Yang Guangyuan
Fan's subordinates Sun Rui () and Feng Hui (), however, continued to press him to rebel, and Fan, continuing to be enticed by what fortuneteller Zhang said, agreed. He launched his troops in summer 937 and headed toward the Yellow River ford at Liyang (黎陽, in modern Hebi, Henan), with Sun and Feng serving as his commanders. Shi's general Zhang Congbin () joined Fan's rebellion, killing Shi's son Shi Chongxin () the military governor of Heyang Circuit (河陽, headquartered in modern Luoyang) and Shi Chong'ai () the defender of Luoyang, taking over both Heyang Circuit and Luoyang itself. A number of former aristocrats who had lost power under Shi's new regime also joined the rebellion. However, as Fan's army was crossing the Yellow River, Yang Guangyuan attacked Sun and Feng, crushing Fan's army, which he then was forced to withdraw to Yedu. Shi's other generals Du Chongwei and Hou Yi () then defeated and killed Zhang Congbin, quelling that part of the rebellion.