Ling Tong
To change the tide of battle, Zhou Yu had Ling Tong and Dong Xi, along with 100 "die-hard" soldiers, don two suits of armour each and charge towards the enemy despite the crossfire. Through fierce fighting, Ling and Dong finally succeeded in breaking the connections between the two vessels, and the downfall of the "mengchong"s inspired the fighting spirit of Sun Quan's forces. Lü Meng even participated in melee combat, and killed Chen Jiu in a duel. With the admiral gone, Huang Zu's massive navy was annihilated by Sun Quan's smaller forces. Meanwhile, Ling Tong had led a separate command to capture Jiangxia, achieving this before the naval victory.