page_title: Military history of the Song dynasty
section_title: Huizong (r. 1100–1126)
hierarchical_section_title: Military history of the Song dynasty / Northern Song / Huizong (r. 1100–1126)
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing the Song-Jurchen Jin wars
context_page_description: The military history of the Song dynasty covers the period of Chinese history from 960 AD to 1279 AD when China was conquered by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty created by Kublai Khan after the Division of the Mongol Empire.
context_section_description: The Song dynasty invaded Western Xia in 1003 and the war lasted for two years before ending inconclusively.
  In 1104, the Song dynasty annexed Tsongkha, a Tibetan polity on their western borders.
  In 1110, the Song army put on a firework display for the emperor including a spectacle which opened with "a noise like thunder" and explosives that light up the night. Considered by some to be the first mention of gunpowder fireworks.
  The Song invaded Western Xia again in 1113. The war ended inconclusively in 1119.
  In 1119, Song Jiang rebelled in Jingdong Circuit. He was suppressed in 1121.
  In 1120, Fang La rebelled in Liangzhe Circuit and was suppressed.
  In 1123, the Song invaded the Liao dynasty but was repelled. Zhang Jue rebelled in Pingzhou and defected to the Song but the Jin dynasty immediately retaliated and crushed his army. Zhang Jue was executed by the Song as reconciliation towards the Jin.
  In November 1125, the Jin dynasty invaded the Song and occupied Shanxi and Hebei, beginning the first of the Jin–Song Wars.
  On 18 January 1126, Emperor Huizong of Song abdicated to his son Zhao Huan, who succeeded him as Emperor Qinzong of Song.
caption: Jin–Song Wars
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