Wen Chou discovers that his soldiers have already been killed by the arrows of Cao Cao’s army, inside the Xixia valley. He also gets news that his camp has been seized and his boats burned. Then he hurries to find a boat to get across the river and return to Jizhou. However, he is lured to the Yanjin ferry crossing where he is killed by the sword of Guan Yu. At this time Liu Bei is watching from the other side of the river without Guan Yu being aware of it. Liu Bei thus comes to believe that Guan Yu has already surrendered to Cao Cao.
文醜發現兵丁在西霞穀內已被曹兵用亂箭射死，又得知營寨已被奪，渡般又被燒，急於尋船渡河回冀州，被騙至延津渡口被關羽一刀殺死。此時劉備在對河看見，關羽不知，劉以爲關羽已降曹操。