Zhou Yu is waiting for the wind, and when the sun sets in the west a violent south-east wind blows up. Zhou Yu is deeply frightened, and suspects that Zhuge Liang must be a magician, since he even has the ability to raise the wind. Zhou Yu considers Zhuge Liang to be a great danger to the Southland, and that he must be killed. He orders the two generals, Ding Feng and Xu Sheng, to go to the Altar of the Seven Stars to kill Zhuge Liang. Ding Feng and Xu Sheng see a person standing on the altar, dressed in a Taoist outfit. Convinced that it is Zhuge Liang, they behead him with one swoop. They carry the head with them to report the completion of the mission to Zhou Yu. When Zhou Yu finds out that this is his own brother, and not Zhuge Liang, he is outraged, and orders the two generals to catch Zhuge Liang to atone for their mistake.
周瑜等到夕陽西下，東南風大作。周瑜大驚，疑諸葛亮是神人，連風都借到，是江東心腹之患，必須殺之。命丁奉、徐聖二將到七星壇將諸葛亮殺去。丁、徐二將看見上面站著一人是道家打扮，認定是諸葛亮，一劍將他斬去。提頭見周瑜銷差。周瑜見是自己的胞弟，不是諸葛亮，周瑜大怒命二將將諸葛亮捉來將功折罪。