凌统 / Ling Tong

Overview

凌统 / Ling Tong enters the wiki as the officer left to hold the rear while 吕蒙 and 周瑜 move to relieve 甘宁.

Current Profile

Hanji 1109 gives Ling Tong a narrow but structurally important role. Lyu Meng estimates that he can hold the existing position for ten days, making Ling Tong’s rear-guard capacity the condition that permits a temporary concentration of force at the besieged forward point.

Key Characteristics

• Holds a defensive assignment while senior commanders shift force elsewhere.
• Makes a relief operation possible by preserving the rear position.
• Appears as trusted capacity inside Lyu Meng’s division-of-force plan.

Evidence

• Rear-guard assignment: Hanji 1109 says Lyu Meng proposes leaving Ling Tong behind for ten days.
• Operational dependency: Hanji 1109 makes that holding role the precondition for Zhou Yu and Lyu Meng’s relief movement.
• Campaign result: Hanji 1109 reports that the relief force defeats Cao Ren’s troops and returns successfully.

Qualifications

The source gives no wider biography or independent account of Ling Tong’s conduct during the ten-day assignment. His current profile is therefore limited to the confidence placed in him within Lyu Meng’s plan.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 1109’s rear-guard assignment.

Relationships

• 吕蒙 - planner who assigns Ling Tong the holding role.
• 周瑜 - commander freed to join the relief operation.
• 甘宁 - besieged officer whose relief depends on the rear remaining secure.
• 孙权 - ruler of the command structure in which Ling Tong serves.