 By fall 573, Wu put the important city Shouyang (壽陽, in modern Lu'an, Anhui) under siege, and he captured Shouyang in 573, capturing and killing the Northern Qi general in charge of defending the city, the former Liang general Wang Lin.The entire region between the Yangtze and Huai were now in Chen hands.Emperor Xuan was so pleased that he, in an elaborate ceremony, conferred a variety of honors on Wu.