Seeing Liu Bei and Cao Cao walking slowly side by side, Sun Ce's banner with the character "Sun" fell and was directly replaced by the Han character banner in black with golden patterns, made hurriedly under Zhuge Jin's orders after Zhou Yu headed north.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao were stunned; both had marched north with their own flags. But they immediately turned to look behind them, where Jia Xu and Xun Yu ordered the flag bearers to lower their banners, quickly replacing them with "Han" banners.
At this time, the differences between the three parties became apparent. Sun Ce's banner was black with golden patterns, Cao Cao's was dark with golden patterns, and Liu Bei's was red with golden patterns.
These three individuals' flags signify their distinct understanding: Sun Ce's black and Cao Cao's dark both refer to the Han Dynasty, while Liu Bei's red refers to the Yanhan.
