After Qi Haoran took down Zhengzhou, the Emperor's carriage also arrived at the front line. Qi Xiuyuan personally deployed the troops to speed up the process.
Before Wulie could discuss the terms with Ogedei, Great Qi's army launched a large-scale attack. Great Jin immediately fell into a predicament of being attacked from the front and back.
He could only squeeze out reinforcements from all over the place while forcibly taking rations from the commoners. This method of drinking poison to quench one's thirst quickly forced more commoners to join the ranks of the rebellion. As the Han people south of Datong Prefecture knew that Great Qi was about to attack, they raised their banners in response to the Great Qi army.
The Han people had a hard time under the rule of Great Jin, paying nearly double the amount of taxes as before; having to pay all kinds of harsh taxes gave them almost no chance to catch their breath.
