 Yang made Zhu the deputy military governor of Huainan, and then the military prefect (團練使, "Tuanlianshi") of Shou Prefecture.When Xuanwu forces subsequently counterattacked with several tens of thousands of soldiers, Zhu only had several thousand soldiers.He sent the officer Li Hou () with 250 cavalry soldiers to try to repel the Xuanwu soldiers, but Li was unable to do succeed.