Chai Rong
Li Jing pleaded for peace and offered to become a Later Zhou vassal. On 1 April Chai Rong rebuffed Southern Tang envoys and Li Jing's proposal: Several more peace feelers were sent throughout the spring. Six prefectures were offered to be ceded to the Later Zhou. This was not an appealing proposal to Chai Rong as his forces had already occupied sizable territories south of the Huai River.