 Zhang Wu () the prefect of Wan Prefecture further built an iron chain across the Yangtze, intending to secure it from further invasion from the east.Meanwhile, believing that it would be advantageous to enter into an alliance with Li Maozhen for Li Maozhen to serve as a protective neighbor to the north, Wang Jian did so in early 905, and also jointly issued a declaration with Li Maozhen and Li Maozhen's adoptive son Li Jihui the military governor of Jingnan condemning Zhu.Thereafter, Wang gave his daughter in marriage to Li Maozhen's nephew LI Jichong () the military governor of Tianxiong Circuit (天雄, headquartered in modern Pingliang, Gansu), and often supplied Li Maozhen's army from this point on.