After the outbreak of the National Anti-Japanese War, in November 1937, he was appointed as a cadre of the Military Department of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
In June 1938, he was appointed Secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
In April 1939, he was appointed as the Minister of the Military Department of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China in Taiyue Office, responsible for leading the third column of the Shanxi Youth Anti-Enemy Death Team to teach the fifth and eighth regiments. In the same year, he served as political commissar of the advance detachment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
From June 1939 to June 1940, he served as political commissar of the Third Military Division of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, and political commissar of the 27th Regiment of the newly established Ninth Brigade. In the meantime, he entered the Party School of the Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China in May 1940.
From June of the same year to April 1942, he served as the political commissar of the Fifth Military Division of the Southern Hebei Military Region, and from April to December 1942, he served as the deputy political commissar. Participated in the Hundred Regiment Campaign and many anti-"mopping up" battles in the Taihang Mountains. In July 1943, he went to Yan'an and studied in the First Department of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China.
From April to June 1945, he attended the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China as a member of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan delegation. From November of the same year to August 1947, he served as the political commissar of the Fourth Independent Brigade of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.
From September to December 1947, he served as political commissar of the 28th Brigade of the 10th Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army. He led his troops into the Central Plains and opened up a base in the Tongbai area of ??Dabie Mountain
From May 1948 to March 1949, he served as the political commissar of the 28th Brigade of Tongbai Military Region.
From February to May 1949, he served as the commander of the 172nd Division of the 58th Army of the Second Field Army.
From June of the same year to February 1950, he served as the commander of the Independent Fourth Division of the Hubei Military Region. He successively participated in the battles of Hengshui, Jixian, Gaoyi, Yuanshi, Gaotang, Puyang, Dengxian, Xiangfan, and Huaihai.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as deputy political commissar and political commissar of the 52nd Army of the 21st Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.