Zong Bao 宗寶

In Chapter 11 of the Romance, Kong Rong, Administrator of Beihai, has been in Beihai for six years and has won the people's hearts. When Mi Zhu of Xu Province comes bearing Tao Qian's letter to beg for help, saying that Cao Cao's siege is pressing them hard, Kong Rong has troops mustered on the one hand and sends a man to deliver a letter on the other. In the midst of these discussions comes word that Guan Hai of the Yellow Turban band is attacking with tens of thousands of bandits, and Kong Rong, greatly alarmed, hastily musters the men and horses of his own command and goes out of the city to meet them. Romance, Ch. 11 §5–7

Guan Hai rides out and says that he knows Beihai has grain in plenty and will withdraw at once if lent ten thousand shi, and Kong Rong rebukes him, saying that he is a subject of the great Han guarding the land of the great Han, so how could he have grain to give to bandits? Guan Hai, enraged, spurs his horse and, brandishing his blade, charges straight at Kong Rong, whereupon Kong Rong's general Zong Bao levels his spear and gallops out. Before many bouts have passed, Zong Bao is cut down from his horse by a single stroke of Guan Hai's blade. Romance, Ch. 11 §7–8

Kong Rong's troops fall into great disorder and flee into the city, and Guan Hai divides his forces and surrounds the city on all four sides. The next day Taishi Ci, who has ridden alone into the city, breaks out through the siege and goes to Pingyuan to ask Liu Bei for help; Guan Yu, who has come with Liu Bei, cuts down Guan Hai with his Green Dragon blade, and the bandits, attacked from both sides, are utterly defeated. Zong Bao's name appears only in this battle passage of Chapter 11. Romance, Ch. 11 §8–9 · 13–18