Jiang Yiqu 蔣義渠

In Chapter 30 of the Romance, taking advantage of the moment when Yuan Shao's troops have moved off to relieve Ye Commandery and Liyang, Cao Cao sends out his main army along eight routes and charges straight into Yuan Shao's camp. Yuan Shao's troops, who have no will to fight, scatter in all directions and collapse completely, and Yuan Shao, with no time to put on his armor, mounts his horse in an unlined robe and a plain headcloth. Crossing the river in haste, he abandons all his documents, carts, gold and silk and leaves with only some 800 horsemen who follow him. Romance, Ch. 30 §53–54

In Chapter 31, while Cao Cao puts his troops in order and keeps up the pursuit, Yuan Shao flees with some 800 horsemen to the north bank at Liyang, and his senior general Jiang Yiqu comes out of his camp to welcome him. When Yuan Shao pours out to him all that has happened, Jiang Yiqu summons and reassures the scattered troops, and the men, hearing that Yuan Shao is alive, all swarm back together again like ants. With the strength of the army restored, they decide to return to Ji Province. Romance, Ch. 31 §1

Camping for the night in desolate hills on the way back, Yuan Shao overhears defeated soldiers weeping and saying that if only Tian Feng's advice had been followed they would not have met this disaster, and he is deeply remorseful. The next day Feng Ji, who comes to meet him, slanders Tian Feng, saying that on hearing of Yuan Shao's defeat in prison he clapped his hands and laughed aloud, and Yuan Shao gives a messenger a precious sword and sends him ahead to the prison in Ji Province to kill Tian Feng. In the Romance, Jiang Yiqu's name appears only in this passage, the first section of Chapter 31. Romance, Ch. 31 §1–3