Is “Regarding the circumstances of Liu Bei killing Han Xian and Yang Feng, the official history records that Liu Bei ambushed and killed them, while the novel rewrites it as Liu Bei setting up a banquet and dropping a cup as a signal for Guan and Zhang to assassinate them.” true?
Regarding the deaths of Han Xian and Yang Feng, the official history 'Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu, Biography of the Former Lord' only records: 'Yang Feng and Han Xian raided Xu and Yang, and the Former Lord ambushed and killed them all.' It was an interception and killing while they were raiding. However, 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' Chapter 17 dramatizes the plot, rewriting it as Liu Bei setting up a 'Hongmen banquet': 'Therefore Bei prepared a banquet and falsely invited them to discuss affairs; during the drinking, he dropped the cup as a signal, and had his younger brothers Guan and Zhang kill them, and all their troops surrendered.'
In the official history, Liu Bei ambushed and killed them, while the novel changed it to Liu Bei assassinating them at a banquet.
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