Soon after the camp was finished Chang Hsiu fell upon them in two divisions. Yü Chin himself rode out to face them. Chang drew back. The other leader, seeing Yü Chin advance thus boldly, also attacked and Chang Hsiu was overcome. They pursued him a great distance until his force was almost annihilated. With the miserable remnant he finally fled to Liu Piao. Tsʻao Tsʻao’s army reformed and the captains mustered. Then Yü Chin went to see his master and told him of the conduct of the Chingchou soldiers and their looting and why he had attacked them. “Why did you not tell me before you made the camp?” Yü Chin related what had occurred. Said Tsʻao, “When the first thought of a leader in the time of greatest stress is to maintain order and strengthen his defences, giving no thought to slander but shouldering his burdens manfully, and when he thereby turns a defeat into a victory, who, even of the ancient leaders, can excel him?” He rewarded Yü Chin with a service of plate and a marquisate. But he reprimanded Hsiahou Tun for his lack of discipline. Sacrifices in honour of the dead warrior Tien Wei were instituted. Tsʻao himself led the wailing and paid due honours. Turning to his officers he said, “I have lost my first born son, but I grieve not so heavily for him as for Tien Wei. I weep for him.” All were sad at the loss of this captain. Then orders were issued to return but nothing will be said here of the march to the capital. When Wang Tsê, bearing the imperial decree, reached Hsüchou, he was met by Lü Pu, who conducted him into the residence where the decree was read. It conferred the title General, “Pacificator of the East,” and a special seal accompanied the mandate. The private letter was also handed over and the messenger detailed the high appreciation in which Lü was held by the chief Minister of State. Next came news that a messenger from Yüan Shu had arrived. When he had been introduced he said that Shu’s project of declaring himself Emperor was advancing. He had already built a palace and would speedily choose an Empress and concubines and would come to Huainan. “Has the rebel gone so far?” cried Lü Pu in a rage. He put the messenger to death and Han Yin into the cangue. He drafted a memorial of thanks and sent it to the capital, at the same time sending, too, Han Yin, the unfortunate agent who had arranged the marriage alliance. He also replied to Tsʻao Tsʻao’s private letter asking to be confirmed in his governorship. Tsʻao was pleased to hear of the rupture of the marriage arrangement, and forthwith put Han Yin to death in the market place. However, Chʻên Têng sent a secret remonstrance to Tsʻao Tsʻao, vilifying Lü Pu as cruel, stupid and facile and advising his destruction. “I know Lü Pu quite well,” said Tsʻao. “He is a wolf with a savage heart, and it will be hard to feed him for long. If it had not been for you and your father I should not have known all the circumstances and you must help me to get rid of him.”