RLed several thousand troops into Chaisang and was captured by Zhou YuWu 9 §8
NAs vanguard, held Wu's army back with mengchong warships bound by cables and rows of crossbowsCh. 38 §48
Deng Long 鄧龍
| Occupation | RNGeneral | Faction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appears | RN | Biography in | |
| Born | N? Unverified | Native place | |
| Died | N208 Unverified | Place of death | |
| Cause of death | NKilled in battle Unverified | ||
| Existence | Historical | Mentions | R1 |
Profile
Deng Long was a general under Huang Zu, Administrator of Jiangxia. He has no biography of his own in the Records and appears once in the biography of Zhou Yu in Records of Wu 9. On Huang Zu's orders he led several thousand troops into Chaisang, but was captured by Zhou Yu, who pursued him, and sent to Wu. Records, Wu 9 §8
The biography of Zhou Yu places this event after the campaign against the Ma and Bao strongholds in the 11th year of Jian'an (206) and before Sun Quan's attack on Jiangxia in the spring of the 13th year (208). Chen Shou's main text does not record what became of him after his capture. Records, Wu 9 §8
In the Romance he appears only in Chapter 38, 1 of its 120 chapters, and no chapter has his name in its title. The Romance portrays him, together with Chen Jiu, as the vanguard of Huang Zu's army; while blocking Miankou with mengchong warships, he is cut down by Gan Ning, who leaps up onto his ship. Romance, Ch. 38 §48–49
In the Records
Deng Long has no biography of his own in the Records and appears in the record of Zhou Yu in the Biographies of Zhou Yu, Lu Su and Lü Meng in Records of Wu 9. When Sun Ce died in the 5th year of Jian'an (200) and Sun Quan succeeded to his affairs, Zhou Yu, as Central Protector of the Army, took charge of affairs together with the Chief Clerk Zhang Zhao. In the 11th year of Jian'an (206) Zhou Yu led Sun Yu and others to attack the two strongholds of Ma and Bao, cut off and displayed the heads of their chiefs, and, after taking more than ten thousand captives, returned to his defenses. Records, Wu 9 §7–8
The biography of Zhou Yu goes on to record that when Huang Zu, Administrator of Jiangxia, sent his general Deng Long with several thousand troops into Chaisang, Zhou Yu pursued and attacked him, captured Deng Long alive and sent him to Wu. This is the only place in Chen Shou's main text where Deng Long's name appears, and his courtesy name, origin and what happened to him after his capture are not recorded. Records, Wu 9 §8
The biography of Zhou Yu next records that in the spring of the 13th year of Jian'an (208), when Sun Quan attacked Jiangxia, Zhou Yu became Chief Commander of the Vanguard. According to the Biography of the Lord of Wu, in this campaign Huang Zu first sent a fleet to block the army, but the Commandant Lü Meng broke its vanguard, Ling Tong, Dong Xi and others attacked with all their best troops and massacred the city, and Huang Zu, who escaped with nothing but his life, was pursued by the cavalryman Feng Ze, who cut off his head and displayed it. Deng Long does not appear in the Biography of the Lord of Wu or the biographies of Lü Meng and Dong Xi in Chen Shou's main text, which record this battle. Records, Wu 9 §8 · 58–59Records, Wu 2 §11Records, Wu 10 §49–50
In the Romance
In Chapter 38 of the Romance, after his mother Lady Wu dies in the 10th month, winter, of the 12th year of Jian'an (207), Sun Quan discusses an attack on Huang Zu the following spring. Hearing from Gan Ning, who has come over to surrender, the plan of taking Huang Zu first, Sun Quan makes Zhou Yu Grand Commander, Lü Meng vanguard of the forward division, and Dong Xi and Gan Ning lieutenant generals, and sets out in person at the head of a great army of 100,000. Romance, Ch. 38 §39 · 41–42 · 46–47
When spies report this to Jiangxia, Huang Zu makes Su Fei his senior commander and Chen Jiu and Deng Long his vanguard, and raises every soldier in Jiangxia to meet the enemy. Chen Jiu and Deng Long each lead a squadron of mengchong warships to block Miankou, mounting more than a thousand strong bows and stout crossbows on each mengchong and binding the ships fast on the water with thick cables. When the Eastern Wu troops arrive, drums sound on the mengchong and bows and crossbows loose all at once, and the Eastern Wu troops dare not advance and fall back several li. Romance, Ch. 38 §48
Gan Ning tells Dong Xi that, matters having come to this, they have no choice but to advance, and picks more than a hundred small boats, putting fifty picked soldiers in each. Twenty men row while thirty, each in armor and holding a steel sword, close in beside the mengchong heedless of arrows and stones and cut the thick cables, so that the mengchong swing sideways. When Gan Ning leaps up onto a mengchong as if flying and cuts Deng Long down, Chen Jiu abandons his ship and flees. Romance, Ch. 38 §49
Next Lü Meng drives into the fleet and sets fire to the ships, and cuts down Chen Jiu as he tries to get ashore, while Su Fei is captured by Pan Zhang. Sun Quan attacks Xiakou day and night, and in Chapter 39 Huang Zu, his troops defeated and his generals lost, abandons Jiangxia and flees. In the Romance, Deng Long's name appears only in this battle passage of Chapter 38. Romance, Ch. 38 §50–51Romance, Ch. 39 §1
Where the Romance differs
Time and place: In Chapter 38 of the Romance, Deng Long blocks Miankou together with Chen Jiu in the spring following Lady Wu's death, when Sun Quan comes to attack Huang Zu. In the biography of Zhou Yu in the Records, he appears in the episode in which Huang Zu gave him several thousand troops and sent him into Chaisang, and the biography of Zhou Yu places this after the campaign against the Ma and Bao strongholds in the 11th year of Jian'an (206) and before the attack on Jiangxia in the spring of the 13th year (208). Romance, Ch. 38 §39 · 42 · 48Records, Wu 9 §8
Opponent and outcome: In the Romance, Gan Ning leaps up onto a mengchong and cuts Deng Long down. The Records say only that Zhou Yu pursued and attacked him and captured Deng Long alive and sent him to Wu, and do not reveal what became of him afterwards. Romance, Ch. 38 §49Records, Wu 9 §8
The mengchong at Miankou: In the Romance, Chen Jiu and Deng Long each lead a squadron of mengchong warships to block Miankou, and Eastern Wu troops in small boats cut the thick cables. The Biography of Dong Xi in the Records says only that Huang Zu set two mengchong ships across the river to guard Miankou, without naming the commander who guarded them, and it was Dong Xi who personally cut the two cables with his sword. Deng Long does not appear in the Biography of the Lord of Wu or the biographies of Lü Meng and Dong Xi in Chen Shou's main text, which record this battle. Romance, Ch. 38 §48–49Records, Wu 10 §49Records, Wu 2 §11Records, Wu 9 §58–59
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Abilities
The Records score (Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms, main text) is the baseline. Each ability compares how the Romance redrew the same person, and the evidence from both sources explains the difference.
Records total364 / 1000Rank 820 of 996 · Top 83%Romance total391 / 1000Rank 584 of 1,113 · Top 53%
Romance adaptation index+27Romance total − Records total
- LEA4055+15
- STR4042+2
- INT3545+10
- POL3333±0
- CHA3838±0
- VIR4545±0
- ADP3838±0
- SCH3131±0
- DIP3131±0
- DIS3333±0
Abilities shaped by the Romance — where it differs from the Records Differences of 10 or more
RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's generalWu 9 §8
NNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's vanguardCh. 38 §48
8 similar abilities — show evidence
RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's generalWu 9 §8
NCut down by Gan Ning, who leapt onto his mengchongCh. 38 §49
RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's generalWu 9 §8
NNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's vanguardCh. 38 §48
RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's generalWu 9 §8
NNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's vanguardCh. 38 §48
RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's generalWu 9 §8
NNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's vanguardCh. 38 §48
RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's generalWu 9 §8
NNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's vanguardCh. 38 §48
RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's generalWu 9 §8
NNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's vanguardCh. 38 §48
RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's generalWu 9 §8
NNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's vanguardCh. 38 §48
RNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's generalWu 9 §8
NNo direct record — estimated from his deeds as Huang Zu's vanguardCh. 38 §48
Special — talents Records +0 · Romance +10
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Naval warfare
NSkilled +10 Led a squadron of mengchong warships to block MiankouCh. 38 §48
Records Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
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