He put Kou Xun in charge of the Henei (modern northern Henan, north of the Yellow River) region and made it the base for food and manpower supplies, while commissioning Deng with an expedition force to the modern Shaanxi region, waiting for the confrontation between Emperor Gengshi and Chimei.
# Henei, an ancient administrative division (or commandery) in China, situated in present-day northern Henan.
In 1907 Huang secretly returned to China and traveled to Henei in order to participate in numerous revolts, including the Qinzhou Uprising, Fangcheng Uprising, and Zhen Nanguan Uprising.
In summer 25, Liu Xiu finally made a formal break with Emperor Gengshi, after his generals and Emperor Gengshi's generals fought over control of the Henei and Luoyang regions.
When Yi Zong was travelling from Henei to Nanyang to take up a post of governor at the latter, Ning Cheng had retired again and was living in Nanyang.
He rose through the ranks in the following years and soon became the Prefect of Henei.
Consort Fu's father was from the Commandery of Henei (roughly modern Handan, Hebei) and died early.