It was apparently at this time that Zhai Liao and his cousin Zhai Zhen (翟真) fled with some of their Dingling troops and resisted Later Yan's subsequent campaigns to take the territory north of and around the Yellow River.
During a period when Zhai Liao and his relative Zhai Zhen resisted Later Yan's efforts to take control of the region north and around the Yellow River, they fled with some of their Dingling troops.