Liu Bei's veteran general. Charged down Mount Dingjun with the drums rolling in 219, broke Xiahou Yuan's army, and slew him.
He pushed his vanguard forward with the drums rolling; Yuan's army was badly defeated, and Yuan was beheaded.Sanguozhi, Shu shu 6, Biography of Huang Zhong
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Relations
- Liu Bei lord & general — For that one day at Dingjun he was raised to General Who Attacks the West.
- Xiahou Yuan opponents — Charged down from the heights of Mount Dingjun in 219 and slew him in the rout.
Myth vs record
The story you may know
He slew Xiahou Yuan in single combat, as in the opera Dingjun Mountain.
What the sources say
No duel is recorded. The histories give an assault: he charged down from the heights with the drums rolling, Yuan's army broke on the slope, and Yuan died in the rout together with Zhao Yong. For that one day he was raised to General Who Attacks the West.