Liu Ye

Liu Ye (rōmaji: Ryū Yō) was an advisor of the Kingdom of Wei. After being persuaded by Guo Jia to join Cao Cao, he became one of his most trusted advisors and was held in high regard by Cao Cao's successors. He was also a descendant of Emperor Guangwu of Han and thus a member of the imperial family.

Roles in Games
Dynasty Warriors has him appear as a minor officer for Wei. He appears in their early as well as late battles, sometimes leading his own unit or being a subordinate to someone else. Contrary to the novel, Liu Ye is not much involved in the Battle of Guandu and serves as an officer for Cao Cao in this battle at most. His service within Yuan Shu's force is not mentioned at all.

The Warriors Orochi games have him serve Cao Pi's faction in the first game and Wei in the subsequent games.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms games, Liu Ye is mostly seen serving Cao Cao and his successors. Although most of his stats range from 30's to 70's at best, his intelligence usually ranges around low 90's, making him an excellent supporting officer in order to execute battle strategies or prevent the enemies'. In the eleventh installment, Liu Ye can also be used as a supporting officer in units which carry siege weapons, thanks to his high siege weaponry aptitude and his skill, which increases the range of siege weapons. The twelfth installment has him appear at the Guandu event and propose the building of catapults in order to destroy Yuan Shao's siege towers.

Historical Information
Liu Ye was born in Chengde, Huainan Commandery. He started out as an advisor to Yuan Shu's general Liu Xun, but Liu Xun did not listen to him and eventually suffered a huge defeat against the warlord Sun Ce. Liu Ye joined the warlord Cao Cao after that, who was in control of the Emperor, and served him as an advisor. Cao Cao trusted him very much and consulted him very often. Liu Ye followed Cao Cao on the campaign against Zhang Lu and later, he and Sima Yi advised Cao Cao to attack Liu Bei in Yi Province, but Cao Cao refused. After Cao Pi ascended the throne and Liu Bei attacked Sun Quan at Yiling, Liu Ye advised Cao Pi to reject Sun Quan's surrender and attack him instead. Cao Pi did not listen and accepted it, which led Sun Quan to rebel against Wei only a year later. Liu Ye died in 234 and was given the title Marquis Jing (Respectful Lord).

Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In the novel, Liu Ye is recommended to join Cao Cao by his friend Guo Jia. He recruited Man Chong and Lu Qian afterwards and saw through Chen Gong's ploy at Puyang, but Cao Cao did not listen to him and was defeated. He was later sent to Zhang Xiu and, after talking to Jia Xu, he persuaded Zhang to surrender to Cao Cao. At the battle of Guandu, Liu Ye suggested to build catapults in order to destroy Yuan Shao's own siege weaponry, which succeeded. He also repelled Yuan Shao's attempt to dig tunnels under the castle walls.