Che Zhou (?-199) was the Deputy Imperial Protector. He was ordered by Cao Cao to attack Liu Bei as he returned from his destruction of Yuan Shu, but was caught in a trap, thinking that Guan Yu's unit was Zhang Liao's. He tried to flee back to his camp, but his subordinate Chen Deng fired arrows, and, trapped, he was killed by Guan Yu and beheaded.