The squad leader noticed that the group of people by the river were acting suspiciously, with messy equipment but a murderous aura. He immediately shouted a question and signaled his men to draw their bows and nock their arrows.
When Li Hu’s confidants realized that their whereabouts had been exposed, one of them instinctively shot an arrow in desperation!
This arrow completely exposed their identities and hostility!
"They're the defeated soldiers from Xijing! Send the signal! Surround them!"
The patrol squad leader reacted swiftly, directing his men to counterattack using the terrain while simultaneously lighting the warning smoke signals they carried.
The black smoke rose straight up, standing out conspicuously against the clear sky.
At this moment, Lin Feng's main army was marching on the official road not far away, preparing to enter Huazhou City.
Upon seeing the smoke signal, Lin Feng frowned: "There's something going on ahead! Guard Battalion, come with me!"
He immediately mustered five hundred elite personal guards, separated from the main force, and sped off in the direction from which the smoke signals were rising.
Seeing that his whereabouts had been completely exposed and that reinforcements from Hedong would arrive in an instant, Li Hu knew that his plan to sail downstream by boat had failed.
He tried to force the boat to move, but a battle had already broken out on the riverbank, with arrows flying everywhere and his men constantly being hit and falling into the water.
The fishing boat, due to its unfamiliarity with operation and its panic, kept spinning in circles.
Lin Feng led his troops to the scene, assessed the situation along the river, and immediately issued an order:
"Surround them! Don't let a single one escape! Judging by their tattered armor but formidable presence, there must be a big fish among them!"
The arrival of five hundred fresh troops instantly decided the course of the battle.
Li Hu and his cronies were surrounded on the riverbank and put up a stubborn resistance.
Li Hu himself was indeed brave, killing several soldiers from Hedong in an attempt to break through the encirclement.
But Lin Feng took action himself, his swordsmanship steady and sharp. In just over ten rounds, he struck Li Hu's wrist with his sword, knocking his weapon away.
Immediately, the guards rushed forward, pinned him down, and tied him up tightly.
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