Marquess Su reigned during a time when the authority of the Eastern Zhou kings was fast declining.
In 344 BCE, the marquesses of Wei and Qi agreed to recognize each other as kings, thus putting them on parity with the Eastern Zhou royalty.
Angered by the exclusion of his state, Marquess Su laid siege to Wei fortresses in the north.
This failed; and in anticipation of possible retaliatory attacks, he ordered the construction of walls along the northern and southern borders, as well as along the course of the Zhang River.
The states of Qin, Chu, Yan, Qi, and Wei each sent ten thousand crack troops to Zhao to attend the funeral.