邓济 / Deng Ji (late Han)

Overview

邓济 / Deng Ji is a Liu Biao-side subordinate in the source’s 197 CE Nanyang campaign branch. His capture by 曹操 at 胡阳 marks Cao Cao’s move against the outer line supporting 张绣 from 刘表’s Jingzhou.

Current Profile

The current evidence is narrow and source-scoped. Deng Ji functions less as an independent strategist than as the visible officer through whom the episode explains the 张绣-刘表 connection around 南阳郡. By taking Huyang and then 舞阴, Cao Cao is shown cutting the route between the northern Cao zone and the Wan/Nanyang field rather than merely avenging Wancheng.

Key Characteristics

• Liu Biao-side officer tied to the defense of Huyang and Wuyin.
• Link between Zhang Xiu’s Wan base and Liu Biao’s Jingzhou support.
• Captured by Cao Cao during the winter 197 CE campaign.
• Evidence marker for interpreting the campaign as pressure on Liu Biao’s northern screen, not only revenge.

Evidence

• Liu Biao-side office and capture: Hanji 1021 says Cao Cao captures Huyang, takes Deng Ji, and then attacks Wuyin.
• Strategic meaning of the capture: Hanji 1021 explains Huyang and Wuyin as positions that help connect Liu Biao’s support to Zhang Xiu’s Wan/Nanyang base.
• Campaign context: Hanji 1021 places the event after the Wancheng disaster and before later Zhang Xiu campaign material, making Deng Ji part of Cao Cao’s effort to isolate Zhang Xiu.

Qualifications

No separate biography is established here. The page preserves Deng Ji as a source-bounded Liu Biao-side military figure and does not infer later service, origin, or independent factional role from the episode alone.

What Changed

• Created this page from Hanji 1021 as the named Liu Biao-side officer captured in Cao Cao’s Huyang operation.

Relationships

• 刘表 - commander/patron side with which Deng Ji is associated in the source.
• 张绣 - allied defensive beneficiary whose Wan position Cao Cao is trying to isolate.
• 曹操 - opposing commander who captures Deng Ji.
• 胡阳 - capture setting.
• 舞阴 - paired position in the same operation.
• 南阳郡 - regional campaign frame for the Huyang and Wuyin branch.