Li Tong (Wenda)

Li Tong
General of Cao Cao
Born	168
Died	209 (aged 41)
Names
Traditional Chinese	李通
Simplified Chinese	李通
Pinyin	Lǐ Tōng
Wade–Giles	Li T'ung
Courtesy name	Wenda (traditional Chinese: 文達; simplified Chinese: 文达; pinyin: Wéndá; Wade–Giles: Wen-ta)
Posthumous name	Marquis Gang (traditional Chinese: 剛侯; simplified Chinese: 刚侯; pinyin: Gāng Hóu; Wade–Giles: Kang Hou)

Li Tong (168–209),courtesy name Wenda, was a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Li Tong came to serve Cao Cao when the latter was at war with rival warlords Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu. During the battle of Battle of Nan Commandery in 208, Li Tong broke through the defence lines guarded by Guan Yu and reinforced Cao Ren at Jiangling.

In Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Li Tong was defeated and slain by Ma Chao in a duel during the Battle of Tong Pass.

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