That night, in the second watch, Han Hsien and Yang Fêng arrived and soon the flare was lighted as arranged. Lü Pu’s men were admitted to the camp and caused great confusion. Then Lü Pu himself attacked and Chang Hsün was routed and fled. Lü Pu pursued till daylight when he fell in with one of the other bodies led by Chi Ling. Both sides faced each other, but at the very beginning of the engagement the two traitors also attacked and Chi Ling was forced to fly. Lü Pu went in pursuit but soon another force came out from the rear of some hills. These looked very imposing. As the ranks opened he saw a leader’s guard with flags bearing dragons and phœnixes and representations of the sun and moon, the four “measures,” [8] the five directions, [9] golden gourds, silver axes, yellow halberds, white yaks’ tails, all Imperial emblems. And beneath a yellow silken parasol sat Yüan Shu on horseback, clad in silver mail with a sword handle showing at each wrist. Standing out in front of the array he railed at his opponent calling him traitor and slave. Lü Pu said nothing but rode forward ready for battle and Li Fêng, one of Yüan’s leaders, advanced to take the challenge. They met, but at the third bout, Li was wounded in the hand, whereupon his spear fell to the ground and he fled. Lü Pu waved on the advance and his men prevailed. The other side fled, leaving much spoil, clothing, mail and horses. Yüan Shu’s defeated men had not gone far when a strong troop, led by Kuan Yü, appeared barring his way. “Traitor! why have they not slain you?” cried Kuan Yü. Whereat Yüan Shu fled in great trepidation and his army melted into fugitives in all directions. The new army fell upon them with great slaughter. Yüan Shu and the remnant of his army retreated into Huainan. Victory being now secure, Lü Pu, in company with Kuan Yü, Yang Fêng and Han Hsien returned to Hsüchou, where there were banquets and feastings and rewards for the soldiers. These over, Kuan took his leave and returned to his brother, while Han Hsien was appointed magistrate of Itu and his friend magistrate of Langya. There had been a question of keeping these two in Hsüchou but Chʻên Kuei opposed it. “Let them hold those places in Shantung, which will be all yours within a year.” So they were sent to these two cities in the meantime to await orders. “Why not retain them here?” asked Chʻên Têng secretly of his father. “They would be a basis for our conspiracy against Lü Pu.” “But if they helped him, on the other hand, we should lengthen the tiger’s claws and teeth,” said his father. So Têng could only approve of his father’s precautions. Yüan Shu returned home burning to avenge his defeat, so he sent to Chiangtung to ask a loan of men from Sun Tsʻê. Tsʻê said, “On the strength of holding the State Seal he secretly calls himself Emperor and rebels against the Hans. I would rather punish such a renegade than help him.”