In 758 CE, it was transferred to be part of , in . Three years later, it would return to Xuan Prefecture in Jiangnanxi Circuit. In 787 CE, Xuan Prefecture was transferred to Jiangnandong Circuit.

In 937 CE, upon the creation of the Southern Tang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Wuhu County was established, and placed under . Since then, Wuhu went uninterrupted as an administrative unit throughout the remainder of dynastic