Sui and Tang · Warlord of Taiyuan and Hedong

Li Keyong 李克用

Attested AD 884 - AD 893

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Li Keyong was a warlord of Taiyuan and Hedong.

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 3 passages
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可舉慮其窺伺山東，終為己患，遂遣使構雲中赫連鐸乘其背，則與鎮州合謀舉兵，兼言易、定是燕、趙之餘，雲得其地則正其疆理而分之。 Keju feared that Keyong would turn his ambitions toward the eastern provinces and become a lasting threat. He sent envoys to incite Helian Duo of Yunzhong to attack Keyong from the rear, then conspired with the forces of Zhenzhou to raise troops. He argued that Yizhou and Dingzhou were the last holdings of Yan and Zhao, and that if Yunzhong gained those lands their boundaries could be redrawn and the territory divided.