Gao Sheng 高升

In Chapter 2 of the Romance, after Zhang Fei tries to kill Dong Zhuo for slighting them and is restrained by Liu Bei and Guan Yu, the three of them, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, lead their troops through the night to join Zhu Jun. Zhu Jun treats them generously and, joining forces with them, sets out to attack Zhang Bao; at this time Cao Cao, following Huangfu Song, is fighting a great battle against Zhang Liang at Quyang. Romance, Ch. 2 §1–3

Zhang Bao, leading 80,000 to 90,000 bandits, encamps behind a hill, and Zhu Jun makes Liu Bei his vanguard to face the enemy. When Zhang Bao sends his lieutenant Gao Sheng out to challenge them to battle, Liu Bei has Zhang Fei attack him. Zhang Fei spurs his horse forward with his spear leveled and engages Gao Sheng, and after a few bouts stabs him and knocks him from his horse, whereupon Liu Bei urges his troops into a direct charge. Romance, Ch. 2 §3–4

Then Zhang Bao, on horseback, lets down his hair, grips his sword and works sorcery: wind and thunder rise up fiercely, and countless troops and horses seem to pour out of a black vapor, so Liu Bei is defeated and falls back. The next day the sorcery is broken with the blood of pigs, sheep and dogs and with filth, and Zhang Bao, badly defeated and with Liu Bei's arrow in his left arm, enters Yangcheng and holds it; when Zhu Jun attacks Yangcheng with all his strength, the bandit general Yan Zheng stabs Zhang Bao to death and surrenders, presenting his head. Romance, Ch. 2 §4–7 · 9