 His father Li Guochang replaced him as the military governor of Yanmen under its new name Daibei Circuit (代北).After he started serving at Hedong, Li Keyong began to expand territory directly under his control.In late 883, Meng Fangli the military governor of Zhaoyi, whose power base was not at Zhaoyi's capital Lu Prefecture (潞州) and who found it difficult to control it, moved its capital to Xing Prefecture (邢州, in modern Xingtai, Hebei).