Zhuge Xu 諸葛緒

After the Duke of Gaogui Village came to the throne, Guanqiu Jian rose in revolt and was defeated, and Wen Qin fled to Wu; then the Wu General-in-Chief Sun Jun and others, claiming a host of 100,000, were about to cross the Yangtze. Zhuge Dan, General Who Guards the East, sent Deng Ai to occupy Feiyang, but Deng Ai, judging it too far from the enemy to be a strategic point, moved to encamp at Futing and sent Zhuge Xu, Administrator of Taishan, and others to resist at Lijiang, and in the end they drove the enemy off. Records, Wei 28 §62

In the 5th month, in summer, of the 4th year of Jingyuan (263), an edict ordered Deng Ai, General Who Conquers the West, to oversee various armies and go to Gansong and Tazhong to capture Jiang Wei, and Zhuge Xu, Inspector of Yong Province, to oversee various armies and go to Wudu and Gaolou to attack him from front and rear. Once Jiang Wei was captured, they were to advance side by side from east and west and sweep away Ba and Shu. Zhong Hui, General Who Guards the West, was ordered to attack Shu by way of the Luo Valley. Records, Wei 4 §123–125

That autumn an edict put Deng Ai and Zhuge Xu each in command of more than 30,000 men from various armies; Deng Ai was to advance to Gansong and Tazhong to pin Jiang Wei down, and Zhuge Xu to advance to Wujie and Qiaotou to cut off Jiang Wei's way home. The General-in-Chief Sima Zhao directed them all and issued their orders, and Zhong Hui, with a host of over 100,000, entered by the Xie and Luo Valleys in separate columns. The proclamation Zhong Hui sent to Shu also said that the armies of the General Who Conquers the West, of Yong Province and of the General Who Guards the West were advancing side by side along five routes. The Biography of the Later Sovereign of Shu records that in the summer of that year Wei ordered Deng Ai, General Who Conquers the West, Zhong Hui, General Who Guards the West, and Zhuge Xu, Inspector of Yong Province, to attack together along several routes. Records, Wei 28 §67 · 103 · 107Records, Shu 3 §43

In Shu, Zhang Yi, General of Chariots and Cavalry of the Left, Dong Jue, General-in-Chief Who Supports the State, and others were sent to the mouth of Yang'an Pass to support the various strongholds from outside; when they reached Yinping, they heard that the Wei commander Zhuge Xu was heading for Jianwei, and halted there to wait. Records, Shu 14 §44

Jiang Wei withdrew on hearing that Zhong Hui's armies had already entered Hanzhong. Defeated by Yang Xin and others at Qiangchuankou, Jiang Wei heard that the Yong Province army had already blocked the road and was encamped at Qiaotou, and tried to enter the northern road from the Konghan Valley to come out behind the Yong Province army. Hearing of this, Zhuge Xu fell back 30 li. Jiang Wei went more than 30 li along the northern road, then, hearing that Zhuge Xu's army had fallen back, promptly turned around and passed by Qiaotou. Zhuge Xu hurried to cut Jiang Wei off but was one day too late. Records, Wei 28 §68

Deng Ai pursued Jiang Wei to Yinping and, choosing picked troops, planned to go from Handeyang by the road through Jiangyou (江由) and Zuodan to Mianzhu and advance on Chengdu, and wanted Zhuge Xu to go with him. Zhuge Xu, saying that his original orders were to intercept Jiang Wei and that going west was not in his original edict, led his army forward to Baishui and joined Zhong Hui. Records, Wei 28 §113

The armies of Zhong Hui and Zhuge Xu headed for Jiange. Zhong Hui, wanting the command of the army for himself, secretly reported that Zhuge Xu was afraid and would not advance, and Zhuge Xu was recalled in a prisoner's cart. His troops all came under Zhong Hui. Chen Shou's main text records nothing further about Zhuge Xu, and he did not mention him in his assessment in volume 28 either. Records, Wei 28 §114 · 140