 The senior officers Xing Caojun () and Meng Xiyou (), however, chased him down and offered the military governorship to him, as Tian Xu's remaining older brother, Tian Guan (), was also killed in the disturbance.Tian Xu then declared that it was another officer, Liu Zhongxin (), who had assassinated Tian Yue, and took over control of the circuit.Kong then commissioned him as the acting military governor.