Wei Xu 魏續

In Chapter 11 of the Romance, Lü Bu, drawn up for battle on the plain at Puyang, places Zhang Liao and Zang Ba on either side, and each of these two generals leads three stalwart generals of his own; Wei Xu is named among these six together with Song Xian and Hou Cheng. When Cao Cao, having seized the western camp at dusk, is driven off around daybreak by Lü Bu's relief force and flees, Wei Xu pursues him together with Gao Shun and Hou Cheng. Romance, Ch. 11 §47–48 · 52–53

In Chapter 16, when Lü Bu decides to marry his daughter to Yuan Shu's son, Wei Xu and Song Xian set out with the daughter, accompanying Yuan Shu's envoy Han Yin. In the same chapter the two, on Lü Bu's orders, buy more than 300 fine horses in Shandong, but on the way back half are seized at the border of Pei County, and they report that on inquiry it was Liu Bei's younger brother Zhang Fei, disguised as a bandit, who seized them. Furious at this, Lü Bu storms into Xiaopei, and when Liu Bei and his party flee by the north gate at night, Song Xian and Wei Xu, who block their way, are driven back by Zhang Fei. Romance, Ch. 16 §27 · 31–32 · 36

In Chapter 17, when Yuan Shu invades by seven routes, Wei Xu goes out with Song Xian to Jieshi to hold off Chen Lan, and in Chapter 18 he goes west with Song Xian to attack Runan and Yingchuan. In Chapter 19, as Cao Cao approaches Xu Province, Lü Bu has Song Xian and Wei Xu guard his wife and children, money and provisions and move them to Xiapi. Romance, Ch. 17 §11Romance, Ch. 18 §23Romance, Ch. 19 §13

In Chapter 19, with Xiapi flooded and surrounded, when Hou Cheng is flogged for brewing wine, Wei Xu goes with Song Xian to visit him and says, 'The army surrounds the city walls and water encircles the moat; we have not long to live.' When Song Xian suggests abandoning Lü Bu and fleeing, Wei Xu says that is not what a true man would do and that they should rather capture Lü Bu and present him to Lord Cao. That night, when Hou Cheng steals the horse Red Hare and comes to the east gate, Wei Xu opens the gate to let him out and pretends to give chase. Romance, Ch. 19 §45–48

The next day Lü Bu rebukes Wei Xu for letting Hou Cheng slip away and losing his war horse, and means to punish him, but while holding off the attack of Cao Cao's army he falls asleep in the gate tower. After Song Xian steals his halberd, he and Wei Xu bind Lü Bu with ropes, and Wei Xu shouts, 'We have taken Lü Bu alive!' Brought to the White Gate Tower, Lü Bu sees Hou Cheng, Wei Xu and Song Xian standing by and says that he did not treat them poorly, so how could they bear to betray him. Romance, Ch. 19 §50–52

At the battle of Baima in Chapter 25, Cao Cao sends out Lü Bu's former general Song Xian, but Song Xian is cut down by Yan Liang in fewer than three bouts. Wei Xu says, 'He has killed my comrade; I will go and avenge him,' takes up a spear, rides out and berates Yan Liang, but after a single bout he is struck from his horse by Yan Liang's blade and dies. Xu Huang, who goes out next, is also beaten after twenty bouts and returns. Romance, Ch. 25 §40–42