Former Shu
However, during Liu Zhijun's siege of Bin Prefecture, Qi's southwestern neighbor Former Shu had launched a major attack on Qi's Tianxiong Circuit (天雄, headquartered in modern Tianshui, Gansu), governed by Li Maozhen's nephew Li Jichong (). With Tianxiong's capital Qin Prefecture () coming under siege, Li Jichong surrendered to Former Shu. The Former Shu army captured Liu's family, which had been living at Qin, and took them to the Former Shu capital Chengdu. Shocked by this development, Liu lifted the siege on Bin and fled to Former Shu himself with some 70 soldiers that he trusted.