Zhang Hu 張虎

In Chapter 98 of the Romance, Cao Zhen, adopting Sun Li's scheme of the false grain carts, makes Zhang Hu, the son of Zhang Liao, his vanguard and Yue Chen, the son of Yue Jin, his deputy vanguard, and has them hold the forward camp together without going out to fight. That night, when flames rise west of the hills, Zhang Hu leads all his men and horses with Yue Chen to charge the Shu camp, but there is not a single man inside. Their way back is cut off by Wu Ban and Wu Yi, and when they break through the encirclement and return to their own camp, they find it has already been raided by Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, and arrows pour down from the earthen walls. Romance, Ch. 98 §6–7 · 13 · 16

In Chapter 100, Sima Yi, matching formations with Zhuge Liang, tells Dai Ling, Zhang Hu and Yue Chen to break in through the Gate of Life due east, come out through the Gate of Rest in the southwest, and then go in again through the Gate of Opening due north. Zhang Hu goes in at the front leading 30 horsemen, but the formation is like a chain of walled cities and cannot be pierced, and the three generals, together with ninety soldiers, are bound and brought before Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang lets them go but makes them leave behind their weapons and warhorses, strips them of their clothes, smears their faces with ink, and has them walk out of the formation. Romance, Ch. 100 §37–42

In Chapter 102, Sima Yi has Zhang Hu and Yue Chen lead 2,000 archers and crossbowmen to lie in ambush on the north bank by the floating bridge over the Wei River, and Wu Ban, coming down on rafts to burn the floating bridge, is hit by the arrows the two shoot in volleys, falls into the water and dies. In the same chapter, Sima Yi has the two each lead 500 troops round by the side paths of the Ye Valley, and the two, disguised as Shu troops, seize several of the wooden oxen and gliding horses that Gao Xiang is driving. Sima Yi has them taken apart and makes exact copies. Romance, Ch. 102 §15 · 19 · 51–53

In Chapter 103, when Sima Yi goes to attack the Shangfang Valley, he has Zhang Hu and Yue Chen each lead 5,000 troops as relief in the rear. When Sima Yi and his sons, trapped in the fire in the Shangfang Valley, break out after a downpour puts out the flames, Zhang Hu and Yue Chen also lead their troops up in support, and they return together to the great camp south of the Wei. In Chapter 106, together with Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Wei, he surrounds Gongsun Yuan and his son, who are fleeing through the opened south gate, and makes them dismount and surrender. Romance, Ch. 103 §26 · 30–32Romance, Ch. 106 §24–25