He was involved in the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army in 1933, commanding a formation called the 1st Route.

He returned to Japanese-occupied Northern Chahar with enough men to form two Divisions that were trained by Japanese advisors.

[2] After 1937 he was able to establish a small puppet army, independent of Mengjiang, in Western Suiyuan under Japanese protection.

His Self Government Army of Western Suiyuan in 1943 consisted of over 2300 men in three divisions, in a March 1943 British intelligence report.

In 1946 he was appointed senior staff officer of the Beiping Camp for the Chairperson of the Military Committee (軍事委員會委員長北平行營高級參謀).