Li Zitong (李子通) (died 622) was an agrarian leader who claimed the title of emperor in the aftermaths of the death of Emperor Yang of Sui, at the hands of Emperor Yang's general Yuwen Huaji in 618. After Yuwen then vacated the city of Jiangdu (江都, in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu), the region was in a state of confusion, and in 619, Li captured Jiangdu and declared a new state of Wu. In 620, he was defeated by the Tang Dynasty general Li Fuwei, and he headed south, defeating another rebel leader, Shen Faxing the Prince of Liang and seizing Shen's territory—roughly modern Zhejiang. In 621, however, Li Fuwei attacked him again and forced his surrender. He was taken to the Tang capital Chang'an, but was spared by Emperor Gaozu of Tang. In 622, believing that he could try to reestablish his state, he fled from Chang'an, but was captured and executed.
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