Zuo Ling 左靈

In Chapter 13 of the Romance, the emperor writes a secret edict and gives it to Yang Biao, and Yang Biao sends his wife to Guo Si's house to tell Guo Si's wife that Guo Si is having an affair with Li Jue's wife. Guo Si's wife secretly puts poison into the wine and food sent by Li Jue and first feeds some to a dog to show him, and when Guo Si comes home drunk from a banquet at Li Jue's house and has a stomach ache, she says he has been poisoned and makes him drink liquid dung. Romance, Ch. 13 §12–14

Saying that Li Jue is trying to harm him for no reason, Guo Si sets out to attack Li Jue first, and Li Jue, hearing of this, musters his own troops to meet him, so that tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides fight a confused battle beneath the walls of Chang'an. Li Jue's nephew Li Xian leads troops to surround the palace, puts the Son of Heaven and Empress Fu each in one of two carriages, has Jia Xu and Zuo Ling guard the imperial carriages, and makes all the other palace women and eunuchs go on foot. Romance, Ch. 13 §15–16

As the imperial carriages go out through the Houzai Gate they run into Guo Si's troops, and countless palace women are killed by the arrows flying wildly. Li Jue falls on them from behind and drives back Guo Si's troops, and the imperial carriages brave the danger, leave the city and are taken to Li Jue's camp. This passage is the only place in the Romance where Zuo Ling's name appears. Romance, Ch. 13 §16