Is “The Romance has Chen Lin stationed inside Ye City to defend, rather than following Yuan Shang to beg for surrender.” true?
In the Battle of Ye City, the official history Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Annals of Emperor Wu records that Yuan Shang was besieged, and 'Shang was afraid. Therefore, the former Inspector of Yuzhou, Yin Kui, and Chen Lin begged to surrender, but the Duke did not permit.' However, in Chapter 32 of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Shang 'left Shen Pei and Chen Lin to guard Jizhou,' and when begging for surrender, only 'sent Yin Kui, the Inspector of Yuzhou, to Cao's camp to request surrender.' Chen Lin, on the other hand, was captured after the city fell and brought before Cao Cao, leading to the saying 'the arrow is on the string.'
In the Battle of Ye City, Chen Lin did not follow Yuan Shang to surrender
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