Cavalry commander Yang Feng had wanted to defeat the rebels when Li Jue and Guo Si had held Emperor Xian hostage; however his forces were too weak to hold up against them.
Han Xian, a close friend of Yang Feng, was then recruited by Yang along with two other generals of the White Wave Bandits, Hu Cai and Li Yue.
Together with the forces of Cao Cao, Guo and Li were finally defeated however Yang and Han felt that Cao was overly ambitious and conflicts would arise, so they thought it prudent to leave the capital.
Yang and Han then joined Yuan Shu's army, serving him for some time.
After Lü Bu captures and killed Yuan Shu's agent Han Yin after discovering Yuan was trying to take Lü's daughter hostage, the enraged Yuan Shu leads an army of two hundred thousand men to attack the city of Xiapi in Xu Province.
Han and Yang serve as rear generals, but with help from Chen Gui, Lü Bu's advisor, who is a mole working for Cao Cao, Han Xian is told that Yuan Shu is a rebel trying to take over power from the emperor.
With his Sixth Battalion, he wreaks havoc on Yuan Shu's camp along with Yang and manages to give Lü Bu enough time to intercept Yuan Shu's camp, forcing Yuan to retreat.
After Yuan's defeat, Han and Yang are promoted by Lü.
However, Han’s bandit ways do not change.
He and Yang are caught robbing civilians with their army and are executed by Liu Bei.
