▁ 9 2 3 , ▁he ▁carried ▁out ▁his ▁offer , ▁taking ▁some ▁ 1 0 0 ▁of ▁his ▁caval ry ▁soldiers ▁and ▁surrender ed ▁to ▁Later ▁Tang , ▁rende z vous ing ▁with ▁the ▁Later ▁Tang ▁em peror ▁at ▁Cha och eng ▁( 朝 城 , ▁in ▁modern ▁L ia och eng , ▁Sh and ong ). ▁ ▁Li ▁C un x u ▁took ▁off ▁his ▁own ▁sil k ▁ro be ▁and ▁j ade ▁bel t ▁and ▁awarded ▁them ▁to ▁K ang , ▁making ▁him ▁a ▁commander ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁army ▁against ▁Later ▁Li ang , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁pre fect ▁of ▁Bo ▁Pref ect ure ▁( 博 州 , ▁in ▁modern ▁L ia och eng ). ▁ ▁K ang ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁Later ▁Li ang ▁government ▁was ▁then ▁highly ▁influenced ▁by ▁Z hu ' s ▁close ▁associ ates , ▁his ▁brother - in - law ▁Z ha o ▁Yan ▁and ▁four ▁relatives ▁of ▁Z hu ' s ▁dece ased ▁wife ▁Cons ort ▁Z hang . ▁ ▁He ▁further ▁revealed ▁to ▁Li ▁C un x u ▁that ▁Du an ▁had ▁an ▁am bit ious ▁four - pr ong ▁plan ▁to ▁attack ▁Later ▁Tang , ▁to ▁be ▁launched ▁in ▁winter ▁ 9 2 3 , ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁reverse ▁years ▁of ▁Later ▁Li ang ▁losses ▁at ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁Later ▁Tang ' s ▁prede cess or ▁state ▁Jin : ▁▁ ▁D ong ▁Z hang ▁would ▁head ▁toward ▁Tai y uan . ▁ ▁Hu o ▁Yan wei ▁would ▁head ▁toward ▁Z hen ▁Pref