Xiao Chenzhou and his daughter Xiao Chunjiao, leading the remnants, fortified themselves within Xixia City without emerging, while secretly calling for the rest of the Taiping Army rebels to come to their aid.
At noon, another rebel faction of the Taiping Army, the Jiao Demon Department, came to reinforce them, only to fall into an ambush laid by the Ninth Prince's good friend, Zhang Jiudeng, the current Great Governor of Ancient Qin Province. After an hour of intense battle, the Jiao Demon Army was routed and suffered a disastrous defeat.
The remaining rebels of the Taiping Army, upon receiving the news, retreated one after the other, and the Devils no longer had any reinforcements.
General Zhang Jiudeng's leading general, Lin Dechang, led the main army to join forces with Yin Qiye, besieging Xixia City alongside the Heavenly Demon Army.
