Liu Bei leaves Three Rivers and travels to Wuchang. There he hears the sounds of war drums, and reckons that Zhou Yu is chasing him. From the boat deck he detects that it is Zhang Fei who is coming to meet him, and is very relieved. He returns to Wuchang, where he asks to borrow troops from Liu Qi. Liu Qi is willing to give Wuchang over to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei does not accept. In the end, Yi Ji asks Liu Bei to temporarily take command over the Wuchang forces, so that Liu Qi can recuperate. When Liu Qi gets well, the troops should be returned. Liu Bei orders Zhao Yun to go by a small boat to pick up the military counsellor on the last day before the first day of winter.
劉備由三江口回到武昌，聽到戰鼓之聲，以爲周瑜追來，上船一看，原來是三弟張飛前來接應，劉備安心回武昌向劉琦借兵。劉琦願將武昌送給劉備。劉備不同意，最後伊籍請劉備暫領武昌人馬，讓劉琦養病，等病好再歸還。劉備命趙雲在冬甲子前一日坐一號小船接軍師回來。