant Yang Biao presents to Emperor Xian a plan to make the two traitors destroy each other, and sends his wife to Guo Si's house to tell Guo Si's wife that Guo Si is having an affair with Li Jue's wife. When Guo Si comes home with a stomachache after drinking at Li Jue's house, his wife says he has been poisoned, and when Guo Si readies his troops to attack Li Jue, Li Jue too is enraged and fights back. The tens of thousands of troops of the two men clash below the walls of Chang'an and plunder the inhabitants. Romance, Ch. 13 §10–15

At this point Li Jue's nephew Li Xian leads troops to surround the palace. Using two carriages, he puts the Son of Heaven in one and Empress Fu in the other, has Jia Xu and Zuo Ling guard the imperial carriages, and makes all the remaining palace women and eunuchs follow on foot. As they are driven out through the Houzai Gate, Guo Si's troops arrive and loose arrows wildly, killing countless palace women; Li Jue then falls on them from behind and drives Guo Si's troops back, and the imperial carriage leaves the city and is taken to Li Jue's camp. Guo Si enters the palace, carries off the consorts and palace maids, and burns the palace halls. Romance, Ch. 13 §16–17

After driving back Guo Si's troops once more, Li Jue moves the carriages of the emperor and empress to Meiwu and has his nephew Li Xian guard them. Messengers from the palace are cut off and food is not properly supplied, so the attending ministers all look hungry. When the emperor asks for five hu of rice and five sets of ox bones, Li Jue gives him rotten meat and spoiled grain, and when the emperor rails that the traitor insults him to such a degree, the Palace Attendant Yang Qi begs him to bear it for the time being. Romance, Ch. 13 §19–20

In Chapter 14, when Cao Cao arrives at Luoyang with a great army, Li Jue and Guo Si decide to give battle at once, and Li Jue tries to behead Jia Xu, who has urged surrender. The next day Cao Cao first has Xu Chu, Cao Ren and Dian Wei charge three times through Li Jue's ranks with three hundred armored cavalry before he draws up his own lines. When the lines have formed, Li Jue's nephews Li Xian and Li Bie ride out before the battle line, and before they can say a word Xu Chu spurs his horse at them and first cuts down Li Xian with a single stroke of the sword. Li Bie, startled, falls headlong from his horse and is also cut down by Xu Chu, and when Xu Chu comes back clutching the two heads, Cao Cao pats him on the back and calls him truly his Fan Kuai. Then Cao Cao's three armies advance together, and Li Jue and Guo Si are badly defeated and flee west. Romance, Ch. 14 §11–14