Murong Lie 慕容烈

In Chapter 71 of the Romance, when Huang Zhong cuts off Xiahou Yuan's head and presents it as his achievement, Cao Cao, hearing that Xiahou Yuan is dead, weeps aloud and personally leads a great army to take revenge. Following the advice of Zhang He and Du Xi, Cao Cao has the provisions and fodder of Mount Micang moved and stockpiled at the camp on the Northern Hill. When Kongming says that if one man goes deep into enemy ground and burns those provisions, Cao Cao's spirit will be broken, Huang Zhong steps forward, and Kongming has him go together with Zhao Yun. The two draw lots, and Huang Zhong is to go first; they agree that if Huang Zhong has not returned by noon, Zhao Yun will lead troops to help him. Romance, Ch. 71 §31–37

That night Huang Zhong, with his lieutenant Zhang Zhu, secretly crosses the Han River and reaches the foot of the Northern Hill, and at sunrise, just as they have piled firewood on the mountain of grain and are about to set it alight, he is caught up in a confused fight with Zhang He's troops. Xu Huang, sent in haste by Cao Cao, traps Huang Zhong in the middle, while Zhang Zhu, who has broken out with 300 men, has his way blocked by Wen Pin and is surrounded by Cao Cao's troops coming up from behind. Romance, Ch. 71 §38–39

Zhao Yun, waiting in camp, sees that Huang Zhong has not returned even at noon, so he has Zhang Yi hold the camp firmly and, leading 3,000 troops, charges straight ahead with his spear levelled. A general coming the other way blocks his road; it is Murong Lie, a lieutenant of Wen Pin. Murong Lie spurs his horse and, brandishing his blade, meets Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun raises his hand and runs him through with a single thrust of his spear. Cao Cao's troops are defeated and flee, and Zhao Yun, after also running through the Wei general Jiao Bing, who bars his way again, charges into the encirclement of Zhang He and Xu Huang and rescues Huang Zhong. Romance, Ch. 71 §40–42

After rescuing Zhang Zhu as well and returning to his main camp, Zhao Yun leaves the camp gate open, lowers the banners, silences the drums, and stands outside the camp gate alone on his horse with a single spear. When the pursuing Cao Cao troops see that Zhao Yun does not move at all and turn back, the archers and crossbowmen in the moat shoot all at once, and Cao Cao's troops trample one another as they crowd toward the bank of the Han River, where countless men fall into the water and drown. Cao Cao abandons the provisions and fodder at the Northern Hill and returns to Nanzheng. In the Romance, Murong Lie's name appears only in this one passage, in which he is killed by Zhao Yun. Romance, Ch. 71 §43–47