While waiting for assistance from later Tang general Li Cunshen, Xia and Zhuangzong were caught in ambush set up by Liu Xun and fought their way out, killing hundreds.
After the conquest of Later Liang, Zhuangzong sent Xia to Zhengzhou with the title of Jiedushi of Heyang.
In March 926, Zhuangzong sent Xia to execute the family of Jiedushi of Hezhong Li Jilin (birth name Zhu Youqian), including Li Jilin's illiterate wife Lady Zhang.
In May 926, Zhuangzong was killed in a mutiny, and Li Siyuan ascended the throne as Mingzong.
The rebels attack Xia's Suizhou garrison with an army of 30,000 in October 930.