Cao Cao writes a letter, which he sends to the commanders of all the passes, as well as to Qin Qi, who guards the ferry at the Yellow River, and Xiahou Dun, who guards the Guandu crossing. He forbids them all to obstruct Guan Yu. At the second pass, the magistrate of Luoyang, Han Fu, and Captain Meng Tan make a plan to defeat Guan Yu. The first part of the plan is that Meng Tan should fight Guan Yu and flee in defeat.
曹操寫親筆信，分別派人去曉諭沿關守將、鎮守黃河渡口的秦琪和鎮守官渡的夏侯惇，不准阻攔關羽。二關洛陽太守韓複和將士孟坦設計要勝關羽，先由孟坦戰關羽，敗走。