Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 187: Battle of Qishan
After Zhu Ling was released, he naturally went back to Xiahou Yuan's mansion without stopping.

However, he was determined to go back, but was captured by Xiahou Yuan when they met.

After asking the reason, I realized that he thought I had leaked military intelligence.

He hurriedly explained: "General! How can you think that I am leaking military information?"

Xiahou Yuan, however, sent Shi Huan to confront him.

Zhu Ling cried out: "I have always been loyal and righteous, but I was suddenly framed by a traitor and have no way to clear myself up."

"But we must not leak any military information. This must be Xing Daorong's plan!"

"We escaped today and found out that Xing Daorong's army was short of food. Could it be that his previous plans were to conceal this?"

Food shortage?

Xiahou Yuan was stunned again when he heard this and asked, "Are you sure that there is a food shortage?"

Zhu Ling did not hesitate at all and nodded vigorously, saying, "It is absolutely true. There can be no falsehood."

Xiahou Yuan suddenly felt his mind was in a mess.

Shi Huan and Zhu Ling brought back too much information, so Xiahou Yuan had to think carefully and put all the information together before making a decision.

But before they could make a clear judgment, scouts came to report that Xing Daorong had already led his troops and was heading towards Qishan.

Xiahou Yuan became furious upon hearing this.

But he shouted: "That fellow must have known that I was setting up an arrangement in Qishan, so he dared to come and kill me."

Zhu Ling knew he couldn't escape the blame again after hearing this, so he bowed and said, "General, I really didn't leak anything."

Xiahou Yuan said: "Whether it has been leaked or not, we can tell by looking at the direction of Xing Daorong's troops!"

After saying this, he did not ask Zhu Ling to lead the troops, but took Hao Zhao, Shi Huan and others to meet the enemy.

Zhu Ling naturally felt aggrieved.

But thinking about it, I didn't reveal a word, and Xing Daorong didn't know about the arrangements in the mountains. After the fight, I would be able to clear my name.

However, if everything in the world could be made clear, there wouldn’t be so many injustices in the world.

...

However, Xing Daorong brought his army here this time, one to find out the arrangements in the mountains, and the other to make Xiahou Yuan really think that he was anxious.

This time, the troops of the Eight Route Army attacked together.

Ma Chao, Wu Yi, Meng Da, Pang De, Zhou Tai, Bao Long, and Liu Feng each led a part of the army. Together with Xing Daorong himself, there were eight armies attacking Qishan together, ready for a decisive battle.

Before the march, he issued an order that if they encountered the main force of Cao's army, they should not engage in a fierce battle, but should burn any fortifications they could.

Xing Daorong is relying on the fact that he has many generals and is planning to use tens of thousands of troops to fight guerrilla warfare.

All the generals obeyed the order and charged into the mountains together.

...

When Xiahou Yuan got the news, he thought Xing Daorong was going to have a decisive battle.

He thought it was difficult to divide the eight groups of soldiers to defend the mountain, so he gathered them together, hoping to defeat the enemy with greater numbers.

Although this plan was good, Xing Daorong set fire everywhere in Qishan.

Fortunately, he did stop a general along the way, but when the general saw his army, he ran away on the spot.

Xiahou Yuan was filled with anger and had no place to vent it. He was unwilling to give up and rode straight to the enemy general.

The enemy will just run away and not fight.

Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan cursed: "You cowardly rat, you come here without fighting, stop right there!"

No matter how much he shouted, the enemy general just kept running and had no intention of looking back.

This made Xiahou Yuan even more angry. Just as he was about to chase him again, someone in Cao's camp suddenly sounded the horn to call back the troops.

Xiahou Yuan thought something had happened in the battle formation, so he rode his horse back in panic.

After returning and seeing that nothing happened, Xiahou Yuan asked the officer in charge of the battle: "Why did you sound the horn?"

The man replied, "I saw several flags of the Shu army in the valley, and I was afraid that they were ambushes, so I hurried to call the general back." Xiahou Yuan said angrily, "The enemy has eight armies, so naturally there are flags of the Shu army everywhere. What is there to be afraid of?"

"Today you hastily called off the troops and delayed the military operation. What crime should you be punished for?"

"Someone...capture this guy for me!"

The officer in charge of the battle cried out that he was innocent, but he had no right to speak.

...

Xing Daorong searched around Qishan and found a towering peak named "Xiongpi Peak" with dangerous roads all around.

From this peak, one can look down at the strength of Dingjun Mountain. If one can capture this mountain, the layout of Qishan will be at hand.

Li Hui, a military officer standing by, said, "General Zuo, we can go up the mountain and seize the opportunity!"

Xing Daorong looked up and saw that the top of the mountain was slightly flat, with some men and horses on the mountain and flags flying everywhere. He knew that Xiahou Yuan had made some arrangements.

As for how many people there are, it is difficult to tell at a glance.

He made up his mind and knew the importance of this mountain, so he sounded the horn and beat the drum and rushed straight to the top of the mountain.

This front was guarded by Xiahou Yuan's deputy general Hao Zhao, but he had only a few hundred men, and the rest were decoys.

Seeing Xing Daorong's troops approaching, they had no choice but to abandon the mountain and flee.

Xing Daorong reached the top of the mountain and could see all around Qishan, and indeed he could see the layout clearly.

It was clear where the barricades, sentry posts and military formations were.

Li Hui saw this and said, "This place is important. Xiahou Yuan will definitely attack again. The general can defend halfway up the mountain, and I will stay at the top."

"When Xiahou Yuan's troops arrive, I will raise the white flag as a signal, and the general will hold his troops still; when they are tired and unprepared, I will raise the red flag, and the general will go down the mountain to attack them: by waiting for them to tire themselves out, we will surely win."

The strategy of waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out, wasn't that how Xiahou Yuan was beheaded at Dingjun Mountain?
Xing Daorong felt that the idea sounded good and agreed immediately, then he stayed halfway up the mountain.

...

But Hao Zhao led his troops to escape and met Xiahou Yuan, saying that Xing Daorong had taken the upper hand.

Xiahou Yuan was furious and said, "Xing Daorong has the upper hand and I will not give up the fight."

Zhang Gong advised: "This is the enemy's plan. General, you should not go out to fight, but just hold on."

Xiahou Yuan cursed: "You have taken advantage of me and observed my strengths and weaknesses and the deployment in the mountains. Why don't you fight?"

Zhang Gong's admonition was ignored.

Xiahou Yuan divided his troops and surrounded the upper front, shouting curses and challenges.

Li Hui raised a white flag on the mountain and allowed Xiahou Yuan to insult him in every way, but Xiahou Yuan simply refused to fight.

After noon, Li Hui saw that Cao's soldiers were tired and their morale had dropped, so most of them dismounted to rest. He then unfurled the red flag, sounded drums and horns, and shouted loudly. Xing Daorong took the lead and galloped down the mountain with a momentum like the collapse of the sky and the earth.

Xiahou Yuan was caught off guard and was driven under Xing Daorong's banner, where he shouted like thunder.

Xiahou Yuan's deputy general Lu Zhao rushed forward to meet the enemy, but Xing Daorong had already been chopped in two with his head and shoulders by the huge axe.

When Cao's soldiers saw this, they were frightened.

It's not like I haven't seen generals die on the battlefield before, but it's rare to see one die in such a tragic way.

Later, Ma Chao, Wu Yi, Meng Da and Pang De came to surround and kill him. Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan hurriedly broke out.

During the war, Shi Huan tried desperately to break out for Xiahou Yuan, but was ambushed and killed by Ma Chao. The two sides fought fiercely for ten moves, and Shi Huan was stabbed and knocked off his horse by Ma Chao's spear.

When he was dying, he shouted: "General Cao would not surrender to Liu, and now I will die to repay your kindness!"

He is a truly loyal man!
Xiahou Yuan broke through the encirclement under the protection of everyone and finally returned to Qishan Town, but he lost two generals and felt heartbroken.

He sighed, "I have been defeated many times by Xing Daorong, and now I have lost many soldiers and generals. If the King of Wei finds out, he will definitely blame me."

Zhang Gong sighed and said, "No matter what happens, we cannot lose Qishan Town. We must defend this place with all our might!"

Xiahou Yuan nodded sullenly, but he was still looking for an opportunity to fight.

otherwise…

Even with such a result, he could not hold his head up in front of Cao Cao and other generals!
(End of this chapter)