Wei Guan 衛瓘

In Chapter 116 of the Romance, when Zhong Hui has finished setting up his camp and gathers his generals to receive orders, the Army Supervisor Wei Guan is present along with the Protector of the Army Hu Lie, the senior generals Tian Xu and Pang Hui, and others, more than eighty in all. In Chapter 117, when Zhong Hui orders the beheading of Zhuge Xu, who has let Jiang Wei slip away and been defeated, Wei Guan restrains him, saying that although Zhuge Xu is guilty, he is a man under the command of General Deng Who Conquers the West, and he fears that killing him would harm the spirit of harmony. Zhong Hui says that he would behead even Deng Ai if Deng Ai were guilty, but when everyone urges him strongly to desist, he puts Zhuge Xu in a cage cart and sends him to Luoyang. Romance, Ch. 116 §3Romance, Ch. 117 §3–4

In Chapter 118, Sima Zhao reads Deng Ai's letter and deeply suspects him of wanting to act as he pleases, so he first sends a letter in his own hand to Wei Guan and then issues an edict making Deng Ai Grand Commandant. When Deng Ai has received the edict, Wei Guan takes out the letter and gives it to him; it says that the matters Deng Ai raised must be reported and await a reply, and must not be carried out rashly. Deng Ai writes back again, saying that when a general is in the field there are commands of the sovereign he does not accept. Following Jia Chong's advice, Sima Zhao appoints Zhong Hui Minister over the Masses, puts Wei Guan in charge of supervising the troops and horses of both routes, and gives him a letter in his own hand so that he and Zhong Hui will watch Deng Ai and guard against trouble. Romance, Ch. 118 §23–24 · 27

In Chapter 119, following Jiang Wei's plan that 'if Deng Ai kills Wei Guan, his intent to rebel will be certain', Zhong Hui has Wei Guan lead a few dozen men into Chengdu to arrest Deng Ai and his son. His followers try to stop him, but Wei Guan says he has a plan of his own and first sends out twenty or thirty proclamations saying, 'By imperial edict we arrest Deng Ai; no one else will be called to account.' Around cockcrow, Deng Ai's subordinate generals who have seen the proclamation all come and bow down before Wei Guan's horse, and Wei Guan bursts into the headquarters with a few dozen men, shouting, 'By imperial edict we arrest Deng Ai and his son!'; when Deng Ai, startled, tumbles off his bed, Wei Guan shouts at the soldiers to tie him onto a cart. His son Deng Zhong, who comes out to ask what is happening, is also seized and tied onto a cart. Romance, Ch. 119 §1–3

In the same chapter, when Zhong Hui, falsely invoking the testamentary edict of Empress Dowager Guo, shuts the generals up in the palace, the imprisoned Hu Lie, with Qiu Jian's help, has a trusted follower carry a secret letter to his son Hu Yuan. When Hu Yuan devises a plan to burst in at noon on the 18th day of the 1st month, the Army Supervisor Wei Guan is greatly pleased with it, puts his troops and horses in order, and has Qiu Jian pass word to Hu Lie. After Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei are dead, Wei Guan tells all the troops to return to their own camps and await the royal command. Romance, Ch. 119 §10 · 12–14 · 17–18

When he hears that Deng Ai's men have gone after Deng Ai to seize him back, Wei Guan says, 'It was I who arrested Deng Ai. If he is now allowed to live, there will be no ground left for me to be buried in.' He is delighted with the Protector of the Army Tian Xu, who says he will avenge the time Deng Ai nearly had him killed, and sends him with 500 soldiers after Deng Ai to Mianzhu, where Tian Xu cuts down Deng Ai, just released from the cage cart, with a single stroke. About ten days later Jia Chong arrives first and calms the people; Wei Guan is left to guard Chengdu, and the Later Sovereign is moved to Luoyang. Romance, Ch. 119 §18–19 · 22