Cao Cao gets reports from Li Dian and Yue Jin and figures out that Guan Yu has already received news concerning Liu Bei. He orders Zhang Liao to investigate if this is correct. As expected, it turns out that it is indeed so. However, Guan Yu feels obliged to take farewell personally with Cao Cao before leaving. So Cao Cao intentionally evades a meeting with Guan Yu, preventing his departure.
曹操聽李典、樂進稟報後，猜測關羽已得到劉備消息，命張遼去探聽，果然，但關羽要面辭曹操後才動身。曹操想用不見面讓關羽走不成。