Is “Led campaigns in person against Eastern Wu and Shu Han” true?
attested in history
According to Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Annals of Emperor Ming, Cao Rui personally stationed at Hefei and Chang'an on several occasions, successfully repelling attacks by Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan.
Cao Rui
In official history, Emperor Ming of Wei was resolute, shrewd, and kept his ministers in check, but in the novel he appears mediocre.