Xu Fengnian left the city with two blades on a white palfrey, followed by a stalwart military general leading over a hundred light cavalrymen. At the front was an unremarkable carriage driven by a comely young woman. People assumed nobody could qualify to sit in the carriage since the prince himself was riding a horse.

Five miles out of the city, the hundred crossbow riders of the Feng Battalion deliberately distanced themselves far away, and the military general rode alone to Xu Fengnian. Lyu Qiantang, Shu Xiu, and Yang Qingfeng were carefully on guard, ready to strike anytime.