Han Fu 韓福

In Chapter 27 of the Romance, Lord Guan, escorting his two sisters-in-law in their carriage, sets off for Luoyang in search of his elder brother in Hebei. At Dongling Pass he cuts down in a single bout Kong Xiu, who demands that he leave his family behind as hostages if he has no travel permit from the Chancellor, and tells the soldiers to report to Chancellor Cao that he killed Kong Xiu because Kong Xiu tried to harm him. Romance, Ch. 27 §17–20

As Lord Guan heads for Luoyang escorting the carriage of the two ladies, a soldier has already informed Han Fu, Administrator of Luoyang. When Han Fu hastily gathers his generals to deliberate, his junior general Meng Tan says that without the Chancellor's travel permit Lord Guan is travelling in secret and that they will be punished if they do not stop him, and Han Fu says that Lord Guan is so valiant that even Yan Liang and Wen Chou were killed by him, so they must not oppose him by force but capture him by a stratagem. Meng Tan proposes a plan: they will block the entrance of the pass with abatis, and when he lures Lord Guan out by feigning defeat, Han Fu will shoot him with a hidden arrow, and if Lord Guan falls from his horse they will capture him and send him under escort to Xudu. Romance, Ch. 27 §21–22

Han Fu, his bow drawn and an arrow fitted, leads a thousand men and horses, lines them up at the entrance of the pass and asks who is coming. When Lord Guan declares himself the Marquis of Hanshou Precinct and asks to be allowed to pass, Han Fu asks whether he has a travel permit from Chancellor Cao, and on the answer that in the press of affairs he did not obtain one, Han Fu says that he guards this place by the Chancellor's order and examines spies coming and going, so that if Lord Guan has no permit he is a fugitive. Lord Guan angrily replies that Kong Xiu of Dongling Pass has already died at his hands, and asks whether Han Fu too wishes to die. Romance, Ch. 27 §22–23

When Han Fu asks who will capture him, Meng Tan comes out wielding two swords but flees before fighting three bouts; Lord Guan's horse is swift, however, and Meng Tan is cut in two with a single stroke. As Lord Guan reins in his horse and comes back, an arrow shot with all his strength by Han Fu, who had hidden himself at the gateway, strikes Lord Guan squarely in the left arm. Lord Guan pulls out the arrow with his teeth and, with the blood still flowing, charges straight at Han Fu and scatters his soldiers, and Han Fu, unable to get away in time, is cut through head and shoulder together by Lord Guan's blade and falls from his horse. Lord Guan tears silk to bind his wound and heads through the night for Sishui Pass. Romance, Ch. 27 §24–26

Bian Xi, who guards Sishui Pass, welcomes Lord Guan and, when Lord Guan tells him of cutting down Kong Xiu and Han Fu, says that he was right to kill them, but having hidden swordsmen and axemen in the Zhenguo Temple in front of the pass, he dies by Lord Guan's blade. Next, at Xingyang, Wang Zhi, Administrator of Xingyang, who is related to Han Fu by marriage, hears that Lord Guan has killed Han Fu and secretly plots to do away with Lord Guan. Romance, Ch. 27 §26–27 · 32–33