Although the Jin soldiers suffered a defeat, they were still strong and surrounded the small Liuhe city like an iron barrel, attacking the city every day. 
The Song army quickly ran out of arrows. Bi Zaiyu ordered his soldiers to carry large shields and move back and forth on the city wall. The Jin soldiers thought the Song army general was inspecting the city, so they continuously shot arrows at the shields. Before long, the city wall was covered with many arrows, solving the shortage of arrows for the defending city. 
However, the Jin soldiers did not give up their plan to capture Liuhe. Bi Zaiyu led a team to sneak out of the city and suddenly launched a fierce attack, driving the enemy to abandon their armor and flee, eventually achieving victory. From then on, when the Jin soldiers heard about Bi Zaiyu, they were terrified. 
However, a Jin general, upon hearing about Bi Zaiyu’s reputation for terrifying the enemy, laughed and said that Bi Zaiyu’s soldiers were cowards and that they would surely defeat Bi Zaiyu. He vowed to defeat Bi Zaiyu in a decisive battle. 
Coincidentally, that Jin general finally encountered Bi Zaiyu’s troops on the battlefield. Both sides formed their formations, and the Jin general immediately demanded to fight Bi Zaiyu, insisting on a decisive battle. 
Bi Zaiyu rode out to battle and fought fiercely with the Jin general from morning till noon, resulting in a draw. Both sides then withdrew their troops, agreeing to continue the battle the next day. 
After several exchanges, the Jin general secretly admired Bi Zaiyu’s bravery. He planned with his subordinates to use a scheme to destroy Bi Zaiyu’s army. 
The Jin general engaged in direct combat with Bi Zaiyu, while secretly maneuvering troops to surround Bi Zaiyu’s army and launch an attack from all sides, devastating the Song army. 
At this point, Bi Zaiyu realized he could not fight against an enemy ten times larger. He told his generals: ‘Surrendering is a complete defeat; negotiating peace is a partial defeat; if we can’t win, we should retreat, which is the best strategy.’ 
To escape the current passive situation and preserve their strength, Bi Zaiyu decided to retreat. The Jin soldiers, sensing their movement, did not pursue the battle, and the battlefield fell into silence.
