Zhang Wu 張武

In Chapter 34 of the Romance, after Liu Bei comes to Jing Province, Liu Biao treats him very generously. One day, while they are gathered drinking, a report arrives that the surrendered generals Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are plundering the people of Jiangxia and plotting rebellion together. When Liu Biao exclaims in alarm that the two bandits have rebelled again and the harm will be no small matter, Liu Bei offers to go and suppress them himself, and Liu Biao picks 30,000 troops to go with him. Romance, Ch. 34 §5

When Liu Bei's army reaches Jiangxia, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun lead out their troops to meet it. Riding out beneath the gate banners, Liu Bei notices that the horse Zhang Wu rides is exceptionally magnificent and fine, and says it must be a thousand-li horse. Before he has finished speaking, Zhao Yun levels his spear and charges straight into the enemy ranks; Zhang Wu spurs his horse to meet him, but before three bouts are out he is run through with a single thrust of Zhao Yun's spear and falls from his horse. Zhao Yun seizes the bridle with the same hand and leads the horse back to his own lines. Romance, Ch. 34 §5–6

When Chen Sun comes after him to seize the horse, Zhang Fei rides out with a great roar and runs him through, and the rebel band all break and scatter. Liu Bei summons and pacifies the remnants, settles the counties of Jiangxia and returns. Romance, Ch. 34 §7

The next day Liu Biao notices that the horse Liu Bei is riding is exceptionally fine, learns on asking that it was Zhang Wu's horse and praises it endlessly, so Liu Bei gives the horse to Liu Biao. Kuai Yue says that his late elder brother Kuai Liang was the best judge of horses and that he himself knows a good deal about it too, and that since this horse has tear channels beneath its eyes and a white spot at the edge of its forehead, it is called Dilu and brings harm to its master when ridden. He then says that Zhang Wu too died because of this horse and that it must not be ridden, and Liu Biao, following his advice, returns the horse to Liu Bei. Romance, Ch. 34 §10–11

As Liu Bei is leaving the city gate, Yi Ji tells him he must not ride this horse, but Liu Bei answers that a man's life and death are a matter of fate, so how could a horse harm him? In the same chapter, when Liu Bei, pursued by Cai Mao, drives this horse into the Tan Stream and its forelegs sink, he cries, 'Dilu, Dilu! Today you will be my undoing!', and the horse surges up out of the water, leaps three zhang in a single bound and flies up onto the western bank. Romance, Ch. 34 §12–13 · 40–42