Liu Bei wants to attend the banquet. Zhang Fei also wishes to come, but Liu Bei does not agree, because he fears that he will make trouble. Consequently, he decides not to bring Zhang Fei. However, Zhang Fei still insists on attending. In the end Guan Yu solves the problem by saying he is himself willing to go to the banquet and guarantee Liu Bei’s safety. Liu Bei’s advisors suggest that undercover protection would be better, and want Guan Yu to disguise himself as one of Liu Bei’s attendants and secretly protect him. Guan Yu considers this to be a good idea. Liu Bei brings with him eight attendants, among them Guan Yu, and attends the banquet.
劉備命糜竺見周瑜並犒賞三軍，實則探聽諸葛亮的消息。周瑜謊稱諸葛亮未到三江口，人在柴桑，想了一個和良會，請劉備來赴會，實是欲殺劉備。他以爲殺了劉備，關、張、趙雲失其主矣，諸葛亮人在江東不降就死，不死就降，如了自己的心意。