YunLiang

YunLiang is the slash ship between Zhao Yun (courtesy name Zi Long) and Zhuge Liang from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fandom.

Zhuge Liang burns down Xinye
The first time they interact is when Zhuge Liang prepares to battle against Xiahou Dun. Their interaction here is brief however- Zhuge Liang orders Zhao Yun to directly fight off against Xiahou Dun, but only to lose, not to win. Zhao Yun is confused but takes the order anyway, unlike the neighboring Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

After the battle, the two are seen talking about their successes and Zhao Yun praises Zhuge Liang's talent as a strategist.

Zhuge Liang borrows the eastern wind
Zhuge Liang asks Liu Bei to send Zhao Yun to the outskirts of Eastern Wu after the eastern wind blows. Thankfully, Zhao Yun arrives in time and is able to get Zhuge Liang safely on a boat. When the troops Zhou Yu sent approach the boat and calls out to Zhuge Liang, wanting him to come back, Zhuge Liang says, "I know Zhou Yu would order you to come and hurt me, so I sent Zi Long out to help me."

Zhao Yun appears from the back of the boat and yells out, "I am Zhao Zi Long from the Chang mountain! I was originally going to kill you guys, but to preserve the strength of our alliance, I will only show you my power!". Zhao Yun shoots an arrow and hits the sail directly, causing it to fall on the soldiers.

Zhuge Liang goes to Zhou Yu's funeral
Zhou Yu had died recently and Zhuge Liang wanted to go to his funeral. Liu Bei did not approve but Zhuge Liang said that Zhao Yun would protect him, to which Zhao Yun agreed to do with pleasure. When the generals of Eastern Wu attempted to unsheathe their swords and kill Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun unsheathed his sword to protect him. The other generals saw Zhao Yun and were afraid to unsheathe their weapons.

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YunLiang, along with XuanLiang, are the two most popular ships in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fandom, although XuanLiang is slightly more popular. Alternate ships with Zhao Yun include LiuYun (Liu Bei x Zhao Yun) and

These two, while have little face-to-face interaction, are depicted together often. When Zhuge Liang returns from Eastern Wu, it was Zhao Yun who accompanied him. Also, when Zhuge Liang returns to Eastern Wu to go to the funeral for Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun accompanies him yet again. When Zhao Yun dies, Zhuge Liang is incredibly sad and drops his teacup on the ground.

YunLiang has less fanart than XuanLiang because most of the art is of for different fandom with characters of the same name (dynasty warriors). Fanart of the pair in the context of three kingdoms is limited. However, on AO3, there are currently 208 fanfictions for the pair.

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Trivia

 * Zhao Yun was the last surviving Tiger General under Zhuge Liang's reign.