Wang Chao
Wang Chao initially wanted to take the army back north to their home in Guang Prefecture, but when they advanced to Sha (沙縣, in modern Sanming, Fujian), the locals, who were suffering under the heavy burdens of the local prefect (Liao Yanruo () the prefect of Quan Prefecture (泉州, in modern Quanzhou), asked that Wang Chao save them from Liao. Wang Chao thus put Quan Prefecture under siege, capturing it in fall 886. After doing so, he put Wang Xu under house arrest at a mansion. Wang Xu, unable to bear this shame, committed suicide.