ang ▁( , ▁in ▁modern ▁X ian y ang ), ▁he ▁was ▁captured ▁by ▁the ▁Sh ence ▁Army ▁soldiers . ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 1 6 , ▁Zh eng ▁Tan ▁was ▁named ▁ch an cell or . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁Li ▁X un ▁had ▁fled ▁to ▁the ▁Zh ong nan ▁Mountain ▁() ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁seek ▁refuge ▁with ▁the ▁Buddh ist ▁mon k ▁Z ong mi , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁was ▁friendly . ▁ ▁Z ong mi ▁wanted ▁to ▁give ▁Li ▁X un ▁a ▁tons ure ▁and ▁dis gu ise ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁mon k , ▁but ▁Z ong mi ' s ▁follow ers ▁ur ged ▁him ▁not ▁to ▁accept ▁Li ▁X un . ▁ ▁Li ▁X un ▁thus ▁ex ited ▁Zh ong nan ▁Mountain ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁fle e ▁to ▁F eng xi ang . ▁ ▁He ▁was , ▁however , ▁intercept ed ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁by ▁the ▁def ender ▁of ▁Z hou z hi ▁( , ▁in ▁modern ▁X i ' an ), ▁Song ▁Ch u ▁( ), ▁who ▁arrested ▁him ▁and ▁had ▁him ▁delivered ▁to ▁Ch ang ' an . ▁ ▁When ▁Li ▁X un ' s ▁esc ort ▁reached ▁Kun ming ▁P ond ▁( ), ▁Li ▁X un , ▁fear ful ▁that ▁the ▁e un uchs ▁would ▁tort ure ▁and ▁hum ili ate ▁him , ▁told ▁the ▁officer ▁esc ort ing ▁him ▁to ▁dec ap itate ▁him ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁Sh ence ▁Army ▁soldiers ▁could ▁not ▁se ize ▁him ▁and ▁take ▁the ▁glory ▁themselves . ▁ ▁The ▁officer ▁agreed