Third general of the garrison, small of build and first over every wall. The sealed letter gave him the quieter half of the plan: hold the city.
If Sun Quan arrives, Generals Zhang and Li sally out and fight; General Yue defends, and the protector does not join the battle.Cao Cao's sealed letter, 215; Sanguozhi, Wei shu 17, Biography of Zhang Liao
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- Cao Cao general — From the first raising of troops; his biography is a list of walls taken first. At Hefei his charge was to hold one.
- Zhang Liao colleagues — The sortie was Zhang Liao's and Li Dian's; Yue Jin's battle was the wall.
Myth vs record
The story you may know
Hefei's three defenders all charged out of the gate together.
What the sources say
Cao Cao's sealed letter divided them: Generals Zhang and Li go out and fight, General Yue holds the city, and the protector takes no part in the battle. The wall that outlasted ten days of siege was Yue Jin's share.