Although Emperor Xizong returned to Chang'an, he had already lost control of the world. The governors from all over the country had their own troops and ruled over the country. For example, Li Changfu occupied Fengxiang, Wang Chongrong occupied Puzhou, Shanzhou, Zhuge Shuang occupied Heyang, Luoyang, Meng Fangli occupied Xingzhou, Mingzhou, Li Keyong occupied Taiyuan, Shangdang, Zhu Wen (i.e. Zhu Quanzhong) occupied Bianzhou, Huazhou, Qin Zongquan occupied Caizhou, Puzhou, Puxuan occupied Yunzhou, Qizhou, Caozhou, Puzhou, Wang Jingwu occupied Zizhou, Qingzhou, Gao Pian occupied Huainan, Qin Yan occupied Xuanzhou, Shezhou, and Liu Hanhong occupied eastern Zhejiang. They were all good at military and taxes and fought endlessly, and the Tang court could not control it. The areas that the court could control were only dozens of prefectures in Hexi, Shannan, Jiannan, and Lingnan West Road. Among them, Li Keyong and Zhu Wen were even more powerful and could not accommodate them.

It turned out that after Li Keyong, the governor of Hedong, returned to Bianzhou. Zhu Quanzhong, the governor of Bianzhou, opened the city to welcome him and asked Keyong to stay in the city. He went to the Yuanshi as a guest house. The hospitality was very generous, the dining was rich, and the music was ready. Li Keyong was very good at drinking for a young age, so he had to drink a few more cups. After getting drunk, he was arrogant and rude. Zhu Quanzhong was naturally angry, but pretended to be humble. Li Keyong was arrogant, so Zhu Quanzhong became angry and suddenly became vicious and wanted to put Li Keyong to death.

That night, Zhu Quanzhong invited Li Keyong's soldiers to drink and ordered their generals to drink, which made them drunk. After Zhu Quanzhong returned, he summoned the general Yang Yanhong into the Shangshang. He agreed on a plan and ordered the soldiers to connect the chariots to block the roads, and at the same time sent troops to siege Shangyuan Post, and the shouts were heard. Li Keyong was just lying drunk and did not realize it at all. Only Xue Zhiqin and Shi Sijing and other ten soldiers outside the tent were awakened. He heard that the Bianzhou soldiers were invading, and he knew that something had changed, so he hurriedly came out to fight with weapons. He left one person inside and woke Li Keyong. The man shouted several times, but he did not answer. He had to drag Keyong to the bed and wash his face with water to wake Li Keyong up and report the disaster.

Li Keyong then woke up and hurriedly took the bow and got up and went out. When Xue Zhiqin saw Li Keyong coming out, he hurriedly picked up the bow and fired several Bian soldiers, shooting them to kill several Bian soldiers, trying to take them away. But the Bianzhou soldiers caught fire, and the smoke filled the flames, which made them look fascinated. Fortunately, the weather was beautiful, and suddenly the lightning and thunder suddenly blew and thunder, and the heavy rain poured down, extinguishing the smoke, but the darkness covered the post gate. Li Keyong's intention to drink was not completely gone, and he still couldn't hold on. Fortunately, Xue Zhiqin bravely saw the opportunity, supported Li Keyong, called several people around, climbed over the wall to break through, and took advantage of the lightning to escape. The Bianzhou soldiers blocked the bridge, and Xue Zhiqin was able to escape. Shi Sijing broke the back alone and died in battle.

Xue Zhiqin protected Li Keyong and came out of the city. Li Keyong's army supervisor Chen Jingsi had more than 300 people. He had entered Biancheng with Li Keyong, but was killed by Zhu Quanzhong. Zhu Quanzhong learned that Keyong had escaped, so he hurriedly chased Yang Yanhong on a horse. Yang Yanhong said to Zhu Quanzhong: "Li Keyong must be on a horse and flee. If the governor saw a Hu man on a horse, he should shoot quickly. Don't let Li Keyong escape!" Zhu Quanzhong nodded his head and agreed and went out to the city to chase. Yang Yanhong saw someone walking in front of him, and the horse chased him urgently. Zhu Quanzhong was behind. Because it was dark, he could not identify Yang Yanhong as Li Keyong's soldier. He shot Yang Yanhong to death with one arrow, but Li Keyong had already escaped without knowing where to go.

At dawn, Li Keyong returned to the camp and hurriedly ordered troops to attack Zhu Quanzhong to avenge his revenge. But his wife Liu said, "You are fighting against the thieves for the country and saving people in a hurry. Now the people of Bianzhou are disobedient and conspiring to murder you. You should appeal to the court and make it clear that Qu Zhi is clear. If you suddenly raise troops to attack each other, it will make it difficult to distinguish right from wrong. Qu Zhi is unclear, and he has an excuse." Li Keyong then led his troops to the north and sent a letter to question Zhu Quanzhong. Zhu Quanzhong replied that he did not know the truth. The court secretly sent an envoy to discuss with Yang Yanhong that Yanhong had already convicted his crime. Please forgive me!

Li Keyong naturally knew that this was a lie and he was full of grudges.

Unfair. After returning to Jinyang, he immediately submitted a letter to Emperor Xizong: "Zhu Quanzhong is in power and his life is almost unsafe. The military supervisor Chen Jingsi died in vain. More than 300 people were begging to send envoys to question and send troops to punish him!" Emperor Xizong was shocked when he saw the letter and thought that Huang Chao was executed. He had just settled down. How could he start the army lightly? So he discussed with the prime minister and others and issued an edict to mediate and persuade him to make peace. Li Keyong was not convinced and submitted a series of memorials accusing Zhu Quanzhong of hiding evil intentions and would be troubled in the future. He begged the court to reduce his official title and send his ministers to lead his troops to fight to eliminate the culprit and avoid the worries in the future. Emperor Xizong refused to obey and sent an envoy Yang Fugong to pass on an edict saying that the incident had just settled, and you should take into account the overall situation and temporarily relieve your personal dislike.

Li Keyong had no choice but to obey the order, and was always unwilling to accept it. So he recruited troops and secretly prepared to repay his grievances. He also asked his younger brother Li Kexiu to settle Luzhou, which was originally a territory of Zhaoyi's army. After several mutinies, Zhaoyi's army changed its commander repeatedly. After Meng Fangli was given the imperial court, because Luzhou was in danger and wanted to move to a good place, he changed to Xingzhou as a capital. The people of Lu were unhappy and secretly begged to Li Keyong for the army. Li Keyong immediately sent his younger brother Li Kexiu and others to capture Luzhou, and wanted to compete for the three states of Xingming and Ci. This time, the court did not dare to refuse, so he ordered Li Kexiu to settle Lu. It was just divided into Zhaoyi into two towns, Zelu into one town, and Xingming into one town. Li Kexiu was in charge of the two states of Zelu, and promoted Li Keyong to the Prince of Longxi. Yang Fugong traveled back and forth several times to comfort Li Keyong, but Li Keyong did not move his troops.
Chapter completed!