Founding of Later Tang

Timeline

1. 910–922Hedong · ShanxiLi Cuxu inherited his father Li Keyong's Hedong base and fought repeated battles against Later Liang, gradually reversing the strategic situation and creating the conditions for Later Liang's destruction.
2. 923Bianzhou · HenanIn 923 Li Cuxu led his army south, breached the Later Liang capital Bianzhou; the last Later Liang emperor Zhu Youzhen killed himself, Later Liang fell, and the Central Plains regime changed hands.
3. 923Weizhou · HebeiOn the eve of destroying Later Liang, Li Cuxu proclaimed himself emperor at Weizhou, adopted the era name Tongguang, took Tang as the state name and the temple name Zhuangzong, presenting himself as restoring the Tang house; the Later Tang regime was formally established.