Fan Yanguang
In fall 927, Li Siyuan, apparently without explaining a reason, departed the capital Luoyang and headed toward Xuanwu's capital Bian Prefecture (汴州), leading to all kinds of rumors — the chief among which were that he was intending to attack Later Tang's southeastern neighbor Wu, or that he was intending to act against one the rebellious military governors to the east. Zhu became fearful that Li Siyuan was targeting him. His secretary Sun Sheng suggested that he resist, and so he closed the city and prepared for siege. Li Siyuan, at the urging of his general Fan Yanguang, had Fan take 500 men to head toward Bian Prefecture to make an initial raid to unsettle the city, and then sent his son-in-law Shi Jingtang with a larger force to follow up. Fan's attack surprised the people at Bian Prefecture, as intended, and once Shi, and then Li Siyuan himself, arrived at Bian, the people surrendered in droves. Zhu knew that he was near defeat, and killed his family before ordering his followers to cut off his head.