From the Start, I Swore Brotherhood in the Peach Garden and Got Carried to Victory

“I, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and He Yue, though born with different surnames, have sworn to become brothers. We will work as one, rescue the distressed, and aid those in peril. Above, we will serve our country; below, we will bring peace to the common people. We do not ask to be born on the same day, month, or year, but only to die on the same day, month, and year. May Heaven and Earth bear witness to our hearts. May gods and men alike strike down anyone who betrays this oath and forgets our bond!” After making their vow, they asked one another's ages. Liu Bei was twenty-eight, Guan Yu twenty-seven, Zhang Fei twenty-two, and only He Yue was twenty. So they made Xuande their elder brother, Guan Yu second, Zhang Fei third, and He Yue their younger brother.” But they had no idea that one person who should never have been there had joined the Oath of the Peach Garden, and that person had transmigrated!