Han Shantong and Liu Futong enthroning Han Lin'er as emperor

Timeline

1. 1351Bailuzhuang, Yingshang, Yingzhou · Anhui ProvinceHan Shantong and Liu Futong gathered over three thousand followers, killing a white horse and black ox to sacrifice to Heaven and Earth, publicly acclaiming Han Shantong as Ming King, claiming him a great-grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song, with Han Lin'er as Song heir, plotting to rise against the Yuan.
2. 1351Yingzhou · Anhui ProvinceNews of the uprising leaked; Yuan forces besieged and suppressed Bailuzhuang, and Han Shantong was captured and executed. Han Lin'er and his mother Lady Yang fled into Wu'an Mountain; Liu Futong broke out and continued leading the uprising, with Han Lin'er becoming the political symbol of the rebel army.
3. 1351Yingzhou and surroundings · Anhui ProvinceAfter capturing Yingzhou, Liu Futong expanded his forces under the call of restoring the Great Song, with Han Lin'er as the Song symbol maintaining the rebel army's cohesion. In Zhizheng 15 Liu Futong welcomed Han Lin'er to Bozhou where he formally took the imperial title as Little Bright King, with the state name Great Song.