Zhu Fang 朱芳

In Chapter 110 of the Romance, when Sima Shi dies in the 2nd month of the 2nd year of Zhengyuan (255), Sima Zhao succeeds him and becomes General-in-Chief and Intendant of the Affairs of the Imperial Secretariat, and all affairs great and small, inside and outside the court, come into his hands. When spies from Western Shu report this, Jiang Wei asks the Later Sovereign to let him attack Wei while the opportunity lasts, saying that Sima Zhao has only just taken power and will not dare leave Luoyang lightly, and the Later Sovereign agrees. Romance, Ch. 110 §27–28 · 30–31

When Jiang Wei reaches Hanzhong, Zhang Yi, General-in-Chief Who Conquers the West, tries to dissuade him from the campaign, saying that the land of Shu is small and its money and grain are scarce, but Jiang Wei refuses to listen, saying that he has received the Chancellor's dying charge. When Xiahou Ba proposes going out first to Fuhan with light cavalry and Zhang Yi too urges advancing with all speed, Jiang Wei leads 50,000 troops toward Fuhan. When the army reaches the Tao River, Wang Jing, Inspector of Yong Province, is first to raise 70,000 horse and foot and come to meet them, and Jiang Wei sends Zhang Yi and Xiahou Ba off with instructions for a plan and then himself leads the main army and draws up his formation with his back to the Tao River. Romance, Ch. 110 §31–34

When Wang Jing comes out with several officers of his guard and asks why Jiang Wei invades again and again, Jiang Wei answers that Sima Shi deposed his sovereign without cause and must be called to account. Wang Jing turns to his four commanders, Zhang Ming, Hua Yong, Liu Da and Zhu Fang, and says that the Shu army has drawn up with its back to the water, so that if it is defeated all will drown; Jiang Wei is swift and brave, so the four of them are to fight him, and if he falls back and moves, they are to pursue and strike at once. Romance, Ch. 110 §35–36

The four commanders ride out, divided to left and right, and fight Jiang Wei. After a few light bouts Jiang Wei turns his horse and flees toward his own lines, and Wang Jing drives his whole force of men and horses after him at once. As he comes close to the water, Jiang Wei shouts to his officers and men that the situation is desperate; the Shu commanders all exert themselves together and turn to fight their way back in, and Zhang Yi and Xiahou Ba come round behind the Wei army, attack along two routes and hem it in on all sides. Romance, Ch. 110 §36–37

The Wei army falls into great disorder: more than half die trampling one another, countless more are driven into the Tao River and drown, over ten thousand heads are taken, and the corpses lie piled for several li. Wang Jing, with a hundred horsemen of his defeated troops, breaks out and flees to the city of Didao, where he shuts the gates and holds out. The Romance does not record what became of Zhu Fang and the other three commanders in this battle, and it does not bring Zhu Fang on again. Romance, Ch. 110 §37