Cheng Pu (pronunciationⓘ) (fl.170-210),[2] courtesy name Demou, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
[3] Cheng Pu was from Tuyin County (土垠縣), Youbeiping Commandery (右北平郡), which is located east of present-day Fengrun District, Tangshan, Hebei.
He aided Sun Ce in conquering Lujiang Commandery (廬江郡) before they crossed the Yangtze River and attacked Hengjiang (橫江) and Dangli (當利), where they defeated Zhang Ying (張英) and Yu Mi (于糜), the subordinates of a rival warlord Liu Yao.
He participated in the campaigns at Xuancheng (宣城) and Jing (涇), and helped to pacify rebellions in Wu (吳), Lingyang (陵陽) and Chungu (春穀) counties.
When Sun Ce was attacking the bandits led by Zu Lang (祖郎), he was surrounded by the enemy, but Cheng Pu, accompanied by only one horseman, charged into the encirclement to rescue his lord.
After claiming Jing Province back and also beheading Guan Yu, Liu Bei declared war on Sun Quan's Wu out of retaliation and grief.
However, Shu's Huang Zhong and Shamoke routed Wu's forces without much issue which caused both Han Dang and Zhou Tai to be stuck in the melee without any way of escape.
Cheng Pu then charged into the battle zone with around 500 cavalry units to try and extract both Han Dang and Zhou Tai out but in the process got shot in the chest by Shamoke and subsequently died of his wounds.