Qiu Lian 仇連

In Chapter 106 of the Romance, when Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong styled himself King of Yan and changed the era name to the 1st year of Shaohan, the Wei ruler Cao Rui summoned Sima Yi to court to discuss a plan, and Sima Yi said that the 40,000 government troops, cavalry and infantry, under his command would be enough to crush the rebels. Gongsun Yuan divided 80,000 troops between Bei Yan and Yang Zuo and had them garrison Liaosui, but Sima Yi left that place alone and advanced toward Xiangping by a byway. Romance, Ch. 106 §3 · 6 · 8–9

Alarmed that Xiangping might be attacked, Bei Yan and Yang Zuo broke camp and followed, and Sima Yi had Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Wei, whom he had placed in ambush on the banks of the Liao River, strike them. Bei Yan, who had joined forces with Gongsun Yuan's army at Mount Shou and turned to fight again, was cut down by Xiahou Ba's blade; Gongsun Yuan fled into the city of Xiangping with his defeated troops, shut the gates and held fast, and the Wei army surrounded the city on all sides. Romance, Ch. 106 §11–13

Then the autumn rain did not stop for a month, the water stood three chi deep even on level ground, and the grain boats came straight from the mouth of the Liao River to the foot of the walls of Xiangping. The Wei troops were all in the water and could neither walk nor sit in comfort, and the Left Commander Pei Jing asked to move the camp onto the hills ahead, since the inside of the camp had turned to mire. Sima Yi said that the capture of Gongsun Yuan was a matter of a morning or an evening, so how could he move the camp, and declared that anyone who spoke again of moving the camp would be beheaded. Romance, Ch. 106 §14–15

Shortly after Pei Jing withdrew, the Right Commander Qiu Lian came in his turn and petitioned the Grand Commandant to move the camp to higher ground, since the soldiers were suffering from the water. Sima Yi, in a great rage, asked how he dared deliberately disobey when the military order had already been issued, had him dragged out and beheaded, and hung his head outside the camp gate. At this the hearts of the soldiers trembled with fear. Romance, Ch. 106 §15

Afterward Sima Yi had the men and horses of the southern camp fall back 20 li for the time being and let the soldiers and people of the city come out to gather firewood and graze their oxen and horses; when his Marshal Chen Qun asked the reason, he replied that he was leaving them free to flee of their own accord. After the rain stopped, a great star fell from northeast of Mount Shou to southeast of Xiangping, and Sima Yi ordered the assault on the city; Gongsun Yuan and his son, who had opened the south gate at night and fled, were surrounded on all sides, dismounted and surrendered, but were beheaded on Sima Yi's order. Romance, Ch. 106 §16–17 · 19–20 · 24–26