Bao Long 鮑隆

In Chapter 52 of the Romance, when Xuande, having taken Lingling, asks who will take Guiyang Commandery, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei both step forward, and Zhao Yun, chosen by drawing lots, sets out for Guiyang with 3,000 troops. When Zhao Fan, Administrator of Guiyang, receives the report of the scouting horsemen and gathers his followers to deliberate, the Colonels in Command of Troops Chen Ying and Bao Long say they will lead troops out to fight. Both were once hunters from Lingshan village in Guiyang; Chen Ying is skilled at hurling a flying fork, and Bao Long once shot and killed two tigers. Trusting in their own strength and courage, they say that if Liu Bei comes to attack, they will lead the vanguard. Romance, Ch. 52 §25–27

Zhao Fan says they cannot stand against him and there is nothing for it but to surrender, but Chen Ying insists on going out to fight, is captured by Zhao Yun, and is released and sent back. Zhao Fan surrenders and swears brotherhood with Zhao Yun, and the next day, at a banquet in the city, offers his widowed sister-in-law Lady Fan to Zhao Yun as his wife. Zhao Yun flies into a rage, saying that the sister-in-law of his sworn brother is his own sister-in-law, and when Zhao Fan signals to his attendants to harm him, he knocks Zhao Fan down with a single blow of his fist and leaves the city. Romance, Ch. 52 §28–32 · 34–37

When Zhao Fan hurriedly summons Chen Ying and Bao Long to deliberate, Chen Ying says there is nothing for it but to fight him, and Bao Long says that the two of them will surrender falsely and stay in his army, so that when the Administrator leads troops to challenge him to battle, they will capture him on the battlefield. When Chen Ying says they must take some men and horses with them, Bao Long says 500 horsemen will be enough, and that night the two lead 500 troops to Zhao Yun's camp and surrender. Arriving before his tent, the two generals say that Zhao Fan meant to get Zhao Yun drunk with the ploy of a beautiful woman, kill him, and present his head to Chancellor Cao, and that, seeing Zhao Yun leave in anger, they feared disaster would fall on them and so came to surrender. Romance, Ch. 52 §38–39

Zhao Yun, who already knows inwardly that this is a deception, pretends to be pleased, holds a drinking party and drinks heavily with the two, and when they are thoroughly drunk he ties them up in his tent, then seizes their men and questions them, confirming that the surrender was false. Zhao Yun gives wine and food to the 500 troops, telling them that those who meant to harm him were Chen Ying and Bao Long and that it has nothing to do with them, and beheads Chen Ying and Bao Long on the spot. He has the 500 troops lead the way and, pressing on through the night, reaches the walls of Guiyang, where word is passed up to the walls that the two generals Chen and Bao have killed Zhao Yun and returned; Zhao Yun then captures Zhao Fan, who hurries out of the city. Romance, Ch. 52 §39–41