Xing Daorong

Chinese
t=邢道榮
s=邢道荣

Xing Daorong was a warrior during the civil wars that preceded the Three Kingdoms period in China. He was from Danjing, just south of Lingling. and served Liu Du as an officer from 198 to 209 CE.

When neighboring lords invaded Xing proved his skill by slaying the commanding officer of every invasion himself. He wielded a huge battle axe which he called "The Cleaver Of Mountains". After stopping countless attempted invasions and slaying bandit leaders he gained a great deal of fame.

In January of 209 Liu Bei attacked Liu Du. Liu Du's son Liu Xian raised an army and trained it. But when Xian heard of the coming of Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, he called upon Xing Daorong to slay them. Although Xing may have been capable of successfully fighting the two leaders, Liu Du was desperately outnumbered.

Liu Bei, who had recently hired Zhuge Liang, attacked the stockade where Xian and Xing were waiting. Zhuge taunted and lured in Xing; when Xing charged in, Zhuge ordered Zhang Fei to attack Xing when he was retreating, to kill him quickly. Zhang tried slashing at him with his edged spear but Xing Daorong was too quick: Xing wheeled around and blocked Zhang's thrust with his axe.

From there Xing and Zhang fought five passes without a decisive stroke, Xing being surrounded on all sides kept the fight going until Zhao Yun came up. Xing, not being able to handle both of them, turned his steed and rushed into the enemy troops slaying as he went. When Zhao Yun appeared again Xing knew that he couldn't keep the fight up, so Xing seeing himself surrounded by the enemy dismounted his horse. Xing's ferocity and bravery caught Zhuge's eye so he decided to spare him, hoping to win him over. Zhuge told Xing to convince Liu Xian to surrender. Xing agreed, but didn't want to betray his lord so he attempted a night raid on Liu Bei's camp. He and Xian charged into the Shu lines slaying countless soldiers. But as Xing was slaying soldiers, Zhao Yun crept up behind him on his steed and stabbed Xing through the throat, killing him.

Xing's death crippled Liu Du's officers' morale and Liu Bei defeated Liu Du and made Liu Xian prefect of Ling Ling.

References

*citebook|title=Romance of the Three Kingdoms =: San Guo Yan Yi 
author=By Chengli Li, Qirong Zhang, Guanzhong Luo
year=1995
publisher=Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
id=ISBN 9813029668

ee also

*Three Kingdoms
*Personages of the Three Kingdoms
*"Records of Three Kingdoms"
*"Romance of the Three Kingdoms"