 Meanwhile, Li Sheng took a defensive posture and also wrote Li Huaiguang letters trying to persuade him to return to the imperial cause; while Li Huaiguang did not do so, he was sufficiently embarrassed and concerned that his soldiers would turn against him in an attack against Li Sheng that he did not attack Li Sheng.Meanwhile, a number of his subordinates, including Han Yougui (), turned against him, weakening his army.As a result, Zhu Ci stopped treating him as an equal and instead was sending him edicts.