Zhou Yu lines up his army to welcome Jiang Gan. He holds a huge banquet in the main tent, with all of his civil and military officials attending. Zhou Yu urges them all to drink a lot of wine. He then hands his precious sword to Taishi Ci so that he can supervise the banquet. He states that today’s meeting is a gathering of heroes, and that one is only allowed to talk about friendship. No talk of war is allowed. If anyone violates this rule he will be executed with the sword. In reality Zhou Yu wants to seal Jiang Gan’s mouth, and prevent him from trying his persuasion on him. When the party ends at night, Zhou Yu is drunk. He invites Jiang Gan to his sleeping tent to share his bed foot-to-foot.
周瑜擺隊迎接蔣幹，中軍帳大擺宴席，文武作陪，周瑜帶頭鬧酒，賜寶劍把太史慈監席，並說今日之會爲群英大會，席間只准談朋友之交，不准談干戈之事，如有違反者以寶劍誅之。實則封蔣幹的嘴，不讓他下說辭。到晚上散席，周瑜有醉意，請蔣幹到寢帳抵足而眠。