Ling Tong

Ling Cao's fifteen-year-old son, who leads an expedition through the enemy fleet to bring back his father's corpse - the seed of his lifelong feud with Gan Ning.

Bursts into lamentation at the victory banquet and rushes on Gan Ning sword drawn - the man who shot his father Ling Cao. Sun Quan talks him down from the blood feud ('each was fighting for his lord'), but he sits glaring; a promotion, and Gan Ning's posting far away at Xiakou, keep the peace.

Paired with Pan Zhang over the second army in the muster.

Leads three thousand to the borders of Yiling, to strike the moment the Black Forest signal shows.

Bursts from a gorge with torches in the fugitives' path - the shout that tears Cao Cao's 'liver and gall from within' - until Xu Huang beats him back.

Holds the river camp alone on a ten-day pledge while Zhou Yu relieves Yiling, rescues Cheng Pu's collapsing line under the walls - and bars Cao Ren's flight at the fifth watch after the night raid.

Posted at Hanyang with half the fleet when Zhou Yu retires to Chaisang to heal.

Rear Guard of the borrowed-road march with Lü Meng.

Draws his sword at the feast to avenge his father on Gan Ning — stopped by Lü Meng and Sun Quan in person — then buys his lord's escape at Xiaoyao Ford with all three hundred of his riders, fighting wounded to the broken bridge and swimming out to Dong Xi's boat.

Sorties with three thousand and trades fifty bouts with Zhang Liao; next day, dueling Yue Jin, his horse is downed by Cao Xiu's sneak arrow — and the man who saves him is Gan Ning, his father's killer. He bows to his enemy and the feud ends in sworn friendship.

Named Rear Guard in Zhang Zhao's slate for the hundred-thousand-man relief army.

Closes the rear of the four-sided ambush on Huang Zhong.

One of the three veterans who volunteer for the test attack — and are all sent back for the junior Chunyu Dan.