▁Y un . ▁ ▁They ▁then ▁confront ed ▁Wang ▁and ▁Z hang ▁at ▁Zh ong du ▁( 中 都 , ▁in ▁modern ▁J ining , ▁Sh and ong ), ▁defe ating ▁and ▁capt uring ▁them . ▁ ▁Li ▁C un x u ▁initially ▁hes itated ▁at ▁heading ▁toward ▁D ali ang ▁directly , ▁with ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁gener als ▁advoc ating ▁by ▁this ▁point ▁that ▁he ▁first ▁capture ▁Later ▁Li ang ' s ▁coast al ▁circ uits . ▁ ▁However , ▁K ang ▁ins isted ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁plan ▁of ▁attack ing ▁D ali ang , ▁and ▁with ▁Li ▁Si y uan ▁conc urr ing ▁with ▁him , ▁Li ▁C un x u ▁agreed , ▁and ▁head ed ▁toward ▁D ali ang . ▁ ▁This ▁caught ▁Z hu ▁by ▁surprise , ▁as ▁Du an ' s ▁four - pr ong ▁attack ▁plan ▁left ▁D ali ang ▁def ens eless . ▁ ▁As ▁Later ▁Tang ▁forces ▁approached , ▁he , ▁seeing ▁the ▁situation ▁as ▁hop eless , ▁committed ▁suic ide , ▁ending ▁Later ▁Li ang . ▁ ▁All ▁of ▁Later ▁Li ang ▁territory ▁surrender ed ▁to ▁Later ▁Tang , ▁allowing ▁Later ▁Tang ▁to ▁abs orb ▁it . ▁ ▁To ▁reward ▁K ang , ▁Li ▁C un x u ▁made ▁him ▁the ▁def ender ▁of ▁Zh eng ▁Pref ect ure ▁( <0xE9> <0x84> <0xAD> 州 , ▁in ▁modern ▁Zh eng z hou , ▁Hen an ), ▁and ▁best owed ▁on ▁him ▁both ▁the ▁imperial ▁surname ▁Li ▁and ▁a ▁new ▁personal ▁name ▁of ▁Sh ao chen