Liu Qi (Liu Biao's son)

Liu Qi (died 209) was a Chinese military general and politician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty.

It is recorded that Liu Qi tricked Zhuge Liang into climbing up a tower while visiting the garden.

While they were chatting and feasting in the tower, Liu Qi secretly instructed his servants to remove the ladder.

Sources differ on whether Liu Qi requested this appointment to escape the fraternal conflict or if he was forced out of the capital by the Cai family faction.

[4] In any case, he seemed to have been tasked with leading a counterattack against the forces of the warlord Sun Quan, who had seized control of Jiangxia Commandery following his victory over Huang Zu.

With what little historical information recorded about the Battle of Red Cliffs buried under centuries of accumulated legend, it is difficult to say to any degree what role Liu Qi's forces had in the battle, but with the combined forces of Sun Quan, Liu Bei, and Liu Qi facing an army much more numerous, his troops must have taken part in the battle, possibly under his direct command.