One Piece of Song Dynasty

The next day, Song Qinzong wanted to go to the city in person to express condolences to the soldiers guarding the city in the cold wind, so as to boost the morale of the officers and soldiers. Li Bangyan and others believed that it was not safe for the emperor to go to the city wall at this time, and suggested that a selected group of soldiers, representing the officers and soldiers guarding the city, gather under Xuande Tower to receive condolences. Song Qinzong agreed, so after retreating from the court, he walked out of the Xuanhe Hall and went to the south gate of Xuande Tower to "Fu Lao Wang Shi".

At this time, King Qin's troops continued to arrive outside the city, and the mood of the soldiers and people in the city began to rise. Song Qinzong saw that the crowd was excited and his spirit was boosted. However, if the Jin army did not withdraw, the gloom accumulated in his heart would not be dispelled.

On the th day of the first lunar month, an important event occurred on the Dasong River East Road. The Yisheng Army stationed in Pingyang Prefecture in present-day Linfen, Shanxi Province, suddenly launched a rebellion under the leadership of Liu Sichu, bloodbathed Pingyang Prefecture, and surrendered to the Jin Army. Pingyang Prefecture is connected to Shangdang in the east, the Yellow River in the west, Jinyang in the north, and Luoyang in the south. It is an important town in the east of Hedong. It is "supported by mountains and rivers, and is an important place in the world."

At the beginning, when Tan Zhen served as the Xuanfu envoy to Hedong and Hebei, he vigorously recruited Han people from the Yanyun area to join the army and formed a Yisheng Army, which was scattered in the states of Hedong. There were about four thousand Yisheng troops stationed in Pingyang Prefecture, and they were under the command of Liu Sichu, who was under the command of Hedong Road Soldiers and Horses. The people of the Song Dynasty were prejudiced against the Yanyun Han people like the Yisheng Army and called them surrenderers.

Not long ago, a general of the Song Army escaped from Taiyuan City, which was besieged by Jin soldiers, and came to Pingyang Mansion. When talking to people, he said that the reason why Taiyuan Prefecture was besieged by the Jin soldiers was because of the rebellion of the Yisheng Army. He let slip that the imperial court "wanted to kill all those who surrendered." Somehow this was known to the Yisheng soldiers, and they all felt uneasy and "gradually started making noises."

As the commander of the Yi Sheng Army, Liu Sichu has been paying close attention to the changes in the current situation. He saw that Pingyang Mansion was a place with dangerous terrain and prosperous economy, so he wanted to get it. From the time Taiyuan Mansion was besieged by the Jin soldiers, he had the intention of rebelling against the Jin soldiers.

On this day, Liu Sichu also heard the news that the imperial court was trying to kill all the surrenderers. He hurriedly went to see Yuwen Shizhong, the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture. Liu Sichu said: "Sichu was a descendant of Shanshan. He had been unfortunate in many lifetimes and was trapped in Khitan for hundreds of years. Now he is very unfortunate, and he was swallowed up by the Jin people. My former master, Khitan, lost his country, and Sichu also overthrew his family, so he won Return to the dynasty. In this line of music and at the beginning of the next generation, I saw that the Jin people were enemies. The Jin people raised provocations and used troops, and the country responded with troops, causing the surrenderers to die in front of the battle in order to repay the Jin people. Also. I want to kill all the people who surrender after hearing the news. I don’t know why.”

When Yu Wen Shizhong heard this, he was quite shocked and said: "There is absolutely no such thing." He immediately ordered and posted a notice: "Anyone who dares to write a language will be rewarded and arrested immediately."

Although Pingyang Prefecture has issued a notice clearly stating that "killing all those who surrender" is a rumor, and there will be rewards for reporting and arresting those who spread the rumor, Yisheng's soldiers are still uneasy. Because the people of Song Dynasty doubted and rejected them for more than a day or two. They, the Yanyun Han people, had suffered a lot of discrimination since they surrendered to the Song Dynasty. From then on, they all made secret preparations for rebellion in private.

The Yisheng Army has been stationed outside Pingyang City. It is not connected with the prefectures and counties, and has great independence and concealment. Liu Sichu then built his own furnaces and weapons in the army, purchased various equipment, and secretly trained his troops.

Soon, Yuwen Shizhong resigned from office, and Tongjian Wang Kuo acted as the prefect. On the tenth day of the first lunar month, a man named Wang Cun came to report to the prefect that Liu Sichu and the Yisheng Army were going to launch a rebellion. Wang Cun was from Pingyang Prefecture and was employed by Liu Sichu as a shouter in the Yisheng Army. He learned that Liu Sichu and the Yisheng Army had rebellion intentions, so he hurried to the city to report. This was the day before the rebellion.

The prefect Wang wanted to appease Liu Sichu and the Yi Sheng army, so he ordered Wang Cunji's staff and sent someone to inform Liu Sichu: "Those who made up language have been punished."

Liu Sichu believed that all of his troops were rebels, and only the three who yelled were soldiers from Pingyang Prefecture. Now that the mutiny had been exposed, the situation became more disturbing. Moreover, Liu Sichu also knew that Zhe Keqiu had just been defeated recently, and he might not be able to rescue Pingyang. Mansion, so he decided to attack the city the next day.

At dawn on the th day of the first lunar month, Liu Sichu led a group of people disguised as traders entering the city, sneaked into the city, "killed the people guarding the pass, and opened the pass to accept". Then the rebel army entered with great noise and attempted to board the city and occupy it. After the soldiers and civilians in the city discovered it, "someone shot them with bows and crossbows, and the Yisheng army held up felts with their hands to guard the arrows." Soon, the rebel army rushed into the city and ran in all directions. Liu Sichu ordered the fire to be set on fire, so Qiaomen was set on fire and the mansion and armor storehouse were looted.

The soldiers and people in the city were shocked by the sudden outbreak of rebellion. They all fled in fear, shouting as they ran: "The traitor left Han'er in the interior, and now the consequences will follow him, and they will only bear the old anger." The rebel army then pursued and killed him. There are so many. Wang Zhizhou and other prefecture and county officials all fled out of the city. Those who had no time to escape were all captured alive by Liu Sichu.

Liu Sichu ordered that he first plundered gold and silk, then drove his children captive, then drove cattle and horses, and finally killed donkeys, pigs and sheep to make preserved meat, and ground wheat flour to make dry food. Liu Sichu struggled in the city for more than ten days, and finally led his troops out of the city and defected to Zong Han. Zong Han was overjoyed.

Wang Cun also escaped from the city and met Wang Zhizhou in a place called the Immortal Realm. Wang Cun said: "You don't believe what I say, but you give me a hundred sticks. Today you have ruined the lives of a whole city, but you are still alive."

At Wang Cun's instigation, "everyone killed Wang Tuo and his family." Later, Zhe Keqiu issued an official document: "All returnees, old and young, in the prefectures and counties will be killed." At that time, Zhe Keqiu led the troops and was stationed in Fenzhou.

The rebellion of the Yisheng Army in Pingyang Prefecture triggered a massacre of the Yanyun Han people in the counties along Hedong Road.

On the second day of the rebellion of the Yisheng Army in Pingyang Prefecture, news spread to Jiangzhou. There are Yisheng troops in Jiangzhou, and their general is named Niu Qing. Niu Qing is also a Han from the mountains, with a rough and brave character. Xu Changyan, the general magistrate of Jiangzhou, believed that "if we don't plan for it first, there will be changes in Pingyang Mansion." So he suggested to Li Yuanda, the magistrate of Jiangzhou: "Please prepare for it first."

Li Yuanda was a Confucian scholar. He did not think that the Jiangzhou Yisheng Army would also rebel, and he did not listen to Xu Changyan's advice. However, under the repeated persuasion of Xu Changyan and the court officials, Li Yuanda had no choice but to ask Xu Changyan to handle it on his own.

In the name of military training, Xu Changyan ordered the opening of armor warehouses and ordered officers and soldiers to repair various weapons with armor. At that time, Niu Qing and the Yisheng Army were stationed outside the east gate. They did not have any doubts about this action of the official army.

A few days later, Xu Changyan felt that the time was ripe. He first ordered the east gate of the city to be closed to prevent the rebel army from rushing into the city. He planned that at the time of the Five Drums, the officers and soldiers would be divided into two groups, leaving the city from the south gate and the north gate respectively to surround the Yisheng Army's stronghold. At the same time, he ordered all the militiamen in the city to climb up the east wall: "If you hear the sound of fighting, support it."

At dawn, the officers and soldiers left the city from the north and south gates as planned, went straight to the Yisheng Army's stronghold, cut through the pass, and soon rushed to Niu Qing's dormitory. At that time, Niu Qing got drunk after drinking at night and "sleeped with several women." He heard the noise of horses and horses outside and knew something was wrong. He tried to get the equipment to fight, but it was too late and he was seriously injured and was caught.

All the militiamen in the city stood on the east wall and shouted loudly to support their momentum. In this way, the four thousand nominally victorious troops were "slaughtered."

Later, when other states heard about Jiangzhou's incident, they also ordered: "Kill all the rebels who surrendered to the rebel army."lv