Men and horses were overboard after the "river god's" pole stunt. Few of the Feng Battalion knew how to swim, and the rocks in the rivers made the situation even worse, with some on the verge of drowning. Ning Emei grabbed one soldier in his hand and, unbelievably, his horse in the other, pushing them aboard. After that he jumped in again to fish for his halberd, a legacy from his godfather that he would die before losing it.

Xu Fengnian, Lyu Qiantang, Yang Qingfeng, Shu Xiu and Qing Niao swept about on the river like fishing eagles, rescuing people and horses, as boatmen on the other three ships watched flabbergasted.