On the northern bank of the Yellow River, Xiahou Dun blocks the way for Guan Yu. Then Zhang Liao comes to Guan Yu’s rescue. He shows Cao Cao’s precious sword “Heaven’s Propp” to Xiahou Dun and makes him let Guan Yu pass. On the way, Guan Yu meets Sun Qian and gets news that Yuan Shao wishes to kill him and that Liu Bei wants him to go to Runan, where he will meet him later.
關羽在黃河北岸又遇夏侯惇阻攔。張遼趕至，用曹操的“倚天”寶劍才迫夏侯惇讓關羽過去。關羽途中遇見孫乾，知袁紹欲殺關羽，劉備叫他們前往汝南，劉隨後去相會。