黄皓
In 886, Zhou Yue attacked Tan Prefecture (in modern Changsha), which was then the capital of Qinhua Circuit. The military governor ("Jiedushi") of Qinhua, Min Xu, invited Huang Hao (), a general of the warlord Qin Zongquan, who had claimed imperial title at Cai Prefecture (蔡州, in modern Zhumadian, Henan), into Tan Prefecture to help him defend it. Instead, Huang killed Min and took over Tan Prefecture. Zhou then arrived, defeated Huang, and executed him, taking over Tan Prefecture. Emperor Xizong then commissioned Zhou as military governor and changed the name of the circuit from Qinhua to Wu'an. In 891, Emperor Xizong's brother and successor Emperor Zhaozong commissioned Zhou to be the military governor of Lingnan West Circuit (嶺南西道, headquartered in modern Nanning, Guangxi). (It is not clear whether the commission was intended to give Zhou an extra circuit, or for him to transfer to Lingnan West; in any case, it appeared that Zhou never actually went to Lingnan West.)