 Empress Cao and the Xia official Qi Shanshing () fled back to Ming Prefecture.Li Shimin took Dou, Wang Wan, and Zhangsun to Luoyang and displayed them to Wang Shichong.Wang Shichong considered fighting his way out of the siege and fleeing to Xiangyang (襄陽, in modern Xiangfan, Hubei), but his generals pointed out that they needed Dou's support, and now that Dou was captured, there was little else to do.