the gengshi emperor then commissioned two armies, one led by wang kuang, targeting luoyang, and the other led by shentu jian (申屠建) and li song (李松), targeting chang'an directly. all the populace on the way gathered, welcomed, and joined the han forces. shentu and li quickly reached the outskirts of chang'an. in response, the young men within chang'an also rose up and stormed weiyang palace, the main imperial palace. wang died in the battle at the palace (by du wu (杜吳)), as did his daughter princess huanghuang (the former empress of han). after wang died, the crowd fought over the right to have the credit for having killed wang, and tens of soldiers died in the ensuing fight. wang's body was cut into pieces, and his head was delivered to the provisional han capital wancheng, to be hung on the city wall.