Yelumaxu attached great importance to the situation in Xingzhou and hurriedly sent Yang An and Li Yin to lead a thousand Khitan elite cavalry to aid Xingzhou.
Liu Zhiyuan's "Liaophobia" has always been a joke among people. They complained privately that he was as timid as a mouse, shouting empty slogans and only dared to be a keyboard warrior. Until Guo Congyi and Xue Huairang engaged the Khitan reinforcements.
Guo Congyi brought 10,000 people and joined Xue Huairang's Mingzhou soldiers, which was 10,000+ troops. The two waves of Khitan reinforcements totaled less than 5,000 people. Facing a strength gap of more than 1:2, the Later Han army was still severely defeated and had to retreat to Mingzhou City and close the city to hold on. One wave of beating turtles, the other wave of kneeling.
Liu Zhiyuan is right, Khitan should not be underestimated!
The Khitan reinforcements were burning, killing and looting on the ground in Mingzhou and Xingzhou. Even the people of Xingzhou who were "our own people" were not treated differently. In the eyes of the Khitan people, no matter whether you surrendered to the Khitan or not, in short, you are a Han and a slave to the subjugation of the country. , Dead and dead.
In this way, although the Khitans won a military victory, the Heshuo people's resentment and hatred towards the Khitans further increased, and their admiration and favor for the Later Han Dynasty also increased.
Yelu Maju who stayed in Zhenzhou is an eternal nightmare that makes the people of Zhenzhou talk about it. This person is extremely cruel, cruel, greedy and cunning. He will take away any gold and silver treasures among the people. He will also take away any beautiful women among the people. He takes pleasure in killing people every day. For those who commit crimes, the death penalty is the starting price.
The people of Zhenzhou are frightened. Who dares to break the law and discipline? No one commits a crime, and nothing can stop Yelu Masu from killing people for fun. He often "visits privately" and goes to the fields to arrest innocent people, fabricate charges at will, and then tear off their faces, gouge out their eyes, chop off their hands and feet, and burn them to death... His methods of killing are full of variety and creativity.
When Yelumasong usually travels, various instruments of torture are carried by his entourage, which is his unique briefcase. And in his office and even his bedroom, there were hanging human internal organs and stumps... He ate, slept, talked and laughed among these "trophies" with ease. Typical personality defects and psychological abnormalities.
He wears yellow clothes that only the emperor can wear every day, rides in the royal sedan, and all behavioral standards refer to the etiquette of the emperor.
Someone kindly reminded him that this was called "transgression" and was a capital crime!
Yeluma sneered at this, saying that this was a trick done by the Han people, and we Khitans didn't care about it!
Yeluma was in Zhenzhou and was simply the second emperor. He used official red-headed documents to appoint Feng Dao, Li Song, He Ning, and Liu Yu as prime ministers in charge of Zhongshu Province. His arrogance and arrogance had reached such an extent that it paved the way for his tragic ending in the future.
The biggest headache for Yeluma was that the Han people continued to flee, so he gave an order to the city gate officials: Han people who dared to peek into the city gates would be executed immediately!
Not to mention trying to approach the city gate, anyone who dares to take a look at the city gate will be beheaded in the street.
Previously, the Khitan garrison in Zhenzhou had less than 2,000 people. But Yelumamao still asked the relevant departments to provide military food for 14,000 people. In addition to the food allocated for 2,000 people, the remaining food for 12,000 people all fell into Yelumamao’s private pocket, and they ate six With twice the salary, Yelu Ma was extremely bold.
Yelumaxu also adheres to the values of "people who are not of my race must have different hearts." He does not trust the Han people to surrender their troops, and believes that the Han soldiers have low combat effectiveness and are all useless waste. Therefore, Yelumaxu continued to deduct military rations and military pay from the Han surrendered troops, and instead subsidized the Khitan soldiers. This made the Han soldiers very angry, so the Han soldiers surrendered and the generals began to think of joining Liu Zhiyuan.
He Fujin, the former defense envoy of Yingzhou, and Li Rong, the general of the Forbidden Army, secretly gathered dozens of people to plot a mutiny. But their strength was weak, with only a few dozen people, and they did not dare to act rashly, so they had to wait for the opportunity quietly.
Now, with the sudden changes in the situation in Weizhou, Mingzhou, and Xingzhou, Yeluma sent Yang Gun and Yang An to lead the Khitan elite to the southern front respectively. At this time, there were only 800 Khitan soldiers left in Zhenzhou. people. He Fujin and Li Rong thought the time was ripe, so they agreed to use the bells of the Buddhist temple as a signal.
On this day, Yelu Ruan sent people to Zhenzhou to summon Feng Dao, Li Song, He Ning and others to go north to attend the funeral of the late emperor Yelu Deguang.
Since they had plenty of time, Feng Dao and others did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they packed their bedrolls and had a meal before leaving. The Khitan envoy was not in a hurry to urge them, "Okay, let's eat well before we go on the road."
This is the fate of Feng Dao and others.
While they were eating, the bells of the Buddhist temple suddenly came from the sky above Zhenzhou City, "DUANG——DUANG——" Several people were still wondering and whispering to each other, asking what festival today was and why the bells were ringing at this time?
This is not the bell of the Buddhist temple, this is the clarion call of the October Revolution, this is the charge of the slaves to stand up and rush to freedom.
The Han soldiers shouted loudly, rushed to the city gate, killed more than a dozen Khitan soldiers, opened the city gate, and gathered all the resistance forces; Li Rong led people to occupy the armory, distributed weapons and armor to the soldiers, and at the same time summoned the people on the street. The indignant people distributed weapons to them, "Vent your anger. With the gun in hand, follow me, rob the watchtowers, and kill the Khitan dogs!"
Led by He Fujin and Li Rong, the angry Han soldiers and civilians attacked the headquarters building and set fire to the government gates in an attempt to capture and kill the Khitan leader Yelu Masuo.
When the revolutionary fervor was rising, the Forbidden Army general Bai Zairong hid because he was worried that the mutiny would fail and that he would be implicated.
He Fujin and Li Rong found him and forced him to act with everyone at knifepoint. Because Bai Zairong's official position is larger and more prestigious than that of He Fujin and Li Rong.
At this time, the sound of killings in Zhenzhou City was loud, and the gate of the headquarters was in flames. Yeluma was shocked and turned pale, and hurriedly protected his family and gold and silver treasures and hid in the inner city to protect himself.
The people who participated in this uprising and mutiny were a mixed bag. Some sincerely resisted the tyranny of the Khitan, but many were just taking advantage of the situation. Many people not only did not attack the Khitan people, but instead broke into private houses and robbed their homes. Even when they attacked the Khitan people, they lacked unity. Deployment and command, in small groups, fighting individually.
This is the reason why Bai Zairong doesn't want to get involved with them. Be it mutinies or uprisings, they are often huge but difficult to control. They are unorganized and undisciplined. They will swarm in when they see the benefits. Once they are frustrated, they will disperse in droves, or even turn their backs. The leader was tied up and sold to the enemy. Therefore, Bai Zairong is very reluctant to take the lead.
Although Yelumaxu was panicked, he was not at a loss. After all, he was a veteran of the battlefield. He immediately organized the remaining Khitan soldiers to defend. After a short rest, he was able to counterattack, proactively opening the inner city gate and attacking the rebels outside. , killing more than 2,000 Han soldiers in one day.
