He returned to China to serve as an instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy and rose to Major-General during the pacification of Fukien.
此後平定閩變有功升任少將，可是這時也逐漸感受戰爭的殘酷，在他的詩集﹘ ﹘「乘化室詩草」的南京失陷一詩中寫道：全軍誓守未宜威，竟爾乖方陷敵圍；無數健兒膏野草，將軍何以獨能歸。