In fact, "Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor" was an event planned by Yelu Deguang, and the Khitan at least had sufficient psychological preparation.
Du Chongwei and all the powerful troops from the Central Plains surrendered and were temporarily disarmed. There were almost no fighting troops in the Central Plains. He became dissatisfied with the Khitan cavalry, and vassal towns from all over the country came forward to submit their submission. At this time, the Khitan was both militarily and politically. Hedong Liu Zhiyuan showed a huge advantage.
Yelu Deguang believed that he should take this opportunity to destroy the remaining Jin forces and conquer Hedong in one go. Cut the knot with a sharp knife and avoid long nights and dreams. Yelu Deguang had realized that the Khitans were not welcome, so he was even more eager to eat Liu Zhiyuan.
Yelu Deguang was too superstitious about force and the people's resentment was boiling. His solution was not to resolve the "grievances" but to massacre the "people". I can't solve your problem, but I can fix you.
Before the showdown, Yelu Deguang deployed troops and generals to guard the dangerous passes in and out of Hedong, and sent troops to attack Taiyuan. Then he showed off his cards to Liu Zhiyuan and forced him to rebel.
The most interesting thing is that at the beginning, when Liu Zhiyuan expressed his surrender to the Khitan, Yelu Deguang issued an edict of praise with great fanfare and called on the people of the country to learn from Comrade Liu Zhiyuan, who was knowledgeable about current affairs. The official responsible for drafting the edict completed the draft and submitted it to Yelv De After just looking at it, Yelu Deguang picked up his pen and added the word "er" before the three words "Liu Zhiyuan".
After learning that Liu Zhiyuan had proclaimed himself emperor, Yelu Deguang responded quickly and appointed the translator (General Secretary) Geng Chongmei as the military governor of Xizhao Yijun in Luzhou, Gao Tangying as the military governor of Xiangzhou, and Cui Yanxun as the military governor of Heyang. Firmly curb the momentum of Liu Zhiyuan from Hedong going south.
A great melee for the Central Plains started again.
The main reason why Yelu Deguang kept Shi Chonggui was to lay mines for the Central Plains. The reason was the same as when the Jin Kingdom captured Emperor Huiqin later. As long as Shi Chonggui is still alive, the act of proclaiming emperor by any Central Plains person (such as Liu Zhiyuan) can be labeled as treason.
Liu Zhiyuan was deeply poisoned by it, so he did not dare to change the country's name when he proclaimed himself emperor. He still used "Jin" and only changed the era name. He changed the fourth year of Kaiyun to "Twelve Years of Tianfu" and continued the era name of Shi Jingtang's period. Because denying Shi Chonggui is Liu Zhiyuan’s legal basis.
Therefore, some people are hypocritical and say that Liu Zhiyuan should be counted as the third emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty. My balls hurt.
Liu Zhiyuan issued an edict to the world: All illegal activities of plundering people's money at the request of the Khitan should stop immediately; all Han Chinese who were coerced into serving as military and political officials in various places should report to Taiyuan immediately and pay homage to the dock; all Khitan officials and envoys would be killed on the spot!
Liu Zhiyuan became the leader of the Central Plains people's resistance to the Khitan movement, and officials from all over the country expressed their allegiance.
During the Jin-Liao War, Shi Chonggui ordered the formation of the "Tianwei Army", stipulating that every seven households should send one soldier, and the remaining six households would provide financial support. However, this improvised Tianwei Army had no combat effectiveness at all, so it was disbanded a year later. However, the imperial court required every seventh household to contribute 10,000 yuan to support the regular army, and all the weapons and armor they had made before were confiscated.
The imperial court's disarmament was very unsuccessful. It focused on collecting materials and money, but ignored the resettlement of soldiers. As a result, many members of the Tianwei Army lived in the mountains and forests and became bandits and robbers.
After Yelu Deguang took control of Bianzhou, he placed the Khitan aristocratic children and trusted attendants in various towns and states to serve as military envoys and governors. However, these top leaders who parachuted into the local area did not know how to govern at all, did not understand the local customs, and did not bother to study and study. They focused solely on collecting money, like greedy vampires, with no regard for the lives of the people.
As a result, uprisings broke out in various places, ranging in size from a few hundred people to tens of thousands, and former members of the Tianwei Army became an important part of them.
The rebels occupied prefectures and counties and killed Khitan officials.
Although there were guerrillas resisting the Khitan everywhere, they lacked unified leadership and fought independently. Their bandit nature remained unchanged. In addition to killing Khitan officials, they also plundered Han people.
After Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor, the leaders of the rebel armies from various places came to Liu Zhiyuan one after another and expressed their willingness to accept his leadership.
Liang Hui, the leader of the Fuyang County uprising army under Cizhou, with hundreds of men under his command, surrendered to Liu Zhiyuan. Li Hub, the governor of Cizhou, secretly sent a letter to Liu Zhiyuan, suggesting that he let Liang Hui attack Xiangzhou.
When absorbing and recruiting local armed forces, they must be strictly screened and strictly controlled. They must not be selective when hungry, otherwise there will be endless troubles. For example, the Black Wind Village was included in "Bright Sword". Xiangzhou was an organizational test for Liang Hui, and it was also the certificate of recognition that Liang Hui accepted.
Liang Hui attached great importance to this organizational test. He first conducted an investigation into Xiangzhou and learned that Gao Tangying, the Jiedushi envoy appointed by the Khitan, had not yet arrived, the city was empty, and there were a large number of weapons in the armory. Therefore, Liang Hui took advantage of the darkness to sneak attack Xiangzhou, killed hundreds of Khitan soldiers, and took over Xiangzhou. Afterwards, Liang Hui claimed to have stayed in Xiangzhou and reported to Liu Zhiyuan how he had captured the city.
The defense line deployed by Yelu Deguang to encircle Hedong was torn open in the southeast.
Liu Zhiyuan sent his cronies Shi Hongzhao to attack Daizhou. Shi Hongzhao went all out and killed Wang Hui, the governor of Daizhou who had defected to Khitan. The defense line in the northeast of Hebei was also torn open.
Liu Zhiyuan sent Zhang Yanhong to lobby Luo Conglang, deputy envoy of Jianxiong Army in Jinzhou.
Jinzhou Jiedushi Liu Zaiming accepted the political inducement of the Khitans to surrender and went to Bianzhou to report to the dock. Before leaving, he ordered Jiedushi Luo Conglang to act as the Jinzhou governor.
Zhang Yanhong expressed his national justice to Luo Conglang, but Luo Conglang refused to realize it and arrested Zhang Yanhong and his party. Jinzhou general Yao Kechou killed Luo Conglang, and the people also killed Zhao Xi, the "money envoy" sent by the Khitan to collect money. Later, the generals recommended Yao Kechou to stay in Jinzhou, and Yao Kechou expressed his loyalty to Liu Zhiyuan. .
Jinzhou is to the west of Luzhou and southwest of the defense line surrounding Hedong. A gap has also been opened here.
Previously, Zhang Congen, the governor of the Xizhaoyi Army in Luzhou, was afraid of the Khitan, so he professed his vassalship to the Khitan, sent an envoy to Hedong, and invited Liu Zhiyuan to go to Bianzhou to pay homage to the dock. At that time, Liu Zhiyuan replied that the land east of Hedong is small and the troops are weak, so it is impossible to oppose the powerful Khitan. Of course, we must surrender to the Khitan. You go first, and I will handle the work at hand and I will arrive later.
Zhang Congen thought it was reasonable, so he packed his bags and rushed to Bianzhou.
His staff Gao Fang tried to dissuade him, saying that you were a relative of the emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty (Zhang Congen was the head of the state, and when Shi Jingtang was in charge of Hedong, he married Shi Chonggui's daughter. Zhang died of illness before Shi Chonggui ascended the throne and was posthumously named Queen Zhang. There are other records saying that Empress Zhang is the daughter of Zhang Congen and Zhang Congxun. Anyone can betray the army, except you!
