▁G ao ' s ▁post . ▁ ▁Li ▁G ao , ▁in ▁fear , ▁initially ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁receive ▁Su o ▁and ▁turn ▁over ▁authorities ▁to ▁him . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁ur ging ▁of ▁Song ▁and ▁Z hang ▁M iao ▁( 張 <0xE9> <0x82> <0x88> ), ▁however , ▁Li ▁G ao ▁first ▁sent ▁mess engers ▁to ▁fl atter ▁Su o , ▁and ▁instead ▁made ▁a ▁surprise ▁against ▁Su o , ▁defe ating ▁him ▁and ▁forcing ▁him ▁to ▁fle e ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Northern ▁Li ang ▁capital ▁Z hang ye ▁( 張 <0xE6> <0x8E> <0x96> , ▁in ▁modern ▁Z hang ye , ▁G ans u ). ▁ ▁Li ▁G ao , ▁angry ▁at ▁what ▁he ▁saw ▁as ▁Su o ' s ▁bet ray al , ▁then ▁sent ▁mess engers ▁to ▁Du an ▁Ye ▁demand ing ▁that ▁he ▁execute ▁Su o . ▁ ▁Ju qu ▁N anch eng , ▁who ▁also ▁dis lik ed ▁Su o , ▁ad vised ▁Du an ▁Ye ▁to ▁execute ▁Su o ▁to ▁pac ify ▁Li , ▁and ▁Du an ▁Ye ▁did ▁so . ▁ ▁Later ▁in ▁ 4 0 0 , ▁Li ▁G ao ' s ▁sub ordinate ▁Tang ▁Y ao ▁( 唐 <0xE7> <0x91> <0xA4> ) ▁declared ▁a ▁general ▁se cess ion ▁by ▁the ▁six ▁command eries ▁around ▁Dun hu ang ▁and ▁offered ▁the ▁r ul ership ▁to ▁Li ▁G ao . ▁ ▁Li ▁G ao ▁accepted ▁and ▁took ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁Duke ▁of ▁Li ang , ▁thus ▁establish ing ▁Western ▁Li ang . ▁ ▁Early ▁reign ▁ ▁Li